We have one silly, stupid Brad Pitt story and one interesting, true Brad Pitt story today. Let’s do the silly one first! You know how Brad has been drifting away from the romantic leading man roles for years now? He’s taken lead roles, for sure, but over the past decade – the decade he’s spent with Angelina – Brad rarely takes on roles with any kind of love interest or sex scenes or anything. Why is that? It’s because The Leg demands it, obviously.

Angelina Jolie has forbidden partner Brad Pitt from doing steamy love scenes with any other actresses. According to the new issue of The National ENQUIRER, Jolie — who fell in love with Pitt on set while he was still married to Jennifer Aniston — fears history repeating itself.

So, her solution is simple, a source told The ENQUIRER: “Angelina has forbidden Brad to do love scenes on camera with any other woman except her. She’s told him that she just doesn’t think it’s appropriate anymore.”

The couple, who still haven’t married but are raising six kids together, couldn’t resist their chemistry when they were co-stars in the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2004. Sadly for Pitt’s then-wife Aniston, his involvement with Jolie broke up their marriage. Now sources tell The ENQUIRER that Jolie, 39, is making sure she’s the only one bedding Brad on the screen—in their upcoming movie By The Sea, in which they play a married couple.

As The ENQUIRER article notes, the last sex scene Pitt, 50, performed was with Cate Blanchett in 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

[From Radar]

The tabloids have claimed this so many times, it’s getting sort of ridiculous. And I always enjoy how they make Brad into some weak-willed, hen-pecked (Leg-pecked!!) douche who only does what Angelina tells him to do. Isn’t it possible that Brad just isn’t interested in playing romantic leads these days? That he’s aging out of those roles and he’s fine with it?

Speaking of aging out of certain roles, Fury will be coming out later this year. That’s the Pitt-Shia LaBeouf WWII film about the last throes of the European theater of war. Fury was supposed to come out in November, just in time for a major Oscar campaign. But now they’re going to release it in October. Huh.

Sony Pictures has moved up the release of its Brad Pitt World War II pic “Fury” from Nov. 14 to Oct. 17. The tank drama, co-starring, Shia LaBeouf and Logan Lerman, is directed by David Ayer and said to be an awards contender. The date change also puts “Fury” much closer to the Telluride or Toronto film festivals, which is where Pitt’s “12 Years a Slave” launched last year before going on to win big at the Oscars. So far, however, neither festival has confirmed the film.

Written by Ayer, “Fury” centers on a tank battalion led by Pitt’s character forced to make a last stand against the Nazis behind enemy lines. The WWII drama takes the place of the Seth Rogen comedy “The Interview,” which was slotted to bow on Oct. 17 but recently moved to Christmas Day. Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu’s “Birdman” also opens on that date in limited release.

[From Variety]

My take: this means that Brad really is going to make a major Oscar push for Fury. More and more studios are doing this – they’re finding that the later the film gets released, the less buzz there is. Releasing a potential Oscar-contender in October is the new sweet spot – you’re releasing it late enough in the year to be taken seriously, and you’re giving the film enough time to build momentum, gather critical acclaim and, you know, you give all of the Oscar voters a chance to see it properly (rather than via a screener at the last minute). Now all we need is for Unbroken’s release date to get pushed up and then Angelina and Brad can have dueling Oscar campaigns!! By the way, I’m near the end of our CB Book Club pick this month (Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken) and it is AMAZING. I cannot wait to see the film. Unbroken won’t be released until Christmas though. Which might be bad for Angelina’s Oscar campaign, but we’ll see.

Photos courtesy of WENN.