Angelina Jolie Saves St. John Knits
It was just announced that Angelina Jolie, St. John’s current spokesmodel, will again appear in the Fall/Winter 2007 St. John Knits ad campaign, which will be photographed soon.
Said creative consultant and former creative director Kelly Gray, “You know I can’t give you the shoot dates but she is definitely a part of that creative team and I’m proud to be a part of it.”"
Said St. John chairman Jim Kelley, “We lost our way for a while with the product. We’ve got the business back on track. Things are proceeding really well.”
Angelina helped rejuvenate the dying St. John label, which is now worth over $400 million.








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First… thanks JJ
Thanks Jared!!!!
guli - toast here?! it’s almost time!
Jared and Audrey thank you so very much for the new thread. I know you guys are trying to keep us up to date. Yesterday we (I) got frustrated. You two are the bomb! How’s you weather?
Too many Angie post. Loves it.
I thought she was going to be a stay at home mom?!?!
Thanks for the new thread Jared and Audrey. The last ones were killing me.
Great !!!
Beautiful woman inside and out. May God bless you and your family.
nooooooo. you’re not hyping the winger/hater storyline — jolie destroyed that clothing line. (not like they could fit into the clothes anyway…) it kills them to see her triumph in everything she does, while they are just left to sit in front of their computers and seethe with jealousy.
Thanks for the new thread! Im glad to hear that she helped revive a dying label…
Hi sheri– yesterday was confusing, I sent you a wrong response!! have a great weekend!
For Coals Father
May the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it. And may light shine out of the two eyes of you, like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm. And may the blessing of the rain be on you, may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines, and sometimes a star. And may the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day; and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it. May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to God. And now may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly. Amen.
Rest in peace you great Scottish Man! Look down at all you have done, and be proud!
Thank you Jared…
The photo’s are absolutely stunning, just beautiful .
Jared and Audrey, you guys are awesome!
We BAMPZSers are grateful …you’re spoiling us with all these threads….
Thank you!
Kumusta sa aking mga KABABAYAN!
Sophisticated mama!~
yeah, I was having post-withdrawel. My mom only wore st.johns for years and it’s nice to have AJ representing now. These are some of the most beautiful pictures ever of her.
WHO DOEN’T LOVES ANGIE IF ONLY YOU SIGHTLESS? I JUST FALL IN LOVE TO HER.
Thank You Jared
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Viper Says:
I thought she was going to be a stay at home mom?!?!
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VIPER, part of the interview said that she will not make any movies for a while which take up lots of time away from one’s family. Kate Winslett said something very similar to what Angelina said recently. A photo shoot is a day or two for a couple of hours. Stay at home moms do get out of the house and participate in activities, you know, like other people do. Stay at home moms are not chained in the kitchen, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO VENTURE OUT.
Get real, you are just jealous that in spite of the lies planted that St. John’s was failing due to Angelina, THE TRUTH HAS EMERGED, ANGELINA HAS GIVEN LIFE TO THE COMPANY, JUST AS SHE HAS DONE WITH BRAD. HAIL ANGELINA!
Thanks for the new thread Just Jared. You are the best. If I had enough money, I would adopt you. However, you would have to get in line behind a bunch of other crumb snatchers who have a firm grip on my meager salary. Best wishes to AJ, Maddox and Pax. Congrats to the Jolie-Pitts again for building a beautiful family. I wish them a long and happy life together. I wish AJ, Maddox and Pax a safe return home. Congrats to AJ on her successful business venture with S T John Knits. Thanks again, Just Jared. Best wishes to BAMPZS.
guli- both would be great. thanks :)
Wow a new thread. Thanks Jared, you are the man and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you, Audrey and to the wonderful BAMPZS fans!!!!
Sheri— what a wonderful post for Coal’s dad. Thank you!
Susie–OK, but Charlie Rose interview is much better than the old goat’s (sorry I don’t care for L. King since the DT interview)….
Hiya, bdj, Keana, Fleasha, Julia, checkers (my pittwatch buddy), nona, hunter alero and everyone else who is posting now….
does anyone know why S T gets astericked out shen the letters are together? It’s not a bad word.
I LOVED ANGIE, I LOVE HER AND I WILL LOVE UNTIL I’LL DIE.SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL.
Hi my Susie and guli! No laughing but even though it was just noon I had a shot of McCallaghns 24 yr old Scotch for Coals dad, may need to take a nap soon!
St Johns is classic, I have pieces from my mom. They needed Angie to keep them in the spot light. Perfect spokesperson beautiful, accomplished, sexy and independant. The total package!
hi Guli! have a great weekend!
thanks for the new thread, j@red!
Angelina helped rejuvenate of the dying label, which is now worth over $400 million.
this is great news +)
Her beauty is so unique,it’s like she’s not from this world.Stunning!
Wow, she’s just stunning. I love that old hollywood vibe she has. She’s beautiful, inside and out. I admire her, compared to most actresses she seems to have her priorities in place. No wonder Brad loves her, she’s grown into a fascinating woman.
Saint John designs, manufactures and markets women’s clothing and accessories.
The Company has two business segments: Wholesale and Retail sales. It’s Wholesale sales business consists primarily of six divisions: Knitwear, Sport, Shoes, Jewelry, Accessories and Home Accessories.
The Company manufactures its products primarily to order and distributes them on a highly selective basis through a group of upscale retailers with whom it has long-term relationships, as well as through Company-owned retail boutiques and outlet stores.
The geographic areas of the Company are the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada and Others. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (fiscal 2004), the net sales to the Company’s three largest wholesale customers, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, totaled approximately 42%.
Thank you Jared for the new thread.I see the lies the haters spread about Angelina and ST John are coming to light,he he….”A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”…..MARK TWAIN.GO ANGELINA!!!!
We have to support Angie by supporting St. John. Thanks JJ.
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Sheri Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:00 am - flag comment
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that is beautiful Sheri. thanks, I’m printing it and saving it. :)
Sorry everyone for attacking Sheri yesterday, I was riled up and directed my indignity at her an dit was completely uncalled for.
Last year, when st. john hired her, some people predicted doom. I hope they eating their words.
Angelina and Brad will always TRIUMPH over their detractors because THE GOOD always prosper.
Best of Luck to the Family.
nona- you’ve really figured that one out lol:)
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nona Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 10:56 am - flag comment
nooooooo. you’re not hyping the winger/hater storyline — jolie destroyed that clothing line. (not like they could fit into the clothes anyway…) it kills them to see her triumph in everything she does, while they are just left to sit in front of their computers and seethe with jealousy.
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That’s how your mind works… interesting
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tootootrue Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:08 am - flag comment
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Viper Says:
I thought she was going to be a stay at home mom?!?!
Sheesh, calm down! No need to be so defensive! and no I’m not jealous, that was silly of you to say, and I have no idea who ** is, so I’m not aware of their lies?!?!
I was just making an honest statement and I didn’t mean to upset you so badly, no harm was meant. So, just chill out! :)
the haters shoul just go to hell.the truth always comes out.angie is one hot mama
Thank you Jared!
Once again Angie proved all the nay-sayers wrong and I just love it. I don’t think Angie can do anything more to make me proud to be her fan.
Rock on Angie, Rock On! Your fans love you and are behind you.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all my fellow BAMPZSer!
Ok guli, game is at 1pm, I haven’t looked yet. Need to run an errand, will come back put on my OSU sweat shirt and get ready!
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susie Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:26 am - flag comment
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susie! Stop you didn’t attack me, you took issue with what I was saying. I understand why you saw red and needed to vent. No harm done!! Hell girl, we both know what a real attack looks like! So lets all of us Scottish girls enjoy Saint Patricks Day! Kisses, Hugs you know I love you!
Now, I know a profound reason why Brad left Jen for Angie. QUALITY AND SUBSTANCE.
I posted this on the other thread. For all of the haters
May those who love us, love us.
And those who don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn’t turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
Guli- what is DT. I like Larry King so that would be ok with me, and the DS and CR. Thanks :)
Oh it’s a Celtic Blessing very appropriate for the day!
Enough already! I am sick of hearing about this woman and her family!
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MJ Says:
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Ok if thats how you feel. GO AWAY! Simple isn’t it!
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MJ Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:42 am - flag comment
Paris and Nicole are one thread below begging for some attention. You may want to go there if you are tired of AJ. Just a suggestion, no hating involved. Peace
To Sheri - whatever it is it is vindictive.
Thanks God I can see her alone. Without Pitt and kids. Thank you St. John :-)
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MJ Says:
Nobody forced you to look at the thread, just scroll on by. I find it very easy to ignore the people that annoy me. You on the other hand went out of your way to CLICK on HER thread. DUH!
Sorry Susie, DT is Donal Trump… Here is the Diane S interview..But, lets not open up that can of worms…There are two parts both are good..
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2728564
Real Lou — thanks for reminding me about the haters and their lies re Angie and Saint Johns.. They tell so many lies it is hard to remember them :lol:
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MJ Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:42 am - flag comment
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LMAO. Not sick enough to take the time to click on the comment section. Being sick of them would be apathy. You’re not apathetic.
I know big words. Go look it up. And don’t come back and comment. Practice what your preach.
JoliePitt-
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Allrriiiggghhhttt!!! NEW thread with beautiful pictures. Thank you Jared and Aubrey! We bow. (5x) ;)
Love these pictures. Angie’s got such beautiful and classic beauty,. Looking at these pics reminds me of the old black and white Bette Davis and Garbo movies. The woman not only have the looks, but the talent to play any part in movies.
No wonder Brad couldn’t resist, plus she has everything he wanted in a partner and mother of his children. Yep, wouldn’t it be cool to be her even for one day, and have Brad rake you with with a look of fire and desire….. ahhhhh just the thought!!!
Alright back to reality. For those who question about her doing some modeling shoot for St John. Hello, it’s not like it will take months. I presume maybe a week at most, and she will still be home to fix supper for Brad and the kids. GEEEZE.
And talking of chores, I really gotta go. Got weeds to pull and a lanai to clean.
Have a good day everyone. I will lurk some more later. :)
To those that tried to lie and say the company was going into decline because of Angelina - HA HA (Homer Simpson laugh). It’s just like I said on the old thread: self serving liars are found out and the family doesn”t have to utter a word.
Movie sales, international fandom, commercial offers and happy children do the talking for them. I wonder what they’ll move on to when they see Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and Pax running around happy, close knit and loved????
To all those who are deep in snow - hang in there. Spring is in the air. I can tell by the birds going at it with abandon outside my windows!
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just thinking Says:
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What are you talking about?
So much for staying home and helping Pax to adjust to American life…..
That lasted what? A whole day???
ha- go Angie! also, didn’t I see somewhere that she & Brad are the most highly paid commerial endorsers in Asia?? To celebrate- links to two of my fav fan videos- besides cool pics, i liked the music so much i bought both CDs…BAMPZS fans, money talks, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYWQT2AW-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_FgpDJ6tc
Happy St Paddy’s Day- Erin Go Braugh!!
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NotAfanbot Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am - flag comment
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LOL! Yeah, cause ya know, stay at home moms never go out for a day without their kids and do things just for them. They’re barred into the house.
A photoshoot takes a day, if that.
But, you get back to your chains and shackle yourself.
Juno— you are funny, I have similar thoughts as well… Have a great day. I’ll be taking off soon as well to watch my team…
Susie- when DT was on LK he really made very nasty comments re AJ and LK just sat there and laughed… OK, here is CR
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-770327338086565094&q=owner%3ACharlie_Rose
bermy - thank you for that! Randy birds say it all! Happy Saint Patricks Day to you from the black Scottish woman! Still want to come to your house ASAP!
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NotAfanbot Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am - flag comment
You are so STUPID. These are old pictures, dimwit.
55 says do not be stupid,she didi not say she is gonna quit her job, all she said was to take time off and be with her family is that a crime?.
Notafanbot, that’s all they’ve got.
LOL. Angelina didn’t take down St. John’s like they were rubbing their hands together in glee that she did.
It’s a sad life for the people at FF. Ya know the Fat Fcuk website.
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NotAfanbot Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am - flag comment
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First off YAWN!!!!
Second, doing a photo shoot doesn’t take that long and she will still be with her children. Also she has a contract with Saint John’s and it is her job to forfill that contract.
And finally, if you would learn how to read and grasp what you read. You would know that she wasn’t talking about being a stay at home mom for every. She said she had NO films schedule for the rest of the year. In which, she doesn’t all films are schedule for 2008 and beyond.
Angie has said that her children come first and then her work with the UN. And there is no way she will turn her back on the suffering of children and the monies she makes help the most poorest in need.
I guess some people miss the essentials of reading is fundmental!
To me, Angelina Jolie is the ONLY woman in Hollywood today who can be considered a Hollywood bombshell. There is no one else. There are some others who are pretty cute, but she has the beauty of “old” Hollywood. She’s glamorus like a Rita Hayworth or Marilyn Monroe.
Guli- thanks for the links. Is the CR one the whole hour? I’ll have to wait until the kids aren’t here to watch it if it is.
I didn’t see the DT/LK clip ever but we all know DT is a pompous pompadoured fatty!! :lol:
OK—before I go, this one always cracks me no matter how many times I watch it…
It’s the MAMS gag reel…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oRNC-DcBPk
Just wanted to put a smile on everyone’s face on Saint Patrick’s Day….
Thanks Jared for the beautiful pictures. Hello to all BAMPZS fans.
Anybody noticed that the Saint John’s ads are back in the fashion mags (Vogue, W, VF)? Since W has a larger format than the other ones, and the ad is on a double page, AJ’s picture is huge in it, and therefore, beautiful. Check it out at the bookstores. I think AJ only agreed to do the ad for Saint John because the contract included a creation of some charity fund for children. She would not have done it just to line her pockets.
BBL.
This is the kind of thread that I like, great news :D
Oh my God!! She is sooooo BEAUTIFUL. Angie looks amazing in their clothes. She has a timeless beauty and the black and white pictures bring this out. She looks so classy and elegant. The pics are so romantic as well… shame they didn’t add Brad into it. It would just be too hot!!!
guli that is too funny!
wow nice comments from bampzs,i hope we keep it that way
Susie, yep CR is one hour long. I’ll send you LK later OK…I got to run so far we are up by 4… BBL at commercials. Cheers everyone, nope I’m not having GREEN beer, just my wine :-)
there is a new pic of brad on people mag
I don’t know if you’ve read these. Since this is the newest thread, I put them in here. Not a nice pic of Brad. He looks very tired. He must be looking forward to Angie and the boys coming home. I bet he can’t wait to meet the newest member of the family!
http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ls030507pitdj7.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ls030507pitavt7.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ls030507pitbtc0.jpg
He must be impatiently looking forward to Angie and the boys coming home.
#63 Kit says: I agree with you and would like to take it a step further. Angelina
Jolie is in a class all of her own. She makes an older woman want to be young again, and a younger woman want to reinvent herself. Lucky Brad!
Thanks Jared for the new thread. WAY TO GO ANGIE
Rockin thread JJ!! :-) She is sooooo stunning. My fav is if her in the office/boardroom - shades of Mrs. Smith in that tight fitting white knit suit…baby got back. Wasn’t she newly preg with Shi in most of these?!
Anyhoo..bringing my LAP (long ass post) over here from the old thread:
Btw, thanks ariel for the b-day wishes, and a hearty thanks to everyone else for same! :-)
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CLINIQUA Says:
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bermy girl Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am - flag comment
If Huvane is NOT orchestrating the negative press, then he and his client are up the creek - by doing the Vanity Fair article and other articles/antics a while back they created a monster and now the press and other dummies in the public can’t view his client as anything other than a woman scorned. Pity might have seemed attractive at the time, but 2 years later it’s a turn-off to would-be suitors and employers.
If he and his client ARE orchestrating the negative press then they are truly clueless. It hasn’t enhanced his client’s career. Didn’t people insist on a new ending for the Breakup because they didn’t want to see her dumped again (in a movie)? Talk about limiting your career options! Also, what man wants to be involved with someone who is obsessed with smearing her ex and his new family? VV didn’t last too long. And the smear job will have done nothing to slow down the careers of B and A, or the happiness and growth of their family.
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Excellent post bermy! I agree - I’ve sometimes wondered of late, if Huvane wasn’t deliberately trying to deep-six her career. Truly, it makes no sense. This is a case of Maniston cutting off her nose to spite her face - or to sue another cliche, she was unable to see the forest for the trees. The trees being an immediate gratification in sharing rags and mags with the ‘new’ super hot coupling of ‘Brangelina.’ Maniston’s ego is such, that she only saw the immediate payback of sharing magazine and ragazine covers and having her name attached to theirs - starting a tabloid ‘war.’ I’m sure at the time, and even in the several months that followed she may not have been able to see the way in which she was taking a sledgehammer to her own career. Like you say, she is the eternal victim and woman scorned - everywhere BUT Hollywood, as they know her for the lying media manipulator she and her PR guru Huvane are, and bottomline THAT is the only place that counts in the end. Brad Pitt isn’t her tormentor, or the person that ‘did this to her,’ in HW - he is the same upstanding honest good hearted man he always was. THAT is what the reality is, and that is why she’s made more enemies than she even knows.
As I said a long time ago — if she had wanted to repair some of the damage she’s done, she would do her best, in small subtle positive ways to make it seem as if there is no grudge and no ill-will (NOT by saying there is no ill-will and bad feelings), but by actually saying happy positive things, and deigning to use Brad’s name (and even -gasp!- Angelina’s), and wishing their family the best.
What she calls ‘moving on,’ is actually the opposite - because her statements are negative, and have to do with the ‘triangle’ she and her publicist created — essentially, what she’s doing then, is equivalent to saying to the public, “Please, I’ve moved on - and I forgive Brad for beating me.” LOL These kinds of statements only fire up her hater fan base, and essentially say that she had reason to be at war to begin with. When we know she did NOT. However, hearing Aniston herself put things in that way, consequently have the haters thinking to themselves, “Jen is even more wonderful than we knew, she can forgive that lying cheat for doing this to her.” It’s a WACK passive aggressive tactic…a negative, couched in a positive. It really is abhorrent, and makes me loathe her almost as much as if she hadn’t said ANYTHING.
She’s a liar. She’s disingenuous. That’s the truth. I mean after all, it would only be natural for someone CLAIMING she’ll love a person “for the rest of (her) life,” to wish him well publicly, KNOWING how a fraction of said public (her fans) may perceive him and his new family. But she never has - and of course, that statement was yet another passive aggressive Vanity Fair moment - designed to give her her cake, so she could eat it too. She didn’t really mean it. She does not love or care about Brad Pitt.
Kylie Minogue was in a similar situation as Maniston, with her ex-boyfriend Olivier Martinez. The tabloid media, particularly the UK and Aussie tabloid media (some of the worst rags in existence) were all ready to make Kylie the new singing dancing ‘Pop’ Jennifer Aniston. Tabloid after tabloid screamed that Olivier had been cheating and that is why they broke up. Kylie is very much loved, and has a huge fan base, especially after conquering cancer as she’s done - so of course, they went after Olivier with guns blasting - dragging up things and maligning his character ala what Maniston did to Brad. When the truth of the matter was, that man not only helped Kylie through her illness - she lived with him in his home and he took care of her - to which she was/is forever grateful! She did not like that they were Anistonizing him. This was a case where because she DID LOVE THIS MAN, she write a column telling the rags to STOP IT, and describing Olivier - the kind of man he was, in glowing wonderful terms. The fact that he was no longer with her, and may have been with someone else, was not enough for her to trash him for all time.
That’s LOVE.
But Maniston? Maniston sh*t all over Brad, and betrayed him as bad as Paltry in my opinion (On some level, the horse is out of THAT particular barn…I don’t Brad will ever consider her a friend again - he’ll be civil, and polite…but that bridge is TORCHED baby…No more ‘we kept the love we have for each other’ - he is DONE..she showed him her TRUE colors) - and she STILL hasn’t made amends…the day she does, I’ll be the first one dropping MY grudge against her.
I won’t hold my breath, as she’s as dumb as she is fug.
That’s fantastic! I love Angelina’s St. John’s adverts - they’re some of the best pictures of her to date! *_*
Susie - “pompous pompadoured fatty” hee hee. You have a way with words.
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angelah Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:21 am - flag comment
thanks for the new thread, j@red!
Angelina helped rejuvenate of the dying label, which is now worth over $400 million.
this is great news +)
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No offense! For one thread can we leave _ off of it! There is no reason to bring her here! She is not the reason we are here! Angies beautiful photos and how she saved a company is! _ is truely irrelevant and has no place here!
hi bermy, thanks and that is what he is!! Did your team/country win?
Go Angelina! Saint John’s is saved and due to this beautiful woman and no matter what the haters say,that woman could sell a telescope to a blind man. People just love this woman!
The Brangelina Phenomenon Continues, With Mr & Mrs Smith Voted Favourite Celebrity Endorsers For Any Fashion Apparel: ACNielsen.
Many companies rely on the use of celebrities to endorse their brands or products in the hope some of their celebrity ‘cachet’ will rub off and appeal to their target customers. Yet are these brands being matched with the right celebrity in the mind of the consumers?
According to a global online survey conducted by ACNielsen in 42 markets across the globe, out of a random list of celebrities, power celebrity couple ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – were voted the best to endorse almost every kind of category, be it casual or luxury wear, watches or sunglasses, evening wear or lingerie, sexy or trendy/cutting edge fashion. The powerful celebrity ‘couple’ garnered the greatest number of votes from online consumers, followed closely by Jennifer Lopez and David Beckham.
Angelina Jolie’s appeal was most prevalent in South Africa and Europe, and selectively in Asia Pacific countries like the Philippines and Malaysia. In North America, Jolie was beaten into second place by Jennifer Lopez, and alongside Aussie favourite Nicole Kidman, who seemed to be equally suitable to represent a range of fashion apparel for millions of Americans and Canadians. Besides ranking No.1 celebrity of choice to front designer watches, designer wear, evening wear and luxury perfumes among consumers of almost all ages, Kidman also ranked well at home in Australia for all glamour products. Across Asia Pacific, Kidman and Julia Roberts both outranked ‘J-Lo’.
“Their country of origin certainly has an influence, but their profession or the types of films or songs these celebrities are associated with over time will also have a great influence on consumers’ votes,” said Bienvenido Niles, Regional President, ACNielsen, Asia Pacific. ”The ACNielsen global survey revealed not only consumers’ choice, but also revealed any potential dissonance between the qualities these celebrities are trying to project and how consumers perceive them.”
As leaders in their chosen sporting field, Maria Sharapova (43%), David Beckham (40%), Tiger Woods (37%) and Jackie Chan (15%) were unquestionably the best candidates to endorse sportswear products - money well-spent for sportswear marketers. Angelina Jolie, having starred in a number of action films including Lara Croft and Mr & Mrs Smith, seems to have acquired a bit of an ‘action-girl’ image, creating an association in the mind of some consumers (17%) as a good sportswear association.
In fact, to consumers in some markets, the celebrity effect can work its magic on any category, if the celebrity is adored enough. Beckham in Hong Kong is a perfect example - voted the best celebrity to endorse not only sportswear (47%) but also designer lingerie (31%), trendy/cutting edge fashion (30%), designer sunglasses (29%) as well as sexy/provocative fashion (25%) – beating big screen celebrities like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in those categories!
Global internet users also have an opinion as to who would best represent intimate products like lingerie, picking Angelina Jolie (28% globally, and a third of those aged 21-34), and Brad Pitt (33% globally and 35% of females) the best spokesperson for designer lingerie. Along a similar line, both are unanimously regarded the most appropriate to endorse sexy/provocative fashion according internet consumers, and especially those aged between 18 and 44. Over 50 percent of Koreans and South Africans also lent strong support to Jolie.
“The aspirational nature of product endorsement by celebrities makes it highly effective in mature as well as fast growing markets, where people are increasingly enjoying higher disposable incomes and are looking to buy an ‘image’ that will better project their growing social status,” said Mr. Niles. “One size doesn’t fit all, though, and marketers need to consider a number of factors before committing to a celebrity endorsement contract.”
The ACNielsen Global Online Survey, the largest twice-yearly survey of its kind, is aimed at gauging consumers’ opinions to a variety of subjects ranging from current confidence levels, major concerns and attitudes as well as spending habits/intentions.
About ACNielsen
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#67 Guli…thanks for that MAMS gag reel. I love to hear Angie laugh, and she has such a lovely smile. Watching Brad and Angie have fun while working did indeed bring a smile to my face. Thanks again!
She’s going to be the no. 1 endorser out there because let’s face it shes’s a high profile person. People got to see what she wore to Davos when she was pregnant. People got to see what she wore to GG and she was voted the best dressed by Cujo. People are going to see her dressed for her next assignment in June when she becomes approved for the International Advisory Committee. She’s doing a lot of great things.
Please let’s be positive and not promote what the haters are saying. We can click the delete buttons for that.
Susie we got beaten so badly it was embarrasing! Still, for a country our size to have made it there in the first place was an accomplishment so we’re still proud of our guys.
Truth - I totally agree! The haters all try to discount or bring _ into the equation. This is another bit of happy news. Lets not let them!
sorry bermy girl, to us you guys are still winners
Once Again ~~
Hail to the [our] Queen ~~~~~~ lol
Greetings to all the ~ BAMPZS ~ around the world ~~lol
bermy girl- I’m sorry. Your team lost and mine didn’t get a chance to play. Lets have a drink!
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Sheri Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 12:29 pm - flag comment
No offense! For one thread can we leave _ off of it! There is no reason to bring her here! She is not the reason we are here! Angies beautiful photos and how she saved a company is! _ is truely irrelevant and has no place here!
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Then what would lesbo Cliniqua have to rant about?
bermy- good attitude, at least they made it!
Sheri - (sipping a smoothie) to good sportmanship, happy families, health, BAMPZS and all the BAMPZSers who had birthdays this week!
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Orchid Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm - flag comment
Too Funny!!!! You are good. I like the way you snuck that in, but Lies and Styles Come on. However, It was an entertaining read. Fanfic at its best. Thanks
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Cliniqua is a Says:
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Look I may not agree with bring _ here, but Cliniqua is a wonderful BAMPZS defender! It’s like Brothers and Sisters we may fight amongst ourselves, but don’t go after one of us! You’ll then have to contend with all of us!
How do you know who is a lesbian here? What difference does it make? Or are you homophobic?
From International Adoption blog
Angelina’s adoption: Now they’re quoting me?
So, now I’m part of the spin? Sheesh.
Just when I thought I’d said all I needed to say about Angelina Jolie’s most recent adoption, seeing that I have no first-hand knowledge at all … just like everyone else, including those who still feel the need to formulate and postulate opinions formed on smoke and mirrors … I learn that I have been sucked into the spin.
In an article in a Dubai newspaper on the subject, I am quoted.
Thankfully, this particular story doesn’t take the usual condemning stance; in fact, it’s quite even-handed in its tone and content.
Taken from Dubai newspaper:
Some Vietnamese involved in adoption said Jolie made a donation to the Ho Chi Minh City orphanage where she adopted the boy on Thursday, although no one is saying how much. Less wealthy people have also done the same. Many adoptive parents are moved to donate toward humanitarian causes such as the care of people disabled by chemicals or unexploded ordnance from the US war in Vietnam that ended 32 years ago when the communists unified the country.
Unfortunately, the line they claim to lift from me would hardly be one of my more brilliant, and I do wish they’d gone for something a bit more pithy than:
“Whatever is going on in the Jolie-Pitt family is none of your business,” one blogger, identified as Sandra Hanks Benoiton wrote on
http://international.adoptionblogs.com.
In fact, although they attribute this as a direct quote, it isn’t. What I actually said was:
“… You know diddley squat about what’s going on in the Jolie-Pitt family. What you read in the media, believe it or not, is NOT the true scoop. AND, and this is a big and, it’s none of your business!”
See how that works? What they said I said was not the same as what I said, even though they put it in quotes as if they were saying EXACTLY what I said.
And that is how it’s done. This is very simple, clear and personal example of the press in action.
Now, does anyone still think that they are getting the straight scoop from what they read?
Now, at least, I can fulfill my life-long dream of being in a pageant. Alongside Miss Taken, Miss Conceived and Miss Informed, I’m going to get myself a formal gown … I’ll skip the bathing suit competition, thankyouverymuch … and wear a sash that reads:
Miss Quoted
About to leave to NJ for the weekend…glad to catch this great news. St. John photo shoot, for one day, hardly “going back to work”. Well done Ange for reviving the label!! What a woman. Love it that another hater’s delusional denail goes up in smoke :)
Number 3 you can see that she was pregnant.She is so beautiful
is good to see bampzs fan enjoying the holiday. am happy thet the thread is being kept clean.
Please don’t tell me not to Maniston bash, it’s what I do if the situation calls for it - which it happens to do, a LOT here in ‘Brangelina’-ville.
That is all.
To continue..
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HOTTEST COUPLE EVER Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 12:32 pm - flag comment
#67 Guli…thanks for that MAMS gag reel. I love to hear Angie laugh, and she has such a lovely smile. Watching Brad and Angie have fun while working did indeed bring a smile to my face. Thanks again!
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I love the gag reel, and could feel the closeness and bond between them. I love the punch Angie gives Brad when they get up from the table at the restaurant. Also when he dips her, and she cracks up - two times. It is so adorable. Brad’s smiling so much on that thing I thought his face would crack. I don’t know how Angie did the frisking of the crotch (’that’s all John sweetheart’) - and maintained composure (well, she actually did lose it in that one, I forgot…lololol).
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truth Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 12:36 pm - flag comment
She’s going to be the no. 1 endorser out there because let’s face it shes’s a high profile person. People got to see what she wore to Davos when she was pregnant. People got to see what she wore to GG and she was voted the best dressed by Cujo. People are going to see her dressed for her next assignment in June when she becomes approved for the International Advisory Committee. She’s doing a lot of great things.
Please let’s be positive and not promote what the haters are saying. We can click the delete buttons for that.
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I can’t get over the number of soft and dove grey gowns I saw after her GG red carpet walk in her Saint John dress…it was almost as if actresses were showing their solidarity with her.
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Orchid Says:
BAMPZSers are too smart to believe this kind of garbage. Nice try.
Waiting for PT tabloits reports.
BB tonight. Bye.
All Asian women love ***John….. They are the most hottest saleing brand in Asian… Everyone Asian businesswoman have at least 4 to 5 of **John suite in their closet… As for the rich business man wife…… you will see at least 40 to 50 pieces… Be these women big or small…. they all want to have it……
And with Angie on the lable…. man is it selling more now….
My friend work for ***john in soutcost plaze in Cal said …
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Sheri - you got that right! “We are family! I got all my sisters with me!” :)
Now come on and let’s toast and celebrate CMAR’s Cliniqua’s and Ariel’s (?) birthdays!!!
What’s in a name
Who is that from? Tatiana Beams?
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CLINIQUA Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:01 pm - flag comment
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Cliniqua I understand you are the best when it comes to that, and I respect your knowlege and datelines. Also your damn funny when you do it! But she wasnt on this thread. There was no reason to bring her here! It just gives the haters a reason to defend her. I know your issues with her. I respect them but please when we have a _ free thread don’t bring her here. Oh, sorry Happy Be lated Birthday girl!
Hmmmmm Sheri, you write that you dont want anything about maniston on the thread and then ya try to jump dwn my throat for questioning you and now you claim to love cliniqua hmmmmm
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Orchid Says:
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Oh, Orchid. The fact that you brought either InTouch or L&S here says more about you than the story. And not of it flattering.
Branch out and go and read Angelina’s Newsweek interview, or Brad’s Newsweek interview.
There is more to life than the tabloid media, though, you’re their primary target audience. Water sinks/sells to it’s own level.
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And she’s got the good life. And that is what pisses you off.
I’m sorry that your parents don’t love you. Maybe, you can pay someone to give you a hug, since you seem to be a friend of the friendless.
besane says the haters should just let it go because all their lie end up being known,they always fail.right now am looking foward to their coming movies
she brings all aniston talk when everybody is trying to keep the thread clean. It gets old very fast.
JENNIFER ANISTON ( YOUR IDOL )THE BIGGEST LOSER OF THIS ON TMZ
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Jennifer Aniston: While the two other loves of Brad Pitt’s life — Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow — were respectively voted the #1 and #10 “yummiest mommies” by readers of the British website PearlandDan.com, this 38-year-old actress now trails them in the baby box score department 0-4 and 0-2. Conflicting reports are swirling this month: US Weekly suggests Aniston’s recent five-day visit to New York was the first step in moving back to a good place to meet men, while NW Magazine is insisting that newly reconciled boyfriend Vince Vaughn is ready to start a family. This weekend at least, she must content herself not with a pregnancy test, but simply a “Pap Smear,” the title of the episode of pal Courteney Cox’s TV series “Dirt,” in which Jen guest stars.
Did someone steal the name ‘orchid’ ? that’s supposed to be a BAMPZS fan.
Right on cue, there’s ‘Cliniqua is a,’ — hmmmmm….interesting.
So first I’m a guy, then I’m a gay guy, then I’m a ‘ghetto prom’d’ black girl who gets ridiculed…..now I’m a “lesbo” (oh, way to be homophobic by the way! Who are you Isaiah Washington?)….the only thing left for me to be called is a black guy, a black gay guy, and a straight white woman…
You people are tired.
But you won’t lure me into another war.
This is what happens when the members start negatively critiquing each other - there’s always someone ( a hater or otherwise) waiting in the wings to pipe up and scream, ‘Yeah you tell her!’ — and lo and behold the spark turns into a bonfire…and we go off-topic and get waylaid.
The lesson is…just skip the post and don’t comment if you don’t like the subject and/or topic. Pretty simple. I do it all the time.
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Proof in the Pudding Says:
It came from an Angelina supporter.
Tatiana Beams can eat sh*t and die.
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Cliniqua is a Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:11 pm - flag comment
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Look Jack a s s! I did not claim to love anybody, but here you sit posting under another name and don’t have the balls to post under your real name. I don’t want _ here, but you who can’t use your own name attacks a regular. WTF when your woman or man enough to use your own name I may give your argument some thought until that time flip off!
Hey guys, please don’t hotlink these scans. If you want to post them elsewhere, like on a forum, blog, livejournal, etc, please save them to your computer and re-upload them using Imageshack or Photobucket or another image hosting site. And I don’t mind if you crop them. But a link back to here is always appreciated :) Thanks!
STOP STEALING FROM SAMMIE!
103 says i think you should stay off the computer,get the facts right,before you open your stinky mouthhere.people like you make me sick,do you have to be so bitter.angie rocks,haters are losers and ******* idiots
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Orchid Says:
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these are OLD issues of the tabloid. Dont try to be concerned when you are NOT.
Are you getting paid for Saturday from Huvanne. In fact, you should read the following :–
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BCBG Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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Besane Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 10:15 am Hi Sheri,
Happy **. Patty’s day too!
This is rather mean, but MISS Tangerine made the “biggest losers of the week” list. They also manage to find a very ugly photo of hers. The last time TMZ did that Huvane got that pulled.
http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/17/the-z-list-this-weeks-biggest-losers-03-17-07/
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Oh, yes, I remember tmz 1st put up a pic of Aniston (not in a flattering way) regarding her nose job. I remember seeing that pic in the morning. By noon, that pic was gone. It was replaced by a better pic.
If this is NOT Huvanne’s work, who?
Regarding the VF interview, that interview was done over a few weeks. If you remember the article, L Bennett 1st interviewed Jen in Malibu, later in Chicago. (It was mentioned in the article).
Huvanne had a control of how the article was written. VF is a monthly magazine. There’s plenty of time to review the drafts. Huvanne to a certain extent, had control of what to say. The Aniston camp was aware of those damaging and snide remarks.
I am convinced that Huvanne HIRED paid worker to post on blogs.
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Stay at home mom my ****! Says:
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Thanks for showing us that you are a true donkey!
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Stay at home mom my ****! Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:01 pm - flag comment
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Jennifer, please take your meds. I’ve told you not to go to JJ’s when you get depressed. I know, seeing how beautiful Angie is really gets you down, but you know you have the best hair. Anyway, we need to talk about how to get you back in the news again because everybody is only talking about this adoption. I know, why don’t you go adopt a dog from the Animal Shelter, and I’ll call some photograhers to be there when you go………
She joined at the end of 2005:
Sept 16, 2005
NEW YORK - Angelina Jolie, the tattooed actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador, is the new face of luxury apparel label St. John.
Jolie also will be the voice behind the company’s new charity created in support of children’s issues and causes, it was announced Thursday.
“Angelina Jolie embodies so many qualities of what St. John represents. She is strong, independent and dynamic. She’s a mother, actress and a philanthropist,” Richard Cohen, chief executive officer of St. John, said in a statement.
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bermy girl Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:05 pm - flag comment
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I may not always agree with what Cliniqua says or how she says it but, she was here fighting when I wasn’t. I was on other blogs. I know she will always stand up for BAMPZS and these jack a s s es who try and pit us against each other. lets dance to the song!
When did Angelina say she was going to be a permanent stay at home mom? Did she even use those words? I think she had planned all along to take a bit of time off to be with the new child and her others. She purposely hasnt signed on to do any film work
in the next few months. She never said she was going to stop working forever!
I’m bringing past articles on St. John, beacuse I’m not here to talk about __. I hope you don’t mind.
Is there any couple that lights up the red carpet like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt? Thanks to Brad’s well-deserved Golden Globe nomination for his work in Babel, we will get to see them again on the red carpet come Monday night. And while we’re sure that Brad will look suitably dapper in a tuxedo, we can’t wait to see what Angelina is wearing — as the face of St. John, she will be in a custom-designed gown from the venerable California label, the company confirms to PEOPLE.
OK– second half is starting , before I go here is another behind the scenes that I love from MAMS… Enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s28wX-Yo7A
Thank you JJ for the new thread, so nice to see all of the beautiful pictures again, this time all in one thread.
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CLINIQUA Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:16 pm - flag comment
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I don’t agree that you always bring _ into the mix, but I know your a true BAMPZS defender! We don’t always agree, but as I said we are on the same side. Attack alie (sp) attack me!
If I decide to talk about Aniston, I have the right to. If the Jen fans can talk negatively about this family, why cant I bash Jen?
This is called “give them a dose of their medicine”. If the Jen fans stop, I shall stop.
I think “stay at home” raises an interesting philosophical ?
Let’s pretend (and I do mean PRETEND) for a minute that Angelina did wreck Brad and _’s marriage. She then went on to save dozens of lives due to, say, a landmine project or something.
Question: if a person does one bad thing and ten good things - does that mean they are forever tainted by the one bad thing, no matter what else they may go on to do in life? This has nothing to do with Angelina because I don’t think she did anything bad. I’m more interested in the thought process that says you’re tainted for life regardless of any good you might subsequently do.
That is a very harsh and judgmental belief system because the believer is necessarily saying that they have NEVER done anything wrong or bad. Otherwise they should be condemning themselves for their own wrongdoings in the past and future!
St. John’s New Model of Kindness
Though even outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan publicly praises Jolie — who has visited at least 15 war-torn and impoverished countries, drawing attention to humanitarian crises in places such as Darfur, Sudan; Chad; and Pakistan — charity and celebrity can be an awkward mix.
“It’s clearly a two-way street,” one U.N. worker said. “But we vet our people pretty well, and Angelina really does her work.”
Another person familiar with her efforts says it’s rare, even for a goodwill ambassador, to spend a month in a refugee camp, as Jolie has. Her extensive travels are logged in Jolie’s “Notes from My Travels,” a book that Jane Goodall hails.
“Angelina is living proof of the power we all have — every one of us — to make a difference,” Goodall said. “I was deeply moved by her descriptions of individual refugees struggling to live with dignity and hope, and found her personal commitment to be an inspiration.”
And beyond Jolie’s work for the United Nations, she’s donated at least $3 million to efforts around the world. A month before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, she was in Pakistan visiting Afghan refugees, more than a million of whom had fled under the Taliban’s rule, and personally donated $1 million.
But Jolie — who was once more famous for her tattoos than her humanitarianism — is now also making saving lives a fashion statement.
In the forthcoming issue of “Vanity Fair,” she steps forward as the face of St. John, a clothing line that has long been a favorite of politicos such as Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The “Laura Croft: Tomb Raider” star is giving St. John a new spin. Part of the deal, reportedly valued at $12 million, is that Jolie will head up its charitable foundation, and the designer is eager to market her as a model of kindness.
“I am a working mother who has set goals to accomplish a lot in this world,” Jolie said in a statement, announcing the deal last September. “I want my wardrobe to be beautiful, sexy and comfortable — all at the same time. St. John is all of those things.”
Did I post this here already - about HellaBo’s latest h-h-h-hot ‘Brangelina’ fanfic on EA, it is GREAT! It’s called ‘From Chad to Brad’ - the Sudan, get it? lol Anyway - very sweet and HOT! I wish she wrote even more than she does.
Thank Jared.
Angelina is so gorgeous. Her best pics ever!
The haters are dying a slow death. They will probably be out to annoy us soon.
Just ignore, ignore, ignore! Even when it is so hard to do, just ignore!
Have a great St. Patrick’s Day everyone!
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my policy Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:28 pm - flag comment
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nobody brought her up, until one of our own did. She is the past,lets keep her there!
FOR THE HATERS angelina didnot say she was gonna be staying home permanenlty, stop twisting words.she is taking some time off for pax to get adjusted.please please haters go get help from dr phill
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jillie Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:25 pm - flag comment
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No, she didn’t jillie. She just said she doesn’t have any movies lined up for now. And I’m going to nit pick. She said movies. She didn’t say that she wasn’t still going to do photoshoots for St. John’s, with whom she IS STILL conctractually obligated to represent. She didn’t say that she wouldn’t do promotion for AMH, which, she’s conctractually obligated to do. Nope. Just said no movies right now. She hasn’t signed onto the dotted line for any movies. Meaning she’s not contractually obligated.
Let’s give the haters/FF heffers a bit of leeway to continue to hang themselves. And show a bit of compassion. It’s been a tough week for them.
Angelina and Brad have another addition to their ever growing family. Another bond for life, if you will. Angelina has spelled out that their family is the most important thing and NOT making movies. Just one more nail in their already, nailed shut coffin.
Angelina has also made it very obvious that Pax will not be the last addition to their family. Oh, and that she’s a mother of four and that they’re all equally important to her.
St. John’s Kelly Gray has come out swinging in support of Angelina being the face of St. John’s and giving her credit where credit is due.
Oh, and O13 is going to be the opening movie at Cannes. And that there is a very good chance that AMH will make it’s premiere there too and that from what people have seen of the dallies of this movie, Angelina is well on her way to another Oscar nomination.
I said let’s show compassion, hell, forget that. It’s time to gloat.
credit to Dr. G
there’s a country western song (yes, i’m a HUGE fan of the genre) and the refrain goes like this: “she may be an angel who spends all winter, bringing the homeless blankets and dinner, a regular nobel peace prize winner…but i hate her…i’ll think of a reason later!”
i think Jolie just rubs, ahem, “people” (i’m not one of them, really, i’m not) the wrong way. we hate her. we’ll think of a reason later. THEY! i mean THEY!!
****** stay-at-home does NOT mean 24/7******
Stay-at-home does NOT mean spending time with the children 24/7. It means the mother does not have a FULL TIME COMMITMENT ON WORK or job.
A good mother has to have the passion that she wants to have children. If you have the passion in a certain thing, you will enjoy it and will succeed .
A good mother does not have to be 24/7 with the children. In fact it’s good to have outside interest or a job outside the house. It is good for the “mental health being” of the brain. It is a well known fact that Brad and Angie love children. I am optimistic that there is good coming out of this family. Angie’s modelling for Saint John is good. Photo shoot only takes a day or even shorter than that.
Jennifer Aniston should not be a mother for now. I do not see her having the desire to be one. I am not saying she is a bad person. One has the right to choose a career over family. She did choose career, fame and money. Good for her.
Some poster said Angie should stay home with the children. Saying this is an insult to all the working mom. As I said before, a good mom is not 24/7.
We dont live a stone age anymore. Many woman combine motherhood and career. Many women are highly educated. They combine motherhood and career successfully and beautifully. Think Elizabeth Vargas (ABC newswoman). She just had a baby. She is planning to go back to work in a few months.
Being a working mother is not fun and game. But it is definitely manageable. You just have to be efficient. I applaude Angie’s as a working mom. I wish her success. I see her alternating parenthood with Brad. We see Brad filming Ocean’s 13 while Angie staying home for the children. Now I see Brad hanging out with the kids while Angie makes movie. This is excellent. You can find fault on that.
Another reason for woman combining motherhood with careeris that a person works because of intellectual stimulation and professional satisfaction. Think Bill Gates, he is the richest man, yet he is still the CEO of Microsoft.
Those haters should really talk to some mothers before writing stupid posts.
angie also has to start shooting of atlas shrugged may be later this year,and also kunfo panda,the only one without **** is ugly whinny big chin
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Oh Please Says:
Thanks.. I agree with you, just wondered if I missed that quote or not. I didnt think she said that at all. It does annoy me that even People Magazine online is repeating that same lie about her deciding to become a stay at home mom! Why do people want to misquote and misunderstand her words so often?
Man Sheri— it’s a one point game, I am ready to lose my voice… I knew this one would be tough one for us since our coch used to be their caoch and the guys know him so well.
Hiya Tijen, wazz up?? BBL after the game is over.. :-)
Most people in England employ the use of nannies to raise their kids. I just want to let people know because some people refer to using nannies as if it is wrong. If Angie employs nannies it is because she can afford them. Nicole Kidman, I think used nannies and her kids are doing great.
Thanks Jared for this thread. Hi everyone.
Cliniqua I also love the Mr and Mrs Smith gag reel and how they were so at ease with each other on the set. Talking about Mr and Mrs Smith, I was watching it the other day and noticed this part that I really love. It’s when they are dancing and John asks Jane if she thinks their story will have a happy ending and she replies by saying happy ending are for stories that haven’t finished yet. The way Angie said that line and then how she moved head is so cute. It’s like she was being snotty to him but in a cute way.
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Unfortunately, PEOPLE didn’t get the full content. They most likely cut and pasted her interview from another source.
Why? They’ve got nothing better to do. It’s that plain and simple. Just like the people that do it. They’re plain and really rather simple.
gilli says what are you watching ? basketball
The media now feeds off itself. So when one media outlet posted “stay at home mom”, all the other ones followed without reading exactly what Angelina said.
Simply put Angelina will not be working on movies probably 2008. She will still do her UN work and take a day or two to work on commerical work. The majority of her time will be with the kids.
But if you are haters you don’t care about this explanation because you are just looking for another reason to hate.
guli! My dad showed up boyfriend got home! They can pull this out! They have the talent! The amount of screaming is unreleal!
bampzs do not worry haters trying to misquote angie are wasting their time
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ida Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:45 pm - flag comment
gilli says what are you watching ? basketball
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yes honey NCAA ! Happy Saint Patricks Day!
sheri your house must be so lively,wow i am really gettin homesick,because we also do the same thing when we are watching any game.
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The real lou Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 11:25 am - flag comment
Thank you Jared for the new thread.I see the lies the haters spread about Angelina and ** John are coming to light,he he….”A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”…..MARK TWAIN.GO ANGELINA!!!!
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I love that quote from Mark Twain. Most certainly when you are on the internet you have to remember not to believe everything you read.
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a good mom
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Thanks for your great post.
St. John’s profit went up under Angie;
Shiseido’s profit went up;
U.N. and refugees got more publicity and
Brad Pitt has four kids (from 0-4).
Stay with Angie and you will make profit and progress,
Haters are invited!!!!! (or not!)
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Media Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:48 pm - flag comment
The media now feeds off itself. So when one media outlet posted “stay at home mom”, all the other ones followed without reading exactly what Angelina said.
Simply put Angelina will not be working on movies probably 2008. She will still do her UN work and take a day or two to work on commerical work. The majority of her time will be with the kids.
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ICAM and it’s a shame that some many in our country are too lazy or too stupid to do a little research and read the article for themselves.
If they read the article they would have know what Angie said. But it’s so easy to sit behind a computer and spout off hate instead of educating themselves.
Also, anyone just going by the media is a complete idiot, IMO. Every one knows how they love to mislead the public.
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March 17th, 2007 at 1:55 pm - flag comment
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Any given weekend I have between 10-15 very good looking men here! They range from age 24-86! 86 being my Daddy! Anybody need a hook up!?
Maybe there is still a chance that she will do the Clint Eastwood movie, since according to reports will start production at the end of the year.
I am sorry to ask this question if it was already verified but I want to ask if Z and Shi were with Angie and Mad in Vietnam?
Brad is so lucky to have someone like Angie who considers her family her number one priority despite so many career oppurtunities in movies and ads..
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a good mom Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:40 pm - flag comment
****** stay-at-home does NOT mean 24/7******
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Brava…….brava!!!
Excellent post and so on the money!
Guli,
Are you watching the last few minutes of the game ?
guli this is too much, see you at the end!
guli- I can’t take this!
Oh my Sheri,
are you still here? Can’t stand the last few seconds.
Ameena - this is too much! I have no voice left!
******* A yes, yes!! guli you know what I mean!
She sure seems to be busy. making movies, 4 kids and all the rest.
This is why it’s called March Madness.
OT: Overtime….overtime!!!
Now was that a beautiful three pointer or what?!
guli! Tied go OSU!!!!OMG the noise here is unreal!
Does anyone know how much st. johns were making before angie came on board?
OHHHHH My GOD Sheri we are on over-time… I have to get another glass of wine. I can’t type… Geez, OSU is going to give me friggin heart attack… :lol:
Sheri
They are up by 5.
GO OSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another 3 pointer oh hell yeah!
Ameena and Sheri— man this game is going to drive me nuts!!!
guli my daddy is having fits
Ameena, guli Thank you god!! That was too much!!!
I don’t know who this angelina thinks who she is. She is a homewrecker. She is making saint John look bad. Who would want a homewrecker represent there brand. This job should have obviously want to more gorgeous belle like Jennifer Anistan. Brad pitt is loser for living Jen, now he is rewarded with homewrecker. I bet Brad is regretting his descion… Go Jen Ur beautiful
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Wow Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:16 pm - flag comment
She sure seems to be busy. making movies, 4 kids and all the rest.
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And don’t forget,being Brad Pitt’s lover,doesn’t that really keeps you busy!!!
Okay, we all can take a deep breathe now!!!!
That was an awesome game……WTG OSU!
Sheri,
What a game! I am spent. Need a nap.
wow, it sure has been nice having her gone. i always sleep better when i can sleep with him. i just didn’t expect to so soon after Chad. this adoption did happen faster than they thought it would but it’s ok because i get to be with him sooner and for 6 days!
i love these trips of hers. i get some love and some truth from him that is just so addicting.
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Angelina Who? Says:
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And there really is a Jolly Green Giant.
Oh, there is. Angelina who? is green with envy. And it’s giant sized envy, at that.
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Angelina Who? Says:
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Brad seems Happy as hell!! Heres you song!
Good morning heartache
You old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache
Thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seems you heve gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish I forget you, but youre here to stay
It seems I met you
When my love went away
Now everyday I stop Im saying to you
Good morning heartache whats new
Stop haunting me now
Cant shake you nohow
Just leave me alone
Ive got those monday blues
Straight to sunday blues
Good morning heartache
Here we go again
Good morning heartache
Youre the one
Who knows me well
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Good morning heartache
Sit down
Billie Holliday
Deal with it!
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something’s off Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:33 pm - flag comment
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Playing with your barbies again, I see.
Does anyone know what PDA stands for?
guli, Ameena - that just totally took everything out of me! My boys are all leaving to celebrat St. Patricks Day need to take a moment!
Public displays of affection
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Can u plz help me Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:36 pm - flag comment
Does anyone know what PDA stands for
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Public Displays of Affection
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Can u plz help me Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:36 pm - flag comment
Does anyone know what PDA stands for?
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PDA = Public Display of Affection.
Public displays of affection
OR Personal digital assistant
OK Sheri and Ameena!!!!!!
Give me an “O” give me an “H” give me an “I” give me an “O”….. Now I’ll do script OHIO!!!!!
OK, I shall compose myself after my heart beat settles down…. Hello everyone, promise to act sane from now on and focus on our beloved BAMPZS family.
guli Ameena, need to replenish the liquor cabinet! BBL
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:36 pm - flag comment
Public displays of affection
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Thank you I just needed to know what it meant b/c I was watching the interview with Access Hollywood and they mention Pda with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
guli that was tooo much! My dad thought he wouldn’t make it! They can’t do that anymore!
Something off. As long as you keep it as a fantasy and don’t go climbing his fences than everything will be fine. Well fine for him you have a mental problem but you know that already.
I need to run to the store! No beer, wine or whiskey left! and my dad doesn’t drink! Be back in 20 min!
Later Sheri,
I also have to cook something for my brother and his friends.
BBL
OOOHH these are some of my favorite photos of Angelina. The sixth one where she has her pinky in between her lips, wearing the hat is my favorite. Sorry but you can tell these are not from Annie Liebowitz. Anyone know who the photographer for this campaign is? Good for St. John. Angelina & Brad are good for business. Everything they touch is gold. Here’s an excerpt from a bigger article in W magazine April issue p.172:
Celebrity Baggage
Whether it’s Brad and Angelina in the Caribbean or Britney in New York, when stars go on vacation, their hotels feel the aftershocks.
…Ross Klein, president of W Hotels Worldwide agrees that celebrities are good for business. “All of us shop through magazines.” he explains. “Seeing a celebrity you like staying at a property-it validates it. You fold the page and say, “I want to stay there.’”
“We have people calling to make reservation and saying. “Oh will you give me the room so & so sayed in - I read about it in People,’” says Tim Miller, chief branding officer of Morgans Hotel Group, which owns property as the Shore Club in Miami.
Consider Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who with their globeal gallavanting from namibia to Switzerland to Costa Rica, have probably done more for the travel industry than the advent of frequent flier miles. before the two were oficially outes as a couple, they checked into the W hotel in Westwood, California, under the name “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” in sly reference to their movie of the same name. “There was the aftermath of people calling and saying,’We want to stay in the suite Brangelina stayed in,’” says Klein.
The Jolie-Pitt effect struck again this past january, when they took their young brood to St. John. Once reports of the family romping on the beach and odering pizza from room service at the chichi resort Caneel bay hit the airwaves, the hotel’s reservation team experienced an increase in room requests. “We’re feeling some momentum there that has been unusual,” confirms Robert Boulonge, chief operating officer of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which owns Caneel Bay.
“The real battle we find now is keeping the privacy of the people who are staying at our hotels,” says Jason Pomeranc, who owns the Roosevelt in Hollywood where Kirsten Dunst and Nicole Richie have been spotted. “We’ve coordinated arrivals and departures of celebrities, sneaking them through back doors and service elevators. It’s pretty elaborate.” he’s also implemented a strict no-cameras policy throughout the hotel which applies to professional shutterlings as well as guests’ camera phone.
Ian Schrager, who founded the Delano in Miami and the Mondiran in Los Angelina says “We all enjoy riding up in an elevator with a high profile person, and I think they are generally good for business. But I think the fake celebrities everybody can do without.”
Jeff klein, owner of the Sunset Tower hotel in Hollywood (where Nicole Kidman has stayed), has a stonger stance. “Lindsay Lohan is not allowed in my hotels,” he asserts. “We tell them we’re booked. If you say Paris Hilton’s staying in your hotel, all of a sudden you’re cheap, you’re tacky. You’re defined by who stays there.”
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off you rocker Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 2:41 pm - flag comment
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And your making no sense I’m off to the liquor store so I can talk like you!
The pics of Angelina in the hats are too beautiful for words. Omigosh!! She reminds me of Sophia Loren and Ava Gardner in those pictures.
am back
Sheri…I commend you for defending CLINIQUA when “haters” try to stir up trouble
between BAMZS fans. While we don’t always have to agree with one another, it is good when we stick together against troublemakers. You are a gem.
Sorry for the typos. I didn’t mean to offend any Annie Liebowitz fans but her recent photos of Angelina were underwhelming to say the least.
What ever happend to the idea of making a photography book from the “Domestic Bliss” W photoshoot?
There was a dcumentary on Films Greatest Fashion Icons and who their modern day counterpart would be. The discussions were all about style, elegance, blah, blah…(LOL) by costume desingers, fashion designers, magazine editors… Brad & Angelina made the list as modern versions of the icons. On the top 15 list of greatest fashion icons #9 was Steve McQueen. The experts on the documentary picked Brad as his contemporary counterpart. Brigitte Bardot was #7 on the list and her contemporary was Angelina. I never thought about it before, but yeah when they were pointing out the similarities..it was like oh, ok. The #13 icon was Grace kelly and they chose Gwynnie as her modern counterpart. #2 Film fashion icon was Cary Grant and yep, George Clooney was chosen as his contemporary. No surprise there. The number 1 film fashion icon was no surprise..it was Audrey Hepburn, but what was surprising was that no one was chosen as her contemporay. There is no modern equivalent to her.
bbml
Turth says — keep up the postings - really enjoying the positive stuff.
Good new thread. Is there any way for the private Pax info on the previous threads be blurred?
Would not want such sensitive info on a 3 yer old be so public. Can it be blurred or deleted?
Either way, she looks amazing in these pics!
The honeymoon stage is over and Angelina bailed just like she did in her last two marriages. How will Brad cope when Angelina starts her hotel stays with her lovers again?
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Just kidding Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pm - flag comment
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I don’t know. How did you deal when your partner quit wanting to be anywhere near you. Afterall, it’s really YOU we’re talking about.
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Just kidding Says:
don’t kid. it’s true. it’s over. i put their official hooking up at the palm beach photo shoot, so it been 2 years and like clockwork, she’s outta there!
poor bradley. but if i were to venture a guess, she will bequeath him shiloh and be off to timbucktoo in a couple of weeks.
stick a fork in this one, baby. it was good while it lasted.
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4 Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:21 pm - flag comment
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Quit agreeing with yourself. And sure ya did. You’re one that had to keep moving your prediction back.
And you’re a racist. Shiloh isn’t Brad’s only child doofus.
Though you wouldn’t know that. Since you were raised by a pack of hyenas.
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Just kidding Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pm - flag comment
The honeymoon stage is over and Angelina bailed just like she did in her last two marriages. How will Brad cope when Angelina starts her hotel stays with her lovers again?
the honeymoon is yet to come! where do you all think they will go on their honeymoon?
some people have childlish behaviors,please grow up
Since I see a lot of videos on this thread allow me to give you mine. Just a little AJ fantasy ‘do’n her haters’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZWYjS17Wc
4 says you are a racist *******,you should be kept under key and locked,better souls why torture yourselves more
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lullaby Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:27 pm - flag comment
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You really need to quit changing your name, if you’re not going to change your style.
LOL. Idiots do travel in packs.
Can u plz help me …
OK, now you know what PDA means. Here is PDA between Brad and Angie …. Haters choke on it :lol:
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfExFtvJnA
lets ignore them before they infest this wonderful thread,i am trying to flag some of their useless comments
Consider Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who with their globeal gallavanting from namibia to Switzerland to Costa Rica, have probably done more for the travel industry than the advent of frequent flier miles. before the two were oficially outes as a couple, they checked into the W hotel in Westwood, California, under the name “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” in sly reference to their movie of the same name. “There was the aftermath of people calling and saying,’We want to stay in the suite Brangelina stayed in,’” says Klein.
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Lmao @ “Mr and Mrs. Smith”
ida;
you can’t flag their comments. They’re idiots, but, they haven’t taken anything too far by being vile, wishing harm, etc.
OK!!
I seldom post.. but often lurk.. IMO each and every Fan has
the right to post what they are feeling.
When we start disrespecting each others right to expression,
it always fuels the enemy.
There are a many post that are a pleasure to read [and i do]
There are some that are boring and too silly to read [and i don't]
My point is regardless of what i think [one person in cyber space]
everyone has a right to their opinion and the right to post it, as
long as it is not a direct jab to your opinion and free speech.
This is not a personal blog, there are some of the most friendly
people i never met here, fun loving and up on what they care about, the Jolie Pitt family.
The way i see it no one brings the flies here they live here, when
something sweet comes along they swarm around it with their
filthy, foul ranting.
Sooooooooooooo my fellow BAMPZS ~~~ like the song goes
if you can’t look it over ~~ pass it by!! ~~~ lol = peace!!
bluemoon says that is so sweet awwwwwwwww
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bluemoon Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:32 pm - flag comment
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I don’t know if he really registered under that/those names. Brad was the one staying at the W during the MMS press/premiere. Angelina was seen in the lobby the night of the premiere and then they were both seen in their robes while opening the door for room service. So, they were there.
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lullaby Says:
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You poor sop. You’ve been having this same discussion for the past two years and it hasn’t happened.
I bet that you’re one that enjoys watching paint dry and watching a snail cross the road for fun. Good times.
221 Mondo Bongo — very well said “The way i see it no one brings the flies here they live here, when
something sweet comes along they swarm around it with their
filthy, foul ranting.”
And: “There are a many post that are a pleasure to read [and i do]
There are some that are boring and too silly to read [and i don’t]“
Looks like the Fat Fcuks are here.
They’ve come up with a strategy.
It’s going to have huge blowback on them when the family is all back together and Brad files his papers for adoption. But, that’s neither here nor there.
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Lady G Says:
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Media Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 1:48 pm - flag comment
The media now feeds off itself. So when one media outlet posted “stay at home mom”, all the other ones followed without reading exactly what Angelina said.
Simply put Angelina will not be working on movies probably 2008. She will still do her UN work and take a day or two to work on commerical work. The majority of her time will be with the kids.
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ICAM and it’s a shame that some many in our country are too lazy or too stupid to do a little research and read the article for themselves.
If they read the article they would have know what Angie said. But it’s so easy to sit behind a computer and spout off hate instead of educating themselves.
Also, anyone just going by the media is a complete idiot, IMO. Every one knows how they love to mislead the public.
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I think they do it deliberately, they begin with a misquote ‘AJ to be a stay-at-home Mom’ then of course when she does start filming at some point, or does a promotion, they can nab her. At one point the media, believe it or not, actually had enough scruples to not make up things out of whole cloth - and you’d think with the internet readily available by everyone under the sun to fact check, they wouldn’t have the balls to just outright lie - but it’s like they really don’t even care if the reader, the public - knows that they’re lying or not anymore.
I know Paltrow actually did say several things when her first child was born about not goingback to work - one thing in particular she voiced was a bafflement that Moms could leave their children…prompting every working Mom in the UK (those who wanted to work, and those who HAD to) to slam her up one side and down the other. Then when the fool did go back to work - which wasn’t THAT long after, the entire country came down on her head. LOL
But in her case it was deserved. I just get the feeling they want to put words in Angie’s mouth only to yell ‘Gotcha!’ later. But they don’t know, they’ll be a million bampzs fans yelling ‘gotcha!’ right back at THEM for lying and making sh*t up!
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Frenchy Says: 2:47 pm - SJ says its Mario Testino re the S t John
ads
he should have been there. the only thing that saves it is if the girls are with him.
one thing you all should have learned from brad is that he could look totally in love one day, and then announce a separation the next.
don’t be daft.
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lullaby Says:
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If Brad looked totally in love in Anguilla, then misery loved company. He looked anything but.
So, you don’t be daft.
And you keep holding onto your bubble of hope. Again, blowback when it pops.
HMMM SAYS ARE YOU OK,GO EDUCATE YOURSELF, STO BEING NASTY
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lullaby Says:
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The haters are so pathetically hilarious….they don’t even care when they are inevitably proven wrong time and time and time and time again, anymore. They’ll just throw it out there, knowing that the likelihood of their fantasy coming true, stands about as much chance as Aniston being Barack Obama’s running mate.
Switching gears….
OMG…I forgot to tell you guys, Brad Pitt and Obama are related through a common ancestor, on the Hillhouse side (that’s Brad’s Mom’s maiden name). LMAO Isn’t that cool?! Hee - I bet when Maniston realizes that she’ll renounce her support for Obama, Brad’s cousin! Muahahahahaha!!
Mondo Bongo— please don’t be a lurker, I love your posts…
Hiya, Bluemoon, Ida, Oh please…. And the last link I gave for the video is thanks to preggyjolie..
Hiya neil– I am going to check your video now, thanks in advance….
Sorry if posted before
INSIDE THE WORLD OF BRANGELINA’S BROOD
HOLLYWOOD star Angelina Jolie put her arms around the shy toddler and whispered the Vietnamese phrase, “Khong sao dau, khong sao dau”.
These words of comfort, meaning “no problem, no problem”, were the first that newly-adopted three-year-old Pax Thien Jolie would hear from the stranger who was now his mum.
Today, Pax is adapting to an A-list life in America with a world-famous father in Brad Pitt and his three new brothers and sisters. Pax might have been bashful in the orphanage, but staff say that he got on well with the other children there, so he should have few problems when introduced to his new siblings.
They also say that he is football mad - which should please new dad Brad who last year told the Mirror that how he wanted enough children to form a “soccer team”.
And the youngster, whose favourite food is fried noodles and yoghurt, has started learning English - he can already count from one to 10 for his new mum. But what else awaits him?
Stepping into Brad and Angelina’s life is like walking into a world museum, according to one friend of the actress who says: “They’ve always said that they want their children to be citizens of the world and they’re starting that education young.
“Angie wants her kids to grow up understanding the world they live in and she and Brad are starting where it counts - at home.
“It’s definitely not your typical American family.”
That’s no understatement. The couple - who have homes in LA and New Orleans - have taken control of almost every aspect of their children’s lives in a bid to make them truly international citizens.
Everything from their education and meals to even playtime is planned to the last detail, leading some observers to dub the family “Angelina’s Benetton brood”.
Their eldest boy, five-year-old Maddox, who Angelina adopted from Cambodia in 2002, goes to a normal school, but he also has tutors on hand to teach him his native language.
BECAUSE of his mum’s globetrotting lifestyle, Maddox’s teachers often accompany him and his sisters - two-year-old Zahara (or “Zee”) and 10-month-old Shiloh - all over the world. “Angelina has decided she doesn’t want her children to be just American kids,” adds the friend of the 31-year-old Tomb Raider actress. “The children are being taught their own languages and about their own cultures as well. The most important thing is that Brad and Angelina make learning fun.
“They are certain that all the kids will get enough exposure to American culture just by living in the US and interacting with other American kids at school.”
It means the couple’s only biological child, Shiloh, who was born in Namibia last May, will learn about both African and US cultures - as will Zahara, who was adopted in Ethiopia in 2005.
Even what the kids eat reflects Brad and Angelina’s views. Children’s fast food favourites like hamburgers, French fries and sugary soft drinks are out, with the emphasis placed on grains, salads and vegetables instead. “Angelina makes a point to feed her kids all different types of foods,” continues the friend. “She goes to an Asian market in LA to stock up on noodles, dumplings, seaweed and sushi. She even goes out of her way to buy fruit native to Asia. “They love eating together as a family. At tea time, Zee sits in her high chair, putting her hands in her spaghetti - her favourite dish - and it goes all over her, in her hair, all over the floor. She sits there playing with it while Brad and Angie just let her. They say, ‘Aw, Zee’s happy’ and leave her to it. They think it”s letting her be expressive.”
Angelina in particular holds strong opinions about allowing the children to “express their personalities”. And if that means breaking some parenting rules then so be it. As the friend says: “Angelina says she doesn’t want to restrict Maddox in any way. He wears what he wants, no matter what that may be. “One day last year, Angelina took him along to a photoshoot she was doing in Paris to advertise sunglasses.
Maddox decided he wanted to be a wolf. By the end of the day a bunch of adoring make-up artists had painted his face with make-up, streaked his hair white blond and painted his nails white and black to turn him into a wolf. He was running around and howling. Ange just smiled.”
When not filming, Brad and Angelina are often spotted in a small LA suburb dubbed Little Ethiopia, picking up CDs of traditional Ethiopian music. Their distinctly unconventional tastes are reflected in the New Orleans home they bought for £1.8million cash in January. Located in the city’s French Quarter and fitted with a huge spiral staircase, lift, gourmet kitchen and two-storey guesthouse. It is already filled with bookcases stuffed with language books covering everything from Mandarin, Tagalong and Russian. “Brad also bought a huge globe and a world atlas which are in the living room,” says one friend. “As for religion, he and Angelina are exposing them to just about everything - Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hindi. “Angie says they are going to leave it up to the kids to decide which religion they are most comfortable with.”
AS Angelina, who was appointed a UN Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, says: “We want each kid to know their country’s religions and to feel some responsibility. “We’d like to have a base in the States but I’d like to have a base somewhere else, too. I’d love to send the kids to an international school and live in the middle of nowhere in Africa or Asia, just coming in for work.”
Twice-married Angelina is renowned for her bohemian lifestyle, but their existence is a world away from 43-year-old Brad’s small-town upbringing in Missouri. Despite this, the star of hit movies including Fight Club and Se7en is taking fatherhood extremely seriously. He prepares meals for the children and enjoys quad biking with Maddox and playing with remote-controlled cars. “Brad’s taken a few cooking lessons so he could learn how to prepare foods from different parts of the world,” says the friend. “Angelina wears the trousers in the relationship and Brad is happy to go along with anything that will make her happy. “She’s quite a tempestuous person and there are times when they have the odd argument, but despite what some people have been saying, they’re madly in love.”
Angelina’s temper is said to have erupted during the adoption of Pax when the exasperated actress repeatedly woke up Brad in America with phone calls. “He very much wanted her to wait until he was through with the movie he was filming, but she just went right ahead with signing the adoption papers. Brad said to her, ‘Angie, you just never follow the script’.” She ended up having to defend her decision to adopt again to local reporters, telling them: “Everyone would agree that children need to have a family. I have the ability to help children to fulfil that desire - why should I say no?”
Certainly her and Brad’s new Louisiana home has been decorated with their brood in mind. The children share a huge bedroom, specially designed by their father, a budding architect. Dominated by a world map with their native countries marked, it is also adorned by trinkets from the places the youngsters were born - including a painting by renowned Ethiopian artist Afework Tekle.
Angelina hopes that bringing up her children in such an international household will see one of them will grow up to be a UN ambassador.
It is into this strange but loving home that a young lad from Ho Chi Minh City will be welcomed in the next few weeks.
ANGELINA’S HOUSE RULES
IN: Organic vegetables such as oriental squash, Chinese broccoli and snow peas
OUT: Fast food including burgers and fries
IN: Fruit juice
OUT: Sugary soft drinks
IN: Arts and crafts
OUT: Barbie dolls and toy soldiers with guns
IN: Educational TV programmes, especially Sesame Street
OUT: Cartoons
http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tm_headline=inside-the-world-of-brangelina-s-brood&method=full&objectid=18767407&siteid=89520-name_page.html
good today everyone.
I have a question. Is http://www.mirror.co.uk reliable? Or another trashy tabs like Stars?
Hey Hey!!!
just thinking:
guli:
Thanks!!! sometime you just have to do a shout out… lol
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HMMM Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:52 pm - flag comment
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Wrong again. Most reports have the girls in L.A. with their father.
Go back to FF and try again.
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lullaby Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:42 pm - flag comment
he should have been there. the only thing that saves it is if the girls are with him.
one thing you all should have learned from brad is that he could look totally in love one day, and then announce a separation the next.
don’t be daft.
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Er…when did Brad EVER “look totally in love with Maniston?” I must have missed that! Muahahaha! I’ve seen more heat between Brad and Catherine Keener than Brad and Maniston…and way more heat between Brad and Clooney, than Brad and Maniston. LMAO!! At best, he looked like he would if he was out hanging with a good pal. Nice indulgent smiles. Do we have pics of Brad grabbing Man’s arms and smootching her at the Globes, or looking like he wants to climb down her cleavage (TGS), or whispering ‘Come here’ and saying something hot to make her laugh, or palming her booty up the red carpet because he couldn’t help it…..
Ummm…I really don’t think so we do haters…but I’ll be standing by waiting on those links.
My new next door neighbors are Vietnamese. My husband and I just went over there for a quick visit to say welcometo the neighborhood. All I could think was, Pax is from their country. Wow, their kids are so cute. They are a lovely family, and we hope to get to know them better.
Only time will tell as to any relationship/ or marriage. There are no guarantees but for Brad and Angie, they have the infinite bond of their children. To those who would want to see the demise of their union, you are on an impossible mission. Both are committed to life together and the future especially raising and watching their children grow up based from their comments and interviews. I believe that Brad and Angie will do their best as partners, lovers and as parents to make their relationship and family work.
To those who immaturely think that Angie is capable of hurting the people she loves the most , meaning to hurt the father of her children is hurting her children more, please do yourselves a favor and reflect on your lives and what makes you so judgemental, angry and mean and that to me is a fascinating psychoanalysis of people who can’t be happy for others and expect the worst out of everything. As far as Brad and Angie are concern, they are doing fine and the addition of Pax only signifies the strength of their blessed union.
lullaby - I just got back. So when did your honey leave you? I take it if you had kids they wanted to be with him. here I’m reposting this for you! Because your not happy doesnt mean Brad and Angie won’t be.
Good morning heartache
You old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache
Thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seems you heve gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish I forget you, but youre here to stay
It seems I met you
When my love went away
Now everyday I stop Im saying to you
Good morning heartache whats new
Stop haunting me now
Cant shake you nohow
Just leave me alone
Ive got those monday blues
Straight to sunday blues
Good morning heartache
Here we go again
Good morning heartache
Youre the one
Who knows me well
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Good morning heartache
Sit down
#237 FAYE,Trashy tab!
Ohhh Neil— I am on youtube everyday and search and I have seen your video, but because of the title I assumed you were an ___ fan, and skipped it. I am so sorry now that I watched it, it was the title of the song, my apologies again!!! Good one Neil, and I promise not to jump to conclusions again :lol: thanks for sharing, but you are not off the hook yet… Soooo when is the next video ehhhh :lol:
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Since Angelina now plans to be a stay at home mom for a while, just where in the hell do you think that home is? Let’s see LA, SB, or NOLA are where her homes are located, and those are also Brad’s homes and their children’s homes. Am I saying that I have first hand knowledge about Brad and Angelina? No I am not. Am I so stupid as to state as truth what is happening in the lives of people that I don’t know based on gossip and 4th hand knowledge and bitterness? No I do not and I will not. It is their lives to live, not mine, and whatever decisions they make are their decisions, they have to live with them not me. Do I go to threads about people or things that I have no interest in? Never, because that is a waste of my time.
Everytime someone makes a negative prediction or judgement as to this couple they have been wrong. You and your alter egos just became members of the “always wrong group because they only see the darkness of life”. Well birds of a feather flock together and you all most certainly do.
And I will not even label you as JA fans, you are just members of the doomsayers of the world due to your own overwhelming unhappiness and deep depression. Coming here to this thread with your compulsive negativism is an indication of a deep seated mental health need. Today there are very effective meds to treat your illnesses.
But, hey, whatever floats your boat. You like being miserable and hoping others are as miserable as you are. So be it. It’s your life not mine.
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The real lou Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:59 pm - flag comment
#237 FAYE,Trashy tab!
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Thank you Lou.
I was reading the article posted by 235
Interesting Read Says:
And thinking that’s just too much information.
She looks stunning on those pictures, goes to show she still got it, and will continue to flaunt it forever more. lol :)
#235 Interesting Read,No offense but a story for the Mirror a British tabloid.HELLO,you would have to be boo boo the foool to believe this crap!
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Oh Please Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:54 pm - flag comment
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HMMM Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 3:52 pm - flag comment
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Wrong again. Most reports have the girls in L.A. with their father.
Go back to FF and try again.
Nope. You are wrong the girls are with their Mother. lol We will all know the truth soon enough.
Angelina is well blessed by the good Lord because she has a very good heart…look what she got, a very loving husband/partner/lover in the person of Brad and four beautiful lovely children which make her the envy of the most… GO ANGIE GO…you and brad deserve all the best coz you both are very good people.. many more blessings are coming your way and please ignore the ignoramous haters for they are the so called scum of this mother earth. loving the Jolie-pitts forever!!!!!!
BRANGELINA ROCK AND RULES
The Truth. ——– Jolie went to the orphanage Thursday with her 5-year-old son Maddox, whom she adopted in Cambodia in 2002. Jolie’s companion Brad Pitt did not accompany them to Vietnam.
“Brad very much wanted to be there but is under contract working on a film in Los Angeles and as a result couldn’t go,” Trevor Neilson, Jolie’s adviser on international affairs, said.
Guli - Congrats on your Big Win. Am back in Florida for another week in the sun. Do you have your breath back yet? Enjoy and I’ll be rooting for ya.
Peace to all.
#253 mmm,LMAO!You really believe a tabloid article?From the Mirror at that?OMG I REALLY feel sorry you!
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still wondering what that was about!
“Brad very much wanted to be there but is under contract working on a film in Los Angeles and as a result couldn’t go,” Trevor Neilson, Jolie’s adviser on international affairs, said.
He was not working, he couldn’t go because angelina didn’t want him there. This week Us Weekly and Ted Casablanca will have more info about it. The girls are with her and will stay with her.
http://www.anistonavenue.com/images/people826f.jpg
The mirror is worse than the Sun, wans’t the Mirror the one that said that Madonna and Guy had dinner twice with Brad and Angelina and talked about adopting from Africa? and of course that was a big fat lie.
nice picture - please tell that fanistons at anistonvenue now also link and grool over Jolie’s St. John’s Knit piic above. :lol:
I didn’t check your link but I am pretty sure that is a Jolie St. John Knit pic that you’ve posted
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CLINIQUA Says:
Obama and Brad are related? Great news. Of course, TMZ does not print anything about this, because its the truth, and TMZ is the National Enquirer’s blog. LOL.
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Laughing Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:31 pm - flag comment
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Really, when did you hear that conversation? US Weekly well they never get it wrong! Not! Ted C yeah he’s always right! not. Tell us your source or shut up!
256 - vindictive poem.
Did I miss Passing Through????
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I have one better.Do you like it?
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/gomapyr/gg60.jpg
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bluemoon Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:34 pm - flag comment
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You are correct it was Brad that was having dinner with the two. While Angie in the children were still in Paris.
tabloids are for idiots, IMO. And we need no further proof than those that quote quote them as chapter, verse and such.
EasyEve - nope. PT posted a hilarious comment earlier but she still hasn’t done the weekly tabloid commentary.
Ohhhh hiya Izzie— yep we won but man it was a nail-biter, well in my case screaming your but off and lose your voice game :lol: But, I had Sheri and Ammena rooting on and somehow survived. Here we come Sweet Sixteen!!! Hey great to hear from you and will you STOP trying to make me jealous as you are tanning in Florida I am freezing my **** off :lol: :lol: :lol:
OK, my last post I think went to cyber space, so if it is a repeat sorry!
Hiya Tijen, Cherry-Lee, Tondogirl, real lou and just thinking…
Hey folks I asked this before but my message went who knows where, has anyone seen the new Drew B,. anf Hue Grant movie? my daughter wants to see that I want to see the S. Bullcok movie…Help?
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I remember reading that from Defamer but I have to tell you, after the whole Mondo Bongo Trust as the buyer of the Nola house I think we can expect anything from them lol
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just thinking Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm - flag comment
256 - vindictive poem.
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Centuries old Scottish prayer
go to #21 for tatiana response
http://www.splashnewsonline.com/2007/03/05/illegal-adoption-for-angelina-jolie/
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HMMM Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm - flag comment
Angelina is strong and will do what she wants when she wants . brad always transforms into the lady he’s dating, not very strong minded if you ask me. If he dated Lindsay Lohan instead of Angelina he would be clubbing and driving like a crazy ass just like her right now.
NO that is what you would do.
If there anything anyone should realize is that BRAD GETS WHAT HE WANTS. He dumped the dead weight and went after Angelina. He wanted a different life and damit he got it. Thank goodness it was not too late.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/taiwan/2007314/104590.htm
TAIWAN
Cosmetics market grows as more young ladies wearing make-up
Open-shelf brand, Revlon presented new make up with a shiny texture preferred by Asian women, while Shiseido launched its own open-shelf brand, INTEGRATE, modeled by international superstar Angelina Jolie.
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Laughing Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:31 pm - flag comment
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if you have the scoop give it to us before the magz.
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just thinking Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm - flag comment
256 - vindictive poem.
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Centuries old Scottish prayer
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may I ask why there was no mention of the prayer for Coals dad?
Been on lurker mode on and off all day. I just can’t stand the negativity today.
Thank you Jared for the wonderful news about St. John.
GULI - I’m gonna miss the heck out of you when you leave
SHERI - No more snow….please?
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kearnie Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:39 pm - flag comment
EasyEve - nope. PT posted a hilarious comment earlier but she still hasn’t done the weekly tabloid commentary.
*******************************************************************keThanks Kearnie! I’m trying to get work done, but keep coming back every few hours or so to check up and catch her weekly roundup!!! Too many threads to follow properly, but I’m not complaining!!!
Guli, you and your daughter will enjoy Music and Lyrics. My favorite part is when Hugh in pop custom in the 80s singing a tune reminisced of that era. The movie is light hearted and I think that your daughter will enjoy it more compared to Premonition, a movie with a lot of negative reviews.
I have a very simple question, simple enough even for the village idiots to understand.
IF YOU DON”T LIKE THEM >> WHY ARE YOU HERE??????
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I’ve been waiting for you all day! I’m so sorry! Will do the “call to spring” dance all night, it’s the lesser known cousin to the rain dance! LOL
Believe it or not they had the Saint Patricks Day parade today! It’s slowed here so hopefully no more for you!
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Laughing Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:31 pm - flag comment
“Brad very much wanted to be there but is under contract working on a film in Los Angeles and as a result couldn’t go,” Trevor Neilson, Jolie’s adviser on international affairs, said.
He was not working, he couldn’t go because angelina didn’t want him there. This week Us Weekly and Ted Casablanca will have more info about it. The girls are with her and will stay with her.
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LMAO….at ‘laughing’ - yeah it’s in the same issue that has Maniston’s admitting she’s been hiding her real identity, and that she’s actually Dustin Hoffman’s transexual son. Thankfully, Brad & ange get a break from this week’s US at least on the cover.
Ted C. was on ScarJo a couple days ago, and had some wonderful things to say about Brangelina’s adoption, and their family.
OC— hey ya lady, you know I miss you as well so please keep on posting…
em–OK we are going to see the pretty blue eyes (HG) tonight…But first we are going to eat mexican, soooo lovely ladies and gents BBL… Please, this has been such a great thread keep it that way and ignore; hugs and kisses to all BAMPZS fans and friends..
Oh, so the Mirror is such a good investigative paper, that they know the exact words Brad said during a personal phone conversation with Angie. And of course they know what Brad and Angie thinking. Very good journalists there, lol, they are also mindreaders. Really, what kind of idiotic people believe a word of their story?
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lullaby Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:03 pm - flag comment
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You know this how? What did you say about supposing of the reality….. I’m sorry your world is so bad that you have to project on to others!
Our Angie is just so beautiful.
Does anyone know who’s the photograher on those St John’s ads?
Those are beautiful photographs. I mean, as a photographer I admire the technical virtuosity of those prints…
The mirror article could be true. Maybe one of their friends needed some cash.
to #249 mmm -
Are you believing everything that the tabloid is spoonfeeding you ? You should go and get some education and learn what is fact/tabloid.
Also read what # 242 tototrue said
“…………..you are just members of the doomsayers of the world due to your own overwhelming unhappiness and deep depression. Coming here to this thread with your compulsive negativism is an indication of a deep seated mental health need.
Today there are very effective meds to treat your illnesses.
hi there guli ……. i’m lovin your smileys
hello and much love to one and all specially to all who keep on loving the Jolie-Pitts… and also my fellow kababayans and die-hard Brangelina admirer. Peace and love…and oh yeah happy ST.PATRICK’S DAY everybody.
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lullaby Says:
Talk about being obsessed. You are obviously a Brad fan, probably from one of the forums. You need to let it go. Stop looking at those old posters of BP hanging on your Bedroom wall, stop fantasizing about BP leaving AJ for you or going back to JA, which is the next best thing for you. BP has a family now that he adores. He loves the life he is living with a bold, adventurous, sexy woman. He is a successful actor, businessman, real estate investor. He did not get this far in life by being a follower but a leader. You need to face the facts and stop making up fantasizes in your head. At first it was amusing, now it is just downright sad. Get away from Just Jared and try matchmakers.com. Even a semi-retired, couch sleeping, tv watching fellow (oh that’s mine’s) is better than this drivel you have been spilling all day. Get out and smell the roses, life is too short for all the nonsense you are spouting. Have a nice day.
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U never know Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:12 pm - flag comment
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More backpeddling. Haters have always screamed that Angie has no friends.
So which one is it? She has friends or she doesn’t have friends?
Some people just can’t see how stupid they come off? Think before posting. Afterall that is what God gave you a brain for, you know…….to think for yourselves!
Heck US Ragazine had the nerve to print that Angie was almost kidnapped by gangsters even tho it was denied. So, the so called editor tried to cover her **** by saying it could happen. We all know this came from a tabbie in England which claim they interviewed Angie. And idiot knows that Angie does NOT do interviews with tabliods!
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kk1 Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:35 pm - flag comment
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CLINIQUA Says:
Obama and Brad are related? Great news. Of course, TMZ does not print anything about this, because its the truth, and TMZ is the National Enquirer’s blog. LOL.
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TMZ is hateful, I don’t even go there anymore.
Can anyone help me? I try to find the picture that Angelina took part in Holly’s wedding with Mad. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? Is it on SoulieJolie?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Everyone! Thanks for the new thread. I’m glad that ST. john’s has been doing well since Angelina started doing ads for them.
I am ignoring the haters.
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Interesting Read
Passing Through, You have another tabloid to make fun of.
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Kate Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:23 pm - flag comment
Can anyone help me? I try to find the picture that Angelina took part in Holly’s wedding with Mad. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? Is it on SoulieJolie?
Thanks in advance.
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It is on Souliejolie.Here is the link if you are a member.
http://souliejolie.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=718&sessionid=764491ad1303dfea55725c4d0de4e966
real or not there was nothing bad in it.
that eckin belle aniston!obviously,she was the poster that has the name “jen is belle”two weeks ago!hohohoho poubelle jen,your ugly face matches your ugly heart.”you dark soul!
Jennifer Aniston: While the two other loves of Brad Pitt’s life — Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow — were respectively voted the #1 and #10 “yummiest mommies” by readers of the British website PearlandDan.com, this 38-year-old actress now trails them in the baby box score department 0-4 and 0-2. Conflicting reports are swirling this month: US Weekly suggests Aniston’s recent five-day visit to New York was the first step in moving back to a good place to meet men, while NW Magazine is insisting that newly reconciled boyfriend Vince Vaughn is ready to start a family. This weekend at least, she must content herself not with a pregnancy test, but simply a “Pap Smear,” the title of the episode of pal Courteney Cox’s TV series “Dirt,” in which Jen guest stars.
Can anyone help me? I try to find the picture that Angelina took part in Holly’s wedding with Mad. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? Is it on SoulieJolie?
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, it;s on Souliejolie, check the gallery.
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Kate Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:23 pm - flag comment
Can anyone help me? I try to find the picture that Angelina took part in Holly’s wedding with Mad. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? Is it on SoulieJolie?
Thanks in advance.
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It’s in Souliejolie in With Maddox,Pax,Zahara and Shiloh and then go 2004 May 20-25.
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Kate
Yes SoulieJolie does have those pics under their gallery also I remember seeing them under Forum (Angelina Multimedia)..search Holly.
Hope that helps!
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Anonymous Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pm - flag comment
Does anyone know who’s the photograher on those ** John’s ads?
Those are beautiful photographs. I mean, as a photographer I admire the technical virtuosity of those prints…
Mario Testino
xoxo
i’m no angelina fan but these pics are stunning. She is a gorgeous woman made even more resplendent by the erasing of those hideous tattoos.
266 Tatian is at it again implying that Angelina “picked” Pax. Here is a quote from the her post on the site listed on #266. Obviouosly once again she has her facts wrong and is unaware of the Jolie Pitts were given Pax’ file and did not choose him from several. Here is the quote and the implication to wrong doing. She is such a stirrer. “So do I think celebrities should receive preferential treatment when it comes to adoption? I’m not sure how to answer this. I suspect most don’t even know that their being moved ahead of the line and I would hope that if they did know, they would address it. There are many issues being discussed right now by other groups and press about procedures surrounding this adoption. One is the referral of child versus picking of the child and so forth. Currently, Vietnam does not allow one to ‘choose’ a child. It is based on referral only. There are parents out there wanting to know what is going on. I honestly do not know anything about this particular subject.
298, Tattoos would only help maniston…especially those of the all-over tribal face variety. Cover that fug up!!
Yeah, Us Weekly and Ted C. have this BIG scoop and they’re just being misers and not sharing. Sure.
Laughing, that’s a laugh.
OT. Architectural Digest April issue has a reprinted article (from 1998) on Helen Mirren’s house in NO. She did have a statement that her house featured in the article has now been sold, although she and her husband still own some commercial properties in NO.
Holy S h i t !
She’s F u’ c k- Ing Hot
meli 291 — thanks for the link - lovely photos and not jsut of holly’s wedding.
good to know. it is funny that people really did try to put down her St. John contract. should have known it was bunk she they never had any facts, or sources
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Feragen
Toplin & Associates, Inc.
215-793-4666
215-287-6259 (after hours)
Angelina Jolie’s Adoption Agency Issues Statement
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. – March 15, 2007 - Heidi Gonzalez, Vietnam Adoption
Coordinator for Adoptions From The Heart, has issued the following response to
inquiries regarding Angelina Jolie’s adoption from Vietnam.
“In applying to adopt 3-yr-old Pax Thien, Ms. Jolie followed the same course as all
prospective adoptive parents who apply to our Vietnam program. Throughout her
adoption process, which began in the summer of 2006, she has received no preferential treatment from the Vietnamese government or Adoptions From The Heart, and, contrary to earlier reports, her application was not fast-tracked.
Despite rumors that she chose her child, Ms. Jolie received a referral, just like any other parent adopting from Vietnam. In late 2006, she was referred a child who had been legally determined to be available for adoption and who fit within the parameters for which she had been approved to adopt. She accepted the first and only referral given to her.
In addition, we can confirm the statement given by Nguyen Van Trung, Director of Tam Binh Orphanage, that Ms. Jolie has neither made, nor promised to make, any financial contributions to his orphanage.
Adoptions From The Heart celebrates the miracle of adoption with the Jolie-Pitt family, as we do with all of our clients, and wishes them much joy.”
Background:
• Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) is a licensed, non-profit agency offering domestic and international adoption. Based in Wynnewood, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb, the agency has 12 offices, and is licensed in PA, NJ, DE, VA, WV and NY, and approved to place children with
families in CT.
• Founded in 1985, by Maxine Chalker, an adoptee herself and former adoption social worker, who serves as executive director. AFTH has earned a reputation for pioneering innovative services to improve the overall adoption process, including being one of the first agencies on the East Coast more than a decade ago to begin offering the option of international adoption - well ahead of the rapidly growing trend. Today, AFTH works with orphanages throughout Asia, Europe and South America.
• AFTH had placed 250 Vietnamese children from 1995 to 2003, when the Vietnamese government closed the program. In April 2006, when Vietnam reopened adoption to the U.S., AFTH received became licensed in Ho Chi Minh City to place children. Since then, 30 families have completed adoptions through AFTH; 22 others are in various stages of the process currently with referrals, and still more are on a waiting list.
• AFTH currently works with four orphanages in Vietnam, including Tam Binh, from which Angelina Jolie adopted.
• AFTH facilitators work directly with the Department of International Adoption (DIA) in Hanoi, the Ministry of Justice and the orphanages to process the required paperwork and help facilitate adoptions through the Vietnamese government. In Vietnam, facilitators escort families to appointments with USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), the U.S. Embassy and required doctor visits. They arrange tours and generally accommodate families’ needs while they are in Vietnam.
• AFTH has provided ongoing humanitarian aid to the orphanages with which it works, including such current projects as helping to offset daily expenses at Tam Binh orphanage, and funding construction of a new emergency room at Go Vap orphanage, creation of a “milk room” that connects to the infant room at Thi Nghe orphanage, and the purchase of new furniture for the Picasso orphanage.
• Jolie was referred to AFTH by Jane Aronson, MD, a New York-based pediatrician who specializes in adoption medicine and treated Jolie’s Ethiopian adopted daughter Zahara.
LEARN TO READ TATIANA BEAMS BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THE PRESS.
Thanks so much Guli for the MAMS gag reel. It surely made my day. :-)
Dear Dish:
There is no way anyone here can tell how her kids will act/feel in the future. We’ll have to wait at least 10 years to see some results and I bet that in 10 years you and I won’t give a **** about angelina jolie.
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Hi! dish
JEALOUS all over you?
dish Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:42 pm - flag comment
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Unless you’re speaking from experience, you don’t have a clue.
And if you are, take it out on the people you’re pissed at. Angelina Jolie didn’t screw you up.
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dish Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:42 pm - flag comment
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See, the thing is, she did not ask YOU to admire her AT ALL. The day she does, then tell her off and tell her how you can’t admire someone who has gone through addictions in their life cause of course NO ONE in your life ever has gone through an addiction or will go through one. You know what, you better pray real real hard you or no member of your family ever becomes addicted to anything (be it drugs, alcohol, etc), cause you know life is full of ironies.
Oh Please Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:50 pm - flag comment
dish Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:42 pm - flag comment
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Unless you’re speaking from experience, you don’t have a clue.
And if you are, take it out on the people you’re pissed at. Angelina Jolie didn’t screw you up.
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I think that is just the problem, dish needs a good s c r e w. I heard of a Bubba, and I understand he is always taking on lost cases.
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March 17th, 2007 at 6:49 pm - flag comment
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But I will still give a **** about her. :-)
Number 307 Beams is …. Thanks for posting this. Seems that no matter what the truth is the lies will just rear up again in a couple of hours as people acuse and re-state uneducated assumptions.
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*** Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:49 pm - flag comment
I would have to agree with you there. Uh-oh, does my agreeing with you mean we’re the same person? lol
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dish Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:42 pm - flag comment
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Hey if posing helps save some kid’s life, then I’ll say:”Go for it Angie. Keep posing on”.
keep on posing in the free world
I’m digging SoulieJolie’s gallery right now. So far haven’t found the picture I’m looking yet (the one Angelina in Holly’s wedding with Mad). But guess what? I started viewing the old pictures again, starting from 2002 when Angie just adopted Mad. I can’t help myself crying on some pictures, especially the one in black and white color that they were in an airplane on their way to Cambodia, she was watching out the window and Mad was sleeping aside, head on her hip.
Guys, I have to tell you, that picture is an ART — Mad was sleeping in an Angel’s arm literally.
I am addicted to striving for the best. There’s nothing wrong with that.
I found this piece from Erica answering a question on Brad, Angie and __ if anyone is interested:
It is very interesting to me that people constantly say things like “Angelina is not the saint everyone thinks she is.” When has Angelina ever claimed to be a saint? Never.
These same people go on to laud Jennifer Aniston as though she were. Well guess what? She isn’t a saint either. Jennifer and Brad were having issues two years into their marriage. They did go through a period of counseling and it didn’t work. Every marriage is not made in heaven. Angelina did not break up this “not so perfect” marriage. It was already on its way to the finish line. There were a lot of issues and unfortunately for the dream weavers and the fairytale believers, Angelina was not one of them.
If people would take an “honest” look back over the years and pay attention to the comments made by both Brad and Jennifer prior to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” they will see that the Red Carpet façade was just that…a façade. They weren’t happy and David Arquette knows that. He had no business discussing something that didn’t involve him. He only used Brad, Angelina and Jennifer to boost interest in his own lame career.
If he was shocked by Brad’s supposed infidelity and taking sides with Ms. Aniston then why did he spend every chance he got at the GG after party babbling in Brad’s ear. I’ll tell you why; because no matter what anyone thinks, Brad is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. His production company alone puts him in the driver’s seat and David knows this. He and his wife can’t afford to insult or alienate the Jolie-Pitts.
Maybe Jennifer didn’t cry around him but we all know, by her own words that she did. Or was that as so many other things she’s said a lie as well? The Arquettes need to get their story straight with Aniston before doing interviews.
As for Angelina, she doesn’t need to “steal” anyone’s man. She’s a multi award winning actress, a loving mother, an awarded and dedicated humanitarian who happens to be on friendly terms with some of the world’s most powerful leaders. These men and women (General Colin Powell, Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Prime Minister of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah) and others.
She has multi million dollar modeling contract that allows her to create a charity and donate the proceeds to the less fortunate and she has given quite a bit of her personal time and money to causes that have otherwise been ignored. No one wants to give but everyone wants to criticize this young woman at every turn. Sure she led a very wild and destructive existence in her teens and early 20s, but she’s grown up now. That is what Pitt saw. Someone more interested in helping others instead of herself…a path he obviously wanted to walk.
To fans, celebrity friends and the casual observer…it has been two years; we all need to just get over it. Pitt and Aniston were not the answer or the model for the perfect couple. They posed as the “Golden Couple” when in reality they were just Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, going through the same issues most divorced couples went through.
Erica
i have some catching up to do,hope the losers did not mess up the thread
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BCBG Says:
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA………….sorry
who’s erica?
Who is Erica? Good Post, by the way.
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pianoforte Says:
just a human being lets respect her privacy…
#308dishonesty,though i didnt read the whole post,seems to me that you were born on february 29.
Anybody know of any brad sites with a good gallery?
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260Meli Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 4:38 pm - flag comment
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I have one better.Do you like it?
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/gomapyr/gg60.jpg
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I’ll take that on any given time :-P than…ugh.
274julia Says:
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It’s as simple as that & yet they cannot
comprehend the concept at all. How sad.
319Kate Says:
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291Meli Says:
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Kate Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 5:23 pm - flag comment
Can anyone help me? I try to find the picture that Angelina took part in Holly’s wedding with Mad. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? Is it on SoulieJolie?
Thanks in advance.
http://souliejolie.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=718&sessionid=764491ad1303dfea55725c4d0de4e966
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^^bump
I noticed that Jared deleted Dish’s post. I have to say i’m a bit disappointed in how fast he yanks something that a lot of you don’t agree with. it wasn’t being racist or giving death threats to the kids.
just what are the rules for getting censored on this board? whether you agreed with that post or not, it was an opinion, and a well expressed one at that.
how quick some of you are to flag a comment that you don’t like. it’s like you can’t let an opinion other than your own be heard.
it’s a real shame because i come here occasionally and like to read all the comments but i have seen worse comments get left alone here but this and some others that I did not find morally reprehensible or threatening get yanked.
what’s the deal?
I don’t know who Erica is, someone wanted a public opinion about the triangle and she responded, I just copied her post.
Is this fair, If a post is flagged Jared will pull it and review it. If it doesn’t contain any of the things you noted, it will be back.
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is this fair? Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:36 pm - flag comment
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are you sure it was deleted? Sometimes when I refresh a page a whole bunch of posts will disappear and reappear later.
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truth Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:36 pm - flag comment
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Where did you get that response from Erica from? It’s a great response.
Of course the naysayers refuse to understand that rumors of marital strife surfaced in 2002 and then both Brad and his ex wife, with their own words, let some doozies slip through, that things just might not be well in Golden Couple Land.
As Brad said, if the media had done their job and been interested in the true story, they’d have found out that Brad’s marriage was all but done. But, nope, if it wasn’t scandalous, they didn’t want to print it.
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truth Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:19 pm - flag comment
I found this piece from Erica answering a question on Brad, Angie and __ if anyone is interested:
It is very interesting to me that people constantly say things like “Angelina is not the saint everyone thinks she is.” When has Angelina ever claimed to be a saint? Never.
These same people go on to laud Jennifer Aniston as though she were. Well guess what? She isn’t a saint either. Jennifer and Brad were having issues two years into their marriage. They did go through a period of counseling and it didn’t work. Every marriage is not made in heaven. Angelina did not break up this “not so perfect” marriage. It was already on its way to the finish line. There were a lot of issues and unfortunately for the dream weavers and the fairytale believers, Angelina was not one of them.
If people would take an “honest” look back over the years and pay attention to the comments made by both Brad and Jennifer prior to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” they will see that the Red Carpet façade was just that…a façade. They weren’t happy and David Arquette knows that. He had no business discussing something that didn’t involve him. He only used Brad, Angelina and Jennifer to boost interest in his own lame career.
If he was shocked by Brad’s supposed infidelity and taking sides with Ms. Aniston then why did he spend every chance he got at the GG after party babbling in Brad’s ear. I’ll tell you why; because no matter what anyone thinks, Brad is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. His production company alone puts him in the driver’s seat and David knows this. He and his wife can’t afford to insult or alienate the Jolie-Pitts.
Maybe Jennifer didn’t cry around him but we all know, by her own words that she did. Or was that as so many other things she’s said a lie as well? The Arquettes need to get their story straight with Aniston before doing interviews.
As for Angelina, she doesn’t need to “steal” anyone’s man. She’s a multi award winning actress, a loving mother, an awarded and dedicated humanitarian who happens to be on friendly terms with some of the world’s most powerful leaders. These men and women (General Colin Powell, Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Prime Minister of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah) and others.
She has multi million dollar modeling contract that allows her to create a charity and donate the proceeds to the less fortunate and she has given quite a bit of her personal time and money to causes that have otherwise been ignored. No one wants to give but everyone wants to criticize this young woman at every turn. Sure she led a very wild and destructive existence in her teens and early 20s, but she’s grown up now. That is what Pitt saw. Someone more interested in helping others instead of herself…a path he obviously wanted to walk.
To fans, celebrity friends and the casual observer…it has been two years; we all need to just get over it. Pitt and Aniston were not the answer or the model for the perfect couple. They posed as the “Golden Couple” when in reality they were just Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, going through the same issues most divorced couples went through.
Erica
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COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF.
very well said erica,jj has the right to delete very rude and disguisting comments
yes it was deleted. but even more important than that, what are the rules of this board? are they listed anywhere? what can and can’t you say on JustJared?
There are enough Blogs posting really nasty things about Brad and Angie, Jared is the only blog we get respite. If you want to stew in filth, join the rest of the pigs on dlisted and Perez.
i just saw on yahoo newsthat angies adoption was not fast tracted,so people who said she got special treatment,get your facts right
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truth Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:19 pm - flag comment
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blah blah blah blah……hypocrites all. you people can not just get over it…NONE of you…..there is absolutely nothing wrong with liking and admiring all THREE of these people. For those of you …..like Erica apparently…..who hate it when people put down AJ , well, you are exactly like the haters because you turn around and put down JA. And for those of you who do hate on AJ/BP, well, you are just like the JA haters. All three of these people have lied, given bad interviews, and generally acted like human beings in their lifetimes. NONE of them are saints, NONE of them are perfect, and I bet ALL of them wish they did not have “FANS” sticking up for them who try and degrade the “opposing” team. GET OVER THE VF INTERVIEW, GET OVER THE PAST MISDEEDS OF AJ’S PAST,GET OVER BRAD’S DIVORCING AND MOVING ON WITH SOMEONE ELSE, GET OVER YOUR…. COMPLETELY MISGUIDED AND I’M SURE UNAPPRECIATED BY BP/AJ…..HATRED OF HIS EX!!!!
QUIT HATING PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW. jmo…
This board is not like Perez hilton or D-listed or TMZ or FF etc where nasty comments are left on all sides. I like this site because comments that are saying nasty things about children, wishing people dead, calling people ugly names etc are deleted.
New thread from JJ!:) You are the bomb JJ. hello bampzs fans. Man, I was up partying late last night and slept half day! Just got back from dinner and I see my fellow cyber friends online!:) Angie is so beautiful in these pix. I am even more happy she’s posing for St. John to help her charity. Love this woman. She’s full of kindness and love!!!!!
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/070316/1/47be7.html
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:51 pm - flag comment
This board is not like Perez hilton or D-listed or TMZ or FF etc where nasty comments are left on all sides. I like this site because comments that are saying nasty things about children, wishing people dead, calling people ugly names etc are deleted.
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Fine. But Dish’s post had none of those things in it but it got deleted anyway. Why? I’m just trying to understand what the parameters are for myself is all. Unwarranted censorship has always been a pet peeve of mine. And I shouldn’t have to say that i’m a fan of angie and brad to get kind responses from you. already i’ve been accused of wanting to stew in filth. I am asking a question about fairness and freedom of (non-vulgar) expression. oh, forget it. i can tell this is futile.
If I’m not mistaking, dirt said Angie was gobbling Ophans like pac-man in a game. She also said Angie adopts because she’s addicted and her children will be screwed up. Yes, it’s her opinion but it’s a disrespectful opinion and as fans we don’t need to read that sh*t.
Rule of thumb on what is not acceptable on JJ is whatver is accepted on Perez, Dlisted, FF and TMZ.
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love em all Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:51 pm - flag comment
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take a chill pill. we don’t hate jennifer! we just don’t like her lying over and over again on oprah and VF. oh! we’re not saying brad or angie have never lied, i am sure they have their flaws just like everyone, but at least, they have enough class and decency not to go in public to lie over and over again like jennifer!!!!
in touch mag last week had a pix of the x for team barack and spotted hugging baracks wife michelle…….again!coattails!!this woman doesn’t have her own identity.was it b/c shes dumb and ugly?i really hate papa pitt for marrying this b!tch!but ’twas overjoyd when he dump her!”good recovery papa pitt”hehehe.
anyone who doesnot like what they see on jj, then get lost,this site is the most respectful compared to others
From her blog
March 16, 2007
Harsh words, my response (Post# 21). Go Here. Update: We no longer need the link. We got what we needed. Thanks for the response and the great material.
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My Opinion Says:
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cheers to that…… :)
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ida Says
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this site is not at all respectful to the difference of opinion.
and you are not respectful either.
#342 love em all…..”GET OVER YOURSELF!
Everything she touches turns into gold. God bless her and her family, her fans and all her humanitarian work. Thanks JJ
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truth Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:19 pm - flag comment
I found this piece from Erica answering a question on Brad, Angie and __ if anyone is interested:
It is very interesting to me that people constantly say things like “Angelina is not the saint everyone thinks she is.” When has Angelina ever claimed to be a saint? Never.
These same people go on to laud Jennifer Aniston as though she were. Well guess what? She isn’t a saint either. Jennifer and Brad were having issues two years into their marriage. They did go through a period of counseling and it didn’t work. Every marriage is not made in heaven. Angelina did not break up this “not so perfect” marriage. It was already on its way to the finish line. There were a lot of issues and unfortunately for the dream weavers and the fairytale believers, Angelina was not one of them.
If people would take an “honest” look back over the years and pay attention to the comments made by both Brad and Jennifer prior to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” they will see that the Red Carpet façade was just that…a façade. They weren’t happy and David Arquette knows that. He had no business discussing something that didn’t involve him. He only used Brad, Angelina and Jennifer to boost interest in his own lame career.
If he was shocked by Brad’s supposed infidelity and taking sides with Ms. Aniston then why did he spend every chance he got at the GG after party babbling in Brad’s ear. I’ll tell you why; because no matter what anyone thinks, Brad is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. His production company alone puts him in the driver’s seat and David knows this. He and his wife can’t afford to insult or alienate the Jolie-Pitts.
Maybe Jennifer didn’t cry around him but we all know, by her own words that she did. Or was that as so many other things she’s said a lie as well? The Arquettes need to get their story straight with Aniston before doing interviews.
As for Angelina, she doesn’t need to “steal” anyone’s man. She’s a multi award winning actress, a loving mother, an awarded and dedicated humanitarian who happens to be on friendly terms with some of the world’s most powerful leaders. These men and women (General Colin Powell, Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Prime Minister of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah) and others.
She has multi million dollar modeling contract that allows her to create a charity and donate the proceeds to the less fortunate and she has given quite a bit of her personal time and money to causes that have otherwise been ignored. No one wants to give but everyone wants to criticize this young woman at every turn. Sure she led a very wild and destructive existence in her teens and early 20s, but she’s grown up now. That is what Pitt saw. Someone more interested in helping others instead of herself…a path he obviously wanted to walk.
To fans, celebrity friends and the casual observer…it has been two years; we all need to just get over it. Pitt and Aniston were not the answer or the model for the perfect couple. They posed as the “Golden Couple” when in reality they were just Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, going through the same issues most divorced couples went through.
Erica
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That was great!! If only some pathetic excuses of human flesh could get that into their heads their lives would be better…
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is this fair? Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 7:59 pm - flag comment
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this site is not about fair or not fair. JJ site is about respecting one another. i love this site because most of the peeps here don’t use foul languages or racist. everyone here is quite friendly. if you don’t like it, feel free not to post here!
WELL, ONE TIME I SAID I DIDN’T LIKE BRAD AND MY POST WAS DELETED. IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE NEG. POSTS ABOUT BRAD WILL BE GONE FASTER THAN OTHERS. JMO
anustin says,she doesnot have an identity she is lost.
If you have no intentions of posting negative things then you don’t have to worry about being yanked.
is this fair?
I will answer your question the best I can. Most sites allow the most awful things to be said about BAMPZS. Racist remarks, name calling, things that should never be said about children. So here it’s kept in check. Thats why we all like JJ. Now if a comment was flagged it may not be back because Jared is doing something. I was held in moderation for hours because he wasn’t available. So you know Ida is a very respectful and wonderful woman. We just get a bit jumpy sometimes. If you choose to post fine, if not thats up to you. Please remember though you came to a site that we love this family. If you want to say nasty things please go elsewhere.
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OK Says:
well just stop saying negative things about Brad.. Problem solved. :)
noone else needs to respond to me. i’m gone.
BCBG, not sure if you’re still online! I’ve scanned back this thread a little and saw your suggestion about Asia Tour. Thank you so much. That is great and saving suggestion. I plan to give them a call. I’ve called a couple of agencies so far, the price is outrageous in the $3,700 for the 3 months trip. Anything I can save, I can use that money$ for shopping during my tour!:)
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julia Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 8:17 pm - flag comment
:lol: