Fresh from their double Oscar loss last Sunday night at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surfaced with 4 of their 6 children in tow at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in NYC last night where the Brangelina brood were spotted making a hasty exit from a performance of The Little Mermaid on Broadway. Here are a few photos of Ange, Brad, Maddox Chivan, Zahara Marley, Pax Thien and Shiloh Nouvel as they made their way out of the theater last night:

It was family night at the theater in New York City for the Jolie-Pitts. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took their children to see a Wednesday evening showing of The Little Mermaid on Broadway … Pitt carried daughter Shiloh, 2, and held the hand of son Pax, 5, who sipped on a drink as he exited the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Jolie held daughter Zahara, 3, while Maddox, 7, followed close behind. Missing: Their newborn twins, Knox and Vivienne. Jolie — who just returned from Hollywood for the Oscars with Pitt — is in the Big Apple as she prepares to shoot the espionage thriller, Salt. After she wraps up filming, Jolie has said she plans to take a break from acting to focus on being a mother. “I like being home a lot,” the mother of six has said. “First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they’re growing right and they’ve got us there for them.”

LOL! Angelina has been giving that line about “taking a break from acting to be a mother” for years now … I doubt she ever will really take a break. Tho, I’m sure her demoralizing loss of so many acting awards this past awards season is enough to sour her to the craft for some time to come. Ah well, she’s a mega-millionaire who is coupled up with a mega-millionaire with a beautiful (and growing?) family of children … it’s kinda hard to feel too sorry for her. In any event, I imagine it was quite a treat for the theater-goers at the Lunt-Fontanne to see the Brangelina brood file in for last night’s performance. I think it would be really fun to share your popcorn with Princess Zahara. I’ve yet to see The Little Mermaid on Broadway myself but a show that is so well-attended by so many celebrity children (I understand Suri Holmes-Cruise is a fan as well) sounds must see to me!

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Great news, friends of Britney … BritneySpears.com has been updated with the brief news that Britney’s documentary Britney: For The Record, which aired on MTV here in the US last November, is going to be released on DVD in April. Here is our first look at the artwork for this new DVD:

Britney: For the Record will be released in the US on April 7th! The DVD includes some never before seen footage as well as six bonus MP3 remixes of ‘Circus’ and ‘Womanizer.’

While I am a bit intrigued by the notion of “never before seen footage”, I don’t necessarily think that I really need to own this DVD. However, I am very interested in the bonus CD with 6 remixes of Womanizer and Circus … so I may be ponying up for this disc after all. I suppose it was to be expected that this documentary, which many people felt didn’t delve deep enough into Britney’s troubled past, would be released on DVD. I’m sure all the Britney Spears completists will be clamoring for their DVDs come April 7. Will YOU be among the throngs of fans lining up to buy this DVD?

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And so … 4 months after we learned that Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner were dunzo and 2 months after she was spotted shopping for rings with her new beau Criss Angel … we learn that the torrid love affair between Holly and Criss has gone up in smoke. They are dunzo, y’all:

It’s over between illusionist Criss Angel and Girl Next Door Holly Madison. “Criss and Holly are no longer a couple,” their rep, Steve Flynn, tells PEOPLE. “They remain very close friends and wish each other the very best.” Angel, 41, and Madison, 30, began dating last October when Angel’s Las Vegas show, “Believe,” was beginning. At the time, they were seen walking hand-in-hand and even making out on the red carpet.

Meh. I guess you kinda knew that it was never meant to last between these two … he was far too young for her. In all honesty, I thought they made a pretty decent couple. They looked good together, well-suited to one another. Perhaps Holly was gettin’ tired of having to jet off to Las Vegas every other day. She strikes me as a California girl, mebbe she needs to find a California guy … who is 50 years her elder and has got money to burn. I’m sure Criss will be able to conjure up a new hawt blonde to replace Ms. Madison in no time. Ah well … better luck next time.

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A couple of days ago we learned that a new male enhancement product called USA Selikon is being marketed and sold in China using David Beckham’s likeness and today we learn that the unauthorized sex products bearing Becks‘ sexy face doesn’t stop there. Long Life brand condoms is another unauthorized product being marketed and sold in China that very boldly features David Beckham on the product packaging … behold:

A brand of condoms named after football ace David Beckham has taken the Chinese contraceptive market under its sway. Although the Beckham contraceptive is not being endorsed by the former England captain himself, its makers claim that the users will score in the bedroom like David does on the pitch. This brand now sells more than any other brand in the country. Chinese fans of the LA Galaxy soccer star, however, want the marketing of these condoms banned. “We do not want Beckham to think the Chinese people are disrespecting him. We love him here,” the Sun quoted one as saying. Beckham’s agent Simon Oliveira said: “It’s not an official brand.”

LOLOLOL! All you have to do to have the most popular brand of condoms is to put David Beckham’s face on the box and VOILA! Brills!! So sexy men in China pop a couple of David Beckham-branded USA Selkon capsules to get their “enhancement” on and then they can slip on a David Beckham-branded Long Life jimmy hat and they’re ready to party like our dear Becks. Absolutely brills! No wonder they’re able to sell so much of these products. And look, the Long Life condoms now contain “less lead and toxins” … why wouldn’t you want to use these condoms? I can’t wait to see what other Chinese sex products decide to slap David Beckham on the packaging or in their advertising.

BTW, anyone out there know how I can get my hands on a box of the Beckham condoms?

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine is scheduled to open here in the US on May 1 but folks in France will get to see the action film 2 days earlier when it opens in that country on April 29 … they will also get their very own version of the movie poster, behold:

MMMM … this poster is hot. Seriously, Hugh Jackman can make any article of clothing look sexy … even plain, white tank top t-shirts. But I digress … X-Men Origins: Wolverine also has it’s own French website at Wolverine-LeFilm.com complete with a French subtitled movie trailer. After the jump, check it out for yourself …

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Here are a few photos of Katie Holmes squeezing out a few tears on the NYC set of her new film The Extra Man that is filming this week in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. As you can see, Katie seems to have gotten her hands on one of Angelina Jolie’s old costume from The Changeling and was hard at work filming a very emotional scene:

Oh yeah, she is really workin’ thru some stuff to get those tears a-flowin’ for this set. It’s like the director gave her a bit of direction right before he started filming … something along the lines of, “Now remember how nice and normal your life was BEFORE you met Tom Cruise and he wholly sucked the life force out of your every being and think about how you’ll never, ever get it back …. and … action!“ Hey, at least Katie has a lot of emotional stuff to draw from to be able to nail scenes like this. I’m so not a fan of period pieces nor am I really a fan of Katie Holmes movies (Mad Money? No thanks!) so I might have to pass on seeing this film when it finally hits theaters. I am curious to see more photos of her filming new scenes on the streets of NYC tho. I wonder what other emotions she’ll be bringing to the table as filming on The Extra Man continues in the weeks to come.

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Yesterday morning we saw a few photos of Twilight star Robert Pattinson make his grand arrival in Tokyo, Japan where he was met by throngs of rabid Twilighters anxious to be near his holy presence. Today we get to see a few photos of Twilight’s main protagonist, Kristen Stewart (who plays Bella Swan), make her arrival in Japan … you will note that there is nary a fan in the hiz to welcome her to town:

Both R. Pattz and K. Stew are in Japan for the upcoming Japanese premiere of Twilight which will take place in Tokyo this week. Twilight fever is about to break loose upon the folks of Japan and I’m not sure they’re ready for what’s to come. I do find it interesting that Pattinson managed to get a small army of fans to come out and greet him while Kristen only had the paparazzi there to welcome her. She is the actual star … tho he’s the actual heartthrob so … mebbe it all does make sense. It’s interesting that she managed to crack an uncharacteristic smile … mebbe the lack of fans makes her happy? Judging by her recent comments in interviews, I’d bet that’s prolly the case. Next up, the Japanese Twilight premiere …

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