KATIE NICHOLL: Brad takes plunge with a waterfall dream home 
 
 By Katie Nicholl for The Mail on Sunday 
 
 Brad Pitt has completely fallen for his Christmas present from Angelina Jolie – a waterfall in California. 
 
 
 
 The star now plans to take time out from his movie career to build an ambitious house over the falls near LA in the style of his favourite American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. 
 
 
 
 The actor celebrated his 48th birthday on December 18 with Angelina, 36, and their six children and Angie told him that the falls and surrounding land were his birthday and Christmas presents. 
 
 Happy birthday! Brad got a rather unusual - and extravagant - present from Angelina 
 
 A thrilled Pitt is now planning to embark on an ambitious and exotic building project emulating the design of Lloyd Wright's 1939 masterpiece Fallingwater, which was built in Pennsylvania on a similar piece of land. The pair visited the house in 2006. 
 
 'Brad has always loved Fallingwater and his first trip there was unforgettable,' says a friend. 
 
 
 
 'Angelina wanted to get him something incredibly special and, because she knows how much he loves architecture, she thought this would be perfect. 
 
 
 
 She hopes this will be a hideaway for the family. Brad has dreamed of a home with the sound of a waterfall cascading under the house.' 
 
 
 
 The couple recently sold their Malibu home to star Ellen DeGeneres. 
 
 'Brad has always wanted to design his own house. He wants to pull all aspects of nature, light, glass and varying levels into the concept,' says the friend. 
 
 
 
 'This is the present to top all presents.' Brad has said he'd like to give up his Hollywood life, declaring: 'While acting is my career, architecture is my passion.' 
 
 TWITTER FRICTION 
 
 When Katherine Jenkins and Gethin Jones announced their split, they blamed their busy work schedules. 
 
 But it seems comic Rob Brydon unwittingly added to friction between the pair. 
 
 
 
 Unwelcome intervention: Rob Brydon caused some friction between Katherine Jenkins and Gethin Jones 
 
 During his routine on TV show Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow, Brydon picked out the couple in the audience and said: 'She was the first person to be No 1 and No 2 in the classical charts at the same time and Gethin . . . Gethin is her fiance.' 
 
 Says a source: 'He wasn't amused. The joke was far too close to home.' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NO MORE NIGHTCLUB... FOR NOW 
 
 Robin Birley's much trumpeted plans to open a Mayfair club have stalled again. Robin, whose father Mark was the proprietor of Annabel's club, had hoped to have his venture, No 5 Hertford Street, ready by November, but plans were pushed back to this month. 
 
 
 
 Now I'm told the club won't open until March. 
 
 A giant shoe sculpture by Manolo Blahnik will be the centrepiece for the £20million private 
 
 members' club which will costs thousands to join. It is set to rival high-society hangout Annabel's, which was sold to Richard Caring in 2007. 
 
 
 
 ||||| Well here's a big surprise: When People Magazine asked readers which celebs they'd most like to have as neighbors, the Brad and Angelina family came in a close 2nd, just behind Tim Tebow! In spite of all the mocking about the 6 kids (half adopted), Brad's facial hair, and Angelina's glam/goth ways, people would love to have them living next door. 
 
 I have my own theory as to why: It's not about Brad and Angelina. People are hooked on those adorable kids of theirs. We just can't get enough of them. See little Vivienne and Knox coming and going all day long? I think most neighbors would just love that. 
 
 Never mind that there's 6 kids in the Jolie-Pitt household. Ordinarily that might not sound like so much fun -- especially for childless people with low tolerance for kid noise. But those 6 kids, well that's another matter. (Come to think of it, maybe it was the non-parents who all voted for Tebow?) For fans who are parents, wow, can you imagine the play-dates? We all love having well-behaved neighbor kids around who can play with our own kids. Letting your kids host a little tea party with Shiloh and Zahara could be kind of awesome. 
 
 I think we're also all wondering how Brad & Angelina do it. Would we really see Brad cleaning up vomit from the deck? Would we see Angelina breaking up fights between the twins? Or are all those kids just magically well-behaved? How many nannies does it take to keep the family together? And now much time do those parents really get to have with their kids? People are dying to find out. 
 
 I can think of one huge draw-back to this scenario, though. The endless paparazzi. If the Jolie-Pitt family lived in your average American suburban neighborhood you know there would be trucks and photographers parked all up and down your street. And know what else? It would totally creep out Brad and Angelina to see you standing there every single day at the back-yard fence, waving and offering them a beer. So you would have to play it all cool. "Oh hey, Brad, I just happen to be watering my rosebushes this morning. Again. How's it going?" Otherwise they would either build a taller fence or just move away. 
 
 Would you like to live next door to the Jolie-Pitt family? 
 
 Image via People
– What to get for the guy who has everything? If you're Angelina Jolie and the guy is Brad Pitt, the answer is ... a waterfall. That's what Pitt got for Christmas from Jolie, but if it makes you feel any better, it was also a combo gift for his 48th birthday. "Brad has always loved [Frank Lloyd Wright's house] Fallingwater and his first trip there was unforgettable," a friend explains to the Daily Mail. Jolie bought the Los Angeles-area waterfall and its surrounding land so that Pitt can build his own house there, inspired by Wright's design. "Angelina wanted to get him something incredibly special and, because she knows how much he loves architecture, she thought this would be perfect," the source continues. "She hopes this will be a hideaway for the family. Brad has dreamed of a home with the sound of a waterfall cascading under the house." He's also always wanted to design his own home, the friend adds. (According to a People poll, Pitt and Jolie are America's No. 2 favorite would-be celebrity neighbors. Click to find out who Americans most want to live next door to.)