Pitt, Soderbergh’s baseball saga ‘Moneyball’ pulled from lineup as production neared

September 22nd, 2009 "I'm embarrassed to say but if somebody buys it (a tabloid), I'll have a little peek... It's good to see bad pictures of your old pals, like BRAD (PITT) and ANGELINA (JOLIE)." MEL GIBSON on his secret penchant for celebrity gossip magazines.

September 9th, 2009 Organizers unveiling London Film Festival lineupLONDON — Organizers are announcing the lineup for this year's London Film Festival. The two-week movie event is trying to raise its international profile, and more than a dozen world premieres are on its slate of 300 British and international films.

September 5th, 2009 "I just saw Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Inglourious Basterds, with Brad Pitt... I don't think it was as good as Pulp Fiction.

August 19th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino claims that superstar Brad Pitt gave him a block of hash on a drunken night together. The 46-year-old said he went to Pitt's French home to ask him to star in his new film Inglourious Basterds.

August 18th, 2009 Hollywood actor BRAD PITT quit smoking pot once he became a father - because he wanted to be able to take care of his kids. The star became dad to Angelina Jolie's adopted son Maddox, seven, after they started dating, and the couple went on to take in two more children and have three biological kids of their own.

August 14th, 2009 "Brad is a World War II aficionado so he had questions when history goes this way and we go that way." Director QUENTIN TARANTINO admits BRAD PITT had his concerns about war comedy INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.

August 14th, 2009 Actor B.J. NOVAK struggled to establish a friendship with BRAD PITT on the set of their new movie INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, because he felt like a "tabloid reporter" every time he attempted to make small talk with the Hollywood superstar. Pitt stars in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film as a Jewish-American soldier who sets out to take revenge on as many Nazis as possible.

August 13th, 2009 Roku Internet video box adds live baseball feedNEW YORK — Roku says its pioneering Internet video set-top box is adding its first live feed, from Major League Baseball. The move brings the $100 Player closer to duplicating the benefits of a cable subscription.

August 12th, 2009 BRAD PITT has mocked rumours about his close pal GEORGE CLOONEY's sexuality, by joking he won't marry ANGELINA JOLIE until his OCEAN'S ELEVEN co-star can legally tie the knot with his "partner". Pitt and Jolie have vowed they'll not consider marriage until same-sex unions are legalised in every one of America's 50 states.

August 3rd, 2009 BRAD PITT is happy to have set up a home base with ANGELINA JOLIE in France, because their luxury chateau is the perfect getaway from the invasive paparazzi. The actor and his partner Jolie have moved their six kids to the South of France, where they've purchased a 30-room mansion that boasts a lake and a moat.

July 4th, 2009 Indian pitchers make pro baseball debutsMIAMI — Two former aspiring cricket players who won a reality show in India have made their professional baseball debuts. Left-hander Rinku Singh and right-hander Dinesh Patel, neither of whom had heard of baseball before appearing on "The Million Dollar Arm", each got a strikeout for the Pittsburgh Pirates' Rookie-level minor league team, the lowest level in the minor leagues.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Award-winning American pornographic actress Sasha Grey's sex scenes in veteran director Steven Soderbergh's movie 'The Girlfriend Experience' were cut after he decided they were not required. Soderbergh, 46, had discovered Grey, 21, in Los Angeles Magazine, and he was determined to hire her to play the part of a high-class NYC hooker in his new drama.

June 15th, 2009 Brad Pitt, family give $1M to Missouri hospitalSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Brad Pitt and his siblings have given $1 million to help a Missouri hospital open a new pediatric cancer center that will be named for their mother.

June 10th, 2009 Brad Pitt buys painting at top modern art fairBASEL, Switzerland — Brad Pitt was the star attraction at this year's edition of the world's leading contemporary art fair. He was also a customer.

May 9th, 2009 Tom Hanks throws out first pitch at game in TokyoTOKYO — Hollywood star Tom Hanks was in a league of his own Friday when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Japanese professional baseball game. Hanks, who is in Tokyo with director Ron Howard to promote their film "Angels & Demons," took a few warm-up pitches in the bullpen before heading out to the mound to throw out the first pitch at a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome.