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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Brouhaha; Police, Paparazzi brawl at Chateau

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie French police say camouflaged paparazzi who managed to get onto the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France on Thursday fought with the Hollywood couple's guards. Both the paparazzi and the Jolie-Pitt's head of security confirmed the confrontation but gave widely different versions of events. Freelance photographer Luc Goursolas, who was allegedly found on the couple's property with a camerawoman, said he broke a guard's finger and bit another until he bled, and that they hit him with a walkie-talkie, punched and kicked him, leaving a head wound that required three stitches. Tony Webb, head of security at the Miraval estate, said Goursolas went "berserk" without provocation and denied that his guards punched the photographer. Police took everyone downtown to the nearby village of Carces and took statements. A judge will rule on whether the legal complaints should be pursued further, she said. Jolie ...

Brad Pitt new Orleans

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Brad intends to "Make It Right." BRAD PITT continues his efforts to help out the victims of New Orleans' Hurricane Katrina -- the movie star is part of a commitment to build 150 new homes in the city's Lower Ninth Ward. Brad is partnering with producer and philanthropist STEVE BING on his "Make It Right" project, which aims to re-build the New Orleans community that was hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. "The heart and soul of New Orleans, specifically the people of the Lower 9th Ward, are paramount to this project," said Brad, who announced his plan at today's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, a forum aimed at solving some of the world's most pressing challenges. "The words of one elderly man who is determined to return to New Orleans led to the name of our organization: He asked us, directly simply and profoundly, to help make it right. So that's what we're doing," he said. Pitt and Bing each pledged...

How Tall is Brad Pitt

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How tall is Brad Pitt US actor from Se7en and Oceans Thirteen. A newspaper article on heights (washington post) quoted as saying people had seen Pitt put down 5ft 10 on an audition form for his height. Well, before he was A-list, aged 24 he wrote his own height as 5ft 11 in a teen magazine profile. Granted he can look 182cm, but then he has impeccable posture and at times, most recently in the last few years, he also appears to wear impeccably sized footwear that give him a little boost over fellow actors. How tall is Brad Pitt