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Jennifer Aniston has branded love rival Angelina Jolie "uncool" following the actress's admission she fell in love with current partner Brad Pitt when he was still married to the former Friends star.

Jolie recently revealed she and Pitt "fell in love" on the set of 2004 movie Mr. and Mrs Smith, a whole year before Pitt and Aniston divorced.

The quote contradicted their previous claims they only hooked up after the split was made formal.

And it has prompted Aniston to break her long silence on the subject, in an interview with the December issue of U.S. Vogue magazine.

The 39-year-old says, "What Angelina did was very uncool."

Just last year, Jolie offered to meet Aniston in her own interview with the magazine.

She said at the time, "If she wanted to (meet) then I would be open to it."

Pitt and Jolie currently share three adopted and three biological children and have yet to set a wedding date. l

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Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney loved working with Guy Ritchie on a commercial shoot - and would relish the chance to pair with the British moviemaker again.

Ritchie recently helmed an advert for a Nestle coffee advert in Italy, which features Clooney alongside actress Jennifer Rose.

And the Ocean's Eleven star enjoyed his time on set with Ritchie so much, he's hoping the right job comes along so they can team up again.

He tells Britain's Hello magazine, "Guy is one of the greatest directors in the game and he's got a wonderful film about to come out. I'd love the chance to work with him on anything.

"It's got to be fun or there's no point. I think everybody agrees on that and that's why Guy is such a perfect match."
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Hollywood star Brad Pitt was the victim of a bizarre incident on Monday when a security guard grabbed him and spun him round at the Los Angeles premiere of his latest movie The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.

Pitt arrived 30 minutes early for the glitzy event at the city's Bruin Theatre, and he was pounced upon hordes of celebrity snappers.

But instead of shielding the heartthrob from the paparazzi's prying lenses, a plainclothes guard turned on Pitt, spinning him around and pulling him backwards, according to People.com.

A confused Pitt then broke free, spoke to the man and waited in an upstairs bathroom for the commotion to subside.

But the star doesn't blame the overzealous bodyguard - insisting the paparazzi were more intrusive than ever.

He tells People.com, "Though they were exceptionally more aggressive than usual breaking through a security barrier and into a private holding area, ultimately (it was) just another day in the life..."

It's not the first time Pitt has been leapt upon at a show - a female fan embraced him and refused to let go at the Venice Film Festival in September 2007. l

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Nicole Kidman has paid a gushing tribute to her country musician husband Keith Urban - insisting she found it hard to love until the singer swept her off her feet.

The couple wed in 2006 after Kidman's ten-year marriage to Tom Cruise ended in divorce.

And the Oscar-winning actress, who recently gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose, couldn't hide her personal happiness at the Glamour awards show in New York on Monday - thanking her country star beau for loving her.

She says, "Three and a half years ago a man came along and said, 'I'm going to take you to Tennessee.' And he took me down there and he said, 'I think you deserve to be loved. Let me love you, let me give you a home, and let's make a baby.' So thank you, Keith Lionel."

"I don't believe that you can (have it all). But I believe you can have balance... Three and a half years ago I had a wonderful career, I had two kids, I had movie offers, great directors offering me things, but I wasn't loved." l

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning to take their young family on a trip to Ethiopia - to show them how to help people in the Third World.

Jolie and Pitt adopted their three-year-old daughter Zahara from the country in 2005. They have two other adopted children - Maddox, seven, from Cambodia and Pax, four, from Vietnam - as well as three biological children - Shiloh, two, and baby twins Knox and Vivienne.

The couple has already taken the kids to visit Maddox's home country of Cambodia and now they plan to take the whole family to see the work being done in Ethiopia by their charity, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which is funding an AIDS centre there.

Jolie says, "They'll (the children) be in Ethiopia in a few weeks and they won't have everything they have here, so we show them different worlds."

The actress hopes the experience will teach the youngsters to follow in their parents' philanthropical footsteps.

She adds, "They help buy candy and shoes and water, then take it to the local people, hang out and talk to the kids. They see that the world isn't balanced. Instead of preaching to them, we're showing them and hope that sinks in - and they'll find in themselves a desire to help strike a balance." l

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Jennifer Connelly blames her 11-year-old son Kai for turning her back onto meat - because the strict vegan crumbled when she was pregnant with him.

The actress had successfully avoided animal products for many years until she conceived - with ex-partner David Dugan - and the cravings began.

Connelly, who is now married to British actor Paul Bettany, tells Marie Claire magazine, "I'd been vegan for many years, and then all of a sudden, when I was pregnant with Kai, I wanted a turkey burger. That was the end of my being vegan."
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Russell Crowe is in talks to replace tragic Heath Ledger in Aussie director Phillip Noyce's Dirt Music.

Ledger was attached to star in the film before he died in January and now movie news website MovieHole.net reports the actor's fellow Antipodean, Crowe, is set to step in.

Noyce's film is an adaptation of the Tim Winton novel about a couple in a loveless relationship. l

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Madonna is set to follow in the steps of Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson and Uma Thurman as the latest face of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton, according to new reports.

The pop star has reportedly signed on as the face of the fashion giant's Spring 2009 campaign, and a superstar team has been lined-up for the collaboration.

Celebrity fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott have reportedly teamed up to shoot the star for the project. l

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Lindsay Lohan is thankful she went to rehab - because now she has a "clear" head.

The Mean Girls star entered a rehabilitation facility three times last year; in January "to take care" of her health, again in May after she was accused of driving under the influence (DUI), and finally in August to confront her drink and drug problems.

She finally left rehab in October 2007 and has since turned her life around.

Lohan tells Harper's Bazaar magazine, "I'm a different person now. I'm happy."

The actress admits feeling lonely before her stints in therapy: "I was going to clubs all the time and it was not okay. I was so alone."

But Lohan has taken responsibility for her downward spiral and is ready to move forward.

She adds, "I did it to myself and I have to deal with the consequences. I'm thankful for what I can take out of it. Now I feel clear."
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Paris Hilton's new Pomeranian, called Marilyn Monroe, was a gift she was given on the streets of Korea.

The socialite was walking past a pet store when a man ran out with a pooch present.

She says, "Some guy gave me her for free. He said, 'I really want to give you this dog. It would be an honour.'

"So I said, 'Ok! Can I bring her back to America?'"l