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You gotta hand it to Angelina Jolie.

Somehow, in between playing mind games with Jennifer Aniston and adopting a child on her own, the actress has managed to film a new movie.

Hitting theaters in July, it's titled Salt and focuses on the adventures of a rogue CIA operative named Evelyn A. Salt.

"She's a character you never know," said producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. "People who think they know the real her may or may not... She tells you her agenda, but are you supposed to believe it?"

The studio released the first poster for Salt this week. Will you go see it?

We know they've been playing mind games.

But apparently it's gotten way worse than that.

According to a new tell-all about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the truth about their shaky relationship and Jennifer Aniston's meddling in it is "shocking."

In fact, Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reveals that the pair has "broken up so many times it would make your head spin."

Tell us about it. He's been sleeping on the couch / thrown out on the street / running back to Jen / abducting their kids for like three months now!

It's apparently Jennifer Aniston-Angelina Jolie Tabloid Cover Week.

The book claims Jolie "has a temper like a cobra" and even alleges that she confessed to hiring a hit man to kill her in 1998 because she was so distraught.

Apparently she's never heard of suicide. Talk about a waste of money. You have to pay the hit man, Angie! And people wonder why we're in a recession.

Excerpts read by Us Weekly indicate that she and Brad Pitt battle over their six children all the time - as well as his secret meetings with Jennifer Aniston.

"They fight all the time about the kids - where to put toys, saying the wrong thing to a nanny, not cleaning up," one source reports. "Like cats and dogs."

No, this isn't Turn Back the Clock week at The Hollywood Gossip. This is the real deal (according to Star): Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie are at war.

The stakes: Probably non-existent.

The tactics: High-level mind games.

We are talking about dirty tricks, catty insults, 2 a.m. phone calls and the like. The kinds of things 12-year-olds do when they declare war on each other!

It's been almost five years since Brad Pitt split from Jennifer Aniston and took up with Mr. & Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie, but Star Magazine two women involved in Hollywood's most famous love triangle cannot let their bitter rivalry go.

Tabloids have reported that Brad is running back to Jen - and whether that's true or not, it's clearly feeding the mutual dislike between the women of Brad.

The longtime feud has been refueled, in part, by both of the jealous, desperate women playing mind games with one another and refusing to back down.

Jen takes digs at Angie by flaunting her relationship with Brad's family while Angie relishes rubbing Jen's nose in the fact that she has six kids with Brad.

She might be having another without him, but no matter. The bottom line: "Jen and Angie despise each other and making each other squirm." Mmmkay.

Among the tricks Angelina Jolie employs? Finding out from designers what dress Jen wants to wear on the red carpet - then going for it herself. Burn!

Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston makes late night calls to Brad when he’s in France, conveniently “forgetting” the time difference so she will wake Angelina.

As for Brad? He's "a terrible instigator" and even "eggs it on," according to reports. Hmm. Kind of like a rich man's movie star version of Brody Jenner.

It's like a time warp over at OK! Magazine.

With no Robsten gossip to sustain it this week, apparently, their celebrity gossip writers' room had to dig deep to concoct a lead story story straight out of 2002:

Angelina Jolie to Adopt! Without Brad!

Once again, this implies trouble in paradise between Angelina and Brad Pitt that probably doesn't exist. Nor is she really even adopting a baby (or two babies).

But why let facts get in the way. After all, the magazine notes, when she was married to Billy Bob Thornton in 2001, she adopted son Maddox legally by herself.

Only Angie is on Mad's adoption papers, a "source" says. Therefore, we totally believe she plans to bring home baby #7 from Syria, even if Brad Pitt isn’t ready!

When you make up news yourself, everything's an EXCLUSIVE!

While Brad has said he wants a “soccer team” of kids, he’s now telling friends he’s not quite ready for another baby, OK!'s sources report. Angie will not be deterred.

“He has made it clear that six children are more than he can handle,” the source says. “But Angie is determined to complete her rainbow family.” Whatever that is.

Jolie plans to adopt a little Syrian girl despite Brad's wishes, supposedly, and one can only wonder what this will mean for their already strained fake marriage.

Follow the link to read the Brangelina adoption story for yourself. Just note that it won't be any more true on that website than it is on this or any other.

For whatever reason, the failed marriage of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is up there with Jennifer Aniston dying alone and a Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart wedding on the list of scandalous gossip stories people are dying to read.

If you're a celebrity gossip magazine or an enterprising author, why let facts get in the way? So thought the creator of the December 1 tell-all, Brangelina Exposed.

Ian Halperin, an investigative journalist and author of July's bestseller Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, Brangelina Exposed promises to explain how the seemingly perfect couple "successfully manipulated the public."

What have we been manipulated into, you ask? "Believing a glamorous fairytale that bears little resemblance to the reality of the pair's life together." Obviously.

Basically, the Brangelina marriage is an act. Stop us if you've heard this one.

First on Halperin's agenda: Pitt's marriage to Jennifer Aniston (who supposedly had a secret meeting with him lately) and the "real reason" for their huge split.

ALL A SHAM: Or so books and tabloids would have you believe.

The heavily-sourced writer hones in on Jolie's "dark past," reporting "new details of her volatile relationship with and estrangement from her father Jon Voight.

Is that really news at this point? Does anyone care?

Angelina Jolie also battled suicidal impulses, heroin and sexual exploits on her way to becoming an Oscar-winning actress. Again, is this really book material?

Halperin will also introduce "the key figure behind the scenes who orchestrated her makeover into a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador." Anyone still awake?

At the present time, the author says Brangelina life is no fairy tale, and that a split may be coming - like, for real - before too long. Supposedly. Probably not.

"Jolie's personal lifestyle choices are not only affecting her growing family," a release says, "but causing serious and potentially irreparable tensions with Pitt."

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt might have more children. They might not.

But one thing is for certain: Life & Style has to look up the definiton of "confirms."

On the cover of the supermarket tabloid's latest issue, it sounds as though Jolie is either knocked up again or has already filled out new adoption paperwork. Neither is the case. Instead, she simply said recently:

"I can see further additions to the family - both adopted and our own."

Life & Style says Jon Gosselin is the "worst dad in America." This is the first true story it's ever reported.

A source close to the couple anonymously added:

"They want one more biological baby and an adopted baby - for now. But who knows what the future holds. Some people get addicted to drugs and alcohol, but Brad and Angie are addicted to children."

Just like this magazine is addicted to falsifying its cover stories.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a Little League team worth of kids at home.

They give to numerous charities.

And nary a named witness has said a word about any fights between the couple.

Yet, according to a supermarket tabloid, the pair cutely dubbed "Brangelina" has broken up. Pitt has even moved out, as this reliable publication screams on its cover:

Beware, Robert Pattinson: There's a good chance this tabloid will next claim Brad Pitt is making a move on Kristen Stewart!

Despite appearances - as well as all sanity and logic - to the contrary, life for Hollywood's hottest couple has never been worse, sources told In Touch Weekly.

“Sure, they look happy in photos,” a friend said. “ [But] the cracks in their relationship are getting deeper and deeper. They are actors and can turn it on for the cameras most of the time.

Hmmm, they are actors! Each has even been nominated for an Academy Award! This story is seeming more likely by the second.

Following an argument in April, an insider said Pitt stormed out of the couple's rented mansion in Long Island, New York: "He told her very clearly that he just can’t live with her anymore."

In response, Jolie has allegedly offered Pitt $90 million for custody of their kids. If we were Brad, we'd totally hold out for $91 million.

Megan Fox has shouted it for months: I am not Angelina Jolie!

That might be the case, but a new report that states the actresses are pitted against each other for the lead role in Barbarella, the remake of a 1968 film, won't do much to dispel the comparisons between these beauties.

"This will be the first time Ange and Megan have ever faced off for the same role," a source told MSN in Canada. "Ange is really feeling the pressure. Ange knows that to win roles she has to look youthful."

It probably doesn't help Jolie's focus that her private life in reportedly in shambles. A totally unreliable tabloids claims Brangelina has separated.

While fans can compare the sexy stars below, there's little doubt Fox is on a hot streak these days. She's starring in a much-publicized movie that opens on September 18 (Jennifer's Body) and she's hosting the 35th season premiere of Saturday Night Live.

No wonder an insider said that "Megan is stunning and fast becoming a huge star. Angelina is petrified."

Should she be? Who would you choose to rail between this pair of actresses?

First, Brad Pitt was merely sleeping on the couch.

Now, as reported in bold, yellow, capital letters on the cover below, HE ADMITS A SPLIT IS INEVITABLE!

Does Pitt ever say this? No. Is there any source on record that describes Angelina Jolie as "demanding," as she's labeled by the following supermarket tabloid? Of course not.

Is Jennifer Aniston - who still believes in love, people! - hoping the report of Brangelina's demise is accurate so she can win back her man? Probably.

Is a story about Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped for 18 years, less important than an imaginary tale about Pitt and Jolie's relationship? Yes, according to In Touch Weekly...

Meanwhile, in even less true tabloid news, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are apparently engaged. We hope they enjoy it.

No doubt we'll read a magazine cover next week that screams: Robsten Breaks Up, Kristen Stewart Demands Restraining Order.

Brad Pitt stars in the number-one movie in the country, Inglourious Basterds.

But it sounds like he's in the doghouse at home, if one of the top supermarket tabloids is to be believed.

According to the rarely reliable OK! Weekly, Pitt and Angelina Jolie jetted to France this week to work on their relationship. It's not going well so far.

“Brad has been adamant that Angie spend time with the family and focus on them with as much passion and energy as she does all her projects,” a source said, expounding on the issues at hand:

"Right after they got to France, Brad found a box of scripts that Angie had said she wanted to read. She and Brad got into a fight over it. Angie stormed out of the room and went into the bedroom.”

Brad Pitt has packed on a few pounds. In less headline-worthy news, according to this magazine, Ryan Jenkins murdered Jasmine Fiore.

The argument was reportedly kept away from Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara and the twins, as Pitt made like everything was okay with his kids.

“He played video games with the boys all night and made breakfast for the family in the morning, including fresh grapefruit juice for Angie,” said this insider, who appears to have incredible access to the family.

Hey, if things don't work out with Jolie, we hope Pitt remembers: Jennifer Aniston is seeking a famous guy to date!