Movie superstar Brad Pitt has stood by his mom despite her slamming marriage equality and campaigning against President Barack Obama.

Jane Pitt shocked the Hollywood A-lister's fans after she wrote an anti-gay marriage letter to a newspaper urging voters to back Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the US elections.

However, the Killing Me Softly star insists there is no bad blood between him and his mother, despite the odd dinner table debate.

Gay icon Lady Gaga is more powerful than the Queen of England, according to the latest list by Forbes magazine.

The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list puts the Born This Way singer at number 14, while Nobel Peace Prize winning Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II tailed behind at 19 and 26 respectively.

Notable lesbians to also make the cut include US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres at 47 and Ernst & Young’s global vice chair Beth Brooke at number 99.

Angelina Jolie was reportedly 'mortified' after her future mother-in-law wrote a letter slamming gay marriage.

The Hollywood superstar, who along with partner Brad Pitt has long been a staunch supporter of LGBT rights, has asked her fiance to 'educate' his mother Jane Pitt over homophobic right-wing comments she made to a local newspaper, sources told Star magazine, reports Radaronline.

Angelina Jolie's dad Jon Voight has defended Brad Pitt's mom after she received death threats over her anti-gay marriage views.

In a letter to the editor of her local newspaper the Springfield News-Leader, Jane Pitt slammed same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama, urging Christians to vote for Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

However, a backlash followed on social networking sites and the celebrity mother has reportedly been left petrified after people directed abuse at her and even death threats.

Brad Pitt's mother has written a letter slamming President Barack Obama and his support of same-sex marriage, despite her superstar son's pro-gay views.

In a letter to the editor of her local newspaper the Springfield News-Leader, Jane Pitt called on Christians to vote for Mitt Romney - the Republican who is expected to run against Obama in this year's US presidential election, reported E! Online.

A gay rights group in California has shown full support for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's wedding announcement - despite the couple's oath to never tie the knot until everyone had the right to marry.

Brad Pitt,. a staunch supporter of gay marriage, told Esquire magazine back in 2006 that he and Angelina Jolie would 'consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.'

But now that their six children are growing older, the superstar couple has decided to tie the knot even though marriage equality has not been fully achieved, Pitt's manager confirmed on Friday (13 April).

Actress Kristen Bell is often asked why she and boyfriend, Dax Shepard, have not yet gotten married even though they have been engaged for more than two years.

The star of Showtime's House of Lies says the delay has everything to do with her solidarity to marriage equality for gays and lesbians.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had vowed that they would not marry each other until marriage was legal for everyone in the U.S.

But Pitt acknowledged that it's a promise that's getting increasingly hard to keep now that the couple's six children are getting older.

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi are downsizing.

The high-profile couple have finalized a deal to buy Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Malibu home for $12 million. This comes two months after they put their Beverly Hills mansion on the market for just under $50 million.

Bradjelina's oceanfront property overlooks the Pacific Ocean and has private beach access. It  actually consists of two separate houses and comes with a swimming pool, has a tennis court as well as lush gardens.