Brad & Angelina: Water Fountain
Photogs’ appetites whetted: ‘Most anticipated baby since Jesus‘
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have an entire government on their side in the latest celebrity vs. paparazzi skirmish as they await the birth of their child in seclusion at a resort in Namibia.
The Namibian Embassy in Pretoria tells journalists seeking visas for Namibia to cover the birth of the eagerly awaited celebrity baby that they must have permission from Pitt and Jolie in writing before they will be allowed into the country.
The government, which has seen its profile as a tourist destination increased by the celebrity visit, has arrested photographers, confiscated film, set up large green barriers on the beach to shield the couple and their children Zahara and Maddox, ringed the hotel with heavy security and threatened to expel any journalist trying to cover the birth without the parents’ permission.
"This lady is expecting," Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula was quoted as telling South Africa’s Sunday Times last month. "You guys are harassing her. Why don’t you allow her some privacy? Harassment is not allowed in Namibia."
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Interest has heightened in recent weeks as photographers anticipated the due date was near. It escalated Tuesday when an e-mail Pitt sent to the Cannes Film Festival and read to reporters there said he was unable to attend because of the baby’s "imminent arrival."
Darryn Lyons, the chairman of Big Pictures, which runs Mr. Paparazzi.com, said in London that the two stars are certain to gain more attention by taking up residence in a poor corner of Africa then they would in the United States.
"I don’t think they could have given the people more of an appetite to see the new creature," said Lyons, referring to the decision to hole up in Namibia. "It is the most anticipated baby since Jesus Christ."
"They would have been more discreet sitting in Malibu," he said. "I don’t know why they’re going to all this ridiculous trouble."
Before Pitt and Jolie took up residence at a luxury hotel on the Namibian coast, the government never required that journalists get permission from private citizens — foreign or otherwise — to obtain a visa.
John Liebengerg, a South African magazine photographer, was arrested Wednesday for a second time in less than a week for trying to take pictures of the couple at a restaurant.
The arrest was condemned by the South African National Editors Forum.
"The forum believes citizens have a right to privacy, however journalists also have a right to be able to do their jobs without unfair hindrance or intimidation," the forum said in a statement.
South Africa’s Sunday Times said last month its own photographer and three French photographers were ordered to leave Namibia or face arrest.
Lyons said he has a team in place in Namibia, but that none of his photographers have been arrested. He added someone — perhaps even the midwife — with a small camera or one built into their mobile phone stood to make a lot of money.
"You could probably buy Namibia with that picture," he said, estimating the first picture of Pitt and Jolie’s baby would be worth $5 million.
Namibia, a country half the size of Alaska, is rich in diamonds and strategic metals, but most of its 1.8 million people are poor. – AP








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#1852 CB,Please don’t feel we are ignoring you.I can’t speak for everyone else but I just really hate typing,always have.I have long finger nails even in high school typing I cut them once and once they grew back I was like the hell with typing.I will make a effort to reach out more to new posters.I have enjoyed your posts and hope you continue.
# 1820 | A Regular Okay…here’s something I don’t understand - yes there is a group of people on this blog who talk back and forth amongst ourselves, BUT…what’s stopping others from doing the same thing? As far as I can tell there’s nothing preventing that. Sometimes you just hit it off with people and a natural ebb-and-flow occurs. There’s nothing wrong with that and it’s certainly NOT meant to be exclusionary of others. JMHO.
# 1789 | B/A Bullies# 1798 | MischaYou know, if you are here longer you would see that AG is nothing like that at all, we all love her and feel that she is one of the most talented, loving and most fun person in this site…so if you don’t like her…well, please leave…because I’ve got her back, and I’m not alone.
I want to add to the comparison between AJ and JA on the page I’ve made:The first picture shows exactly WHY Brad left JA. She doesn’t look like a mature woman but more like a teenager. Her body is not feminine like Angelina’s. It doesnt have the feminine curves, the long legs, the full breasts and all the feminine features. Aniston has short legs, and on top of that she picked wrong shoes for the shoot. She should have had high heels. And why shorts? And a man’s shirt? She barely has any breasts and her face is not feminine, besides her eyes. Thats the only thing that Aniston has it going for her. Other than that, she just doesnt have IT. And why she is still making movies, I really don’t know.. I think TBU is going to be her last movie.http://i-person.net/z/obsession.html
# 1902 | remember da truth |Hey Matey! I tell ya, you nailed it. Watch that African Girl!!! She is a right royal bi-otchhhhhhhh!!! (ssssshhhhhhhh….kind of like a "don" of the secret Mafia that lurks here….) lmao rofl(Joke AG!!!)Hey! Did I tell all you guys I haven’t had like any sleep since ummmm….well…26 hrs ago now, to be precise! Going strong on my "natural high". ":)
# 1912 | BluMystique-I love your video, I did post a comment under Estellekes..
I guess this will be our first thread to read the 2000 mark.. Let’s go for it. ; )
jjoy…I see you are in Oakland, about an hour and a half north of me, I’m in the San Jose area. It’s the same with me, none of my friends are really into BAMZS stuff, so it’s always a treat to log on to JJ’s site to share news about them, and lately to enjoy all the wonderful videos . Do check out the last one by Blumystique…"when the cops come knocking". It’s so hot! I swear there was smoke coming out the back of my screen. Today’s is my birthday, and have been celebrating since news broke of Princess Shiloh’s birth. Feel like I’m in good company with other geminis..Angie and Shiloh. Going out later with my husband to see X-men and dinner afterwards. Anyway jjoy, we should definitely have a toast for Shiloh. LOVE LOVE LOVE TO BAMZS!
here is the you tube link, you guys probably think im vain, give a ****! err! no!some of you guys wanted to see me, and i dont know how to do it anotherway.
Angelina’s estranged father Jon Voight told the NY Daily News that he is, "really excited for them both. He can’t wait to hold the baby in his arms and be grandpa." Which I’m sure made Maddox and Zahara feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Umm, Jon…technically you’re already a grandpa, or does passing through Angelina’s birth canal quantify it for you?Calls to Jennifer Aniston’s barren womb have gone unreturned# 1835 | Alexanderina++++++++++++++++++++++I had read this quote from Jon Voight yesterday and just laughed. Yet this man wonders why Angie continues to exclude him from her life?Love the dig at X, though. Meow.
# 1917 | Agnieszka"I think TBU is going to be her last movie."sorry, but she’s got 3 more in production. The Senator’s Wife, Diary and Wanted. it’s possible that the directors of these films will reconsider, but, we’ll just have to brace ourselves.
Are we on our way to the 2000 posts on this thread? Correct me if I am wrong, I don’t think any of JJ’s thread ever reach 2000 yet.
HELLO bamzs FansAfrican GirlLady STEFAll is good for us here still celebrating the arrival of our beautiful Namibian Princess /Ambassador baby SHILOH NOUVEL JOLIE-PITT.Oh how sweet it is, I wish mother and baby good rest and a safe return to the US.Congratulations to proud overjoyed Daddy BP and blessings to the whole BAMZS family.We love ya.
# 1740| Jinx I’ve put up this longwinded link because it was so funny to see Eva Longoria and Samuel L jackson cornered on the red carpet, forced to send out their congratulations to the Jolie-PittsSamuel, eventually was gracious about it, BUT EVA turned her nose up , and half heartedly said ‘Congrats’ ,while pulling a face like the microphone was made old seakersShe even made a sanctimonious comment that she ‘Does not comment on other peoples lives’. or something like thatWasn’t she one of the first celebs after Brad and Jen broke up to wear a T-Shirt emblazoned with the time sensitive words …’ I’ll Have Your Babies Brad’What a classy broad - more likely she is jealous of Angie————————————————–Interesting… is this the same Eva Longoria whose singular focus was on the impact her bikini had on MTV awards’ audience while Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast? Or is the same chick who won’t disclose her boyfriend’s race to her grandmother? Or maybe it’s the chick who, alleged, made racial slurs against a cop? Is it just me or has TV actresses and female TV personalities have gotten a bit cu**y? Kelly Ripa, the women on the View, the anchors on the Daily Buzz, and numerous others are just nasty. It’s disgusting and insidious, since they are being packaged as being accessable and more like the average American woman. THEY ARE NOT!! I hope they are not because that would mean that all women think that it’s impossible that a man could leave them, although Brad didn’t leave Jen. But these ******* are going to take this to the mat. Here’s wishing that these women will put more effort in cultivating their character than their careers and their bodies.
Gitane- really? OMG- I don’t think I can handle it.I don’t go to her movies and I dont want to see the promoting, interviews etc.. I just don’t want it.Can anybody stop JA from making movies?
Passing Through — ITA!!! I am not a follower of anyone, so I find the whole thing laughable. And frankly, no one made ME feel like an outsider, and I’m kinda new, adn I don’t exclude others who are "new", so I really think this is HER problem, not with AG or the blog. So some posts are responded to and others are not — like lou says, some of it has to do with typing. Other times it has to do with just wanting to read all of them, then posting. But if someone wants to join in a conversation, there has NEVER been anyone saying not to, or cutting them off unless they were rude, racist, or used foul language. If you feel left out, that is a function of not being aggressive enough, or of not having enough self-esteem to realize that it’s NOT PERSONAL. No one is going to hold your hand and lead you around. Most of us are adults here adn expect others to act as such. No one has ever been exclusionary — in fact, the contrary. Someone got mad a while back saying it was TOO friendly and almost like a chat room and suggested everyone just leave to their own site so it would be more like a message board than a blog. That was shouted down as Hey, we like each other and everyone is welcome to chat here!So go figure….. who would have thought on this weekend of all weekends someone would be giving people here a hard time for not personally singling them out and patting them on the head and telling them how wonderful it is they are here posting among BAMZS fans.
so now you’re thinking they’re all legally jolie-pitts? # 1844 | gitane++++++++++++++++Hey Gitane…I’ve been on this jag since I saw that AP video where the reporter said B/A had changed their name legally to J-P. And now the People mag has referred to them at the J-Ps, but it could just be a way of acknowledging that they’re an unmarried couple, ergo they can’t call them the Pitts (I’m sure some smartass has used this as a bad pun, but I’ve said it anyway).
how crap i forgot to put the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15h-PwneY0U
Stef-I got some DVD from Japan but my DVD player can not read it…did you said that you know the code for it?…does anyone knows?
To #1915, Passing Through: You are absolutely right, and I said exactly that in #1820….you know, so what? People do get into one-on-one conversations and the rest of us read them or don’t read them, depending on the degree of curiosity, amount of free time, etc. The only point I was sympathetic about(I felt she was too critical, though, even if I understood what she was complaining about)was the habit one or maybe two at most others have of ALWAYS listing several names all the time. I was observing that it does make others feel excluded if it happens often enough, and it doesn’t support the "we are the world" feeling I like so much about this blog. But it will blow over. I hope she doesn’t really leave! It made me think of all the fuss A stirred up when she was so sure the picture of Brad with Z on his back was a fake. She endured all the howling, stayed the course, and here she is today getting rave reviews for her terrific comparison between the ads for M+MS and TBU. CB: I always love your entries, but you have so much fun all by yourself, and you have so much energy I can feel right through the computer, that I never felt what I could say would be as interesting as you all on your own! You are great!
estelle, yeah im the girl for that! all i need to know is the make and model of your player, i should be able to sort it!
# 1928 | Agnieszkai don’t want to make fun of your obvious pain, but ROTFLMAO! i think x is like a vampire. you have to chop off her head and stake her in the heart to get her to stop TRYING to make films. at this point, our only hope is that her tan gets to crispy, she permanently twists herself into a yoga pretzel, and these irreversible events compel her into hiding forever.
Well James Haven made a statement to Extra reguarding Angelina and Brad he said"Angelina and Brad have shown me that caring for childern is the greatest gift in the world.I wish them health, happiness,and hope for the greatest of life."Sounds like to me he’s ok with his sisters man.
CB…i love ya! but you knew that already!
# 1921 | mrs. smith HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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