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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were scheduled to have their very first run-in with Jennifer Aniston at the Night Before party at the Beverly Hills Hotel Saturday night.

However, Jolie backed out of going to the bash only hours before.  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.

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.”

Remember, Jolie had been keeping people guessing about her pregnancy, but decided to debut her massive baby bump the night before the scheduled Aniston meeting in a tight black dress at the Film Independent’s Spirit Awards.

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.”

So stealing Brad Pitt wasn’t enough for Angelina?  Us Weekly seems to be saying that Jolie wants to keep some sort of power over the situation.  Not healthy.