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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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# 2218 | exe |There are laws against libel and slander, which is what this is.
# 2221 |Did your dog let you out of your cage again?
# 2218 | exe—————-Were you dumped by your husband?
ah the truth does come out with a C-section. Too funny! Jolie is caught as the liar and hore she always was. # 2221 | shiloh is my dogs name gawd ur a little pathetic. some random blogger posts something and you are jumping at the bit believing every word. i guess false tabloid stories are your best friend.
You know people will probably say thats why they paid the hospital off to keep quiet about the herpes…. Well, I still wish them all the best especially until all the talk dies down.
OH WAIT….EXE GOT HERPES & GONNORHEA INFECTION & SHE SUFFERING A RELAPSE. I THOUGH IF GOT HERPES & OTHER STD YOU BECOME INFERTILE & CANNOT BEAR A CHILD. HEAR THAT MS.JENNIFER ANISTON! TRUE! MAYBE THAT’S WHY BRAD LEFT HER. I WON’T BE SURPRISE. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ANISTON & HER FANS ARE THE ONES SPEADING RUMORS ABOUT BRAD & ANGELINA ALL ALONG!!!!! YUP WITH THE HELP OF THE ****** HUVANE & HIS ASSTISTANTS. SO WATCH OUT VINCE SHE’S INFECTED!!!!!
gawd ur a little pathetic. some random blogger posts something and you are jumping at the bit believing every word. i guess false tabloid stories are your best friend. # 2229 | a million reasons for a c-sectionYes, that person sounded really desperate. Stays up late just hoping for something bad about Jolie. LOL. And about that whole sleeping on the set of MAMS and that Jen found out. It looks from the past year and a half that she’s not even over him yet. She’ll take him back in a split second. That’s the rub isn’t it? It breaks your poor heart and thus, people have to make up some random story just to make themselves and Jen feel better (a little less pathetic). Sorry, she invented the pity parties, she can’t take it back now. You can make up lies if it makes you feel better, but thankfully, the world is not as deluded.
To the haters lurking and posting: What’s pathetic is that you are trolling a site and reading about people you don’t even like at this time of night. How pathetic are you all? We are fans and that’s why we are here. What’s your reason? Go find someone else to hate in your miserable little existence and go amuse yourselves some other ******* way.
#2218-EXE- That is so frigging funny :) ( I was ready to go to bed and I saw your post, man you are a piece of art, had to respond) So how long have you had herpes to be such an expert and I also would love to know your unbeliveable connection to these stars,. Do they call you every night and share these intimate information with you the WISE ONE. GET THE FA LIFE and out of here at JJ’syou idiot…..Trust me we got really tough over the months with idiots like you, we can and will dice you up and serve you to my dogs (damn, they will puke), Whatever, goodnight a—h—:)))
X knew BP would not say anything. She had a website and she posted on it after they separated that "don’t bother asking BP what happened because he would not talk about it, that he never talked about things". BP is a silent type of person who has never ever said anything about anyone he has dated after their relationship was over, he has always remained silent. Everyone he has dated has on the other hand said only positive things about him except for X. She is very calculating and looks out for herself very well. Her supporters never let themselves even think that she bears fault in the collaspe of the marriage as does BP. X’s supporters refuse to acknowledge the TRUTH that BP wanted a family with children, not a family consisting of just him and X. They kept up the illusion of a "golden couple" but were far from that in reality. NO MAN OR WOMAN GETS INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE WITH A CHILD, ASSISTS IN THE ADOPTION OF ANOTHER CHILD WITH THAT PERSON, FORMS A FAMILY WITH THAT PERSON, AND THEN HAS A CHILD WITH THAT SAME PERSON ALL WITHIN A YEAR’S TIME WHO DOES NOT WANT THAT WITH ALL THEIR HEART IN THEIR LIFE. X CAN LIE ALL SHE WANTS TO BUT THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH. BP was willing to adopt, X was not(she stated that fact in an interview). Basically BP and X were and are incompatible, they were not reading on the same page of life. X SAID BP WAS NOT UNFAITHFUL!! X FILED FOR THE DIVORCE!! ANGIE DID NOT STEAL BP(HE IS A PERSON NOT A POSSESSION) OR WRECK A HOME. ANGIE AND BP FELL IN LOVE, AND HAPPENED TO BE READING THE SAME PAGE. THAT’S LIFE! X has moved on to VV in a big way. Those shrill voices who keep screaming about BP and AJ being together before the divorce was final(that was in August when judge signed divorce decree but neither BP nor X could remarry before Oct 2 b/c Ca law mandates waiting period of 6 months after both parties in divorce are served, and BP was not served until after he returned from W photoshoot), WELL X AND VV WERE ADULTERERS BECAUSE THEY WERE TOGETHER (the pixs exist)BEFORE THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL, RIGHT? BUT I GUESS X SUPPPORTERS ARE OK WITH X BEHAVIOR BUT APPLY DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR BP AND AJ. Why is that not surprising?
SHILOH NOUVEL is getting her own identity for one so young. In GOOGLE news’ "In the News" (which lists people who are currently news worthy and news hot) her name appears as SHILOH NOUVEL. I just observed that the media does not fail to mention/include her second name. Why are Maddox and Zahara not treated the same? Chivan and Marley are rarely mentioned.
# 2230 | BAMZS 4everActually the staff at the hospital had to sign confidentiality papers. So they wouldn’t be able to talk even if B & A didn’t donate $$.As for the "herpes" every damn Actress in HW gets a c-sections. THEY ALL MUST HAVE HERPES even Gwen Steffani and gweneth Paltrow had c-sections. Angelina probably planned on having a c-section all along just like the rest of them do.
BTW was Suri Cruise middle name ever annouced?
trivia: Did you know that syracruse was the place in England where L. Ron Hubard was either born or where is home was. Tomtom is total GMD.I don’t think Suri Cruise has a middle name. Either that or it was never announced.
# 2218 | exe There’s a lot of reason for CS : baby in breech, trnsverse position, baby face extended rather then flex, baby too big, head too big, mother pelvic too narrow , or poor contraction etc. herpes infection ? this infection didn’t happen suddenly, they could treat it prior to due date, dumbass!!!
Everyone knows Madonna is reported to have herpes, and yes, you can still bear children with herpes, don’t be stupid. Most planned C-sections are because of one reason or another. Perhaps Angie just didn’t want to go through all the pain and opted out of natural birth. She’s an actress. Just because she plays tough characters doesn’t make her that way in real life. Actually she’s very delicate, and sensitive.
okay. too funny. the local news here just did a spot on angie and brad’s donation to namibian hospitals. one of the reporters said about their $315,000 gift, "how much do they make per film, like $20 million? that’s chump change to them!" i almost started to get pissed when my parents who are with me today both yell at the screen, "yeah, i wonder how much you gave?" # 2156 | gitane | May 29, 2006 11:45 PM | Report Abuse //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////These dumb ass snotty media whores always got something negative to say about someone doing something nice. They know Brad and Angie are sincere in speading the blessing around. It’s the way they were raised…both in an Christian household. Now, when you’re raise to give to the poor and be a blessing to other, it’s not hard to do. Since this announcement were made by Namibian officials, Brad and Angie must have set this up as an appreiciation of the kindness and love they received from the Namibian people. Having peace of mind and this situation is a blessing most appreciated by BAMZS. The media have been kissing the washington politicians so much, that they lips left marks on the politicians but cheeks. Citizens all the time give to Charities, we’re program that way…I know every fall the United Way pimp my ass, they’re a bunch of crooks..at least with Angie I agree in her choices and it taught me plenty about how my US dollars are worth 3 times and more in the third world and goes a long way.I’ve pretty much piggybacked on Angie’s choices because I know she has researched the organizations.P.S. That slam on Brad and Angie’s US315,000.00 dollars gift to the people of Namibia is worth over 2,150,000.00 Namibian dollars. That’s a huge gift for Namibia on top of all the things Brad and Angie did for Namibia. By the time Brad and Angie leave Namibia they would have spent about 3.5 - 5 million Namibian dollars into the local enconomy. Also with the worldwide press Namibia have been receiving the past 2 months..It has bought Namibia a glamor and I noticed trade and other long term issues with Germany being resolved and addressed. Plus the positive attibutes of being a country that have diamonds and other strategic minerals have drew international investors to look into Namibian investment possibilities.
Johnny Cash had an affair with June Carter right?And were Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward married to others when they fell in love?
# 2241 | BAMZ 4 ever | WTF is your problem?
# 2217 | stardust I can still remember when Tom Cruise and Panelope become an item, public seem to accept it, Penelope was never flag like Angelina. It’s X that keep flaming this hatred, she is so calculative, hate her !
#2218: thats a load of crap, and probably a malicious presumption that you or some equally pathetic hater concocted just to have some venom to spew.There are numerous reasons why a woman would be forced to have a c-section. From what I heard (might be off), there were complications from the beginning of the pregnancy which they were hoping to resolve/overcome, which could be anything besides herpes.From my own experience, someone in my life had to have a c-section because she had placenta previa, which is when the placenta forms too low and blocks the cervical opening. Her doctors were aware of this condition months in advance, and thus knew that she would probably have to have a c-section because the implantation of the placental blocks the baby’s exit.Now I’m not saying that this was the situation with Angelina, but there are plenty of possible reasons for her c-section aside from your nasty supposition.
# 2221 | shiloh is my dogs name The true is Aniston had herpes mix with GC infection resulting to her infertility forever !!and yes, Maddox name his turtle J.Maniston.
The List so far:Johnny Cash/ Cash’s wife/ June Carteringrid Bergman/Roberto Rossellini/Bergman husbandCarol Burnett/Producer Joe Hamilton/ Hamilton wife - left seven kids Julia Roberts/ Danny Moder/Danny Moder wifeMarc Anthony/Anthony’s Wife/ J. LoMelanie Griffith/Antonio Bandares/Don JJohnson/Bandares’s wifeCatherine Zeta Jones/MichealDouglas/ Douglas’s wifeBilly Crudup/Mary Louis Parker/ Claire DanesBrittney Spears/ K-***/ and whats her name- mother of K-***’s two kidsWho else you got?
Chis, you make a good point, and I remember thinking when they broke up, why people didn’t make such a stink about it because it seemed "so obvious" that Tom cheated on Nicole and then left her for Pen. But it all blew over so quickly, due in part to Nicole’s (actual) class act, and because she didn’t whine and moan to the media at every turn. And if people were watching closely, that was when her career took off. The summer of 2001 she had Moulin Rouge which was a huge hit, and she has been rising ever since (oscar anyone?). So tell me, which ex-wife’s plan of action is/was the best?
add this to the list:Russell Crowe/Meg Ryan/Dennis Quaid Bill/ Hillary/ MonicaLiz/Eddie Fisher/Debby Reynolds
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