Friday 20 October 2006 à 12:27
Jolie and Pitt back with 'Heart'Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Pune, India, where filming just began on their latest socially conscious project, A Mighty Heart. The film is based on the 2003 book A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, by Mariane Pearl.
Angelina Jolie plays Mariane, widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter, who was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002 while researching a story on the links between "shoe bomber" Richard Reid and Islamic spiritual leader Sheikh Mubarak Gilani. Mariane was pregnant with their child when her husband was kidnapped.
Jolie said in a weekend statement that she was disappointed not to be filming in Pakistan, "a country I love and have visited three times." But security concerns pushed the filming to the western Indian city of Pune, which was chosen because it resembles Karachi, Pakistan.
Dan Futterman, who wrote the screenplay to last year's Capote, plays Daniel Pearl, according to Paramount Vantage, which is producing the movie with Pitt's Plan B production company.
Michael Winterbottom, whose other films include Welcome to Sarajevo and The Road to Guantanamo, directs A Mighty Heart. It's scheduled for release in 2007.
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Paris and Nicole feud is overParis Hilton and Nicole Richie have agreed to film a new series of the reality show The Simple Life. The show had been put in danger by a year-long feud which saw the pair filming their sections separately.
But it has been confirmed they will play the role of children's camp counsellors in the newest adventure, set to begin production next month. The show's executive producer, Jon Murray, said: "The thing the viewers love is the two girls together."
Mr Murray said for the next season of the programme he plans to put the pair on a deserted island with a group of survivalists. The decision was reached after they agreed to appear side-by-side again.
"They reached out to each other in universal disdain for the island concept and rekindled their friendship," he said. The two went public with their seemingly reconciled relationship on Sunday, arriving together at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
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Cruise hires babysitters so Holmes can get in shape
Actor Tom Cruise has hired a team of babysitters for his fiancée Katie Holmes so she has time to get in shape for their glitzy wedding ceremony.
According to gossip Cruis is reportedly "very concerned" that Holmes should lose the weight she gained while pregnant before their big day, which is set to take place in early November.
To ensure Holmes looks perfect when she walks down the aisle, Cruise has joined her on the gruelling training sessions - and has drafted an army of babysitters to look after their baby daughter Suri so they can exercise without any interruptions.