Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt want their child to be born in Africa because it is the cradle of civilization, Life & Style magazine reported. Meanwhile, an observer told People magazine she overheard Jolie say, “We think it’s a girl, but we’re not 100 percent certain.” Jolie, 30, is due in May and said Namibia is important because she took custody of her adopted Cambodian son Maddox there in 2002.
Paula Abdul may have made up her story two weeks ago in which she claimed she was assaulted at an after-hours club in Los Angeles. The New York Post reports Abdul may have concocted the story because she was thrown out of Xenii with ex-boyfriend Dante Spencer for being “falling-down drunk.” Abdul claimed that agent Jim Lefkowitz “grabbed her by the arm and threw her against a wall,” Us Weekly reported. Two witnesses told the Post that Abdul looked “drunk” and “out of it.” Lefkowitz’s lawyer, Michael Nasatir, said the reports of the altercation between his client and Abdul “are completely outrageous and utterly false.”
The feature film “Dallas” has a stellar cast – John Travolta, Jennifer Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, among others – but the remake of the classic TV series will not be made in Texas, Liz Smith of the New York Post reports. Reporter Hugh Davies told Smith that shooting will be in Jacksonville, Fla., because officials offered filmmakers a refund of 15 percent of all money spent on location up to $2 million.
Years before Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow quail hunter in Texas, he was the victim of an errant shotgun blast, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Bob Forrest, mayor of Carlsbad, N.M., told the paper that in the late 1990s, either he or twin brother Dick wounded Cheney. Forrest said Cheney was not badly hurt, but noted, “he said, ‘You guys watch where you’re shooting!’ He was very offended.” Cheney hit his friend, lawyer Harry Whittington, with shotgun pellets during a Feb. 11 hunting trip.
Mischa Barton may be trying to get out of her contract with “The OC,” the New York Post reports. A spokesman for Warner Bros, producers of the Fox drama, claimed the rumor was utter nonsense. A source told the Post that Barton is “flirting with leaving the show. The real problem now is she isn’t taking work seriously.” Barton was quoted as saying: “I’m going back to film. It could go against me to be in a long-running show.”
Chad Michael Murray’s sudden engagement to Kenzie Dalton sparked rumors the 18-year-old might be pregnant. She’s “definitely not,” Murray told People magazine. The “One Tree Hill” actor married his series co-star Sophia Bush a year ago today. Bush filed for an annulment of their marriage based on “fraud” when the couple split up after five months.
Ewan McGregor and his wife, production designer Eve Mavrakis, adopted a 4-year-old girl from Mongolia, his rep confirmed to People magazine. The couple, married since 1995, have two biological daughters, Esther, 4, and Clara, 1.
Prince Harry’s face turned red when his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, inspected the graduating class of Sandhurst Military Academy on Wednesday, Hello! magazine reported. The queen stopped in front of her grandson and said: “Now here’s a face I recognize!”
Martin Sheen, 65, is enrolling at the National University of Ireland in Galway this fall and plans to major in English literature, philosophy and theology, the BBC reported. Sheen’s NBC White House drama, “The West Wing,” ends its seven-year run May 14.
