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. ||||| Brad buys £700,000 bachelor pad (complete with its own cave) to 'get over split from Angelina' 
 
 
 
 Brad Pitt has bought himself a bachelor pad to help him deal with his split from Angelina Jolie 
 
 Brad Pitt has secretly purchased a bachelor pad to help him sort out his split from Angelina Jolie, it was reported yesterday. 
 
 
 
 The 46-year-old Ocean's Eleven actor has spent £700,000 on the house, complete with a cave, in the Hollywood Hills. 
 
 
 
 'The house oozes character,' said a source. 'Brad has had his eye on it for some time but he decided now was the right time to buy because he wanted a place to call his own. 
 
 
 
 'He needs somewhere quiet that doesn't have memories of Angie and where he can be alone and think about what he does next.' 
 
 
 
 Built in 1920 and originally on sale for £1.3million, the property has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a bar area. The cave is built into the foundations. 
 
 
 
 It was reported yesterday that Pitt's mother Jane has stepped in to try to save his relationship with Miss Jolie. 
 
 
 
 She plans to use the skills she learnt working as a family counsellor when she meets the 34-year-old actress in Los Angeles next week. 
 
 
 
 The 70-year-old has apparently become close to Miss Jolie thanks to their joint work in setting up a cancer centre. 
 
 
 
 She has however always favoured her son's ex-wife, the actress Jennifer Aniston, 40. 
 
 
 
 Pitt and Miss Jolie are already believed to have enlisted lawyers to negotiate the division of their £205million fortune and custody of their children. 
 
 Hideaway: The actor has spent £700,000 on the house, complete with a cave, in the Hollywood Hills 
 
 Bachelor pad: The property has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a bar area - plus a secret cave built into the foundations 
 
 But a family source said: 'Brad is desperately trying to cling on to the wreckage of the relationship as he is still very much in love with Angelina and believes they can make it work. 
 
 'Jane wants what is best for her son and grandchildren and Angie has agreed to meet her. 
 
 
 
 'She has stuck at her own marriage and worked with families for 30 years trying to keep them together.' 
 
 In happier times: Brad and Angelina at last year's Cannes Film Festival 
 
 The couple have six children: adopted sons Maddox, eight, and Pax, six; adopted daughter Zahara, five; and their natural children Shiloh, three, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17 months. 
 
 They got together in 2005 - shortly after Pitt's four-year marriage to Miss Aniston failed.
– 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.)