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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt trade views on filmmaking

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - They're arguably Hollywood's highest-profile couple, so it's only natural that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would privately discuss the art and business of filmmaking. According to Pitt, they don't always agree. Speaking with Reuters at Saturday's Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Pitt said that he and Jolie, who are each busy on both sides of the camera as well as raising six children together, will talk shop at the end of a long day. "Usually we argue shop every now and then," Pitt said, noting that they tend to differ in their approach. "She's much more decisive, she's much more quick. I've got to see everything. I've got to shop the entire eBay to know exactly what I want and what I need." When he's stumped, Pitt said, "I'll always go to her and talk it out." Jolie, who received the guild's Stanley Kramer Award for her directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Hone...

Brad Pitt ditches the walking stick as Angelina Jolie chooses lace glamour at Producers Guild Awards

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the Producers Guild Awards Brad Pitt showed he is fighting fit for the rest of the awards season as he ditched his walking stick. Advertisement >> The Moneyball star strode down the red carpet with partner Angelina Jolie unaided after recovering from his skiing injury. The 48-year-old twisted his knee and tore a ligament saving the couple's youngest daughter Vivienne from a fall on the slopes during a family holiday. He had appeared on the red carpet at the Film Critics Awards in New York on 9 January and at last week's Golden Globes in LA sporting a cane. But there was no need for assistance last night as he partnered Angelina to the Producers Guild Awards. Ange, 36, wore a glamorous black dress daringly slit to the thigh and with a lace back for the do at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Brad Pittwalks down the red carpet Angelina shows off the back of her dress - Brad has ditched the walking stick Angelina and Brad share jokes The couple - and ...

Brad Pitt On Directing: 'Hell No'

Brad Pitt was on hand at Saturday night's Producer's Guild Awards, in part to support his partner Angelina Jolie, who was presented with the Stanley Kramer Award for her directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey." Directing has been a successful new venture for Jolie, but don't expect Pitt to follow in her foot steps behind the camera. "Hell no," Pitt responded when asked on the red carpet if he had any interest in directing his own film, quite firm in his stance. "Just not interested." The answer sets him apart from his best friends in Hollywood. George Clooney has become a successful director with four films to his name, including this year's critical hit "The Ides of March," while Ben Affleck has helmed two films and is working on his third, "Argo." Matt Damon has written a number of films -- he earned an Oscar with Affleck for "Good Will Hunting...

Video: Brad Pitt Says "Hell No" to Directing But Enjoys Being "In It " With Director Angelina

Brad Pitt stepped out Saturday night at the Producers' Guild Awards in LA and told us that while he enjoyed being by Angelina Jolie 's side during her directorial debut, he himself doesn't want to take a turn as director. Brad also dished on his playful relationship with George Clooney and his upcoming zombie movie listen to our full chat with him now! View Transcript Transcript

Brad Pitt Questioned in Hollywood Head Mystery

The mystery of the dismembered head discovered last Tuesday on a popular Hollywood hiking trail, followed soon after by a pair of severed hands and feet , has turned a normally unflinching town obsessed. Police have now revealed the victim's identity; might their questioning of area resident Brad Pitt led them to this major break in the case? Probably not, but it's fun to imagine it did. RELATED: Football Writer Fight; Farewell Tom Brady Long Hair Coroner's officials revealed on Friday that the victim is 66-year old Hervey Medellin (pictured), the LA Times reports , identified via fingerprints taken from one of the hands. Medellin was a retired employee of Mexicana Airlines who lived in a Hollywood apartment not far from Bronson Canyon Park , the wooded, hilly trail where a dog retrieved the plastic bag containing Medellin's head and brought it to his owner. The hands and feet were discovered in the following days, after a massive search of the area by 120 police ...

Severed head, hands, feet found near Brad Pitt's home

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Small Text Medium Text Large Text LOS ANGELES (CNN) - Authorities in California on Friday identified the man whose severed head, hands and feet were discovered this week as 66-year-old Hervey Medellin. The victim was from Los Angeles, said Lt. David Smith with the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Earlier in the day, Los Angeles police completed their biggest search in recent memory, with 120 investigators scouring seven acres in the Hollywood hills looking for more body parts. But the search, which began Tuesday, didn't find additional limbs or a torso, and detectives were continuing their investigation, police said. Upon concluding the hillside search, police Friday reopened Bronson Canyon Park beneath the Hollywood sign and urged hikers and other recreational visitors to be careful and not walk the trails alone. The body parts happened to be located near the home of actor Brad Pitt, and authorities interviewed his bodyguard for possible leads, police said Thursday. ...

Brad Pitt: On Life, Movies And 'Moneyball'

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Audio for this story from Fresh Air from WHYY will be available at approx. 5:00 p.m. ET January 20, 2012 Enlarge Melinda Sue Gordon / Sony Pictures Brad Pitt, left, plays Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's, in the movie Moneyball . His assistant Peter Brand is played by Jonah Hill. Melinda Sue Gordon / Sony Pictures Brad Pitt, left, plays Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's, in the movie Moneyball . His assistant Peter Brand is played by Jonah Hill. This interview was originally broadcast on September 22, 2011 . Brad Pitt is aware that his portrayal of a baseball-team manager in the new film Moneyball is somewhat different from his previous roles. After all, the ac! tor has played a Nazi-hunter, a vampire, a cowboy hitchhiker, a detective on the trail of a serial killer, the Greek warrior Achilles, a terrorist, an assassin and the outlaw Jesse James. He has ridden on horseback and dodged both flying glass and flying fists for physical roles...