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Daddies of the Year
1. Brad Pitt
2. Heath Ledger
3. Ryan Phillippe
4. Ben Affleck
5. Will Smith
6. Matthew Broderick
7. Chris Martin
8. Guy Ritchie
9. David Arquette
10. Dean Cain
Brad Pitt is Dad Of The Year according to a Life & Style Father’s Day poll. "He even skipped the Cannes Film Festival in anticipation of Shiloh’s birth," said L&S’s editor in chief Debra Birnbaum. Above: Brad was spotted chatting on his cell phone this past Monday from the balcony of his Malibu mansion. And then just yesterday, Brad whizzed down the streets of Los Angeles on his custom-made motorcycle with a pal of his. More pictures in the gallery!
UPDATE 1 :: Brad Pitt outbids Leonardo DiCaprio for zombie film rights! Full article after the jump.
UPDATE 2 :: Apologies, Brad Pitt motorcycle pictures have been removed!
Pitt Outbids DiCaprio
It was a battle between Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, and Pitt emerged the winner.
The production labels of the two stars — Pitt’s Plan B and DiCaprio’s Appian Way — were engaged in a competitive bidding war through their respective studios, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, over an upcoming zombie horror book by Max Brooks titled "World War Z."
By Wednesday afternoon, the dust settled with Plan B/Paramount winning the movie rights.
In 2003, Brooks wrote "Zombie Survival Guide," which explained in great deadpan detail how to survive a supposedly impending zombie apocalypse. The book went on to become a surprise cult hit.
"World War Z" also tackles the zombie genre but is set 10 years after a great global zombie epidemic and is a serious oral history of the zombie future told from many perspectives around the world. Crown Publishing is putting the book out in the fall.
The galleys of the book went out around town late last week, but interest took awhile to ignite. By the time execs finally realized they had a potential "tentpole" franchise, the battle lines were drawn between Plan B and Appian Way.
The bidding went back and forth between the two into Tuesday night and carried over into Wednesday. Sources say the rights sold for six figures, with the deal going to seven figures if the film actually gets made.
Brooks was a writer on "Saturday Night Live" from 2001 to 2003 and did voice work on the "Justice League" cartoon series.
There are said to be no hard feelings between the companies, and DiCaprio is starring in "The Departed," the Martin Scorsese crime drama that Pitt and his Plan B are producing. [THR]
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# 149 | stardust | June 14, 2006 11:17 PM | No GPaltrow. I REALY don’t like her.I vote for Susan Sarandon instead. You need older women on your list.
# 149 | stardust | - This is my list(1) Angelina Jolie-Pitt :)(2) Reese Witherspoon(I think she is a very good mom)(3) Jennifer Garner(4) Julia Roberts(5) Heidi Klum(6) Gynweth P. (7) Jada Smith(8) Nicole Kidman(I don’t see her with her kids though, but I like her)(9) Gwen Stefani(10) Kate Hudson (cause I could not think about anyone else, but she seems like a good Mom
# 150 | Alexanderina | We are still here ,but some of us are bleary-eyed.. Especially w/o contacts :) OK since you are one of my favs I’ll stick around for awhile!!! Pick a topic or better yet a post….
# 153 | guli | - lol, okay I just listed my top 10 HW Mom, what yours?
I meant "Moms" not Mom and who are your top 10 HW Moms?
Did anyone notice that Tom Cruise was not on the list of "Dads of the Year?’ # 118 | mrs smith |————————————————–I guess no one wanted to vote for Crazy Tom lol # 127 | Alexanderina ======================Oh, for sure he is, but he does have some acting abily.
AJ, Klum, Witherspoon, Parker, Smith (I agree, what is up with the rock jig?), Roberts, Crawford, Thandie Newton, Depp’s wife- Vanessa Paradis (does she count?), Beckinsale, Julianne Moore..arg I’m starting to have brain freeze Stardust!!
Huh…..I did something I swore I’d never do. I went and read through an X thread. I was good, I didn’t post [wanted to, but didn't]. I am gobsmacked that they are STILL dragging out the "Brad cheated" crap!Because I’ve been so studious in avoiding X crap, I’m out of the loop - has she renounced all her pity parties? Did I really read she was "over the divorce" while filming TBU? Then where’d all the other crap come from?
# 151 | Piper |- I’ll try to think of some other mature moms. You are free to add your own thoughts. =)susan sarrandonmeryl streepgoldie hawnjodie fosterblythe dannerI’m thinking you wouldn’t want me to put demi moore on here so I’ll leave her out.
Always love Brad…Hope for the best for Angelina & Brad & the kids too!
LADIES - SET YOUR TAPES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Next week on Tuesday - Angelina’s interview with Anderson 360.Also, watch for Forbes magazine for next week - some exclusive news
# 150 | Alexanderina | Oh come on you know my answer. OK "is this one to ten thing or is one very little, technically speaking zero would me nothing: :)))My vote Angelina Jolie Pitt :)
# 158 | Original Curious - The X fans are crazy I went to her thread but I did not post I just read some of the posts. They are still living in the past and that is very very sad, because the X has moved on or I hope so
# 161 | Kearnie Is this going to be a NEW interview?
# 161 | Kearnie | - Is this for real? Of course you won’t kid us, YES!!.
# 161 | Kearnie | - Thank you lol
# 162 | guli | - lol. It 1 to 10, so you have to pick 9 more HW Moms :)
arg I’m starting to have brain freeze Stardust!!# 157 | casey - whenever I need to think of some name I always forget. It’s so annoying. And when I couldn’t care less, I seem to remember everyone’s name. I feel your pain. lol. :)# 152 | Alexanderina - I added Nicole to but I really never see her with the kids anymore. What’s up with that? Is it because of that controlling Tom?
Someone at another BAMZS forum saw a small clip. Plus, isn’t tuesday - June 20 world refugees day.WOHOO….Ooops.. if I am wrong, don’t shoot me though …we can always *sigh* at Anderson
# 168 | stardust | - I don’t know what going on there, thats some crazy ****. Its her kids as well but she is never with them, maybe Crazy Tom is controlling the kids and when she can see them
# 169 | Kearnie | - I think you are right, cause it is World Refugees’ Day, she said that if she couldn’t make it to Washington, then she was going to make a statement from LA. I can’t wait
# 161 | KearnieThanks for the heads up =)My list: (no particular order after AJP lol)AJP [credit to Alex lol]J. RobertsWitherspoonOoh I like Julianne MooreH. KlumS. Jessica ParkerK. HudsonBlanchetti’m 2 short..
In the clip, was Angelina on set or was it via video interview?
#133 guli - I will try to forward it through JJ. I’m sure he’s busy, but I’ll try!My favorite moms: Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts,Rachel Weiss.
# 174 | Tijen | - I like your list very impressive
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