Angelina Jolie
April 16, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
As anticipated, People Magazine released a special issue for the engagement of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. This is one of the rare occasions during which People releases a Monday cover. It’s the kind of release People did for the British royal wedding, and the death of Whitney Houston, if memory serves. It’s a rarity, […]
April 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are engaged although no wedding date has been set. The news broke on The Hollywood Reporter because the tabloids somehow missed the coup of the year that Jolie had been wearing a diamond engagement ring in public since… at least… Wednesday April 11 (most tabloid deadlines are Mondays, at the latest, and their […]
April 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
A Beverly Hills jeweller taking credit for the ring confirms that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are engaged. It’s unclear why the ring designer broke the news, rather than allowing the couple the ambiguity of a “No comment” or letting Jolie and Pitt release a statement first. But, a lengthy statement has been issued to […]
March 21, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
Good grief. Credit where it’s due that Battle Royale copy pasta The Hunger Games isn’t going to pains to labour a love triangle the way Twilight did its marketing campaign. That’s not stopping the tabloids just making up their own stories, about supposed co-star hook-ups and cheating scandals, knowing The Hunger Games is a franchise-of-years […]
March 14, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
Only last week did it fabricate a fight to explain away the previous week’s yarn that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt would wear wedding rings on the Academy Awards red carpet, despite claiming the couple would not even be married at that point (no, the original story did not make any sense). OK! Magazine now claims […]
March 1, 2012 by Hollywoodite 
In Touch Weekly has a story that conflicts with OK! Magazine’s equally-fabricated account of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s wedding plans. ITW claims the supposed wedding is on, but Jolie and Pitt are fighting about it. Effectively, the tabloid claims, Jolie is being unreasonable in hopes of provoking a fight with Pitt. The cover reads: […]