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So it begins. Let’s launch this week’s gallery in Hollywood for the premiere of the new movie Unbroken. Director/Earth mother Angelina Jolie was unable to attend – she has chickenpox – so her husband Brad Pitt gallantly filled in for her. Now that’s a supportive spouse!MARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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Even more impressively, Mr. Pitt brought along three of their six children – Pax, Shiloh and Maddox – and even his own mother. No word on who was babysitting the other three kids. Or making chicken soup for AngelinaMARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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‘Why, yes,’ said Mr. Pitt. ‘Now that you mention it, Shiloh does slightly resemble her birth mother…’ROBYN BECK/AFP / Getty Images

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Naturally, the premiere also merited an appearance from English actor Jack O’Connell, who has the lead role in Unbroken and is seen here posing proudly beside his new vintage Willys Jeep. No cushy limo for this blokeJoe Scarnici

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Also at the Unbroken premiere: Actor Finn Wittrock. We’re not sure who he is but we just love saying his name. Finn Wittrock! He’s like a Flintstones character brought to lifeMARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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And here we have the Olympic athlete Lolo Jones, whose name is also terrific fun to say. Those boots, by the way, were preapproved for red-carpet usage by the U.S. Olympic CommitteeFrazer Harrison/Getty Images

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Now to New York, where Cuba Gooding Jr. was heard shouting, ‘Show me the long trendy scarf’ at the premiere of the new film Big EyesBrad Barket/Getty Images

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Of course, once that scarf gauntlet was thrown down, Louis Gossett Jr. had no choice but to respond with his own luxuriant neckwearBrad Barket/Getty Images

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‘Meh,’ said Michael Bolton, who some consider to be the Maestro of Meh. ‘It’s not really a long trendy scarf unless it’s knotted, like mine’Brad Barket/Getty Images

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At the same time, director Tim Burton attended the Big Eyes premiere in his usual dowdy black overcoat, along with an extra arm, judging by this photoIlya S. Savenok

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Jason Schwartzman, meanwhile, went with a basic business suit and his now standard Nebbish-Caught-in-the-Headlights glareBrad Barket/Getty Images

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And Amy Adams? She wore a simple, classy black dress and a Cheshire cat expression, possibly because she was one of the few people at the premiere who actually appears in Big EyesBrad Barket/Getty Images

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Now on to Moscow, where the florid French actor Gerard Depardieu gave a big thumbs-up to a Russian watch company that paid him to be there. No sense just waiting around for someone to make Green Card 2, right?MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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At the same event, Mr. Depardieu, who recently boasted of his ability to drink six bottles of wine each day, appeared a tad flustered and kept trying to wind the clunky timepiece (no one had the heart to tell him watches have been battery-powered since the seventies)MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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‘Mon dieu! They want to pay me for this gig in rubles?’MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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Meanwhile in London, Daniel Craig seemed genuinely surprised to be spotted by fans while shooting a scene for the new James Bond movie titled Spectre – despite the fact they were filming in downtown LondonAlastair Grant/The Associated Press

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Once his cover was blown, however, Craig openly welcomed the public adoration that comes with playing a time-honoured literary character previously portrayed by Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and George LazenbyMatt Dunham/The Associated Press

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Then some killjoy told Craig that the draft for Spectre had already been leaked to the world by the Sony hackersMatt Dunham/The Associated Press

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Last stop: Nashville, Tennessee, the ground zero of U.S. country music and presumably the last place you’d expect to find Vince Vaughn. Obviously, some people were shocked to see the cool-cat of Swingers fame holding forth at the American Country Countdown AwardsDonn Jones

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But then Vaughn brought down the house with his aching version of Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man and suddenly it all made sense. That’s so money, y’allJason Merritt

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