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Actor Brad Pitt is said to be in talks for the lead role in the upcoming movie The Gray Man, which is based on f Mark Greaney's novel. According to reports, the Hollywood star wants to play a CIA agent-turned-elite assassin in New Regency's new project. He is said to start filming soon after finishing World War Z.
Earlier this year, Brad Pitt was named as the possible candidate for the leading man, but the reports were shot down later. Sources claim that the actor was not to sign the project as his partner Angelina Jolie did not to work simultaneously. But now, he is about to finish the filming for World War Z. So he is in negotiation for the hero role in the movie The Gray Man.
Adam Cozad has been roped in to adapt the Mark Greaney's thriller novel for the big screen. Pitt's Plan B partner Dede Gardner will serve as a producer along with Stephen Garrett of Shine. The story revolves around a CIA agent-turned-elite assassin, who is on the run when his last job goes bad. While dodging the forces, who are out to get him, he has to keep his family safe.
However, Brad Pitt has earlier acted in New Regency's Fight Club and The Gray Man will be his second movie under the banner. He is currently shooting for World War Z. After finishing it, he is expected to take up this new project.
Getting a nanny job for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's brood, for which the couple spend 1million dollars every year, is not an easy task.
According to gossip website Popeater, an applicant for the coveted childcare position should possess no less than a college degree in education or child development, the ability to speak at least two languages, (including the native language of the child) and a penchant for travelling, reports News.com.au.
Each Junior Jolie-Pitt has their own personal nanny, despite the fact that that they are rarely spotted with the children.
The nanny must also love airports and be willing to split their time between California, New Orleans, France and a number of movie sets dotted all over the world.
As all six kids are home-schooled ensuring the lucky applicant is prepared to put on their teacher's hat.
The position reportedly pays between $50,000 and $150,000 on a sliding scale dependant on length of employment.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $150,000 to a children's charity.
The couple gave the sum to SOS Children's Villages, USA - which supports adoptive families and highlights the needs of children without parental care - in recognition of National Adoption Day through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Dr. Heath Paul, CEO of SOS Children's Villages, USA, said: "I am truly thankful that Angelina and Brad understand the power of family - the kind of stable family that SOS holds as an essential part of healthy child development.
Together, Angelina and Brad have been eye-witnesses to the great work of SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia, Jordan, a Darfur refugee camp in Chad and Haiti. Angelina and Brad know that children's need for a family is universal.
The donation from the couple - who have adopted three children, Maddox, nine, Pax, six, and Zahara, five, as well as three other kids, Shiloh, four, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - will provide the long-term financial support needed for a family of four foster children in one of the US SOS Children's Villages.
Last year, the couple donated $100,000 to two of the organisation's centres in Florida and Illinois after being impressed by their work.
Angelina said of the generous gift: "We have seen firsthand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together. No one 'ages out' of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever."
The SOS Villages house over 200 children and last Christmas Brad insisted it was important to show gratitude for the work the organisation does.
He said: "In this holiday season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members. The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them."
It was revealed last year Brad and Angelina donated $6.8 million to charity in 2008 after raising the money through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
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When Aniston got a letter from Jolie |
Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston was shocked when she once received a letter from actress Angelina Jolie. According to reports, Jolie, who raises six children with Aniston�s ex-husband Brad Pitt, decided to reach out to her in an attempt to put an end to their long-running feud.
"Angelina doesn�t want any more bad energy in her life and she hates the hostility that exists between her and Jen," showbizspy.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
"It�s taken her a very long time to work up the courage, but she�s coming from a good place and genuinely wants to put the past behind them," the source said.
"It may seem crazy, but for those of us who actually know Angelina, it really isn�t all that surprising. She�s an unpredictable character, so for her to reach out to Jen like this is just the sort of behavior she�s known for."
"In the note, Angie tells Jen that she would make a wonderful mother and that she�s at the perfect age and time of her life to have her first child. What�s more, Brad is fully behind her. He�s so proud of Angie for reaching out to Jen," the source added.
The source further said that when Aniston opened Jolie's note, she was "beyond shocked. I think she suspected at first that it must have been sent as some kind of a prank."
"Still, when Jen realised Angie�s letter was sincere and genuine, she actually went from shocked to being impressed. Being a mature person, Jen must have recognized how much of an effort it was on Angie�s part to have gone through with the letter," the source added.
Angelina Jolie is giving the readers of Vanity Fair magazine a sexy treat by appearing in a raunchy photo spread in the upcoming issue of the magazine. The �Tomb Raider� star not only graces the cover, she will be seen smoky-eyed and sexy inside the magazine's August issue in a series of steamy photos by Patrick Demarchelier
And in an interview to the publication, the 33-year-old actress assured that, contrary to tabloid reports, there's no trouble in paradise for Brangelina. "I feel fortunate to have a relationship where I actually feel safe enough to imagine growing old together," the New York Post quoted her as saying of her pairing with Brad Pitt, 46.
In fact, she is not even a bit put off by Pitt's cringe-inducing scraggly beard. "I love Brad in every state," she insisted. The mother of six also gushed about her latest action flick, �Salt�, saying she was pleased with tweaks to the script. Her role was originally intended for a male, Tom Cruise-type lead. "We made her meaner than a guy, and dirty. It's the Chihuahua up against the big dogs," said Jolie.
Actor George Clooney has jokingly said that he�s planning to adopt some of Brad Pitt�s kids. The 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' actor, who has no kids of his own, has claimed that he owes Pitt a favour and is willing to help out with his six children.
"I am planning to adopt. I am going to adopt some of Brad Pitt's kids. I owe him," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. Previously, the actor revealed that he has no plans to become a father, but spends time with Brad and his partner Angelina Jolie and their kids whenever he feels lonely.
"Even one kid running around my villa makes me nervous, so I'm definitely not a candidate for father of the year.
If I need to surround myself with children and feel like I have this big extended family, I can always call Brad and Angelina and ask them to stay with me, just to remind myself why I'm so happy," he said.
Brad Pitt takes a first class Air France Flight back to LAX airport in Los Angeles on Thursday (July 30).
Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie was seen landing her plane at the Bob Hope Airport after an hour and 28 minute flying lesson from Las Vegas. Her sons Maddox, 7, and Pax, 5, were reportedly on board and on hand for the Sin City trip.
Jennifer Aniston will reportedly take centrestage at the Oscar ceremony, where her ex-husband Brad Pitt and his girlfriend Angelina Jolie will also be present as they have been nominated in the the best actor and actress category.
"Jen will own the night. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might be nominated, but Los Angeles is Jen's town," said a friend in a press statement.
Pitt is nominated in the best actor category for his performance in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", while Jolie is nominated for the best actress for "Changeling".
And Aniston is invited to present an award at the gala event that will take place Feb 22.
"She was a good girl and pulled back during the Golden Globes even though she had the hottest movie out 'Marley and Me'. And at the time of the Oscars, the movie is likely to be at the top of the box office," added the friend.
The former "Friends" star had recently slammed Jolie by calling her "uncool" in an interview with Vogue.
Jennifer's boyfriend John Mayer has also been persuading her to take on Pitt and Jolie at Hollywood's hottest night of the year.
John reportedly said: "You've got to go. Why do you hide in this town? You have every reason to be there.
By presenting at the Oscars, you'll tell the world: 'I don't care about Brad and Angie. I belong here, too.'"
Hollywood star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave first glimpse of their newborn twins in public as they touched down in Japan to promote their films. Earlier, Brangelina introduced their twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon to the world through Hello magazine.
Knox was photographed matching dad with a trendy flat cap while Vivienne was dressed in a cream cashmere babygrow and cradled her mother in a body sling, reports the Sun. Brangelina's other kids Pax Thien, Maddox, Shiloh and Zahara also accompanied their parents dressed in identical grey cord trousers and were also on their best behaviour as they walked beside them.
Through the ups and downs, personal troubles or no, Britney Spears is the hottest human being on Planet Earth, according to USA Today's survey.
USA Today�s annual Celebrity Heat Index, which measures how much exposure a star gets in print and online, has been topped by Britney, all thanks to the exposure she got through internet and print reports.
It's just another feather in Britney's cap, following her selection by People readers as having the "best comeback" of 2008 as well as being the "most talked about celebrity."
The second place has been nabbed by Angelina Jolie, whose life and romance with actor Brad Pitt is constantly making headlines. Jennifer Aniston takes third place and Pitt fourth.
Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith, meanwhile, dropped out of the Top 10 altogether.
Making the list for the first time is Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, who made a splash after playing Edward in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer�s popular vampire books. Gossip Girl star Blake Lively is also a newcomer to the index.
Jennifer Aniston poses in nothing but a necktie on the January �09 issue of GQ magazine.
Inside the upcoming mag, Jen bares her soul in a candid interview with GQ. Here�s a snippet that touches on Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt:
On why she thinks people are still interested in her split with Brad, 4 years after the fact: �Jokingly: The funny thing is that people don�t realize we all go away to the Hamptons on the weekends� No. But can you imagine? That�d be hysterical: I�ve got Zahara on my hip, and Knox��
On her on-again boyfriend John Mayer: �Honestly, did not know much about him before I met him. I�d heard � you know, uh �Your Body� � that song. But what I can say is that I had no idea what an extraordinary musician he is. And it�s just great to sit and be witness t that. It�s kind of like, Whoa!�
On the rumors surrounding Jen and John: �I am not having his baby. And I have not popped the question.�
The 39-year-old actress�s revealing cover hits newsstands December 23.
Bet Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie�s publicists wish they got a pay rise every time the rumor of the star couple�s marriage did the rounds.
Hollywood�s hottest couple married again this weekend � not. But this time their publicist deferred the knockdown of rumors of a wedding in a New Orleans wedding chapel to the chapel�s clergyman.
�Brad and Angelina did not get married by us,� the Rev. Tony Talavera, owner of the French Quarter Wedding chapel, told magazine Life & Style Weekly a day after the rumored Saturday wedding.
Talavera said he normally did not reveal who he did or did not marry at his wedding center just 14 blocks from the Jolie-Pitt home but he went public this time after Pitt�s people called him and asked him to �quash any misinformation that�s out there.�
�I have not met them personally,� said Talavera. �This just got out of control. Their publicist asked me to give out a statement.�
But Talavera said he�d be happy to do the job for Pitt and Jolie if they ever do finally decide to rid themselves of the rumors and take the plunge.
�We extend the invitation. We�re glad they are neighbors,� he said.
