brad pitt

Will Smith Cruises to “Most Powerful Actor”

In a surprise to some movie fans, Will Smith was just named the most powerful actor on the planet.

The 38-year-old ‘Men In Black’ star knocked Tom Cruise off of his perch, snagging the top spot in US magazine Newsweek’s annual list.

Ocean’s Thirteen Hits French Shores

If you want to see Ocean’s Thirteen before any of your friends, start looking for tickets to France.  Steven Soderbergh’s latest installment of the “Ocean’s” franchise will make its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this May.

Movie industry journal Daily Variety reported that a date for the out-of-competition screening had yet to be set, without indicating its sources. The studio and festival hoped that many of the film’s stars, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Al Pacino, would attend, Variety added.

Jolie and Pitt: LA Gang Kidnapping Plot?

While their rep continues to deny the claims, rumors that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been terrified for their son Pax Thien’s safety continue to emerge. The word is, Pitt and Jolie learned of a $100 million plot to kidnap their son, causing immediate reaction.

Apparently, the Hollywood super-couple responded to the threats by tightening security after their bodyguards informed them of a “credible and meticulously planned” operation to kidnap their newly adopted three-year-old Vietnamese son. The LA-based gang members who were allegedly brewing the crime, were planning to demand $100 million ransom.

Angelina Jolie’s Adoption Blues

Angelina Jolie has been almost better known for her humanitarian efforts than for her movies.  Together with Brad Pitt, the two have been crisscrossing the globe doing good things for impoverished people.

That’s why it’s too bad that Jolie’s latest adoptee came from a heroin-addicted birthmother.  The boy’s mother is a drug addict who will most likely come after Jolie for money, according to the child’s grandparents.

Angelina Jolie Adoption Update

In what could be the beginning of a “nest egg” for the newest member of the Jolie-Pitt clan, Angelina Jolie is rumored to be receiving a whopping $2 million for photos of her newly adopted son, Pax Thien.

According to Radar magazine, among others, Angelina has agreed to sell pictures of her new son to People magazine for between $1.75 million and $2 million.