Saturday, April 08, 2006

Brad & Angelina Visit Africa

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Brangelina and their kids Zahara, and Maddox

Jet-setting couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have left France and are staying in a secluded beach resort in Namibia, a country in the southwest corner of Africa, the Associated Press reports.

Local media reported that the expectant parents arrived, along with five other people, including their kids Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 1, in Walvis Bay on Monday. The couple rented all of the rooms at a luxury hotel north of Walvis Bay.

A private firm and local police had secured the area and barred cameras from the premises before the high-profile guests arrived, Namibian media reported. The couple, whose baby is due in the late spring, have been looking for a place to settle their growing family – including the possibilities of "the Riviera, from Nice to St. Tropez," a source tells PEOPLE.

After spending most of February nesting in a Paris apartment, the power pair moved, for a time, south to a borrowed four-bedroom villa in Provence, known for its privacy.

Jolie, 30, and Pitt, 42, have also spent a good deal of time in Africa, particularly for Jolie's role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. She adopted her daughter, Zahara, from Ethiopia last year.

In February, Jolie told PEOPLE she'd be scaling back on charity fieldwork during her pregnancy – but didn't intend to take it easy for long. "I plan to try to travel as soon as I can," she said. In the meantime, "We're just being a family," said Jolie. "We're gonna do that for a while."

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Prince Harry Celebrates at Strip Club


Prince Harry

Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, celebrated the end of his military training with a visit to a lap dancing club, British newspapers reported Saturday.

Harry, 21, watched dancers at the Spearmint Rhino nightclub in Slough, southern England, during celebrations marking the end of a year of study at a military academy, the Daily Mirror said.

The newspaper and British tabloid The Sun claimed Harry spent several hours at the venue in the early hours of Friday morning.

"We have no comment to make on the matter," said a spokesman for Clarence House, the office of the Prince of Wales, speaking on customary condition of anonymity in line with policy.
A Spearmint Rhino spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Melanie Griffith Sued by Costume Designer


Melanie Griffith, right, arrives with her daughters Dakota Johnson, left and Stella Banderas, center


A designer sued Melanie Griffith for allegedly refusing to pay nearly $26,000 for dressing the actress and her daughters for the Golden Globes Awards and reneging on a promise to mention his name on the red carpet.

In the lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Niklas J. Palm claimed he designed dresses for Griffith and her daughters Dakota Johnson and Stella Banderas to wear to the January event.

Palm said he submitted a $25,960 bill Jan. 16 and Griffith was overdue in making any payments. He also claimed Griffith and her daughters backed out of their promise to mention his name to reporters.

Griffith promised "that he will receive publicity that money could not buy, then conveniently forgot his name when reporters on the red carpet specifically asked who designed her beautiful gown taking credit for the gown herself," the lawsuit said.

Calls made after business hours Friday to Griffith's attorney and publicist were not immediately returned.

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