Brad Pitt in New Orleans

# 1820 | CLINIQUA " Only in my opinion….somewhere along the line, Brad woke up….He realized what he had done. Married someone on the rebound. it most likely was a gradual thing — in my opinion, he carried that Paltrow bitterness around for quite some time….and I really do believe that the onslaught of the realization that his marriage was not going to survive, occurred when he ceased to be angry and embittered about Paltrow. When he no longer cared about her.""Now some of you might think I’m putting too much stock in Paltrow - but it’s really not Paltrow herself, it’s what she symbolized to Brad — the person he had hung himself out to dry on - who was still out there. Once she had moved across the pond, gotten her **** together and started a family - and years past…I think he was able to let go of the bitterness, and with THAT, he also let go of the need to be married to his safe buddy.It was only further reinforced when he felt that elated, and scary and exciting thing called love with Angelina. Futhermore, he got to KNOW Her, the kind of person she was - what she was capable of, her decency (his words) - to juxtapose with someone he thought was not decent maybe? He fell in love, something that he couldn’t control…something so out of control, he even TOLD HIS WIFE ABOUT IT ("he fought it for a long time" - said Cox)….WOW.""With Maniston, he was never, ever EVER ‘out of control’ - matter of fact, the REASON he was with her - was all because he WAS IN CONTROL with her…hence the ‘malaise’ he spoke of IMO."+++++++++++++++++++++Great post CLINIQUA (per the norm)Dr C, the above very much mirrors what I’ve always thought. I’m a strong believer that GP’s dumping him (basically that’s what she did…even his sister Julie said it wasn’t his fault…..Julie, the Pitt that never talks to the press) had a severely strong affect on his ideals about love/relationships. Some of the things he said post breakup can’t help but illuminate his bitterness, and IMO out of that bitterness and disappointment he put the vulnerability that comes from deeply loving someone up on a shelf an focused on the surface needs…..companionship, regular sex, "common sense love." I still have a feeling he would have hung in longer on the advice of maybe his parents if his heart hadn’t reawakened to the kind of love he thought he’d never feel again. I think he would have remained unhappily wedded until neither could stand the unfullfiment one more moment. Some have used the couples public "physical togetherness" as the ONLY yardstick to measure the private life they lived and I think if they would just get that out of their heads for a moment, and just took a more honest looksee at the total picture; the things they said that can’t be denied as questionable coming from two people who "appeared" to have been the vision of perfection, and in the "ideal" marriage, I have no doubt that the fairytale would get a seriously less spit shiny rewrite.jpf

OFF TOPICFrom NetscapeThe Discovery Channel Killed Steve IrwinFirst, let me start by saying my sympathies go out to the family and friends of Steve Irwin. Steve’s death is a tragedy, and as a fan of nature films I feel compelled to write this editorial.It’s clear to me that Discovery channel is responsible for Steve’s death. This summer I realized that Discovery channel was out of control when I Tivo-ed and watched all of "Shark Week." One show, "Sharks: Are they Hunting Us," was one of the most irresponsible pieces of television put on the air. The "naturalist" named Dave Salmoni, who does not even know how to SCUBA dive (hello?!), decides the only way he can answer the question in the title of the show is to free dive skin dive with–wait for it–great white sharks.(blogger note: thanks for the free/skin diving correction guys–I knew it was the wrong term, but they kept using it on the show) Free diving Skin diving means without a cage. Over the course of the show this reckless idiot, who is struggling with his scuba gear in shallow water, gets up close and personal with seriously dangerous sharks. This idiot is known for another special, Into the Lions Den, in which he almost gets himself killed–you guessed it–getting up close and personal with lions. We don’t need to see someone killed by sharks to learn that sharks are dangerous. We don’t need to see someone killed by a lion to learn that lions are dangerous.You can look at a shark or lion and just know they are dangerous–I mean, just look at the teeth! In fact, footage of people being attacked by lions and sharks exists, but Discovery Channel, in their quest for ratings, seems obsessed with getting *new* footage of people *almost* getting killed. Discovery channel is turning into a modern day version of the Running Man, where desperate people risk their lives for fame. There are people out there like Timothy Treadwell, who was killed by the grizzly bears he taunted for years, who will risk their lives for fame. There seem to be a lot of them. Discovery channel proudly presented the Treadwell documentary, Grizzly Man, with non-stop promotion last year. They’ve promoted Irwin (who carried his son into a croc feeding) for years, and now they are promoting this idiot Salmoni who clearly has a death wish.Without Discovery channel paying top dollar for this footage there would be no market for these maniacs who put their lives at risk. Discovery is responsible for creating the "naturalists have to risk their lives to be credible" genre, and they need to take a long hard look in the mirror and think about what they done. They are responsible for Steve Irwin’s death, and they are inspiring a second wave of risk takers who are undoubtedly going to meet Steve’s fate.And please don’t tell me people make their own choices in life when you underwrite their entire existence and fame with your network. You guys could have drawn the line at any time. You could have told Salmoni that you wouldn’t air his idiotic shark documentary, but you didn’t because you would have lost your biggest teaser for shark week this year.Think about it, you’re the market makers. Watch this video–this is what you are promoting.Video http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/09/04/the-discovery-channel-killed-steve-irwin/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calacanis.com%2F2006%2F09%2F04%2Fthe-discovery-channel-killed-steve-irwin%2F&frame=trueWhat do you guys think of this guy’s editorial? In my Opinion, Steve loved it did and I doubt anyone could have stopped him from going into the Ocean

Guys, you won’t believe what Star Magazine cover story for this week is about. Well here it is: Brad & Angie Say "I DO"They have they new issue up on their website already. Star Magazine is out of control.

Kevis Huvane is (still is I think) Brad’s agent, the younger brother is the X publicist.

# 1929 | Renee - Hey Renee, I like that rumour… I hope it is true. Which site did you that piece of rumour?

# 1926 | Original jpf — See this is the thing I never understood about the golden couple. We can see that X by herself is not a lovely sight to behold, but with Brad somehow her looks were more complimentary? I don’t know. She didn’t become uncomely looking or “hard to look upon” over night. Although smoking and tanning oneself into oblivion will not improve appearances, she was always homely and definately not the better half of the golden couple. I don’t understand the perfection aspect at all – Even with the red carpet pictures, she is not curvaceous and definitely not sexy like Brad. I don’t know - could be that I am Brad’s age and have enough life experience to know that fairy tales are for children….JMO. *****WHERE ARE THE NEW PICTURES!!! CCCC - I was getting ready to post when I say your question. Someone over at B&A Fan Forum mentioned the marriage rumor….Just a rumor for now….Still, I hope its true…

STAR cracks my sh*t UP! What are they gonna do when they have to rescind that to: "Brad & Angie SAID ‘I DO’ MONTHS AGO! - LOLOL!!Didn’t STAR just have Brad walking out on Angie, or Angie walking out on Brad, or Zahara walking out on everybody, or Shiloh filing to get emancipated, or Maddox on the lam for bank robbery — JUST LAST WEEK??!! By the way - you’ll find this funny - this was a post somebody wrote on a board that had the Pitt Slams Jolie Pregnancy Rumors as a headline….basically, this poster said:’Add a comma, and it all makes sense: PITT SLAMS JOLIE, PREGNANCY RUMORS Muahahaha. ;-) Cheeky monkeys abound. lol

remember da truth - All this bizness about JA being friends still with Jane Pitt has come from the tabbies and raggies. I don’t think any of it is true in the first place. I do agree JA would exploit the fact that she knows Mrs. Pitt wouldn’t answer back or refute it to her own benefit, though. My eyes have been opened as to what a famewhore JA really is. # 1875 | dragonfly ++++++++++++++Here’s a tab funny for you guys - Oh, sorry, US Weekly doesn’t consider themselves to be a tabloid. Anyhoo - this week’s supposedly "flattering" B/A story? Well…bless their hearts they just couldn’t quite do go the distance on that. Basically the story is supposed to rebut rumors of discord in the relationship. But that’s like the last paragraph where that producer for Benjamin Button says how happy Brad is. The rest of the time they take minor digs are rumors that Brad’s family doesn’t like Angie and had the NERVE to say that Doug Pitt "tells us" that the family LIKES Angie. Okay…notice how they twisted DP’s statement made to a local newspaper to make it sound like it was made to them? Yeah…like he’s gonna talk to your asses.Next they quote folks in the Springfield area - I don’t think they even say that these people are friends of the Pitts - and these people say, yeah, the Pitts LIKE Angelina BUT…they LOVE X! They stuck the knife in with the Doug quote, then start twisting it by quoting "people in Springfield". The person in Springfield says that Angie is strange or odd and they were all rooting for Jennifer. Oh really…the entire town of 165,000+ are ALL rooting for Jennifer? Yah…right.Speaking of the tabloids - the Star has reached a new all-time low. First of all they said Brad told Angie no more babies until you marry me - adopted or bio. Yeah…like he’s gonna be able to hold out on giving up the squiggly wigglies with Angie like he did with X? If you start seeing pictures of Brad bald-headed and double over in pain it’s because his hard-on is so painful he’s pulled all his hair out! GMAFB! So…no more babies…meanwhile…and this is the low blow…they say that Angie is mad at Brad because he dotes on Shiloh too much and doesn’t spend enough time with the other kids. Those ever present "friends" say that Angie is nuts and that Brad spends plenty of time with Mad and Z, but Angie is still bitching at him about favoring Shiloh. Just when you think the tabs have gone about as low as they can…they manage to sink even lower.

Jared, aren’t you going to have a new thread for Angie or Brad? Thanks,trt

# 1935 | Alexanderina # 1936 | Renee |Don’t you think they are taking quite a huge risk in printing a rumour of that nature… may be they know something (this once) that we don’t know? Any thoughts?

# 1940 | Passing Through - LMAO, if you think Star was bad this week, well then they take the cake in their next issue, they are saying that B&A say "I Do" lol

# 1944 | CCCC - This is Star Magazine we are talking about here, I don’t believe this story from then, actually I don’t believe anything that come Star Magazine.

#1944 | CCCC - this is unusual that the pictures haven’t been released. Perhaps Star purchased them and is trying to recoup their losses for the year with this. I dont know. Although I want the marriage rumor to be true, I would just HATE that Star got the scoop first. ((runs off to wash my hands…))