A new book is coming out about superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—and it does not put the gorgeous actress in the most flattering light. US Weekly takes a look inside “Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,” and reveals some scandalous tidbits.

Author Ian Halperin claims that Jolie, along with manager Geyer Kosinski and brother James Haven, planted stories in the press painting Brad’s ex-wife Jennifer Aniston as a cold career woman who refused to give her husband the children he craved. Halperin writes that Angie “was convinced that this is the story that would resonate with all these women who saw her as a man-stealing bitch.”

Well, the ploy seems to have worked, since Jen has been forced to answer those rumors since they started in 2005.

Angelina Jolie has beaten out arch-rival Jennifer Aniston again—this time by having a more lucrative career.

Forbes magazine has released its annual list of highest-paid actresses for 2009, and Jolie took the number one spot with an estimated $27 million. Most of that came from the profits of “Wanted” and her advance check for the upcoming spy thriller “Salt.”

Coming in second to Angie (again) was Jennifer Aniston with 25 million. She was certainly well-paid for her work on the hit “Marley & Me and the upcoming “The Baster,” but a big chunk of her total comes from “Friends” and her endorsement deal with Glaceau’s SmartWater.

Rounding out the top ten are Meryl Streep, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore and Renee Zellweger. Certain tabloid-friendly young actresses should check out this list and notice that, while they may get the media coverage, it’s the serious actresses who make the big money.

Move over, Oprah! You’re not the most powerful woman in the business anymore.

At least. that’s what Forbes thinks. The magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 Power List has just come out, and the TV mogul was outranked by actress/supermom Angelina Jolie, who took the #1 spot for 2009.

Divas Madonna and Beyoncé came in at #3 and #4, with Tiger Woods, Bruce Springsteen,  Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Kobe Bryant rounding out the top ten.

President Barack Obama became the first prez still in office to rank in the Forbes 100—but came in at only #49. Oh well, guess he’ll have to settle for just being the leader of the free world.

Angelina Jolie’s perfect puss is a valuable property, so there was major concern today, when she was injured it on a movie set.

According to the AP, the actress and mother of six suffered a bump on her head and a small cut between her eyes today while filming an action scene for her new movie “Salt, ” now shooting on location on Long Island. Jolie was taken to the hospital, examined and released. She returned to the set later in the day. 

This may sound trivial, but you don’t mess with a head injury—remember what happened to Natasha Richardson.

It’s obvious that crazy lady who had the litter of octuplets tries to look like Angelina Jolie but Angie isn’t flattered. The Chicago Sun Times reports that Jolie is  ”totally creeped out” by Nadya Suleman, the unmarried, unemployed and probably unhinged woman who recently gave birth eight tiny babies through artificial insemination. A source told the Sun Times: 

“At least she wasn’t a total crazy … like the stalkers who try to actually meet Angelina and follow along with the paparazzi. It is clear this woman needs psychological help. It’s one thing to clip out a celebrity’s photo from a magazine and ask your [hair] stylist to copy that cut. Who hasn’t done that? But to have a nose job, have collagen injections in your lips and start talking like Angelina — that’s over the top.”

Most unfortunately, this woman does not have Angie’s millions to support the octuplets and their six siblings so the taxpayers are likely to be stuck footing the bill for the whole brood. 

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may have the best-looking kids in the world, but according to the UK Sun, they’re not the best behaved. The paper reports that while the beautiful pair attended the BAFTA awards in London, their tribe was wreaking havoc on the normally sedate Dorchester Hotel.

Brad and Angie booked almost an entire floor of their brood, but it apparently wasn’t enough space to contain the noise of four out-of-control kids. One guest complained: 

“They were running up and down the hallway for over an hour. Their nanny tried to quieten them down and move them out the way when people came through. But she had her hands full with the four of them.”

Only one nanny? Can’t they afford one for every child? That poor nanny will really have her hands full when the twins start to walk in a few months.

It’s doubtful that Angelina Jolie will stop adopting kids anytime soon but she may not be able to have another biological child. OK! is reporting that the actress had been advised by doctors not to get pregnant again for at least a year—maybe never. A source told OK!: 

“Her previous pregnancies ended with emergency caesarian secions, She’s been told that, at the least, she should not get pregnant for a year after her last deliver, and it would be safer if she did not get pregnant, ever.”

While this must be a disappointment for Angie and partner Brad Pitt, it does make it likely that several more needy kids will find homes at Chez Brangelina.

While the December 29 issue of Star magazine claims that superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have already hammered out a $200 million pre-nuptial agreement, the actress’ rep has denied it, telling Us Weekly.com, “There is no truth to any of these claims.” 

Yeah, and PR people never lie. If these two don’t have a pre-nup yet, they’ll have one by the time they finally get married. They’d be crazy not to with all that money and all those kids. But Hollywood couples have been crazy before.

That’s what Brad Pitt tells Hello! magazine in a new interview. 

“I’ve been dragging them all from continent to continent lately, so we’re going to have to give them a break soon. For the long term, right now, we’re choosing France. It’s good living there, a really nice way of life. It’s a place where the kids can run free and not be hassled—we have a good relationship with the locals, and it’s a good base for the family.”

Does this mean the always-restless Jolie-Pitt family will put down roots instead of living like gypsies? We’ll have to wait and see.

Hollywood’s reigning beautiful couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were looking a bit serious at the premiere of his new film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Maybe Brad’s worried about how the film will do is this over-crowded holiday season. Maybe Angie misses the kids. These two always look stunning, whether they’re smiling or not.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took time off from raising an army to walk the red carpet at the premiere of Brad’s new film, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Angelina looked radiant as she greeted fans in Westwood, CA. The couple can also celebrate a pair of Critic’s Choice nominations, for Best Actor and Best Actress.  ”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” opens on Christmas Day.

It’s a good thing she’s raking in the bucks since she has so many mouths to feed. The Hollywood Reporter  has named Angelina Jolie as this year’s highest-paid actress, getting between $15 and $20 million per picture. In second place is Julia Roberts with a salary of $15 million. Last year’s top earner Reese Witherspoon has dropped to third with $14 million, followed by Cameron Diaz at $10 million. New entry Katherine Heigl comes in fifth with a salary of $6 million, followed by Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Aniston. What happened to Nicole Kidman? Shouldn’t she rank just from getting paid for “Australia?” Oh, well. You can’t be on top forever.

Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie headed down the aisle soon? Pitt seemed amenable to the idea when he talked to the “Today” show’s Ann Curry in an interview about his Make It Right Foundation project in New Orleans.

“If we feel it’s important to our kids, we would..I’m really proud of this family. I look at my sons and daughters. … I feel rich being around them. Each one offers so much to the mix.”

Since they have six kids so far, it’s nice they’re thinking in that direction but I don’t think we should be expecting those shower invitations yet.

Another day, another Brangelina pregnancy rumor. First In Touch claims Angelina is harboring a bun in her oven because she refused a drink in London. Then Life & Style questioned whether she was “three months along.” But her rep, Geyer Kosinski, has told US magazine that the rumors are “not true” and that  the actress is scheduled to start shooting the action film “Edwin A. Salt”  in February.

Brad Pitt has only himself to blame for the baby rumors since he told Oprah last week that the couple would “probably” be adding to the family. He said, “It’s the greatest endeavor I’ve ever taken on. Why stop now?”

But maybe he didn’t mean this soon.

The NY Times has a very interesting article about the lengths Angelina Jolie has gone to in order to remake her image from Bisexual Wild Thing to Mother Theresa. The Times reports that Jolie demands a guarantee of positive coverage—now and in the future—from the magazines she deals with. Jolie and Brad Pitt negotiated a deal with Peopler for photos of their newborn twins and an interview which reportedly gave the stars not only $14 million but control over how the couple was portrayed in the magazine. While the deal was probably worth it for People since the issue with their twins on the cover was the magazine’s best-seller in seven years, it does make you wonder how much of what you read in celebrity rags is bought and paid for.

Brad Pitt taped an appearance on “Oprah” to shill for his new movie but of course, what the big O really wanted to talk about was Angie and the kids. Pitt said that one of their major challenges was just hauling the brood around.

“It’s like a half-an-hour just to get everyone buckled in and make sure they’ve got their snacks, and Z.Z. [Zahara, 3] has got a blanket and Shiloh’s got her silky. Angie’s militant about it. She’s right on top of it. Thank God, because I’m always forgetting something.”

Pitt also said 2 1/2-year-old Shiloh wanted to be called “John” or “Peter.” Wait a few years and you’ll wish she was still a tomboy when her looks have all the guys hanging around.

Has balancing a career with motherhood become too much for Angelina Jolie to handle? She told the BBC:

“I don’t plan to keep acting very long. I’m ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma some day…I have a lot of children. I have a big responsibility to make sure that they’re growing right and that they have got us there for them.”

It’s easy to say that now but wait until her accountant tells her how much it costs to raise all those kids—especially after the get to be teenagers and want things like designer shoes, cars and bail money. Angie will be acting in her 80s like those grandmas on soap operas just to pay the bills.

Looks like Camp Brangelina is not happy with spurned wife Jennifer Aniston’s comments that stealing her man was “uncool.” Chicago Sun-TImes columnist Bill Zwecker reports that Brad Pitt, no doubt egged on by his baby momma Angelina Jolie, called Aniston to complain about her statements to Vogue. A source said the couple thought she had already “moved on…and wouldn’t want to reopen this old wound.” Get a clue, you two. Some things are pretty hard to forgive and forget.

Angelina Jolie may have won Brad Pitt from Jennifer Aniston, but Jen’s the big winner when it comes down to cash. Forbes reports that during the period of June 2007 to June 2008, Jen made $27 million to Angie’s $14 million. Of course,  Angie was pregnant during that period while Jen made several films, but the latter also has an endorsement deal with Smartwater and is still raking it in from “Friends.” Jennifer may be single but she has a lot of money to keep her warm.

Angelina Jolie may have a glamorous movie star life but she’s also a tired mom. She told the L.A. Times about her day.

“I woke up at three in the morning with four kids with jet lag and two babies. I put myself together for a few hours and go out. And then I go home. This is my job.”

She thinks her role as a distraught mom in her new film “The Changeling” influenced her getting pregnant with the twins.

“I got pregnant right in the middle of [filming] and I think partially because of it. I was so emotional about children that I think something in me kicked into gear.”

Maybe she should avoid roles that might kick her into gear until the whole brood is toilet-trained.