Big celebrities get all kinds of preferential treatment in this world. They don’t have to pay for anything, they don’t have to make reservations, and they can generally get out of messes with a little charm. But there is at least one equalizer: Jury duty. Brad Pitt learned this lesson Thursday as he had to march down to the courthouse just like the rest of us slobs.

Okay, maybe Brad’s jury duty wasn’t exactly like the rest of ours. His limousine got to park in the employee parking area, he got to wait in a special room until it was time to meet the judge and attorneys, and he had lunch brought in to him. But other than that, he had to sweat it out like everyone else.

Lucky for Mr. Pitt, the defendant in his would-be case decided to plead "no contest" to his DUI charges and all the jurors got to go home with time served. Angelina must be very relieved.

Well, if it’s true and if it was a secret…plan foiled.

Of course, all publicists involved deny the existence of any plans even remotely resembling this clandestine reunion/play date for Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and presumably Shiloh. (Does Shiloh have her own publicist? If not, she should.)

Remember the uproar about Aniston’s last meeting with a member of the Pitt clan?

Yet, Star insists that sources "close to Brad" are reporting many details.

“He’s tried before to meet with Jen, but she’s said no. This time, she asked his mom, Jane, to come with her and Jane said she would. Jane loves Jen like a daughter and thinks this will be healing for both of them.”

Interesting tabloid tale. Why now?

Do we believe this? Not necessarily.

Do we believe that Angelina Jolie won’t consider this a threat to her only biological child and immediately commence with the killing?

No we don’t. We don’t believe it at all. She’s already declared war.

So we’re just going to steer clear of the undisclosed dining establishment.

We prefer to live, thank you.