One’s an A-list Academy Award winning actress who’s bad-girl behavior has been fodder for tabloids and celeb bloggers; the other’s a former TV star who’s transition into major-movie star has been rife with drama and disappointment. Two girls with seemingly nothing in common besides the business they both work in and yet, they have another thing in common: Brad Pitt.

Yes, I’m talking about Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie. By now, you know the story. I don’t need to repeat it here. For the longest time since the “incident” the two have been avoiding each other like the plague, Angelina doing her best impression of a happy homemaker by snatching up properties all over the world and adopting practically anything that needs a mother, and Aniston doing her best to achieve box-office recognition while jumping from man to man until finally settling on musical douche John Mayer. In a world where two people that have no reason to come across one another, fate will always find a way to do just that. And that’s exactly what happened at Sunday’s Oscars.

Sure, Jennifer avoided the red carpet opting instead to go through the back door — no doubt a smart move else she’d be answering two million different versions of the question “How do you feel about Brad and Angelina being here?”. She probably just thought she’d do her spiel and leave and that would be it. Well, I am here to tell you…

That’s exactly what happened.

Yes, that’s right. A perfect time for one of the sexiest catfights of all time, one that will be talked about at water coolers and lunch breaks for eternity, was ruined by just plain politeness and avoidance. The two shared the same air for like a brief instance when Jen was on stage and Brad and Angie were in the audience not ten feet away. But aside from a few awkwardly random cutaway shots to Angie during Jen’s shtick, nothing really happened. I was expecting jello-flinging at the very least! Okay, maybe a raised eyebrow or two, but even that was withheld. Damn these dainty Hollywood actresses!

I guess I’ll just have to wait ’til Jen and Angie do an updated version of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane to wait for them to duke it out. Meanwhile, check out some other bad behaivior from Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie over on this site if, like me, you feel cheated out of a prime girlfight opportunity.