* Ben Affleck: Angelina Jolie doesn’t have enough star power
* Katie Holmes hits the 30-year-old milestone
* Rihanna and Chris Brown are living it up together
* The cast of Gossip Girl loves Ray-ban
* Penelope Cruz is looking quite sophisticated
* John Travolta sports a bald head
* Jenny McCarthy’s hair looks a little poofy
* Zac Efron as Robin and Megan Fox as Batgirl?
* U2’s new album, “No Line on the Horizon,” will be released by Interscope Records on March 3.
* Screenwriter Hossein Amini has been hired to tackle a new Jack Ryan movie for Paramount Pictures.
* Paramedics were called to the Los Angeles home shared by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Thursday night, and that an elderly man was transported to the hospital, reports OK!
Ben Affleck: Angelina Jolie is Not High Profile Enough
Brad and Angelina’s Rep: No $200 Million Prenup
* Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie don’tt have a $200M prenup
* Gwyneth Paltrow has to work on her marriage
* Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford like Ray-ban
* Katie Price likes to show off her tummy
* Gwen Stefani does a little shopping with Kingston
* A-Rod shows off his buff body
* Tom Cruise pokes a little fun at himself
* Doutzen Kroes is a stunning Victoria’s Secret model
* Vanessa Hudgens holds onto her black pea coat
* A fan of Lindsay Lohan was arrested early on Wednesday after pushing past a nightclub security guard and trying to grab the actress, police said.
* The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother a homicide.
* Hip-hop star Akon pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment for tossing a fan off stage at an upstate New York concert last year
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Score SAG Nominations
Nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were just announced!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie each scored nominations for “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role” for their roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Changeling, respectively.
Heath Ledger picked up a nod for “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role” for his work as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Doubt is the film to beat this year, raking in five nominations. Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button followed with three each.
HBO leads the networks with nine nominations. NBC and ABC followed with eight and seven, respectively.
The SAGs will air live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 8PM ET/PT.
(Click inside for the full list of SAG Nominations…)
Angelina Jolie: Twins Again!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are adding another set of twins to their family, reports Star. (AJ/BP had twins Vivienne and Knox nearly fives months ago.)
Angelina is reportedly taking prenatal vitamins, visiting her ob-gyn, undergoing secret fertility treatments and will be adding babies seven and eight to the Jolie-Pitt clan.
“Angie’s doctors told her that she has a strong chance of conceiving twins if she does it within two years after having her first pair,” a friend reveals. “She’s been seeing a fertility doctor regularly. She and Brad are monitoring when she’s fertile. And they’re trying really hard in the bedroom!”
And Angie’s conception secrets are supposedly yams! “A friend told her that yams and orange juice will increase her chances [of getting pregnant with twins],” says the pal.
Angelina Jolie is Gran Torino Gorgeous
Angelina Jolie is casual perfection in a simple gray sweater and beige heels at the premiere of Gran Torino at the Steven J. Ross Theater on Tuesday, December 9, in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old actress came out to support her pal Clint Eastwood, who directed her in Changeling. Clint directed Gran Torino and plays the lead role of Walt Kowalski, who tries to change the ways of his teenager neighbor after noticing he tried to steal his prize winning 1972 Gran Torino car.
For more info on the movie, visit TheGranTorino.com. It opens in limited release this Friday, December 12 and goes wide on January 9.
Angelina Jolie Tops Showbiz Power List
Angelina Jolie topped the list of highest-paid actresses in the Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment: Power 100 list.
Angie, who placed #24 in the entire showbiz power list, commands $15+ million a movie thanks to her 2008 movies grossing over $1 billion worldwide.
Following the 33-year-old actress on the list was Julia Roberts and 2007’s best-paid actress, Reese Witherspoon.
Oprah Winfrey topped the entire list as the most powerful woman in the entertainment industry. Other notable celebs were Tyra Banks at #36, Tina Fey at #51, Rachael Ray at #65 and Miley Cyrus at #100.
Check out the full Power 100 list at HollywoodReporter.com.
Angelina Jolie is Little Toy Shop Smiley
Angelina Jolie takes her oldest son Maddox, 7, to pick up a few trinkets at Little Top Shop on Jackson Square’s Ann Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Little Toy Shop is known for stocking tiny collectible figurines and die-cast miniatures, toys and puzzles.
It looks like Angie and Mad received a little special VIP treatment–the store owner closed down the shop so the mother-son pair could do a little private shopping.
People Magazine: NY Times is Bogus
Larry Hackett, managing editor for People magazine, just sent this email to staffers to address the recent NYTimes piece titled “Angelina Jolie’s Carefully Orchestrated Image”:
“I don’t normally address press stories about how we do our business here at People. But today’s New York Times pg. 1 story about Angelina Jolie requires a response. In the lede, the story strongly suggests that People, while negotiating for the twins pictures, had explicit conversations about our “editorial plan” and made ‘a promise’ that coverage would be positive.
“These sorts of stories have appeared in media gossip columns before. I have ignored them in the past as the unfortunate fallout of competition and sour grapes. But today’s story, in a much different venue, takes these rumors to a new level, so let me be absolutely clear: The suggestion that we have ever made any promise of positive coverage, or have submitted an editorial plan, is completely false. That I or anyone else would promise, on paper or verbally, to purposely slant coverage as condition for acquiring pictures, is insulting to all of us.
“Here’s what is true: Celebrities-and senators and business executives and athletes-are always trying to bend stories their way. We deal with that pressure every single day and engage in many conversations regarding all elements of coverage. Angelina Jolie is very candid about wanting attention for her charitable efforts, and we have covered many of them because we believe they are interesting stories. But in doing so, we have never relinquished editorial control. There have been occasions when her goals and our needs could not be reconciled, and we have walked away, as we have with countless other story subjects.
“In our coverage of both celebrities and everyday people, People certainly often celebrates their accomplishments and milestones. To say that our coverage of Angelina Jolie has not been admiring would be disingenuous. But the suggestion in today’s Times that this ‘positive’ coverage is codified and promised is totally bogus, and needs to be rejected.”
Angelina Jolie Tortures Jennifer Aniston?
Please don’t shoot the messenger!
Us Weekly’s latest cover story goes in-depth on how Angelina Jolie supposedly tortures her current partner’s ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston.
The headline bullet points read:
– What she says about Jen behind her back
– NEW DETAILS: How she got naked on set to seduce a married Brad
– Why Jen refuses to blame Brad for her pain
Other top stories in this issue: Reese Witherspoon opening up about her love for Jake Gyllenhaal, the war going on behind Taylor Swift and ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas as well as why singer Brandy lied.
Dun dun dun.
Angelina Jolie is a Billion Dollar Babe
Angelina Jolie happily gazes at partner Brad Pitt as they leave their London hotel on Monday.
The couple headed to a photocall for her new film Changeling at the Curzon Cinema Mayfair (pictured below).
It was recently reported that Angie’s 2008 gross total in box office revenue has reached over $1 billion, according to BoxOfficeMojo. Angie, our billion dollar box office champ!
WATCH THIS CLIP! Angie tears up talking about her character in Changeling. Sniff, sniff.
Also check out the clip below of Angie chatting about Changeling with UK’s “Five Live” radio program from BBC.
Brad Pitt: New Benjamin Button Posters!
Check out these new promo posters featuring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett for their new reverse-aging love tale, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Thanks, JoBlo!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opens on Christmas Day and was directed by David Fincher (Zodiac, Seven and Fight Club).
In an early review, Variety says, “Button is imagery wizard David Fincher’s big-canvas play for mass acceptance, and he’s fashioned an effects-laden but character-driven epic that recalls the sweetly doomed, emotional glamour of Hollywood’s golden era.”
ARE YOU EXCITED for Benjamin Button???
Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt Has So Much Love In His Eyes
Angelina Jolie recently gave Australia’s Herald Sun a heartwarming interview:
Has Brad seemed particularly taken with the twins? He’s just so happy and having twins is something neither of us ever expected and I think that makes it all the more special for us both. When I see how much love is in Brad’s eyes for the twins and for all our children — it’s a very moving experience for me. I never wanted to become pregnant and have children that way unless I had come to know Brad and see how loving he was with Maddox and Pax. So that was a big step for me.
How do you stay so positive? By doing the things which are important and meaningful to you and not worrying about the rest. How can I complain about anything when I wake up in the morning and I’m surrounded by so much love with Brad and our children and the feeling that comes from sharing my life with them?
What about teaching your kids about religion and culture? I want to teach them about all religions, and I’m trying to find a way to do that. And when it comes to the subject of adoption, like when my daughter, who’s African, wants her hair to look straight like mummy’s . . . and I look for a Barbie that’s African, and the African Barbie has straight hair! And you know, why has Disney never made a film with an African-American princess?
Read the full interview at news.com.au.
Angelina Jolie is Ready to Be a Grandma!
Kung Fu Panda star Angelina Jolie recently had an interview with the BBC and said, “I don’t plan to keep acting very long. I’m ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma one day. I’m not so worried that I want to keep this pace up and try to be something and be a celebrity.”
Speaking of her family, she continued, “I like being home a lot. First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they’re growing right and they’ve got us there for them.”
But don’t worry - she won’t be completely going away! She added, “I don’t think I’ll ever say I’m never, ever gonna work because maybe there’s that interesting project where I feel creative.”
Check out Angie’s interview with the BBC HERE!
Angelina Jolie Releases ‘Kung Fu Panda’ DVD
Angelina Jolie heats up the red carpet in a simple black Ralph Lauren mini at DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda and Secrets of the Furious Five DVD release party at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Sunday in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old actress finished off her look with nude Stuart Weitzman peep-toes and earrings by Conroy & Wilcox. Angie, who voices martial arts master Tigress in KFP, was joined on the red carpet by costars Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black. The DVDs for both movies are available in stores TODAY!
Angelina Jolie: I'm just a punk kid with tattoos
She's a cover fixture on newsstands across the world, but despite the praise for her style, beauty and activism, Angelina Jolie still identifies herself as being an outsider.
"I am still, at heart – and always will be – just a punk kid with tattoos," she told the December issue of Britain's Harper's Bazaar, as excerpted by the UK's Metro newspaper.
Though her moves across the years — and her romances — have attracted a host of headlines, the mother of six said she has no need to defend her past.
"I don't walk around feeling I need to apologize or explain myself," she told the magazine.
Angelina is featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK edition, out on Thursday, under the headline "Angelina Up Close."
In the interview, to promote her new film, "Changeling," Angelina said she has chosen her acting parts, thus far, based on whether she’d want to come face to face with the character in real life.
"I tell stories that are about the type of woman I'd want to meet. The type of woman where I think, even if it's silly characters I’ve played, like in Tomb Raider, there’s something about her that will be fun for my daughters to see one day," she said.
And while characters like Lara Croft wield knives and swords, Angelina said she and partner Brad Pitt explain the difference between the big screen and real life to their brood.
"My kids play video games. I let them play with toy soldiers. We don’t take war and violence lightly, but we don’t hide it from anybody," she said. "We say, 'Mommy and daddy have movies where we play these characters, but there's real death and violence in the world.'"
Brad Pitt is Benjamin Button
A motorcycle-riding Cate Blanchett holds onto costar Brad Pitt in this new still from their upcoming movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. (They both look so gorgeous in the rehearsal shot below!)
Benjamin Button, out Christmas Day, is about a man who ages in reverse. As he grows younger, his love (Blanchett) grows older. Here’s a snippet from the NYT article:
Benjamin, as he says in his voice-over narration, “was born under unusual circumstances” on Nov. 11, 1918, the last day of World War I. As the doctor attending him describes the strange little creature, “He has all the deterioration, the infirmities, not of a newborn, but of a man well in his 80s on the way to his grave.”
Read the full article at NYTimes.com.
Angelina Jolie: Halloween Costumes Revealed!
Angelina Jolie gets up close and personal on the December 2008 cover of UK’s Harper’s Bazaar. Pure glamour.
As for Halloween, the Jolie-Pitt clan went trick-or-treating.
Maddox dressed as a marine with a helmet, Zahara chose a Jolly Green Giant outfit and Shiloh dressed as a sheriff.
According to Star, Shiloh saying to Angie, “I want more candy, mom.”
Angelina told her, “You’ll get more, there are more houses.” Shiloh was tired by the end of their trick-or-treating, good dad Brad Pitt carried her.
Bigger cover picture of Angie here.
Angelina Jolie Returns From Afghanistan
Angelina Jolie visited poverty-stricken families during a two-day visit to Afghanistan this past Wednesday and Thursday.
The 33-year-old UN Goodwill Ambassador commented that “the courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best.”
Angie appealed for long-term commitments to Afghanistan and greater humanitarian support for the population as the harsh Afghan winter approaches.
Read the full report at UNHCR.org. Watch the video of her trip at ETOnline.com.
Angelina Jolie Backs Barack Obama
Angelina Jolie opens up to the German edition of Vanity Fair about everything from politics to her newborn twins. Here are some choice quotes via Us Weekly:
On why she could be voting for Barack Obama: “Obama is fighting for international justice, he wants to intervene militarily in genocides abroad, and he wants to close down Guantanamo Bay. They are things which could move me to vote for him, not his roots. Of course, an American president like Barack Obama would be great for my family.” (On Monday, Brad carried a notebook with a Obama sticker on it.)
On why she’s proud of the USA: “I am very proud of being American, and all my children have got American passports. For me, our family is just what America is - a melting pot, a mixture of many different races and nations. My children should be proud of their Asian and African roots, but that in no way means [is] a lack of respect for the fact that they and their parents are Americans.”
On her twins Knox and Vivienne (3-months-old on Sunday): “It’s a damned arduous business, and we are often simply whacked out because it is twice as hard with two babies as with one. But it also makes for double the fun. After we flew back from Europe, we were all suffering a bit from jetlag. We were all in bed early, but at half past four, they were awake and making a real racket… Brad took care of them. He said to me, ‘Go back to sleep, you’re back to work in the morning,’ and moved into the kids’ room with them. He is an astounding father, full of devotion… [Knox and Vivienne] have quite similar, stable rhythms. Every three hours they get hungry, then I have to satisfy them. But that’s OK, the two of them are totally sweet. When you see them, you think they were made for each other. They laugh together, they sniff each other, touch each other. It is beautiful.”
On struggling to find alone time with Brad: “Sometimes, at the end of the day, we try to retire to the bathroom to be undisturbed,” she says. “But then [the kids] hear the water running and want to come in and, yet again, we are all together. But that doesn’t disturb us because they are great kids.”
On how fame has changed motherhood for her: “I would like to have more freedom, especially to have the chance to be more spontaneous with my kids. Would I like to be able to walk through the streets with my kids? Of course. Would I like to be able to wander around Manhattan and buy them an ice cream like other mothers? Of course. But it is not possible. On the other hand, every morning I wake up with the people who are the most dear to me in the whole world. That’s why I don’t feel isolated from that, which is important to me. It helps, of course, that Brad knows all about it, but he’s experienced it even more than me. We often talk about it and try to make the best of things. But I am very grateful for our life and everything that we have.”
