Brangelina Paparazzo Arrested
TMZ has learned that a paparazzo was arrested in Malibu Thursday after allegedly jumping the fence at a daycare center that Maddox was attending.
Sources tell us that Clint Brewer jumped the fence just before 10:30 a.m., shortly after Pitt dropped the child off. We're told staff from the daycare center made a citizen's arrest for trespassing. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department dispatched deputies and took Brewer, 25, to the Lost Hills station, where he is being held on $1,000 bail.
The famous family returned to Malibu two weeks ago from Namibia after the birth of the couple's daughter, Shiloh. Since then, the paparazzi has overtaken the area. When Angelina took the baby to a home in Beverly Hills recently, paparazzi were hanging in trees, trying to get a shot.
We're told 4-year-old Maddox Jolie-Pitt was never in danger.
Pitt's security chief, Rich Malchar, issued this statement: "School officials and myself feel that some of these paparazzi are like predators who will recklessly take and sell photos of innocent children for money."
UPDATE: Brewer was released from custody tonight. TMZ was there as the accused paparazzo walked out of the Lost Hills station. In a ironic twist, Brewer covered his face when he saw our camera and went back inside the sherrifs station to wait for his ride.
Brangelina Guilts Hollywood Into Giving
It's the Brangelina charity effect.
Thanks to the media mileage Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have wrung out of their Africa charity work, celebrities today are falling over themselves to show the world how public spirited they are.
Latest example: Nicole Kidman, who spent the days before her wedding to crooner Keith Urban visiting Sydney's Children's Hospital with her own kids. The happy couple is reportedly asking guests to donate to charity rather then buy gifts.
In addition, Cher in recent days has drummed up money for troop helmets in Iraq, while K-Fed has thrown his substantial celebrity weight behind the fate of ... pennies.
While the new round of celeb heart pouring is an outgrowth of Brangelina's work in Africa, other celebs have been big in the free-money circuit for years. Big donators include: Oprah Winfrey, who gave $52 million in 2005 to charity; Sandra Bullock, who donated $1 million twice, once to the Red Cross following 9/11 and the second to Tsunami Relief; and Paul Newman, who has donated nearly $200 million in after-tax profits of his "Newmans Own" products. There's also Bono who, in our opinion, should be reaching sainthood by the end of the week.
Anderson -- The Next Babwa With Cred
The landscape of TV news changed last night.
Anderson Cooper is now positioned to possibly become the dominant personality when it comes to the big "get." The importance of his interview with Angelina Joile cannot be overstated. She is probably the most sought after celebrity in the world. Rest assured, Barbara and Diane were salivating to get this one.
Yet it was Cooper who scored, and I can tell you he did not even seek Joile out -- she came to him. I'm told by unimpeachable sources that the reports that CNN paid for the interview are absolutely bogus. It was Angelina who wanted Anderson.
Cooper is already loved by his CNN bosses, but more significant is that he will now have a platform as a special correspondent on "60 Minutes." There's no doubt in my mind -- the execs at "60 Minutes" are going nuts today, knowing that Anderson can land the big ones.
In this business, success begets success. Anderson's hugely successful interview will become a calling card of sorts. Hey, if it's good enough for Angelina..... But maybe even more significant, I can see other stars and their reps seeking him out. He doesn't have the tabloid tinge that has permanently marked Barbara and Diane. He's smart, fair and sitting for an interview with him creates an air of respectability for the stars. He could easily become "60 Minutes'" secret weapon.
I really like Anderson. I know him casually, mostly from doing his show. From what I see, he's a genuinely nice, self-effacing, humble guy. He certainly doesn't cop the "I'm bigger than the people I interview" attitude. If he plays his cards right, Anderson could become the top dog in "gets," and I'm thinking that's gonna happen.
Angelina Imparts Wisdom, Eschews Gum
The primary takeaway for anyone who actually sat through the duration of last night's two-hour-long, heavily-promoted Anderson Cooper-Angelina Jolie sit-down on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" was this: There are places in the world where things are much, much worse than they are here.
But beyond that commonplace, which many of us learned watching late-night infomercials in the 1980s, the interview will probably be noted by most viewers for what Angelina Jolie did not do, by comparison with the tragic, disheveled, Southern-fried cri de coeur performance that Britney Spears gave alongside Matt Lauer last week on NBC's "Dateline."
Namibia Alert -- Fire Sale on Nose Jobs
Namibia is all the rage these days. Angelina and Brad put the country on the map. It seems it's a great place to give birth.
TMZ did some digging and found that birth is but the beginning of a bargain basement medical journey. If baby Shiloh isn't as flawless as her parents, she may want to return home for some "improvements."
A Namibian plastic surgeon told TMZ that she'll perform rhinoplasty -- a nose job -- for the incredible rate of $600. Compare that to the going rate in Beverly Hills, which often ranges betwen $8,000 and $9,000.
If Shiloh decides to go into show biz and goes the way of so many young starlets, get this -- a Namibian boob job is $3,600. In Beverly Hills, the cost is usually twice that or more.
FYI -- You can fly to the capitol, Windhoek, Namibia from the U.S. on South African Airways. Advance purchase is advised -- otherwise, your savings will be eaten up.
The Other Man in Angelina's Life
Jolie Planning to Adopt Another Child
(AP) - Angelina Jolie says she and Brad Pitt, who have three children including a newborn daughter, are planning to adopt another child.
"Next, we'll adopt," Jolie tells CNN's Anderson Cooper in an interview to air Tuesday on "Anderson Cooper 360" (10 p.m. EDT).
Jolie, 31, gave birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt in Namibia last month. The couple have two older children, 16-month-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia, and 4-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia.
"We don't know which _ which country. But we're looking at different countries," the actress tells Cooper. "And we're _ I'm just _ it's gonna be the balance of what would be best for Mad and for Z right now. It's, you know, another boy, another girl, which country, which race would fit best with the kids."
Both Maddox and Zahara's surnames have been legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt, 42, announced his intention to adopt the children.
The Jolie interview will air Tuesday as part of CNN's entire day of programming devoted to World Refugee Day.
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Paparazzi All Over Shiloh's Every Move
Shiloh's First Mink
Angelina Jolie will carry baby Shiloh around in style! Jolie received a luxury faux mink-covered Baby Bjorn to tote both her little girls around town in.
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Exclusive: Inside Brangelina's Malibu Pad
They have installed a massive drape on the outside of the house that wraps around all four bedrooms. They did not, however, have drapes installed in the living room and other common areas, leaving those portions of the house exposed to paparazzi.
My sources say the property has been heavily re-landscaped with new bushy plants so no one can see in from adjoining homes and hillsides.
The nagging problem is the Pacific Ocean. Paparazzi still have a clear shot if they brave the water in kayaks and small boats.
Finally, Brad is uncharacteristically happy with the work done on the home. Typically, when he's away during construction, he will make significant changes upon his return. No so this time. It seems the priority is the baby.
Shiloh's First T-Shirt
What did Angelina and Brad dress Baby Shiloh in for her much anticipated photo debut? TMZ has the exact t-shirt Brangelina's baby had on when the world first caught glimpse of her.
Shiloh's hip fashion threads were from designer Kingsley - specifically the Pots & Pans Band tee. The shirt retails for around $40. The designer's clothes are geared toward rock n' roll baby apparel, they even play Led Zeppelin on the website.
It looks like baby Shiloh is on her way to being as hip as her brother Maddox and sister Zahara.
Check out the tee with an edge.
Brangelina's Moving Day
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the couple's three kids are back in Malibu. They landed in Los Angeles on Saturday -- in a private Gulfstream -- and were taken by police escort to their home in Malibu, where movers were hard at work.
Trucks lined the road surrounding the Malibu home. Two men carried in a darling, natural-wood crib through the opaque glass gate, giving us a glimpse of the place where little Shiloh will sleep. Also seen moving in were two German Shepherds, cleaning crews and a motorcycle.
In other words, everything a modern celebrity couple needs to make a mansion into a home.
EXCLUSIVE: Brangelina Already Back?
We're told Brad's personal bodyguard, whom he regularly travels with, was at the estate all day today. In addition, food was delivered today and pastries have been laid out on the kitchen counter.
Flower arrangements were delivered today as well, and interior furniture and patio furniture are now fully in place.
The full security staff is on hand, as are guard dogs.
Sources connected with the estate tell TMZ all signs point to a Malibu return this evening.
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The $9 million Malibu estate has been buzzing with workers this week. They're finishing off the security system, which includes an elaborate set of cameras pointing in every direction.
Most telling, TMZ is told that yesterday a white van arrived at the house and delivered a "massive amount of liquor." As one eyewitness says, it was: "magnums of everything."