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February 28, 2005 - Star magazine reports that Jennifer Aniston sadly but firmly gave her husband Brad Pitt a quiet ultimatum: Take me back now, or let me go for good... and file for divorce. Read more.

February 28, 2005 - Angelina Jolie worked her charms on Brad Pitt during the filming of their upcoming movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith', sources tell Star magazine, but now she's giving her former co-star the cold shoulder! "Brad thought they'd formed a bond, but Angelina walked away as if there was never anything more between them than a working relationship," a source close to Pitt tells Star magazine. Read more.

February 28, 2005 - Hamish and Andy of The Almost Midday Show have a song dedicated to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Listen to the clip here.

February 28, 2005 - The New York Post reports Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston arrived together Friday at the party thrown by CAA agent Bryan Lourd and stood together comfortably as they chatted with the likes of Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Ashley Judd, Jamie Foxx, Sean Combs and Kim Porter, Zac Posen, Vince Vaughn, Orlando Bloom, Vin Diesel, Oliver Stone, Elizabeth Saltzman and Robert Downey Jr. Sources say Gwyneth Paltrow, who was engaged to Brad long before he met Jennifer, warmly greeted her ex and was seen showing him snapshots of her baby daughter, Apple.

February 28, 2005 - The People reports that Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow have shared many calls and met in Los Angeles two weeks ago following reports that mother Gwyneth, 32, and Coldplay hubby Chris Martin, 27, are going through "an incredibly rough patch." Read more.

February 28, 2005 - Spies tell The New York Daily News Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston kept their distance most of the night at the CAA party on Saturday night.

February 21, 2005 - The New York Daily News reports that last weekend, Brad Pitt threw wife Jennifer Anston a 36th-birthday bash at their Beverly Hills mansion. Among the reported guests were Gwen Stefani, Mel Gibson and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

February 21, 2005 - April Florio, the model who spent three days with Brad Pitt in Greece last August now says, "He tried to kiss me, but I shied away." When Pitt made advances, she claimed to Us Weekly, "He was shocked [at her rebuff]. He asked me why. ...I told him...I did not want to get involved with someone in the industry." Read more.

February 21, 2005 - Brad Pitt is chased by the papparazzi on his quest for Heineken Beer in their latest ad campaign. Check out captures from MediumPhoto.

February 21, 2005 - Sandro Monetti of Sky News reports that Brad Pitt has signed to star as a Brad Pitt lookalike in the new comedy film 'Chad Schmidt'. The story is about a young actor who comes to Hollywood in the 80s looking to make it big but fails when another up and coming actor named Brad Pitt gets all the big roles instead. Soon he becomes uncastable and has to abandon his dreams of stardom.

February 21, 2005 - The New York Daily News reports April Florio claimed, unconvincingly, on 'The Big Idea' that Us magazine pretty much fabricated an interview in which she discussed multiple visits with Brad Pitt. "He was attracted to me. We drank wine and chatted," the mag quotes her as saying. "He tried to kiss me and I shied away from him because I did not want to get involved with someone in the industry." Yesterday, she told Deutsch: "They must have spoke to somebody else." Us tells the Daily News that they have it all on tape.

February 14, 2005 - Aspiring model/actress April Floriois trying to link herself to newly-single Brad Pitt. Florio's agent, Mike Esterman, tells In Touch magazine: "I just spoke to her, and she was with him [in Greece and California]." Esterman added, strangely, "But she wants to keep this on the down low." The mag reports that the former Maxim pinup was introduced to Pitt by George Clooney. "She's part of that gaggle of pretty girls who hangs around with George," claims a source. 

February 14, 2005 - Brad Pitt and curvy model April Florio are both denying an In Touch story claiming they've been having a secret romance. "I've never even met [Pitt]," Florio tells rival Us magazine. Read more.

February 14, 2005 - The Chicago Sun-Times reports that as the tales of intimate Brat Pitt and April Florio sightings began flying, Florio reportedly headed for a remote hideaway in Alaska -- knowing the paparazzi are gearing up to destroy her privacy. Read more.

February 14, 2005 - Andy Varga, from Queens, New York, is apparently Jennifer Aniston's new boyfriend. Well, not quite, but he still is the lucky winner of a contest organized by Madame Tussauds wax museum for the unveiling of Jennifer Aniston's wax figure on February 10th in New York City. The winner gets to be Jennifer's Valentine for a day at the museum. Jennifer's wax figure pictures her on a red carpet set up with former beau Brad Pitt not far behind, keeping an eye out for the potential successors. Check out pictures from Abaca and RexFeatures.

February 7, 2005 - The Mirror reports that Sacha Baron Cohen and his fiancee Isla Fisher are unexpected casualties of the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston split. The pair have been forced to find a new pad after Jen kicked them out of her £2million Hollywood Hills home. Read more.

February 7, 2005 - The New York Daily News reports that not only are Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston still wearing their wedding rings, they're still living together. Reps for the not-so-estranged couple confirm that they remain ensconced in the Beverly Hills mansion that served as their marital abode. Last week, they had dinner at L.A.'s L'Orangerie, where they were spotted holding hands. Sources tell Star magazine Aniston is trying to win Pitt back. Read more.

February 7, 2005 - To the amazement of fellow diners in the exclusive L'Orangerie in West Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston strolled in hand in hand at around 8pm on January 25th. "Brad and Jennifer came in giggling and holding hands, they looked totally happy," a source told The Mirror. "It was a complete shock. It was as if the past few weeks hadn't happened. Over dinner they were whispering and chatting quite intimately - they couldn't keep their hands off each other. It was strange to see, especially after all their recent spiel about separating." Read more.

February 7, 2005 - Are Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt getting back together? Or are they living separate lives? 'Access Hollywood' sorted out fact from fiction. Read more.

February 7, 2005 - David Letterman joked during his Late Show monologue on Wednesday night, "Tonight President Bush outlined his visionary plan to bring peace to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston."

February 7, 2005 - Jennifer Aniston tells 'TRL' following her split with Brad Pitt: "There are times when you look in the mirror and go, 'OK, we're having a good day'. You go through those moments of hating things about yourself and not having any positive reinforcement. You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'. The most beautiful I have ever felt is when I am surrounded by a group of women and we are having some wonderful evening together and are celebrating women. No men allowed!"

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