Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt set up a temporary home in Namibia in 2006 in anticipation of the birth of Shiloh, 21 months – and have made an offer on an 850-year-old stone house in Eygalieres, in the country’s Provence region, a real estate source tells Us Weekly.Pitt and Jolie – who has taken her baby bump everywhere from Texas to Baghdad – originally looked at the $20 million, fully renovated structure (official name: Mas de la Chapelle St. Sixte) last year, the source tells Us, but lost interest when they learned Pitt, 44, would not be given consent to build a motorbike circuit on the five-acre garden.

“As soon as they found out it was now possible, they jumped at the chance,” the source tells Us.

The couple may be eyeing the home as a place to settle after Jolie – whose mother was of French Canadian descent – gives birth to her next baby (she is due in early summer).

Jolie, 32, has had “long conversations” with the American Hospital of Paris about delivering there, a second source tells Us.

“Angelina knows all about our reputation,” says the hospital source. “She is certain she’d be happy giving birth here.”

Jolie has been spending time in Austin, Texas while Pitt films Tree of Life nearby.

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Sheryl Crow has exploded the myth that Brad Pitt dumped then-wife Jennifer Aniston to romance Angelina Jolie, insisting her pal ditched the movie hunk – and not the other way around.

Despite the widely held belief the pair’s marriage ended in 2005 – after Pitt left Aniston – Crow insists she and Aniston bonded after the former Friends star dumped Pitt and she split from her fiance, cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Crow insists, “For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships. Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don’t say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven’t had.”

Friends have backed up Crow’s claim – one pal telling the National Enquirer, “Once Jen saw the writing on the wall, she dumped Brad. “She took a cold, hard look at her marriage and realized it was irretrievably broken. She and Brad had vastly different personal agendas and feelings about love, career and having a family.”

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Brad Pitt’s plans to marry pregnant Angelina Jolie have come to a screeching halt after the couple got into a screaming match over details of the ceremony, Star has learned exclusively.

Brad wants a big wedding in New Orleans, the town he has adopted in a bid to help get it back on its feet after Hurricane Katrina, while Angie says she would like a small, intimate ceremony in France.

And when Brad told the mom-of-four — with two more on the way — that he had asked his mother, Jane, to help with the arrangements, Angie hit the roof, sources say.

“They ended up going to separate bedrooms and slamming doors. Angelina was so frustrated, she was crying,” one friend of the couple says.

Angie’s main problem with Jane Pitt is that she’s still close to Brad’s ex, Jennifer Aniston, and even suggested she should be on the guest list. “Brad tried to reassure Angie that she wouldn’t show up,” says the source. “Still Angie’s furious. Anytime Jen’s name is mentioned, she gets jealous.”

For full details of Brad and Angelina’s big blowup — and an inside look at the house Brad, Angie and their kids will be sharing in Texas, where he’s shooting a movie — pick up this week’s issue of Star.

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Those dresses are gorgeous!

Brad Pitt’s pal George Clooney has joined the ranks of those gossiping about Angelina Jolie’s baby bump, joking her bloated belly might just be a bad case of gas. The couples’ representatives are still refusing to confirm or deny the actress’ reported pregnancy, which was the talk of the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. The pair raced up the ‘blue’ carpet, refusing all interview requests, but it was clear from Jolie’s bloated belly that the actress may, indeed, be pregnant, as reports suggest.

And now Clooney is weighing in on the mystery. Speaking on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday, the movie star joked, “Well, there’s a lot of problems. Either it’s a tremendous amount of gas which is just not likely… Really, not likely.”

Oscar host Jon Stewart got a few laughs at Angelina Jolie’s expense at tonight’s show.

After presenting a fake award in honor of pregnant A-listers — including Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba and Cate Blanchett — Stewart announced Jolie as the winner.

“Obviously Angelina Jolie couldn’t be here — it’s hard to find 17 babysitters on Oscar night!” Stewart quipped, adding, “I accept this baby on her behalf.”

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There’s no denying it now! Here is Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at today’s 2008 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards in Santa Monica.