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Originally posted Thursday March 31, 2005 12:00 PM EST

Feb 7: Pitt continued his charitable endeavors, promoting a program that supplies solar panels to low-income families in L.A. Photo by: Eric Charbonneau / Berliner Studio / BEImages

That seemed even less likely a few weeks later at Las Vegas's ShoWest, Hollywood studios' annual preview extravaganza for theater owners. Pitt and Jolie jetted in together (along with Fox executives) March 17 and gamely touted Mr. and Mrs. Smith while carefully planting their feet at a safe distance from each other.

But Aniston, arriving several hours after Pitt and Jolie departed, kept to herself and appeared noticeably glum, even though she accepted a top acting award. Was she girding herself for the unhappy eventuality? Asked by Access Hollywood about dealing with the public fall-out of her problems, she said only, "There is always going to be the tough and the nasty. You just tune out to that."

That may be easier for the busy Pitt. As of last week, he and Jolie were still shooting scenes for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, due out June 10 (he was also spotted scooting around L.A. on his motorcycle). "We just finished up with the last little go-around of reshoots last Tuesday," says an insider from the set. "But we're still threatening to do one more little piece."

With that done, Pitt, who last November visited South Africa and Ethiopia to learn about land mines and the HIV crisis, may be possibly returning there as soon as next month on another humanitarian mission.