George Clooney Rags on Brad Pitt

CLINIQUA Says:

Well said.

Well, George did overexpose himself. Clooney lobbied *very* hard for that Oscar to the point of nauseum.

Clooney’s the type of guy who you can take in small dosages. The one knock on Clooney has always been that he stays current with the situation at hand and has no follow up. He gets on a bandwagon and then is gone. He doesn’t commit himself to the hard work like say an Angelina Jolie. Jolie’s been committed to her causes for 6 going on 7 yrs to the point that she’s worked with Congress and the Senate to get laws enacted and bills passed. I’d be shocked to see George do that kind of work. The hard, roll up your sleeves and get down into it work.

While O’Reilly may be a loudmouth he was right about The Red Cross and corruption was exposed.

Clooney had nothing to do with Africa until Brad. Clooney said that he became involved because of Brad during the Ocean’s shoot in Italy. The question is how committed is George really? Will he follow through when it’s no longer the hot topic?

The measure of a man isn’t what he does when someone is looking, it’s what he does when they aren’t.

Good morning, everyone!

Re: Clooney
We liked him in ER, and surprised he left at the hight of his popularity. Then he made a tricky transition to film which he did very well. Regarding Brad, I think I saw an interview that George also auditioned for Thelma and Louise which was taken by Brad, which shot him to fame. George missed that chance to Brad. GC had to do many TV things and took him very long to ‘make it’ to the top. Now that he got an Oscar before Brad, and now this two-time award for what’s it’s worth, he finally feels ‘caught up’ maybe. So yes I think there is a bit of love-hate LOL On the other hand in the family department, Brad again is far ahead of him, but again I don’t think GC is interested in getting what Brad has (tons of kids and wife).

Re: “Minivan majority”— Minivan and Lilyan
I agree with you both. I do fit Lilyan’s description of over-40 married with two kids, working mom who support Angie and despise Aniston. In Angie’s youth and wild days I never really paid attention except for her films, she was sort of like Linsay L etc. she was young. It was only after she started adopting, getting involved in her charity work, then getting bashed by Aniston’s fans after hooking up with Brad, that I really took an interest and now support her whole-heartedly. I didn’t know about Aniston at all except she being married to Brad and that she was a TV actress (I don’t watch sitcoms). Now with all what she did to run a fake sympathy campaign I loathe her personality and everything she stands for.

Good morning, good people. I’m with Cliniqua. I have always had a soft spot for George (sorry, but waaaay before I came to like the Braddy Daddy). I think it is connected to his birth family. Plus I think he looks awfully good in a tux.
That said, my perpetual SMA is Pierce Brosnan, and that has a lot to do with how he is so connected to his five kids and his role as nurturer during the illness of his first wife, Cassandra. Maybe that’s a theme for me. Brad to me is soooo much sexier now; when I see him with Mad or Z or the People Mag pic of him holding the newborn Shi, he is sex on a stick. Of course fatherhood does not work in all cases (FedX, Ryan, Jude — okay, Jude is cute, but not sexy to me).

The mini-van majority is, like NASCAR dads or soccer moms, just a mediaworld shorthand for a point of view — not a descriptor of actual people. The siding of the m-vm with X is also linked, as has been said here before, to X’s TVQ — she was likeable on Friends (if that sort of thing is your pleasure), and she was the almost-”normal” looking girl who bagged the screen hunk. I have never liked a single so-called America’s Sweetheart, from Meg Ryan on, and I never paid too much attention to X. I have always liked AJ, even at her edgiest, but I admire her now enormously. I think she does not run her life by focus group approval, and that, of course, annoys the folks who have been trained by the entertainment industry to consume the blandest possible pablum.

On topic: “The Rev. Ted” oh Brad lol

Indie
Excellent Post and you’re absolutely right. There is definately a perceptual saliency happening here….people putting more value in the information available to them or information they choose to seek out and inadvertently contruct a reality around it. Majority of the blogs and Tabloids never have good things to say about the JPs….giving the illusion that this is reality. I’ll admit, I have felt that way to but then I look around me and see that majority of the people I know don’t follow gossip let alone blog about it (lol…yeah, yeah….I know. Just call me a rebel, blacksheep….whatever). The JPs are respected where it really matters and I am glad it’s not the pages of the weekly tabloids.

Minivan
I asked the exact same question with regards to Oprah and her audience. I mean the woman is the antithesis of what her audience is. Maria gave me an answer I believe can be applied here also. Women love Oprah because of how she makes them FEEL. With Jennifer Aniston, they don’t feel threatened.

In the past, women had only two choices, motherhood or career. It wasn’t until recently We see that it doesn’t have to be either/or….we can have both. Of course, the reality is you can barely have both. At some point, one is gonna give and often times, it is the career that suffers. Being a mother is a difficult but fufilling task….or so we’ve been programmed to believe (and I am not saying it isn’t) This is how some women who have choosen motherhood rationalize their choice. Oh sure, these same women applaud others who choose their career…”Yes, you show them women are more than baby machines, we have brains too” but deep down, since they feel motherhood is they harder task, choosing a career is a cop out…which makes them feel superior. Jennifer Aniston is also the kind of person, who, had she become a mother, would not hesitate to talk about the trials and tribulations of motherhood on the pages of the glossy mags (Her interview on Marriage is hard….anyone?). Of course, this will also make the women feel good….”If Jen with all her money can feel that way, then I am good.” Either way….they win. In my opinion, Jennifer Aniston is a poster child for the minivan majority NOT because she is like them but because she makes them feel adequate or superior in their choices. Angelina Jolie on the other hand….well, need I say more?

Huh…..I hope no one sees this as a bash against mothers because it isn’t. Why, I’d never do that…..I have a mother.

deena Says:

November 29th, 2006 at 7:45 am
haven’t read the thread yet but I’d like to say……

Listen, you dried up coon-eyed …….
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deena

I found the start of your post very offensive. Maybe you typed before you thought, but you seriously need to check yourself.

Maniston, the Marie Claire has Ashley Judd on the cover, I will type in the part that references Angie later this morning.

Lylian and Malaya, thanks for making the points better than I did, I always enjoy your posts.
Minivan majority is a phrase that Lainey coined that seems to have taken a life of its own, even that is generalisation.

I am a divorced mother of three, have kids that were in soccer and dance. According to the tabloids, I am supposed to feel sorry for Jennifer and not like Angie, the opposite happen to be true for me and most people that I know. I cannot stand people with the victim mentality, always poor me even when they are the pepertrators, they find a way to make themselves the victim.

Angie on the other hand has a way of picking herself up no matter what life throws at her, she is busy living life, she has so much passion for life that she does not waste a minute feeling sorry for herself, and I could relate to that.

African Girl, don’t be scared of me hun, I got yo’ back lol I adore GC although I don’t want him but I am no hater. He’s on The Daily Show tonight :)

Indie Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 9:27 am
Angie on the other hand has a way of picking herself up no matter what life throws at her, she is busy living life, she has so much passion for life that she does not waste a minute feeling sorry for herself, and I could relate to that.
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Great post Indie , ITA .
I dislike woman who feel that they are victimized and feel sorry about every sinlge negative event that happen in their life.
Angie is a polar opposite of JA . Angie represents the “can do” , “nothing is impossible” spirit .

Everyone who feel sorry about their own life should wake up and count their blessings instead , give thanks and start the day with a positive happy note. Life will probably be a lot happier for their spouse and their children.

Be Sane, I like you but don’t EVER compare Lohan to Angie.

Lohan is desperate to win an Oscar. Angie never campaigned for it and still got one. She was even willing to sell her Oscar to raise money for charity until someone talked her out of it because the Oscar jury would take it as an insult.

Lohan is a wannabe Angie. Angie was never a wannabe anything. She was herself and always has been herself.

Lylian
EXCELLENT POST! I think we need to redifine what the minivan majority as women who are so insecure, they need others to validate them. Going off and living their lives on their own terms is a foreign concept to them. So not all women who are mothers (stay at home or not) are minivan majority.