Brad & Angelina Visit Haiti

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited the Caribbean nation of Haiti on Friday on a mission of goodwill. The couple flew to Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic, where Jolie is filming the movie The Good Shepherd, co-starring with Matt Damon and directed by Robert De Niro. They traveled in a convoy through the capital of Port-au-Prince, protected by police and U.N. peacekeepers as large crowds gathered on the street to cheer them along the way. "You hear so much just about the danger and the fear and then you come here and you meet just an amazing people," said Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. "Given just a little chance, and given a little help, this is going to be a great country." Brad and Angelina visited a school supported by a charity founded by Haitian-born hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean, where they watched children dance and recite poetry. Also, on the tour they stopped in at a juvenile jail where plans are underway to begin a tutoring program for the young inmates.
"We love this country and we plan to be back over and over again," Jolie said. Jean praised the actors, who were scheduled to leave Saturday, for visiting during a time of insecurity. "To have these people grace our country is a beautiful thing," he said.

The visit comes at a tumultuous time for Haiti, with the country struggling to organize its first elections since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from power in a violent rebellion nearly two years ago.

Meanwhile back in the U.S. Brad Pitt did not call Jennifer Aniston to tell her about girlfriend Angelina Jolie's pregnancy announcement. Aniston's publicist, Stephen Huvane, cleared up reports that Pitt and former wife Aniston spoke before the announcement on Wednesday. "All the reports about phone calls between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie are all made-up lies," Huvane told television show Extra.