Brad & Angelina: Art Gallery

# 542 | cycloneblondie hello there! hey, don’t worry about the future mrs. clooney. i’ve handled worse than her for less money. my assistant botched the invites, but it’s all been taken care of. you should be getting yours soon. i need a new assistant, though. had a naomi campbell moment when i found out about the missing invitations. i hope the poor girl can get that cell phone out of her forehead…

they are so cute!! i love them! they look great too

testing the typekey thingy…

# 550 | CCCC |I can relate to what you are saying. I was also abandoned by my parents when I was six months old, and they would come around with the guilt and shame b**sh** about once a year. When I was a teen I took off and traveled, left for school in another city, etc. One thing I know:No One can ever know your pain.They can imagine, empathize, even have similar experiences; but when it comes down to it we are left with our own memories and own lives. This is how it is with Angie and her dad, I think. Only she knows what’s right for her and the family. She shouldn’t be critisized for this because avoiding JV could be one of the most mature things she’s done. Whatever her pain, it must be deep and longlasting. It’s none of our buisiness, but I know some people can relate more to the subject than others.

new angie pics!! http://www.eastnews.com.pl/news/wyniki.php?fraza=ANGELINA+JOLIE,/B>

All this talk about Jon Voight reminded of an interview I read. Devilish Angelina - interview with movie actress Angelina Jolie – InterviewInterview, June, 1997 by Jon VoightJon Voight interviews a chip off the old block - his happening actress daughter, Angelina JolieJoe Buck’s beautiful daughter? Angelina Jolie is actually the offspring of ion Voight, but had the corn-fed hustler he played in Midnight Cowboy spawned a child, there’s no doubt she would have been as luscious and savvy as Jolie.The lissome twenty-two-year-old actress from last year’s little-seen Foxfire is getting another crack at stardom with the recently released Disney thriller Playing God, in which she is a moll with a hidden agenda. She also stars in May’s Texan saga, True Women (CBS), and appears in August’s George Wallace biopic, Wallace (TNT), plus three more upcoming movies: Hell’s Kitchen, Mohave Moon, and HBO’s Gia. With Father’s Day upon us, we didn’t have to look far for an interviewer. Jolie was in New York; Dad was in Toronto.JON VOIGHT: This is a momentous occasion for me, because the last public conversation we had was when you were born. You don’t remember it, but when you emerged from your mother’s womb, I picked you up, held you in my hand, and looked at your face. You had your finger by the side of your cheek, and you looked very, very wise, like my best old friend. I started to tell you how your mom [actress Marcheline Bertrand] and I were so happy to finally have you here, and that we were going to take great care of you and watch for all those signs of who you were and how we could help you achieve all that wonderful potential God gave you. Your more and I made that pledge and everyone in the room started crying. But we weren’t crying; we were rapt in each other’s gaze.ANGELINA JOLIE: [laughs]JV: I’m delighted to have had these twenty-two years between then and now to watch you grow. I’ve always wondered about all the energy you’ve always had, how it was going to find a home, end what you would do with it. And from the beginning, there were signals along the way. I remember you had a distinctly original approach to an early role you played, a role that was meant for a man - Mr. Wagner in Room Service.AJ: I thought, You know which character I want to audition for? The big, fat, forty-year-old German man - that’s the part for me.JV: How old were you then?AJ: I was at the Strasberg Institute. It was my second time there, so I must have been fifteen.JV: And when you put on that German accent and you were walking around as Frau Wagner -AJ: This **********.JV: - I was a little shocked. But the shock came from the realization that, Oh my god, she’s just like me. She’ll take these crazy parts and be thrilled that she can make people chuckle or whatever. And there were other signals that you’d want to be an actor. Do you remember what some of them were?AJ: God, my earliest memories are of my brother, Jamie - your son - pointing the home video camera at me and saying, "C’mon, Ange, give us a show!" Neither you or Morn ever said, "Be quiet! Stop talking!" I remember you looking me in the eye and asking, "What are you thinking? What are you feeling?" That’s what I do in my job now - I say, "OK, how do I feel about this?" And I immediately know, because that’s how I grew up.JV: You have a very strong, specific presence on-screen. I think it’s a presence that will always make a difference, storywise.AJ: I have a certain energy, yeah, and it’s either needed or it’s definitely not needed. I know that I can stick out like a sore thumb, and there are some women I’m not ready to play. I’m curious what you’ll think of some of the things I’ve done recently.JV: First of all, you have Playing God.AJ: That was very rock ‘n’ roll and fun and loud and say-what-you-want-to-say, dress wild and love wild - you know that fantasy. I really allowed myself to get into that word. Being the age I am, I sometimes feel like a punk kid walking onto certain sets, but I didn’t this time. I felt very much a woman.JV: You have a relationship with these three young lions - your husband, Jonny [Lee Miller], and his friends Ewan McGregor and Jude Law. Knowing these British fellas, do you see any differences in the way they approach their work compared with American actors like yourself?AJ: Sure, I see differences, but a lot of similarities too. Jonny and I work differently, but we both try to take a certain moral high ground when we’re questioning what the other is doing. As a young woman, there are parts I’ll look at that may not be in the best projects, but I’m starting out in this business and trying to figure out how I can make it work.JV: And Jonny gets into that with you?AJ: Yeah, he does, but he’s been blessed to have been sent some great projects that don’t need to be fixed as much. I’m having to do a lot just to keep my clothes on and not be cast in girlfriend roles. Some women will say, "I don’t want to be a man - I want the opportunities I can get as a woman." Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful and I’m not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent - just like there’s a side of me that’s vulgar and violent.JV: Sometimes, to present the truth, you have to play a vulgar or violent character.AJ: Yes, although in the films I’ve done recently, I’ve been learning a little more about the side of myself that enjoys being a light. I remember when I used to dress all in black and you’d say, "Just be pretty, hold your head up, be proud. Be a pleasant person and don’t cover yourself so much with all your darkness, your need to be a little crazy." Now, I have nothing against anything I’ve been in before, because I love all sides of me, but I have been experimenting more with that lovely woman side. In this age of feminism, I would hate for the whole gentlemen and ladies thing to be lost.JV: I have no doubt that your generation will sort that out. Anyway, I’m excited that you’re as happy with your work as I am with mine right now. I’m happy to be going from one challenge to the next, although I must say, in the middle of a role, I always get to a point where I have anxiety that I’m not quite going to solve it.AJ: I’m feeling that on Hell’s Kitchen, the film I’m shooting here in New York right now. It’s a scary thing when you put yourself out there and make strong choices as a characterJV: You had a nice little experience with your brother - he took you to the hospital when you cut your hand on the set.AJ: Jamie was just great. I saw how he would be as a dad or a husband. He was so cool under pressure - held my other hand and got me a lollipop and kept making jokes. I said, "So, how do you like your first day in New York with your sister?" He said, "Well, you’re never dull."JV: What do you do when you’re not working?AJ: I find it hard, so I usually find a way to put myself back to work - I’ll work with Tom [Bower, Jolie's partner in her theater company], or on a play; I’ll read or write. And I think it’s important, in between projects, for me to sit down with who I’ve just become and allow her to continue to evolve and find a home inside me before I go and become somebody else. But I think I also need to learn to relax and not prepare too much, just enjoy life. I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don’t have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.JV: OK, Angelina, I think we’ve done our job and that Andy Warhol, wherever he is, is smiling on behalf of Interview. I mean, we haven’t heard even a portion of the wonderful Angelina Jolie stories we know, but we’ve suggested some of the energy that is uniquely you. I send you much love, my dear.AJ: I love you too, Daddy.In my opinion, in the past she was eager to have him her life but he botched his chance and now it’s too late. One thing I’ve noticed is that she has a very strong bond with her brother; he stepped into the father role when their father wasn’t there. I believe she is wise enough to know what she needs in her life. I mention a while back that I work in a daycare center which has given me to see first hand the different relationships between fathers and their kids and sometimes. I think some children are better off with their father. The emotional scars left by these men on the lives of their children are so deep, I wonder if they’ll ever recover. We try to help but there is only so much we can do, these children will eventually go back home at the end of the day. I have also seen single mother with very well adjusted children, while I am not discounting the traditional two parent home, I think it is sometimes overrated.

# 559 | jerseygirl | Thanks for the link…. i guess she making up for the time she was "maternity leave"

Good morning yall!

# 564 | QQQQ - Definitely.

Using the brangelina model, celebrities can win the gameLos Angeles Business Journal, by Michael LevineWith a fanfare unrivaled since the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep, Angelina Jolie gave birth to Shiloh, her daughter with Brad Pitt, a few weeks ago. I’m mentioning this in case you’ve been in a cryogenic state and missed the news coverage surrounding the birth, which took place in Namibia.It was announced not long after–anticipating a media frenzy that would be similar to, well, everything leading up to Shiloh’s entrance–that the incredibly attractive parents would sell the rights to the first photos of their offspring for about $4-million dollars to (what a surprise!) People Magazine and the British Hello! Magazine. Pitt and Jolie immediately announced that the money would be given to charity in Namibia, although no specific beneficiary was named.What a brilliant stroke of public relations! Here’s something that takes the opponent’s strength and turns it against them: public relations jujitsu! This move, by two of the more visible people on the planet, could have repercussions that would change the balance of power between celebrities and the press for years to come. Stars are always walking a very strange line. On the one hand, they want the press to pay attention to them, because that’s good business in the entertainment industry. Get your name in the paper and stay in the public eye, and you can get better jobs and higher salaries. It’s a no-brainer.But celebrities are also people, and they are interested in having private lives, as well. Some of them want to have families, and children, and be left alone to raise those children in what they consider to be a "normal" environment. It’s difficult when, if you’re as famous as Pitt and Jolie, paparazzi are outside your door 24/7 and the public seems considerably more interested in your private life than in the work you do.Balance shiftFor many years, the press has controlled the balance: the media is polite to celebrities who cooperate, and for those who try to duck the cameras, there is something akin to stalking. The ultimate tragic expression of this condition was the death of Princess Diana in 1997. While questions remain about that event, it seems clear that the Princess was trying to evade paparazzi when her car crashed.At other times, celebrity mania has reached bizarre heights of overkill. It’s not uncommon for tabloid newspapers to have helicopters over the sites of celebrity weddings to get pictures. Quite often, if a star won’t cooperate with some of the sleazier publications, the press will simply make up an unflattering story or compose a false photograph of the celebrity looking grotesque as retaliation.By changing the circus surrounding the birth of their child into a major charity donation, Pitt and Jolie have turned the tables on the celebrity press. They come out looking like serious people who have transformed a silly press obsession into a sincere attempt to help the needy, and they control the photo obsession over their newborn daughter, who can’t possibly imagine the life she is beginning.I sense a trend: celebrities who are savvy enough to take notice of this tactic might be able to apply it to their own situations, and create a positive public relations opportunity out of something that would otherwise be an embarrassment or a horrifying invasion of privacy. They can dictate the terms, the time and the details of their contact with the media, and help fashion a positive image for themselves at the same time. Whoever is advising Pitt and Jolie on this tactic deserves a huge amount of credit. It’s a stroke of genius.Having advised top celebrities for many years, I know that the pressure has been building. Stars have long complained about the constant presence of photographers and reporters in their lives, and have wondered how more control could be exercised. It’s clear that Jolie and Pitt have realized their child’s birth would trigger a media frenzy, and planned ahead for it. They didn’t try to pretend it wouldn’t happen, they didn’t try to prevent it from happening and most importantly–they didn’t complain loudly about it in public. Instead, they considered how to turn a negative into a positive, devised a plan and implemented it, and it worked beautifully.Even though it was reported that two Web sites posted the supposedly secret photos before People and Hello! Magazine could publish them, the game was played and won by Pitt and Jolie. They could have become ridiculous figures trying to deny the attraction of their stardom, and instead are now seen in the public eye as sensible people who took an absurd situation and used it to help people who really needed the assistance.Brilliant. More stars will follow in these footsteps.Michael Levine is founder of the Hollywood public relations firm Levine Communications Office. He is the author of 17 books, the latest of which is "Broken Windows, Broken Business."They are indeed a Power Couple

# 566 | julia - Thank you Julia. Great story.

# 572 | Sorry | Don’t worry about it, it happens sometimes

# 566 | julia |-Thank you as well julia. ;)I posted this on "Brad Pitt in uniform" thread and i will reposted here.Scandal of the evening….. Although Brad and Angelina were there, we didn’t know SHE was there until later. Brad entered solo (which was impressive enough), and spent a good 1/2 hour bonding with all of his boys. Matt Damon, George Clooney and Scott Caan were all stuck to his side. I loved how much they cracked each other up. Why was Angelina lingering behind (and by lingering behind I mean SITTING IN THEIR CAR OUT BACK…. waiting.)? Her father Jon Voight had arrived at the party mere-minutes before the beautiful pair, and once she heared about his attendance, she REFUSED to enter until he had left. I believe Mr. Voight caught wind of the situation, as he seemed to excuse himself from the event earlier than anyone had expected him too (although he was very polite about it). Within a minute of his exit, Brad went out to the car to retrieve his lovely lady, who entered the art-showing all smiles. I guess the feud with daddy isn’t anywhere near reconciliation.from Lainey.""""""""""""""Ok ok ok! That’s too Tabloidish Lainey!And i will explain why i don’t buy it.Let’s say that it really did happend ok?Paparrazzis where all over the place from the first moment the event started till it was over.If Brad entered the party alone and Angie waited in the car for 1/2 hour this is a lot of time for razzis to take 1000 pictures and more.Plus there is no a single picture of Brad entering the gate without Angie.Where the hell is the proof to all this?Just because JV happened to be there as well does not mean that this whole story is real.And as for the Hand holding you can perfectly gess it just watching the TMZ video.I don’t need Lainey to confirm that indeed happent.You can perfectly see how relaxed and happy they are as well.And Brad and Angie being more beautiful up close..I had no doupt about it.Sorry if i offeneded any Lainey fan bad sometimes…uuuggghhhh!!Anyway we all agree to disagree right? ;)I forgot to add in my other post that as we all know that JV publisist denied it.And that is another reason not to believe it.