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Pitt, Jolie Split—for Work; Baby Twins Get 'Smiley'

(Newser) - Work has Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie separated, but just temporarily, the New York Post reports. Pitt has been in New York for movie work and in Chicago for Barack Obama’s election-night festivities and a sitdown with Oprah Winfrey. Jolie, meanwhile, was promoting the DVD release of Kung Fu ...

A-List Agent Mocked, Stole From Clients, Suit Charges

Ex-aide suing for sex harassment dishes dirt

(Newser) - One of Hollywood's premier talent agents paraded around his office in the buff, exposed staff to porn, and talked about his A-list clientele in less than reverential terms, reports the New York Post, citing a former aide's revelations in a sex harassment suit. Todd Shemarya—who represents Brad Pitt, Angelina...

Brangelina Hires 6 Nannies
 Brangelina Hires 6 Nannies 
Oct 30, 2008 10:04 AM CDT

Brangelina Hires 6 Nannies

Clan keeps one helper per child and 20 cars while in Germany

(Newser) - During their 3-month stay in Germany, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have employed six nannies—one for each child—and have 20 Volkswagens at their disposal, Life & Style reports. The clan has relocated to a Berlin-area chateau while Pitt films his latest movie. On a recent trip to New...

Brangelina Brood Wants Wedding Rings

'We've done everything the wrong way around,' Jolie says

(Newser) - With their relationship having followed an anything-but-normal progression, marriage could soon be on the table for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The actress tells Us Magazine their six children “want to know why Shrek and Fiona got married and we haven’t.” “We’ve done everything the...

Guess Who's Ready for Another Kid
Guess Who's Ready for Another Kid
Oct 16, 2008 11:41 AM CDT

Guess Who's Ready for Another Kid

Jolie, now mom to 6, say she's considering next adoption

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is already considering adopting a seventh child, she told Matt Lauer on Today. Her twins are nearly 4 months old, leaving the Changeling star with two more months before she could start paperwork. Maddox, 7, has become a “professional big brother,” Jolie joked. And despite rumors...

Angelina: Pregnancies Were Brad's Idea

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie says she never planned to get pregnant, but seeing Brad Pitt with the kids she adopted on her own made her reconsider. "I knew that he would never see them as different, and that gave me a certain peace," she says in an interview in the...

Angelina Breast-Feeding on Mag Cover

(Newser) - In what is likely a first in the burgeoning media field of celebrity moms showing off their babies, the November cover of W magazine offers us a glimpse of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins. Paparazzi? Hardly. The photographer of the ever-so-demure image is none other than Brad...

Brangelina Kiss Away Rocky Rumors

Apparently no trouble in paradise for cuddly couple despite reports

(Newser) - Cuddly and kissy Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looked more in love than ever when they arrived at a movie premiere in Manhattan yesterday—despite rumors that Jolie's post partum depression was causing trouble in paradise, reports the New York Daily News. "Everybody's great. The babies are great. They...

Spielbergs Give $100K to Bolster Gay Marriage

Proposed ban is 'discriminatory'

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg has weighed in to the tune of $100,000 against the gay marriage ban on California’s ballot this fall, the AP reports. Spielberg and his wife join Brad Pitt—who gave the same amount last week—as major celebrity opponents of the ban. The couple says the...

Lakeview Bullies Box Office
 Lakeview Bullies Box Office 
Sep 21, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

Lakeview Bullies Box Office

Samuel L. Jackson thriller beats Coen brothers for top spot

(Newser) - Samuel L. Jackson thriller Lakeview Terrace debuted at number one over a soft box office weekend, Variety reports. Banking $15.6 million, it ousted Burn After Reading ($11.3 million) and outpaced My Best Friend’s Girl ($8.3 million), Igor ($8 million), and Righteous Kill ($7.7 million). Ricky...

How to Make That First-Date Movie Count

Porn, as we learned from Mr. Bickle, is not a good idea

(Newser) - "The difference between marital bliss and a train wreck of a relationship is the difference between Charlie Wilson's War and Saw IV, " writes Peter Hartlaub in the San Francisco Chronicle. There's no overestimating the power of that first-date movie. How to walk the tightrope:
  • Bad isn't bad: Think
...

Pitt Donates $100K to Fight for Gay Marriage

Actor cuts check as California ballot on wedding ban looms

(Newser) - Brad Pitt has become the biggest celebrity ally in the fight to uphold California’s gay marriage law, with a $100,000 donation toward the cause. The law allowing gays to marry could be repealed in November, when Californians vote on the fiercely contested Proposition 8. Pitt and partner Angelina...

Brangelina Gives $2M for Ethiopian HIV Clinic

Center to be named for daughter Zahara, adopted from African nation

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $2 million to establish a center to care for children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, People reports. The center will be named after daughter Zahara, 3, who they adopted from the African nation. "It is our hope when Zahara is older...

Burn Leads Box Office Boom

Comedy thriller records biggest opening ever for Coen brothers

(Newser) - The Coen brothers' Burn After Reading led an unexpectedly strong box office weekend by nabbing top spot with $19.4 million, Variety reports. With overall sales up 35% over this frame last year, Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys took second with $18 million, followed by Righteous Kill ($16....

Coens Burn , But Not Brightly
 Coens Burn, But Not Brightly
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 12, 2008 5:11 PM CDT

Coens Burn, But Not Brightly

No Country follow-up funny, but not the brothers' best

(Newser) - Burn After Reading is your standard Coen Brothers comedy: It’s black, clever, and zany, and David Ansen writes in Newsweek that he “enjoyed just about every heartlessly jolly minute of it.” The film is nominally a spy/thriller spoof, its sidewinder plot involving airhead gym employees trying to...

At $50M, Oprah Stars on Celeb Giving List

Barbra Streisand ($11M), Paul Newman ($10M) among other 8-figure standouts

(Newser) - Parade's annual list of the 30 most generous celebrities is out, and among the best philanthropists are:
  • Oprah Winfrey: $50.2 million for education, women and children's advocacy.
  • Herb Alpert: $13 million for music education.
  • Barbra Streisand: $11 million for the environment, women's issues, AIDS research.
  • Paul Newman: $10 million
...

Burn Flares Up, Flames Out
 Burn Flares Up, Flames Out 
NEW RELEASE
Aug 29, 2008 3:02 PM CDT

Burn Flares Up, Flames Out

Critics love and hate new Coen brothers film with top-flight cast

(Newser) - Burn After Reading, a dark comedy about Washington bureaucrats and other buffoons, “tries to mate sex farce with a satire of a paranoid political thriller, with arch and ungainly results,” Todd McCarthy writes in Variety. The Coen brothers dial everything up to “an almost grotesquely exaggerated extent...

Pitt Shoots Family for Mag Cover
 Pitt Shoots Family for Mag Cover
Aug 26, 2008 11:01 AM CDT

Pitt Shoots Family for Mag Cover

Actor-turned-photog's pics in W mag

(Newser) - Brad Pitt has photographed Angelina Jolie and their six children for the November cover of W magazine, sources tell Fashion Week Daily. The photography hobbyist, who once got a Littman 45 single camera from Jolie as a birthday gift, snapped the pics last week at their French chateau.

Jolie-Pitt Kids Eligible for French Subsidies

Jolie-Pitts eligible for France's $2,600-a-month kid support

(Newser) - It's no megabucks photo sale, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are eligible for $2,600 a month in child benefits for their six children after registering their $60 million French chateau as their primary residence, the Sun reports. The multimillion-dollar actors registered themselves so they could have access to...

Jolie-Pitt Clan Masters 'Studied Casual' Look

Their 'Benetton' photo shoot carefully stylized

(Newser) - The photos in People of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s ever-expanding multi-cultural brood put out a vibe of a normal family relaxing and having fun, notes USA Today. Don't buy it for a second. "This was very well planned and very well executed," says publicist and author...

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