PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A French mayor on Tuesday denied a
report in celebrity magazine Hello that quoted him saying
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who own a chateau nearby, were due
to get married this weekend.
The A-list Hollywood couple own the 17th-century Chateau
Miraval in southeastern France, and celebrity publications have
been rife with rumours in recent weeks that they were planning
to wed soon.
"I don't know who they are," said Michael Latz, mayor of the
village of Correns where the couple dubbed "Brangelina" have
their chateau, when asked if he had spoken to Hello.
He said he was not aware of any wedding, and added: "It's
nonsense. I've had 50 phone calls and I am telling everyone to
get lost because this is tireseome and irritates me.
"I am going to pursue them (Hello) for misleading
statements."
Hello magazine reported on its website on Tuesday that the
mayor had said Jolie and Pitt would marry this weekend, although
it did not quote him directly.
Jolie, 37, and Pitt, 48, announced their engagement in April
but have not publicly set a wedding date. The couple have been
together since 2005 and are raising six children.
(Reporting by Brian Love; Writing by Mike Collett-White,
editing by Paul Casciato)