Angelina Jolie has credited her partner Brad Pitt with inspiring her to have children of her own, insisting she “didn’t want to get pregnant” until she met him. The Hollywood actress was already mum to her son Maddox, now eight, when she met Pitt, after adopting the youngster from Cambodia. After she struck up a relationship with Pitt in 2006, they went on to adopt daughter Zahara, now five, from Ethiopia before Jolie became pregnant with the couple’s first biological child, Shiloh, who was born in 2006. They subsequently adopted another son, Pax, in 2007, before welcoming biological twins, Vivienne and Knox, in 2008. And Jolie admits she was happy just to take in orphaned children, until Pitt convinced her to become a mum herself. She tells Australia’s Marie Claire magazine, “When I met him… I didn’t want to get pregnant. I always wanted to adopt, but I never had the desire of experiencing biological motherhood. “He taught me to be more patient and to enjoy everything that exists in the world.”

Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are taking the editors of a British newspaper to court over reports they are set to split. On January 24, the News of The World tabloid claimed the unmarried couple had met with Los Angeles divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope to divide its assets and arrange custody of the pair’s six children. Trope has denied being in contact with the couple and now the stars’ lawyer Keith Schillings is taking action to put an end to the false reports. In a statement issuedtoday, Schillings reveals Pitt and Jolie have started legal proceedings against the tabloid after its editors failed to meet a demand for a retraction and apology. Schillings claims the report involved “false and intrusive allegations”. Rumours Pitt and Jolie had ended their five-year romance were dismissed by the actress’ father, Jon Voight, last month. Voight insisted the couple was still together, branding the allegations “nonsense”. Pitt and Jolie also put on a united front in Miami, Florida on Sunday (February 07), when they were spotted enjoying the Super Bowl football championships between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts.

In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Kerry Williamson is going to adapt a feature screenplay that features medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. This character is the star of the best-selling mystery series written by Patricia Cornwell. Fox 2000 grabbed the rights to the books in April. Angelina Jolie is attached to star. There is talk that the Scarpetta movie might be the launch of another franchise for Jolie as there are 17 Scarpetta novels. Putnam Publishing released Cornwell’s most recent effort, The Scarpetta Factor, this past October. The screenplay is said to draw from the world and characters that Cornwell has created but will not be derived from any novel’s specific plot. Source: MovieWeb.com

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt silenced rumours of a split by making a red carpet appearance together at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards on Saturday night (January 30). The Hollywood supercouple has been dogged by rumours of an impending break-up in recent weeks, with reports claiming they had already devised a legal contract to separate their assets. The rumours were fuelled by the pair’s absence from a string of high profile events including the recent Golden Globes. But Jolie and Pitt shrugged off gossip about their relationship to put on a united front at the DGA Awards in Los Angeles, supporting the actor’s appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. The moviemaker may have lost out on the coveted Best Director prize to Kathryn Bigelow, but Pitt was successful in silencing the gossip which has been swirling about his romance with Jolie. An onlooker tells People.com, “They looked very giggly. They look like they are having a fun time. It’s definitely a date.”

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have denied reports they’re about to split, while friends insist the media have mistaken a pre-nuptial agreement as a signal they’re separating. The couple and Jolie’s father Jon Voight have dismissed British tabloid reports they’re no longer together – rumours that have set the globe’s gossip websites alight. And insiders claim the story couldn’t be further from the truth – the couple have allegedly signed a mega-million equivalent of a pre-nuptial agreement, which will cement their relationship. A source tells Life & Style magazine, “Brad and Angelina had a meeting with a top law firm in L.A. in December, where they worked out terms of a legal document similar to a pre-nup. “The couple signed the document in early January. They agreed to share their money and assets and custody of their six children, all of whom would live with Angelina in the event of their parents’ break-up. “They didn’t talk to the lawyer about splitting, nor was that ever mentioned at the meeting. Brad and Angelina aren’t splitting right now.”