Brad Pitt refuses $5 million paycheck, goes trick-or-treating instead

Several weeks ago, Radar had the only photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie taking their older kids out trick-or-treating in Los Angeles. Brad was dressed up like DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba, and Angelina was dressed up as... like, a goth ghoul or something. I'm not sure. The kids were all dressed up, and it was cute. Apparently, it was also expensive. Meaning that Brad declined a $5 million paycheck just so he could trick-or-treat with his kids. I love the Jolie-Pitt kids too, but I would prefer the $5 million, honestly. The kids can trick-or-treat another night. The $5 million offer came from the Grand Prix Ball of Abu Dhabi, and they were going to pay Brad just for showing up as the guest' of the Tourism Development & Investment Company.

With so many celebrities willing to attend the opening of an envelope if a paycheck is involved, a recent decision by Brad Pitt is especially impressive.

Pitt declined an invitation to the Oct. 31 Grand Prix Ball Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and the $5 million payday that came with it, according to Life & Style magazine. Instead, Pitt was photographed trick-or-treating with his kids in L.A.

He's spending more time with the family and doing less of these appearances, even though it's a huge sum of cash,' according to a source who spoke to the magazine.

James Magee, a rep for Global Event Management, confirms that the actor was expected at the affair.

We were told he would be attending as the guest of the Tourism Development & Investment Company,' Magee told Life & Style. But he was a no-show, and nobody seemed to know why.'

The ball, which helped raise money for the clean-water charity Fresh2o, was the culmination of a three-day event celebrating Formula 1 racing. Beyonce, Aerosmith (sans Steve Tyler) and Timbaland all performed.

[From MSNBC's The Scoop]

God, that sounds boring. You know what's not boring, though? Five million dollars! Still, I'll give Brad credit for making family time a priority. His older kids are just at the right age to really have a ton of fun with Halloween. Soon enough they'll be too cool to hang with their parents, and they'll be resentfully goth (Pax) or punk (Maddox) or cross-dressing (Shiloh) or building their empire (Zahara). Kudos to Brad.

Here are some nice pictures of Brad in Japan from two weeks ago that we didn't have access to previously. Credit: Newscom/PicApp.