The producers of Angelina Jolie's ''Salt'' film insist the Oscar winner is just fine, but friends of the actress are concerned her recent on-set collapse indicates she's verging on total exhaustion.
''She's just doing too much,'' a longtime associate of Jolie said Tuesday. ''Angie's trying to be a supermom, a superstar actress and a super partner [to Brad Pitt] -- and it's just getting overwhelming."
Jolie complained she couldn't catch her breath, felt dizzy and briefly collapsed while shooting scenes for the spy thriller in New York the other day. Jolie reportedly had not been eating properly -- trying to get by drinking dietary supplement shakes.
''She's way too thin -- even by Angie's standards, and that's really skinny to begin with,'' said the source, who was on the set when Jolie fainted.
After seeking medical attention, Jolie was declared fit to continue working on the movie.
- Though they have plenty of help, including nannies and assistants to help with their children, ''she is so hands-on with those kids ... and is never properly rested. Trying to do it all could do her in,'' added the source.
ROMANTIC RUMBLINGS: Though Paris Hilton's official camp is laughing this off, a longtime member of the hotel heiress' inner circle swears Hilton's current beau, ex-baseball player and reality TV star Doug Reinhardt, has popped the question. Paris told him he's hot, but it's ''too soon'' to get hitched.
- Despite being unemployed in the midst of this tough economy, Chicago's own reality TV survivor Jen Schefft isn't delaying her walk down the aisle to marry trader Joe Waterman next month. ''The Bachelor'' and ''The Bachelorette'' veteran's tips for marrying on a budget are featured in a big spread in Us Weekly -- hitting newsstands Friday.
- Maybe a few of Dwyane Wade's teammates were pulling a belated April's Fool joke on him, but Wade's Chicago-based sports agent Henry I. Thomas insists there's no truth to stories circulating about the NBA star telling people Gabrielle Union is expecting his baby.
STAGE SET: Goodman Theatre's artistic director Robert Falls, now in New York prepping for the Broadway run of ''Desire Under the Elms,'' already is looking ahead to next year. Falls has signed on to direct Rebecca Gilman's new play, ''A True Story of the Johnstown Flood,'' premiering at the Goodman next March. Previews for "Elms," starring Brian Dennehy, begin Tuesday.
TV TALK: Don't know exactly what Tina Fey and the ''30 Rock'' honchos will do with it, but a clip of Tracy Morgan's infamous, hilariously bizarre (and seemingly stoned) appearance on the WGN-Channel 9 morning news awhile back will resurface as part of ''30 Rock's'' April 23 episode.
Since Morgan's original appearance on Channel 9, the segment (including Morgan coming on to Robin Baumgarten and crawling all over the top of the news set's desk) has become a big YouTube hit.
KEEP HER AWAY! According to a spokeswoman for the Beverly Hills Police Department, members of Samantha Ronson's family -- including fashion designer Charlotte Ronson -- picked up information about obtaining restraining orders on Monday but have yet to file for one.
This comes after all the weekend furor involving Ronson's now-dumped girlfriend Lindsay Lohan being banned from a big party Charlotte hosted Friday night.
It sure wouldn't take a genius to figure out exactly who the potential restraining order would target, would it?
DADDY DEAREST: Longtime Barbados friends of Rihanna are somewhat surprised by her father, Ronald Fenty's, ongoing rants about the possibility that Chris Brown may get a reduced sentence or just probation for allegedly beating Rihanna on Grammy weekend.
While Brown has pleaded not guilty to the charges, a close pal of the Fenty family reminds us that Ronald himself reportedly was guilty of abusing his wife and daughter ''in the not too distant past. ... For him to talk about beating women takes a lot of gall."
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Photo: Angelina Jolie collapsed while filming a scene in "Salt," in which she plays a CIA agent accused of spying. She's reportedly tired and thin. ; Photo: Tracy Morgan ;
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