In Touch has new photos and video from a photo shoot Angelina Jolie did when she was just 16. She looks rather haughty in the photos and picture shoot video, but she comes off as funny and like an average teenager in the interview video, in which she talks about how she boxes and fences.

In the video below, the photographer and makeup artist ask Angelina if she takes martial arts. She says she’s into fencing and that she boxes in “bodies in motion” which is a class with bags, shadow boxing and sparring. She also says she’s into fencing and likes pretending to fence with her boyfriend. She said “I could never do team sports,” and that she ran when she was young and then got into fencing and boxing.

Angelina says she collects celtic swords and that she keeps boxes of them and hopes to have a weapon room of them someday. She also says she goes to antique shops with her mom.

And here’s the photo shoot video. It’s pretty long so you can kind of skip through it until the scene changes, that’s what I did.

It really looks like Angelina has had a nose job since these pictures were taken, but other than that she’s pretty much the same: hot and a little full of herself, but not entirely unlikeable.

Pictures and video from In Touch via ONTD.

Star Magazine’s latest cover is all about a supposed reconciliation between Britney Spears and her ex husband and father of her children, Kevin Federline. It reads: “Brit & Kevin’s secret weekend!” and includes an old picture of the two on vacation to make you think they’re back together and happy.

The National Enquirer, which I find more reputable than Star, reported a couple of weeks ago that Britney’s father, Jamie, asked K-Fed during their guys’ golf outing if he would consider reuniting with Britney. Jamie was said to have asked Federline to give his daughter another chance and possibly step in to replace him as conservator of her estate.

Now Star is reporting that they’re about to work things out, given the news that they actually talked.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have been at each others’ throats since she filed for divorce in 2006. But a surprising sudden meeting — and plans for a secret getaway together — have family and friends wondering if a rekindled romance is in the works!

“They saw each other on Easter,” a source close to the couple tells Star exclusively.

And that March 23 rendezvous went so well, insiders explain, that Brit and Kevin have agreed to take a trip far from the glare of Hollywood to work on their relationship.

“Kevin wants to take Britney away to see if there is anything to salvage between them,” a family friend tells Star. “When he suggested it to her, she told him she was ready to go anytime he was.”

[From Star Magazine]

I bet all Star knows is that they actually met up, which is something they should do as divorced parents with two children which they both see, and it doesn’t mean they’re about to patch things up. They never seemed to have a real stable relationship in the first place and now that Britney went off the deep end and is gradually working her way back, I don’t really see them getting back together.

K-Fed’s lawyer Mark Kaplan has spoken publicly about Britney’s mental health. He praised her father’s role in helping Britney reclaim some normality in her life, and said “Jamie is doing a really good job. There was a situation and that seems to be stabilized. Does that mean she’s cured? Of course not.”

Britney is said to be possibly making another guest appearance on “How I Met Your Mother” after her previous stint as a receptionist helped bring the show its best ratings ever. There is also speculation that she may get a more permanent ongoing role on a sitcom.

Britney is shown below shopping on Robertson Boulevard yesterday, where she was predictably mobbed. Thanks to WENN. Thanks to Popbytes for the Star Magazine cover.

George Clooney was on “The Today Show” this morning and Meredith Viera said she was going to ask him about his relationship and sounded all serious about it. She then showed photos of him with Brad Pitt and said “I call that a bromance.” Clooney admitted Pitt was “very handsome.” Viera asked “do you have a bromance?” and Clooney didn’t give a direct answer and said that there is a story that he’s going to be godfather to Brad’s children, and that it’s not true but “I do enjoy hearing it.”

Then Clooney told the story about how he fooled the paparazzi after it was rumored that Brad and Angelina were getting married at his Lake Como estate.

“Two years ago there was a story that he was going to get married at my house. In Italy. In February you would never go to Lake Como in February, it’s kind of rainy. You certainly wouldn’t have an outdoor…

But once the story started all these people started showing up, and I mean hundreds and hundreds of press people outside the house, including people from the entertainment shows.

So I called and ordered high top tables and had ‘em all put out on the front lawn. Helicopters were flying - it went on for two weeks.”

That’s hysterical! Clooney’s much better at fooling the press than some other celebrity whose reality tv show is about to be canceled.

Clooney admitted in March, 2006 that he wanted to rent tables, saying back then “I wanted to rent a bunch of tables and put them outside and get a bunch of kids or something dressed up in tuxes and watch all the cameras come by.” So did he actually do it? He says now that he did and I remember seeing tables on the lawn.

Here’s the clip, thanks to Monkeyboy on Redlasso:

Jay-Z seems to really have the world in his hands right now. The rapper/music mogul filed for a marriage license with longtime girlfriend Beyonce Knowles on Tuesday, and since then things have only gotten bigger and better for him. The Associated Press has reported that Jay is about to sign a $150 million deal with Live Nation, which will include both CDs and concerts. Jay-Z was reportedly in great spirits, celebrating at a Toronto club last night.

He was definitely in a celebratory mood before and after his show last night in Toronto. “Jay-Z was not with Beyonce but looked so happy he could have burst,” says an observer at Toronto’s popular bistro Sotto Sotto, where he ate a pre-concert dinner with a bunch of guy friends. Later, he partied well into the night at Toronto’s downtown club Lobby, where he was laughing, chatting up his guests and waving his arms to the music.

[From People]

Jay-Z isn’t just a rapper, he was also the president of Def Jam records for three years. Live Nation has also inked deals with Madonna and U2, but Jay is their first foray into hip hop. The numbers are pretty astounding, considering his last album had just so-so sales figures.

But the arrangement would also position Live Nation to participate in a range of new deals with Jay-Z, one of music’s most entrepreneurial stars, whose past ventures have included the Rocawear clothing line, which he sold last year for $204 million, and the chain of 40/40 nightclubs.

His first undertaking with Live Nation is his current 28-date tour with Mary J. Blige, his biggest live outing in more than three years. After that, Live Nation envisions integrating the marketing of all Jay-Z’s entertainment endeavors, including recordings, tours and endorsements. “I’ve turned into the Rolling Stones of hip-hop,” Jay-Z said in a recent telephone interview.

[From the New York Times]

Jay-Z definitely earns his reputation as not just a good performer but a great businessman. The Live Nation deal includes funding for Jay’s own business ventures in a company called Roc Nation, which will include music publishing, talent grooming and management, along with his own label. They’ll contribute $25 million over the course of five years to it. The timing of the wedding license is interesting, considering all these great things are happening to Jay-Z in such quick succession. Makes you wonder if he had some agreement with Beyonce, like “Once I get my next record deal figured out, we’ll get married,” or something. No matter what, it seems like congratulations are in order.

Here’s Jay-Z arriving for The Late Show with David Letterman on March 31, 2008 in New York. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Rumors of a troubled marriage have dogged Gwyneth Paltrow and husband Chris Martin pretty much since they walked out of the church together. Perhaps it’s her quiet, slightly frigid nature or the way they each generally refuse to talk about each other, but they’ve often been the subject of a lot of marital speculation. Which is funny because the speculation seems to vacillate between “They’re breaking up and they hate each other!” to “They’re having another baby!” over and over again. When Us Weekly cornered Paltrow’s mother Blythe Danner at a movie premiere on Tuesday (okay I have no evidence that they actually cornered her, but that’s the only reason I can think of for a mother randomly spouting off about the state of her daughter’s marriage) she denied that there was any trouble in Gwyneth and Chris’ happy marriage.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are happily married, thank you very much. Paltrow’s mother, actress Blythe Danner, has slammed blog reports that the couple’s 4-year marriage is on the rocks. “Good god, it’s just so tragic that people have to make up stuff,” she told Usmagazine.com at the NYC screening of The Visitor on Tuesday. “I’ve never seen two happier parents — or people — so I don’t get it.”

Daughter Apple turns 4 in May; son Moses is about to be 2. (Click here to see how Paltrow and other stars bundled up their kids for winter.) “They’re pretty fabulous,” she said of her grandchildren. “Yesterday my little grandson says, ‘Don’t go! Don’t go!’ You just don’t get that kind of love from everybody.”

As for reports that Paltrow (who stars in May’s Iron Man) plans on quitting the business, Danner insisted, “She very much wants to go back to work. “She didn’t set out to be a movie star — she set out to be a wonderful actress,” she adds. “But motherhood is very important to her, as it was to me, and I think she’s finding balance.”

[From Us Weekly]

Awww, that’s kinda sweet. Not sure if I believe it, but it’s nice that Blythe Danner at least tries to cover up for her daughter’s frigidness. That’s probably not fair to say, but ever since Ted Casablanca at E! started calling Paltrow Fish Stick years and years ago, it’s really hard to see her any other way. The moniker is so funny and fits so well… and when I think about those fish sticks I used to eat as a kid, I’m pretty sure they would look like Gwyneth Paltrow should they ever come alive and take human form. There’s definitely no denying that Gwyneth is a devoted mom – she clearly lights up whenever she’s around her kids. As much as we like to speculate that there’s trouble, it’s almost as nice to hear that things are chugging along just fine.

Here are some older pics of Gwyneth with Moses. I’ll say this for the rumors - it’s damn near impossible to find many pictures of Gwyneth and Chris together.

It looks like all those anger management classes, community service, and postponed jail time didn’t do a whole lot of good in curbing Naomi Campbell’s crazy temper. Back in the day, it was mere assistants that had to fear the model’s wrath. Heaven forbid a pair of jeans goes missing, you should expect a Blackberry upside the head in two seconds flat. But it seemed like the general population was probably safe. Turns out, that’s not the case, as Miss Campbell was arrested today after she was taken off a British Airlines flight to Los Angeles. It seems the fashion maven had not one, not two, but three carry-on bags, and one went missing. She threw an absolute shit fit and was removed from the flight. But of course things didn’t end there, as Campbell continued ranting and raving in the British Airlines first class lounge. Police were called, and a fracas ensued. Campbell was arrested for assaulting a police officer, supposedly by spitting on him. What class.

TMZ has learned Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after she allegedly assaulted a police officer. Why? Bitch lost her bag!!

Campbell was pulled off a British Airlines flight to L.A. this morning after reportedly causing a huge stink when she says one of her — count ‘em — three carry-on bags was missing. The Sun says after she was yanked off the plane, cops had to be called because the supermodel was told she was unfit to fly. The anger management class superstar was hauled away “ranting and raving” from BA’s first class lounge after allegedly assaulting an officer. Where’s an assistant when you need one?!

Witnesses say they heard the model scream “get off me, leave me alone” as she was taken to the Heathrow police station. Hide your Blackberries!

[From TMZ]

Sky News reported that Campbell spit on a police officer. She is one of those people that you actually want bad things to happen to. I often sit at my desk, dreaming of small, petty problems that could befall Naomi Campbell and cause her to completely snap. Who assaults a police officer over a lost bag? Who beats an assistant over jeans? Let’s be real, how many pairs of jeans do we really think Naomi Campbell actually owns? Not that it’s any big surprise, but clearly anger management doesn’t do much for those that really need it. There are just some people who walk through life with a feeling of entitlement, and they rage at any and everyone when the rest of us don’t understand just how much better they are. Really, I’m sure Naomi will explain that it was the airline’s fault, the cop’s fault… pretty much everyone’s fault but her own. Let’s wait for a perfectly written statement of remorse from her publicist tomorrow.

Here’s some old shots from a photo shoot of Naomi looking all sorry for herself.

- Teri Hatcher will sing on the “American Idol Gives Back” special to air next Wednesday. That’s easily one of the most frightening things I’ve heard all week [Yeeeah!]
- Heather Mills Is A Master Of Disguise. Seriously, I know you think you got a crappy divorce settlement and you’re nearly a pauper, but splurge and spend $39.99 on the Raquel Welch wig collection or something [Dlisted]
- Mel B looking amazing with her K-Fraud Stephen “Belafonte” were spotted outside of Mr. Chow in LA last night [Bossip]
- Pajiba Blockbusters: Natalie Portman’s “Léon” is one of the best of the best [Pajiba]
- Gorgeous actress (and Penelope’s sister) Monica Cruz at a conference in Madrid [Celebslam]
- Lots and lots of adorable photos of Tom and Suri Cruise out at the playground. And we’re sure it’s not an adorable PR setup [Crazy Days and Nights]
- Christina Ricci’s Cheekbones Will Cut You [Jezebel]
- Kate Moss & her Nipples Play Mommy [The Bastardly]
- Gavin Rossdale’s soccer dreams were shattered after a knee injury wrecked a promising professional career [In Case You Didn't Know]
- Jason Davis — who appears to be drinking coffee through a straw — debuted a new body yesterday in LA. Now he doesn’t resemble one of those short, squatty gummy bears and looks more like one of those skinny, tough, bad tasting gummy bears [Mollygood]
- Holly Madison looking wholesome and chaste. Probably in an effort to prove herself worthy of being impregnated by Heff’s spawn [Websters is my Bitch]
- Tiffani Amber Thiessen in a bikini (Site NSFW) [Drunken Stepfather]
- Cameron Diaz loves putting on weight because it makes her butt look “mighty fine”. I’m not sure if this girl thinks there’s anything that’s not perfect about herself [Hollywood Rag]
- Nicole Kidman’s still barely there baby bump [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
- Jessica Alba and Cash Warren may have already picked a name for their unborn daughter: Honor Warren [The Blemish]
- Ciara is getting fed up over all the attention Kim Kardashian’s ass is getting and throws her rump into the competition [Derek Hail]
- Lindsay Lohan To Play Sex Addicted Waitress. Only half of that will require any acting [I'm Not Obsessed]
- Isla Fisher looking adorable at a hot dog stand on the set of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” yesterday [Popsugar]
- Casey Affleck and wife Summer Phoenix debut their 4-month old baby boy - who’s still waiting on a name [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
- Felix Dennis, the founder of Maxim claims he murdered someone, along with a bunch of other rambling bizarreness [WWTDD]
- Chace Crawford’s sister Candice tells People “he was upset” over the split with Carrie Underwood [Lainey Gossip]
- Some new candids of Sienna Miller, who is looking awfully skinny these days [The Skinny]
- Brittany Murphy makes out with husband Simon Monjack at the launch of a Blumarine shop in Florida [Agent Bedhead]
- Ryan Cabrera was spotted out with Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough [Best Week Ever]
- Move over micro-dermabrasion and chemical peels, it’s time for the Facial Sandblaster [The Circus Hour]
- Celebrity Penis Spotting. Sorta NSFW [CityRag]

Oprah Winfrey had six month’s pregnant transgender man Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy on yesterday, and they seemed very open and honest about their decision to have Thomas bear their child, a girl. They came across as a kind and loving couple with a sincere desire to raise a child together. Beatie, 34, was born a girl and made the decision to legally become a man, having his breasts removed and taking testosterone but leaving his reproductive organs intact. After his wife, Nancy, had a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis, they decided that Thomas would bear their child because he still had the ability to.

Oprah first talked about how Thomas mom died when he was just 12. Thomas was a girl at that time named Tracy, and his mother committed suicide, leaving him and his two brother’s
to the care of his father.

Thomas’ early life
Thomas said that up until he hit puberty he didn’t notice anything wrong, but that when he was 14 he found puberty a shock and felt like his body was betraying him. Thomas’ father pushed him into modeling and beauty pageants, and he was even a “Miss Teen Hawaii USA” finalist. He said “I wish I felt comfortable looking like that. I don’t feel like I was born in the wrong body, I felt like I was meant to be exactly who I am today.”

Thomas, 34, said he did have boyfriends as a teen, but felt like society was pushing him into it. He says he wanted to be around women more as a teenager, but it wasn’t until he was in his 20s that it turned into a sexual attraction. He said when he was 17 he took up martial arts and got into a relationship with his martial arts instructor, a man, who told him he fought and walked like a man. He says he wasn’t feminine enough for him at the time.

He went to college and said “that’s when I found myself” and had his first girlfriend, who he was with for three and a half years.

Resistance from the transgender community
He said that of all the transgender groups he contacted for support and advice, only half got back to him and they were all unsupportive, with one saying “the world’s not ready for this.”

How Thomas realized he was meant to be a man
He said that he “wanted to be free again like I was when I was younger. I didn’t see the world as male or female and I just wanted to be myself… I’m a masculine person and I wanted to wear clothes that made me feel comfortable. That was just a natural progression.”

“Over time, people started calling me ‘Sir,’ and that was an interesting concept to me… I ended up taking testosterone. I sought the help of a physician.”

Oprah: “Why not just wear the clothes, look more masculine cut off your hair, date women?”

Beatie said that an earlier girlfriend wasn’t supportive and asked him why he didn’t just want to be a lesbian. He explained “Sexuality is a completely different topic than how you feel as your gender. The gender role in society that I felt most comfortable being… was a male gender role. It’s hrd to explain how it is a separate issue. When I woke up in the morning, I felt like a man. It was difficult for society to respect me the way I felt on the inside if my outside didn’t match it.”

Oprah asks if he’s had genital implant surgery
Beatie explained how he had his breasts removed, and Oprah asked about what was going on with “the penis area,” and asked him if he had “like implant surgery” and he said “I opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs, because I wanted to have a child one day.”

Oprah asked him if it was a conflict for him to be pregnant and he said “I have very stable male gender identity. I see it as a process, and it doesn’t define who I am.”

“I feel it’s not a male or female desire to want to have a child, it’s a human desire. I’m a person and I have the right to have my own biological child.”

Oprah asks again about penis implant
Oprah asked yet again if he had a penis implant and he said “hormones are an incredible thing…” and he explained that hormones shape gender in the womb, and Oprah kept pressing “do you grow testicles too?” He said “No, I just introduced hormones into my body a little later…”

Oprah: “Does the clitoris get larger?”

“It does. It looks like a penis. A small penis. Does it matter?” [crowd laughs and claps]

He also said “I can have intercourse with my wife.”

Thomas’ wife Nancy explains their attempts at pregnancy
Thomas’ wife of five years Nancy, explained that it wasn’t a difficult decision for Thomas to have their child because it was not possible for her. She had her womb removed due to severe endometriosis. Nancy explained that they went public because they didn’t want someone else telling their story for them.

Thomas explained that he had an ectopic pregnancy when they first tried and that it was life-threatening and that he had to have emergency surgery to have one of his fallopian tubes removed. His brother told him it was a good thing that he didn’t have a baby because it could have been a “monster.”

Thomas and Nancy’s doctor, Kimberly James, was on and explained that they are a devoted couple and that there is little risk to the baby because Thomas has been off testosterone for two years before conceiving. She said “it’s an average pregnancy.”

Thomas and Nancy are expecting a girl.

Nancy impregnated Thomas
Nancy said that they were driving three and a half hours to go to the fertility doctor for the first pregnancy, but that she realized that they could do it at home. She went to a veterinarian’s office and asked for a syringe without a needle, and she took the container of sperm from the sperm bank and did the job herself.

Nancy’s older daughters from her first marriage were on and said they were happy and excited for the new baby and that “they’re just regular boring people.”

Nancy and Thomas were showing their nursery, and Nancy said “I bet a lot of wives would like to have their husbands pregnant.”

Two of Thomas’ neighbors were interviewed via satellite, and they said they had no idea that Thomas used to be a woman and that they only knew him as a gentle man.

Threats and intruders
They told a story about an intruder knocking on their window at 2:30 in the morning when Nancy was inside watching television. Thomas ran downstairs with a baseball bat and realized that he was pregnant and couldn’t get in a fight. The person left before he could confront him.

Thomas and Nancy said they’ll go hide if they have to, and that they have savings to live on. They currently live in Bend, Oregon and run a screenprinting business together, but have had to close their business after all the publicity.

As for what they’re trying to tell the world by going public, Thomas said that “love makes a family.”

This story really made me smile and I found the Beaties both honest and sincere. I hope they find the acceptance they need to raise their daughter in peace.

In case you just want to see Beatie, here’s a segment from Extra!, the full Oprah show is linked below.

Here’s the whole show. Thanks to monkeyboy on Redlasso.
Pregnant man on Oprah part 1
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Pregnant man on Oprah part 7

The cover story on the latest National Enquirer is about Jennifer Aniston’s quest to adopt a baby. They say she already has the adoption process underway for a baby boy and “has been telling pals she’ll be bringing home a newly adopted son by Christmas.” Although this could just be wishful thinking on someone’s part, the Enquirer has enough supporting details to suggest this story is true. Aniston is said to have ordered renovations on her home that include a nursery, and she already has a name picked out for the boy:

The 39-year-old “Friends” beauty has shifted Operation Baby into high gear - building a $300,000 nursery, buying baby clothes and telling pals she’ll be bringing home a newly adopted son by Christmas…

And although Jennifer has at least three more films in various stages of preproduction, “her free time is devoted to finding the perfect little boy,” says her friend.

“Jen picked a name for her son from her Greek roots. She decided to name him Alexander - which means defender of men.

“She jokes that he’ll grow up to be the best divorce attorney in Hollywood…”

The Enquirer has learned the actress already has met with architects to begin further renovations on her fabulous $15 million Beverly Hills home.

“She scrapped a planned office and is instead converting the space into a first-floor nursery for her baby.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, April 14, 2008]

The Enquirer says that Aniston’s good friend Sheryl Crow, who adopted a baby boy as a single mom, was a large influence in her decision to chose adoption. They also say that despite Aniston’s busy career she thinks the time is now and plans to have help and bring the baby on set with her.

As for the story that Aniston suffered a miscarriage during her marriage to Brad, that isn’t backed up by much information and may or may not be true:

“During Jen’s marriage to Brad she suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage,” the friend continued. “Although she was able to pick up the pieces and move on, Jen has never forgotten how close she was to fulfilling her lifelong dream - becoming a mother.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, April 14, 2008]

The article goes on to quote the same “insider” as saying that “Jen is happy for [her ex husband] Brad, but she thinks how he’s gone about building a family is weird. She believes he and Angelina have expanded their family way too fast.”

We’ll have to see if any of this is true and if Aniston is actually adopting. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this rumor, and it doesn’t sound likely to me given her work schedule. She just started her own production company and has a lot of projects coming up. Her career does offer more flexibility and ability to be with her baby than most working mothers, and more power to her if she’s made the decision to adopt.

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson are shown on set on 4/1/08, thanks to Splash News.

Star Magazine says that Britney Spears has been talking to a designer at the Ed Hardy company about creating her own clothing line. Designer Christian Audiger confirmed to Star that he is talking to Britney about collaborating on a clothing line. Britney was seen at the Ed Hardy offices and a clothing line seems like a real possibility for her.

Britney Spears may soon be releasing her own clothing line — if she seals a deal with Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier. “I have known Britney for a long time — she is a good friend of mine,” Audigier tells Star. “We’re talking about working together, designing a line of clothing.”

Britney was at Ed Hardy’s corporate offices in Culver City, California on Thursday to meet with Audigier and while she was there she picked out some Ed Hardy duds she liked. “Britney came in to talk with Christian about working on a line together,” Ed Hardy’s Marissa McMillion tells Star. “She was really nice to everyone in the office. Her mom was with her and Britney asked us to send some clothes to her sister Jamie Lynn for her birthday tomorrow (April 4). Britney’s favorite piece was a leopard hoodie and she loved the sunglasses — she put them on immediately. But most of all she was a fan of Christian Audigier’s own line.”

[From Star.com]

Of course Britney loved the leopard hoodie, in July 2006 she replaced her website briefly with a picture of her face morphed into a tigers, like something a child would find fascinating. She wrote at the time “I’m mesmirized [sic] by tigers. Their eyes, their stripes, their constant quest of [sic] survival. They almost have a sense of mysteriousness about them. They pull you in and make it difficult to look away.”

Now Britney will be able to mesmirize us with her fashion sense, which we find difficult to look away from, like a car wreck. The girl can’t put a decent outfit together, and she’s working with a company known for garish tattoo-like designs, so together they’re bound to create some tasteless fashion for the masses. At least she’ll have some money coming in once she inevitably starts blowing it again when her father is no longer in control.