
They were the quintessential Hollywood dream couple until their marriage
ended in a shroud of questions and tabloid fodder.
Yet, this weekend, a
series of wild wedding rumors led many to believe that Brad Pitt and Jennifer
Aniston were once again preparing to tie the knot -- albeit not to each
other.
First came word that Pitt was reportedly set to marry Oscar-winning actress
-- and expectant mother of Pitt's child -- Angelina Jolie at a villa owned by
actor and friend George Clooney in Laglio, Italy.
At the same time, fans were also buzzing about emerging reports of wedding
plans for Brad's ex, Jennifer Aniston, who was said to be preparing for nuptials
with her rumored main squeeze of late, Vince Vaughn, at Oprah Winfrey's estate
near Santa Barbara, California.
Alas, for fans of Aniston or Pitt -- or of Vaughn or Jolie, for that matter
-- the rumor mill scored a less-than-stellar 0-for-2 for the weekend.
The Associated Press reports that, although police and even the Mayor of
Cernobbio were placed on heightened alert for major events that weekend, the
only couple to marry in the Lake Como retreat over the weekend was an elderly
Italian couple who tied the knot at City Hall.
Jolie and Pitt were nowhere to be found in the vicinity -- that is, of
course, unless you count the men in 'drag' who called themselves 'Brad' and
'Angelina,' sharing a passionate kiss by the lake.
The mayor of Laglio also told AP that construction projects on Clooney's
estate negated the possibility of a wedding at the site.
Nonetheless, the buzz surrounding a rumored Pitt-Jolie wedding might not have
strictly been borne from grains of speculative salt. A hotel spokeswoman from
Villa D'Este in Cernobbio, oft attended by entertainment elite, tells AP that
agents for both stars had contacted the hotel a number of months ago, but she
later went on to explain that "we don't know what happened. It ended in
nothing."
As for Aniston and Vaughan, TMZ.com has investigated the rumors and believes
them to be false, citing a photo of Winfrey boarding a jet to Maui, one that a
source claims did not return to Santa Barbara, thereby lessening the chances
that she helped to organize the couple's 'nuptials.' Further, TMZ adds that
there were no sightings of the couple in the Santa Barbara area.
So, it appears that admirers of these reported celebrity supercouples would
be well advised to hang onto that rice and place those wedding registry gifts
back in the closet -- at least for now.