Moneyball is a movie which tells the story of a baseball team which was able to compete with richer teams by using mathematical formulas.

The Oakland A’s analyzed many different sets of statistics which enabled them to find very good players – and win games – for a lot less money than teams with much larger budgets.

The film stars Brad Pitt and is set to be released in the fall of 2011.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought an island off the coast of Dubai.

According to the Emirates Today newspaper, the Hollywood couple purchased a man-made island in the shape of Ethiopia.

The island is part of a group of 300 islands designed to look like a world map.

Pitt and Jolie want to use the island to bring attention to environmental issues.

For three years, one of the biggest questions in the American media has been:

Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie going to tie the knot?

The two stars have been together since they both appeared in “Mr and Mrs Smith” in 2005.

There are reports every few weeks of a big wedding for the celebrity couple, but nothing has happened so far.

They have four children: three adopted and one biological.

There have also been reports that they may be expecting another baby in a few months.

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to tie the knot: to get married.

He shares a famous name with Angelina Jolie’s husband.

However, this Brad Pitt is a heavyweight boxer from Australia. He is 20 years younger and a few kilograms heavier than the Hollywood actor, who once starred in a movie about boxing called “Fight Club”.

Pitt has never thought about changing his name.

“I’ve always been Brad,” he told Australia’s Telegraph newspaper.

Today Pitt lost his bout at the Olympics.

Words

heavyweight: a boxer that weighs more than 79.4 kilograms.
bout: a (boxing) contest.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to occur in American history.

Two years after the hurricane struck New Orleans, actor Brad Pitt, along with his partner Angelina Jolie, are helping to rebuild the city through an organization called Global Green USA.

Speaking on the American television program “Today” Pitt said that his goal is to bring affordable and environmentally friendly housing to New Orleans.

The houses built by the project will cost $175,000, much less than the average price of a home in other American cities. Also, the homes will save 75 percent more energy than an average American home.

Matt Damon, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are back in “Ocean’s Thirteen”, the third movie in the “Ocean’s” series.

The new film opened on Friday in North America.

“Ocean’s Eleven”, the first film in the series, was based on a 1960 film with the same name.

In the new film, Damon, Clooney and Pitt engage in large crimes in Las Vegas.

It is expected that the latest Ocean’s movie will make a lot of money this weekend.