BRAD PITT - PITT + JOLIE BUY NEW ORLEANS HOME

LATEST: BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE are serious about making New Orleans, Louisiana their new home - they've bought a 150-year-old mansion in the city's famous French Quarter outright. The Hollywood couple won't be renting the six-bedroom, three-storey property as they paid the full $3.75 million (GBP1.92 million) asking price at the beginning of the month (JAN07), according to US TV news show ACCESS HOLLYWOOD. And the famous couple are already making friends in the Big Easy - Jolie thrilled regulars at her new local The Abbey Bar when she popped in for a drink two weeks ago. Barman MATT DUNN says, "She was real nice, everyone was real cool to her."