People in the News

Tabloids have reported that Pitt and Jolie were planning to wed in a private ceremony at Clooney's villa. While magazines have published numerous photos of the couple together, neither has confirmed they are dating - and Clooney wouldn't either.

"I've met Angelina - I like her very much - but I would never talk about whether they are together or not," the 44-year-old actor said. "I don't speak of my own personal life - I would never speak of my friends."

Clooney's new film, "Good Night, and Good Luck," will be in theaters nationwide on Oct. 14.

Several shoppers at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, reported seeing the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-stars with Jolie's two children, Maddox and Zahara, on Wednesday.

Kayla Penny, who works in a clothing store, told a TV station that she and her co-workers rushed to snap pictures on their cell phones. She said most onlookers behaved well.

"There were a couple of people who ran and shook (Pitt's) hand, but he just shook their hand back and didn't really think anything of it," Penny said.

Pitt's wife, Jennifer Aniston, filed for divorce earlier this year.

The 41-year-old actor has been in Canada to film scenes for his new movie, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."

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An impromptu meeting with the city's police chief ended with a pledge by Dennis Quaid to return to the hurricane-ravaged city for his next movie.

There's one catch, though: Police Superintendent Eddie Compass wants a walk-on role.

"Get me in there, brother, even if it's as an extra," Compass told Quaid as the two offered hugs and posed for pictures at the police staging area at Harrah's Casino on Tuesday.

Quaid had been set to begin filming "Shame on You" in New Orleans later this year, but Hurricane Katrina scuttled those plans.

Location crews had been scouting replacement sites in Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Quaid said.

After arriving on a relief mission late Monday, Quaid said he's now determined to return to New Orleans to shoot the film, which he wrote and plans to direct.

"Can we get in here by Jan. 1?" he asked Compass. "If there's any way we can do it here, I want to do it here. This is the place that really needs it."

Quaid, 51, said he's had a soft spot for the city since starring in the 1987 film "The Big Easy."

"I've spent about a year of my life here between the four movies I've filmed," he told The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. "I can't imagine how devastated people must feel."