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While perusing the Internet, we came across this bit of information: "Brad Pitt helped save a kid from nearly drowning yesterday in Venice."

Obviously, we got excited—hero stories are the best! (Unless it's about Tom Cruise, who seems to save people from various auto accidents every few years.)

Of course, we watched the accompanying video—only there was no drowning. There was some tripping on the edge of a dock, which could lead to drowning, we guess. And Brad did help the boy shake it off. But still...those tricksters at TMZ always get us.

It did make us think, though, about how Brad could blink and people would take it as a sign of world peace. He's a powerful man, that one.

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Brad Pitt thought his luggage felt a little light when he left Italy last summer.

In town to do some good and herald the premiere of his new film, Burn After Reading, the actor was unexpectedly presented Wednesday with the Best Actor trophy he won last year for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford during the opening ceremony of the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

"You can run but you can't hide," Pitt said, accepting the engraved gold cup from the mistress of ceremonies, who also congratulated him on the twin additions to his family.

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Angelina Jolie is obviously secure enough in her relationship with Brad Pitt to stay back in France while her man hangs out with buddy George Clooney at the 65th Annual Venice Film Festival. After all, the good pals have been practically inseparable since arriving Tuesday.

First, they hung out together at last night's Not On Our Watch charity event to raise funds for victims in the Darfur region of Sudan. Then on Wednesday, the two got all jokey with the media—and each other—during a press conference for their dark comedy, Burn After Reading.

Following Brad's response that "the twins are fine" when he was asked about newborns Vivienne and Knox, George was then grilled if he planned on settling down and having kids himself...

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Let's face it. When you're Brad Pitt's sons, a simple trip to Chuck E. Cheese just ain't gonna cut it anymore.

So it's no surprise that the famous dad decided to bring Maddox and Pax to the 65th Annual Venice Film Festival, which opens Wednesday with the premiere of Brad's new comedy, Burn After Reading.

But somebody really needs to get Maddox a pair of shades ASAP—his squinting is hurting even our eyes.

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney aren't just going to look good in Venice, they're going to do good in Venice.

Both leading men are set to light up the Lido Wednesday night, walking the red carpet as their new Coen brothers flick, Burn After Reading, opens the 65th Annual Venice Film Festival. But the dynamic duo have actually arrived ahead of schedule to appear at a fund-raiser for their pet charity project, Not On Our Watch, later tonight.

The Darfur-benefiting charity, which also counts Ocean's costars Matt Damon and Don Cheadle among its founders, will take center stage tonight, when Clooney and Pitt will be on hand to discuss humanitarian and advocacy issues that are of importance to the organization, while simultaneously schmoozing Italian glamour-pusses like only they can to boost the foundation's bankroll.

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Brad Pitt is looking for a way into your shower.

The fair-faced movie star is collaborating with luxury hair- and skin-care company Kiehl's Since 1851 on an ecofriendly body wash to raise money for green causes.

But although Pitt's obviously camera-ready, he will not be appearing in ads for the product, nor will his name be on the bottle—although a reproduction of his handwriting will be, Women's Wear Daily reports.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser, washing up in stores in October for $16.95 a bottle, will go to the newly launched JPF Eco Systems, a nonprofit started by Pitt and Kiehl's to "minimize impact on the environment through thoughtful design."

And this is no "Run out and get yours while supplies last" flash in the pan.

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Who knew Brad Pitt would turn out to be such a Bastard? (Besides Jennifer Aniston, that is.)

After weeks of high-profile courting by director Quentin Tarantino—which included a trip to France prior to the second of the Jolie-Pitt's second comings—Pitt has officially signed on to star in the director's long-gestating war epic Inglorious Bastards.

The Weinstein Co. confirmed to E! News that Pitt will play the freewheeling Lt. Aldo Raine, the hillbilly head of an eight-soldier Jewish resistance team who seek vengeance on the Nazis in German-occupied France.

Vive le acting chops.

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As we wait breathlessly for the $14 million Brangie babies, Vivienne and Knox, Gawker has a hot new rumor. Their snoops say People mag's special Monday issue includes roughly 30 pages of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kiddie pics. Um, 30 pages? We don't even want to look at 30 pages of our own nieces and nephews.

But, hey, we understand People needs to get some mileage out of their exclusive. And even at that rate, they're still paying half-a-mil per page. Your mileage may vary.

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Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon are, at long last, ready for their closeups. Their outlandishly overpriced, highly anticipated, paparazzi-thwarting closeups.

As has been long expected, the deep pockets over at People magazine won the bidding war for the U.S. and Canadian rights to the twins' first photoshoot, with Hello! magazine snagging the international exclusive.

Though there's no official word on how much the publications shelled out to show the world Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's genetically blessed double act—or whether the newborns can out-cute big sis Shiloh's People debut—reports have placed the camera coup at $14 million.

For those keeping score at home, that's more than double the $6 million People shelled out for the exclusive for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's twins, Max and Emme.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's French neighbors are not saying merci to the couple bringing increased exposure to the environs. Mercy, maybe.

As local police investigate a scuffle between camouflaged paparazzi and Brangelina's security detail, E! News has learned that locals are getting fed up with all the fuss around the couple's countryside château.

Sources tell E! News that a main point of conflict between the privacy-seeking superstar couple and the residents of Brignoles is that the village only has a few police officers, whose primary civic duty, the neighbors say, should not be to help ward off paparazzi.

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Forget the Bastille, the latest thing to storm in France is Brangelina's château.

A pair of paparazzi determined to get snaps of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and, one guesses, new twins Knox and Vivienne, were taken into police custody Thursday afternoon after getting into an altercation with guards at the Jolie-Pitt's Miraval residence in southern France.

Proving just how far they'd go to get the exclusive pictures, the shutterbugs snuck onto the property in camouflage suits and, once found by two guards, got into a skirmish of Fight Club-like proportions.

That, however, is where the similarities between police and paparazzi accounts of the altercation end.

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Brad Pitt's got a Fight Club sequel in the works. His new sparring partner: paparazzi.

The actor's attorney is threatening legal action against any media outlet that publishes photos snapped "surreptitiously" of Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their family, including new twins Knox and Vivienne, on the grounds of their French estate. Jolie and the newborns checked out of the hospital on Saturday, a week after the birth.

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