Aug. 13, 2007

It was a typical weekend for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, filled with the usual wholesome outings with their tykes and questionable tales from the tabloids. Here's the latest:

The rumor-denying squeezes are taking advantage of the culture in Chicago, where Jolie is currently shooting the thriller "Wanted." On Saturday afternoon, they treated their photogenic brood -- Maddox, 6, Pax, 3, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 14 months -- to a trip to the famed Field Museum.

The Chicago Tribune reports the world's most famous blended family arrived a half-hour after the natural history museum closed and received a private, 90-minute tour of the exhibits.

Among the day's highlights: Sue, which is billed as the "largest, most complete and best-preserved" Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen ever discovered.

"They saw a lot of the dinosaurs," a museum spokeswoman informs the paper.

"The little boy Maddox kept saying, 'Is this real? Is this real?'" the chatty rep adds to the Chicago Sun-Times. "And of course, the things in there are real."

Security staffers who escorted the clan around said "the kids were really well-behaved," relays the mouthpiece. "[They] looked like just an ordinary family, except, of course, you and I know they're not. Far more beautiful. Just very, very nice people."

Maddox, Pax and Zahara left the museum with a few colorful reminders of their visit, taking a cue from their ink-stained parents by sporting temporary dinosaur tattoos on their arms. Brad, meanwhile, toted a few wax souvenir dinos as he carried Zee to their waiting car.

Maddox's fossil imprint was still visible on Sunday, when he and a still sadly shrunken-looking Jolie, who stepped out for a much-needed and adults-only sushi dinner date with Pitt the night before, popped into a local Borders bookstore.

The lovable tot, once again rocking a faux-hawk, gave a gap-toothed grin despite the crush of shutterbugs and camera phone-wielding bystanders.

But such G-rated domesticity stands in stark contrast to the more salacious chatter emanating from a European outlet.

The French magazine Public purports to have scored an exclusive interview with Angelina, an ostensible sit-down that In Touch features as its latest cover story.

"I have never hidden my bisexuality," she's quoted as saying. "But since I've been with Brad, there's no longer a place for that or S&M in my life."

Jolie, who told Allure in 2004 that S&M was "all about trust" ("I've never been tied up, though," she revealed. "I have a feeling the person that does it will be The One"), also allegedly ticks off several things that Pitt can do to ensure her happiness.

And no, none involves fuzzy handcuffs or silk ties.

Brad has to "accept my mood swings ... know how to cope with a crisis and be a good father to my kids," she reportedly shares with the mag.

She also praises her partner, calling him "cool, playful and organized -- completely the opposite of me." Other pluses: He has "complete blind faith" in her and "he's both an incredible father and a big kid."

But a big kid who's still grown-up enough to fulfill his civic obligations.

Pitt made a quick trip back to Los Angeles last week for his long-delayed jury duty. Alas, while justice may be blind, she apparently still keeps up with the latest rumors.

According to Us Weekly, the A-lister was reading a book in the courtroom on Thursday when a woman approached brandishing one of the many tabloids predicting the duo's demise and asked him, "Is this true?"

Pitt was quickly moved to a private room before being dismissed for the day after the DUI case for which he was earmarked was settled with a plea bargain.

He soon winged back to Chicago, where snappers caught him at the airport hopping into an SUV in which Jolie was waiting with a mile-wide smile on her face.

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