(OK! magazine)

Refusing to leave well enough alone, OK! Magazine continues the recent barrage of “bullsplit” Brangelina buzz in a big way, declaring in a cover story that Brad Pitt still loves ex-wife Jennifer Aniston and is only staying with Angelina Jolie for the kids.

Ugh.

As Gossip Cop reported, Pitt and Jolie were together, laughing and happy at the Directors Guild of America Awards. To OK!, though, the couple’s good cheer and displays of affection were just an act. They “appeared to be the very picture of romantic bliss,” the weekly claims, but it was all “a well-orchestrated illusion.”

How does OK! know?

Brangelina biographer Ian Halperin, who for months has sold books on the faulty premise that Pitt and Jolie are splitting, insists the two are “leading 100 percent separate lives.”

What’s more, according to a so-called “source” for the mag, Pitt thinks leaving Aniston was a “terrible mistake” and has told his friends, “I’m still in love with Jen.” OK! then trots out as an example of his continued infatuation the “warm conversation” Pitt and Aniston shared at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon… a conversation that never took place, as Gossip Cop reported.

But this fictional “reunion” “only doused more kerosene on Brad’s already burning torch,” reports the mag. He would “do anything to have his old life back,” but won’t “turn his back” on the children he has with Jolie, says their “source.” Aniston, meanwhile, might not take Pitt back, because even if she “hasn’t quite moved on” (and the mag suggests that she has, to Gerard Butler), she’s “no longer playing the role of wounded victim” and happy not to have the drama Pitt has in his life.

Uh huh.

Let’s review.

OK! says Pitt is desperate to leave Jolie, but won’t because of the kids, and that Aniston probably won’t take him back, anyway. All of which is a very convenient “out” for the magazine should Pitt not, you know, leave his relationship for his ex-wife.

The evidence offered for Pitt and Aniston “spending more time” together? A conversation that never happened, and that would have been extraordinarily public even if it had.

And the explanation for what everyone in the world did see, Pitt and Jolie being perfectly happy together at an awards show? Well OK! says that was all an act.

Gossip Cop wonders how long the tabloids can tie themselves into knots trying to prove the “bullsplit” Brangelina stories before they pull a muscle.

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(Star Magazine)

Over the weekend, the Internet nearly melted down with rumors of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt splitting. A story in News of the World kicked off talk of an imminent break (which Gossip Cop debunked), but bad Brangelina buzz has now spilled over into the weekly tabloids. Us Weekly, In Touch, and OK! all tell tales of turmoil for the couple.

Star magazine leads the charge with a cover shocker alleging Pitt ex Jennifer Aniston has told him, “I’ll Take You Back!”

The mag claims Jolie and Pitt are in the process of signing a $350 million breakup contract. According to its version of events, “Brad finally realized there was no future for them when she suggested they each take other lovers.”

Wait, when did she do that? Star says she did so when she revealed to German magazine Das Neue her “doubt that fidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship,” sparking “open relationship” nonsense Gossip Cop cut down more than a month ago.

But the centerpiece of the Star masterpiece is the claim Pitt reached out to Aniston for comfort, and that a week of calls and texts culminated “in their emotional face-to-face meeting” at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon on January 22. “They seemed so happy to be sharing each other’s company,” a “source” tells the tab. “They were both smiling and staring at each other lovingly.”

No.

No they were not.

As Gossip Cop confirmed and numerous other outlets supported, Pitt and Aniston were both at George Clooney‘s Haiti event, helping to raise money for the earthquake-ravaged island.

But despite Star‘s story and OK!‘s insistence that the telethon was the site of an “emotional reunion,” Pitt and Aniston never met face to face.

And, as Gossip Cop reported, Pitt and Jolie have not split up.

Does a couple with six children, two high-profile careers, and overwhelming media scrutiny (to put it mildly) face tension? Yes. But sources tell Gossip Cop that whatever problems the couple has, Jolie and Pitt are working through them.

Will they endure? Time will tell. Poor sourcing and invented details will not.

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Just when you thought controversy involving Conan O’Brien was over…

The New York Post quotes a source close to producers behind Friday’s Hope For Haiti Now telethon as saying they were “horrified” to witness the deposed “Tonight Show” host “gleefully saying… he’s spending as much of NBC’s cash as he can, while hundreds of thousands have died or face death in Haiti.”

The item refers to a running gag on O’Brien’s final broadcasts in which he “wasted” NBC’s money on expensive, nonsensical comedy bits involving a pricey Bugati car, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, and an original Picasso.

Gossip Cop understands anger toward reckless spending in the face of tragedy, but two points:

1. O’Brien did not actually waste millions on the surreal sight gags. As he made clear during Friday’s finale, they were a joke. He didn’t, for instance, buy a real Picasso just to destroy it with caviar. Nor did he really buy the car or the horse.

2. On the contrary, amid the hoopla over his exit, O’Brien mentioned the catastrophe in Haiti throughout his final week, frequently promoting Ben Stiller‘s Stiller Strong initiative to rebuild schools on the island, pleading with viewers to donate, and running the Hope For Haiti Now address at the bottom of the screen during his last show.

Additionally, several times O’Brien acknowledged the silliness and irrelevance of his own problems when compared to the devastation in Haiti. And his “expensive” gags may have wasted time… but not millions of dollars.

Gossip Cop hopes Haiti won’t leave our minds as it begins to leave our front pages. Please donate if you can.

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(HollywoodLife.com)

For only the second (confirmed) time since their 2005 split, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were in the same place last night. But a lot of outlets, including HollywoodLife, have made it out to be far more than it is.

“Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston Were Together Last Night — Without Angelina Jolie!” screams the site’s headline, which, while true, is more than a little misleading considering the context.

Pitt and Aniston were not sneaking out on the town behind Jolie’s back. The ex-spouses were among the dozens of A-List stars on hand in Los Angeles to help George Clooney‘s Hope For Haiti Now telethon. Jolie happened to be in New York during last night’s event.

True, until last night, the 2009 Academy Awards marked the last time Aniston and Pitt were known to be in the same room since their divorce five years ago.

But Pitt and Aniston were not “together” at Hope For Haiti Now, and their shared presence can’t really be considered “the point” of a story about stars banding together to help raise funds during a tragic time.

If you haven’t yet (and even if you have), please call 1-877-99-HAITI or text “GIVE” to 50555 to support the vital relief efforts on the earthquake-ravaged island.

You can also visit HopeForHaitiNow.org.

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Scores of celebrities manned the phones tonight for the Hope For Haiti Now telethon, simulcast worldwide and featuring performances from Shakira, John Legend, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, and many others.

Robert Pattinson was among the film stars lending his time to the immensely important event. If you happened to miss his appearance, we’re posting video of it below.

It’s wonderful to have so many celebrities involved with the process of rebuilding Haiti… but their involvement only matters if everyone else contributes to the cause, in ways big and small.

Gossip Cop donated and knows many, many of you will, too.

If you’d like to help, visit HopeForHaitiNow.org.

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