Sooooo much going on, how can anyone keep up with it all? (Tongue in cheek comment).
Stars seek to settle while whirlwind fires up Friday Dec 2 15:00 AEDT
By Juan-Carlo Tomas ninemsn
Hollywood is awash with the need to breed, as storks fly low and wedding bells shudder at this latest spurt of celebrity bonding. In a week bookended by the AFI Awards and news of Our Nic's engagement it's no wonder you, our readers, have been keen to say your bit and keep up with this whirlwind of activity.
Without a doubt the week's biggest story broke shortly before 2am on Tuesday, when local soap starlet Bec Hewitt gave birth to her as-yet-unnamed baby daughter. Expecting a son, hubby Lleyton was reportedly wrongfooted but nonetheless elated with the news. Parents, friends, relatives and paparazzi swarmed around their exclusive Sydney hospital ward.
It was a big week too for that other poster boy of celebrity spawn, Rod Stewart, who found himself a father again at age 60 with wife-to-be number four, model turned photographer Penny Lancaster. The rocker's bouncing new son will have two step-brothers and three step-sisters to keep him company until Stewart's divorce with Rachel Hunter is finalised. At the other end of the domestic scale, hokey couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner also marked the birth of daughter Violet in Los Angeles. Her entry marks a reversal of fortunes for the star couple, who've jumped from silver to small screen with his-and-hers TV projects.
Heavily pregnant and with career cares behind her, Katie Holmes settled in to focus on impending childbirth while fiancée Tom Cruise blurted details of their upcoming wedding in a TV special with Barbara Walters. Not content to wait nine months before he's got photos of the bub, Cruise's pricy purchase of an ultrasound machine earlier in the week horrified American radiologists, concerned that baby might emerge glowing the wrong shade of green due to Tom's reputation for shooting the perfect angle. What's Katie's say in this? Nothing, according to media reports, which said the 26-year-old Scientology convert had to stay mum during delivery to ensure Tom's offspring had the most auspicious start to life. Sounds like the recipe for a long and happy marriage, though the couple's first choice of a wedding venue, Cancun, had to be reconsidered because Hurricane Wilma got to it before they did.
Affairs seemed auspicious indeed too for that other woman in Tom's life, ex-wife Nicole Kidman, where revelations of her Meet the Fockers effort over Thanksgiving just about confirmed engagement rumours to rising country music star Keith Urban. With a beaming smile and private jet, Kidman whisked her folks on a 14-hour flight to share dinner and cappuccinos with the Urbans at their Nashville, Tennessee ranch. Tinseltown's worst-kept secret reared its head in two other rumours over the week: that on-again, off-again rock on her finger and claims her figure has gone from broomstick to baby bump. Naturally, the "secret nuptial" speculation couldn't start soon enough.
While champagne corks popped at the top end of town, they were also popping locally where a court found in favour of former Neighbours star Shane Connor's claim of wrongful dismissal from his job playing Joe Scully in the decades-old soap. Connor, a recovering amphetamine addict, claimed the dismissal ruined his career and was awarded $230,000 plus court costs in the two-year civil dogfight.
Speaking of which, US cable station E! pricked a few ears when it announced a return of The Simple Life with feuding co-hosts Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie both on deck, this time in the role of housewives. Despite the fact the pair's icy stares could freeze hell over, the two will need to stay cordial for the series, dubbed Till Death do us Part. It's either that, or handbags at dawn with the police in tow.
But it was only a matter of time before trashy Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty ran into The Bill, and this week he copped a double whammy with word that revolving girlfriend Kate Moss had dumped him for good, followed by his driving arrest on suspicion of carrying crack cocaine, complete with associated paraphernalia. He's in court next month, by which time gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg and actor Jamie Foxx should have wrapped up their campaign to save the condemned LA gang founder-turned-children's author Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, who's fate depends on 'Governator' Arnold Schwarzenegger not saying "Hasta la Vista" anytime soon.
Babies, weddings, photos and bust-ups. It's no wonder stars everywhere are seeking to settle down when in a week that even saw a Hollywood star kidnapped. In perhaps the most bizarre story out of Tinseltown this week, Gregory Peck's star on the Walk of Fame was cunningly cut out by thieves. But as yesterday's ceremonial relaying showed, one day's brazen theft is just another day's drying cement. Who knows what next week might bring?
I just have to catch my breath after all that.....
Ledger the lout From Sydney Confidential December 09, 2005
SURPRISE, surprise: fatherhood doesn't seem to have tamed Hollywood's crankiest star, Aussie Heath Ledger. The lout - who's got a string of rude and aggressive public displays under his belt this year - was at his ugly best again yesterday.
Just four weeks after becoming a father, Ledger produced yet another trademark dummy spit at the New York premiere of his and girlfriend Michelle Williams' new movie Brokeback Mountain.
Asked to pose for photographers, arrogant Ledger implored them to "say something to make us smile then."
When a photographer then encouraged the pair to "look as though you like each other", the actor launched into one of his customary swearing sessions.
Grabbing Williams' hand, Ledger called the photographer a "f***ing a**hole" and stormed off, leaving his publicist Mara Buxbaum scrambling into damage control in an attempt to get him back on the carpet for a picture with the rest of the cast.
Of course, bad manners are nothing new for this high-strung hooligan.
In March, Ledger threw eggs and shot the middle finger at photographers and then spat and swore at media on the Sydney set of the movie Candy.
In August, he insulted Australian TV audiences by mumbling one-word answers to questions - and peeling an orange - during an interview with Sunrise reporter Katherine Tullich.
Ledger later apologised and ironically yesterday again brought up the orange-peeling incident.
"It was the worst thing I could have done. When it was aired they had people calling in asking, 'Who does he think he is? He should get off his high horse'," Ledger said.
"Australians are the world's greatest at cutting you down to size, and I'd better not forget it.
"I just have to remember not to take myself too seriously."
Misbehaving men, motherhood and marriage Friday December 9, 2005
By Michelle Feuerlicht ninemsn
This week it's celebrity male trauma that has captivated you, our audience. It didn't matter whether it was a boyfriend, husband or fiancé, what you enjoyed reading was that celebs have as difficult a time in the romance department as your average Joe.
So, sans Paris, ex-gal pal Nicole Richie took the number one spot this week. No, it wasn't news that their show The Simple Life would return to air with the format tweaked so the feuding pair don't share screen time. Taking Paris' lead from the take-the-ring-dump-the-boy school of thought, yesterday Richie broke off her engagement to boyfriend DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein). This battle of the bitches is getting personal — but it ain't no tame game when it's headlines you're after. It's also put a spanner in the works for TV execs who had to pull plans for a show on the princesses planning their nuptials. I'm terribly disappointed, as that would have made for very entertaining viewing — and I am still waiting to hear back from Jessica Simpson on my idea for her new show – 'The Divorce'. It would be even better viewing than Newlyweds, with all the squabbling over mansions, sports cars and jewels. At least now Jessica will have a whole house to fit her wardrobe.
So, from dumped boyfriends to those gone walkabout. The bizarre case of Olivia Newton-John's missing beau still hasn't been solved. She poured her heart out to Richard Wilkins on the Nine Network's Today show about her distress, and you lapped it up.
"So many people are going through a rough time this Christmas, I never understood it before but I really do now," she said, before cutting the interview short to compose herself and wipe away tears.
Another celebrity who's had tears over men is Jennifer Aniston. It's not been over her ex Brad Pitt gallivanting around the world with Angelina Jolie and her adopted children, who he is set to adopt as well according to legal papers. Nor is it over Brad's apparent desperation to marry Angie even though the ink is barely dry on his divorce papers. No, Jen is upset about photos taken of her topless and is threatening to sue tabloids and celebrity magazines if they publish the pics which show the former Friends star sunbathing in the apparent privacy of her own home. This is her second lawsuit over topless pics, so paparazzi beware. It's okay though to pose topless for GQ. My favourite line of the week was the photographer's plea that it wasn't intentional: "I was not trying to get a photo of her topless, that was not on my mind at all," he said. "I'd rather she not come out topless", he said, but he's not pulling my leg.
Meanwhile, post-baby Britney has finally had enough of her man's party hard lifestyle while she's been stuck looking after their little one. Apparently being kicked out didn't upset him too much, but Brits took it too far by repossessing his $200,000 Ferrari. Fair enough, I say, though she should have seen the signs when she was forced to pay for her own engagement ring. Outrageous!
Speaking of babies, Princess Mary seems to have had an easier time of it since giving birth to enter-any-name-here a month ago. But with all that hired help, you’d think she would have found time to give him a name? I mean, Wikipedia have found time to create a whole site on him. Anyway, they released more pictures of the 'Little Kingaroo' (does anyone believe they really call him that?!), and although he's not that cute he's still got you fascinated. You can continue to sate your appetite with our photo gallery.
Now to a baby whose parents have found time to name her. The young daughter of Rebecca and Lleyton Hewitt was born last week, and as reported in our previous entertainment wrap, by far took the honour of biggest story. On Monday, her name was announced — Mia Rebecca. OK, so the middle name was obviously a stroke of genius, but Mia was just obvious (a baby for Me and Ya).
Finally, pregnant Katie Holmes and fiancé Tom Cruise have set a date for their nuptials. According to reports, upmarket retailer Neiman Marcus has a bridal registry under the names Katherine Holmes and Thomas Mapother — Cruise's real name — with a wedding date on July 7, 2006. They continue to be very publicly displaying affection, presumably to prove they are the real deal. Unlike Aniston, the photographers don’t need to stalk the Cruises in the privacy of their homes and stake out airports.
It's a wrap: stars making headlines this week Friday Dec 16 14:15 AEDT
When you're filthy rich and famous like Britney Spears you don't need to marry for money. But the nugget of wisdom in this week's entertainment news is this: wealthy or not, don't get hitched to someone unemployed who also sports a nickname like The Rat. You would think it goes without saying that the alarm bells would automatically start ringing (loudly). Alas, not for Britney, who must surely be thinking "Oops, I did it again" when reflecting on her doomed second marriage.
Sick of her husband, Kevin Federline's partying ways, she finally summoned the courage to kick him out of the house only to follow him to the swanky Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles where he checked in. Okay, so she's clearly not a woman of steely resolve. But perhaps the news that her free-loading husband will seek $125 million from her should they split might be just the motivation she needs to ditch him for good.
Kevin claims he still loves Britney, but he isn't impressed she's put her foot down. "It's days before Christmas, I'm out on the streets and people point the finger and say, 'Ho, ho, ho, it's Mr Britney Spears you must be on a good thing, buddy'. What a joke!" he's reportedly told friends.
Love her or loathe her, there's no question Britney has married way beneath her.
If a marriage has to end, it helps to have a good lawyer, something Jessica Simpson obviously knows. She's hired a pair of high-powered celebrity divorce lawyers, whose previous clients include Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Marie Presley. Watch out Nick!
Back home, our local celebrities are also calling it quits. Actually the term 'celebrity' is a bit of a stretch when you're talking about Jess and Marty from the second series of Big Brother. The pair fell in love on the reality show and later married on their own TV show, Jess and Marty: an outback wedding. After 15 months of marriage they have separated because they "were living different lives", according to Jess.
On a happier note, Renee Zellweger and ex-husband Kenny Chesney are back together. The estranged couple has been spotted out on a series of intimate dates and is reportedly willing to give their 128-day marriage another go. Here's hoping they can make it last longer second time around maybe even six months!
Off the topic of failed matrimony and onto relationships that are just plain weird. Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown can crack open the champagne after topping a list of "Tackiest Couples" compiled by a US magazine. The self-confessed drug abusers won the award for airing too much dirty laundry in public.
They managed to beat the creepy Cruise-Holmes alliance, which crept in at second place. The magazine claims their crime was getting engaged and pregnant in less than six months. However, the whole failed virgin thing, coupled with that couch-jumping incident is definitely more troubling.
Cruise also made headlines when best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell criticised the movie star and Scientology supporter for attacking psychology. In The London Evening Standard newspaper, Cornwell took particular issue with Cruise's assertion that mental illness is imaginary and that medication should not be used to treat such disorders.
That Tom Cruise, who's gone from Hollywood's golden boy to the movie star most likely to make your skin crawl, would consider himself an authority on mental health is laughable. Especially when he appears to be in the grip of a crazed mid-life crisis.
Meanwhile, good ol' Russell Crowe spills the beans on the relationship between Tom's ex, Nicole and her new man Keith Urban. Crowe says he's very happy for his mate Nicole as Keith is bringing her a lot of joy.
"I've spoken to Nicole a couple of times recently and it was clear she's enjoying great happiness right now," Crowe is quoted as saying on entertainment website handbag.com.
Crowe has also been named one of the Golden Globe nominees for best actor for his role in Cinderella Man. He'll be up against fellow Aussie Heath Ledger, nominated for Brokeback Mountain. Both will be hoping to bag the award, which is considered to be a good indication of who will take home the Oscar in the same category.
That sums up the week's entertainment news. Oh, but what about Paris Hilton? No week would complete without her getting a mention. Alright, here goes: Paris Hilton is overexposed and looks like Tori Spelling.
Tell me why would Britney Spears not have a Pre-Nuptual Agreement signed and sealed before she tied the knot with this guy who must be pretty happy spending her money? Tell me she ain't THAT stupid!
Christmas cheer — your week in entertainment Friday Dec 23 12:00 AEDT
By Valerio Veo
Well 2005 is finally drawing to a close, and while most of our celebrities seem to be undertaking strangely normal activities like Christmas shopping, the last week before Santa's visit has drawn our readers into bit of a romantic state as they latch onto the tales of love, family … and lawsuits.
It's been a year where babies have captured our imagination (think Bec and Lleyton and Princess Mary), and this week has proven no different, with Gwen Stefani's pregnancy shooting to number one with a bullet, much like her latest album. In a year where the 36 year-old has won Grammy nominations for her first solo effort and is enjoying fame as a budding fashion designer, a baby on the way must be the icing on the cake.
Lovebirds Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth also captured hearts this week, possibly due to the fact they've been seen canoodling all over Sydney in recent months. British tabloids say the pair — now ensconced back in London — have been shopping for engagement rings on swanky New Bond street, with one little $154,000 number catching their eye. I guess when love "blooms", money is no object for our finely tailored celebrity friends.
However things aren't going so well in the rollercoaster ride that is the Britney Spears-Kevin Federline relationship. Britney is now suing Us magazine for libel, accusing the publication of fabricating a story that the couple had made a sexually explicit video. While the couple's on-again/off-again antics are making weekly headlines, seems that any implication of a raunchy sex video has them united as one. Obviously they've learnt a thing or two from Paris Hilton.
Of course there can be no week in entertainment without mention of our favourite overexposed celebrity Paris Hilton (someone remind me, why exactly IS she famous again?). Well despite her best efforts to become a style icon, she's made the headlines this week as America's worst-dressed celebrity, as judged by high-profile animal rights group PETA. PETA awarded Paris the dubious title for her penchant for wearing fur, beating out Rod Stewart's daughter Kimberley and fellow party-animal pal Tara Reid. Considering our Paris loves to tell anyone who'll listen of her love of all animals (I think she wants a miniature tiger next — do they even exist?), draping herself in the hides of slaughtered ones seems an odd way to express it.
And detailing odd behaviour now seems to be the exclusive domain of Tom Cruise and his unshackled ranting about Scientology. The latest tale reads like something out of the X-files, with current and former Scientologists speaking out about Cruise's secret lessons in the LA desert. Seems Tom and our Nicole spent a fair amount of time behind the gates of the guarded compound with a private supervisor and special staff to prepare meals and do laundry. One former Scientologist even claimed two dozen members planted a meadow of wildflowers so Tom and Nicole could romp through them, although the church claims it was jut repairs following a mudslide.
But back to all things love and flowers and stuff, and in what had to be one of the parties of the year Elton John and David Furnish tied the knot in a special civil ceremony at Windsor, the same spot where Prince Charles married Camilla Parker-Bowles. Hundreds of well-wishers turned out to cheer on the most high-profile gay marriage, which took place a day after new laws recognising same sex partnerships. Of course it was also a damn good excuse to throw a massive party on their Windsor estate. A total of 700 guests, including Victoria Beckham, George Michael, Liz Hurley and Boris Becker (no I have no idea why either) all attended the reception, which reportedly cost more than $2 million.
Finally while many of are dreaming of a white Christmas, poor old Kate Moss would be looking to get as far away as possible from anything white and dusty, after police reportedly seized the infamous video tape showing Kate allegedly snorting cocaine. While Kate followed boyfriend Pete Doherty into the same rehab clinic in the Arizona desert, seems this controversy will take a little longer than a 10-day detox diet.
Hope your festive seasons are happy, safe and less eventful than the day of an average starlet. Never mind those crazy celebrities, we'll keep an eye on them for you over the summer break. Merry Christmas!
The editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang have named "jump the couch" Slang of the Year for 2005.
The term, defined as "strange or frenetic behaviour", was coined when Tom Cruise jumped up and down on a TV talk show couch to proclaim his love for his then-girlfriend (and now-pregnant fiancee), Katie Holmes.
In related news, the BBC reports a poll of 10,000 fans by British magazine Empire has proclaimed Cruise Hollywood's Most Irritating Actor.
There has been no response from Cruise's PR rep - or "spokesweasel" - a word that was one of the runners-up in the Slang contest.
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In related news, the BBC reports a poll of 10,000 fans by British magazine Empire has proclaimed Cruise Hollywood's Most Irritating Actor.
I really take issue with that statement.
Tom Cruise is NOT an Actor
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Beat the blues: shake your booty By Lenny Ann Low January 4, 2006 - 9:30AM
The ubiquitous "friends" are at again - they've told Woman's Day that Victoria Beckham is dieting because David isn't attracted to fat girls.
To celebrate the season of stuffing ourselves stupid, the gossip magazines are sharing a mass gastric reflux, once again homing in on celebrity fatties who have dropped the pounds as fast as Paris Hilton sheds her ferrets.
And, once again, we are faced with before-and-after photos comparing grumpy-faced, frumpily dressed normal-sized people with happy-faced diminished people, many bearing the sacred dietary badge of honour, the improportionately large head. Give it a few months and these very photos will be trotted out as evidence of "alarming" weight loss.
One celebrity who has long borne the twig-balancing-a-bowling-ball physique is Victoria Beckham. This week, El Posho outdoes herself at Elton John's celebrity-infested wedding party. Beside images of her in a cut-away dress that reveals more bone than a ravaged Christmas turkey, Woman's Day quotes "friends" saying she is dieting because husband David is "not attracted to fat girls". Perhaps because they will obscure him on the red carpet.
OMG can you believe it??!! What is their definition of fat anyway? Probably a healthy weight for height ratio is too fat for the Becks'. Such a shame too because some of the worlds loveliest people have a good covering of meat on their bones!
Thankfully New Idea, NW and Woman's Day, who all run similar images, declares themselves unimpressed by her weight loss.
Meanwhile the celebrity world's best advertisement for buying a hairbrush, Britney Spears, continues to champion the comforting notion that money does not buy taste.
In contrast, Who's coverage of images of Latin crooner Ricky Martin flexing himself beside a well-toned budgie-smuggling male friend at St Bart's is incredibly unhelpful. Here are two muscled blokes shaking out their beach towels together, checking out each other's pecs and doing matching star stretches on the sand. Come on Who. Where's the innuendo?
Hasn't Ricky 'come out' YET?
Happily, Who does better by confirming the creeping weirdness that is Tom and Katie, with reports of the pair celebrating Katie's 27th birthday by dueting "on a giant piano similar to the one Tom Hanks used in Big".
We all know Cruise is in his second childhood.
Meanwhile, New Idea has unearthed frighteningly intimate information regarding the birth of Rod Stewart's latest child. As his partner Penny Lancaster "pushed out the placenta", the Scottish breeding machine "crooned Celtic songs" to his newborn. Days later the pair poured tea-tree oil over the said placenta before burying it in the garden.
I got nothin' to say on that one... except Ewwwwwwww!
But if the gossip magazines are simply a battleground for celebrity status then Rod has been soundly beaten. After the four-page "world exclusive" coverage of Simone Warne's "Divorce Hell" reveals she is in rehearsals for Dancing With The Stars, images of Stewart's ex-wife Rachel Hunter show her hoofing it up in the British version of the TV show. Forget intimate birth details, forget dramatic weight loss, forget nasty divorce battles. The best method for achieving modern stardom is grab your glitter-coated dance shoes and do the samba!
Dancing is great for the body and heart and Simone deserves every cent of the reported $10 million having put up with that wan**er for sooooooo long!
Meanwhile, New Idea has unearthed frighteningly intimate information regarding the birth of Rod Stewart's latest child. As his partner Penny Lancaster "pushed out the placenta", the Scottish breeding machine "crooned Celtic songs" to his newborn. Days later the pair poured tea-tree oil over the said placenta before burying it in the garden.
TMI
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Paris and Lindsay's new year's peeves Friday Jan 6 14:00 AEDT By Clare Buttner ninemsn
Happy New Year! It's officially off to a terrible start for a bunch of celebrities which is great news for us sad and pathetic nobodies who love devouring every minute detail of celebrity gossip we can get our hands on. Not that there is anything wrong with being a sad and pathetic nobody. In fact, the way 2006 is shaping up youre probably better off being a sad and pathetic nobody than a Hollywood socialite like, say, Paris Hilton.
Poor, poor Paris. Despite her wealth and her "connections" (to other spoilt famous-for-nothing poseurs) she couldnt manage to sneak her underage boyfriend into a Vegas club on New Years Eve. Bah ha ha! Its just so satisfying hearing stories of celebrities having bad New Year's Eve letdowns like the rest of us plebs.
But the week just kept getting worse for Paris. A top Hollywood event promoter requested a court order to stop her allegedly harassing him and threatening his life. Whoa, Paris! We knew you had a mean streak (what with those beady, vacant, little eyes) but threatening someones life is so not cool.
Meanwhile, Lindsay Lohan had a shocking New Year's too, ending up in a Miami hospital suffering from asthma. Then, to make matters worse, while she was cooped up in hospital no doubt feeling low, Vanity Fair published an interview in which the teen star accidentally blurted out she had experimented with drugs and suffered from bulimia. Well, they say the first step to recovery is admitting you have problem so now shes confessed what the rest of us have long known, heres hoping she'll turn over a new leaf.
We also found out this week that all was not well at the Holmes house over Christmas, the harmony upset when Tom showed up. Katies Dad (who incidentally is a divorce lawyer) isn't a big fan of Tom's and confronted him about his controlling nature. Alas, Tom and a teary Katie simply left the family get-together earlier than planned. Full respect to Mr Holmes though, at least he tried.
It was a better start to the year for Kate Moss, who kicked it off with a 20-year old mystery toyboy on the slopes of Aspen. It seems shes finally ditched bad-boy junkie Pete Doherty, a move we definitely rate because heroin chic isnt cool if youre actually shooting it up. However, the cops are still after her for that little cocaine snorting incident last year and are trying to tempt her back to Britain with the promise of arresting her.
Good news for some of our homegrown talent though with Heath Ledger and Russell Crowe nominated for Screen Actor Guild Awards. The SAG Awards (such a terrible acronym) are viewed as an important test just three weeks ahead of the announcement of the Academy Award nominations so good luck to both boys.
And Robbie Williams may make a career change this year, confessing his desire to become a stand up comic. That is not a joke. Apparently he finds that the music sometimes "gets in the way" on stage because he wants to talk to the audience and try to make them laugh. Ha ha ha, that's definitely laughable.
And Robbie Williams may make a career change this year, confessing his desire to become a stand up comic. That is not a joke. Apparently he finds that the music sometimes "gets in the way" on stage because he wants to talk to the audience and try to make them laugh. Ha ha ha, that's definitely laughable.
He's well on the way...I laugh every time he opens his mouth
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Yeah me to but then I do the old yosemite sam "ha - ha- ha- who - who- hooo" as I think about the money he gets for opening it!
Excellent Point BB
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Angelina Jolie pregnant with Brad Pitt's child Thursday Jan 12 08:26 AEDT
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie is pregnant with a child fathered by her long-rumored paramour, actor Brad Pitt, his spokeswoman said.
Publicist Cindy Guagenti also confirmed reports that Pitt has filed papers to become the legal adoptive father of Jolie's two adopted children, son Maddox, 4, and daughter Zahara, who is about 10 months old.
Guagenti confirmed Jolie's pregnancy but declined to give further details, including when the baby was due, or to say whether the couple had plans to marry.
News of Jolie's pregnancy was first reported on Wednesday by People magazine, which quoted the actress as telling a charity worker in the Dominican Republic, where she is working on a movie, "Yes, I'm pregnant."
The magazine said the 30-year-old actress is expecting her baby this summer.
Pitt, 42, and Jolie met while working together on the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in which they played married assassins ordered to kill each other.
They have been romantically linked in the media since 2004 and the rumors heated up after Pitt and his ex-wife, former Friends star Jennifer Aniston, split up last January.
Pitt's divorce became final in October but he and Jolie have until now publicly denied being anything more than friends.
Jolie, who won an Academy Award as best supporting actress for playing a psychiatric patient in Girl, Interrupted, was divorced from actor Billy Bob Thornton in 2003. Before that she was married to actor Jonny Lee Miller, who she divorced in 1999.
A spokesman for Aniston said the actress would have no comment. "Jennifer is not in the practice of commenting on the lives of other people," he said.
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