Apparently, Vice President-Elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill are huge Brad Pitt fans. The couple tried desperately to get into The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this Saturday in their home state of Delaware, but were turned away because the show was sold out. Perhaps they could have gone to Marley & Me? Of course not. Because Jill Biden was wandering around telling people that “they really wanted to see Benjamin Button”. Isn’t that sweet? Dollars to donuts, Jill Biden picked the movie as a “date night” with her husband. Here’s a run down of what happened.

He’s a heartbeat away from the presidency, but that apparently didn’t help Joe Biden get a movie ticket Saturday night. Employees at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas say the vice president-elect and his wife, Jill, tried to attend the 7:45 showing of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” at the theater on Concord Pike but left after they were told the movie was sold out.

There’s been no confirmation from the Biden camp, but the theater employees say they are sure it was him. Inshirah Muhamut, an associate manager, said she closed her box-office line when she saw what appeared to be a Secret Service agent coming her way.

The man asked her about tickets for the movie, which stars Brad Pitt, then left.

A few minutes later, she said, the Bidens came into the lobby. Jill Biden walked up to speak with Muhamut while Joe stood nearby.

“She was asking me about other shows, but they really wanted to see ‘Benjamin Button,’ ” Muhamut said. “He was maybe five feet away, looking at her. He was standing with his other Secret Service men.”

Remarkably, none of the other moviegoers appeared to notice. Employees said nobody mobbed Biden or called his name or asked for an autograph.

“It didn’t seem many people recognized him,” said employee Becky Gingrich, 21. “Honestly, I think people were just too wrapped up in themselves to notice.”

The brush with Biden did give the employees a thrill, though. “I was a little excited — I’m not gonna lie,” said Muhamut, a 21-year-old senior at West Chester University. “The Secret Service guy told me to calm down.”

Muhamut plans to go to the Jan. 20 inauguration, so seeing the Bidens up close was a kick. “I recognized him as soon as he came up,” she said. “He had a black jacket and jeans on. He looked real casual. His wife had on a very stylish jacket.”

Gingrich and Muhamut said the Bidens didn’t ask for special treatment. They simply mulled over their movie options and left. “We’re just so crazy in here tonight [with patrons] that we would have had to go into the theater and move people around,” Gingrich said.

[From Delaware Online]

Why do the Bidens hate Jennifer Aniston? Just kidding! They just love Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett more! But seriously, there isn’t one thing about this report that doesn’t make me love the Bidens even more. From Jill Biden wandering around, talking to normal people, to the associate manager freaking out and the Secret Service agent telling him to calm down, this is the cutest story ever. I hope the Bidens get to see Benjamin Button at some point (I think the Naval Observatory has a screening room), and I sincerely hope that Jill Biden one day gets to meet her super-secret crush Brad Pitt. I bet he would totally give her a kiss on the cheek!

Picture note by JayBird: Here are stock photos of Joe and Jill Biden. Images thanks to Splash and UPI/Newscom.

Apparently, Vice President-Elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill are huge Brad Pitt fans. The couple tried desperately to get into The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this Saturday in their home state of Delaware, but were turned away because the show was sold out. Perhaps they could have gone to Marley & Me? Of course not. Because Jill Biden was wandering around telling people that “they really wanted to see Benjamin Button”. Isn’t that sweet? Dollars to donuts, Jill Biden picked the movie as a “date night” with her husband. Here’s a run down of what happened.

He’s a heartbeat away from the presidency, but that apparently didn’t help Joe Biden get a movie ticket Saturday night. Employees at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas say the vice president-elect and his wife, Jill, tried to attend the 7:45 showing of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” at the theater on Concord Pike but left after they were told the movie was sold out.

There’s been no confirmation from the Biden camp, but the theater employees say they are sure it was him. Inshirah Muhamut, an associate manager, said she closed her box-office line when she saw what appeared to be a Secret Service agent coming her way.

The man asked her about tickets for the movie, which stars Brad Pitt, then left.

A few minutes later, she said, the Bidens came into the lobby. Jill Biden walked up to speak with Muhamut while Joe stood nearby.

“She was asking me about other shows, but they really wanted to see ‘Benjamin Button,’ ” Muhamut said. “He was maybe five feet away, looking at her. He was standing with his other Secret Service men.”

Remarkably, none of the other moviegoers appeared to notice. Employees said nobody mobbed Biden or called his name or asked for an autograph.

“It didn’t seem many people recognized him,” said employee Becky Gingrich, 21. “Honestly, I think people were just too wrapped up in themselves to notice.”

The brush with Biden did give the employees a thrill, though. “I was a little excited — I’m not gonna lie,” said Muhamut, a 21-year-old senior at West Chester University. “The Secret Service guy told me to calm down.”

Muhamut plans to go to the Jan. 20 inauguration, so seeing the Bidens up close was a kick. “I recognized him as soon as he came up,” she said. “He had a black jacket and jeans on. He looked real casual. His wife had on a very stylish jacket.”

Gingrich and Muhamut said the Bidens didn’t ask for special treatment. They simply mulled over their movie options and left. “We’re just so crazy in here tonight [with patrons] that we would have had to go into the theater and move people around,” Gingrich said.

[From Delaware Online]

Why do the Bidens hate Jennifer Aniston? Just kidding! They just love Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett more! But seriously, there isn’t one thing about this report that doesn’t make me love the Bidens even more. From Jill Biden wandering around, talking to normal people, to the associate manager freaking out and the Secret Service agent telling him to calm down, this is the cutest story ever. I hope the Bidens get to see Benjamin Button at some point (I think the Naval Observatory has a screening room), and I sincerely hope that Jill Biden one day gets to meet her super-secret crush Brad Pitt. I bet he would totally give her a kiss on the cheek!

Picture note by JayBird: Here are stock photos of Joe and Jill Biden. Images thanks to Splash and UPI/Newscom.

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Hugh Hefner has quietly added a new girlfriend to his posse. And she’s a “good girl.”

“I’m a good girl, for the most part,” new Hef gal pal Crystal Harris writes on her MySpace page.

The 22-year-old lesser-known girlfriend has frequently been photographed by the 82-year-old Playboy founder’s side, but never got a proper public introduction after former girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson exited the Playboy Mansion.
Instead, fellow girlfriends - and 19-year-old twins - Karissa and Kristina Shannon nabbed headlines with their arrest records and, well, twindom, in the aftermath of the shake-up.

Harris introduced herself on an E! online message board over the holidays, telling fans that “Hef gave me permission to fill people in on the new updates as a voice from the mansion.”

No other girlfriends are in the mix at this time, she says, but “there are a couple that we have interest in. … As for now, it is just us three.”

Despite her low-key status, Harris already has a fan site, but seems to focus most of her attention on her MySpace page.

“I believe in opening your heart and letting your walls down, it is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all,” Harris says on her site, which is peppered with Disney characters, cute animals, inspirational quotes and plenty of pink.

[From The NY Daily News]

According to the Daily News, Harris hasn’t yet appeared in the print version of Playboy. She was an online Co-Ed of the week under the name “Crystal Carter.” It’s unknown whether the series will continue on E! but you can bet they’re trying to plan for it with this latest girlfriend. You kind of hope there is a follow-up season in the works and that these super young girls aren’t just hanging around a guy old enough to be their great grandfather for the free publicity and perks that go along with “dating” him. They should at least get a show out of it.

I can’t help but wonder if any of these women actually do some kind of, you know, service for Hefner. You would hope they draw the line at heavy petting, but it’s doubtful. Maybe he just likes the company.

Pictures via Fox News and College OTR

There’s this pop-culture theory called “The Best Actress Curse” - it’s about how every winner of the Best Actress Oscar will break up with her husband, boyfriend, or significant other, usually within a year of winning her Oscar. It’s held true for Gwyneth “GOOP” Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, and Hillary Swank (the second time she won). But Charlize was always one of the exceptions. She and her long-time boyfriend, hottie Suart Townsend, have always seemed to have a solid relationship with very little drama. Unfortunately, the honeymoon might be over.

A secret romantic holiday for Hollywood star Charlize Theron to see in the New Year in luxury with her British boyfriend did not go according to plan.

Monster star Charlize, 33, fell into a foul mood after a fall-out with Stuart Townsend, 36, at the exclusive Casa de Miel hotel in Tulum, Mexico. The glum actress was spotted ranting at hotel staff. She kicked off a few times and Stuart took the brunt of it all and didn’t look very happy,’ says a poolside spy.

‘She began shouting about the lights not coming on in her room and was heard complaining about the water not being hot enough.’

It seems the couple were apart for most of the trip, with Charlize attending power yoga classes and playing golf while Stuart relaxed alone at the beach. They returned to Los Angeles on New Year’s Day.

[From the Daily Mail]

Was she just in a bad mood? PMS maybe? Because it doesn’t sound like they’re breaking up, they’re probably just having one of those nit-picky fights that all couples have. Or maybe I’m wrong. Because I’ve never heard of even a whiff of pissy behavior between the two, but maybe they really have hit a bad patch.

Charlize famously said that she doesn’t want to get married, and like Brad Pitt, tied her un-married status to the gay-marriage issue. She and Stuart have been together forever, in Hollywood terms… something like seven or eight years now. Oh, well. I guess we’ll have to pin all of our hopes onto Helen Mirren’s marriage now.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend at a special screening of ‘Battle in Seattle’ in Beverly Hills on September 22nd. Images thanks to WENN.