Brad Pitt gets hit in the face by serial red carpet douchelord Vitalii Sediuk

Oh-so hilarious red carpet scuffles news now, and Brad Pitt has been embroiled in an oh-so hilarious red carpet scuffle that saw him getting smacked round the chops by Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk at last night's Maleficent premiere.

The 50-year-old actor was posing for the paps and signing autographs outside LA's El Capitan theatre last night when the 'journalist' jumped over a barrier and threw himself at Brad.

Security guards were quick to drag the man off him - but not before Vitalii struck Brad in the face.

Brad was shoved against a wall as the bouncers threw Vitalii to the floor and handcuffed him, almost pulling his trousers down in the process. He was eventually arrested by police for misdemeanour battery and was taken into custody overnight, where he was being held against a $20,000 bail.

It's not the first time Sediuk has done stupid things for attention. Last week he made headlines around the world for sticking his head up Ugly Betty star America Ferrera's skirt at the How To Train Your Dragon 2 premiere in Cannes, and he tried to snog Will Smith back in 2012 at the Men In Black 3 screening - and got a slap round the face for his trouble.

Of last night's altercation, LAPD Hollywood's Sergeant Leonard Calderon said: "The officers who were handling [Sediuk] said it looked like it was intentional, but at this point, it remains to be determined."

Hopefully it didn't detract too much from Angelina Jolie's big night, as she was standing with her and Brad's children - Knox, Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh - away from Brad when he was attacked.

Weirdly, though, Knox's twin sister Vivienne - who appears in Maleficent as the young Princess Aurora - didn't show up at last night's premiere.