Angelina Jolie was seen running (for cover? For her life?) on the set of Salt in Washington, DC. This time she was back to being a blond, tucking the hair under a little knit cap, and was wearing a camel peacoat, jeans, and low-heel boots.

I think that seeing little glimpses of scenes that are likely going to be very high-action is such a great way to create buzz around a movie. Rather than spoiling the movie for us, I find that it just makes me anticipate it even more. Usually we see Angelina walking around casually, either all dressed up and graceful on the red carpet or going somewhere with her kids. We don’t see her running at full speed around the streets of Washington, so that instantly makes me curious and I want to know what’s going on in this scene. Is she running to get somewhere quickly because she needs to beat someone to some documents? Is someone chasing after her and she’s trying to get away? Is she just in a hurry because the clock is ticking? We don’t know the answer, so it makes it all that much more exciting, waiting to see the movie..

I have to say, I think Angelina looks really beautiful with the blond hair. She looks best with her own natural brown, but the blond suits her so well too. I like the knit cap too, I’ve been wanting one of those for awhile.

The photos make me giggle a little bit because running looks a bit silly when it’s frozen in a still picture but they are definitely getting me geared up for seeing this movie next year!

Images used with permission: Splash News Online

Angelina Jolie is already hard at work on the set of Salt and courtesy of Sony Pictures here’s a quick peek at just two of the looks that Angie will have in the movie. In one shot she’s got dark brown hair somewhat similar to her own color, long and straight with bangs. In the other she’s sporting long blond hair.

USA Today has a nice article up about the movie. The general synopsis of the movie is that Angelina plays Evelyn A. Salt, a CIA spy who has been accused of working for the Russians. The film follows her efforts to clear her name.

Originally the movie was about a character named Edwin A. Salt and the role was meant for Tom Cruise. When Tom backed out for various reasons, they actually re-wrote the script to make it work for a female character instead so that they could hire Angelina instead.

I would probably be keen on seeing Salt even if it was Tom Cruise in the role because his action movies are always fun to watch. However, I think that the movie is going to be a huge hit because male spy movies are a dime a dozen; having a woman cast in the lead role as a spy makes the story that much more interesting. Also, while I love seeing Angelina in heavy, dramatic roles like A Mighty Heart or Changeling, I also really enjoy seeing her in action roles. Ever since I learned that she does as many of her own stunts as she possibly can, I find them even more exciting.

What do you think of her two looks? Naturally she looks amazing in the top photo because her hair isn’t much different from her usual look. I really like the blond hair too; not everyone can pull off going lighter but this is Angelina Jolie. They could put her in a curly pink wig and she’d still look amazing!

Photos used with permission: Robert Elswit for Sony Pictures

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn’t stick around Los Angeles for very long after the Oscars wrapped. With filming for Salt ready to go , the Jolie-Pitt family was back in New York in short order.

Despite the fact that she’ll be working hard on her spy flick, Angelina was able to join Brad while they took Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh into New York City to see a production of “The Little Mermaid” on Broadway.

What a fun outing for the kids! I’d love to take my kids to see a fun Broadway children’s show - I hope they enjoyed it!

More photos of Brad, Angelina, and the four older Jolie-Pitt kids on their way to Broadway below the cut!

(LOVE Angie’s boots!)

Meanwhile, prior to their outing today, Angelina Jolie arrived with Liev Schreiber at a Long Island warehouse to start filming Salt yesterday. Photographers attempted to catch them as they got there but security created a photo barricade with their vehicles to stop that. I guess they don’t want to give too much away before the movie wraps!

That’s the warehouse where at least some filming will be taking place. Photo used with permission: Bauer-Griffin

Top two images used with permission Splash News Online

Whew. Is anyone else as tired as I am after last night’s Oscar awards? I love watching them but just once in my life I’d love to see them actually wrap up by 11 pm for a change!

Here’s a quick round-up of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Oscars last night!

Over at Style Crunch are the fashion notes - as usual, Brad dressed in a Tom Ford tux (and looked really sexy if I may add!) and Angie’s strapless dress was by Elie Saab, a designer that she’s worn before.

The tabloids were ready to pounce with Jennifer Aniston presenting the animation award, and I’m sure they’ll find something to twist around, but as far as I was concerned, the whole thing was practically a non-event. Brad and Angie looked gorgeous, Jennifer looked gorgeous, she delivered her lines well (loved when she said they didn’t know why they had let Jack Black out of the house), she smiled at Brad and Angelina, and they were both laughing at the jokes. There was zero drama, I’m sure the triangle fans are disappointed.

Speaking of things for tabloids to jump on, People.com has a video clip up that will probably get people up in arms. In it, they asked Brad and Angelina what the six kids were doing at home while they were out on the red carpet. Brad replied, “Throwing spaghetti against the wall”.

How much do you want to bet that this will fuel outrage, with folks saying that the kids are out of control? Too bad not everyone recognizes Brad’s sense of humor and that he was probably joking or exaggerating that maybe some of the kids weren’t fond of their dinner that night.

And as we all predicted, even though neither won a major award (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button did win several technical awards, as I figured it would), the night for Brad and Angelina was more about having a good time than anything else - Angie said, “I like to think of it more as a date. We’re very comfortable tonight and just happy to be out and it’s a nice night.”

Keep reading, I have some video clips of Brad and Angelina at the Oscars below the cut!

On the red carpet - Angie definitely looked tired, but who wouldn’t be with her schedule lately?

I really enjoyed having prior winners come up to talk about each nominee, it was different and interesting. Here’s the presentation for Best Actress - Nicole Kidman introduces Angelina.

(Sorry for the poor quality, it was the only one I could find!)

And if I may, one of my favorite moments of the night was when Kate Winslet was giving her acceptance speech and didn’t know where her parents were sitting so she asked her father to whistle - and he did! It was like he was trying to hail a cab, it was so cute!

Along those same lines, here’s the Best Actor presentation, with Sir Anthony Hopkins introducing Brad Pitt - such nice words!

And of course, the much-talked-up animated film presentation - as I said, total non-event, drama-free.

Now let’s wait for the tabloids to turn it into something it wasn’t.

Image used with permission: Newscom

Angelina Jolie was spotted late yesterday evening in New York City, leaving the lower west side building where she had been doing some camera test shots for Salt. It was obviously colder when she came out than it was earlier in the day because she was keeping warm in a North Face bubble coat.

No word yet on how much longer Angelina will be in New York with Zahara and Shiloh. The Oscars are on Sunday so hopefully she was flying back to Los Angeles today to rest up a bit, but on the other hand, Angie is a bit of an expert at looking fantastic on little sleep and a lot of jet lag.

Meanwhile, there are a few photos of Brad Pitt in Las Vegas with Maddox and Pax starting here.

More photos of Angelina Jolie in New York City last night below the cut!

Angelina seemed to be smiling more after her long day than she did in the morning. When she arrived she was probably pre-occupied and thinking about the work she had to do - it’s certainly easier to relax and smile and wave at your fans when your work is all done for the day!

Top image used with permission: Splash News Online

Angelina Jolie’s visit to New York City isn’t just for pleasure. Although she had time to go shopping at Lee’s Art Shop with Zahara and Shiloh yesterday, this morning she was spotted arriving at a Manhattan rehearsal studio.

She had a copy of the New York Times in hand and her Salt script in her bag as she was heading inside for some camera test shots and possibly a brief read-through. It’s getting close to filming time for Angie, so things are starting to come together on the production side of things.

Angelina looks very comfortable in her all-black ensemble. Considering our current blizzard up here, I’m envious that the NYC streets are clear and neither Angie nor her bodyguard is wearing a coat!

I don’t know which is more exciting - the Oscars being mere days away, which means photos of Brad and Angelina on the red carpet again, or getting to (hopefully!) see some shots of Angelina on the set of Salt!

Images used with permission: Splash News Online

I had thought that maybe Angelina Jolie was alone in New York City if she was just there for a quick assignment. However, she isn’t - because today Angelina was seen with Zahara and Shiloh, doing a bit of shopping at one of their favorite NYC stores, Lee’s Art Shop in the Midtown area.

I think that every time the family has ever been in New York for any length of time, they always hit up that store at least once. They must sell some fun stuff for the kids.

How adorable are these two big girls?! I can’t believe how much they’re growing and they both look so cute. Shiloh is looking more like Brad Pitt every time I see her and Zahara still has her no-nonsense attitude, I love it!

I wonder if it’s just Angelina and the big girls in the city. That would be a nice Mom and daughters getaway for them - Vivienne can join them too when she gets a little bit older!

Two more photos of Angelina Jolie, Zahara, and Shiloh at Lee’s Art Shop below the cut!

I wonder what’s inside those little baskets?

Images used with permission: Splash News Online

Popping up in the Big Apple, Angelina Jolie was spotted looking at apartment buildings in New York City yesterday afternoon (February 16).

In town ahead of her trip out west for the Academy Awards, the “Changeling” beauty is readying for her return to NYC for the filming of the upcoming movie “Edwin A. Salt”.

As we all wonder what Angelina Jolie will be wearing on the Oscar red carpet this year, I wanted to peek back at three of her past looks for the Academy Awards.

No one could ever possibly forget Angelina’s black Oscar dress with the long, darker hair and the dramatic make-up. While many referred to her look as “gothic” - and usually in a negative way - I actually really loved this. Maybe it’s because of my own goth days, but I found it to be a very striking look. Of course, she ended up with the best accessory an actress can hope for when she won the award for Supporting Actress for her role as the very crazy Lisa in Girl, Interrupted.

(I had always liked Angelina very much, ever since I saw her in Hackers which was an otherwise fairly bad movie, but Girl, Interrupted was what sealed it for me. Until that time, Winona Ryder had been my favorite actress and was the main reason I wanted to see the movie. Angelina ended up blowing everyone out of the water and from that time she took over the spot as my #1 favorite actress, and she hasn’t budged since.)

In 2001, Angelina surprised people when she arrived on the red carpet showing that she had decided to pass on the traditional gowns, going for a feminine white tuxedo look instead. I’m not a huge fan of pantsuits on the red carpet since I love seeing actresses in dresses that they would otherwise not be wearing, but this was so nicely fitted and it really made her stand out from the crowd. Not my favorite, but still a good one.

When Angelina hit the red carpet in 2004, she looked like a goddess in a shiny, white, low-cut gown and I thought that she looked amazing. Her hair was done just enough to let us see her gorgeous face and her make-up but it still looked natural. I think of all three Oscar looks, the white dress is my favorite overall.

Which was your favorite? What color do you think or hope she’ll wear this year? As I already mentioned, I’m hoping for a dark jewel tone, but it won’t be much longer to wait and see!

Images used with permission: Newscom

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted having a date night last night in L.A. They arrived at the very popular Katsuya restaurant - I swear, most of Hollywood goes there for dinner at some point - and of course they had to ask the most obvious question.

(Click the image or this link to see the video over at TMZ.com!)

The guy with the camera asked if Brad and Angelina are in competition with Nadya Suleman, or “OctoMom” as they referred to her. Ever the professionals, Angie just gave a non-commital half-smile and ignored the question while Brad just answered, “yeah, we sure are” before heading inside.

It’s too bad they had to be asked a dumb question like that, but I’m glad they got an evening to themselves. They probably made Valentine’s Day a family day like we do here, so getting to go out to dinner on the 15th was a nice way to still celebrate - plus, fewer crowds!

(Thanks Angela, for the link!)