You’ve undoubtedly heard about the Brangelina baby shower pics that were released to a few blogs and media outlets with the promise of 450 more. It turns out that Angelina’s kissing brother, James Haven, took his camera to BestBuy in LA but forgot to remove the memory card. BestBuy outsourced the job to Precision Camera in Enfield, Connecticut, where two guys thought they hit the jackpot. They might have, if they would have been smart enough to take basic precautions like using a proxy server and an anonymous e-mail address. Instead they used an easily traceable account and the feds raided their place of employment and one of their homes to recover the pictures. They probably would have been caught anyway, but it might have taken a couple of extra days.

They dodged a legal bullet since it was determined they didn’t do anything illegal:

What I want to know is why the secret service got involved in a stupid celebrity photo leak case. How much taypayer money did that cost?

The two guyswho leaked the pictures, Bill Keyes, 36, and Adam Beckwith, 20 something, may not be arrested or charged, but Brangelina’s lawyers are out for blood and they’re going to get them to pay. Hopefully they’ll get some decent pro bono support and will be able to avoid being sued.

Here are the Brangelina baby shower pics.

The lead story in The National Enquirer has Brad and Angelina fighting over the fact that Brad doesn’t get any alone time with the gorgeous mother of new baby and two adopted kids. Brad supposedly wanted to have a private lunch with Angelina, but she deferred in favor of watching the kids. She certainly has enough kids to take care of:

(From The National Enquirer print version.)

The article then rehashes Angelina’s fight with Brad when he went out in London one night when she was sick. A “family friend” also claims that Angelina is having trouble breastfeeding little Shiloh, and that she feels guilty that she may have to supplement with formula. She is also said to feel guilt over the fact that she wasn’t able to have a natural birth.

Plus Brad is still smoking, and Angelina may be “fed up” with his nasty habit.

This all sounds like normal stuff that happens with a growing family, and The Enquirer seems to be making more out of it than warranted.

Who knows how bad their fight was? Maybe Brad just wanted to get out of the house and didn’t storm out after all.

He did go out on his bike, though, because there were pictures all over the place. It’s easy enough to draw conclusions based on that.

They were said to be having trouble back in Paris in the loud and dirty neighborhood they rented an apartment in, and Brad was supposedly sleeping on the couch because pregnant Angelina needed the space in bed to herself.

If all of this is true, it seems pretty normal considering all the stress they must be under with the new baby and the move. Even with a lot of help, it’s still a lot of work.

Brad Pitt’s reveals that he’s an adoring father in an upcoming Newsweek interview. He also makes it clear that he and Angelina plan to adopt again:

He sounds a lot like Angelina, and he should credit her with his activism, but at least she was a good influence on him. He would be probably be bitching about the rabbits in his front yard if he was still with Aniston.

Here are pictures of Pitt’s lovely modernist home from the July, 2006 issue of Elle Decoration courtesy of Just Jared. His interest in saving the world may be due to Angelina, but his love of architecture is entirely his own, and the man has excellent taste.

Predictably enough, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s legal team have sent out notices to several blogs to pull the baby shower pictures that capture their clients in private moments. The digital card with the photos was stolen, they say. They never sent notice to us, but TMZ is a higher-profile site and was threatened with a lawsuit:

We’ll take ‘em down shortly, but as much as people like Angelina and Brad - they’re too heavy handed with legal and security tactics. This is the cost of fame. If you don’t like it, then don’t try to fight it with all your might and just stop making movies. You could be gracious about it and play it up for what it’s worth, but no, you have to fight every picture tooth and nail.

I understand not wanting someone to publish all 450 pictures, but making a huge fuss and threatening bloggers for publishing three of the pictures is ridiculous.

It’s like the music industry acting all indignant that people are copying digital music. It’s the nature of the medium, and that’s how these things work. Digital files spread - get over it, and use it to your advantage.

Angelina decided to close down an entire country to give birth. What gives her that right? Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights claims that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are acting like “Colonial Overlords” and that they have no right to use an entire government to shield themselves from the paparrazi. The NSHR said “To shut down a national border so she can give birth in peace is a massive abuse of power.”

To shut down a bunch of websites so people can’t see your cute baby shower pictures is also a massive abuse of power. It’s not on the same scale, but they’re abusive. Fans made them popular and fans pay for their luxurious lifestyle. Just because they do some charity work doesn’t mean that they don’t have to play the game.

Thanks to Millie for pointing out the other two pictures leaked from Angelina Jolie’s baby shower. [via] People are saying that it’s crappy of one of their friends to shop the pictures around, but that it’s likely that they’re stolen. One commentor on DListed notes that there’s a rumor that one of Brad’s bodyguards is behind it.

The photo of Angelina and Zahara on the beach is lovely, and it’s nice to see Brad and Angelina laughing and looking like they’re having a good time.

We’ll have to wait and see where these photos turn up and who gets threatened with a lawsuit. It’s sure to be big news come Monday.

Celebirty Baby Blog had this picture that’s supposedly from Angelina Jolie’s baby shower showing the heavily pregnant actress wearing a feather boa and joking around with Brad:

Whoever has those 450 digital photos of the Jolie-Pitts could easily retire on the income from selling the pictures, but doesn’t have a clue how to market them properly if they’re e-mailing blogs about it. (No offense to the fabulous Celebrity Baby Blog.)

Stay tuned as more pictures are released. They’re sure to spread like wildfire.

The president of Namibia has supposedly written a personal letter of gratitude to Angelina Jolie to thank her for doing more for the African nation by choosing to pop out her baby there than his tourism budget for the next century:

If it’s true that Namibia is going to declare Shiloh’s birthday a national holiday that just seems like overkill after this over-the-top letter. Angelina is a “founding mother” of Namibia indeed. Do you think someone made this shit up? It sounds too good to be true. Of course Namibia is grateful but this letter is too much.

In related fake news, Star is saying that chain-smoking Aniston plans to confront Angelina for being a homewrecker. I totally doubt this is true.

Star also claims that Angelina wants to move back to France as soon as Brad is finished filming “Oceans 13,” and that Brad wants to get married but Angelina’s against it.That sounds more likely. From their e-mail newsletter:

This is not big news since Angelina has been calling the shots and already dragged the family to her mother’s native France. No matter where they go they’ll be hounded by photographers, though, because there were plenty of pictures of the Jolie-Pitts when they were in Paris.

It’s all well and good for Angelina to say she doesn’t need a nanny when she already has a chef, maid, and personal security staff to do her bidding. It must be easier to focus on your role as mother when there aren’t a ton of other things to do.

Thanks to popbytes for the header image.

This extended love scene from Mr. and Mrs. Smith makes it easy to see how Brad and Angelina hooked up on set. They have so much chemistry together:

And here’s a deleted scene of Brad and Angelina’s kissing at their on-screen wedding. This may be the only time they walk down the aisle.

Header picture [via]

TMZ reports that preparations are in high gear at Brad Pitt’s $9 million Malibu estate for the famous family’s return to the states this weekend. A van full of liquor pulled up on Wednesday, the secuirty system was upgraded, and the tennis court was covered again to create a large play area for Maddox.

In terms of the glass house offering a clear view from the ocean, there will probably be a tarmac put up to block the paparrazi just like at the Burning Shore Resort in Namibia.

The best part of the story is the fact that Brad and Angelina plan to have Shiloh sleep in the master bedroom with them. It’s a lot easier on mom and dad to have a newborn in the same room as they can respond quickly when she wakes to nurse, and everyone will get more sleep. It also sounds sweet and like they are loving parents.

This news seems accurate, because Brad and Angelina admitted during their Namibian press conference that they planned to return to the states within a few days. It should be a lot more comfortable in California for Brad, who was said to be fed up with the heat and seclusion in Africa. Will Angelina be content to stay in Malibu with her new family? We doubt it. Once Shiloh is a little older she’s bound to hightail it to France.

TMZ also has a video of Brad and Angelina’s press conference. Angelina talks about moving to Africa, International Refugee Day, and their donation to Namibian hospitals. Brad doesn’t say anything and is out of the frame until the end, when he kind of smirks and then catches himself and tries to look serious. She is pretty good at talking to the press and he seems content to let her do her thing.

Thanks to reader Millie for e-mailing me to let me know that I’m not Obsessed had the Shilloh baby pictures that are coming out in People and Hello!. Unfortunately they had to be taken down, but we’re under the radar for now and found them on the Saving Face Forum. This family is so cute that we feel sort of bad questioning Shiloh’s parentage.

In the press conference with Brad yesterday, Angelina dismissed claims that she may marry the supposed father of her newborn baby, saying that they are committed to their children, but that “to have a ceremony on top of it is nothing.” Getting married is nothing indeed, Angelina, especially when you have no plans to do it.

These photos are from Italian Vanity Fair.

Update: higher quality images thanks to CelebVent and originally from JustJared.