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After being handed the best supporting
actor award by fellow actor Bradley Cooper
at the US National Board of Review gala,
Brad credited his friend – who gave up
drinking 16 years ago – for helping him
on his own road to sobriety.
pened. Maybe in this universe David
Bowie is still alive. We’ll never know.”
Anna Hart of The Telegraph says many
of us have remained invested in Brad, Jen
and Angie throughout financial crashes,
global warfare, political upheaval and en-
vironmental catastrophe.
“Frankly we need the stability this Bhimself “trash mag fodder”.
gloriously glossy yet eminently relatable
storyline offers us.
“This latest development isn’t just the
revival of a tired old gossip item. It’s the
latest twist in an ongoing epic love saga,
and an opportunity to reassess our col-
an
c
e le ctive morality, revisit our past selves
a nd call to mind a – let’s face it, happier
n
– time when our gravest concerns were
t
wh
hether Justin and Jen were happier
w
ha
th an Brad and Ange.”
See? Big stuff.
S I was in USA Today. I was pretty pleased
OR now we’re going to have to
play the waiting game. There’s
still the “they’re-just-friends”
narrative doing the rounds and
Jen was noncommittal when
asked about her and Brad’s big
ba b ackstage moment after the SAGs.
“What does it mean to have his love
a nd support?” a reporter from Enter-
an
ta t ainment Tonight asked her.
“
“It means everything,” she said. Then
h sh eadded, “We all grew up together, this
wh
w holeroom” – meaning all the other ac-
o to r
rs there. Eish.
W
We continue to live in hope though.
O ne thing’s for sure: he’s on far better
On
er
te rms with Jen than he is with Angie,
although he’s doing his best for the sake FOR THE LOVE OF BRAD
of their six kids – and business. He’s been linked to all these women
Brad and Angelina remain partners in post-Angie, with little substance, it
their winery Château Miraval in the would seem.
south of France which will be coming out
with a rose champagne soon. MARION COTILLARD
The former couple still own the estate, (44) Rumours of a rela-
which they bought in 2008 for a reported tionship with her Allied
€45 million (then R585 million) and co-star began circulating
the day the Brangelina
which is home to a large vineyard. breakup was announced.
Not that Brad partakes in the tipple his The French actress,
estate produces. Once a big drinker, he who’s in a relationship,
quit the booze when he and Angie split was forced to issue a
up and he spoke about his sobriety at the statement denying
recent National Board of Review awards. anything was going on.
During his acceptance speech (he won
again for Once Upon a Time – it’s a big SIENNA MILLER (38)
year for him) he credited fellow actor The American Woman
Bradley Cooper (45), who presented him star is said to have gone
on a few dates with Brad
with the prize, for helping him stop in mid-2017. Not true,
drinking. Sienna said.
“I got sober because of this guy and
every day has been happier ever since,”
he said. “This guy is a sweetheart.”
NERI OXMAN (44) The
RAD doesn’t think he’s much of hotshot media arts and
a sweetheart himself though. science professor made
headlines in early 2018
In a recent interview on the when reports surfaced
WTF podcast hosted by co- she was spending time
median Marc Maron he called with Brad. Neri denied it
all.
“Probably because of my disaster of a
personal life,” he said.
Asked by The New York Times shortly CHARLIZE THERON (44)
afterwards if he reads anything the tab- Our hearts skipped a
beat when reports
loids write about him, he replied, “I don’t claimed the Benoni-born
go out of my way to avoid it; I just don’t beauty was seeing Brad.
seek it out. I don’t know how many wom- But it seems the
en they’ve said I’ve been dating the past rumours were rubbish.
two or three years, and none of it’s true.” Sigh.
He then recalled a memory from earli-
er in his career. “When I first started out,
SAT HARI KHALSA (50)
with myself. In October sources
“Two days after it came out, I go over claimed the LA-based
to a friend of a friend’s house. In the holistic healer and
kitchen I look down and there’s a litter jewellery designer
box for the cat – and there’s my piece in was seeing Brad.
USA Today with a cat turd on top of it. Nope, she said.
That pretty much defines it.”
But he believes he’s become better at
navigating fame. ALIA SHAWKAT (30)
“I spent most of the ’90s hiding out and The Transparent star
smoking pot. I was too uncomfortable is the latest person to
with all the attention. Now I go out and be romantically linked
live life, and generally people are pretty to Brad. They’re just
cool.” friends, insiders say.
Right. Now can you just get back with
Jen, please? S
SOURCES: NYTIMES.COM, VOGUE.COM, EW.COM, EONLINE.COM,
USMAGAZINE.COM, PAGESIX.COM, SUN.CO.UK, DAILYMAIL.CO.UK,
TMZ.COM, FORBES.COM
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