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Stop the international presses! Brad Pitt is kinda, maybe, sorta interested in buying himself another motorcycle.

This is the breaking news flash out of Tokyo this morning, where the Beautiful Bearded One is currently making the promotional rounds for Inglourious Basterds, which is finally opening in Japan.

"I had a little mishap," he explained when asked about his pavement-pounding, paparazzi-captured bike topple last week.

"No injuries, except my ego. I was trying to get away from some paparazzi and instead gave them a good story."

Actually, Brad, "good" may be overselling it a bit, but we'll assume that after three months on the publicity trail, any new talking point is welcomed with open arms.

"It was my favorite bike, so that is really sad."

Not Iraqi-refugees-in-Syria sad, mind you, but still a bit of a bummer. And a rather easily fixable one, at that.

"I will definitely be looking at motorcycles," he said. "You've got some of the best builders right here."

Something tells us this guy would beg to differ. But domo arigato all the same.

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Did you hear the one about Brad Pitt's motorcycle mishap?

Countless reports of the chopper spill have been circulating cyberspace all afternoon, and while both Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Police Departments confirm that there have been no accidents reported, we've complied a little collection of what we know thus far.

Sources tell E! News that the incident wasn't much of an accident, but rather Pitt's mirror nicked the mirror of an adjacent car and he lost balance on his bike. His motorcycle reportedly wouldn't start after it fell to the ground, so the star called his security team for a lift. 

The source says the other car involved in the mix-up belonged to the paparazzi, but it was Pitt who got too close.

Elsewhere, reports of the cycle spill vary. TMZ says Pitt was weaving in and out of stopped traffic and damaged his ride after clipping a parked car, while X17 has a much more elaborate version of events involving the mega-movie star falling to the ground on his bike after a too-close-for-comfort pap cut him off.

The report claims Pitt exchanged heated words with the pap, telling him to be more careful, then escaped the commotion by running into a nearby apartment complex to wait for his ride.

And finally, Radar Online says that their reporter witnessed the minor mash-up, stating that a paparazzo bumped Pitt's bike from behind, forcing his motorcycle into the rear of the car ahead. Pitt reportedly kept his cool in the aftermath, even interacting with onlookers.

The one common thread? Pitt is A-OK, uninjured and on his merry way.

And regardless of what went down today, Pitt will live to bike again.

—Reporting by Ashley Fultz

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They'll never let us forget they are more than just pretty faces. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took time out of their schedules on Friday to bring attention to the continuing plight of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees still living in Syria.

Jolie, a United Nations goodwill ambassador, and her significant other spent time with two different families in the Syrian capital of Damascus. They also met with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to discuss the efforts being made toward health care and education. 

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Brad Pitt's beard isn't the only thing that's growing right before our eyes.

So is New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, thanks to the bang-up job the actor's ecofriendly foundation is doing down south.

"I don't know how we build any other way anywhere else," Pitt said, addressing an audience today at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York. "We can no longer tell ourselves that implementing this technology is too complex a problem because it's just been proven on this little spot on the map."

Pitt, who started his Make It Right Foundation in 2007, said that the average family pays $35 per month for electricity in one of the green-minded homes built by his organization, while construction costs have decreased overall.

Hurricane Katrina battered the Big Easy in 2005 and Pitt has pledged to help construct 150 houses. He and Angelina Jolie also live in New Orleans part-time. 

Other Hollywood-accented do-gooders on the roster of featured attendees at Clinton's annual summit, which started Tuesday and ends tomorrow, included Matt Damon, Quincy Jones, Martin Scorsese, Alicia Keys, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Mira Sorvino and longtime Clinton pal Barbra Streisand.

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Imagine perusing the aisles of your local Toys "R" Us in Toulon, France, when somewhere between Elmo and Dora the Explorer, you spot a Pax. Or a Shiloh and a Zahara for that matter.

Well, that's exactly what happened to the fine folks out shopping for playthings on Tuesday when Angelina Jolie herself stopped in with half her brood (Maddox, Vivienne and Knox apparently opted to sit this one out) while Papa Pitt continued to promote Inglourious Basterds in Spain and grow his beard.

Oh, but the real excitement didn't come until after the famous family left the store…

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The idea of Brad Pitt showing up in a Sherlock Holmes film hasn't been snuffed out yet.

Judging by the trailer, it looks as if audiences are either going to love or hate Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes—but an unknown fate hasn't stopped the studio from planning a sequel already!

The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business blog is reporting that Warner Bros. is developing a follow-up to the action-packed detective caper, which is due in theaters on Christmas Day, starring Robert Downey Jr. as a Holmes who seems equally adept at cage-fighting as he is at solving the most complex of cases.

And while the studio denied rumors that Pitt was "joining the cast" of the first flick as Holmes' archenemy, Professor Moriarty, Pitt has since talked to producers about playing the supervillain in a possible sequel.

Meanwhile, Ritchie has confirmed that "there is some kind of appearance" by Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes, and that the actor who plays him is not credited for the role.

Deduce what you want from the provided clues. We're just hoping Sherlock rocks enough to earn another go-round.

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Aw, remember dreamboat Brad Pitt? Of course you do; that's the biggest reason he reached worldwide super-movie-star status.

Recently, it has come to our attention that Mr. Pitt has been hiding his intrinsic dreamboatness.

Duh, you must be thinking, that already happened when Inglourious Basterds forced him to sport that wimpy mustache. That's partially true.

But, see, the current situation has reached a point where we need to step in. Maybe he won't listen to us and that's fine. It's his decision, but at least we tried.

And you should help us! First please review the evidence of said offense:

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Matt Damon might be alive and kicking, but who knows after George Clooney is finished with him.

To continue our ever-expanding coverage of hijinks between the two, Clooney is prepping for retaliation against The Informant! star who is semi-responsible for a gay fan's widely-publicized stripper-gram last week. 

The other culprit? Another member of the Ocean's bromance, Brad Pitt.

At the Venice Film Festival premiere of his new flick Up in the Air, E! News presented Clooney with a very simple question: "What are you going to do to Damon for Italiagate?"

His response? "I'm going to do something. I've got something big planned."

So, there you have it. Damon, you've been warned. Pitt, you should probably watch your back, too.

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