The Sparrow

Info from Amazon.com about the book:

In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being “human.” When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong.

Source: The Star

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Found via Gawker, who takes it one step further and offers it up as an explanation to why Brad and Jen are divorced.  Gives you something to think about anyway.

Photo credit

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So have they really not settled their assets yet?  That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, but I don’t know how things work really when you have THAT many assets!!

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Former celebrity couple BRAD PITT and JENNIFER ANISTON have concluded their $60 million (GBP33 million) divorce settlement.

The former FRIENDS star will assume sole ownership off their $29 million (GBP16 million) Beverly Hills mansion, while the FIGHT CLUB actor will take control of their lucrative film company Plan B Productions.

Aniston will retain a “minor stake” in the production firm, which is believed to be worth more than $50 million (GBP28 million) after a string of 12 successful independent movie releases, including TIM BURTON’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

The high-profile pair agreed the share-out through their lawyers just days before Aniston’s 37th birthday yesterday

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This Team Aniston/Team Jolie thing is definitely getting out of hand (photo credit).

From Muzi.com

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have escaped an attack by a Jennifer Aniston fan. The loved-up pair – who are expecting their first child together this year – were dining at Berlin’s Nola restaurant when a woman stormed in and screamed: “Where is that home-wrecking Angelina?”The crazed fan – dressed in a “Friends” T-shirt – spotted the Hollywood couple and attempted to slap Angelina.

Fortunately the “Tomb Raider” star’s bodyguards stepped in and held the American woman back while the pair headed for their waiting car.

Note to Team Aniston: Breaking up sucks. Especially if it is in the limelight. We all know this. Try to make it a little easier on poor Jen by remembering that she is a big girl and is probably dealing with this OK. If she wants to whip Angelina Jolie’s ass, she can probably handle that all by herself. Geez.

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• Is Jennifer Aniston Trying to Keep Up With Angelina Jolie? – from National Ledger

• Latest Hollywood Script Deals – from Yahoo! News

• Swiss press gives WEF a lukewarm thumbs-up – from NZZ

From the Blogosphere:

• Jennifer Anniston to Dish it Up on Brad. Maybe. – From BiggestStars

• Brad Angelina Wedding – From Just Jared

• Brad and Angelina at World Economic Forum: Day 2 – From Smart.

• Brad Pitt is a chameleon – From The Superficial

And I will leave you for now with these adorable pics of Angelina and Brad at the World Economic Forum (via smart):

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Pitt, Aniston Head Swanni’s ‘Bad Skin’ List

Former lovebirds Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Here’s what Swanni has to say about they look in high-def:”Pitt, America’s favorite male heartthrob, would give some females a heart attack if they saw him in real-life. The Oceans 11 star has deep pockmarks in his cheeks, the result of a long-time acne problem. His name may be Pitt but his face is a crater,” Swann said.

“I saw that a skin specialist recently said that his new squeeze Angelina Jolie has a skin problem. This guy obviously doesn’t have high-def,” Swann continued. “Jolie’s skin is beautiful except for that large mole over her right eyebrow. In high-def, it looks like Mt. Everest.”

P.S. Come check me out at eBeautyDaily if you want to learn more about great skin!

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More news stemming from Brads dinner in London (via the Mirror):

Our Stateside spy reveals: “Jennifer considered Jamie to be a friend so when she saw pictures of him having a cosy dinner with Brad, Madonna and Guy Ritchie in London’s Locanda Locatelli this week, she was surprised.”But then she was told that the subject of Brad’s wedding came up. She heard that Jamie was keen to get involved in cooking up a feast for the guests so it’s natural that she’d find that hurtful.”

Photo Credit (Aniston with Jamie and Jools Oliver)

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First off, it seems there is a little conflict in Brangelina-land!  According to Star Magazine, via the NY Daily News:

“We will never marry,” Jolie is said to have told “Sin City” director Robert Rodriguez over tea at L.A.’s Bel-Air Hotel on Jan. 17. “If the kids get older and demand that we have a ceremony, we might. But that’s a touchy subject with us.”

Guess so. The same day, at the Chateau Marmont, Pitt is said to have told “Constant Gardener” director Fernando Meirelles he and Angie were planning to marry “very soon.”

Star magazine says both quotes come from earwitnesses.

I hope this is just Brangelina being sneaky!  All of this building tension leading to nothing??  Bah.

Just after that news was announced, Alberto Repossi, who designed Princess Diana’s ring, told InTouch Magazine that Pitt has commissioned him to create a ring.  Surely this man wouldn’t need the extra business that spreading a rumor like that would bring him?? 
Next in the news, it is rumored that Jennifer Aniston is going to write a tell-all book about her marriage to Brad.  For the life of me today I cannot find where I read that to provide you with a link.   Personally, I don’t see her doing that, but I sure hope she does!!

Brangelina and posse have arrived in Davos safely for the opening today of the 2006 World Economic Forum.  I am sure there will be gobs of news to follow.  Stay tuned for the sexy Brad pics from yesterday to finish off my catching up!

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According to The Sun, Jennifer Aniston is finally moving on:

“I’m very happy, I’m very happy. Look nothing’s broke, nothing we can’t all walk through, nothing’s different, my year was just sort of a lot more public than other people’s.

“The human being is quite resilient and this is nothing compared to what a lot of people are having to jump back from, you know, natural disaster and families being lost.”

They Sydney Morning Herald is also reporting about Jen:

POOR old Jennifer Aniston. In the narrow universe of weekly gossip mags she’s like a shag on a rock. She’s not pregnant. Or a mother. Or somehow connected to the wild-child, teen-celeb Lindsay Lohan. You see, without these three keys to celebrity stardom’s inner clique, Jen is a forlorn wild card of sadness.

I hope she is doing ok. She is rumored to be moving Vince Vaughn in to her home in Malibu. We will keep you posted…

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