Brangelina Smack a Tab

How many pounds? We'll never know

July 22, 2010 at 2:59PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Cast member Angelina Jolie, right and Brad Pitt arrive at the premiere of "Salt" in Los Angeles, on Monday, July 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

You may ask why more celebrities don't sue tabloids. They're not as bad as the old days, when the covers of Confidential or Hush-Hush would insinuate all sorts of salacious things. Even the National Enquirer has decided to go legit. Hard to find a Jennifer-Aniston-gives-birth-to-alien-monkey story anywhere. Speaking of Jenn, what's up with Brad Pitt these days?

English libel laws are stricter, which is why they sued and won. Personally, I'm glad our celebrity press can engage in fabulation, because otherwise the check-out aisle at Target would be full of utterly factual assertions. But here at PopCrush we tell the truth. Always. Example: it wasn't exactly an alien monkey.

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