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Brad & Angelina: Art Gallery
Here are more (and better) pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the opening of Ocean’s 13 buddy Scott Caan’s photography exhibit (he sold nearly 40 of his pieces) at Julian’s art gallery at La Cienega and 3rd Street. Who else showed up for the star-studded night? Castmates George Clooney and Matt Damon, Bruce Willis and Rod Stewart’s daughter, Kimberly. More pictures in the gallery!
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# 98 | Joy i hate to break it to you, but nothing is going to shut the naysayers up. they will find fault no matter what. the idea of brad & angie being together and happy about it makes them foam at the mouth like rabies-ridden hounds. their only relief is in projecting misery on them and tearing them down. besides, there’s nothing more boring to critics than a happy relationship. controversy and drama sell books, televisions shows and magazines. very few people pay for "happily ever after."
# 76 | Original jpf - Hey Original jpf, you finally got your little man :), I am glad
# 100 | think positive - I think they were leaving the art gallery as well. Matt Damon will have to start doing what Brad does… walk ahead of his family to protect them.
# 102 | gitane |-ITA!
Dragonfly: You need to stop being so smart, Ms. Thing! I love your Larimar explanation. I have earrings with Larimar stone my friend brought back from Santo Domingo. Yes, it suits her fine, since she’s a Buddist. I think Angie only wears the ‘bling’ when she’s on the ‘carpet’ and even then, the ‘bling’ is just right for her. Now, someone mentioned she should sotp pulling her hair back. Let me explain, that when you’ve got kids and you are rushing out the door to attend a small art show, it’s wonderful to just wash it, pull it back and ‘off you go’. It’s all about comfort and what’s easy.
*Jumping Up and Down, Clapping hands together*I love the ALPHA COUPLEI love the ALPHA COUPLEI love the ALPHA COUPLEOkay..okay, I’m calm you don’t have to banish me to the dreaded thread. Sheeesh, a girl can’t even express her enthusiasm without being mistaken for a loony.
Matt Damon will have to start doing what Brad does… walk ahead of his family to protect them.# 104 | CCCC |—————–Yes.And i bet that’s what he is trying to do in the pics.He may asked for an advice of Brad since they were on the gallery together. ;)
I like Angie’s outfit and Brad’s shirt. I think they look awesome. Thanks Jared for posting these additional picturesI think they both have fantastic bodies
LOVE THEM!!
what a beautiful couple. Love them!
Good Morning all! I’ll reiterate it again from yesterday..hot damn!!# 29 | Maniston Your post was the first post I saw and man I love the account!!Yay for Think Positive, your name’s back!!
Oscar 2006: Indies and Art Films to WatchLast year, the Oscar race was dominated by small-budget, independent films, proving that the best work done in American cinema was out of the mainstream. With the exception of Spielberg’s "Munich," all the other Best Picture nominees were risky, more politically overt, and artistically audacious fare, such as "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Crash," and "Good Night, and Good Luck."Will the same pattern prevail this year? It may be premature to predict the final contenders, but it’s never too early to engage in Oscar talk. Here is a preliminary list of indie, semi-indie, and art films that might grab the critics’ attention in the fall season, when they play at festivals like Venice, Telluride, Toronto, Deauville, and the New York Film Festival.It may not be a coincidence that three of the films in this article center on children, and that they all have darkly humorous overtones, a reflection of the zeitgeist of the post 9/11 era.Mots of the talent in these pictures, in front and behind the cameras, has been nominated for Oscars before, and some even won.BabelFor me, the 2006 Oscar race began in Cannes, with the world premiere of Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu’s "Babel," his multi-layered epic linking personal identities and global politics in a thematically intriguing and emotionally compelling way. While specifically grounded in American culture of the post 9/11 era, "Babel" embraces the whole world, touching on a wide array of contemporary issues, including illegal immigration from Mexico, tourism in Third World countries, culture collision between East and West, and the impact of the "gun culture.""Babel," Innaritu’s third feature, is his most ambitious and most commercial film to date. The film is not perfect, yet I can’t think of another ambitious movie that reflects the zeitgeist in which we live and at the same time is so emotionally gripping. Working on a larger canvas and with bigger budget, the film, co-scripted by collaborator Guillermo Arriaga, completes Innaritu’s trilogy that began with the acclaimed Mexican "Amores Perros" and continued with the American-made "21 Grams" in 2003. Since "Babel" is part of trilogy, comparisons of the other segments are in order. One way to distinguish "Babel" is to say that it’s made for audiences rather than critics, unlike his stunning debut, "Amores Perros," which entranced critics but few viewers saw, despite the fact that it was nominated for the foreign-language Oscar. By labeling "Babel" viewers-friendly, I don’t mean to suggest that it’s compromising or pandering to the audience, just that emotionally, it’s a more accessible work that would appeal culturally diverse audiences.In goal and scope, "Babel" recalls the international geopolitical thriller "Syriana," though narratively and stylistically the two works are different. "Syriana" was provocative ideologically, espousing Big Ideas, yet the film was journalistic, dry, and lacking relatable characters to help viewers navigate through its (too) complex labyrinthine maze. "Syriana" was perceived by many as an academic thesis that, with the exception of one of two characters (George Clooney’s CIA agent), lacked individuals with flesh and blood."Babel" is exactly the opposite. Sacrificing plot for strong characters, the movie may be more conventional, but it’s also more intense and involving than "Syriana." "Babel" is a political melodrama about people and their mundane lives, be in the Moroccan deserts herding sheep, San Diego tending young kids, or Tokyo where a bereft father tries to connect with his deaf-mute daughter. Structurally, in both "Babel" and "Syriana," the unifying principle of the story is that of the family, or more specifically, parents in children. Yet, while "Syriana" is about fathers and sons, "Babel" expands the range to include mothers and sons (the American and Mexican segments) and fathers and daughters (the Japanese story), along with fathers and sons (the Moroccan tale). Both emotionally and ideologically, "Babel" is more touching and compelling than "21 Grams," which, despite excellent acting from Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Benicio Del Torro, was overwrought and suffered from its puzzle-like structure.A single rifle shot, fired on a whim by two boys in the Moroccan deserts, leads to an international political scandal and personal tragedies of the highest order, involving an American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) traveling in Morocco, a sensitive Mexican nanny (Adriana Barraza) who takes care of their young kids and her irresponsible nephew (Gael Garcia Bernal), and a Japanese family of a single father and rebellious daughter in the far and remote Tokyo."Babel" tackles core problems of contemporary life in the post 9/11 era: lack of communication and miscommunication. The apt title refers to the biblical notion of people speaking different languages, unable to establish human communication. It’s hard to think of another film that demonstrates so vividly and touchingly the thesis of six degree of separation.Shot in three countries (Mexico, Japan, and Morocco) and in four languages (English is the fourth), "Babel" demonstrates continuity in Innaritu’s thematic concerns, namely, the vulnerability of human beings in today’s paranoid and terrorists-ridden world as they try to communicate across barriers and borders of language in Third-World countries. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of the four disparate groups is hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation, grief, and ultimately redemption.In each film, Innaritu has placed intimate stories about parents and children and generational gaps within larger political contexts. With "Babel," he explores the inherent contradiction between the popular concept of the world as getting smaller and more intimate due to new tools of communication and the equally strong sense that as humans we still can’t express ourselves or communicate with each other.Oscar Record and ProspectsInnaritu’s first Mexican movie was Oscar-nominated, Cate Blanchett is an Oscar winner ("Aviator"), and Brad Pitt Oscar nominee ("12 Monkeys"). With the right handling and savvy marketing, Paramount Vantage/Paramount Classic has a major winner that should reap awards at year’s end, including nominations for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actors (Brad Pitt and Mexican Adriana Barraza), and technical categories for a supremely mounted movie, lensed by Rodrigo Prieto, designed by Brigitte Broch, and scored by Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla ("Brokeback Mountain"). http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=3095
# 107 | think positive! - As well they must have been sharing stories on the set of O13. Because definitely, Matt has changed his ways in dealing with the papps.
love them both! thanks jj!
OTI was going to put this on yesterday’s thread, but I see Jared has a new one with the rest of the gallery photos, so I’m going to post it here instead.Last night we were talking about Summer Redstone’s comments about Tom Cruise and whether or not they were appropriate. I had to laugh just now when I saw this article on Yahoo! News - It seems Tom has worn out his welcome with more than just Summer Redstone. His Q Rating has taken a nose-dive. And the Q-Rating is what drives an actor’s salary, so Tom…start saving your pennies…**************Cruise Not a Popularity Contest Winner By Sarah Hall, E!OnlineThu Aug 24, 11:25 PM ETIt seems Sumner Redstone is not alone in his distaste for Tom Cruise’s couch-jumping conduct. On the heels of Paramount Pictures’ decision not to renew Cruise’s production deal comes word that the Mission: Impossible star’s popularity ratings are down. Way down. According to Marketing Evaluations Incorporated, the company that calculates the Q scores which measure a given celebrity’s likeability factor, the public’s positive perception of Cruise has fallen by 40 percent, while the negative perception of the actor has jumped a whopping 100 percent. How did this happen? Let’s revisit some of Cruise’s most memorable moments over the last year and a half. The birth of TomKat, April 2005: Cruise jets to Italy to pick up a lifetime achievement award; much to the world’s collective confusion, Katie Holmes accompanies him and the two engage in plenty of public canoodling.The passion of TomKat, May 2005: Cruise uses Oprah Winfrey’s couch as a platform from which to trumpet his love for Holmes.The wrath of TomKat, May 2005: Cruise criticizes Brooke Shields for her "irresponsible" use of antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression.The wrath of TomKat, part 2, June 2005: Cruise calls Matt Lauer "glib" for suggesting that drugs such as Paxil and Ritalin might be beneficial in some cases, and calls the TV host out on his lack of knowledge about psychiatry, a subject in which Cruise claims to be well-versed.The engagement of TomKat, June 2005: Cruise jets to Paris with Holmes in tow; they scale the Eiffel Tower, where he pops the question; Cruise then announces momentous event at press conference.The aftermath of the wrath of TomKat, July 2005: Shields rebuts Cruise’s remarks by penning an op-ed in the New York Times slamming his "ridiculous rant" against psychiatry.The reproduction of TomKat, October 2005: The betrothed couple announce that they have conceived an offspring.The OB/GYN skills of TomKat, November 2005: Cruise tells Barbara Walters he has purchased a sonogram machine to perform at-home ultrasounds on Holmes. The American College of Radiology objects and a California lawmaker is inspired to author a bill banning the use of such machines by anyone except trained professionals.The birth of TomKitten, April 2006: Cruise and Holmes announce the birth of their daughter, Suri, whose name supposedly means "princess" in Hebrew and "red rose" in Persian. Not to mention "pickpocket" in Japanese.The box-office effect of TomKat, May 2006: Mission: Impossible III opens below industry expectations, though still going on to gross a respectable $393 million worldwide.The power of TomKat, June 2006: Forbes magazine touts Cruise as the world’s most powerful famous person.The privacy of TomKat, July 2006: Some four months after her birth, Suri has yet to make her public debut, though an elite few can claim to have laid eyes on her.The downsizing of TomKat, August 2006: Paramount Pictures decides not to renew its production deal with Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner. Viacom head honcho Sumner Redstone tells the Wall Street Journal that Cruise’s "recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount." So, what’s not to like? Nothing, according to Cruise’s attorney, Bert Fields. "What was his personal conduct?" Fields asked in an interview with the New York Post. "Jumping on a couch on Oprah Winfrey because he’s in love with Katie Holmes? That really deserves the death penalty? "Or speaking out against mood-altering drugs for children? That’s a real reason for the [Viacom] shareholders to be deprived of billions of dollars?" Perhaps not, but it does provide insight into how Cruise could have become less appealing in the eyes of the general public. Meanwhile, Wagner has also spoken out in defense of her business crony (whom she likes, anyway), calling Redstone’s remarks "graceless," "undignified," and "not businesslike." "I ask, what is his real agenda? What is he trying to do? Is this how you treat artists?" Wagner raged to the Los Angeles Times. "If I were another actor or filmmaker, would I work at a studio that takes one of their greatest assets and publicly does this?" Cruise has yet to speak up on his own behalf. However, Wagner stated that the producing partners would be just fine without Paramount and had already secured $100 million in independent financing from two hedge funds. Even so, the question remains of what will happen to the projects Cruise/Wagner Productions had already developed for Paramount. The producing partners had stockpiled a number of scripts for the studio, many as potential starring vehicles for Cruise. Negotiations over the projects could get tricky, given Paramount’s relatively new conditions for pictures put into turn-around, including the requirement that the studio be fully reimbursed and receive coproduction rights. According to Daily Variety, some of the most promising projects brought to Paramount by C/W include One Shot, a mystery about a homicide investigator; The War Magician, a true-life drama about a British magician who used illusions to mystify the Germans and protect British troops in North Africa; and The Few, a drama about American fighter pilots who fought for the British in World War II. "We have not discussed what will happen with the projects," a C/W spokesperson told Daily Variety. "They all have separate contracts and agreements, and I’m sure they will be honored
# 107 | think positive! - As well they must have been sharing stories on the set of O13. Because definitely, Matt has changed his ways in dealing with the papps.# 114 | CCCC |—————–That’s for sure ! ;)Yay for Think Positive, your name’s back!!# 112 | angelah |——————yes! Finaly i’m back.Thanks for the help yesterday.
# 80 | gitane I agree. I love what Leslie Caron said about them after having an evening out with them in Paris.—————–"I like them very much,” Caron said. “They’re bright, interested in what’s going on, open to everything, ready to grab everything they can out of life. They’re not wasting a lot of time being movie stars. They’re taking advantage of it to see, listen and learn. Their love affair is obviously not for the benefit of the press; they seem extremely happy and comfortable together.” There was only one awkward moment, when Leslie innocently asked where the baby would be born. “They were perfectly mute,” she says. “I wasn’t thinking! They were being stalked everywhere by the paparazzi.” ——————-I think that last part also speaks volumes about how they are insync about switching modes to let it be known what is/isn’t up for discussion "even if you are Leslie Caron."jpf
You know I love Angelina’s hair down but I also love it pulled back. I am tired of women playing down their features. Show them off. She has an elegant neck and forehand. People weren’t made to look perfect sometimes there are perfections in the imperfections.
# 80 | gitane I agree. I love what Leslie Caron said about them after having an evening out with them in Paris.—————–"I like them very much,” Caron said. “They’re bright, interested in what’s going on, open to everything, ready to grab everything they can out of life. They’re not wasting a lot of time being movie stars. They’re taking advantage of it to see, listen and learn. Their love affair is obviously not for the benefit of the press; they seem extremely happy and comfortable together.” There was only one awkward moment, when Leslie innocently asked where the baby would be born. “They were perfectly mute,” she says. “I wasn’t thinking! They were being stalked everywhere by the paparazzi.” ——————-I think that last part also speaks volumes about how they are insync about switching modes to let it be known what is/isn’t up for discussion "even if you are Leslie Caron."jpf
It is very interesting how much criticism B&A receive for try to defy the papps photos. Matt Damon obviously feels the same as well. Check this out: http://www.x17online.com/blog/archive/2006/august/24/article/matt-damon-apparently-doesnt-like-our-apples/ # 92 | CCCC ———————–Wow — Matt was pissed. Buta s you cans ee - that’s what these high profile celeb couples do as a technique with the paps…it’s why Brad is always walking in front of AJ…Matt is doing it there with Luci and the baby….they were so anxious to get a pic of Isabella they were rushing Matt probably, and he had to tell them to back it up - much like Brad had to do with Ange and Mad at the beach….Walking in front makes them not form a crowd around them - and pen them in…the papz have to disperse, to get the widest angle shot and all of them in the pic - then they can be shooed back individually…there really IS rhyme and reason and a method to why and how celebs, and particular Brad & Angie deal with the razzis.
Morning All! I hope I can still post!
oops i forgot to address this:Thanks j@red for the putting up the better pics! pics are so hot. i wish stef could see the whole set, i only sent her 2 pics..
# 120 | COLD HARD MATH Yes, you’re in!
love ‘em thanks jared :)
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