Angelina Jolie insists she didn't select her Oscar dress with the thigh-high slit knowing it would cause a world-wide sensation.

Speaking out for the first time about her pose in the black Versace gown and how it spawned its own Twitter page and the term Jolie-ing, and was the top story for every entertainment news show on TV, Brad Pitt's mate told the Huffington Post "I honestly didn't pay attention to it."

Jonah Hill’s and Brad Pitt’s dynamic performances in Moneyball earned them both Oscar nods this year, affording the former to be photobombed by arguably the premiere movie director in history, the great Martin Scorsese.

(According to Urbandictionary.com, Photobombing “is to drop in a photo unexpectedly ... to hop in a picture right before it is taken.”)

Eddie Murphy's new movie, A Thousand Words, sat on the shelf for four years before its release, based on its box office return this weekend, it should have stayed there. The flick, which cost $40 million to make, took in only $6.3 million in ticket sales.

That's one big ouch.

The result, writes Deadline's veteran Hollywood watcher Nikki Finke, "demonstrates the tragic degree to which

Those looking for another peek at Angelina Jolie's right leg left sorely disappointed Thursday night, when the queen of the A-list covered up the gorgeous gam (both of ‘em, actually!) at the 3rd Annual Women in the World event held at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center.

The 36-year-old partner of Brad Pitt -- who made international news at last month's Oscars when she preened in her now-famous stance -- played it a lot more conservative in the Apple Thursday, looking a tad thin in a white blazer with a loose chiffon top and black pants

In a city where even dogs wear designer clothes and Burberry or Chanel leashes are a common sight during ‘yappy hour’ in Beverly Hills, it’s no surprise that an animal-loving designer has created a line of imitation Oscar gowns just for (wo)man’s best friend.

Stylish owners who dream of dressing their Chihuahua in Angelina Jolie’s leg-flashing Versace gown or any of the other fabulous fashions from the 2012 Academy Awards can get their wish thanks to Jennifer Basulto, who has created an entire collection of copy cat Oscar dresses for pampered pooches.

Nothing says I love you like an extravagant gift!

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Adrienne Maloof and her husband are about to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Dr. Paul Nassif dropped a whopping $28,000 on a luxurious present for his wife!

Angelina Jolie doesn’t normally have to fight for the spotlight, but her bizarre behavior at the Oscars that involved her flaunting her emaciated figure in a high-slitted gown is a cry for attention, an expert tells RadarOnline.com.

“People often flaunt their bodies in need of attention,” psychotherapist Jessica Aronson, who has not treated the star, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. “Her dress, like many others such as Jennifer Lopez’s, was so exposing and in my clinical opinion a deeper desire for attention."

Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, the Academy Awards, cause many an A-list star to go to extreme measures to look red carpet ready, from starvation diets and intense fitness regimes, to the inevitable trip to the plastic surgeon.

While many celebrities nipped and tucked subtly enough that no one noticed, some stars went a little too far, and RadarOnline.com has exclusive details of their age-defying makeovers.

Angelina Jolie’s bizarre leg thrust Sunday night at the 2012 Academy Awards almost stole the show, but it didn’t earn her any friends among the sharpest tongued ladies in town.

Fashion Police star Joan Rivers had a few choice words for the Atelier Versace clad beauty.

So ... are they hitched? Yes, that’s the buzz in Hollywood Tuesday, two days after Tinseltown’s grandest event, the Oscars.

There, last year’s Best Actress winner, Black Swan stunner Natalie Portman, was sporting a big chunk of bling on her finger, along with a gold band, leaving us to wonder whether or not she’s tied the knot with beau Benjamin Millepied.