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Angelina Jolie Talks Foreign Relations
Angelina Jolie is being admitted to become a member of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations. Angelina, 31, will soon be rubbing elbows with other club members of the exclusive, Manhattan-based foreign-policy group including Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and Alan Greenspan.
International-affairs professor Dr. Gordon Adams says “Bring her on. The idea of having Henry Kissinger and Angelina Jolie in the same organization is dazzling.”
(Image via SimplyJolie)
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Guys remember World War Z, well, maybe Brad will be in it.
NYCC 07: Straczynski Scripting World War Z
B5 creator adapting zombie tome for Paramount.
by IGN Staff
February 24, 2007 - J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of the sci-fi series Babylon 5 who has also become a popular comic book scribe in recent years, announced yesterday that he is writing the screenplay adaptation of the zombie book World War Z for Paramount. The Max Brooks novel, which was optioned last summer by the studio for Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B, is subtitled An Oral History of the Zombie War.
“You all know the novel World War Z?” asked Straczynski of his audience during a New York Comic-Con panel on Friday. “I’m adapting that for Paramount. For Brad Pitt potentially — we’ll see what happens. He might be the star in it. So things are going very well for a TV guy.”
Straczynski acknowledges that the book needs to be modified in order to work as a movie, particularly since it is an anthology that features no main character or plot, but rather skips around through time via the recollections of the many survivors of a decade-long war against the living dead.
“What you have to do is… the book, if you haven’t read it, is a wonderful, wonderful book in an interview format after the zombie wars,” explains the scribe. “You see how we survived. It’s very political, very smart, very cagey, but there’s no main character. So you have to create who the interviewer is and give him some background and bring him from place to place to place to place. And they said, ‘Feel free to get as political as you want, as incisive as you want, to play with it. You could look at this as a Katrina kind of catastrophe.’ But I’m being very faithful to the book, letter by letter when I can, and I’m on about page 70 right now and I’m really happy with it. I’m really pleased with it actually, so if that goes well we might go into production on that one.”
And also
New Plan B project mentioned in an article at Variety:
Studio also is skewing younger, snapping up such projects as Charles Burns’ just-published graphic horror novel “Black Hole,” in which freakish deformities infect sexually active teens. Par’s signed Alexandre Aja (”The Hills Have Eyes”) to direct and set it up with MTV Films and Brad Pitt’s Plan B with Aja and partner Gregory Levasseur producing.
Congratulation to Angie am pround to be her fan. God Bless the Jolie-Pitt family and all the fans also.
Peace!!!
Congratulations Angelina Jolie ! This is better than an Oscar isn’t it ?
Let’s see how fast other blogs pick this news. Something tells me not as fast as it would be if she was being bashed.
Does anyone know if Brad and Angie might attend the Oscars tonight??
Angelina “paid off” somebody for a seat and got the news released just before the
Oscars. One thing’s for sure…she’s a better pr spinner even than the self-proclaimed master Pitt.
congratulations Angelina
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News Carrier Says:
February 25th, 2007 at 11:42 am
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We know that goes, don’t we?
Only good Brad/Angelina news will be widely distributed, if and only if, it threatens to devastate ___ and her fans.
This, while impressive, won’t register with them at all.
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Ridiculous Says:
yes you are!!!!
Thanks for picking the perfect name.
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hunnybunny Says:
February 25th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Condoleeza Rice is a brilliant scholar on the Soviet Union. All that education has gotten her considered as one of the worst National Security Advisors of all time. She is, at this point, a shil for the administration. The advantage of having non-politicos on these Councils is that they bring a committment to the issues (in La Jolie’s case REFUGEES) above and beyond their politics or their day jobs. Maybe Angie will uncover some of Condi’s real opinions on matters after she’s out of office.
I think it’s great. This is a person who is admittedly self-taught and passionate about her areas of interest. Believe me, I talk to nothing but PhDs all day. A degree is no guarantee of engagement with the world, care about one’s fellow humans, or even of the sense it takes to navigate everyday life. I’d trade any 100 of them for a day to talk with Angie about her issues, her art, and motherhood.
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ITA - well said. Having had the opportunity to work with both highly educated and self taught, alot can be said for the self taught. Certianly it depends on the personality of the person though. Without passion, a degree simply means you had the fortitude to get to classes, pass tests and pay the tuition. Like hunnybunny said, it does not guarantee any skills in dealing with people or automatically make you a better person for getting the degree.
A woman of substance, intelligence and obviously well respected outside of the tabloid community. Go Angie!
You go Angelina! I am so proud to be your fan. You have kept your eye on the prize and continue to be rewarded for it. This is how it works folks. Lead a good life, be true to yourself and your beliefs, keep growing as a person and understand that we are all put on this earth to contribute to the greater good and you will reap the rewards.
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Ridiculous says:
Not a fan of Brangie, hun yet here you are again. Why not admit it, you love you some Brangie.
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Ridiculous Says:
February 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Angelina “paid off” somebody for a seat and got the news released just before the
Oscars. One thing’s for sure…she’s a better pr spinner even than the self-proclaimed master Pitt.
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Are the cartoons over in your part of the country already?
wow such a beautiful photo of her, i love it! Congratulations and more power to you [AJ] as well!! (brava brava!)
Congratulations AJ + family, you don’t need degrees behind your name( U2, late A Hepburn,Mia Farrow,Clooney…) if your heart and mind are in the right place, AJ and BP are seeking meaning and purpose in their life. Why can’t The Chin lovers just stay on her boring website
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Ridiculous Says:
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go back and worship your jen. she needs you. better yet, go find jen a man.
I always knew Angie would be going places. This is just the beginning, fasten your seat belt. She said the reason why she will be staying at home more is to take care of her kids and to study and understand the things she’s involved with. I’m truly wishing her many, many more successes because of her commitment and dedication, not only to her family but to numerous others across the world. She’s a giver and as it is being said that it is more blessed to give than to receive, so she’s highly blessed and favored. Happy Sunday to all BAMZS’ fans and please stay tuned!
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Izzie Says:
February 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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Ridiculous Says:
February 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Angelina “paid off” somebody for a seat and got the news released just before the
Oscars. One thing’s for sure…she’s a better pr spinner even than the self-proclaimed master Pitt.
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Are the cartoons over in your part of the country already?
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So, your snarky a$$ is back again.
Meanwhile…
Jennifer Aniston is being admitted to become a member of the ASPCA. Not because she likes dogs, but because she looks like one.
Ba Dum Bum. Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week.
Congratulations Angie, all your hard work are paying off.
Well deserved. So proud to be your fan.
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lylian Says:
Great post, I wish all the haters would read your post to gain some insight, as to why she was nominated and why she is qualified.
She is an ACTOR not an Academic? It is so hard to take Americans seriously when you hear something like this. So she goes around the world adopting babies and taking notes when she visits foreign countries…she also then goes back to her $6,000. a night hotels. Europeans and Canadians have it right when they say the Americans are materialistic and not very educated.
Jeez - NY Post seems to have a passive-aggressive nature: slights them and then praises them. So much flip-flopping.
The media doesn’t know what to do with them anymore. They’re like little kids trying to get JoliePitt’s attention.
REPOST - regarding Oscar:
PR Media are trying to bring the JoliePitts under their thumbs with their threatening smear job. Thus, the passive-aggressive nature towards them. This is who I think is smearing them - the PR Media and the sellout newsmedias that prostituted themselves.
However, I believe Hollywood itself is very pro Brad and Angelina - thus, the positive comments from the cast of Heroes, to their friends that stopped by at their GG table like Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg and Renee at the carpet. This is in addition to all the others like Queen Latifah, Anne Hathaway and Drew Barrymore.
Spielberg and Scorsese sent letters to the Producers Guild to argue Brad Grey and Brad Pitt’s inclusion into The Departed’s credits. Brad and Angie have very strong Hollywood circles around them - holding their back. I remember George Clooney putting himself out there against the media storm.
I think the PR media felt jilted and played by Pitt and Clooney with the whole marriage in Italy affair where they sent in teams of crew to Clooney’s villa. What a total embarassment to them. Pitt has been divorcing himself from tabbies and sensationalized media and Clooney and Pitt made sure to cut that cord the ugly way.
Thus, Pitt’s campaign to talk to only People as the lowest and the rest are foreign outlets and ‘legit’ news media like Newsweek and Time.
There are the conservative, old guard few that are afraid of shaking status quo - thus, the reaction of the Producers Guild to ultimately remove Plan B’s credit in The Departed. However, I think this is more to do with studio politics rather than Pitt’s public image. Warner still must not feel good about the whole Paramount jump.
So when I say I think they should have fun at the Oscars - good for the JoliePitts. Their peers would welcome this and enjoy their presence.
Oscars actually took an unprecedented push to have Grey and Pitt credited by leaving The Departed producer credits unstated all the way through announcements. However, Oscars respects the Producer’s Guild and in the end they succumbed to politics.
However, I do think Pitt was robbed in the Supporting Actor nom - if Judi Dench can get nominated for what - a one-liner in ‘Shakespeare in Love’ than he should as well for his part. Ohh, I still think ‘Shakespeare in Love’ was all Hollywood politics - that was totally overrated. How many more versions of Pride and Prejudice and Shakespeare do we have to see?? Come on, are we that poor in quality material that we have to import British themed repeats. Uhh.
Let’s get with the times!
On Jolie’s credentials for the Council of Foreign Relations:
Jolie has not just been a puppet of the UN showing up @ these war-torn countries to become a shooting target.
She actually talks to the refugees and people suffering to find out their needs and understand how best to help them. She has met with various leaders from all spectres of what’s left of the infrastructure to understand how to bring a semblance of order and bring back economic stability to their world. Thus, her meetings with various organization leaders, business leaders, Prime Ministers, and refugee workers.
She has also participated in many experimental programs to bring the usually tribal communities into the present economic times - ex. Millenium Project, the women’s empowerment projects by giving them new skills and business startup money such as the sewing community she set up. She’s also combined programs of environmentalism and jobs by setting up wildlife preserves and growing current ones.
She probably has more hands-on solutions to offer on the table then most think tank members who sees from an abstract perspective rather than from the human element.
Brad must be SO PROUD! I don’t think he’s ever had any woman in Angie’s caliber. Come to think of it - there probably isn’t at all combined in one package. PERIOD.
~Websurfer
Congratulations Angie. Please stop comparing Angie to __. It makes a mess of the thread. They are totally different people. They also attract different kinds of fans.
Is it just me, or have I just been away from JJ too long to realize how thick headed some people can be? Can we spell j e a l o u s ?
People should also know that Angie is no stranger working with Colin Powell, Condi Rice and the rest of them, so it is a good thing they brought her on.
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