Jen to Face Angelina Jolie at Oscars / How Angelina Jolie Keeps the Power Over Jen

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Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie are among the A-list hosts of this year's Night Before pre-Oscar bash, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now. The press-free charity event promises to be the first time Aniston and Jolie have met since Pitt left Aniston in 2005 and started a family with Jolie a short time later. "Jen wants to go but knows it would be a disaster waiting to happen," an Aniston insider tells Us. A source tells Us that Aniston will be at the event as long as her filming schedule allows. The minimum entrance fee is $25,000 for four tickets, with proceeds benefiting the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Just three years ago, the same party served as a backdrop for Aniston and Pitt's last public appearance together. Fresh off the announcement of their split, the duo worked the crowd side by side all night. Adding to the pressure: Jolie, who has said in the past she'd "welcome" a meeting with Aniston, will be receiving congratulations for her pregnancy. But Aniston seems ready. "She told me avoiding Brad and Angelina is more painful than seeing them," a pal told Us. A Pitt source tells Us that his attendance will be decided at the last minute, but it is traditional for all hosts of the party to attend. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Angelina Jolie continues to keep the power over Jennifer Aniston. Jolie and Brad Pitt were scheduled to have their first run-in with Aniston at the Night Before party at the Beverly Hills Hotel Saturday night. Aniston, a confidant tells the new issue of Us Weekly, thought it was “the perfect chance” encounter for closure. "She said the stress of having to avoid them was more painful than seeing them." (Jolie told the January 2007 issue of Vogue that she was open to meeting with Aniston. "That would be her decision, and I would welcome it," she said.) But hours before the bash, Jolie – who had just debuted her bump across town at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards — backed out. Jolie is possibly "being either very Machiavellian or very passive-aggressive," Robert Greene, the author of The 48 Laws of Power tells Us Weekly. "If Angelina is trying to get under Jen's skin – push her buttons – this is a clever way to do it," Greene adds. "Imagine you're in Jen's shoes," he says. "You're worried about Angelina showing up. And she never does. It's infuriating. If intentional, it's definitely a power move."