Brad the Builder at it Again

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I’m sure they have some fans who don’t find them attractive but still like them. You don’t have to find a celeb attractive to enjoy their work… wheather it’s their humanitarian work or movies.

i don’t get why people care why we are fans of these two. I think some people can’t stand that these two actually have fans that will stick up for them.

Anon…hmmm…I agree with a lot of what you said–especially about Haiti. But Wyclef wanted to get some positive press for his country (he’s doing the real work) and he wanted to do it in a splashy way. Invite Angie which would automatically net him Brad too. She says a few nice words to the assembled press about what a beautiful country Haiti is and how strong and noble the people are and job done! Wyclef looks like a hero to his people for arranging it all.

What actually came of it for the country? The people? Yele Haiti get’s $500 grand. Maybe some kids get some school uniforms and books and the rest goes to overhead. Angie (and Brad) gets to tick off another country on the world map to firmly cement them as concerned global humanitarians. Nothing wrong with that but I too shy away from making a bigger deal out of these things than they actually are.

Brad worked for approx 4 hours today and I think that’s great! Brad’s a producer of AMH but he’s not the exec producer. Brad’s role in this film was optioning the book because he liked it. He really has no role in day to day decisions during production. Maybe in “pre-”, maybe in “post-” (depending on whether or not he exerts himself in that way) but in a way, he’s like the Queen of England–in theory should be the leader of everything but in reality, is not.

Brad never spent a day on the set of “The Departed.” Why? Because he didn’t need to. The actual running of the productions are done by other people.

It’s a good thing that he came back to help out. With no real role on the set, it would be all Angelina all the time and NO relationship needs that kind of constant togetherness! Their time in India is winding down and this was the perfect opportunity to:

1. Do some genuine good and help people with the skills and knowledge that he has cultivated for himself on such things.

2. Be seen as doing some good APART from Angelina.

3. Cement his status as the most deliciously yummy man i’ve ever seen. :)

So, how do you quantify just how much he “contributed” today? After money, his biggest asset is press attention to anything he does. But does this house not get built if he decided not to show up and the press were not there to cover it? No! Do future houses not get built because of no future press coverage? No.

So what we judge him on is his actual time spent and how hard he worked. He was just one cog in the machine that is HFH in India this week but aside from Harrison Ford, maybe, I can’t think of any movie star who would have dived in as he appears to have done and worked as well and a hard as he did. We know he LOVES his kids and he could have been with them but he chose to try and do as much as he could to help out. I love him for that.

And at the end of the day, we’re all human and we all love the feeling when we can help someone in need and i’m sure this has been wonderfully satisfying for him.

Anon,

You sound like a very bitter person. The same can be said of anyone who volunteers. Truthfully, the motivation to do a “good deed” is partially selfish and I think most people acknowledge that.

People on this site are fans of Brad Pitt mostly and this is the reason they praise him. There are fans of other celebrities and when that celebrity does a “good deed” those same fans are being “manipulated” too. However, I think that is a bit what celebrity is all about.

At the end of the day you don’t know BP from Adam so you are not a qualified source on who he is or who he’s not. All of what you’ve said is nothing but opinion and conjecture based on your own personal bias. You have that right, but how dare you thin anyone on here is so naive that they will be manipulated by the likes of you and your agenda, which is to justify your dislike of a celebrity to one of their fans with your fake pity and arrogance.

You don’t know anything more than I do, and at the end of the day I will trust my own judgment and allow myself to be a fan of someone if I want to.

How about visiting the site of a celebrity you like instead of trying to cause problems here.

anon Says:

November 1st, 2006 at 9:03 pm
chirly/piper: you wouldn’t like them if they weren’t pretty : enough said

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No, they wouldn’t be movie stars if they weren’t pretty.

Being pretty has nothing to with being a good person or not. Sure, they owe alot to the way they look, I am sure they both know that. The difference here is that we like them because they are MORE than pretty, ornamental people….. which is a rarity in Hollywood. They are not relying on their looks to get by in life. Pretty people who are also shallow use their looks to get what they want and never grow or educate themselves, they never develop parts of their personality because in the mind they don’t need to….they are pretty, so, why be smart? B&A are not like that at all, and you know it.

They are trying to actually live a life as close to “normal” as anybody as pretty and famous as them is able, they are trying to be compassionate and open-minded and raise their children in a loving home. Those kinds of things are what any human being, pretty or not, wants out of life.

Maria Says:

November 1st, 2006 at 6:14 pm
PT: Girl, we didn’t need to know Brad has ‘Sexy Back’ — it was never gone! Did you ever see him naked? I mean NAKED!!! There were some pictures posted several months back on some website that had a picture of him in total fluff!!
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Maria - Uh…I was the cause of the links to the nekkid photos being posted. I casually mentioned having seen a photo of naked Brad holding a towel on the BF forum as part of a sig and didn’t know the photo was one of the infamous Playgirl illegal photos from 1996 or 1997. Someone posted the link to the Playgirl photos to show me that’s where the photo had come from. I’d seen them years ago, but the view is so great that it was a pleasure to see them again!

Anyhoo…let’s not have that link posted here again. Brad had to sue Playgirl to get them to stop publishing those photos, but there were issues already sold so of course it’d been scanned and put on the net ages ago.

Maria - Uh…I was the cause of the links to the nekkid photos being posted. I casually mentioned having seen a photo of naked Brad holding a towel on the BF forum as part of a sig and didn’t know the photo was one of the infamous Playgirl illegal photos from 1996 or 1997. Someone posted the link to the Playgirl photos to show me that’s where the photo had come from. I’d seen them years ago, but the view is so great that it was a pleasure to see them again!

Anyhoo…let’s not have that link posted here again. Brad had to sue Playgirl to get them to stop publishing those photos, but there were issues already sold so of course it’d been scanned and put on the net ages ago.

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And I was around while the link was up, and honey-let-me-tell-you……. I saved those bad boys, I sure did, yes siree, umhmmm! Thanks again PT! LOL!

Braddy so HOT
he looks like fun with his life
a good father, good actor, an activist and now…a builder
I love him, love his family…love BAMZS

Lylian:

I have volunteered at a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. I doubt if they will allow minor. It’s like going to a new house construction site. You have to sign a waiver.

Most of the foreign country volunteer projects require you to pay for your own transportation and housing. They can give you some suggestions on housing. That’s about all they will provide.

For my local experience, I called the local chapter of HFH co-ordinator who made up the schedule. So I would suggest you call and arrange the time with them. Weekend volunteer slots fill up quickly. There are always weekday opeinings. If you go on weekday, establish your trust, they will work you in for the weekend. Make sure you bring a dust mask and lunch. I have seen some women who had been with them for a few months just so they can learn how to build.

lylian Says:
November 1st, 2006 at 9:57 pm
lurker opinion Says:
November 1st, 2006 at 9:09 pm
“Trust me I knew nothing about building a house but they had me working all weekend and I was so proud when that house was finished.”

Did you go and help out with Habitat for Humanity? I was just thinking this is something I would like to spend a week or a few days doing. I hadn’t heard of HfH until Brad Pitt (OK, OK, its embarrassing). I went to their website and found that they have been working in South East Asia in areas hit by the tsunami. My questions are”

(a) I have a 5 year old girl I would like to bring with me. Did you see any children also “volunteering”? Would it be OK to bring a little girl there?

(b) I assume we can spend a week or just a day on the site? Is that correct?

(c) who organises accommodation? Do we have to organise our own accommodation and transport to the site?

Hope you pick up this message and give me your first hand experiences.
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lylian, I too have volunteered at a HFH, and yes you will be tired at the end of the day.
Children are NOT allowed on the site because of safety issues. However teenagers maybe allowed in certain circumstances. Usually there is an orientation session that you would have to attend prior to going onsite. It really depends on where you’re going. If you’re in the US and going to somewhere in the US I believe that you would have to take care of your own accommodations. If, however, it is a foreign country then they may take care of the accommodations, but, you probably would have to pay for them. If you’re gonna do this then I’m sure you’ll learn what you need to know in the information sessions they have.

Great to see Brad doing & helping build a home on his free time. They build one near where I live here in Canada. And I admire those people who put time & effort to build a home. Way to go Brad & Angie. You really deserve my utmost support & admiration.

ntt Says:
November 1st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
I have a question regarding HfH. Do they build houses throughout the year, or just one week a year. I read on their website yesterday that they are going to be in LA next year. I hope they lend BP a hand in his New Orleans project.
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They have projects all over the world. In big cities they usually have several projects areas going on. ITA about BP’s New Orleans project. Hopefully he’s earned his ’sweat equity’ and will partner with them to get the Global Green project completed.

Jared, Keep trying. We are with you. This is easier to read than the little yellow scroll, I think. Quick question: does anyone have a link to a Youtube video about Brad and Angelina set to “Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer? If not, would someone make one? Thanks!