Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie settle lawsuit over breakup story
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- who still aren't breaking up -- on Thursday won their privacy claim against News of the World, the British tabloid that in January reported they'd visited a divorce attorney and negotiated an agreement to split.
Remember that story? The one the Ministry of Gossip called foul on from the beginning, slapping on an appropriately foul headline to match?
The News of the World, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to publish an apology, as well as pay an undisclosed sum to cover the couple's costs and damages, the BBC reports. The money will be donated to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the actors' charity.
The paper argued it had acted in good faith, but the court didn't buy it; the divorce attorney cited in the story said he'd never met the two.
Pitt and Jolie, who are not married, were in Los Angeles this week for the premiere of Jolie's spy thriller "Salt," and she's slated to appear at Comic-Con in San Diego.
-- Christie D'Zurilla
Photo: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the premiere of "Salt" in Hollywood on Monday. Credit: Jason Merritt / Getty Images
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SICK OF THESE TWO........PLEASE GO AWAY !!
Posted by: ANDREW | Jul 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Oh by the way, we haven't heard Brad and Angie weigh-in or "kick-in" on the Gulf Disaster. I guess the majority of people affected, aren't of the correct "political class"? Maybe when they come to New Orleans they don't really care about the other people.......
Posted by: VENUS | Jul 22, 2010 at 11:22 AM
I was very sorry to hear that this story was not true,not because of HIS EX WIFE
but Brad Pitt seems to derserve better, Jolie Appears 2 b an all that glitters is Not Gold Female She looks horrible,well the one thing u can say about Brad Pitt he
is not about a women's LOOKS,
Posted by: Laverne Moody | Jul 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM
The News Corp (Fox) do this stuff all the time. They try to make news instead of reporting it. When I hear something on Fox news I look at other stations to verify if it is really a story or just some fluff. Fox is not news, it's make believe for ratings.
Posted by: Joe | Jul 22, 2010 at 04:27 PM
THEY ARE AWSOME TOGETHER!
Posted by: maxy | Jul 22, 2010 at 06:42 PM
Love you Angie-Brad. You hearthrobbing couples are an envy to a lot people around da world coz you just click and match. Keep up the intrigue and mystery. Can't wait to see you both get married and let the world know about it;))) Love yous always.
Posted by: Medley | Jul 25, 2010 at 09:07 PM