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Aniston talks about Jolie, Pitt in interview

New York – Jennifer Aniston says Angelina Jolie was out of line when she spilled details about her relationship with Brad Pitt on the set of the “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” film.

In an interview in the December issue of Vogue, Aniston talks about the magazine’s 2007 profile of Jolie, who talked about growing chummy with Pitt – then married to Aniston – while shooting the action movie in 2004.

Says Aniston: “That stuff about how she couldn’t wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool.”

But Aniston says she and Pitt, who divorced in October 2005, are on good terms. Says Aniston: “Well, it never was that bad. … In the end, we really had an amicable split.”

Obama girls invited to ‘Hannah Montana’

New York – This much is clear: The Obama daughters are welcome on the set of “Hannah Montana.”

But any talk that 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha are likely to appear on the popular Disney Channel show seems to be just that – talk. And it’s been mostly from Billy Ray Cyrus, father of “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus.

He told “Access Hollywood” on Monday that the young daughters of President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, would “probably” be appearing on the show. “The invitation is there.”

The Obama camp could not confirm any invitation, apart from a statement released Tuesday by the Disney Channel saying: “We’re pleased that Malia and Sasha are fans and, as long as their parents say it’s OK, they are invited to the set of ‘Hannah Montana’ and all Disney Channel shows, for a guest role or a visit, anytime.”

From ‘Leave It to Beaver’ to the Louvre

Los Angeles – Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell.

Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed The Beav’s big brother, Wally, in the ’50s TV series “Leave It to Beaver,” will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre. Several sculptors from the Karen Lynne Gallery – including Dow – will have their works shown at the historic art museum in Paris as part of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts exhibition.

“Having something shown at the Louvre is about as good as you can get,” said Dow, who lives in Los Angeles, “especially when it’s a juried show like this where there’s a panel of judges who pick the pieces to be in the exhibition. I’m a little humbled by the whole thing but grateful nonetheless.”

Dow, who has also worked as a director and visual effects producer on several TV shows, has been painting and sculpting since he was a teenager. The 63-year-old artist’s sculpture that will be shown at the Louvre from Dec. 11 to Dec. 14 is titled “Unarmed Warrior,” and is a bronze figure of a woman holding a shield.

Jim Cramer to talk at University of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Alex Cullen walked by a television set as his older brother was watching a noisy guy bounce around on the screen, decapitating bobbleheads and talking about the stock market.

It attracted his attention and he started watching Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” on CNBC.

Three years later, when Cullen sent Cramer a video he posted on YouTube asking him to bring his “Mad Money Back to School Tour” to Iowa City, Cramer said yes.

Cramer will speak to a few classes today. A show will be taped in the Iowa Memorial Union for broadcast at 5 p.m. CST.

Cullen, a 22-year-old finance major from Downers Grove, Ill., is president of the Financial Management Association, a 200-member student group that brings professional speakers to campus and helps students explore the job market.

“He’s the guy that got me interested in investing and in the stock market,” Cullen said of Cramer.

Bruce Springsteen appears in food bank ad

Hillside, N.J. – Bruce Springsteen wants to make sure one bank remains solvent: the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.

The singer will appear in a newspaper ad for the state’s largest food bank that says: “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail!”

Springsteen has been a supporter of the food bank for 23 years, often donating proceeds from concerts or encouraging fans to bring food donations to his shows. This is the first time he’s lent his image to the anti-hunger campaign.

The Community Food Bank says the economy has resulted in a 30 percent increase in those needing food and could lead it to ration supplies for the first time in its 26-year history.

The food bank assists charities serving a half-million people each year.

MSNBC host guarded by 7-second delay

New York – After an F-bomb dropped on “Morning Joe,” the MSNBC news-talk show has installed an early-warning system.

A seven-second delay was added with Tuesday’s broadcast, to protect against future eruptions such as that of host Joe Scarborough, who seemed to surprise even himself with his verboten utterance.

Scarborough slipped Monday while attempting to describe the rawboned manner of Rahm Emanuel, incoming White House chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama.

Amid his many on-air apologies, Scarborough said, “My wife is going to kill me when I get home” and spoke of washing out his mouth with soap.

The delay will not be on any other MSNBC programming, according to spokesman Jeremy Gaines. When asked whether it had been ordered up by network brass or requested by Scarborough, Gaines said, “It was a mutual decision.”

Former MSNBC morning host Don Imus aired his show with a similar delay, Gaines noted.