Doug Pitt — younger brother of the more well-known Brad Pitt — has announced a new initiative called the “Care to Learn” fund which is all about kids’ health, hunger and hygiene. The new fund is also being supported by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, a humanitarian fund supported by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. From the article,

“Says Doug, ‘The idea was to help kids that show up on a school day with an immediate need. We need to get to them quick, obviously. So we set up this fund to do just that. Last week, we had a kid need clothes and food. And within 20 minutes - from the phone call - counselors, teachers, principals, make a call to the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools. And they’re on it. They now have the funds to address that urgent need.’”

The fund is exclusively setup for the moment to address the needs of Springfield Public Schools only — but we imagine if it takes off there, that more districts will one day participate. For more information, please visit the Care to Learn Fund website.

Source: Ecorazzi

The Smithville Times is reporting that Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the fam left town today. I had heard Pitt wouldn’t be done filming until the end of April, so maybe he’s coming back for a couple days.

And MSNBC.com has this juicy squirt of Pitt gossip, which Michael Corcoran debunked a few blog entries down. But see for yourself, for fun:

Pitt wanted 95 percent discount on resort stay

Sean Penn and the Jolie-Pitts all living under the same roof? For a brief time, such thing was a possibility.
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The independently produced Tree of Life , written and directed by Terrence Malick (The New World, The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven), is being shot in Texas on such a tight budget that the two stars, Sean Penn and Brad Pitt, are being required to pay for their own travel accommodations, MSNBC.co m’s “Scoop” column reported Monday. The column indicated that the film’s production company had arranged to have both Pitt and Penn stay at the same hotel, the Hyatt Lost Pines near Austin, TX, but that “Pitt’s people” balked at the $2,000-a-night tab and initially offered to pay $3,000 for the entire one-month’s stay — a figure that the hotel declined. Pitt and Angelina Jolie opted instead to rent a house near the shooting location, the column said.

Source: Contact Music

I’ve added images of Brad Pitt onstage during the taping of Idol Gives Back held at the Kodak Theatre on April 6, 2008 in Hollywood

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s families are eager for the pair to get married.

Last week, the internet was abuzz with rumors the pair had tied the knot, and when the news reached the Pitt family, they had their hopes up for the reports to be true: They weren’t.

“The whole family is still keeping their fingers crossed that someday they will tie the knot,” a source close to the family tells OK! magazine.

Pitt’s mom, Jane, has warmed twice-divorced Angelina, 32, to the idea of marrying Brad, but she subscribes to the mantra of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”

“Jane has a really hard time with them not being married,” the source says. “She feels that they need to be married for the kids.”

As for Brad, the actor “would love to marry her but doesn’t want to force her, and I’ve never seen Brad so happy.”
Source: Showbiz Spy

Actor Brad Pitt has ditched his longtime publicist and will deal with the media on his own–just like partner Angelina Jolie.

The Ocean’s 13 star is “taking a break” from longtime publicist Cindy Guagenti and is willing to represent himself to the world’s media.

The 44-year-old is following in the footsteps of Jolie, who prefers to use the press to her own advantage without the help of a representative, reports New York gossip column PageSix.

Guagenti says, “He is on hiatus.”

She has worked with the star since his breakthrough role in Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise in 1991.