And their titles? Angelina Jolie is the Most Powerful Actress while Brad Pitt is the Most Powerful Actor!! The mother of six kids jointly held the title with Jennifer Aniston last year while Brad ended Tom Cruise’s four-year reign as the Most Powerful Actor. In the Guinness World Records 2009 Edition, a new proprietary rating system was calculated based on a 12-month matrix of Google, Yahoo and Factiva searches (Angelina Jolie topped of course); IMDBPro news stories and “Star Meter” readings, as well as Forbes earnings and Celebdaq share price, at the time of press.

Craig Glenday, Editor-In-Chief of Guinness World Records, explains: “In previous editions, we’ve bestowed celebrity records based on rankings from websites such as Forbes. Given the obvious interest in entertainment categories we decided to establish our own rating system comprising data from multiple trusted sources for Guinness World Records 2009 to use going forward.” Congratulations Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt! ^_^

According to Grazia, the mother of six is a “virtual recluse” and that she “has not been seen in public for at least two months.” The reason for Angelina Jolie’s low profile is that fears that her children will be kidnapped. Thus, she is refusing to “leave” the French chateau she shares with Brad Pitt. The Sydney Morning Herald quoted a friend of Angelina Jolie as saying: “If one of them [children] is unaccounted for for more than 30 seconds she gets hysterical.”

Tabloids are also reporting that Angelina Jolie “has long struggled to maintain a healthy weight” and “wants Brad to cut all ties with anything to do with Jen (Jennifer Aniston).” That should be easy for Brad — unless he ran into his ex-wife in the Toronto Film Festival and Angie knew about it! For sure, hell will break loose again in their Chateau Miraval home when he comes home..

It’s as if the Wanted actress can’t get enough of all things French! LOL! I know that her mom is of French descent, and that Angelina Jolie speaks the language — but starring in a French film?? According to reports, the mum of six is really keen to further cement the French connection by starring in a French movie. Angelina Jolie has been studying the French language for years and apparently told a German magazine that she would like to appear in a French-language production. She shared,

“When I can speak (the language), then maybe I’ll audition for a French film. I truly am interested – more and more fantastic films are coming out of Europe.”

The only problem is, no one has approached Angelina Jolie about it. She admitted, “No one has asked me yet!” Well, now that you’ve made your interest known, I’m sure movie producers will coming knocking for your services gurl!

Only in France where the super rich are given dole outs by the government to help pay their kids’ nannies — as if they need it! LOL! According to reports, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are technically eligible for a “nanny payment” of $975.84 a month plus 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. The sum is part of a financial package waiting for Angelina Jolie and her family at Brignoles Town Hall (where Brad Pitt registered them), close to their Chateau Miraval home in France.

If you’re wondering why Hollywood’s top couple are eligible to receive benefits despite earning close to $40 million dollars a year, its coz many of the most generous French benefits are not means-tested nor income related. Confirming that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were now established members of the community and so eligible for benefits, Correns mayor Michaël Latz said: “They are ordinary and very kind. They eat like us, they live like us and they are very interested in the organic food of Correns. They decided to move here after visiting other homes in the region.”