● In the grandest of gestures, Angelina Jolie bought Brad Pitt a whole waterfall in California as a combined 48th birthday/Christmas present. "Brad has dreamed of a home with the sound of a waterfall cascading under the house," Us Weekly reports. "He wants to pull all aspects of nature, light, glass and varying levels into the concept." [Us]

Angelina Jolie is a busy, busy bee. Her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey, a love story set during the Bosnian War, is coming out later this month. Just the other day, it was announced that she's in talks to star in a Luc Besson movie, the surest way to get over with audiences looking for the cutting edge in exploding heads. And then, of course, there's all of her humanitarian work and seventeen kids and blah blah blah. 

● With Khloe resorting to IVF treatments, and Kim resigning herself to eternal aunt-hood, Kris Jenner figures Kourtney's baby-to-be is her best chance at a namesake. [NYDN]

● She's Jenny From the Block, but not that block. Word has it that J-Lo's new Fiat commercial, purported to be set in the Bronx–the place that "inspires" her, taught her to "be tougher"–was actually shot 2,000 miles away in LA. [NYDN]

● Now that Twighlight's done, Robert Pattinson is prepping a "guitar-based" and "very organic-sounding" album. According to someone who knows, Pattinson has been waiting for this moment: "He's tortured because he avoids it. When he's sitting around jamming in the studio, it's his favorite moment of life." [Us] ● In this month's GQ, Bawseman Rick Ross weighs in on the Anthony Wiener scandal. "Real ni**as don't send dick flicks," he says. "Chicks send me pictures. And I appreciate it! I love all of them. But I don't do that shit. I'm the Boss." [GQ] ● Glee's Ryan Murphy loved Country Strong so much that he's now working on a musical movie that could star his good friend and frequent Glee guest Gwyneth Paltrow. "An original--I want to write an original movie for Gwyneth and Maya Rudolph, both of whom I'm great friends with." [E!]

● Glee club upperclassmen Lea Michele, Cory Montheith, and Chris Colfer are on track graduate from William McKinley High School - and the series - at the end up the upcoming third season. [THR] ● After all that fuss, Mila Kunis seems to think she might be too busy to make it to Sgt. Scott Moore's Marine Corps Ball. "Surely, Mila will stand by her word," said Moore's dad. Mila, you're country needs you. [NYP] ● Blink 182 are hoping to work on a new album this summer and will be releasing their first single in about a billion years this week. Of course you'll sort of love it -- pop punk's for the people! [Billboard]

● Spike Lee is officially directing the remake of South Korean cult classic Old Boy for Mandate Pictures, a less than obvious choice, if you ask us. [THR] ● Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie declined their invite to Julian Assange's 40th birthday party, because, well, it was Julian Assange's 40th birthday party. [The Atlantic Wire] ● In an inspired bit of celebrity stalking, a TMZ cameraman managed to ask Michael C. Hall if his character Dexter would go after Casey Anthony once she was released. Suffice it to say, Michael C. Hall is not amused. [TMZ]

● Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have named their now one-month-old son Aleph, as in the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [People] ● Jennifer Aniston used the movie The Breakup to get over her real-life breakup with Brad Pitt. "It was just a beautiful story about a couple breaking up. And I was slightly familiar on the topic and the issue," she tells James Lipton in an upcoming episode of Inside The Actors Studio. [HollywoodLife] ● Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker sit atop this year's list of Hollywood's highest paid, followed by Jenn Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Cameron Diaz. Mature Hollywood makes it rain. [LAT]

"In 2000, Angelina Jolie made her first trip to Cambodia." And so begins not just the single greatest makeover in Hollywood history, but also, Louis Vuitton's new ad campaign, where the megastar actress will return to her first son's birthplace to help sell very expensive bags.

● First it was Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin. Now it's Ed Harris as John McCain for HBO's upcoming movie Game Change. No news on the Sasha Obama casting yet, but we're keeping our fingers crossed for Willow Smith. [EW] ● James Franco carved his late costar Brad Renfro's name into his arm and documented it for an upcoming project. So Franco can't host the Oscars -- but he sure knows a thing or two about memorializing someone. [Culture Monster/LAT] ● Mystery blonds have all the fun: Kanye West was photographed kissing one of the highly-coveted accessories on a balcony in Cannes. [OK!]