Yesterday, we learned that Angelina Jolie and the kids are in Berlin. In addition to taking the kids to Legoland and making a “quiet visit” to the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, Angelina is premiering In The Land of Blood and Honey at the Berlin Film Festival today – these are some pics from the photo call. I dislike her dress. It’s not sack-y enough to be an official “Jolie Sack” but it’s not fitted enough to be flattering. Basically, it’s just a kind of ugly dress with a bad fit.

Yesterday, Angelina met with Germany’s foreign minister to discuss UNHCR business – we don’t have those photos, but you can see them here. Jolie wore all-white, like an ANGEL! Blah. That coat look medical too – like she’s been working in her laboratory, right? Angelina also has a new interview that is getting a lot of play for whatever reason – here’s the video:

She talks about how she finds “balance” between her Hollywood life and her “real” life. I understand what she’s saying here, and I’m totally a fan (you know I am)… but she’s coming across as a little bit sanctimonious when she says stuff like:

“Without the balance of doing things that actually matter in the world — and being part of the real world — then I would have been left in a bubble. That would have felt very empty and I probably would have just had a very shallow, horrible life. [I feel fortunate to be] welcomed into areas of the world where I see people and work with people who are survivors of war. I have a real view of the real world. I’m very touched and very moved by people and what they overcome. They have always reminded me to just wake up in the morning and be grateful that your children are healthy. Nothing else matters.”

[Via Us Weekly]

Yes, I understand. I get that she’s changed and this is her journey and she’s a better person now. But enough about how “shallow” and “horrible” her life would be without her “real work,” you know? It just seems like she’s judging other people for not living her kind of “real” life.

I’m including some photos of Angelina with the cast, including Goran Kostic (who still looks like a meth-y Daniel Craig to me) and Zana Marjanovic (who is so pretty). Angelina’s legs do not look good here, especially compared to Zana’s. I wish I had the skinny-legs gene.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Did you know Angelina Jolie and the kids are in Berlin now? True story. They flew in (via private jet) a few days ago. Angelina is preparing to push In the Land of Blood and Honey at the Berlin Film Festival. The red carpet is tomorrow – I’m sure we’ll have photos on Sunday. For now, though, just enjoy this story about Brangelina’s activities in Berlin – Legoland! Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe! Wait, what? I had to ask CB if that was seriously the name of the memorial – she confirmed it. I mean, it is what it is, and that’s what happened – Jews were murdered. But maybe a gentler sounding name? Like, even “Holocaust Memorial” would sound better.

It took more than 1-degree weather to keep Angelina Jolie and three of her and Brad Pitt’s kids from enjoying Berlin’s Legoland Discovery Centre on Thursday afternoon.

Mom and Maddox, Pax and Shiloh piled into a Mercedes van and headed to the indoor fun facility, where the kids played for about 90 minutes, before selecting some Lego toys from the gift shop. Pax had the hardest time deciding which package to choose, reports the German tabloid, B.Z..

Jolie seems to be a fan of Legoland, having visited the version in England with one of her kids last September. She also has donated generously to Merlin’s Magic Wand, a worldwide charity created by the operator of Legoland to provide fun experiences for children who are seriously ill, disabled or disadvantaged.

After their visit Thursday, the Jolie-Pitts headed back to their hotel across from the landmark Brandenburg Gate to play, as Jolie prepares to show her film, In the Land of Blood and Honey, at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.

On Wednesday, reports the Bild newspaper, Jolie paid a quiet visit by herself to Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

[From People Magazine]

I didn’t know that Angelina was a supporter of Merlin’s Magic Wand. That’s pretty cool – you can read all about the charity here, at their website. It’s cool that Angelina is so supportive of Lego land – she took the kids to the UK version too.

Oh, I just got that no one has seen Brad in Berlin. It’s just Angelina? Did Brad not join her for this trip? Is he too busy kissing Academy ass? I hope Tilda Swinton flies into Berlin so she and Angelina can get bombed together again.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

“OMG, I’m so DRUNK. Am I seriously wearing a trash bag?”

In Touch Weekly has a hilarious story about Angelina Jolie this week. ITW usually has stories about Jolie, as she is their favorite villainess. Nothing she does is ever good enough, and there is no Jolie story too innocuous to be twisted into a tale of conniving ruthlessness and petty, drunken jealousy. It seems that when Brad Pitt and Angelina made their appearances at the SAG Awards, Angelina was already seething with desperation and neediness, so she decided to upstage and humiliate poor Brad. The easiest way would have been to simply devour his soul in front of the crowd. But Angelina chose to get absolutely plastered with Tilda Swinton. VICTORY!!! Don’t believe In Touch Weekly? Check out this photo of Angelina “hiding” a bottle of vodka under her table. She took a swig whenever she thought about how much she hated Brad, obviously.

Slumped over in her chair, eyes half-closed, Angelina Jolie hardly looked like the poised, glamorous actress her fans know and love at the SAG Awards on January 29.

“She was downing glass after glass of red wine,” a family friend tells In Touch. “Brad even caught her sneaking sips from a bottle of Grey Goose vodka under the dinner table!”

Seeming more like a wild sorority sister than a mother of six, she could barely stand by the evening’s end.

“Angelina had to be held up as she stumbled out of the theater,” the friend continues. “Brad was absolutely mortified!”

“Brad really wanted to make a good impression,” the friend says. But Angelina’s boozy behavior made them both look like fools. Sadly, Brad wasn’t surprised that Angelina destroyed his special time to shine. Whenever they return to LA, Brad is the “golden boy” and Angelina gets uncomfortable and needy.

“Brad knows that Angelina hates when he hangs out with his pals at Hollywood parties,” an insider says. “She wants Brad’s attention focused only on her, and she’ll do anything to get it.” And her sneaky scheme – getting so drunk that Brad had to babysit her – certainly seemed to work.

“She should have been supporting Brad that night,” the friend snipes. “Instead, he wound up supporting her!”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Brad should be used to this by now – he spent seven years with Aniston’s boozehound ass too. I’ve never really considered Angelina much of a drunk – maybe because all her critics yell about is the heroin? It rarely occurs to me that Angelina might have an issue with alcohol too. Still, I doubt it. Isn’t it far more likely that Angelina was just enjoying Tilda Swinton’s company and getting her drink on socially? And even if she did get her buzz on, I still don’t see the big deal. It’s not like she slurred her way through presenting an award.

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.

Angelina Jolie has been confirmed as a presenter for this year’s Academy Awards. I like it! She hasn’t presented at the Oscars in a long time. When was the last time? 2004? Yikes. She presented Best Director at the Golden Globes this year, but for the past half-dozen years or so, Angelina has avoided presenting at awards shows, even when she’s nominated. I don’t really know why – she never seems nervous in front of a crowd or anything, so my guess is that it’s just A) bad timing and B) she doesn’t want to. But now that she’s going to the Oscars simply as “the date” of a (multiple) nominee, Angelina thought she might be bored, so she decided to take the producers up on their offer.

The last time Brangelina went to the Oscars, it was 2009 and both Brad and Angelina were up for lead acting awards, he for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and she for Changeling. The previous year, Angelina had been snubbed for a nomination for A Mighty Heart, and they made it a point to avoid going to the Oscars that year. In my opinion – and I have no proof to back this up – I’m guessing that Brad and Angelina have a standing invitation to present at every Oscar ceremony, regardless of whether they’re nominated. Producers simply want people to tune in, and more people tune in when Brad and Angelina show up.

Other presenters who have signed on thus far: Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, and the cast of Bridesmaids. It’s a good list. But I’m waiting to see if Jennifer Aniston gets added. Aniston famously showed up to present at the 2009 Oscars (with John Mayer, LOL) when Brad and Angelina were nominated, and Aniston has Wanderlust coming out THAT same weekend. Will she bring along her new John Mayer, Justin Theroux?

Here are some old photos of Angelina at previous Oscars. God, I still LOVE that Marc Bouwer dress. And I still think that black Elie Saab was beautifully tailored.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Back in November, Angelina Jolie did an interview with 60 Minutes in which she claimed that she “is still a bad girl… I still have that side of me. . . it’s just in its place now. . . it belongs to Brad–or our adventures.” She gave us hope, y’all. All of us Angeloonies, we wish and hope and dream that some day, we’ll see our old Angelina, the wild maneater who could just as easily stab you as f–k you. I like the current Angelina – I do! – but sometimes I get a little sick of her all-mommy-all-the-time stuff. I miss the old Angelina!

Anyway, Brad Pitt was interviewed on CBS’s This Morning with Charlie Rose. Charlie showed Brad the clip of Angelina talking about the “bad girl” stuff, and Brad’s reaction was just… delicious. Brad says: “She’s still a bad girl. Delightfully so. It’s not for public consumption.” It’s around the 4:30 mark on this video:

Um, did that make anyone else hot? The way Brad smiles and says, “Yeeeeah, she’s still a bad girl.” Like he’s whispering it in her ear as he’s on top of her? Or would he say that to her while she’s on top and his arms are tied to the bedpost? Damn, that was hot.

And, sure, Brad also talks about the kids, Moneyball, politics and using Paul Newman as an example of the kind of life he (Brad) wants. It’s a good interview, and you can read some additional quotes here. But I will be all over Brad’s Oscar campaign if he gives more interviews like this. Please, Brad! Talk dirty to us.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Of course. This story is a giant “of course.” The only shocking thing is how long it took for the tabloids to work this angle. So, you know how Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are pretty much over? Although Vanessa claims they’re not, People Mag disagrees and I’m siding with People. Anyway, back in 2010, Johnny Depp went to work in Venice with an actress named Angelina Jolie. Heard of her? Allegedly, Vanessa wasn’t happy that her beloved was working with the famed “homewrecker” and VP attempted to “order” Johnny to quit The Tourist. He didn’t quit it, so obviously, he and Angelina slept together. Ever since The Tourist’s production in the spring of 2010, there were rumors that Vanessa hated Angelina and that this hatred may have even lead to some high-profile shunning at certain events (the 2011 Golden Globes, the Cannes Film Festival). So, with that back story, why did it take the tabloids so long to come up with a “Johnny Depp and Vanessa have split up because of Angelina Jolie, of course” story?

Angelina Jolie is the reason Johnny Depp’s relationship with longtime love Vanessa Paradis is on the rocks, say sources. Vanessa believes Johnny cheated with Angelina during the making of The Tourist, and that’s what tore their 14-year-relationship apart!

“It’s no coincidence that things began to unravel for Johnny and Vanessa when he started working with Angelina on The Tourist last February. Vanessa was absolutely convinced that Johnny slept with Angelina, and her jealousy and suspicions ended up destroying them.”

“Vanessa was against Johnny working with Angelina in the first place,” revealed an insider. “She firmly believed that Angelina stole Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston and felt she’d do the same with Johnny.”

Vanessa begged Johnny to pull out of the project, and failing that, she demanded that a steamy shower sex scene be cut from the script. Still, insiders say the off-screen chemistry between Johnny and Angelina on the Venice set with obvious to everyone.

“Angelina and Johnny were constantly hanging out, cracking each other up,” divulged a source. Meanwhile, Vanessa has denied reports that she and Johnny are splitting up, but the insider insists they are, adding: “Angelina drove a wedge between them.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Do I think Johnny and Angelina boned? Not really. I don’t even buy that they were attracted to each other. For those of us who saw The Tourist, their chemistry was sweet and a bit cute, but not hot and heavy. As for how they seemed on the red carpet – well, they avoided each other and when they were forced to stand next to each other, they kind of looked like they hated each other.

What’s weird is that I think the tabloids were really on to something with the Johnny Depp-Eva Green stories. I still think that one might be on. Star Magazine has a story about Eva and Johnny this week too – “Their romance is getting really steamy” according to Star’s source. They just make sense together. Depp and Jolie? Not so much.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

This week’s National Enquirer cover story is a doozy. It has a little bit of everything – lies, sex, infidelity, hypocrisy, therapy, broken engagements, lesbianism, hotel hookups, and girl-on-girl martial arts. AND LOVE. As you can imagine, it’s all about Brangelina and whether or not they will end up getting married after all. The Enquirer’s sources say “hell to the no” – all because Angelina is a terrible, awful person, of course. La Villainess Jolie. Since the cover story is so epic, I’m just going to do some highlights in bullet points, for humor:

*Talk of marriage “collapsed” in a premarital counseling session (the counselor was a trusted family friend rather than a therapist) after Angelina “confessed that she continued to have sex with other men after they’d fallen for each other on the set of ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’!”

*Angelina dropped the bomb on Brad: she was still boning dudes in hotels AFTER January 2004, when they began working together on MAMS. Some dudes she was boning during that time period? Her ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller and Ralph Fiennes.

*Brad was “floored” by these revelations (even though they’ve been widely reported for YEARS). Even though Brad and Angelina weren’t having a physical relationship back them (early 2004), “Brad still considers it cheating, a complete betrayal.” So, obviously, “He stormed out of the session and Angelina jumped up and followed him, crying and yelling out, ‘No Brad! Please forgive me!’”

*Some history: Jonny Lee Miller married Angelina knowing that she was screwing Jenny Shimizu. JLM was cool with it, “but the whole arrangement never sat well with Brad.” LOL.

*In the therapy session, Brad wanted to get all of the bad blood out on the table, so of course, Angelina started talking about how much she hates Jennifer Aniston. “Angelina spoke of her animosity toward Aniston, saying she couldn’t stand Jen’s good girl saint act and Brad’s continued friendship with her.”

*BITCH-FIGHT. “Angelina revealed that there was a day when she physically threatened Jen. She was fed up with Brad still remaining close to his ex, and Angelina got so jealous and upset over the arrangement she told friends she wanted to take Jen down in a fight. Angelina knows some martial arts moves, and she was ready to kick Jen’s ass. She also made sure her threat became known to people who would get the message to Jen, and the two women have had a contentious and distant relationship ever since.”

*Brad was a big baby about Angelina wanting to bitch-fight Aniston. “The whole session left a bad taste in Brad’s mouth. Now he’s not only rethinking the marriage, but also the entire relationship. So, he’s called off the marriage.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Should I even bother with the fact-checking on this stuff? The Ralph Fiennes story has never been confirmed, and I think it originated with Ian Halperin. There were claims that somehow, Ralph and Angelina met each other circa 2003, and they were getting hot and heavy in hotels for a while. Same with Mick Jagger, and of course, her ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller. The JLM stuff is the only story I believe whole-heartedly. Some days, I’ll tell ya… I wish Jonny and Angelina had stayed together. They were HOT.

As for the whole “Angelina was going to judo chop Aniston’s chin” story – WTF were the Enquirer’s editors smoking?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Just shoot me in the face now, because Angelina Jolie wore a shiny black (trash bag) sack dress to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and I LOVED IT. The dress is Jenny Packham, and yes, this is a look we’ve seen on Angelina many times before. Initially, when I saw the dress, I thought it was leather, and it reminded me of the iconic black leather Versace gown she wore to the premiere of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005. Of course, Angelina has worn variations on the black sack gown many times before, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still love the look on her, right?

This shiny gown is Jenny Packham, and it’s not leather. It’s some kind of treated fabric made to look like “liquid metal”. It’s an interesting treatment for a dress, and it suits Jolie. Plus, I like her styling here. Big hair (my favorite on her), big vintage jewelry – she wore “a bracelet and earrings by House of Lavande, a Platt Boutique bracelet, Gucci shoes and a Louis Vuitton bag.” Some of said that this is more of a premiere look for Jolie, and I don’t disagree. This is exactly the kind of thing she often wears to her own premieres. But for an awards show, does that mean this look is too “dressed down”? I don’t think so.

CB told me that she thought Angelina’s forehead looked Botoxy when Angelina was talking to Guiliana Rancic, but I had my Brangeloonie goggles on, so I missed that. I did think Brad looked a little bit… puffy/shiny? I suspect him of Botox more than her, but I’m speaking from my Jolie-specific girl-boner. Still, I was sad to see Brad lose the SAG award, but I think it might be a good sign that Jean Dujardin won and not George Clooney. It means Clooney doesn’t have this bitch sewn up, and the Best Actor race is still a contest. Which means Brad will have to campaign even harder. Brad and Angelina should just f–king elope. Stop talking about marriage, and just do it. All for the sake of the Oscar campaign.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Brad Pitt did an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, which aired this morning. I’ve included the videos at the end of the post – the first video seems to be the entire one that aired, and then the second one is just a minute-long outtake of Brad discussing Tree of Life. Brad looks really, really good here. Whatever he’s been doing lately – man-made or natural – is working for me. Plus, the man knows he looks great in shades of blue, and he’s been working that to his advantage lately, like he did in his photo shoot with The Hollywood Reporter. Much like his THR interview, Brad notably talks about how he and Angelina are TOTALLY going to marry.

“We’re getting a lot of pressure from the kids,” Pitt, 48, says. “It means something to them.”

Pitt admits he hasn’t “been very good” at explaining why he and Jolie have put marriage on hold since first becoming a couple in 2005. “We will someday. We will,” Pitt promises. “That’s a great idea.”

When his brood of six — Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, and Knox and Vivienne, 3 — asked him to “get mommy a ring,” Pitt vowed: “Okay, I will! I will.”

[Via Us Weekly]

Do you think all of this marriage talk is just part of Brad’s Oscar campaign? I think it’s partly about the campaign, sure. But I also think that Angelina wants to get married, and she has wanted it for a while now, and Brad is slowly coming around. I don’t buy that the kids are like “buy mommy a ring!” unless Angelina has been prodding them, “Go tell Daddy that!”

The last we heard from Heidi Bivens, it was being alleged in British and American tabloids that she and Jennifer Aniston had finally had a sit-down meeting. The details of the meeting were particularly hilarious – “sources” claimed that Jennifer wept as she played the pity party card once again, explaining how Angelina Jolie homewrecked her marriage and that was why she (Jennifer) could never break up another relationship. Except that it’s pretty well established that Jennifer’s affair with Justin Theroux began when he was still very much living with Heidi Bivens. Anyway, I don’t know if the meeting really took place (Heidi’s mom made is seem like it might have), but I do know that Heidi has been pretty classy about the way she’s conducted herself, post-Theroux. She’s only made a handful of comments, and when there’s any tabloid reporting on her, it’s of the “Heidi just wishes she didn’t have to see her ex and his girlfriend all over the place” variety.

So it’s definitely news when an outlet actually gets a real quote from Heidi. And it’s even better news when Heidi takes a moment to praise… ANGELINA!! Hahaha. Justin Theroux’s ex is Team Jolie. Of course.

No surprise here: Heidi Bivens is on Team Angelina! The pretty celeb stylist was thrust into the spotlight last spring when Justin Theroux abruptly ended their 14-year relationship (they lived together) and embarked on a high-profile romance with Wanderlust costar Jennifer Aniston.

Bivens made a rare red carpet appearance recently at the premiere of the film Here at the CORE: Club in NYC — and had high praise for Angelina Jolie, who’s been with Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt for seven years.

“I was super-impressed by Angelina’s dress for the Golden Globes,” Bivens told Us Weekly of the superstar’s jaw-dropping look at the Jan. 15 awards fest in Beverly Hills. With Pitt at her side, the actress and In the Land of Blood and Honey director, 36, stunned in a champagne satin one-shoulder Atelier Versace gown with a hint of red at the neckline.

With her naturally brunette hair in a blonde bob, Bivens wore a black ballerina sweater and black dress at the premiere, and also praised the Globes looks of Natalie Portman (“stunning!”), Laura Dern (“she’s a dear friend…she knows what works for her body) and Tilda Swinton (“she always looks like a million bucks!”).

When asked about her increased profile in the press thanks to her 40-year-old ex’s talked-about love life, Bivens demurred to comment. “There’s nothing to say,” she told Us. “I’m very content being behind the scenes and I hope to continue to do good work that people know me for and that it’s about the work.”

Insiders told Us that Aniston, 42, pursued Theroux in fall 2010 on the set of Wanderlust despite his long-term relationship with Bivens. “Jen wanted Justin and it didn’t matter that he was already with someone,” a source said.

Added a Bivens insider last spring: “It sucks when your ex dates the most famous woman in the world so soon after a breakup.”

[From Us Weekly]

It sounds like Heidi is a pretty low-key person, but I’m happy to see that she feels free enough to chat about styling and dresses with Us Weekly. Heidi is a stylist and costume designer – wouldn’t it be interesting to see her style Angelina Jolie? Jolie needs to fire her stylist anyway. Dear Heidi: please put her in something other than a sack dress.

By the way, Wanderlust comes out in less than a month, which means lots of attention for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux and their relationship. Will Heidi choose that moment to really talk about what happened in her 14-year-relationship with Justin?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.