Brad, Angelina & That Photo

Angelina JolieMost A-list celebs spend their private lives desperately trying to hide from the press - particularly when they're on holiday.

But the gossip's flying that Angelina Jolie tipped off photographers about a recent beach trip with her Mr & Mrs Smith co-star Brad Pitt.

According to Female First, sources claim Angelina was keen to show the world she and Brad are a couple now his divorce from Jennifer is in the process of being finalised.

A source told the Daily Mirror: "When you're Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and you're tired of hiding, this is a great way to do it. This is a way to break the news softly."

Angelina Jolie and Brad PittBut with a tip-off or not, the pictures of the couple playing happy families on the beach with Angelina's son, Maddox, have been sold exclusively to US Weekly magazine.

However, they are so in demand that a rival US magazine, Star, decided to fake the photo by doing a bit of cutting and pasting of two earlier shots - Brad on holiday in the Caribbean and Angelina ( with a very young-looking Maddox on a beach in Virginia last year.

The photo was on the front cover of Star magazine - although they do admit in small print on page 46 that it is, in fact, fake.

But the Brad and Angelina furore doesn't stop there... a nasty computer virus has been unleashed which appears as an email with subject lines such as: "Watch Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt cought (sic) on TAPE! SEXY CLIP! WATCH IT!"

You have been warned...