Brad Pitt was grabbed, pushed and spun around by a plainclothes security guard at the premiere of his new movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in L.A. on Monday.

Pitt arrived at the Bruin Theatre in Westwood about a half hour before the film was scheduled to end, as he was supposed to talk to the audience and answer their questions about the film.

Some photographers knew he’d be there, and as he entered the lobby, they followed him in and attempted to take photos.

Seeing the commotion, the plainclothes security guard went after Pitt in lieu of shooing away the photographers. Oddly, the guard appeared to be clutching a brochure for a karate studio in his teeth as he manhandled the actor.

Pitt looked bewildered and shaken, but he was able to pull free and go up a stairway to escape.

The stairway only led up to bathrooms.

Pitt had to wait a bit while the lobby was cleared before he was able to walk back down without any problems.

UPDATE: In a statement, an Executive Protection Specialist tells Entertainment Tonight that he was attempting to get Pitt away from the aggressive photographers:

“We were told by Mr. Pitt’s people that he was being followed by numerous paparazzi that ran a minimum of two red lights to keep up with Mr. Pitt. When Mr. Pitt arrived at the theater approximately seven paparazzi bum-rushed the front door of the theater and began to rush inside. It’s security’s sole priority to protect the talent and I removed Mr. Pitt immediately from what could have been a potentially dangerous situation.””We were told by Mr. Pitt’s people that he was being followed by numerous paparazzi that ran a minimum of two red lights to keep up with Mr. Pitt. When Mr. Pitt arrived at the theater approximately seven paparazzi bum-rushed the front door of the theater and began to rush inside. It’s security’s sole priority to protect the talent and I removed Mr. Pitt immediately from what could have been a potentially dangerous situation.”

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She may be the most photographed woman in the world. But even Angelina Jolie can fly under the radar.

The actress – who recently returned from a humanitarian mission in Afghanistan – made a surprise appearance at Monday night’s Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala, where she payed tribute to director Clint Eastwood.

In fact, Jolie’s appearance was so unexpected, the A-list crowd gasped audibly when she was introduced.

The mother-of-six took time out of her busy schedule to present Eastwood – who helmed her most recent move, The Changeling – with the director of the year award.

“There are some people in this business that are icons, and we often wonder if, when we meet them, they’ll live up to what we imagine them to be,” she told the audience. “And Clint Eastwood in person is even better.”

“Clint is what every great director should be,” she continued. “He is a great leader. And I certainly would follow him anywhere.”

That admiration appears to be mutual.

As he accepted the honor, Eastwood noted, “Working with someone like Angelina Jolie is a great privilege, because you get to look on that gorgeous beauty every day. And she’s a great talent.”

The two walked arm-in-arm from the stage. Then Jolie, wearing a floor-sweeping black gown and minimal makeup, slipped out of the event as stealthily as she’d arrived.

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If Angelina Jolie finally marries Brad Pitt, he can thank that smelly green ogre Shrek. “Usually people fall in love and everything revolves around the ritual of marriage. Children are an afterthought,” says Jolie. “We did everything backwards. But sooner or later, it will be the kids who ask us. They see films and start asking questions. Such as, ‘Why are Shrek and Fiona married and you’re not?’ ”

The “Changeling” actress also told the Italian edition of Vanity Fair that she may quit acting.

“The kids are my priority, so it’s possible that from now on, I will make fewer movies. I may even stop altogether. I no longer have the ambition I had in my 20s.”

The 33-year-old mom of six added: “My life is a lot more chaotic and adventurous now. Brad and I pilot airplanes, we travel nonstop, we go to difficult places, and we have chosen to do it taking all of the kids with us. I feel a lot braver now than when I was an angry young woman.”

Gone are the days when Jolie scarred herself with knives and considered suicide. “I used to think I was unstable, because I had this thirst for something.
“I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I always wanted to be somewhere else, and I have a window tattooed, this little box, and it’s because wherever I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. And I always saw myself - wherever I was in life - staring out the window.

“I knew little about the world, and I was completely self-absorbed. It was only when I came out of my shell and started taking care of others that I found the real Angelina.

“Sure, I am still restless, but do you know that my kids are the same way? We were in France these last few months and after a while they started asking when we could get back on a plane.”

The family is currently in Germany, where Pitt is filming Quentin Tarantino’s World War II drama “Inglorious Bastards.”

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Brad Pitt once again became a photographed Angelina Jolie for a magazine and this time the cover shot for W is him capturing Angelina Jolie breast feeding one of the twins. Brad Pitt did a great job capturing a natural Angelina Jolie doing something so natural. I means she just looks so gorgeous and happy, that this is the Angelina Jolie I would rather see walking the red carpet. 

While I don’t normally advocate breast feeding pictures, this one was too gorgeous not to post.

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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the Brangelina Bunch are all in NY for the premiere of her new movie Changeling. Her trip to NY is her first public appearance since the twins were born in July and as you can see she added their birth date to her arm.

Angelina Jolie looks amazing, so how did she get her figure back so quickly, will six be enough for Brad and Angelina and where are they looking to settle down, here are the answers to those questions from OK Magazine.

Her Body:

“Run around with all the kids, and breastfeeding, which I think is part of your body’s natural way of losing weight,” Angelina said at the Changeling premiere held during the New York Film Festival Saturday.

More Kids?:

“We are going to have more kids,” revealed the Oscar winner. “One way or another.”

Where to next?:

“We love France. We’d like to spend more time there again. We’ve got a lot of wonderful friends. We love the air, and the life, and the other children we met. It was a beautiful, beautiful quality of life and beautiful place to live.”

After NY, the 8 fly back to Berlin where Brad will start filming Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards with Eli Roth and Mike Myers.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have arrived in the Big Apple.

Jolie was spotted holding daughter Shiloh, 2, in New York City early Thursday morning, while papa Pitt was photographed pushing a covered-up stroller.

Jolie is in town to promote her buzzed-about Clint Eastwood drama Changeling.

She is set to make her first red carpet appearance since welcoming twins Knox and Vivienne at Saturday’s premiere. (The premiere also marks the first time the actress has been in the United States since giving birth.)

The Jolie-Pitts had been staying at the 10,000-square-foot Palais Parkschloss, which they were renting for $36,600 a week in Berlin as Pitt films the upcoming Quentin Tarantino WWII drama, Inglorious Bastards.

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Brad Pitt announced Wednesday that he’s donating $100,000 to fight California’s Proposition 8, a November ballot initiative that would eliminate same-sex couples’ right to marry.

“Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8,” the actor said in a statement.

Pitt’s donation marks the largest thus far to the anti-Prop. 8 campaign by an A-list celebrity.

Political strategist Chad Griffin, who is helping coordinate efforts in the entertainment industry to defeat the controversial initiative, said he is hopeful that the move will prompt others to get involved. He added that Democratic billionaire Ron Burkle has agreed to host a large fundraiser at his home in October to rally the entertainment industry against Prop. 8, which opponents say will take away important benefits such as health insurance and will complicate decision-making related to medical emergencies and other situations in domestic partnerships.

In recent weeks, tens of thousands of dollars — much of it from outside California — has been donated to groups on both sides of the issue.

The measure was placed on the ballot after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state’s prohibition on same-sex marriage in May.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have given $2 million to fund a children’s health clinic in Ethiopia, where their 3-year-old daughter Zahara was born.

The center, which will focus on serving children with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, will be run by the Global Health Committee.

“It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission,” Pitt said in a statement.

The Jolie-Pitts run a similar clinic in Cambodia - where their 7-year-old son Maddox was born - called Maddox Chivan Children’s Center.

“Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease,” Jolie said in a statement.

“The fact that poor people continue to die in our world today of TB, a curable disease, because of lack of access to drugs and care is unacceptable,” Pitt added.

This week, the power couple ranked sixth on Parade magazine’s list of the most generous celebrities. They gave $8.4 million in 2007.

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It pays to live in France. Literally!

With their brood of six kids, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are eligible for almost $2,600 a month in child benefits – though it’s highly unlikely the couple will accept the cash.

Just before the birth of their twins, Knox and Vivienne, the movie stars moved into the Chateau Miraval in the south of France.

Pitt, 44, registered the family at the town hall in nearby Brignoles – making them qualify for France’s generous parenting subsidies. (The benefits are available to all families, regardless of their financial means.)

No one expects the Jolie-Pitt clan to cash in, but they are technically eligible for a “nanny payment” of $975.84 a month, not to mention an “orphan allowance” of $508.97 for each of their three adopted children. The grand total, $2,592.81, would be payable by check each month.

“We do not discuss individual benefits cases,” said a spokeswoman for the Brignoles council. “But [we] can confirm that all resident local families with young children are eligible for certain benefits.”

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People Magazine landed the first pictures of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie Pitt and they are just beautiful! It looks like that just like Shiloh they have their mom’s lips! Hopefully Knox will look just like Brad Pitt and Vivenne looks just like Angeline Jolie, which they probably will!!!

Both magazines will be out this week, so check them out for exclusive details on the Brangelina Bunch!!! 

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have asked U2 frontman Bono to be the godfather of their newborn twins.

The couple, who welcomed the arrival of a baby boy and girl earlier this month, were thrilled when Bono immediately accepted their offer.

A source told the Sunday Mirror: “Brad and Angie think the world of Bono. They have been friends for years. Brad is a massive U2 fan and told Bono how much he admired him when they were introduced at a party a few years back.

“Since then, they’ve become very close, which Brad is thrilled about. Angelina is inspired by Bono’s humanitarian work and gets on with his wife Ali Hewson. Ali’s given Angelina some clothes from her ethical clothing range Edun.”

Brad and Angelina will make plans for a christening in the coming weeks. They have yet to agree on a godmother, but insiders suggest that Angelina wants to ask her ex-lover Jenny Shimzu to take on the role.

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Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie used fertility treatments to conceive their newborn twins, a new report is suggesting. The acting couple was desperate to quickly expand their brood and turned to artificial insemination so they wouldn’t have to “deal with the stress” of trying to get pregnant, reports Us Weekly magazine. A source tells the publication, “They conceived through in vitro fertilization. They both desperately wanted more babies soon.” Last year, Jolie told U.K. magazine Elle: “If we’re going to have 10 kids, we’d like to raise them while we’re young.” Fraternal twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline — born this month in Nice, France — became the fifth and six children to join the Pitt-Jolie clan of Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2.

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