Brad Pitt has been criticized for riding his bike with a helpless baby Zahara in a child carrier on his back and without a helmet. Maddox was wearing a helmet, though. Maybe child safety devices are hard to come by in Africa

I have a safety seat for my kid on the back of my bike and he always wears a helmet. The thing is, he hates shoes and sometimes I let him ride barefoot. Maybe if I was famous someone more qualified than my nosy neighbor would point out my mistake.

Celebrities know more about the vaguaries of what’s popular in expensive jeans and giant leather handbags than common things like childcare. Rear-facing child seats, helmets and properly installed seats on bikes - all this seems like common sense to us laypeople.

Maybe celebrities will start hiring baby experts for advice on how to keep their children safe and avoid public relations disasters. This reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons where Homer started a “Wee Care” baby proofing business. There seems to be quite a market for that type of service in Hollywood.

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Yesterday everyone pointed out that Aniston and Vaughn worked hard to keep their distance from each other at the premiere of their new romantic comedy, “The Break Up.” The title of the film may be doubly ironic for Aniston, because Star Magazine is reporting that Vaughn told Aniston he needed time off. That means it’s over:

Aniston also backtracked from earlier quotes that she wanted a family, saying she wanted one, uh, eventually. Oops.

Aniston doesn’t want a family right away because Vaughn isn’t into it - or her - at all.

It’s not all bad news for Aniston. Judging by her newfound look and smiling face at the premiere of “The Break Up,” it seems like being single again agrees with her. Vaughn isn’t fairing as well, and seems to be suffering from some kind of liver ailment.

Jessica Alba is moving to NY and is leaving her broken-hearted boyfriend, Cash Warren, in LA. Warren, 26, wanted to propose to Alba, 25, but it doesn’t seem like she is open to it:

Men everywhere will be delighted by this news, but we’re romantics and hope it’s not true. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Here is Alba in a strange photoshoot [via] and shopping in Beverly Hills. [via]

Violet Affleck is nearly six months old, and she’s a little cutie. Matt Damon’s wife, Luciana, is expecting is baby girl in mid-June. Once Damon’s daughter is old enough, she can have playdates with little Violet Affleck!

That’s so cute and those little girls are going to be adorable.

Here is the Affleck family out for breakfast in Cambridge. Look at how Jennifer Garner thanks the man who opens the door for her!

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Borat hit Cannes with a bevy of cute women that were probably picked up on the beach for his photo op. In case you’re not familiar with Borat, he’s Sasha Baron Cohen, Ali G’s alter ego from Kazakhstan. He gets up to silly antics with less famous people than Ali G interviews. The Kazakhstani government is pissed that Borat tries to portrays their country like it’s full of backwards yokels who abuse women. Most people just think he’s funny and don’t care that he makes fun of a nation of people.

Here is an 8 minute video of Borat visiting a dating service and getting advice from a dating expert. One of his qualifications for a potential mate is that “She must be tight, like a man’s anus.” If that’s the case he may hurt the poor woman, because he claims to be big, “like a can of Pepsi.”

And here are some pictures of his arrival at Cannes. His footwear is the best.There are ass pictures and some topless sunbathers that are NSFW.

So the pictures are out from the pre-premiere party of “Marie Antoinette” at Cannes and Kirsten Dunst actually looks good. She covers up a little too much, but her sky blue dress is form-fitting, and dare I say - elegant. Someone clued the girl in, or maybe she got lucky.

It looks like the dress that Hillary Swank wore to the 2005 Oscars, but it’s not quite the same. Kiki’s dress has a horizontal sash built in around the middle and little applique birds on the skirt. Swank’s dress had a criss-cross sash, a different neck, and a more form-fitting skirt.

If only Kirsten would hire her stylist full time.

- Janet Jackson has six pack abs already (Hollywood Rag)
- Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Yeah, they’re boring me too. (A Socialite’s Life)
- Mischa Barton may move back to London (Glitterati)
- Christina Aguilera is really drunk (DListed)
- One of Bai Ling’s many calculated nipple slips (Egotastic)
- Gwen Stefani: still pregnant (PopSugar)
- The Bastardly Moral Dilemma: Would you sleep with a guy your grandfather’s age for $3 million? Hell yeah! We’d serve the geezer breakfast in bed too. (Bastardly)
- Celebrity baby mouse-over montage (popbytes)
- Martha Stewart to launch online social networking service (BlogNYC)
- Mariah Carey’s boobs are saggy in her pink trenchcoat dress (Hollywood Tuna)
- Oprah’s Legends Ball special was supposedly decent (Concrete Loop)
- Best Week Ever’s interview with Lindsay Lohan fan and Brandon Davis bitch-slapper Juanita (Best Week Ever)
- “Marie Antoinette” got totally booed at Cannes. It sucks! (Molly Good)
- Kirsten Dunst: attack of the snaggle teeth! - That’s for you, Jules. We will be bitchier in the future. (Faded Youth)

The Dixie Chicks have refused to appear on the dumb women’s roundtable talk show, “The View,” saying they have to be selective about the shows they choose. They mentioned “The View” specifically in an interview with Time Magazine, saying that they use Bruce Springsteen as their model for publicity choices, and that he would never appear on the show:

This pissed off “View” cohost Joy Behar so much that she ripped up the article on the air:

What a idiot Joy Behar is. She may be the token liberal on the show before Rosie joins, but she’s not acting like it. The Dixie Chicks are ahead of their time. They criticized George Bush back when it was taboo, but now everyone hates the murdering son of a bitch. We think their refusal to do “The View” is a harbinger of the shows demise, and that most of the cohosts will go on to fabulous careers as spokespeople on infomercials.

The Dixie Chicks aren’t too good for XM Satellite Radio. They are shown performing on May 23rd on “Artist Confidential” in the pictures below. They are also seen at Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People event on May 8th.

The new “Simple Life” on the E! Entertainment Network, prophetically titled “Til Death Do Us Part,” is so terrible that the NY Daily News gives it zero stars. News TV editor Richard Huff says that the Fox version was funny at least. Richie and Hilton never appear together in the new series due to their ongoing feud, but it’s the terrible concept and bad execution in the latest installment of the faux reality show that make it cringe-worthy. Based on the preview of the first episode he screened, Huff calls it unwatchable.

I didn’t like the original “Simple Life” and felt uncomfortable watching the girls pull such immature pranks. If this reviewer thought the Fox version was good, the new season must be terrible.

Richie got producers threatened two months ago by asking an 11 year-old boy on the street if he thought she was a MILF during filming. When the boy confessed he didn’t know what it meant she explained the acronym in foul detail. The boy’s parents complained about the incident and refused to sign a release allowing the clip to be used. That’s not funny, and it seems safe to say that nothing else about “Til Death Do Us Part” is funny, either.

Here are some older images from this year’s filming of “The Simple Life.”

Prince made a surprise performance in the finale of American Idol last night, despite passing up a guest judge opportunity by refusing to meet with contestants. He is also said to hate the show and to have never watched it. That didn’t stop him from cashing in on the show’s astronomical ratings though.

Music stars were paired with past Idol contestants for the other performances:

29 year-old Alabama soul singer Taylor Hicks was crowned the Idol on the fifth season of the show. His win was not surprising, as he was expected to beat polished Katharine McPhee, 22.

Idol continues to pull in impressive ratings.This year’s season was the highest rated ever, with an average viewing audience of 30 million each week.

Here’s a video of the announcement and part of Taylor’s performance afterwards:

And here is Clay Aiken performing along with his impersonator: