Brad Pitt hospitalized

Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 4:44 PM Central

by John Couture

Brad Pitt checked himself into an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital this week with flu-like symptoms. The actor recently returned from Ethiopia where he accompanied "close friend" Angelina Jolie who picked up her newly adopted baby girl.

It was not immediately known if the illness was the flu or whether Brad contracted the mystery illness in Africa. His spokeswoman said, "I think he has the flu."

UPDATE: Brad was diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis and released from the hospital Wednesday.