Believe everything you read on magazine covers, see on E! or breeze through online? A recent study shows that makes the size of your brain grow larger.In terms of celebrity "journalism," there is no subject more scrutinized or obsessed over than the world's most famous couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But of course if 'Brangelina' is the world's most popular (and most outrageous) soap opera, then we can't possibly forget Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Aniston.
Think 'Days of the Lives' is ridiculous? Take a trip through 2009 in Brangelina news: the below are actual stories reported. Godspeed.
Jan. 7: Brad Pitt is sick of people calling Angelina Jolie a homewrecker. Meanwhile, the couple is gung-ho about adopting another Ethiopian baby soon.
Jan. 8: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are married!
Jan. 14: A dumbstruck Brad Pitt was left red-faced when a drunken woman called him "ugly" at a Golden Globes bash.
Jan. 23: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are moving into a $60 million mansion on Long Island so she can film a movie there.
Jan. 26: Angelina Jolie thinks she's lost awards because Jennifer Aniston's jabs in the press have made her unpopular.
Feb. 4: Angelina Jolie has misplaced the Oscar she won for 'Girl, Interrupted.'
Feb. 10: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's kids wreaked havoc at a posh London hotel by running wild through the halls while the couple was at the BAFTAs.
Feb. 12: Jennifer Aniston is hoping to meet Brad Pitt's twins -- if Angelina Jolie approves of the introduction.
Feb. 13: Angelina Jolie is "totally creeped out" by lookalike octuplet mom Nadya Suleman.
Feb. 17: Angelina Jolie feels so pressured to maintain her sex-symbol status that she spends hours working on an "effortlessly flawless" look every day.
Feb. 18: Jennifer Aniston has never been "more ready" to meet Angelina Jolie.
Feb. 19: Despite just signing a lease on a $100,000-a-month Long Island mansion, Angelina Jolie went apartment hunting in Manhattan.
Feb. 20: Race car driver Danica Patrick thinks Jennifer Aniston's too old to play her in a movie, preferring Angelina Jolie in the role if it ever comes to fruition.
March 2: Angelina Jolie is battling depression and wants to spend time apart from Brad Pitt and their six kids.
March 3: Brad Pitt was pulled aside at LAX for a thorough frisking -- and then taken to a private room for a security pat-down.
March 6: Jennifer Aniston is "totally over" Brad Pitt after seeing him at the Oscars.
March 9: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are falling victim to the world financial crisis as the value of their posh Dubai properties plummets.
March 12: Angelina Jolie slapped Brad Pitt after he was caught giving their nanny a back rub; the nanny was fired.
March 13: Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has an imaginary friend named Amy, and she likes her more than real sibs Knox and Viv.
March 13: Angelina Jolie is fueling speculation that she's pregnant again after stunts in her new movie were scaled back.
March 16: Angelina Jolie is "absolutely sick" of Jennifer Aniston always "dragging up" Brad Pitt in interviews.March 23: Brad Pitt still sneaks off to smoke, despite claiming he quit.
March 26: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are sleeping in separate bedrooms; Angelina is still upset over catching Brad giving their nanny a back rub, and he has now officially been banned from their bedroom.
March 30: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship is so strained that she's living in a hotel while he and the kids stay in a nearby house.
April 1: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are hoping to adopt a child from India.
April 2: Brad Pitt is threatening to end it with Angelina Jolie if they don't get married.
April 3: Brad Pitt's moved out after a blowout fight with Angelina Jolie -- and may seek custody of their six children.
April 7: Angelina Jolie was treated for exhaustion on the set of her new movie.
April 10: Angelina Jolie is tired of being with just Brad Pitt, so she told him that she wants an open relationship.
April 13: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have lost their bid to adopt a Burmese baby.
April 14: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are fighting about her latest adoption plans.
April 16: Angelina Jolie is pregnant again -- "just in time" to save her relationship with Brad Pitt.
April 23: Jennifer Aniston's been laying low while in NYC trying to avoid running into Angelina Jolie.
April 24: Brad Pitt has banned Angelina Jolie from adopting another child for a year.
April 27: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have hired some of the most bullish libel lawyers in the world to shut down a tell-all by their former bodyguard.
April 29: Brad Pitt's hoping to squash breakup rumors by publicly doting on Angelina Jolie, regularly popping in to visit on the set of her new movie, bringing lunch and catering to her every need.
May 6: Brad Pitt poured his heart out to Courteney Cox when they ran into each other the other night, admitting he still loves Jennifer Aniston and regrets they ever split.
May 7: Brad Pitt secretly met his Jennifer Aniston face-to-face on the set of her new movie to talk about his feelings.
May 12: Jennifer Aniston has been receiving drunk phone calls from Brad Pitt.
May 13: Angelina Jolie is a "mess" because Brad Pitt is talking to Jennifer Aniston again.
May 14: Brad and Angelina's kids are reportedly "running amok" due to their parents' constant fighting.
May 15: Brad Pitt's parents want their son to dump Angelina Jolie.
May 19: Hoping to quash reports of a breakup, Angelina Jolie is planning a "show of unity" with Brad Pitt for the cameras at Cannes.
May 20: Angelina Jolie threatened to kill herself after a blowout fight with Brad Pitt.
May 21: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie couldn't keep their hands off each other at Cannes.
May 21: Angelina Jolie caught Brad Pitt talking to Jennifer Aniston on the phone and "totally flipped out."
May 22: Despite breakup rumors, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie want to have another baby, this time in London.
May 27: Angelina Jolie pretends to be a good mother for the cameras, but she's really an absent parent.
June 1: The producers of 'Tomb Raider' have dropped Angelina Jolie as their star because they think she's too old for the role.
June 3: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have split up!
June 4: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie deny they're over -- despite having "fights and moments."
June 8: Brad Pitt recently called Jennifer Aniston to tell her he feels "trapped" in a sexless relationship with Angelina Jolie.
June 8: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are planning a summer wedding in New Orleans.
June 11: Brad Pitt threw Angelina Jolie a surprise party for her 34th birthday, gifting her with a family portrait and lingerie. But before the night ended, they argued about Jennifer Aniston.June 12: Brad Pitt's "psyched" to be single again; he's been having a ball bar-hopping, going to concerts and taking joy rides on his motorcycle.
June 15: Jennifer Aniston's admitted to friends that she'd get back together with Brad Pitt.
June 17: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston claim they talk about "film scripts" when they're on the phone together.
June 23: Brad Pitt's mom wants him to get back together with Jennifer Aniston.
June 24: Angelina Jolie is sending Jennifer Aniston threatening text messages to stay away from Brad Pitt.
June 24: Angelina Jolie is considering getting involved in politics and even has her eye on the White House.
June 25: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been hiding twins Knox and Viv because the babies suffer from health problems.
June 29: Brad Pitt stopped his Republican brother from running for Congress.
June 30: Residents of New Orleans want Brad Pitt to run for mayor, even going as far as wearing campaign T-shirts.
July 2: Angelina Jolie thinks Brad Pitt is sleeping with Jennifer Aniston, even confronting him face-to-face about the affair.
July 13: Brad Pitt has supposedly met with lawyers in preparation for a separation.
July 16: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are hoping to reignite the spark in their relationship by making a sequel to 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith.'
July 17: It's make or break time for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as they try one last time to make their relationship work.
July 20: Brad Pitt buying a tiny house in Big Sur as a bachelor pad so he can get away from Angelina Jolie.
July 23: Brad Pitt is shaken up over Jennifer Aniston's rumored romance with Gerard Butler.
July 24: Brad Pitt doesn't believe in God.
July 30: Angelina Jolie is "furious" over how Brad Pitt "burns through money."
Aug. 3: Brad Pitt's livid that Angelina Jolie took 8-year-old son Maddox to Iraq against his wishes.
Aug. 5: Brad Pitt denies he and Angelina have been fighting.
Aug. 6: Brad Pitt disinvited Angelina Jolie to the 'Inglourious Basterds' premiere in Germany, where he turned off his cell phone, hit on an ex and partied all night.
Aug. 10: The men in Jennifer Aniston's life need to pass a "sniff test" by her dog Norman, who loved Brad Pitt and hated John Mayer.
Aug. 11: Brad Pitt doesn't want to work with Angelina Jolie again.
Aug. 12: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie barely spoke to each other at the 'Inglourious Basterds' premiere.
Aug. 13: Brad Pitt is ticked that Angelina Jolie's slinky dress stole the show at the L.A. premiere of 'Inglourious Basterds.'
Aug. 18: Quentin Tarantino says he smoked hash with Brad Pitt when they decided to film the movie together.
Aug. 18: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and family sneak off to France for rest of the summer.
Aug. 25: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie slapped down $75 million on a French chateau.
Aug. 27: Angelina Jolie wants Brad Pitt to go to rehab because he's been boozing and smoking marijuana around the kids.
Sept. 1: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are fighting again because he wants her to reconnect with estranged dad Jon Voight.
Sept. 8: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are so guilty over their crumbling relationship that they're spoiling their kids.
Sept. 10: Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox are going head-to-head for the lead role in the 'Barbarella' remake, and Jolie's "petrified" she'll wind up the loser.
Sept. 14: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie argue over his interest in Rachel McAdams.
Sept. 22: Angelina Jolie is purposefully wasting away in a desperate bid to get attention from Brad Pitt.
Sept. 24: Jennifer Aniston is still pining over Brad Pitt.
Sept. 24: Brad Pitt wants to build a private airport on the grounds of his French chateau so that he and Angelina Jolie can avoid the paparazzi.
Sept. 25: Brad Pitt has moved out because he doesn't share Angelina Jolie's lust for being a charitable crusader.
Sept. 28: Angelina Jolie has set her sights on adopting another African baby, and Brad Pitt is less than thrilled.
Oct. 2: Angelina Jolie hates Brad Pitt's scruffy new look, and has demanded he clean up his image.Oct. 5: After months of speculation of illness, etc., the Brangelina twins, Knox and Vivienne, have finally surfaced with Mom and Dad, on a trip for ice cream.
Oct. 7: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have another secret meeting.
Oct. 14: Every time Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are photographed with their children, Jennifer Aniston is convinced it's because Jolie is trying to rub her nose in the fact she is still childless.
Oct. 19: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's kids are ruling the roost, with no set rules or regulations.
Oct. 20: When Angelina Jolie "did it" for the first time, she cut her partner to make it more emotional.
Oct. 26: Brad Pitt is mad that Angelina Jolie put her career before her kids, but Angelina just baked Maddox a cake.
Nov. 3: Jennifer Aniston begs Brad Pitt to take her back.
Nov. 8: Angelina Jolie won't let Brad Pitt go.
Nov. 11: Angelina Jolie collapses while at home.
Nov. 11: Angelina Jolie will adopt a new baby from Syria -- possibly without Brad Pitt.
Nov. 12: Brad Pitt and Angelina "fight like cats and dogs."
Nov. 15: Angelina Jolie made Brad Pitt get fat.
Nov. 22: Angelina Jolie waged "a mean-spirited but effective campaign" against Jennifer Aniston when Brad Pitt divorced Aniston to be with her.
Nov. 24: Angelina Jolie hates Barack Obama.
Nov. 26: Jennifer Aniston wants to be skinny "like Angelina Jolie."
Nov. 30: Unofficial biographer claims "Brangelina" has 18 months to live (in a relationship together)!
Reader Comments (60)
hmm at 8:59PM on Dec 1st 2009
that is freaky. They really are in the tabloids every week. How does Angelina cope with so much trashy negativity thrown her way?
jess at 12:37PM on Dec 2nd 2009
It's a testament to both of them that they are able to focus on what really matters, raise their kids, achieve their professional aspirations (BOTH nominated for Oscars last year) achieve their humanitarian goals (donated 7 million in 2009) and have two healthy babies - they are really inspiring, and if anyone really wanted to sell a book, it will be the author who finds out the agenda of these rags and who exposes the sick tabloid culture destroying our society.
Olivia at 7:23PM on Dec 1st 2009
LMFAO and ppl wonder why the Tabs are going out of business. It's boring tiresome such crap. Leave them alone ppl have already made up their minds if the like or dislike them. Personaly i like Brad and Angie as a couple. They are both very generous and if you go by what he has said as well as what she has said about him not what the tabs say then you can see for yourself they are very much in love...enough said.
Olivia at 7:32PM on Dec 1st 2009
They make a real nice couple and the tabs are boring ppl to tears with the same ole same old crap about them.
If you read the articles the Jolie Pitts give themselves from their own mouths you can easily read where they are both very much in love with one another.
Enough with the Brangalina crap already!
maria at 8:14PM on Dec 1st 2009
What's scary is that these are actually just some of the headlines from 2009 and they're the same headlines as in 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 when they got together.
The same stories, year after year and after 5 years there are still people that continue to waste their money on it.
hmm at 9:00PM on Dec 1st 2009
I wonder if she ever regrets meeting Brad.
Nadi at 2:18AM on Dec 6th 2009
I like the characters that Angelina has had the opportunity to play and I think they are both pretty good actors. The relationship however started all wrong. How can she ever expect him meaning "the Pitt" to be faithful when they started off by committing adultery? He is an actor to boot so deceit and lying is what he makes a living doing. It stands to reason he would also be "acting" when he lies to her about talking to Jennifer Aniston on the phone, when he meets with Jennifer and the united front they put on when they try harder to convince the public they are happy than they do at working at that mess of a relationship they have.
As for Jennifer, nothing is all one person's fault in a relationship so I believe she played a part in the reason for the break up as well but the humiliation was not something she should have had to go through.
Of course she would be with "the Pitt" again, to make him see what he is missing and to let Angelina see what it feels like to be publicly humiliated by taking Brad back.
Debbie at 10:36PM on Dec 1st 2009
I never cared for Brad Pitt but I lost all respect for him after he left Jennifer Aniston for Skeletor. I hope they break up, they are horrible parents and horrible human beings. I don't care how they try to portray themselves, they will always be cheaters in my book.
Linda at 10:43AM on Dec 2nd 2009
Right on--my sentiments EXACTLY except I USE to like him and have ALWAYS hated Skeletor.
Michelle at 4:35PM on Dec 2nd 2009
Come on Debbie.....you sound like you're just a hater! Because Brad fell out of love with Jennifer he's a bad person? Do you know for a FACT that Jennifer didn't help their breaking up? Don't judge when you don't know all the facts. More people should be as caring and generous as Brad and Angelina. Are you taking care of any children that aren't biologically yours? Probably not!
Cynthia at 4:44PM on Dec 2nd 2009
I agree with you about them being horrible human beings. After what they did I have never seen any of their movies.
maria at 12:45AM on Dec 3rd 2009
Your're wishing that a couple with 6 little kids break up and they are the ones that are "horrible human beings"? ROTFLMAO
You're the one, and everyone that thinks like you, that is a horrible human being. A sick one.
Sharon at 10:36PM on Dec 4th 2009
With you Debbie. I don't care if he did fall out of love with Jennifer. The way everything was handled was cruel and wrong. Brad will get what he has coming. Angelina will dump his ass too. Jen will come out on top of all of them.
Angelina cheated with a married man and he cheated, karma is a bitch...
Dumping Aniston at 1:55AM on Dec 2nd 2009
Well leaving Aniston is the best move he made.
It exposes her as a 40-ish girl who only wants to have fun with the likes of Mayer the Urinator, sloppy leftovers of Perez Hilton besides...Who would have thought that Miss ex Pitt was into that type of men to even chase him twice while raving about the she never felt has happy with anothe one.
It discredit the seriousness of that so called marriage of hers and shows what kind of woman she really is. Marrying for te wrong reasons, the wrong person when you only like to have fun with boytoys always backfire.
purple at 11:16AM on Dec 2nd 2009
Whoaaaaaa! This article gave me a stomachache for laughing. CRAPPY stories to sell! Those who believe are crazy like the wrriters who wrote these tall stories.I was entertained, though. Thank you, Kevin for collecting these chronological jokes!
craig at 10:17AM on Dec 2nd 2009
I wish Brad would DUMP Angie( she's nothing but a rich piece of white trash). She does'nt have a GOOD set of Morals.Jennifer A. at least has CLASS
Linda at 10:44AM on Dec 2nd 2009
I'm with Debbie, couldn't have put it better myself...
leblebi at 3:06PM on Dec 2nd 2009
why can't Angelina and Brad be like Salma Hayek and Henri-Francois Pinault all happy quiet and in their own world? They are a beautiful couple and I hope they will age together in blessed happiness!
Judy at 10:13AM on Dec 4th 2009
I doubt that. The comment nauseates me.
danisha at 3:47PM on Dec 2nd 2009
to all the ones who throw this couple under the bus... how many of you have cheated, been cheated on or know someone who has? I think this couple just gives you something to talk about, personally its thier life not mine, I like thier movies.