Is this why Angelina flew into Miami solo? So she could jet off from Miami to the Dominican Republic? Maybe. So it seems that right after Brangelina’s PDA-filled Super Bowl, Angelina jetted off to the Dominican Republic to visit with some Haitian refugees, survivors of the January 12 earthquake. According to the Associated Press/Huffington Post, Angelina spent Monday at the Dario Contrera Hospital speaking with several patients. Angelina released a statement about her trip, saying: “”It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades.” Jolie was accompanied by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a representative of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (of which Angelina is special goodwill ambassador):

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has met with hospitalized Haitian earthquake victims in the Dominican Republic.

Dario Manon is a spokesman for the Dario Contrera Hospital in the capital of Santo Domingo, where dozens of survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake in neighboring Haiti are receiving medical help.

Manon says Jolie toured the hospital Monday and spoke with several patients. He told reporters: “She spoke with several children and a Haitian woman who recognized her and requested help.”

The actress was accompanied by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the son of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.

Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency.

[From Huffington Post]

There are a few photos from the trip, but it doesn’t look like many agencies were alerted ahead of time. I found one photo from Angelina’s trip, here. It sounds like Angelina didn’t spend the night in the Dominican Republic, she probably left the same day she came in. Which some people will complain about, but I can see how she probably didn’t want to take any resources that should be used for refugees (bed, blankets, water, et cetera). And hey, at least she wasn’t there to deliver the word of Xenu, you know?

To donate to the UNHCR - who lost several staffers in the Haitian earthquake - go here.

UPDATE: Maybe she did spend the night? I guess. And she’s in Haiti now? Sure. Here are a few more photos of Angelina traveling through the area. And here are even more.

Angelina Jolie at a press conference to talk about ‘The National Center For Refugee Immigrant Children’ in Washington on March 8, 2005. Credit: WENN.

Two weekends ago, the News of the World published a scandalous story about Brad and Angelina “consulting a divorce lawyer” to split up their assets and work on a custody agreement ahead of their big breakup. This story jumped internationally very quickly, and many, many, many people freaked out, both the Brangelina lovers and haters. It was a weird situation, because the report didn’t seem to have any more merit than all of the random Star Magazine and In Touch Weekly stories that have Brad and Angelina breaking up every single week. Still, it touched off a big media war, one that Brad and Angelina are still doing some damage control on. And now it’s not just some friendly photo-ops to let everyone know they’re fine - it was just announced that Brad and Angelina are suing! This is seriously the first time they’ve ever sued, so it’s a big deal:

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are suing a London tabloid for claiming that they were planning to split.

The couple’s lawyer Keith Schillings tells BBC News that Pitt, 46, and Jolie, 34, have begun legal proceedings against the News of The World tabloid, which reported Jan. 24 that the two had agreed to divide their assets and made arrangements for the custody of their six children, Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 3, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 18 months.

Schillings tells the BBC that the tabloid report contained “false and intrusive allegations” and that the paper failed to meet a demand for a retraction and apology for the article which was “widely republished by mainstream news outlets.”

Schillings says Sorrell Trope, a Los Angeles divorce lawyer identified by some publications as advising the two, denied claims that he had been in contact with the couple. “I have had no contact from… Angelina Jolie and / or Brad Pitt,” Trope said in a statement. “I have never met… your clients or had any involvement with either of them. The foregoing is true with respect to all other members of this firm.”

A spokesperson for the News Of The World has yet to comment.

Pitt and Jolie, who are not married, packed on the PDA Sunday during an appearance at the Super Bowl in Miami. They took their eldest son, Maddox, to the big game.

[From Us Weekly]

I’m going to put all of my cards on the table: I like Brad and Angelina, together and separately. I think they’re good people, I think they put up with a lot of crap from the media, and I think they’re generally pretty smart about how they handle their public personas. All that being said, one of their dumbest moves as a couple was to have no publicist together or separately, and to have no media consultant or anyone like that. They should have had someone on their staff dealing with the media fulltime ever since 2006, when Brad let go of his long-time publicist. Having someone on permanent standby would have helped a lot throughout the trials and tribulations the tabloids seem to have Brangelina going through every week. And now that they’re taken on lawyers and are actually suing one publication for one story, it just strikes me as too little too late. Why this story and not the others? I don’t get it.

Oh, and why not sue Ian Halperin while they’re at it? That guy needs to be taken down.

Brad and Angelina at the LA premiere of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ on August 10, 2009.

I have no idea why the photo agencies are so slow on these photos, but here go - we’ve finally got photos of Angelina Jolie arriving in Miami on Sunday morning. Brad and Maddox arrived a day earlier, where they probably did some boy things. I have no idea why Angelina didn’t fly in at the same time, or why no other kids were allowed to come to the Super Bowl, but it seems like Maddox was the only one to get some one-on-one time over the weekend.

Fame Pictures notes: “Angelina Jolie was all smiles as she arrived at the Miami International Airport in Miami, FL in time for the Superbowl on February 7, 2010. It comes as a slight surprise to see Angelina as a sports fan, but her support for the Saints makes sense considering how much time she and Brad have spent in New Orleans.”

It is a little surprising that Angelina is such a sports fan. Maybe she’s just acting like she cares. That was honestly my impression when I first saw the photos of her cheering for the Saints: “Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie gives the performance of a lifetime as a devout Saints fan.”

There were also a couple of other photos of Brad and Maddox walking around in Miami:

Angelina Jolie arriving in Miami on February 7, 2010. Credit: Fame Pictures.

As it turns out, even though the only initial photos were of Brad Pitt and Maddox arriving at Miami International Airport ahead of the Super Bowl, Angelina came too! Maybe she came on a different flight, maybe she and God have an arrangement where she can just fly to Miami on an angel’s wings or something. Anyway, several photographers got photos of Brad, Angelina and Maddox in some kind of sky box, celebrating the Saints’ win last night. Unfortunately, it doesn’y look like we’ve got access to those photos, so you can see the cuteness here or here.

At this point, it seems Maddox and Brad are now die-hard Saints fans, and Brad managed to score some tickets to the big game. Brad also took Maddox to a NFC Divisional Playoff Game in New Orleans last month, and he and Maddox got to sit right on the field - with Patricia Clarkson! There is no sign that Brad is meeting with Patricia in Miami, though, although I’m positive he’s sending her some sexy texts (the gerbils told me).

Brad Pitt and Maddox took off from LAX today headed to Miami to attend tomorrow’s Super Bowl! Maddox has become quite the little Saints fan after spending so much time in New Orleans where they own a house. Brad and Mad went to a game in January, and the little guy was already decked out in a jersey for today’s flight. The Super Bowl is always a star-studded event, but with the Jolie-Pitts joining the group it should be an especially exciting Sunday.

[From Pop Sugar]

Speaking of the gerbils and their gossipy ways, Ian Halperin wrote an article for The Daily Mail over the weekend, and he’s still pushing the “Brad and Angelina are seriously already broken up, just wait for it… wait for it… I’m not lying I swear, just wait for it” story. I think Halperin is a f-cking moron, a delusional hack and a complete disgrace, but if you’d like to read through a work of pure fiction, the full Daily Mail piece is here. Some of the highlights include Halperin swearing up and down that Angelina can’t even sit down to a read a book without spitting, hissing and screaming at Brad over nothing; that Brad has turned to Drew Barrymore for help and a shoulder to cry on; that Angelina and Brad have decided to stay quiet about their split for several months, then suddenly announce it, like Guy Ritchie and Madonna.

Honestly, though, one of my favorite parts of the story is Halperin’s ideas about what Angelina will do post-split. Halperin claims that when they announce the split, Angelina “will have her eyes on a new man. As in the past, it is likely to be someone already in a marriage or attached. Jolie’s romantic ambitions now run far beyond showbusiness.” Apparently, she’s got her eye on President Clinton or Prince William. Oh, snap! Angelina Clinton? Angelina, Princess of Wales? That would be epic!

Brad Pitt and Maddox arriving at Miami International Airport on February 6, 2010. Credit: INFphoto.com. Angelina and Pres. Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept. 26, 2007. Credit: WENN.

Boobs. That‘s all I saw for the first ten seconds. Anne Hathaway has a really lovely rack, doesn‘t she? I have no idea how those puppies are not popping out of that corset. Anyway, these are photos from Anne‘s appearance on and in GQ UK‘s March 2010 issue. I think she‘s promoting her part in Valentine‘s Day…? But she‘s also got Tim Burton‘s Alice In Wonderland coming out in March, so it could conceivably be for that too. Although all little Annie seems to be concerned with is playing the part of the bombshell. The interview excerpt online at GQ UK is all about how Anne is really sexy, yet women love her. There’s lots of comparing-and-contrasting to Angelina Jolie. Hathaway even talks about giving the perfect “forceful” screen-kiss in The Age of Jolie: “It’s a totally different experience. But really you have to be Angelina Jolie to pull that off and still look good. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I ain’t no Angie.”

From Disney teen princess to divine ruler in Tim Burton’s new Alice In Wonderland blockbuster: Anne Hathaway is a true Hollywood blue blood. Paradoxically, she’s also the go-to girl-next-door, as smart as she is sexy and as admired by women as she is adored by men. Here, Queen Anne grants GQ an exclusive audience and talks Scientology, Scrabble, quantum physics… oh, and the secret art of on-screen undressing.

Anne Hathaway is no Angelina Jolie. The big difference? She’s non-threatening. Or at least she is from your seat at the local multiplex. You see, women love Anne Hathaway. Ask any woman within reach. Ask a friend. Ask the pretty waitress in Scott’s. Ask your mother; your sister; your grandmother. See, told you - they simply adore her. Can you ever imagine your girlfriend calling out (as mine did), “Tell her that I love her!” as you head off to catch a plane to go and have lunch with, say, Miss Jolie? I very much doubt it. Angelina is far too threatening; too dangerous; too wily.

But little, doe-eyed, butter-wouldn’t-melt Annie Hathaway? She’s so cute! She’s a girl’s girl, she’s every woman’s BFF. She’s chummy. She’s fun. She’s Carrie Bradshaw’s crib notes on what girlfriends are there for. She’s the woman who had every girl’s dream job (and wardrobe) in The Devil Wears Prada. She’s Becoming Jane. She’s Bride Wars. She’s The Princess Diaries, for Christ’s sake! She’s every insecure, needy woman’s Empress of Empathy. She’s a large tub of chocolate-chip, cookie-dough ice cream with Maltesers sprinkles. She’s Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. She’s the Coldplay singles box sets rather than Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster. She’s safe. She’s sweet. Right? Right?

Well, if Anne Hathaway - 27, from the quiet, affluent suburb of Millburn, New Jersey - is so prim, so naive, so wide-eyed and so innocent, then what on God’s earth is she doing sitting opposite me, mid-way through a long, hot, lazy lunch in Los Angeles, flashing her hazel eyes while gently tonguing, yes, tonguing, the back of her china-white palm like a tip-hungry stripper at Le Crazy Horse? It’s an act that’s head-swimmingly discombobulating. The actress’ supposed façade of niceness has been pulled back - just for a split second - to reveal something far, far wilder. For Anne it’s her very own SuBo moment.

“We were talking about kissing,” I offer clumsily, shattering the crackling sexual menace in a voice that, on hearing the words aloud, suddenly sounds about as come-hither as a car’s sat-nav command. Anne, perhaps sensing my inability to form a proper sentence, takes the lead: “You have to leave your mouth open a little bit…” she purrs, making me squirm into uncharted levels of prudishness, closing her eyes and smudging her plump red lips against her own left hand, which she’s holding tenderly with her right as she might the face of a co-star. “Open up,” Anne suggests breathlessly as the earth seems to spin ever so slightly faster on its axis. “More, more, ever so lightly… otherwise you’re going to be getting smooshy,” she advises. “Now… slow it down… just a little bit…”

Sadly, here endeth the lesson on “How To Screen Kiss Successfully With Anne Hathaway”. I come round, somewhat sheepishly, my cheeks flushed and my eyes glazed. “If you’re both unattached and you get along, of course kissing in a movie is fun,” she tells me. “But you can never get truly deep down and into it. Well, I can’t. Jennifer Garner - now that girl can movie kiss. I gotta say that girl can really give it some up there…”

[From GQ UK]

Well, bless her heart. I guess. I don’t really have a problem with Anne, I just don’t think she’s this sweet-as-pie, aw-shucks girl that she wants to project (at times). I think she’s very talented, she’s very smart, she’s very ambitious, and she’s got some really good people working on her management team. How else do you explain Hathaway coming out of the Raffaello Follieri scandal unscathed? But she’s moved on, and moved on very well. So good for her. Vixen works on her.

Photos and cover courtesy of GQ UK online.

First off, Us Weekly and Vanity Fair are reporting that Angelina Jolie earned a whopping $1 million more than Jennifer Aniston in 2009. But in the grand scheme of things, Angelina is still being “bested” by 31 other Hollywood players, it’s just that Us Weekly chose to make this into an Angelina v. Aniston thing. Here’s more:

Angelina Jolie bests Jennifer Aniston — again.

Jolie, 32, out earned Aniston, 40, in 2009, according to Vanity Fair’s “Hollywood’s Top 40″ list (in the March issue).

Jolie came in at No. 32 on the list by making $21 million last year; $20 million of that for her action thriller, Salt, which doesn’t even hit theaters until next July. She made an extra mil in royalties from other films, the mag estimates.

Aniston isn’t too far behind at No. 31. She earned $20 million last year, but had to do a lot more work. VF says she made $8 million each for The Bounty Hunter (with Gerard Butler) and The Baster. She banked $3 million for 2008’s Marley & Me thanks to back-end earnings of its $243 million worldwide gross and DVD sales, and $1 million from He’s Just Not That Into You.

(Jolie didn’t always rake in more dough than Aniston. In 2008, Forbes estimated she earned $27 million largely thanks to Marley & Me, while Jolie made $14 million.)

Both ladies are far ahead of Brad Pitt, who came in dead last on the list with $13.5 million.

The actor earned $5 million for voice work in Megamind, $4.5 million in back-end fees for Oscar nominated Inglourious Basterds, $2 million for executive producing The Time Traveler’s Wife, $1 million for producing Eat, Pray, Love (starring Julia Roberts) and $1 million from royalties.

[From Us Weekly]

What’s startling to me is that Aniston gets a back-end deal. It’s my understanding that very few stars get that sort of arrangement, and usually it’s just the men. Tom Cruise used to make a ton of money off of back-end deals (I’m seriously not making a funny), as have Will Smith and Brad. But Jennifer? Seriously? Backend deals are usually given to stars who are irreplaceable to a project.

Anyway, in other Brangelina-Bermuda Triangle news, it’s not a surprise that perceived or imagined trouble in Brangelina-ville made the cover of OK! Magazine, Star and In Touch Weekly this week. What is surprising, however, is that People Magazine is doing yet another damage-control piece about how Brad and Angelina are fine. My theory is that People Mag only runs these stories under the direct supervision and approval of Brad and/or Angelina, so what’s up, People?

They snuck in through the kitchen, held hands through the evening and laughed heartily at each other’s jokes. To many witnesses of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s recent surprise date at the Directors Guild of America Awards, the pair’s affection was the real deal.

“They were a loving couple,” says a guest who spent time with them throughout the Jan. 30 event. “It was nothing you could fake. You could feel it, and you could see in their body language that it’s just a beautiful relationship. They were very sweet and tender with each other.”

Pitt, who was there to present a nomination medallion to his Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino, was attentive to Jolie, with whom he has six children. “Angie just decided to go to DGAs to support Brad. They had a great time,” says a source close to the couple.

Coming in the wake of rumors that the couple had called it quits, cynics had raised questions about the outing. But people who saw the couple say they not only stayed through the entire four-plus hour event but remained afterwards to chat with guests and sign autographs.

“You read all those things about them, but it is hard to believe any of it based off of how they were together,” says a second guest. “Those two were very much together.”

[From People]

See, I buy that everything is fine in Brangelina-ville. It’s not the constant, incessant chatter about them breaking up that ever makes me stop and think “Hey, maybe they’re not doing so well.” It’s sh-t like this. Heavy-handed pro-Brangelina propaganda makes me think there’s trouble in rubber-sheet paradise.

Angelina in New York on December 30, 2009. Brad & Jolie in LA on August 10, 2009. Credit: WENN.

Last November, Johnny Depp signed on to the film The Tourist after Sam Worthington unexpectedly dropped out. Who knew that Depp would be a director’s second choice? But anyway, Angelina Jolie was already attached to the project, and many of us were excited that Depp and Jolie would be working together at long last, although (just personally) I would like it better if they could play brother-and-sister in some kind of drama, rather than lovers in some kind of international thriller like The Tourist. Soon after Depp signed on, Life & Style had an early script preview that showed just how sexy some of Depp and Jolie’s scenes were going to get. Hot shower sex, nipple clamps (not really) and whips (no!). The whole thing screamed: “Vanessa Paradis, watch your back!” Now Star Magazine is making is even clearer: Angelina, is seems, has got her eye on Johnny.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s relationship is in full meltdown mode — and Angie’s wasting no time moving on. She has her sights already set firmly on sexy Johnny Depp, her costar in her new movie.

The serial seductress plans to snare Johnny, when thy work on The Tourist in romantic Venice, Italy, Star reports in our Feb. 15 issue. She’s already started—with the same wiles she used to lure Brad out of his marriage to Jennifer Aniston on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith!

While going over the script, Angie insisted that she needed to meet alone with Johnny at his LA compound to “discuss his acting method,” a friend reveals exclusively to Star.

“She’s already spent hours there drinking red wine with Johnny,” the insider tells Star. And when she’s not working her charms on Johnny in person, she’s been bombarding him with flirty e-mails and burning up the phone lines.

Angie has a reputation for falling for her costars. Both of her husbands and Brad were on movies with her when they fell in love. And she has proven she has no boundaries — she stole Billy Bob Thornton from Laura Dern and Brad from Jen.

Now she’s setting a trap for Johnny, who has two children with long-time love Vanessa Paradis. “She goes on and on about how fabulous Johnny is,” reveals the friend. “She’s intense and goes for anything and anyone she wants. She has no limits!”

Things could all come to a head when they head for Venice, Italy at the end of February. But don’t look for Brad to be there to intervene.

“Angie told Brad she’s going to Italy without him,” says the friend. “Angie knows what she wants, and she doesn’t want Brad in the way!”

How did Brad found out about Angie and Johnny? What was his reaction? And how is Vanessa dealing with it all? Pick up this week’s Star, on newsstands now, to read all about it.

[From Star Magazine]

“Discuss his acting method” is my new favorite euphemism. Oh my God, was that Angelina got Brad? She invited him over to discuss acting methods? Yeah, the acting method in his pants. So, should Vanessa Paradis worry? Eh. I think Vanessa and Johnny adore each other. And I think Angelina and Johnny can keep it in their pants for one movie.

Call me crazy, but I actually prefer the tabloid stories that feature a sexually and emotionally empowered Angelina systematically emasculating Brad. I don’t think that’s what their relationship is really like, I’m just saying that these stories are a much better read than, say, “Oh my God, Angelina is desperate to keep Brad, even though he’s still in love with Jennifer Aniston, blah blah.” Because those are the stories that paint both Angelina and Jennifer as desperate hags fighting over Brad like he’s a tube a lipstick.

Speaking of, here’s In Touch Weekly’s cover this week:

In Touch Weekly and Star Magazine covers courtesy of CoverAwards.

After Brad and Angelina made a public appearance together last week, the tabloids are starting to do some backtracking from all their claims that the two are splitting up. The more audacious tabloids claimed that Brad was reuniting with his ex wife, Jennifer Aniston, based on the fact that both of them were at the same telethon at the same time. OK! ran a “Yes, they’re together again” cover with the banner “Exclusive” while Star claimed that Aniston told Pitt “I’ll take you back.” The split rumors originated with a story in British rag News of the World that stated that Brad and Angelina had visited a lawyer to sign some sort of agreement that would divide their assets in the event of a breakup.

Now OK! is trying to cover their butts for claiming that Brad was leaving Angelina for Jennifer. Their latest cover reads: “I still love Jen, but I can’t leave the kids” Tabloids rarely bother to correct their stories, so you know this is a big deal for OK! You can tell from the way the teaser article on OK!’s site is worded that they don’t have much new information and are just running with their earlier weak story. They quote “Brangelina” author Ian Halperin, a hack of the highest order, and promise “professional analysis on Brad’s usually unkempt beard,” and “photos of their most memorable happy moments.” The “professional analysis” is getting way out of hand with these two. We were subjected to US’s analysis of Angelina’s hastily signed signature yesterday and now it’s on to the beard that Brad is probably growing for a role.

Despite presenting a united front for awards season, glamorous couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s relationship is dissolving, according to several sources. Friends of Brad say he sometimes regrets leaving Jennifer Aniston and actually still loves her, but he stays with Angie for his children’s sake.

“Brad was very calm and mellow and gave a great, funny speech — he had everyone on the floor with his imitation of Quentin,” a witness tells OK! of their appearance at the Director’s Guild Awards. “He and Angie seemed very happy.”

Or so they would have us believe: Ian Halperin, author of Brangelina: The Untold Story, predicts the couple will announce their split “when no one expects it.”

Exclusively in the new issue of OK!, learn professional analysis on Brad’s usually unkempt beard, photos of their most memorable happy moments and snapshots of Brad bonding with each member of his brood.

[From OK!]

I just want all this Brangelina speculation to end. I do think they’re having problems, but my opinion is based on solely superficial evidence and their circumstances. At least I admit that I’m jumping to conclusions and won’t make blanket statements about how they’re doomed or a split is imminent. Until they make an announcement, we just don’t know. They did make an announcement of sorts with their joint appearance last week, and for now we can assume they’re together. I’ve seen couples that seem happily married split up and people that seem miserable stay together for decades. It’s hard to tell either way.

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Us Weekly consulted some “experts” to analyze whether Angelina Jolie was “repressing” Shiloh by letting Shi dress like a boy? Well, Us Weekly is back with new “experts” to analyze Angelina Jolie’s appearance at the DGAs over the weekend. Oh, wait. Did I say “appearance”? I meant “one photo of Angelina signing an autograph.” Yes. It’s come to this. The tabloids are sitting around, consulting “experts” on whether Angelina exhibits signs of “stress” or “pressure”. By looking at one photograph (the photo is above). For. Real.

As breakup rumors continue to swirl, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were more affectionate than usual at the Directors Guild of America Awards over the weekend.

What’s up with their relationship? Perhaps the answer is in an autograph Jolie gave to a fan at the Saturday event.

The long extended final stroke of her last name “can add up to feeling pressured, with a need to protect oneself,” handwriting expert Sheila Lowe tells UsMagazine.com. (Similarly, Patti Stanger of Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker recently told Us that Jolie “shows possessiveness and a desire not to lose Brad…but defensive [body language] in case she does.”)

Continues Lowe of Jolie, “Hers has always been an extremely simplified signature, and this one is even more so. It’s like shorthand. It could be a result of stress, the need to keep things on the surface and simple. The extremely long, rightward ending stroke is symbolic of holding others at bay. Think of an outstretched arm: Stand back!” (She also points out that signatures can be more difficult to decipher when written quickly.)

Bart Baggett, creator of the Handwriting Wizard, says Jolie’s signature has “large beginning letters, which indicates confidence and a healthy ego.”

After comparing her signature to one from 2006, toward the beginning of her relationship with Pitt, he says “she has learned the art of compromise and has more humility than before.

“The angles, the analytical, masculine qualities are less,” he goes on. “She has more feminine, supportive handwriting.”

Baggett credits this as “more of a mother trait than a demise in the relationship. Her ego is still strong.”

[From Us Weekly]

On the Shiloh post, I got the original article posted online, which Us Weekly then changed in text and context within a few hours. I wonder if the same will happen this time? As for analyzing someone’s signature or handwriting, I’ll buy a lot of stuff, but I’ve never seen a big use for handwriting analysis. I put more stock in palm reading, honestly. But I did get curious, so I looked it up to see if I could find any documented Angelina autographs (courtesy of Google images), and here’s one:

She has the signature of a crazy person. Who signs their name like that? It looks like she wrote “1 M L”. Oh, my God, it’s a sign! It means something!!!

On Saturday night, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decided to fight the rumors by making a big public outing. Unfortunately for all, Brad and Angelina often decide to make their big public outings when very few photo agencies are set up, so I can’t find anything of Angelina beyond these two Getty photos below. Brad, however, spoke on stage about Quentin Tarantino (his Basterds director, and a nominee for Best Director last night), and Brad and Quentin posed for many, many photos. Also, Quentin didn’t end up winning last night - but Avatar director James Cameron didn’t win either! Shocking! Instead, the Best Director prize went to Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker. It was the first time a woman won the big prize, and it means that the Best Director and Best Picture Oscar races are wide open.

So much for those breakup rumors!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out Saturday night to attend the Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles – and observers say the couple were as happy as can be.

“They looked very giggly,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE.

Pitt, who was at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to introduce his Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino, was an attentive companion to Jolie, a surprise guest, who wore a gray, single-shoulder Elie Saab gown with gold hoop earrings by Ofira Schwartz, Stuart Weitzman shoes and a vintage bag.

Pitt, whose curious beard has been trimmed, pulled Jolie’s chair out for her and touched her back throughout the night as they chatted animatedly with Tarantino at a table of colleagues from the film.

“They look like they are having a fun time,” says an onlooker of the couple as they worked the room. “It’s definitely a date.”

And the Winner Is …
Pitt gave a warm introduction to his director, complete with a spot-on Tarantino impersonation, but Basterds didn’t take the top prize. Instead, it went to The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow, who is the first woman to win the feature film award, which almost always predicts the Best Director winner at the Oscars.

Jolie wasn’t the only unexpected star to show up Saturday. The other one was Cher, who was a surprise “trophy girl” for lifetime achievement winner Norman Jewison, her Moonstruck director.

It was a long night, lasting more than four hours, but Pitt and Jolie, who stayed close the entire time, didn’t seem to mind.

“They were extremely affectionate,” says an onlooker.

[From People Magazine]

From the two photos of Angelina, she was wearing a rather lovely shade of green. I like when she wears something other than a sack, and something other than black. I wish I could see it better!

In related news, Angelina’s dad Jon Voight still won’t shut up about his daughter. He attended one of the pre-Grammy events on Saturday (for what reason? I have no idea), and when asked about the Brangelina-split rumors, Voight told reporters, “Anyone can say anything these days.” He also claimed that he “just” spent time with Angelina and his grandchildren, and that Angelina “She doesn’t pay attention to it. She has enough to worry about—she has six kids!”

UPDATE: As many have pointed out, the BBC has compiled some footage from the event, so if you’d like to see part of Brad’s speech about Tarantino, or a quick cut-away of Brad and Angelina sitting next to each other, go to BBC online. Here’s a screencap of the Brangelina cutaway: