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VELVET UNDERGROUND Fashion, it seems, will never go away, even if you consider faux-hawk hair styles fashion, as Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria did when she requested hairstylist to the stars Ric Pipino, whose insanely pricey Pipino Salon was command central for celebs over the New Year's festivities, create one for her beau, JC Chasez. Eva, it seems, insisted that Ric make JC's hair ''hot and spiky'' with a faux-hawk do, while she opted for layers. The two apparently couldn't keep their hands off each other while the tress-master was working. Among the other celebs spotted at the Shore Club salon: Jessica Simpson, hubby Nick Lachey, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Wilmer Valderrama, Joss Stone and Missy Elliot. Wow, we must be hanging out at the wrong places. Cut and color, please, pronto!
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Bland and Deliver JC Chasez used to ring our chimes, but we don't hear any bells at the Volkswagen Jetta Hollywood bash. JC's pizza-boy look--baggy low-rise jeans, white belt, Converse sneaks, striped shirt, khaki jacket, stubble and a faux-hawk--wouldn't impress real-life love Eva Longoria or the other Desperate Housewives on Wisteria Lane. Bet Nicollette Sheridan wouldn't even give him 30 minutes or less. Our rating - One star
Fellow Celebrities React Much of Hollywood is surprised to hear that Pitt and Aniston are heading for splitsville. Mary Hart said everyone is "kind of sad because they have been very much in love with each other." Suzanne Somers said Pitt and Aniston were "too hot for words" and she feels "sorry for them." Lance Bass said their marriage "lasted a lot longer than normal marriages." He hopes they stay friends. Jennifer Garner, however, didn't want to give an opinion. She said, "It's awful that people would be talking about their relationship at all." Jessica Simpson said any marriage can be tough, even if you're
not in the media spotlight. Simpson told "Access Hollywood"
that she can sympathize with Pitt and Aniston. She said they handled
it well. Simpson feels that a public statement helps fans not
to believe all the lies and rumors that circulate. As for her
own marriage to Nick Lachey, Simpson told People in November that
it's solid.
Tax breaks may lure B.C.'s busiest film studio to Ontario Without tax credit changes, studio will send much of its production work to Toronto Brightlight Pictures, Vancouver's busiest film production company, will likely leave B.C. for Toronto this month to take advantage of better tax incentives offered in Ontario. The move means the province would lose the $50-million movie Dungeon Siege, which Brightlight Pictures had planned to shoot in B.C. this year. Brightlight -- which produced the Michael Keaton horror film White Noise, released on Friday -- has a full 2005 slate, which would move with the company to Ontario. "We're now being asked by all our clients to budget at the Ontario level," said Shawn Williamson, who co-founded Brightlight Pictures in 2001 with partner Stephen Heyges. "If the tax credit isn't changed in B.C., we would have to move to Toronto," said Williamson. "We'd keep a small office here, but the majority of our work would go to Ontario," said Williamson. On Dec. 21, Ontario boosted its labour tax credit for foreign productions shooting in the province to 18 per cent from 11 per cent. For Canadian productions, the tax credit jumped to 30 per cent from 20 per cent. A week later, Quebec followed suit, raising the labour tax credit for foreign productions to 20 per cent from 11 per cent. B.C.'s labour tax credit for foreign productions remains at 11 per cent. B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen was not available for comment. He has said that B.C. will not have a "knee-jerk reaction" to the changes in Ontario, and that the B.C. film industry's concerns will be dealt with in the provincial budget on Feb. 15. That will be too late for Brightlight Pictures. "That's more than a month and a bit away," said Williamson. "If it takes that long, we're out of here. It's got to happen in the next week or two. "We're budgeting shows now that are prepping before [the budget]. They will move to Ontario. I can't lose that kind of income. Brightlight has seven B.C. staff members working in pre-production on Dungeon Siege, which is based on a popular video game, and Williamson says, "That's enough that we can shut down and move, if need be. "The tax credit differences amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars on a movie that big," said Williamson. By spreading its work evenly on service work for foreign productions, Canadian co-productions and indigenous works, Brightlight has managed to weather the doldrums that have affected much of the province's film and TV industry, which is largely reliant on American studios. The current film White Noise is a co-production with Gold Circle U.K. in England. Alone in the Dark, which comes to theatres via distributor Lions Gate Films on Jan. 28, is a non-treaty co-production with Germany's Boll KG, a company that Brightlight often works with, including the shot-in-Romania Bloodrayne. Edison, a $25-million thriller that stars Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Justin Timberlake and LL Cool J, is a service production that wrapped last spring but needs re-shoots in Vancouver. The Long Weekend, a comedy that again pairs Brightlight with Gold Circle, is a co-production. On Feb. 8, Brightlight and Gold Circle are scheduled to begin shooting Slither, for Universal Pictures, in B.C. The company also has an office in Victoria, where it made six indigenous movies in 2004 with plans to make another three on Vancouver Island in 2005. "We've been lucky to not have a slowdown, and I think it's because of the diversification," said Williamson. "The fact that we can finance our own projects, we can do service and we can do co-productions gives us a bit of an advantage." Whereas most co-productions are put together in Los Angeles or London and then shot in B.C., Brightlight often works the other way around. Bloodrayne, a $17- million vampire movie that stars Ben Kingsley, was put together in Vancouver, then shot in Romania. However, that work may soon be off to Toronto. "I don't want to leave," said Williamson. "I love living here. "We've been building a B.C. company, but if we can't match the credits of Ontario and Quebec, we will have to leave. "And it's not just us. I think everyone will leave." RECENT AND UPCOMING BRIGHTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS: Dungeon Seige Director Uwe Boll $50 million White Noise Stars Michael Keaton Under $25 million Edison Stars Kevin Spacey $25 million Bloodrayne Stars Sir Ben Kingsley $17 million Ran with fact box "Recent and Upcoming BrightlightProductions",
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Jetta Night "Hi, I'm JC," said JC Chasez to someone, as if they didn't know. The someone may have been Simon Rex, who was right there, but there were others close by he could have been addressing. Adrien Brody, for example. Anyway, the fact that Chasez, in a fauxhawk, thought he had to introduce himself to anyone was kind of endearing. But we wondered why he wasn't with girlfriend Eva Longoria, who was nowhere to be seen. And this event was somewhere to be seen. More celebrities showed up Wednesday night at the soundstage at Formosa and Santa Monica than anyone had a right to expect. Could it really have been just to see the unveiling of the 2005 Jetta from Volkswagen? Or was it to see a performance by Alicia Keys, the inexplicably popular jazz-soul-fusion darling of the moment. All we know is that we went because we always enjoy an event produced by Rabin Rodgers Inc. Really, the cavernous space was beautiful, an eyeful of blue, red, orange, and purple lights; circular, white, open semi-VIP conversation modules; and huge translucent geodesic domes. "This is what Burning Man looks like," said WOW's Chris McKim. Off and on during the evening, the modules became platforms for the likes of Barbara Davis (purportedly in $40 million-worth of jewelry) and her grandson Jason, Sly Stallone, Frank Stallone, Jackie Collins, Nikki Haskell, Carmen Electra, Danny Masterston, Adrian Grenier, Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, the Poitier girls, Gabrielle Union, Tom Green, Cris Judd, Shane West, Luke Wilson, Bijou Philips, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Biel, Taryn Manning. . . Prince might have shown if his advance men had found the facility safe enough for His Purpleness when they came inspectin' the day before. As deejay Biz Markie (or Mark Ronson) worked the tables, Chloe Sevigny came to the outside smoking area, which had so much smoke hanging in the air it seemed more like we were inside. She was wearing – and wearing well, as usual – a ruffled yellow Yves St. Laurent dress. "St. Laurent is back," she said. "Are you really getting a Jetta for being here?" Randy Barbato asked her. He had directed her in Party Monster. "Not exactly," she said. We told her we'd heard she gets to keep the car for a year. "Something like that," said Chloe. "And you get paid? You don't have to answer that," Barbato said. "The car and a chunk of change," she said. "But you'd come anyway, even without the car and money, wouldn't you?" we asked. "No," she said, but we know she probably would have. In a few minutes she left, saying, "Well, I'd better go now and pose with some executives." (Rosario Dawson and Jessica Biel struck similar deals, we believe.) Not long after that, six aerialists swung from the ceiling, gyrating to discordant music, inside bags not unlike translucent scrota; then the largest of the domes opened slowly, like a clam, glowing blue, to reveal Alicia Keys and her band – and she kicked into a raucous set to wild response. Keys did footwork as she sang, moving stridently back and forth across the stage. We tried to insinuate to our neighbors that Keys was lipsynching. "My God, she's lipsynching," we told the people around us. "Pass it on." No one bit. Britney, Ashlee, Milli Vanilli: Come on, lip-sinching is the new black. But no one bit. Her set seemed interminable. We don't get what the hoo-hah's about. The set eventually ended and deejaying immediately ensued. It's safe to say it was the party of the year.
JC and Carmen Electra. Stars light up film fest gala Celeb camaraderie ‘brings back the glamour’ of oldin Palm Springs PALM SPRINGS -- The rain let up, the stars came out and dreams came true at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. All nine honorees showed up at the black-tie fund-raiser Saturday at the Palm Springs Convention Center, and more stars than that took the stage to present the awards before a capacity crowd of 1,250 people. It was, in a truly literal sense of an often misused word, a star-studded evening. Major honorees Nicole Kidman, Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson, Liam Neeson and Kirk Douglas spent up to 30 minutes on a red carpet speaking with reporters and waving to fans who gathered in the distance -- grateful for the chance to see their idols in relatively dry weather. The honorees were greeted by industry friends in the audience such as Adrien Brody, Lance Bass, Coolio, Eion Bailey, soap opera star and Palm Springs resident Tristan Rogers, and such show biz veterans as Jack Klugman, Charles Durning, Celeste Holm and Anne Francis. Javier Bardem, who introduced "The Aviator" co-star Adam Scott -- who then presented the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing to Howard Shore -- said after the show even he was impressed by all the stars in attendance. "I enjoyed it a lot," he said. "It was a great and beautiful night." The evening generated a show biz family ambiance. One star after another talked of the camaraderie of their friends, many of whom braved wet freeways to come to Palm Springs. Spacey, in speeches that combined elegance with skill as an impressionist of personalities ranging from Christopher Walken to former President Bill Clinton, talked about his business associates as his family and expressed his gratitude for getting to thank these people in public. Many had aided him since his early days as a stand-up comic in New York. He noted that televised awards shows in Hollywood never give stars the opportunity to properly thank the people behind the scenes. Kidman, whose father, Anthony, joined her from Australia, reminded the audience to remember the disaster victims halfway around the world as well as around the corner. Neeson praised film festivals in general for giving serious films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Kinsey" the opportunity to find an audience. He praised Palm Springs in particular for bringing together a lineup including the legendary Kirk Douglas. Jackson talked of being a young man going to the movies and the thrill of being in the industry and being honored with Douglas. No star was more thrilled, or praised, than Douglas. His former Palm Springs neighbor, Sidney Sheldon, and his "Spartacus" co-star, Jean Simmons, joined him on stage as he received his lifetime achievement award. The 88-year-old actor, who said he had to overcome nervousness, danced with his cane. Many stars received warm applause, but only Douglas received a standing ovation. His tablemates, Marvin and Bobbi Holland, said he was thrilled by it. When he took the stage, he proudly quoted from his Roman spectacle film, "I am Spartacus!" Then he reminisced. "When I first came to Hollywood from Broadway, I was excited to see stars," he said, his speech somewhat halted from his stroke. "But I didn’t see any stars until one weekend, someone brought me to Palm Springs." Douglas recalled seeing such Hollywood legends as Edward G. Robinson and Errol Flynn at the Palm Springs Racquet Club, and he eventually lived in Palm Springs for 42 years. He moved to the Santa Barbara area when Palm Springs was no longer a movie star colony, but he said the town reminds him of the way it was. "Palm Springs hasn’t changed," he said. "If you want to see a star, don’t come to Hollywood. Come to Palm Springs." Jules Young, a part-time Palm Springs resident and president of a West Hollywood entertainment agency, called the evening "spiritual." Another audience member, Michael Walker of Palm Springs, said a woman at his table from Taiwan, who had only limited English, had a glow "just feeling the energy of the evening." Board treasurer Harold Matzner, who was surprised to be named chairman emeritus by board chairman Earl Greenburg for reviving the festival five years ago, said the benefit event grossed between $650,000 and $700,000. But he said the evening wasn’t just a fund-raiser. "That’s part of what it’s supposed to do," he said. "But it’s really supposed to bring back the glamour that’s so much a part of the history of Palm Springs." That will supplement the $350,000 a year the city of Palm Springs gives as the title sponsor. The festival continues through Jan. 17.
DIAZ AND TIMBERLAKE LAUGH OFF ENGAGEMENT REPORTS LATEST: CAMERON DIAZ has stepped forward once again to dismiss reports she's set to wed her pop star beau JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. Although Diaz was seen wearing a sparking diamond on her ring finger, a representative for the actress denies rumours that she's engaged to ROCK YOUR BODY singer Timberlake. BRAD CAFARELLI states, "They are not engaged." British tabloid THE SUN and TV network SKY NEWS recently reported that Timberlake, 23, proposed to the CHARLIE'S ANGELS star, 32, over New Year's weekend and that they celebrated by partying with pals in Los Angeles. Despite the denial, American TV show ACCESS HOLLYWOOD has confirmed that just days ago, Timberlake bought a diamond ring from high-profile jeweller NEIL LANE. Bosses at magazine US WEEKLY say that have photographs of Diaz wearing a diamond ring, which they plan to publish next week (ends14JAN05). The couple, who have been together since April 2003, have denied
rumours in the past that they plan to wed.
People's Choice leads awards show parade Yikes! The year is barely a week old, and the staggering array of awards shows begins tonight with the democratic People's Choice Awards, perhaps the first fan-voted awards for movie and TV stars and shows. Look for the telecast at 8 p.m. on CBS, with Jason Alexander and Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the helm. Here are this year's nominees; see if your favorites made the cut: Movies Favorite Movie: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Fahrenheit 9/11," "The Incredibles," "Shrek 2," "Spiderman 2." Favorite Movie Drama: "The Bourne Supremacy," "Collateral," "Finding Neverland," "The Passion of the Christ," "Ray." Favorite Movie Comedy: "13 Going on 30," "Anchorman," "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," "Mean Girls," "Shrek 2." Favorite Animated Movie: "The Incredibles," "The Polar Express," "Shrek 2," "SpongeBob SquarePants - The Movie," "Team America: World Police." Favorite Sequel: "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Kill Bill Vol. 2," "Shrek 2," "Spiderman 2." Favorite Animated Movie Star: Donkey in "Shrek 2" (Eddie Murphy), Elastigirl in "The Incredibles" (Holly Hunter), Frozone in "The Incredibles" (Samuel L. Jackson), Puss in Boots in "Shrek 2" (Antonio Banderas), Shrek in "Shrek 2" (Michael Myers). Favorite Villain Movie Star: Bill in "Kill Bill Vol. 2" (David Carradine), Doc Ock in "Spiderman 2" (Alfred Molina), Elle Driver in "Kill Bill Vol. 2" (Daryl Hannah), The Fairy Godmother in "Shrek 2" (Jennifer Saunders), Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (Gary Oldman). Favorite On-Screen Chemistry: Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler ("50 First Dates"), Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey ("Eternal Sunshine"), Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp ("Finding Neverland"), Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire ("Spiderman 2"), Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson ("Starsky and Hutch"). Favorite Female Movie Star: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon. Favorite Male Movie Star: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington. Favorite Female Action Movie Star: Kate Beckinsale, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley, Uma Thurman. Favorite Male Action Movie Star: Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, Tobey Maguire, Viggo Mortensen, Will Smith. Favorite Leading Lady: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Garner, Natalie Portman, Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger. Favorite Leading Man: Zach Braff, Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Brad Pitt. TV Favorite New TV Drama: "CSI: NY," "Desperate Housewives," "Lost." Favorite New TV Comedy: "Complete Savages," "Father of the Pride," "Joey." Favorite TV Comedy: "Arrested Development," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Scrubs," "That '70s Show," "Will & Grace." Favorite TV Drama: "Alias," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Gilmore Girls," "The O.C.," "Sopranos." Favorite Female TV Star: Jennifer Garner ("Alias"), Lauren Graham ("Gilmore Girls"), Marg Helgenberger ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"), Debra Messing ("Will & Grace"), Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace"). Favorite Male TV Star: Jason Bateman ("Arrested Development"), Zach Braff ("Scrubs"), Matthew Fox ("Lost"), Matt Le Blanc ("Joey"), James Spader ("Boston Legal"). Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host: Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart. Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host: Tony Danza, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil McGraw, Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, Oprah Winfrey. Favorite Reality Show/Competition: "The Amazing Race," "American Idol," "The Apprentice," "Survivor," "Last Comic Standing." Favorite Reality Show/Makeover: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Pimp My Ride," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Trading Spaces," "What Not to Wear." Favorite Reality Show/Other: "Airline," "Newlyweds," "The Real World," "Surreal Life," "Wife Swap." Music Favorite Country Group: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Brooks & Dunn, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts, SheDaisy. Favorite Country Female Singer: Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain. Favorite Country Male Singer: Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson. Favorite Group: Evanescence, Maroon 5, No Doubt, OutKast, U2. Favorite Female Singer: Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan. Favorite Male Singer: Eminem, Josh Groban, John Mayer, Prince, Usher. Favorite Remake: "Carwash" Christina Aguilera/Missy Elliot, "First Cut is the Deepest" Sheryl Crow, "It's My Life" No Doubt, "Livin' La Vida Loca" Antonio Banderas & Eddie Murphy, "Take My Breath Away" Jessica Simpson. Favorite Combined Forces: Christina Aguilera/Missy Elliot "Carwash," Black Eyed Peas/Justin Timberlake "Where is the Love," Norah Jones/Dolly Parton "The Grass is Blue," Lil' Joh/Usher "Yeah!," Britney Spears/Madonna "Me Against the Music." And more Favorite Funny Female Star: Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Wanda Sykes. Favorite Funny Male Star: Jack Black, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller. Favorite Smile: Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julia Roberts, Aisha Tyler. Favorite Hair: Courteney Cox Arquette, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Garner, Charlize Theron. Favorite Look: Brandy, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Scarlett Johansson,
Natalie Portman.
Champagne, flashbulbs and stars PALM SPRINGS -- All right, now this is Hollywood. Flashbulbs popping, lighting up the red carpet. The champagne and the lobster bourchee. The sumptuous low-lit digs at the Parker Palm Springs resort. There’s Peter Falk and Paul Reiser trading one-liners and mugging for the camera before Reiser lets the press in on a Hollywood dream of his: writing for the screen and working with the man standing beside him. "This has been a dream project for me for a long time," Reiser said of "The Thing About My Folks," a tale of a father and son who revive their relationship amid family crisis. "It’s a joy I couldn’t get anywhere else." Just one story from a night and a festival that was just getting started. The event: a dinner at the newly remodeled Parker Palm Springs advancing today’s Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. It’s the city’s 16th annual festival, one that inspired this from Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden: "It’s just incredible. We’re 16 years old now, and like a teenager we’re coming into our own," he said. "It makes me excited that there’s so much more to come." He’s got a point. Two hundred films shown over nine days. The festival shines a spotlight on films and vanguard filmmakers from Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S. It has an international reputation that continues to grow. "It’s very exciting," said Rep. Mary Bono, R-Palm Springs, whose late husband -- entertainer, Palm Springs mayor and congressman Sonny Bono -- originated the festival. "He dreamed this up to bring an international spotlight to Palm Springs," Bono said. Part of the legacy is the legendary stars who connect the older and newer Hollywood in a city still very much connected to Tinseltown. There’s Kirk Douglas with wife, Anne, returning to the place they called home for years. Funny, gracious, defiant, Douglas is on familiar turf on the red carpet. Douglas is in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Palm Springs film festival. He’ll accept it, but he had something to say first. "The thing that annoys me about a lifetime achievement award is that it seems that it’s all over," Douglas told reporters. "I’m too young to quit." A few minutes later, he seemed to prove it. Pop star-turned-producer Lance Bass and his date, a beautiful Whitney Thorlakson, are at the end of the red carpet. It’s Bass’ first time in the desert and his first time at the festival. "It’s great to come here. It’s nice to see what the fresh things are," he said. "It’s my first time here -- I’ve got a couple of friends who live here and …" Flash bulbs pop rapid-fire behind him. There’s Douglas, a sly smile sneaking across his face, leading Thorlakson away. "Looks like someone’s stealing my date," Bass
deadpanned.
Brad and Jennifer separate HOLLYWOOD golden couple Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt yesterday officially announced their separation, confirming months of speculation their marriage was in trouble. The couple's decision to end their seven year relationship comes 4 1/2 years after a lavish Malibu wedding. "We would like to announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally separate," read a joint statement released by Pitt's publicist. "For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of any speculation reported by the tabloid media. "This decision is the result of much thoughtful consideration. We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another. "We ask in advance for your kindness and sensitivity in the coming months." The statement by Pitt, 41, and Aniston, 35, ends months of speculation, prompted by rumours that Pitt had been frustrated with the couple's inability to have a child. It also follows reports last year, denied by Pitt, that he had an affair with Angelina Jolie on the set of their new movie Mr And Mrs Smith. Speculation was heightened in the past two weeks after Aniston was spotted at an airport not wearing her expensive wedding ring. But rumours of a break-up were supposedly put to rest by a romantic Christmas holiday in the Caribbean, where the couple were photographed kissing, joking and enjoying each other's company. Aniston, a star of the hit television series Friends, met Pitt in 1998. The couple married in a $1.28 million ceremony in Malibu, California, on July 29, 2000 and two years later Aniston said she and Pitt wanted to have children. "Absolutely it will happen but probably not for a while," she said at the time. "Probably Friends will end, close that chapter, and see where we go." But her show finished last year, the couple had still not fallen pregnant and Aniston's film career started picking up. "I think Brad feels Jennifer broke a promise to start a family after she finished taping Friends," an insider said. "It seems as if Jennifer can't give Brad a firm answer on when she does want to get pregnant." The news of Pitt's and Aniston's separation comes as another high-profile couple - actor Cameron Diaz and singer Justin Timberlake - were forced to deny they had become engaged. The speculation of an engagement was prompted by Diaz wearing a large diamond engagement ring. British newspapers reported the Tiffany's ring was bought at Christmas by Timberlake, who proposed on bended knee to Diaz on new year's day. But a spokesperson for the actor denied she had become engaged
to Timberlake.
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