Brad and Angie Face Challenges In New Orleans

Celeb dishers are whispering that for the celebrity couple affectionately dubbed Brangelina life in New Orleans is anything but Big and Easy.

While dropping our ears to the ground we hear that after plopping down fistfuls of cash on a Gothic style home just along the once ravished Gulf Coast, the couple has reached an impasse and have entered couple's counseling:

Angelina's still mourning the January death of her actress mother Marcheline Bertrand, who Ang supported through a lengthy battle with breast cancer.

"Brad has been worried about her day and night. She has been under so much stress, and Brad is trying to be understanding," says a source.

"This year is crux time. They have to reach a decision on what they expect from each other - and fast. Angelina has to realize Brad needs stability and Brad has to come to terms with her driving ambition as a world ambassador....Her late mother had a lot to do with Angelina's decision to have counseling. Marcheline made her realize it wouldn't be such a bad idea to give marriage a go," the tattle tells us.

The source added: "They have had some serious disagreements but Brad and Angelina agree that they don't want to make any more mistakes, particularly now there are three precious little lives involved."

Between mourning Mom and battling Brad, life in the Big Easy is one ordeal that has Angie losing weight. "She's not eating," the source continues. The five foot eight inch stunner has plummeted down to a mere one hundred nine pounds-not bad if she were auditioning for Season Eight of "America's Next Top Model."

The mommy of three is just one therapy session away from morphing into a Real Life Desperate Housewife. Ang is rumored to be "very lonely and desperate to make new friends." For now one-half of B&A is sticking to flying in old childhood friends from Los Angeles whenever she's in the mood for an Original Girls Night Out.

Well, there's always the P.T.A. Hey, maybe someone could introduce her to recently booted A-Lister  Britney, she can use all the friends she can get. Face it, after going bald, making two Olympic sprints from rehab in less than a week, and being dropped over the phone by a guy whose only claim to fame was being featured in a Payless commercial, Dakota Fanning would have a better chance of getting into a Hollywood hot spot than the singer who has truly become toxic.

Plus Sean Preston and Zahara would look really cute propped next to each other in one of those baby strollers made for two.