Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's neighbours lie to paparazzi

Locals in the French village beset with photographers since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie moved in are taking their revenge by feeding the paparazzi lies. For every fictitious story picked up by the insatiable appetite of the world's media the instigator gets a free glass of pastis. Since 'Brangelina' arrived the Provençal village of Correns has been anything but the peaceful bolthole the couple had so desired. "They came here to find some peace and instead there are paparazzi at the gate day and night, it's really unbearable," said Christine, a local winemaker.

"There are always five or six motorbikes and cars ready to launch into a chase." The couple have tried to flummox the press by sending out decoy limousines with blacked out windows, while escaping by helicopter, but the 'paps' show no signs of giving up. Some villagers are happy with the extra cash flowing through the local economy. "It's bringing business because people are a little curious," said Onno Stijl, a chef at the Auberge du Parc hotel and restaurant. "For now there's a lot of hype, it's going to be good for the next few weeks and after that we'll see." But other locals fed up with the constant intrusion into their lives are getting their revenge.

Wily villagers are feeding reporters more and more elaborate lies. Reports last month that Mrs Jolie had given birth to twins three months earlier than expected were said to have originated with the imaginative villagers.

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