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December 30, 2006 - The Associated Press reports Angelina Jolie spent Christmas Day with refugees in Costa Rica as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the agency said.

December 30, 2006 - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have spent their year helping others, and they didn't take a break on Christmas Day. The couple spent Monday handing out gifts to refugee children in the Costa Rican capital San Jose. "We had a wonderful Christmas both with the Costa Rican people and the Colombian refugee families we met," Jolie said in a statement. Her visit was part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Read more and check out a picture here.

December 30, 2006 - Ruben V. Nepales of the Philippine Daily Inquirer caught up with Angelina Jolie for a Q&A, and asked the actress the high points in her personal journey in the last couple of years. "The high points are the obvious," Jolie responded. "My coming together with Brad; Brad and Maddox coming together; and Zahara coming into our family. The low or scarier point was when Zahara got sick. Her surviving that was a high point. My having a baby (Shiloh) and now her personality is coming out it's fun. It's great to see all three kids together." Check out the interview at inquirer.net (part1 / part2).

December 30, 2006 - After Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent Christmas with refugees in Costa Rica, People reports the couple are now making good on their New Year's resolution: to intensify their efforts to aid Cambodia. Read more.

December 30, 2006 - Life & Style reports that when Jennifer Aniston first laid eyes on photos of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, she felt a rush of mixed emotions. And now multiple insiders tell the tabloid that Jen is ready to meet 7-month-old Shiloh face-to-face. Though Jen's rep denies the story, an insider says, "She wants the chance to hold the baby and see her up close."

December 30, 2006 - The Associated Press reports that after spending Christmas Day in Costa Rica with Colombian refugees, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plan to ring in 2007 at the exclusive Four Seasons Resort in Papagayo on Costa Rica's northern Pacific coast, La Nacion newspaper reported.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were spotted arriving for dinner at Robert DeNiro's apartment the other night.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie attended 'The Good Shepard' film photocall at The Regency Hotel in New York City on December 8th. Check out pictures from RexFeatures.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie fell hard forBrad Pitt on the set of 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' - but didn't chase Hollywood's leading hunk because he was married to his "best friend," the actress said in an interview with Vogue magazine. "Brad was a huge surprise to me," she said. "I, like most people, had a very distant impression of him from... the media. I think we were the last two people who were looking for a relationship. I certainly wasn't. I was quite content to be a single mom." Read more.

December 23, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were on hand for the world premiere of Jolie's new film 'The Good Shepherd' on December 11th at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Watch video from CNN, TMZ, Extra, CBSNews (video1 / video2), Lulop (video1 / video2), and FoxNews. Check out pictures from PRPhotos, Abaca (premiere / afterparty), ShootingStar, FilmMagic, CelebrityPhoto, RexFeatures, GettyImages (page1 / page2), and WireImage.

December 23, 2006 - Watch a clip from Larry King's interview with Angelina Jolie where she denies plans for a wedding with Brad Pitt at CNN.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie was photographed at Bloomberg Plaza on December 11th in New York City. Check out pictures from FilmMagic.

December 23, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were photographed out and about in New York City on December 9th. Check out pictures from GettyImages.

December 23, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were photographed out and about in Manhattan on December 12th.

December 23, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were photographed leaving New York City on December 12th.

December 23, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived for a dinner engagement on December 10th in New York City. Check out pictures from RexFeatures, GettyImages, and WireImage.

December 23, 2006 - Little Shiloh Nouvel is settling into the globe-trotting lifestyle of her famous mother and father Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. She has made her first visit to Cambodia, the homeland of her big brother Maddox, a moment which can be seen exclusively in the latest issue of Hello magazine. Read more and check out the cover shot here.

December 23, 2006 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on December 13th: "Here's something interesting. In the current Vogue magazine, there's an interview with Angelina Jolie, and she says she is not into snuggling, cuddling, hugging, or crying. You thought guys liked her before... Dream girl!"

December 23, 2006 - Jimmy Kimmel joked during his Jimmy Kimmel Live monologue on December 13th: "People magazine has got quite a scoop. People is reporting that Vogue is reporting that Angelina Jolie said she would be willing to sit down and talk with Jennifer Aniston. That's right of her, right? See, Middle East?"

December 23, 2006 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on December 14th: "Angelina Jolie says she would be willing to sit down with Jennifer Aniston to discuss the awkward situation regarding Brad Pitt. In a related story, Jennifer Aniston said she'd be willing to shove her entire foot up Jolie's ass."

December 23, 2006 - The world will get a rare glimpse into the ultra-private life of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as People magazine unveils a brand new family photo album of the couple's growing flock. Watch a preview from 'Extra'.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie feeds her son Maddox bugs? 'Scarborough Country' host Joe Scarborough got the Hollywood buzz from E!'s Marc Malkin and Star Magazine's Jill Dobson. Watch the segment, aired Thursday (December 14), at MSN.com.

December 23, 2006 - In an interview with Chris Matthews on 'Hardball', Matt Damon said his biggest problem with the script is that his character is married to Angelina Jolie - and ignores her because he's obsessed with his job and another woman. Matthews sums it up: "You're married to Angelina Jolie and you've got no time for her, which is kind of hard to believe."

December 23, 2006 - ContactMusic.com reports Angelina Jolie believes adoptive parents are more fit to raise a child than biological parents, because their background and personality is thoroughly scrutinized during the adoption process. "It should be hard to be a parent period," she explained. "I go through many things to adopt. I'm finger-printed, I'm checked, I go through home studies. I have to prove I'm a decent citizen; a good human being. That didn't happen to me when I gave birth, so it's interesting that there's no background check when you bring a child into your home in that way."

December 23, 2006 - 'Entertainment Tonight' correspondent Jann Carl sat down with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie to talk about making 'The Good Shepherd' and their success. ETOnline.com has since removed the video.

December 23, 2006 - A source tells Us Weekly that Jennifer Aniston was warned that ex-hubby Brad Pitt and his girlfriend Angelina Jolie will soon release a second round of family pictures: "She is so torn-up about the fact that Brad was able to move on and has a perfect family life with that witch." Read more.

December 23, 2006 - Lou Lumenick of The New York Post reviewed Angelina Jolie's new film 'The Good Shepherd', giving it just two out of four stars. He writes, "Not even the presence of Angelina Jolie - spectacularly miscast as a wife who suffers for 25 years (along with the audience) - can thaw out Edward Wilson (Matt Damon), a fictional composite spook who remains a cipher from opening frame to last." Read more.

December 23, 2006 - Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon visited '20/20' recently to promote their new film 'The Good Shepherd'. Jolie also talked about her humanitarian work, pregnancy rumors, and more. Watch highlights at ABCNews (clip1 / clip2).

December 9, 2006 - 'Extra' has the photo of Brad and Angelina posing after Angie surprised architecture buff Brad with a birthday gift: a tour of the famed Frank Lloyd Wright designed estate, Falling Water, in Pennsylvania. Watch a report here.

December 9, 2006 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Friday night, "All right. It is the day after Thanksgiving, which is traditionally known as the biggest shopping day of the year. Yeah. Which explains why Madonna and Angelina Jolie spent the day browsing for orphans."

December 9, 2006 - Life & Style reports Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally ready to tie the knot. Angelina wants to get married because "she wants to adopt again ... adoption is easier for a husband and wife."

December 9, 2006 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had Dinner at The Temple Club and Then Scootered Home on November 23rd in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Check out pictures from PRPhotos.

December 9, 2006 - Angelina Jolie spoke with 'Entertainment Tonight' about making her new film 'The Good Shepherd', and what it's like to play wife to Matt Damon.

December 9, 2006 - Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara, and Maddox were photographed leaving from a toy store on 57th Street on December 8th in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages.

December 9, 2006 - Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Maddox and Zahara were photographed shopping at Lees Art Shop in New York City.

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