Brad Pitt Flashes a Wedding Ring — Is He Telling Angelina Jolie He’s Ready to Get Hitched?

That suspiciously shiny silver band on Brad Pitt’s left hand is making us wonder: Is the Moneyball star having altar envy?

Yes, Brad and Angelina Jolie have proclaimed they’re not getting married until everyone — i.e., gays — can get married all across the U.S., but when we spot Brad with a wedding ring on, we gotta ask, Is Brad getting an itchy ring finger? (Just for the record, he was on the L.A. set of his new film Moneyball.)

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Angelina Jolie Shopping in Oakland with Kids (Pictures)

Angelina Jolie takes her kids shopping at the children's store Rockridge Kids in Oakland, California. Jolie was dressed down in a black tank top and baggy black trousers.

Angelina and kids were in Oakland, CA to visit with Brad, who was filming Moneyball.

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What Jon Voight Says About the Way Shiloh Dresses

What does grandpa Jon Voight think?

"Shiloh's an amazing person," he told UsMagazine.com Sunday at a gala honoring film producer Avi Arad in Los Angeles. "I look at the way she dresses and she has a style! And she's only 4-years old! I'm going, 'What!?'"

Echoing previous remarks made by Angelina Jolie, Voight, 71, told Us, "Shiloh chooses everything she wears, so she's an amazing person. The press, they're going to make a lot of stuff about it, but she's incredible."

Jolie recently described Shiloh as having "Montenegro style" -- a phrase that baffled many fashion experts -- because she prefers to wear "tracksuits." "Shiloh’s hysterically funny, one of the goofiest, most playful people you’ll ever meet," she said. "....Goofy and verbal, the early signs of a performer."

Jolie, 35, recently scoffed at reports that she chooses Shiloh's clothes for her.

"I think she is fascinating," she told Reuters, "the choices she is making."

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Brad Pitt Takes Zahara to American Girl Store (photo)

Father-daughter bonding time!

On Saturday, Brad Pitt took some time off shooting the baseball drama Moneyball to hang with 5-year-old daughter Zahara.

Donning his usual newsboy cap, the actor, 46, was photographed holding the girl's hand at a birthday party for rocker Chris Cornell's daughter Toni at the American Girl store in Los Angeles.

A witness tells UsMagazine.com: "Several little girls were invited to the party and Zahara arrived with Brad around noon. Word quickly spread around that they were at the Grove and a big scene formed outside. Brad was very cordial to fans. As they left, he waved and gave a thumbs up to everyone. He held Zahara's hand, and she looked very happy. She had a goodie bag from American Girl place that she opened as soon as she got in the car."

Zahara - whom Pitt and longtime love Angelina Jolie adopted from Ethiopia in 2006 - has "got an extraordinary voice," Jolie, 35, recently gushed to Vanity Fair. She added that their daughter also is "just so elegant and well spoken."

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Angelina Jolie Casts Bosnian Actress as the Lead in Her Directorial Debut

The 'Salt' star has chosen 27-year-old Zana Marjanovic to lead her directorial debut about wartime love story which shot will be started later this year.
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Angelina Jolie has cast a little-known Bosnian actress as the lead in her directorial debut. "Snow" star Zana Marjanovic, 27, will front the untitled wartime love story. The actress tells the Associated Press she's very excited about the prospect of working with a "great actress and humanist" like Jolie.

The Oscar winner hopes to start shooting the film later this year in Hungary and Bosnia.

On another news, Jolie's rep has blasted rumors mentioning the "Salt" actress will pen an autobiography, which reportedly will include "her experimenting with lesbianism, her struggle with mental illness and how she won Brad Pitt." National Enquirer, who first reported the stories, also claimed, "By not mentioning Jen at all, it's like Angie saying her love rival for Brad doesn't even exist on the same planet as her." Denying the stories, the rep stated that it was "not true."


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Brad Pitt hitches a lift then gets towed on the set of his new film

It seems like no one wants Brad Pitt to actually drive himself anywhere.

The 46-year-old actor was spotted on the set of his new film Moneyball hitching a ride in a golf buggy driven by a female assistant between shooting locations.

Brad looked none too pleased to be in the passenger seat as they whizzed through the set in San Pedro, California over the weekend.

Brad was then dropped off at his new form of transportation - a black pick up truck.

But he wouldn't be allowed to actually drive that either, as it was loaded on to a flat bed truck rigged with cameras.

Brad, wearing a black leather jacket and aviator sunglasses. jumped in the truck and pretended to drive it while cameras rolled.
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Fake driving: Brad had to jump into a pick up truck loaded on a flat bed which was then towed round the set

In the film Brad plays Billy Beane, manager of the Oakland A's baseball team.

The biopic follows Beane and his successful attempt to put together a successful baseball team using computer generated analysis to draft relatively unknown players.

The film has been shooting over the summer in Oakland and Los Angeles and co-stars Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright.

Ready for action: brad looked cool in a black leather jacket and aviator glasses

While Brad is busy filming his long term partner Angelina Jolie is on the other side of the world carrying out various foreign missions as part of her role as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

After completing filming on The Tourist with Johnny Depp, Jolie, 35 in France and Italy, the actress headed to Pakistan to draw attention to victims of the devastating floods that occurred last month.

She even took her two eldest daughters, Shiloh and Zahara along with her.

But despite the separation Brad and Angelina, who have been together for 5 years and have six children together, are still going strong.

The couple recently purchased a $39 million mansion in Italy - not something a couple would do if they were on the verge of a break up.

Angelina Jolie Pitt coming back from Europe with Shiloh wearing a wooden sword outside of the plane and army boots


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Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp Have Hot & Steamy Sex In The Shower!

HollywoodLife.com has seen the script of Angelina and Johnny’s upcoming film, The Tourist, and trust us — they’re going to set the screen on fire!

Oh yeah, baby! Shocking as it may sound, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp HAVE had wild and crazy sex! However, Brad Pitt and Vanessa Paradis don’t have to worry about their partners cheating –  they simply shot the steamy scenes for their upcoming thriller, The Tourist!

HollywoodLife.com has obtained the script for the flick, which is based on the 2005 French film, Anthony Zimmer, and let us tell you…you’ll be seeing a lot of action in more ways than one! Johnny, 47, plays Frank Taylor, a just-divorced and completely clueless American tourist who gets pulled into an alluring web of lies told by mysterious and heartbreakingly beautiful Englishwoman Elise Mason (Angelina).

After meeting as strangers on a train, Elise and Frank check into the exclusive Danieli Hotel in Venice, Italy; Elise, who’s on a secret mission to help the love of her life – a British criminal mastermind named Alexander Pearce who’s face she hasn’t seen for years -  tells Frank he can sleep on the couch.

However, after seeing the gal he calls “the most beautiful woman on earth” in the shower, Frank can’t help himself and totally seduces Elise! The script reads, “Walking in, he LIFTS [Elise] against the glass, clutching at her slithery body, kissing her frantically…she kisses him back with ardor, wrapping her dripping legs around his back…”

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Angelina Jolie blamed for Shiloh’s cross-dressing style

The tabloids have devoted acres of ink to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt letting their 4-year old daughter, Shiloh dress like a tomboy. But despite her denials, an insider insists Angelina is really the cause.

“She’s been dressing Shiloh in her older brother Maddox’s hand-me-downs for years, “ the snoop tells L&S. “Including making her wear boys’ boxer shorts.”

And the professionals seem inclined to agree;

“It definitely doesn’t look like she dressed herself,” Children’s stylist Zoey Washington concurs

On September 14, Shiloh gave us all ample proof – She arrived at LAX wearing a boys ‘Old Navy’ boys polo shirt, shorts which her brother Maddox was seen in back in 2007 – and huge, unlaced combat boots.

“Maybe her mom had her stylist throw the look together,” Washington ponders.

“Angelina has an idea that each child should have a specific personality she picked out for them, practically at birth,” the insider shares. “Shiloh’s the tomboy.”

Angie even chose a boy’s name – In Hebrew, Shiloh has several meanings including “His gift” and “He who is to be sent” and is traditionally reserved for a son.

And in a recent interview Angelina said she purposely dresses her daughter “like a little dude.”

“Shiloh, we feel, has Montenegro style,” she recently explained. “It’s how people dress there. She likes tracksuits and regular suits. She likes to dress like a boy.”

Brad Pitt also told reporters that, while at home, Shiloh asks to be called Peter or John.

“It’s normal for a little girl to explore the opposite gender,” says psychologist Jonathan Alpert. “But if a parent is trying to deny the child a cultural norm, that’s a different story. Parents shouldn’t push an agenda via their child.”

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If I want to avoid attention I just invite Brad and Angelina and their fifteen kids over to use as Decoys

HOLLYWOOD stars have long had ways of avoiding overkeen fans and snooping cameras.

Using fake names, tinted windows and the occasional disguise are among them.

But Tinseltown's George Clooney jokes he has devised a cunning ruse - he invites close pals Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their kids round to his villa in Laglio, Italy.

They get all the attention and he can sneak off for some peace.

In an exclusive interview, Clooney says: "It's much easier for me to hang out with friends at a restaurant in Laglio or a lot of other small villages and towns without 50 photographers showing up in half an hour.

"My life over there takes me away from the circus aspects of being a celebrity and that's a pleasant change for me.

"But unfortunately Laglio is turning into a bit of a tourist mecca now and so I have to be a little more careful whenever I'm there - either that, or I should just stand at the entrance to the village handing out tourist brochures.

"I don't really worry about that though."

"Whenever I want, I can always stage a diversion and invite Brad and Angie and their 15 children to come over.

"Then I can sneak away to the other side of the lake by boat and do whatever I want."

Brad and George have been pals for years, having worked together on the three Ocean's films - which kicked off in 2001 with Ocean's Eleven - and 2008 flick Burn After Reading.

Handily Clooney's next movie, The American, is largely set in Italy, so he hasn't had to stray far from his adopted country.

It follows on from the Oscar-nominated hit Up In The Air - featuring Clooney as an executive who flies around firing staff at downsizing firms - which opened in January to rave reviews.

The actor is making slightly fewer films than before as he is enjoying a more relaxed life in Europe.

And he admits his work ethic has damaged his personal life in the past. George has not settled down again since his 1993 divorce from actress Talia Balsam, 51, although he has been dating beautiful Italian TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis for more than a year.

He said: "I was working so hard on my film projects that for a time I basically didn't even think very much about how my personal life was evolving.

"I didn't care, in the sense that I didn't have a family or children to look after and that I wasn't involved in any long-term relationships.

"What changed my life in a very pleasant and unexpected way was buying the villa in Laglio. That was a pure investment decision - I thought maybe I would spend a few weeks vacationing there.

"But then I realised how beautiful life was in Italy and how it really helped calm me and not feel so pressured.

"I could also work very productively and bring my friends over to keep me company."

On the surface, George is the star with everything.

The silver-haired heart-throb has an Oscar, the pick of the best film roles, a stunning Italian girlfriend and the villa on Lake Como.

But one trauma continues to nag at the actor - the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan in Africa.

Four years ago Clooney and his journalist dad Nick smuggled cameras into the Darfur refugee camps to show the terrible impact of a civil war that is estimated to have killed more than 300,000.

No end is in sight to the bloody conflict despite Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir being charged by the International Criminal Court for allegedly orchestrating the genocide.

George says: "I've been honoured to be able to lend my celebrity to help wherever I can, especially on behalf of the United Nations.

"But in the case of Darfur it's been the greatest failure of my life.

"With other people, we've been able to get a lot of attention focused on the terrible situation there and nothing has changed. It's very frustrating."

On Sunday, the 49-year-old picked up a humanitarian award for his good work, which has also included helping the victims of January's earthquake in Haiti and of Hurricane Katrina which struck New Orleans in 2005.

He reckons he inherited this desire to speak out on important issues from his 76-year-old father.

George said: "My dad believed there's a right way to live and a right way to run a government.

"So he has never shied away from speaking his mind on certain issues and being politically outspoken even if that cost him his job or made his life difficult.

"So I grew up appreciating the meaning of the notion of integrity and I owe that to my father."

His new film, The American, sees Clooney as an assassin preparing for his last job. Opening on November 26, it is directed by Anton Corbijn, who made the Joy Division singer Ian Curtis biopic, Control.

It is another medium-budget production for Clooney who admits he has deliberately avoided making blockbusters since the 1997 flop Batman & Robin.

He said: "There was so much hype around my being Batman and then I nearly killed the franchise and my career along with it.

"I also didn't want to do a lot of easy romantic comedies. I wanted to make films like Three Kings and Out Of Sight because those kinds of films are trying to push the envelope and have a chance to leave some kind of mark."

Clooney ensures he keeps work and pleasure separate. He said: "You have to be willing to work hard to create your own sense of freedom and that's where the real art of living comes in.

"I probably have as much fun as anyone but I'm extremely disciplined when it comes to dividing my time between work and play.

"I don't even drink as much as I used to because I just can't stand wasting the next day recovering from a hangover any more."

While he considers hard work a major reason for his success since quitting TV series ER to make it big in Hollywood, he also realises luck has played a role. And he says stars shouldn't be fooled into thinking they are creative geniuses.

George said: "I grew up around famous people. In the world I grew up in - Cincinnati, Ohio - my father was a big star as a TV news anchorman and my Aunt Rosemary was one of the most popular singers in America.

"But I learnt from how her career sank in the Sixties. I saw how little it has to do with you. It's all about luck.

"The problem with famous people in general is that they actually think they're geniuses.

"You get famous and you think, 'Yes, of course I should be famous and I've earned it all'. You haven't, though. You got lucky. I got lucky."


He continues to hold out for more good fortune, believing his best work is in front of him.

He smiled: "I still feel I haven't done my best work although I've at least put myself in the position where I can keep doing what I love and enjoy the process.

"That, for me, is what it's all about. I've had a pretty good plan which I've been following for the last ten years or so in terms of becoming a director, developing my own projects and taking my work to the next level.

"I even have a bit of a personal life these days."

Laughing, he added: "I don't want to make anyone sick, but things are going pretty well for me."

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Angelina Jolie & Her Girls Land In Los Angeles

Angelina Jolie was seen arriving at Los Angeles International Airport with her eldest daughters, Zahara, 5 1/2, and Shiloh, 4, on Saturday (September 18). As the trio made their way through the busy airport, an airline employee assisted Shiloh who was carrying a wooden sword.

Last week, we spotted Angie and her girls landing in London for a short stay.

The Academy Award-winning actress and her partner Brad Pitt are also parents to Maddox, 9, Pax, 6 1/2, and 2-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

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Angelina Jolie's Tourist Promo Pictures Give Us A Case Of Deja Vu

Angelina Jolie starred with Brad Pitt in 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which was followed by Pitt splitting with wife Jennifer Aniston and getting together with Jolie. Oops!

Now Angie stars in The Tourist - which opens in theaters on December 10th, 2010 - opposite Johnny Depp, and we can't help but notice this one promo pic in particular...

It strongly echoes a promo pic used for Mr. & Mrs. Smith five years earlier, except Angelina's dance partner has changed from Brad to Johnny.

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Angelina Jolie's father Jon Voight Brags About His Grandchildren: "They're All Smart"

Jon Voight continues to relish his role as grandpa to the children of his daughter, Angelina Jolie, and her partner, Brad Pitt.

"Shiloh, oh boy, she's a smart one, but she's four years old, you can never tell what she does, her face lights up," the Coming Home Best Actor Oscar winner, 71, told reporters at FOX's Fall Eco-Casino Party at L.A.'s Boa Restaurant this week.

"They're all smart," says Voight. "Z's smart, they're all smart I'll tell you. Maddox, Pax, Z … I gotta get all their names, because you can't cheat and I'm not going to. Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne, they're all very smart kids, beautiful too."

As for keeping in touch with his six grandchildren via Skype, as Voight vowed to do, "I'm trying!" he says, "Maddox says 'okay' – he writes me back 'okay' and then I can't get it, but I've been away for my computer so I couldn't get back to him."

RELATED: INSIDE STORY: How Angelina and Dad Jon Voight Are Healing Their Rift


Rather than become frustrated with his lack of computer skills in communicating with Maddox, Voight says he's probably "going to see him" soon, and "what's better than that?"

Voight is costarring in FOX's new drama Lone Star, in which he plays the patriarch of a Texas oil family, a role that won approval from Jolie – whom he says, "knows what I like" and is "very astute."

Does this mean his grandchildren might be tuning in, too? "I don't think they'll be that interested in it, you know," he says. "But they might be."


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Angelina Jolie tells the secrets behind her tattoos

Angelina Jolie is one such celeb who loves to celebrate what she is without any qualms. So while talking about the body art / tattoos in the latest issue of ‘Post-Modern Ink’ an Australian magazine she said that she loves her tattoos.

To her they are kind of body art and she doesn’t find anything abnormal in someone having themselves getting marked or inked. She goes on to say that she thinks it is absolutely alright for people who spend their entire life playing someone else getting their skins inked with things that matter to them.

Jolie goes on to say that the latest inking she had on her body is that of an ancient Cambodian script in five rows on her back and they look “very sacred.” It’s a long time since Angie had started getting herself inked, there have been many which she has erased with time and got new ones.

Like the name of her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, or the same tattoo that she and ex-hubby Johnny Lee Miller had. But with time she has erased them and got the longitudes and the latitudes of the places where she either adopted or had her children. 35year old mom raises six kids with partner Brad Pitt and she unlikely to erase the tattoos she has now.

Talking about tattoos Jolie goes on to state about the dragon tattoo with a blue tongue she had in Amsterdam. It was one of the biggest surprise she gave herself after getting a bit crazy and getting herself inked with a dragon. But to her the dragon represents strength and elegance of a woman.

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Angelina Jolie In Pakistan to visit the Flood Victims (PHOTOS)

Angelina Jolie was in Pakistan Tuesday in her role as UNHCR ambassador.

She spoke at a news conference and visited a camp setup for people displaced by the heavy flooding, pen and paper in hand.

And Angelina met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, at his home in Islamabad.

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Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt Is The Only Person I Talk To and I don't have a lot of friends I talk to (VIDEO)

Angelina Jolie is in Pakistan, where she has met with the Prime Minister in her role as UNHCR ambassador. On Wednesday she spoke with CNN's Sanjay Gupta via satellite about the flood victims and how she deals with the tragedy she sees.

"I'll talk to my family," she said. "I talk to Brad; he wants to know as much as he can about these issues and every trip. He's been here as well, he came with me after the earthquake. But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to."

Angelina said that she lets her older children watch the reports about the floods and tries to teach them about what is happening in the countries they are from.

"I tell my children why I'm going and I explain to them why I was packing flashlights and food. They help me pack some things," she said. "It helps them to be better people, to understand a little bit about the world."


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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie buy a spectacular $40 million Italian Villa (Photos)

They own a luxurious Los Angeles mansion and a $3.5 million French-style home in New Orleans.

And now Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spent $40 million on their third home - a mansion in Italy.

Situated in the Northern Italian hills of Valpolicella, the property boasts 18,000 square feet and 15 bedrooms, seven baths, a movie theater, two swimming pools, a gym and several Jacuzzis.

The property also has stables and a vineyard.

Angelina apparently fell in love with Italy after filming The Tourist there earlier this year.

She and Brad intend to use the Italian property as a vacation home and continue to use their Loz Feliz house as their main base.

The Los Feliz house is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Brad bought the 5,338 sq ft house for $1.7 million in 1994, and has invested millions into renovating and expanding it.

Sitting on nearly an acre of land, the property consists of a five-bedroom, 5,338-square-foot main Craftsman-style house.

There is also an adjoining 2,454-square-foot house on a 0.29-acre lot, plus another 0.03-acre strip of vacant land that he also continues to own, plus another adjoining 1,653-square-foot house.
Their property in New Orleans is also stunning.
Brad and Angelina bought the early-1830s mansion which is situated in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 2007. 

Brad was in New Orleans at the time filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The house was purchased for $3.5 million in cash, and boasts a grand spiral staircase, elevator, and gourmet kitchen.
It also has a large private courtyad and a separate two-story guest house, as well as private parking for two cars.

Brad and Angelina got together in 2005 - shortly after Pitt's four-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston failed.
The couple have six children: adopted sons Maddox, nine, and Pax, six; adopted daughter Zahara, five; and their natural children Shiloh, four, and twins Knox and Vivienne, two.


Brad has recently spent time in New Orleans observing the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
He toured the Lower 9th Ward, one of the worst hit areas.

He also took a look around some of the new affordable, eco houses that have been built as part of his Make It Right Foundation, which he set up to help residents who lost their homes in the disaster.
He founded the project in 2007 and so far 50 homes have been built with aims to build up to 150.

Angelina also paid a brief one-day visit to New Orleans for the anniversary.
She recently flew to Pakistan to raise awareness for the victims of the devastating floods that happened last month.

The 35-year-old United Nations goodwill ambassador visited the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
And even with  headscarf on, there was no mistaking her Hollywood style.


More than 1,500 Pakistanis have been killed and around 20million affected by flooding brought on by the annual monsoon rains last month. 

'I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan,' Miss Jolie said.
‘This is not just a humanitarian crisis, it is an economic and social catastrophe’.

Beautiful: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought the he Villa Costanza in Valpolicella, Italy for $40 million

Dream house: The 18,000 square foot Villa includes 15 bedrooms, seven baths, a movie theater, and two swimming pools,  a gym, several Jacuzzis, stables and a vineyard

Stunning: The property will be used primarily as a vacation spot while Los Angeles will remain their base

Safe: The property is gated and secure enough for the A-list couple and their six children to relax

Hidden hills: Brad and Angelina will have 18,000 square feet for the kids to run around and play hide and seek in

European classic: Angelina fell in love with beautiful Italy after filming The Tourist there earlier this year

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Angelina Jolie visits Pakistand aid camps and plea on Pakistan floods: 'We have to support them' (video)

For Angelina Jolie, the scale and impact of the floods that have devastated Pakistan are apparent on the faces of those she meets.

She saw it in the eyes of a couple in their 70s – a husband who served twice in the military and built his house by himself for his family, one they've lived in for nearly 40 years.

"The man spoke to the fact that he never felt in his lifetime he is ever going to be able to recuperate what he lost," Jolie told Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. "That he would never have again nice things. He would never have a nice bed, a nice house. And she – they lived in this place since 1972. And raised their children and their grandchildren there. In a moment, a few hours, it was completely gone."

Jolie spoke to Gupta during her fourth trip to Pakistan as a spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency to help bring awareness to the country in the wake of devastating floods that have affected 21 million people.

It's a scene Jolie said may be hard for some to understand – especially because of how far away it is. If people saw the eyes of the children pleading for help, perhaps they'd understand the Pakistanis' will to live, she said.

"If they met all these children [who are] so resilient and are still children and so full of life and love and hope," Jolie said that she thinks people would grasp the situation better.

"I think it is – this part of the world, they are resilient people. Think of all that they have been hit with. They continue to move on, to rebuild."

Jolie said she wasn't sure what she'd see when she got to Pakistan. But after touring villages, the trip evoked a cause close to home for her – reminding her of the work Brad Pitt is doing in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina. It's a comparison she said she hopes will help people understand why they need to send aid.

"I thought I'm going to see a lot of wet areas and tents, and what I saw was if people could think about New Orleans and the scale of that and how devastating that was. ... There was so much that was full of toxic materials and death and that's on a huge scale, and this is no different."

Any conflict in the area shouldn't prevent people from caring, Jolie said.

"We have to support them," Jolie said. "For all the people worried about conflict in this part of the world, they think it is far away and don't understand the corruption. The only way to make for a healthier, more hopeful, stronger Pakistan and Afghanistan is to help support education and help people, especially in this time of need, and not allow for more devastation and more desperation."


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Angelina Jolie Refuses movie 'Gravity' Again, Puts Project in 'Danger'

As the actress who was expected to carry the movie has officially turned down the offer for the second time, the project is said in uncertain future.

Angelina Jolie has chosen to defy "Gravity". Despite being offered a big money, the mother of six has officially turned down the job, putting the project "in danger of falling back to Earth", Deadline Hollywood reports. The studio is reportedly facing a problem to get an actress to take the key role and draw audience.

Jolie had previously been courted by director Alfonso Cuaron to star in his film when the project was still at Universal Pictures. The 35-year-old beauty then backed out when the film landed at Warner Bros. Later, the studio approached the likes of Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts with Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively reported as the frontrunners.

However, it seems that Warner Bros. was unsure if any of these actresses "can hold the screen and draw an audience to an $80 million film" that they made a second offer to Jolie, but she turned it down again. Though notable actor Robert Downey Jr. is attached to star in the film, his role is quite small and he is never projected to carry "Gravity", Deadline further states.

"Gravity" has a script written by Alfonso Cuaron and his son Jonas. The story revolves around a female astronaut and her team leader on a remote space station. The other team members get wiped out by a debris field from an exploding satellite. The film will follow the female heroine as she attempts to return home to her child. Production is planned to start in 2011 after Downey Jr. completes "Sherlock Holmes 2".

Angelina Jolie has planned to make a Bosnian War Movie and kick off the principal photography in fall. She is additionally rumored close to land a lead role in "Unforgiven", which is based on 2009 British miniseries of the same title.

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Gaunt Angelina Jolie takes her twins Vivienne and Knox to visit Brad Pitt on set

Her fragile form has attracted huge criticism over recent years.

But Angelina Jolie looked particularly gaunt as she took twins Vivienne and Knox to visit their father Brad Pitt on set in Los Angeles.

Scrawny arms exposed by a sleeveless top and minuscule legs highlighted by tight black trousers, she looked barely strong enough to carry Vivienne.

A real mouthful: Angelina Jolie lets Vivienne stuff her blanket in her mouth as she carries her from the car, left, and shows her very slim arms on the return journey

But she was obviously in full 'mummy mode' as she had one of the childrens' blankets flung casually over one shoulder and the other in her mouth.

Jolie, 35, recently appeared on screen in action thriller Salt where her role as a hard-as-nails CIA agent sat a little uncomfortably with her frail physique.

She is currently having a break from filming while Brad works on new project Moneyball alongside Superbad star Jonah Hill at Sony Studios in Culver City.

Mummy and me: Angelina Jolie carries daughter Vivienne Marcheline into a studio in Culver City, California. Brad Pitt is currently filming Moneyball at the studio

The film tells the story of a baseball club's general manager as he attempts to put together a team on a budget.

Jolie has also been working this week, in her role as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

She lent her support to a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about the flood in Pakistan.

The actress was today spotted at Heathrow Airport as she passed through London on her way out to the devastated country.

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The Scoop on Angelina Jolie's $48 Flip Flops

Throughout the summer, Angelina Jolie has been wowing fans in chic gowns as she promoted Salt across the world.

But last Friday, she showed off her effortlessly chic casual style as she left her family's French Quarter home.

On her feet: Her favorite pair of flip flops.

Designed by the New York-based company Tkees, Jolie's sandals run about $48.

The 35-year-old Jolie -- who is about to direct her first movie -- was in the Big Easy to support beau Brad Pitt, who helped mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He has spent more than $5 million helping to rebuild the area.


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Angelina & Brad: The fight over Shiloh Being A Tomboy

Angelina Jolie was talking about how her daughter Shiloh loves to dress like a boy -- and the actress couldn't seem to stop. "I have a very strong-willed 4-year-old girl who tells me what she wants to wear, and I let her be who she is," she gushed to the British magazine Stylist recently. As for Shiloh 's famously short haircut, "[she] cried and said, 'Please cut my hair off,'" Angie explained. "I think it's beautiful." Angie couldn't have sounded prouder. The only problem? In interview after interview, Angelina talks about the boyish way Shiloh dresses and behaves, but the other kids don't warrant a mention. Brad Pitt's not happy about it.

According to a report in the U.K.'s Closer magazine, he's upset that Shiloh's getting too much attention at the expense of the other children -- and has begged Angie to stop going on and on about Shiloh. "Brad is very bothered by Angelina's public statements," an insider close to the couple confirms to Life & Style. "She's being too revealing. Angelina releases more telling information in a press junket than she does in conversations with friends."

And whenever there's a disagreement -- over Shiloh or anything else -- a notoriously controlling Angie will overrule Brad, often harshly. "They get into vicious fights sometimes, and Angelina can be very mean to him," the insider notes. "Even when they're out at dinner with friends, she sometimes snaps at him, saying, 'You're wrong.' She puts him in his place a lot."

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Angelina Jolie Issues a plea for Pakistan

The Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie and her husband Brad Pitt are renowned all over the world not only for their movies but also for their off-screen humanitarian efforts. Jolie is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador herself and she has done a lot for the down-stricken countries in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Recently when Floods ravaged Pakistan and left millions of innocent people homeless, Jolie donated a huge sum of money for the flood-relief. Jolie also made a Public Service Announcement that urged people from all over the world to donate money for the flood-stricken nation. The ‘Salt’ star said that Pakistan is going through a social and economic catastrophe and as human beings we should cast our differences aside and stand by the people of the country. Thousands of innocent lives have been lost in the floods already and rescue efforts have come to a grinding halt due to the shortage of funds.

The video shows Jolie urging people to donate money and pledge their support for the deprived country. Jolie further said that this is not just a humanitarian crisis and it surely needs the attention of the entire world. So follow Jolie’s lead and contribute to the fund right away.

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Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Observe Fifth Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina

Hollywood stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie headed back to New Orleans over the weekend to observe the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which left 1800 dead and thousands homeless in its aftermath. Appearing on NBC, Brad Pitt commented on the devastation that still exists in New Orleans:

    'It was unfathomable, I mean, just -- you had no idea that there were families and here. It was just wiped clean. Except for the occasional pile up of homes and -- on top of homes'.


While in New Orleans, Brad Pitt is slated to be the NFL's voice for its upcoming documentary on the New Orleans' Saints Super Bowl victory in a documentary entitled 'America's Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints'.


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Brad claims New Orleans is district now world`s greenest

Brad Pitt claims he has helped turn New Orleans' devastated Lower Ninth Ward into 'the greenest neighbourhood in the world'.

The Hollywood star, in the city for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, showed US TV cameras around the homes his Make It Right foundation has built in the area.

Pitt said 50 eco-houses - which he says are a 'template for the future' - have been built so far and 150 more are planned.

The homes are designed for those residents who lost theirs in the 2005 disaster.

And he said they had been specially built to withstand future hurricanes.

The Ocean's Eleven star, who owns a property in New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie, told NBC's Meet The Press: 'None of these home owners will suffer those horrors. I feel very happy and secure about [them]. We wanted them to be safe, they had to be affordable, and we wanted to embed high-performance [technology]. With affordable housing, they're usually getting the worst materials, the cheapest materials, the most toxic materials - things that cause a bigger burden on the family. We thought, 'Well, let's see if the community will invest in this green technology.'

Pitt said he wanted to help the Big Easy because he loved it so much.

'There's a feel and a smell and a sound that permeates this place that I just find intoxicating. And I love the people. There's some feeling of community and verve and excitement and colour that I don't find anywhere else.'

Brad Pitt claims he has helped turn New Orleans' devastated Lower Ninth Ward into 'the greenest neighbourhood in the world'.

The Hollywood star, in the city for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, showed US TV cameras around the homes his Make It Right foundation has built in the area.

Pitt said 50 eco-houses - which he says are a 'template for the future' - have been built so far and 150 more are planned.

The homes are designed for those residents who lost theirs in the 2005 disaster.

And he said they had been specially built to withstand future hurricanes.

The Ocean's Eleven star, who owns a property in New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie, told NBC's Meet The Press: 'None of these home owners will suffer those horrors. I feel very happy and secure about [them]. We wanted them to be safe, they had to be affordable, and we wanted to embed high-performance [technology]. With affordable housing, they're usually getting the worst materials, the cheapest materials, the most toxic materials - things that cause a bigger burden on the family. We thought, 'Well, let's see if the community will invest in this green technology.'

Pitt said he wanted to help the Big Easy because he loved it so much.

'There's a feel and a smell and a sound that permeates this place that I just find intoxicating. And I love the people. There's some feeling of community and verve and excitement and colour that I don't find anywhere else.'

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