OlderBrad Pitt By: Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz photographs are on view at the Brooklyn Museum starting this week through January 2007. The exhibit is aptly titled Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005 and will contain more than 100 photographs. Annie has the knack for making her subjects look irresistible, which is why they are her greatest fans. Check it:
Leibovitz’s 1994 shot of Brad Pitt for Vanity Fair is a case in point. The screen star sprawls across a bed draped in a velvety orange counterpane, in a room with custard-yellow walls and rust-colored floors. He wears leopard-skin pants, cowboy boots and a multi-hued striped shirt open at the chest and unbuttoned at the wrists. With one hand he strokes his long blond hair, while the other lies languorously across his waist. The pose suggests abandon, while the faraway expression in his stunning eyes signals absorption in some deep thought.
Leibovitz and Pitt collaborate on the tableau. The actor’s reverie reveals nothing; he may be trying to remember whether he watered his plants, for all the viewer can tell. He’s a professional, playing the role of “Brad Pitt,” vulnerable and wistful yet comfortingly macho artiste. For her part, Leibovitz draws on the library of art-historical references she must have in her brain. Here, she has posed Pitt to resemble the dead Thomas Chatterton, as rendered by the Victorian painter Henry Wallis.
Check out one more Brad article after the jump from USA Today!
The Golden Boy
By Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY
These days, it’s good to be Brad.
To pay the bills, he stars in and produces films, some artsy (Running With Scissors, which he produced, opens today; Babel, in which he stars, is out Oct. 27) and some slick (Ocean’s Thirteen just wrapped filming).
To give back, he helps with Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts and speaks out about global warming and poverty.
And at the end of the day, he goes home to Angelina Jolie and children Maddox, 5, Zahara, 1, and Shiloh, 4 months.
The actor, 42, once dismissed as a hunk with chiseled abs, has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most compelling leading men.
“I saw him go from this gawky kid to this unbelievably very solid, confident guy,” says celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, who shot Pitt years ago and saw him recently during a shoot with Jolie. “I feel like he has an inner life now. Not that the other fellow wasn’t attractive — he was very attractive — but he was a kid. I just think he has grown up.”
Those close to Pitt say he’s riding high, at work and at home.
“I saw Brad two weeks ago,” says pal George Clooney. “He’s in such great spirits. He’s a really smart man who has grown into someone I’m really impressed by all the time. He’s a good friend. And what an amazing dad.”
Though Pitt’s looks still wow the ladies, his appeal now is more than skin deep.
“People love him,” says Entertainment Tonight’s Leonard Maltin. “He’s in a great place and seems to be doing everything right.”
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Thank you Hope for posting this great article from USA Today. Luv Brad , a real gentleman and a real class.
Aycaramba, as it’s said in the article below the pic, they wanted to create a “tableau” like a painting by that Victorian painter Henry Wallis. I don’t know about the painting or the artist himself, but I guess the dominant color in that painting must be the same in the photo. I don’t think BP, who is known for his good taste in clothes, would wear that kind of outfit in real life. But then again, I don’t really know. i only started to pay attention to him since MaMS.
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Ive been a Brad fan forever it seems, and I still have that Vanity Fair magazine somewhere. I remember lusting over this pic for a long time. lol.
Oh and also the cover! OMG the cover.. I need to find that mag now!
it doesn’t matter what the haters say about Brad. he’s got a lot of
great friends and colleagues in the business, who actually know
him, publicly praising him. wow they said a lot of great things, i
don’t know how many more ways you can say someone is great at
everything: fatherhood, work, etc.
Hope, thank you for the article from USA today.
Such a different perspective is written here as opposed to what the tabliods print. I also found it interesting that Brad declined to be interviewed like others said. I also noted that’s he not one to blow his own horn. He’s also not likely to sue people over the rumors they print of him every week nor does he ever feel the need to go on some show to clear his name. He’s never defended himself and there is a saying about …Actions speak louder than words. Simply by staying silent and never refuting the lies printed daily or dragging Maniston’s rep through the mud says more about him than any made up story could. It’s sad to see that a really good person like him gets degraded so much for living HIS OWN life, Yet the fact that “playboys” in hollywood get glamourized and are loved while a person whose wanted kids forever and has made it come true gets bashed?
The man has been a regarded as one the nicest and down to earth people in Hollywood for 15 years and now all of a sudden he’s some cad???
I didn’t even pay attention to him till he got with Jolie last year because I didn’t care for a HW pretty boy either but in the last year he’s grown up. It doesn’t take a lot of research to see what kind of guy he really is as opposed to the guy people NOW make him out to be. I read a lot of blogs and but never understood where all the hate was coming from but I guess it’s from ignorance and the fact that people feel incessant bashing is necessary on blogs. I never saw the sense in bashing the good guy and putting the manipulative fraud on the mantle of America’s sweethearts. But I guess that’s how it works.
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Well said!
http://www.bradpittfan.com/pics/magazine/vanityfair.htm
58 syd
Very nice post.
Jared & Audrey thanks for the new thread!
Hope, thank you for the article.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ppH4gW5Xs
Angelina Jolie - Rock and Roll Dreams
Enjoy!
hello ate char!! how are you? long time no chat! take care!
B/a must have used the hotel’s aircraft to get to Jaipur:
OBEROI AVIATION
Oberoi is the first Indian Hotel Group to introduce its own Air Charter Service. The Oberoi Group are authorized by the DGCA, India to operate ‘Non-scheduled air transport Services’ and offer a range of Delhi-based domestic routes to both corporate and private clients. The benefits of enhanced safety and comfort as well as the sheer convenience of private air charter make it the obvious choice wherever time and security are key factors. All Oberoi pilots are highly experienced with an excellent in-flight safety record. Most have come to us from the Indian Air Force.
Oberoi operates two aircraft based and maintained at Delhi: The Hawker 125-700B luxury executive jet seats eight passengers plus one Air Stewardess in comfort. There is a separate compartment for baggage .The interior was refurbished and fire blocked in 1996 and features cream leather sofa and chairs and dark blue carpets. The Hawker cruises at a speed of around 800km. per hour.
The King Air C-90A is a pressurised turbo-prop aircraft which carries five passengers comfortably and operates at a cruising speed of 400km per hour. It has a separate baggage area and features elegant pale leather-upholstered interior.
http://www.oberoihotels.com/aviation/aviation.asp?headinfo=home&leftinfo=3&leftitem=1
63 | hyacinth | Pretty good! How’s school?
Nice pictures
school is tough ate char, i have a test tomorrow! wish me luck!
i love brad!!!! he and angie is the perfect match!
57 | syd
WELL SAID. ITA.
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The man has been a regarded as one the nicest and down to earth people in Hollywood for 15 years and now all of a sudden he’s some cad???
I didn’t even pay attention to him till he got with Jolie last year because I didn’t care for a HW pretty boy either but in the last year he’s grown up. It doesn’t take a lot of research to see what kind of guy he really is as opposed to the guy people NOW make him out to be. I read a lot of blogs and but never understood where all the hate was coming from but I guess it’s from ignorance and the fact that people feel incessant bashing is necessary on blogs. I never saw the sense in bashing the good guy and putting the manipulative fraud on the mantle of America’s sweethearts. But I guess that’s how it works.
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It seems that things are turned topsy turvy when it comes to BP. He is deemed selfish when he moved on with his life; he is deemed as a liar when keeps his mouth shut; he is a puppet when he is supportive of AJ, nevermind that he has a history of being like this with his exes. I guess it’s questionable when his supported is directed toward an independent woman whose focus isn’t toward girly stuff like cheerleading and being a Hollywood starlet.
Deep down, I think some of the haters think that he has too much; he’s too good-looking, even in his ’40s, he has too much money, he has too much intelligence for a man that attractive, and he’s too nice and humble, again, for a man that attractive. Now, he’s revelling in being a father; he’s enjoying that too much, unphased by the lack of ‘me’ time for himself.
BP is by no means perfect, but it was not his fault that the press/publicists tried to paint him that way.
I think someone wanted to know how far apart Jaipur and Agra
are from each other. When I visited Jaipur from New Delhi, I flew
there and it takes about an hour flying time. Although distances
do not appear far on the map, the road system - at least in 1997,
were not great. The car ride from central new Delhi to Agra takes
about 4 hours and it is one of the most hair raising rides of my
life. Its a dual lane highway and you share the road with every
form of transport known to man except the husky sled. So, there
are bullock carts, ox carts, camel carts, donkey carts, bicycles, 3
wheelers, cars, trucks, people walking, a pilgrim literally rolling on
the road.
The best way to see Jaipur, Agra (where the Taj Mahal is located)
and New Delhi is by train. The cities of Jaipur Agra and New Delhi
form the “Golden Triangle” if you like and they are linked by a
special tourist train. I’ve been told that this train which runs the
Golden triangle is luxurious and is the equivalent of the Orient
Express. I haven’t been on the train but I’m told it very romantic.
The entertaiment journalists/reporters said as much when the separation happened. They thought his popularity would diminish b/c his pairing w/ X was seen as a kind of ‘leveler’ for him- not exactly the superlative that many have lobbed at BP/X in the wake of the separation and divorce. ‘Golden Couple’ was a definite misnomer.
BAMZS forever! Thanks JJ.
Hope-Thank you so much for this incredibe article! Finaly something good and refreshing and most important credible!
It’s funny how everytime people that really know them or live with them or have worked with them always have the greatest things to say.While the Entertainment world plays the “serial killers” VS “poor victim” game.Brad and Angie’s carrier are in their best place now.Their performances are Oscar worthy Brad has the hotest production company in Hollywood they are envolved and dedicated humanitarians and here they are in Jaipur spending some days together.No matter what people believe or say the truth will always be out there.
Oh I forgot..Thank you Jared! :)
ok this is from a tabloid so.. get your salt out.
Life & Style Weekly will report in this week’s edition that Jolie (and beau Brad Pitt of course) had a bit of a scare when Angelina collapsed on the set in India while filming ‘A Mighty Heart.’ The weekly entertainment magazine details that a series of fainting spells has Brad terrified about her health.
The scene is described this way by Life & Style:
Angelina Jolie was in the middle of filming her latest movie, A Mighty Heart, in Pune, India, when something went wrong. The scene she was shooting on Oct. 10 was an emotional one: In it, her character, Mariane Pearl, learns that her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, has been killed by terrorists in Pakistan.
“Angie literally collapsed while she was filming it,” says an insider close to her. Brad Pitt rushed to her side and called for a break so she could recover, the insider says.
Angie, who was soon able to resume shooting, quickly chalked up the collapse to the intensity of the scene. “Angelina really threw herself into it and was overcome with emotion,” says the insider.
But the magazine reports it has learned from a Pitt family friend that it was actually the third time Angie had fainted in three days. The insider claims that the first episode occurred on Oct. 8, after Brad and Angie’s much-photographed rickshaw ride with son Maddox, 5.
The report details that after returning to their hotel suite at Le Méridien, “Brad said he was talking to Angelina, and the next thing he knew, she’d collapsed onto the floor,” says the family friend. “She just fainted. He sat her up and got her some water, and she seemed fine, but Brad says it frightened the life out him.”
The insider claims that Angie reassured Brad that she was just reacting to the heat and the crowds during the ride, says the friend, who adds, “But Brad said Angelina fainted the next day while just getting out of bed! She was out for only seconds — but she was out cold.” Jolie indeed has a lot on her plate and there have been reports that her mother is ill back in the United States and the two are very close.
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Our girl had time to herself to rest and be all prettied up, all ready for a lovely dinner and a long night of studying the ceiling, canopy, and carpet patterns when Brad returned:
Brangelina in Jaipur for ad film
Friday, October 20, 2006 12:20 IST
JAIPUR: After Pune and Goa, Hollywood’s superstar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt landed in the Rajasthan capital in a cloud of secrecy and is likely to spend Friday at a fort for the shoot of a commercial.
The couple landed in a chartered flight on Wednesday afternoon and left for the Oberoi Rajvilas resort. While Jolie rested at the hotel most of Thursday, Brad was busy shooting an advertisement for a Japanese company.
On Friday, the couple is slated to visit Bichun Fort, over 50 km from here, for the shooting. Every move of Hollywood’s most famous pair is shrouded in secrecy, with few willing to talk.
According to sources at the City Palace that houses a museum as well as serves as the residence of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur: “Pitt came to the City Palace alone at around 2.30 pm in a black Skoda car on Thursday and was here for over three hours shooting for an ad film.”
He met some members of the royal family in the palace. Though the management was not ready to divulge any details on the couple, sources in the hotel confirmed that the stars, who checked in at around 3.30 p.m. Wednesday, were expected to stay till Saturday.
Their home in Jaipur, the Oberoi Rajvilas, where former US president Bill Clinton had stayed in 2000, is set in 32 acres of landscaped gardens with pavilions and reflection pools that recall the romance and grandeur of Rajasthan.
Rooms, luxury tents and villas with private pools are clustered around private courtyards in a richly embellished fort setting.
The two have been camping in Pune for two weeks. Jolie has been shooting for Michael Winterbottom’s A Mighty Heart, a film on journalist Daniel Pearl who was abducted and slain by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. She plays Pearl’s widow Mariane in the film.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1059393
THANKS JJ and AUDREY!!
All the wonderful comments from USA TODAY , AL , GC etc.are enough to give me a great friday
and thru the weekend. WOW!!……
BTW the pic is quite old, but just the same the word is HOT……
Have a great weekend guys…..
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