Brangelina, meet Bradge
George Clooney and Brad Pitt: bachelor and family man.
Inevitably, a Venice Film Festival news conference Wednesday promoting their new Coen brothers film, “Burn After Reading,” turned to the birth of Pitt’s twins with partner Angelina Jolie – and whether his good friend would ever settle down.
Clooney, 47, put on a look of mock bemusement.
“I am so surprised to hear that question. That is honestly the first time I have been asked that,” he replied. “I am getting married and having a child today.”
Pitt, 44, whose brood grew to six with the birth of twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline last month, offered to share his children, deadpanning: “I’ll have two more by next year.”
He looked flustered as a Spanish TV journalist, dressed in red gym shorts similar to the ones he wears as a personal trainer in the film, pushed her way to the front and asked: “Would you run after me?”
“I think we’re more likely to be running away from you,” Clooney replied.
Congrats to Titenna
Porn queen Jenna Jameson says she and her boyfriend, martial-arts stud Tito Ortiz, are expecting their first baby.
So is a wedding in the works?
“I think I’m gonna stay unmarried and just go for the babies,” says the twice-divorced Jameson, adding: “I’m following in Angelina’s footsteps.”
On and off the laptops
On the celebrity romance scene, “Desperate Housewives” star Nicollette Sheridan and singer Michael Bolton have ended their engagement of two-plus years.
Meanwhile, Justin Long, the “Mac guy” from those Apple computer ads who recently split from Drew Barrymore, has been spotted “making out hard-core” with Kirsten Dunst.
Back to day one
Former “One Day at a Time” teen star Mackenzie Phillips was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly was found carrying a small amount of cocaine and heroin during a security screening at Los Angeles International Airport.
Phillips, 48, the daughter of singer John Phillips (the Mamas and the Papas), has struggled with drug addiction in the past and was fired from “One Day At a Time” for drug-related causes.
Diamond in the rough
Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in which the 67-year-old singer’s voice sounded raspy.
Some fans left the Monday concert early, and others said Diamond finished without mentioning anything about his voice.
He later said he had been diagnosed with acute laryngitis.
The birthday bunch
Actor Ben Gazzara is 78. Actor David Soul is 65. Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) is 57. Actress Emma Samms is 48. Country singer Shania Twain is 43. Actor Billy Boyd (“Lord of the Rings”) is 40. Actor-musician Jack Black is 39. Actor Jason Priestley is 39. Actor J. August Richards (“Angel”) is 35. Actress Carly Pope (“Popular”) is 28. Singer LeAnn Rimes is 26.