It seems like the Team Aniston/Team Jolie loonies aren’t the only ones who just can’t let this story go.

Sheryl Crow, who became chums with Jennifer Aniston during her battle with breast cancer, recently mouthed off about Jennifer’s three-year-old split from Brad Pitt. Sheryl was comparing the media coverage in that breakup to the coverage of her own split from bicyclist Lance Armstrong. She claims that both she and Aniston dumped their men, but the media says it was the other way around.

Sheryl Crow has claimed that Jennifer Aniston dumped Brad Pitt rather than the other way around.

The couple split in 2005 after five years of marriage amid rumours that Pitt had fallen for Angelina Jolie on the set of their movie Mr and Mrs Smith.

However, Crow said she learned the truth when she became friends with Aniston after the actress ditched Pitt and she split from cyclist Lance Armstrong.

She said: “For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships.

“Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don’t say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven’t had.”

A friend also insisted that Aniston had called time on the marriage, telling the National Enquirer: “Once Jen saw the writing on the wall, she dumped Brad.

“She took a cold, hard look at her marriage and realised it was irretrievably broken. She and Brad had vastly different personal agendas and feelings about love, career and having a family.”

From Showbizspy UK]

Does anyone really care about Lance and Sheryl or Brad and Jen anymore? I mean, really care? It seems to me that in the Brad-Angie-Jennifer triangle, those three individuals are more than over it and moved on years ago. As for Lance and Sheryl, I never gave a crap about them in the first place. Both of them are boring as hell, so together, they were twice as boring. Who cares who dumped whom? My guess is, Sheryl was looking for some free publicity to promote her boring new CD and she knows that there’s no faster way to get attention than to bring up the Pitt-Aniston divorce.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Sheryl Crow taking her son Wyatt on a shopping trip in West Hollywood yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.

Angelina and Brad were at the Independent Spirit Awards over the weekend, where they revealed Angelina’s baby bump. They didn’t show up at the Beverly Hills Hotel for the charity event that night in which Angelina was listed as a co-host along with Jennifer Aniston and about 10 other celebrities. The ultimate in Hollywood showdowns didn’t happen, and it was Brad and Angelina who skipped out while Aniston attended for about an hour:

ANGELINA Jolie and Brad Pitt, expecting their second biological child, avoided an Oscar meeting with Pitt’s ex Jennifer Aniston by pulling out of a party they were all set to attend.

The pair were due to meet Brad’s ex-wife Jennifer at a pre-Oscars party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday, but instead decided to go to the nearby Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Aniston spent an hour mingling with stars including George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Seal and Heidi Klum before retreating back to the one of the hotel’s private bungalows.

[From The Sydney Herald]

I initially thought that the whole Aniston vs Jolie-Pitt faux feud was just media hype, until they skipped the party, but were still seen at the Independent Spirit Awards that same night.

Angelina was nominated for a Independent Spirit Award for best actress, so that would explain why she decided to head there instead of a pre-Oscar party. Angelina lost in the best actress category to Ellen Page, who took home the Independent Spirit award for her performance in Juno. They weren’t nominated for any Oscars, and didn’t attend the ceremony or any Oscars parties. The couple didn’t attend last year’s Oscars ceremony or parties, either, so maybe this was just par for the course for them.

Note by Celebitchy: The party was press free and there are no photos outside the event that I can tell, so I’m not sure how the Sydney Herald knows that Brad and Angelina didn’t attend. It sounds like they’re assuming that they didn’t go based on the fact that the Independent Spirit Awards were that night too.

Update by Celebitchy: Thanks to everyone who pointed out that The Independent Spirit Awards were over by 4 PM, which was plenty of time to go to this party. Many people went to both and there were pictures taken outside.

Thanks to Splash News for these pictures from Saturday.

Obviously those pictures of Jennifer Aniston with the teeny, tiny little belly (and great legs) with the associated baby bump speculation have gotten her worried about her figure – she’s taken up cycling, with a little help from Courteney Cox.

Courteney Cox has bought Jennifer Aniston a $12,000 Chanel bicycle.

The actress bought her ‘Friends’ pal the expensive pushbike after she expressed an interest taking up cycling.

A source close to the star said: “Jennifer said she wanted to start bike riding because it’s such good exercise. So Courteney sent her the new, ultra-chic Chanel bicycle.”

The bike features eight speeds, weighs 36lbs and comes complete with a quilted leather seat and saddlebag emblazoned with the famous Chanel ‘CC’ logo.

The source continued: “Courteney only sent Jennifer the bike two weeks ago but she already loves it! She goes out riding all the time.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Some friends are better than others – pun intended. Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston seem to have a friendship that is going to last for all their lives, which is a very valuable thing. Perhaps even more valuable than a Chanel bike. Who even knew Chanel made bikes? Do they make those horrid bike pants from the 90s still? I would love to ride around town on my Hello Kitty bike (jealous of my wheels?) with a big linked C on my behind. That would be very attractive indeed.

In other Jen news, it seems that the whole world is speculating that she is either devastated about Angelina Jolie’s pregnancy, or it doesn’t matter to her. I’m leaning on the side of not caring, since she’s probably had three years and four other children to get used to the whole concept of ‘my ex-husband has a family with someone else’. I’m sure she read the news and felt a little pang of regret or sadness, because that is only human, but somehow I can’t imagine Jen sobbing in a corner. Her life seems pretty good to me – particularly if those Jason Lewis rumours are true.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Aniston is shown in Vancouver, Canada on the set of “Travelers” on 1/14/08, thanks to Splash.

I don’t know what to believe about Aniston’s love life at this point. Two weeks ago she was supposedly pregnant and said to be living with Sex and The City hottie Jason Lewis, who had flown his mother into New York to meet her. We were on the pregnancy bandwagon and even thought there was a bump visible in those far-away photos of her in Mexico, where she had a post-holiday vacation with her BFF Courteney Cox and her family and a “mystery guy” who was rumored to be Lewis.

Star Magazine, not the most reliable source I know, is reporting that Aniston met up with Kevin Connolly in Los Cabos and that he was seen rubbing suntan lotion on her back. These two were said to be set up by Tobey Maguire, and although they got along ok they weren’t a love match. What happened to Jason Lewis then?

An insider reveals that Jen, 38, and Kevin, 33, were set up by mutual friends Tobey Maguire and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, while on their New Year’s vacation. However, although Jen seemed to enjoy Kevin’s company, things never went beyond a little flirting. “Tobey and his wife knew it was a long shot,” said the insider, “but think they could have made a love connection…”

The pair were part of a group that included Courteney Cox and David Arquette and their daughter, Coco. “Courteney and David know and love Kevin,” says Jen’s pal. “They think he could be perfect for Jen.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, January 21, 2008]

So was Kevin Connolly the unknown guy seen in Mexico with Aniston and/or did he just meet up with her unexpectedly? Was Jason Lewis there too? Star conveniently forgets that she was even linked with Lewis, despite the fact that they reported that Aniston and Lewis were living together just three weeks ago.

Kevin Connolly was last linked with Dancing With The Stars winner Julianne Hough and even gave her a ring last November.

This article sounds suspicious to me and maybe Connolly just happened to be at the same resort as these two. Other reports have her dating David Spade so it sounds like the tabloids are desperate to pair her with anyone.

Here is Aniston on the set of “Travellers” in Vancouver, Canada yesterday thanks to Splash News.

Jennifer Aniston is in Los Cabos, Mexico with Courteney Cox, Courteney’s husband David Arquette and their daughter, Coco. Last year Aniston enjoyed the post-holiday season in Los Cabos along with the Cox-Arquettes and their mutual friend, Sheryl Crow. This year Crow stayed home and it looks like Aniston brought a date. OK! Magazine reports that she boarded a private jet from Burbank with a goateed fedora-wearing “mystery man,” who joined her on the balcony of her hotel in Mexico for drinks along with Courteney and David:

Outside the terminal, the party was picked up by a chauffer-driven white Cadillac Escalade, sent to greet them by their resort. After a 30-minute drive through the Mexican desert into Los Cabos, Jen, Courteney, David and the mystery man were spotted on the balcony of their rented beach home, chatting, drinking and dining at a table overlooking the gorgeous, windswept Sea of Cortez.

“Early that evening, Courteney, dressed in a cute jogging outfit, ran wind-sprints along the sand, as David and Coco accompanied her,” the eyewitness says. The trio “looked very happy and relaxed to be there. Coco was having a blast out on the beach. David looked pretty happy to be away from the hustle and bustle of L.A. He and Courteney were holding hands as they all walked together. And it seemed like the Arquettes may have been giving Jen and her friend some alone time. They weren’t seen leaving the house that night.”

[From OK! Magazine]

Maybe the unknown single guy is just a friend of the Cox-Arquettes, or maybe he was Aniston’s date. She is rumored to be in a so far short-term but serious relationship with actor Jason Lewis, and since he’s so handsome and recognizable we can probably assume that it wasn’t him.

OK! reports that Courteney, David and Jennifer have all enjoyed a joint vacation in Los Cabos for the past four years.

There’s a rumor that I’m inclined to believe that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. There’s a story in The National Enquirer that she told friends and family that she’s expecting. It’s based on little more than “insider reports,” though, and there are no supporting details other than hearsay. I was hoping for some more evidence from the Enquirer, but now that I’ve read the article I think they might be bluffing based on photos of her. She does look pregnant to me, though.

Aniston’s rep has simply said “she’s not pregnant,” but time and more photographs will tell. Will she raise her baby with a different man like Heidi Klum did with Seal? Was she just wearing a deceptively baggy shirt and was her face looking a little puffy from recent surgical procedures? I’m thinking she’s pregnant, and that it’s going to be a big deal.

Aniston is shown in an ad for St. Jude’s Children’s Research hospital from November, thanks to Splash News.

This week’s cover of the National Enquirer reads “Jennifer Aniston’s Pregnancy Secret” and features an older picture of Aniston on set several months ago with a questionable mini-bump, but there are pictures of Aniston out with Courteney Cox on Christmas Eve and she definitely looks pregnant! Jen is shown wearing black leggings and a loose black top while clutching a scarf close to her face. There’s been a lot of speculation that Aniston got another nosejob, possibly her third, and that could be why she’s trying to cover her face, but her face also looks fuller and she’s gained weight all over. I would bet that she is indeed pregnant.

Aniston has also been lying low apart from this public outing with Courteney and hasn’t been photographed over the past few months - and a pregnancy could explain her absence.

Star Magazine reported this week that she’s been living with Sex and The City heartthrob Jason Lewis, and also that Lewis was flying his mother in to meet her over the holidays. Could it be because she’s pregnant with his baby? That’s going to be one gorgeous child.

Here are excerpts from Star’s article about these two. They claim they’ve only been dating since November, so Aniston got knocked up in record time if it’s Lewis’ baby. I’ll report on the Enquirer story after I get access to it over the weekend:

“Jason’s mother, Nancy, is flying in from Missouri just to meet Jennifer,” says the insider. “It’s really important to him.” And that’s not all! “He’s so thrilled because he’ll also get to introduce Jennifer to his sister Nicole’s new baby girl, Makela. It’s going to be a very warm and cozy holiday at his grandmother’s house in L.A>, and everyone is thrilled to meet the woman Jason has been raving about!”

Ironically, Jason has ties to Brad Pitt. The two are acquaintances, and Brad even introduced Jennifer to Jason, 36, while they were still married! They eventually reconnected in November, after they’d both become single, and there was instant chemistry.

“Mutual friends at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital charity thought Jen and Jason would make a great couple,” the insider explains. “So they started e-mailing. After their first date, they began seeing each other every day, nonstop.”

Now they’re virtually living together - they spend all their time at her Malibu house or his place.

[From Star Magazine print edition, December 31, 2007]

The article goes on to say that their relationship progressed so quickly because they have a lot in common. Both Aniston and Lewis like to work out, and are homebodies who would rather stay home than go out. Now that they’re expecting a baby they’re going to have an even more compelling reason to stay home. I bet you it’s true, but hopefully they’ve been dating more than just a month and a half if Jennifer is so pregnant she’s already showing.

Header image from The Daily Mail of Aniston out to dinner on Christmas Eve with Courteney Cox. Image of Jason Lewis below from the Angel Ball on 10/29/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

Update: Aniston’s rep has denied reports that she’s pregnant, but so did J.Lo’s rep at the beginning too.

Are Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn back together? Our gossipy selves sure hope so. The National Enquirer is absolutely sure of it, and they’ve done some Pulitzer-level reporting (as far as tabloids go).

Note by Celebitchy: “When I first read this headline I thought it must be one of those bullshit made up articles that’s all too common in the gossip magazines. Those articles are usually based on little more than insider quotes and a chance meeting and awkward conversation. With Jen and Vince, though, the Enquirer has dates, times and places of multiple romantic dinners and meet-ups that took place between the former co-stars in the past two months. I really believe they’re back together.”

Instead of vague generalizations, the Enquirer notes:

During a late-night date at The Terrace on Nov. 30, Jen walked in at 10 p.m. with a woman and two men. They took a table, an Vince came in alone five minutes later. “Jennifer lit up in a delighted smile,” revealed a fellow diner. “She was obviously thrilled to see Vince. Jen was cute in a black shirt and jeans and very little makeup. Her hair is shorter these days, just brushing her shoulders. Vince was in a button-down shirt and gray sweater. They had a leisurely dinner, with Jen giggling quietly at Vince’s jokes.” Added the eyewitness: “At first, Jen was reserved. But as she relaxed, she suddenly darted around the table, sat in Vince’s lap and gave him a big kiss. Her friends left, and she climbed into Vince’s car with him, smiling and waving as they pulled out.”

[From the National Enquirer, Dec. 24, 2007 print edition]

They go on to give several more dates, times, and locations of sightings. It’s hard to explain why sometimes we think a story is true. Sometimes you just want a story to be true because it’d be awesome [JayBird hangs head sheepishly… Tara Reid with crazy stomach bolts… no excuse], and sometimes you know it’s just total bull. But when tabloids actually back stories up with dates and locations, it definitely adds to the credibility.

If the pair are together, I really hope Vince’s head has cleared up since last time. Reasonable people will disagree, but it always seemed to me that he didn’t really appreciate Jennifer. I don’t want to agree with a lot of people who said, “He’s bloated, he’s got a receding hairline, she can do better,” etc. BUT he seemed to be like, “I’m with Jennifer Aniston, whatever. I’m going to blow her off all the time and never acknowledge we’re even in a relationship.” I had more of a problem with that, than with her being too good for him. But the media also portrayed Jennifer as desperate to get married and always pestering Vince about it. Who knows if that was the truth, or just what people assume was likely. I really don’t believe that she’s as baby crazy and marriage desperate as everyone seems to think. Either way, I kind of hope they’re back together, and maybe the time and space has given them some clarity and they can find some happiness now.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Jen and Vince in “The Breakup.” Header image is an old one of Vince and Jennifer, because there were hardly any photos of them together when they were dating before.

Jennifer Aniston is going to make a second guest appearance on Courteney Cox’s aptly-named FX series, Dirt. Aniston shared a disappointing girl kiss with Cox on the season finale of the show in March. She played the lesbian editor of a tabloid that competes with Dirt, the gossip rag that Courteney Cox’s character runs. The kiss wasn’t all that hot and was more of a friendly goodbye kiss that was turned into something more by the imagination of one of Courteney’s male co-workers.

Now they’re bringing Aniston back for more, and she will have another ratings-raising guest appearance. I bet that there won’t be much action between Aniston and Cox’s characters, but that the show will play up the sexual tension as much as possible:

Jennifer Aniston will reprise her role as Tina Harrod, a tabloid-magazine editor, in her second guest spot on Courteney Cox’s FX show, Dirt, says a friend of Jen’s. No word yet on whether there’ll be an encore of the BFF’s much-fussed-about kissing scene (Jen’s character is gay), but the upcoming episode will include a bigger role for Jen, 38, and more scenes opposite Courteney, 43. “Jen’s blocked off time in December to be available when they need her,” says the friend.

[From Life and Style, print edition, November 19, 2007]

We’ll have to see if Aniston’s scheduled appearance survives the writer’s strike, and it doesn’t sound like that episode has been written yet. The strike is not expected to end by December, but maybe the parties will work it out by then and Aniston will be able to help save her friend’s show for yet another season.

In other Jennifer Aniston news, she is said to be dating Sex and The City hottie Jason Lewis, who dated Rosario Dawson for years and has been linked with Jennifer Esposito and Laura Prepon. She is said to have had a couple of “secret” dates out with Lewis in NY City, and to have a lot in common with him. He is a pretty boy type, just like her ex husband.

They look cute together and it would be nice to see Aniston in a new relationship with someone who wants to commit long term. Lewis seems like the type of guy who is able to go the distance and doesn’t try to act single when he’s in a relationship. He was never afraid to be photographed out with Dawson and seems like the loyal, super-hot boyfriend type who will also go shopping with you and help with the dishes. Pretty much an excellent catch.

Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are shown in the header image at the premiere of The Tripper on 4/11/07. Jason Lewis is shown below at the Angel Ball on 10/29/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

Everyone wants a piece of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Handsome Brady has upped his star factor with a high-profile relationship with top paid supermodel, Gisele Bundchen, and by fathering a baby with ex girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan. Now it’s said that Jennifer Aniston has personally chosen Brady to represent SmartWater, a brand she appeared in advertisements for and is now an investor in the company.

Jennifer Aniston has chosen American football star Tom Brady as the male face of energy drink SmartWater. The former Friends star was recently photographed by Mario Testino for a SmartWater advertising campaign.

And Aniston, an investor in the company, now wants the New England Patriots quarterback, who is dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen, to do the same.

An insider tells American magazine OK!, “Not only does she think he can sell water, but he makes her want to take a cold shower!”

[From Starpulse via WeSmirch]

And football-fit Brady might be stripping down to his skivvies for Calvin Klein underwear. They’re said to have offered him a more than one million dollar deal to represent the company:

Tom, 30, who’s posed for Stetson Cologne before, is being wooed to become the next celebrity model for Calvin Klein underwear. He’s been offered more than $1 million for the ad campaign, says an insider.

[From In Touch magazine, print edition, November 19, 2007]

Brady doesn’t need the money, although it will probably come in handy considering that his girlfriend has expensive taste. Although he’s paid less than other top quarterbacks, he signed a six year extension with the Patriots in 2005 that’s worth about $60 million.

Brady is shown running in NY on the West Side Highway on 9/2/07. Thanks to Splash News for these pictures.

When the raging fire in Malibu was encroaching on her home on the beach, Aniston chose some special items to save in case she lost all her other worldly possessions. She took paperwork and, curiously, a silver cake knife she received as a wedding present six years ago.

She had to evacuate on October 20, and she may have revealed some sentimental feelings toward her ex in her choice of items to spare:

Among the things [Aniston] grabbed was a gift that she and Brad received at their July 2000 Malibu wedding, says a source. “Jen grabbed a bunch of important paperwork and the silver cake knife she and Brad got as a gift on their wedding day,” says the source.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, November 12, 2007]

Maybe the silver knife has a specific meaning for her, and she sees it as a symbol of her doomed marriage, or maybe it’s just a valuable piece of silver party-ware and she didn’t want to lose it.

In related news, Jennifer Aniston’s rep has said that he’s annoyed that W Magazine chose to run Aniston and Angelina Jolie’s face in competition on different covers of the magazine. Nine celebrities were shown on different covers of the November “Art Issue.” They probably did it to generate buzz, but at least there were seven other famous faces thrown in there for good measure. Aniston’s rep says that , “We were not happy about it…. We were shocked and disappointed that W ran that cover.” [quote from US Weekly via National Ledger]

It’s not like W had to do much more than include Aniston and Jolie among the celebrities on the cover. Even if you don’t think about the ongoing feud that only exists in fans’ minds and is fueled by tabloid sales, they’re natural choices. Both are famous enough, and sell enough magazines, to put them on the magazine-cover radar. It’s not like they edged out another celebrity that moves more supermarket glossies.

Aniston is shown on 8/29/07 outside of a business meeting. Thanks to WENN for these pictures.