Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attempted to pacify reports of their rumored break up at the Directors Guild of America Awards Saturday but one guest spied some tense moments. “When he topped off his glass of wine,” the onlooker said, “Angelina glared at him pointedly and looked really upset. Both times he put down the glass immediately but finished it later.” Speaking of boozing, Carrie Underwood’s fiancé hockey player Mike Fisher tells Life & Style that the pair has agreed on having an open bar at their wedding. In the romance department, John Mayer is reportedly (still) hung up on Jennifer Aniston, calling her repeatedly from his tour abroad. Charlize Theron has broken up with her boyfriend of nine years, and Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are the latest couple to get engaged. And while Kourtney Kardashian discusses struggling to lose the baby weight, Life & Style plugs Katie Gentile’s article on The Daily Beast about post-pregnancy weight loss.
America’s sexiest man alive is allegedly getting burned from all sides as The Enquirer reports Jennifer Aniston told Brad she “didn’t want him back and that it was just too late for second chances,” according to a source. “The poor guy is like a whipped dog.” The latest in John Edwards’ baby mama drama is this week’s cover story alleging the former senator got physical with estranged wife Elizabeth Edwards over his mistress Rielle Hunter. “He forcefully punched her in the ribs,” a source says, though Elizabeth denied the reports. Taylor Swift may have been prepared to write her next hit about John Mayer, but her mother reportedly thwarted that possibility. She “pulled him aside and basically told him to keep his hands off her daughter,” a source said. And after spending days in Haiti after the earthquake, Anderson Cooper has reportedly started the process of adopting a child from the devastated nation. “The death and destruction in Haiti made Anderson realize what’s really important. He and Ben [Maisani, his rumored boyfriend] have decided to become dads,” according to an insider.
As The Bachelor’s Jake Pavelka winnows down his group of women to four, Us Weekly is uncovering a few dirty secrets— Vienna took $5,000 from an ex for plastic surgery, Gia regrets getting breast implants, and Tenley has a heart of gold. And if the winter weather’s got you down, the tabloid managed to dig up some “fun in the sun” photos of Jesus Luz, Simon Baker, and former ‘N Syncers Lance Bass and Joey Fatone on vacation. Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon is having a hard time getting over Jake Gyllenhaal, and still calls and emails him. After high-profile relationships with Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner, Grammy darling Taylor Swift was spotted getting cozy with Glee’s Cory Monteith at Clive Davis’ Grammy party. And in anticipation of Valentine’s Day, Us rounds ups the ways stars tell each other they care. Tom and Katie work out together, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto go to the zoo, and Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey raise puppies. Cue the “awws.”
Angelina and Brad lead Ok!, with sources saying Brad still loves Jen, but can’t bring himself to leave his children. Although the couple had a flirtatious outing at the Directors Guild of America awards last weekend, there’s “huge animosity” between them, according to author Ian Halperin, the author of the upcoming Brangelina tell-all. And, somewhat inexplicably, Brad’s decision to trim his beard signals that he’s willing to “be clearer and more honest” about his relationship. Elsewhere, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are idealized as Hollywood’s most perfect couple. Spotted on a walk near their L.A. home, an onlooker said, “They had an intimacy you don’t always see between them,” and Jessica Biel said she was “in awe” of the former Alias star’s ability to mix movies, marriage, and motherhood.
Lots of family drama in this week's People. As their 19th child, Josie, fights for life, reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar defend their supersize family. "Our focus is on Josie," says Michelle Duggar, who has been pumping breast milk for her tiny daughter, born at a mere 25 weeks' gestation and weighing just 1 lb. 6 oz. Andrew Young explains his "surreal" choice to claim paternity for John Edwards' love child, and Heidi Montag dishes on why her mom hates her new look. "I never though in my wildest dreams that she was going to react the way she did," Montag says. Friends also tell People that Nancy Kerrigan will stand by her troubled brother Mark, despite his possible role in their father's death.
Despite her mom’s disapproval, sources say Taylor Swift spent the night at John Mayer’s suite at The Hermitage Hotel last Sunday, but reps for both deny the claim. Reese Witherspoon may have moved on from ex Jake Gyllenhaal—she was seen on a date with Hollywood agent Jim Toth in Santa Monica. An onlooker tells the magazine they laughed and giggled and ended the evening with a goodnight kiss. Apparently Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not on similarly good terms. In Touch reports he’s moved out, but she calls him at all hours sobbing and yelling. “She screamed the other night that she would rather not live than to see him go back to Jen,” an insider says. Katie Holmes is reportedly “telling everyone that she’ll be pregnant this year,” a friend says. And baby fever has also hit Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria Parker, and Khloe Kardashian.
Angelina Jolie has a mad crush on Johnny Depp, and she’s decided a sexy script is the perfect scheme to seduce him. The two met in January to read a draft of The Tourist, a drama with a hot shower scene. Witnesses say sparks were flying, and afterward she insisted they discuss their craft at his home while drinking red wine for hours. Katie Holmes could finally live it up at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, thanks to husband Tom Cruise’s absence. Tom was filming in L.A., and Katie was giddy—she even had several glasses of wine, to celebrate Tom being away. “She felt liberated,” a source told Star. Rapper Eminem is back with ex-wife Kimberly Scott, and they’re expecting another child. Brooke Mueller just checked into rehab following an alleged 17-day crack binge, but her estranged husband Charlie Sheen is the one who introduced her to the drug. Sources are saying she’ll never stay clean unless she keeps away from Sheen.
