Brad Pitt Owns 2007

boxofficemojo has updated the foreign gross for Babel; however it is about $1M plus short; I think they still have not included the weekend gross in France (and some other new openings).

someone is a little cranky today

there isnt much to talk about.. no new pics, I agree that x is boring mostly but.. if you dont like it.. come up with another topic yourself.

Does anyone remember the bit about Brad seeing a picture of Angelina (by a photographer who does close-up shots of just their faces/heads), and Angelina had done it already, so when the photographer (I wish I remembered his name!) was showing Brad the other people he had shot, Brad stopped at Angie’s asked something like “who is that? she’s gorgeous”…? I don’t know if that was true, sorry I don’t have the source, but has anyone else heard that? It seemed to fit when I read about Brad coming back to do MMS he heard Angelina was taking the role Nicole left. I thought it was sweet so I hope its true! If so then preconceived notions about her personality & behaviour aside, I think Brad must have been excited to work with her.

bluemoon

that’s an awful shame! and people have the nerve to criticize the jolie-pitts for bringing their children everywhere with them. really, you’re wealthy, privileged, have very little that’s meaningful to do with your time and you pay a stranger to play catch with your kid? and show them that people can be bought and sold on a whim? sad. very sad.

get out of hollywood, brad & angie! DC will be a nicer place when you-know-who moves out!

OT

Angie and Brad are my only foray into fandom land. In the last months I have gradually built a folder with links to blogs and sites where B&A are usually (favourably) mentioned. Today I have erased all of them with the exception of JJ and specific B, A or B&A places. I really cannot stand opening another link and be hit by trash. What kind of people makes the likes of Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears and similar empty-headed imbeciles commercially viable?

Slightly OT: I was surfing on other weblogs and I can’t believe what Britney is doing to herself. Shudder. This is a woman with two children under 3. And people have the nerve to criticize Angie who did all her crazy stuff when she was in her early 20s. She did cut herself, she did drugs and all those other crazy ass stuff that people are still bringing up — at least she did it to herself, she did not have her kids back then. And yet people are still defending Britney - saying that she is just letting off steam and preparing for her 25th birthday? After she has been out 10 days in a row, partying with Lohan and Hilton, two very undesirable women to be out with? Who is taking care of SPF and JJF, especially the latter, who needs his mother right now!!! Yet Angie, who at 31 has completely turned her life around, is still crucified because of her youthful indiscretions. Still the double standard re the Jolie-Pitts!!!!

ntt Says:

November 28th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
On the topic of Babel, what do you guys think the Japanese girl wrote in her note to the police officer? Could it be that she confessed she shot her mom? The devastation on his face after he read her note made me come to that conclusion. But I can’t come up with a motive for her to do that. I apologize in advance to those of you who haven’t seen the movie yet. But I don’t think knowing this detail is going to spoil the movie for you though.

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ntt, how about I let you know “after” I actually see the movie? lol. Some of us haven’t had the time just yet.

jpf

OK, so today is a slow news day. Imagine you would have the chance to ask Brad in person one question, what would you ask? Remember, you can ask ANYTHING!It’s so easy to come up with hundreds of questions, but what would you really want to know?
My question would be, did you go with Angelina to adopt Zahara, knowing you were intending to raise her as her father?

I would like to know his vision for the J-P Foundation.

I would like to know what it feels like to kiss Angie’s lips.

Hey all!

The Independent Sprit Awards nominations are out and Babel was not included. When you look at the films, you can see why. I would classify Babel as a foreign art house film. It’s in between those independent films nominated and the highly commercial formula films that the American masses gravitate to.
This list should be of great interest to Indie film buffs.

And the 2007 Independent Spirit nominees are…

FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
“American Gun,” Ted Kroeber, producer
“The Dead Girl,” Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen, producers
“Half Nelson,” Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg, producers
“Little Miss Sunshine,” Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, producers
“Pan’s Labyrinth,” Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo Del Toro, producers

FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
“Day Night Day Night,” Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin, producers
“Man Push Cart,” Ramin Bahrani, director; Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley III, producers
“The Motel,” Michael Kang, director; Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon, Karin Chien, producers
“Sweet Land,” Ali Selim, director; Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim, producers
“Wristcutters: A Love Story,” Goran Dukic, director; Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev, producers

DIRECTOR
Robert Altman, “A Prairie Home Companion”
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Ryan Fleck, “Half Nelson”
Karen Moncrieff, “The Dead Girl”
Steven Soderbergh, “Bubble”

MALE LEAD
Aaron Eckhart, “Thank You For Smoking”
Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”
Edward Norton, “The Painted Veil”
Ahmad Razvi, “Man Push Cart”
Forest Whitaker, “American Gun”

FEMALE LEAD
Shareeka Epps, “Half Nelson”
Catherine O’Hara, “For Your Consideration”
Elizabeth Reaser, “Sweet Land”
Michelle Williams, “Land of Plenty”
Robin Wright Penn, “Sorry, Haters”

SUPPORTING MALE
Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Raymond J. Barry, “Steel City”
Daniel Craig, “Infamous”
Paul Dano, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Channing Tatum, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”

SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”
Marcia Gay Harden, “American Gun”
Mary Beth Hurt, “The Dead Girl”
Frances McDormand, “Friends with Money”
Amber Tamblyn, “Stephanie Daley”

SCREENPLAY
Neil Burger, “The Illusionist”
Nicole Holofcener, “Friends with Money”
Ron Nyswaner, “The Painted Veil”
Jason Reitman, “Thank You For Smoking”
Jeff Stanzler, “Sorry, Haters”

FIRST SCREENPLAY
Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, “Half Nelson”
Goran Dukic, “Wristcutters: A Love Story”
Dito Montiel, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”
Gabrielle Zevin, “Conversations with Other Women”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arin Crumley, “Four Eyed Monsters”
Anthony Dod Mantle, “Brothers of the Head”
Guillermo Navarro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Aaron Platt, “Wild Tigers I Have Known”
Michael Simmonds, “Man Push Cart”

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
“Chalk,” Mike Akel, director; Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass, producers; Chris Mass & Mike Akel, writers
“Four Eyed Monsters,” Arin Crumley & Susan Buice, writer/director/producers
“Old Joy,” Kelly Reichardt, director; Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp, producers; Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, writers
“Quinceanera,” Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland, writer/directors; Anne Clements, producer
“Twelve and Holding,” Michael Cuesta, director; Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer, producers; Anthony S. Cipriano, writer

DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
“A Lion in the House,” Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert, directors
“My Country, My Country,” Laura Poitras, director
“The Road to Guantanamo,” Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, directors
“The Trials of Darryl Hunt,” Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, directors
“You’re Gonna Miss Me,” Keven McAlester, director

FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
“12:08 East of Bucharest,” (Romania); Corneliu Porumboiu, director
“The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” (Philippines); Auraeus Solito, director
“Chronicle of an Escape,” (Argentina); Israel Adrian Caetano, director
“Days of Glory,” (France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium); Rachid Bouchareb, director
“The Lives of Others,” (Germany); Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
David Lynch, Laura Dern

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117954615.html?nav=news&nid=2854

Frenchy Says:
November 28th, 2006 at 4:25 pm

I didn’t think Babel was eligible for the Independent Spirit Awards. I believe one of the requirements is that a film’s production budget must be UNDER $20 million. I believe Babel’s production budget was in the $20 million - $25 million range.