Brad Pitt: More Daddy Duties!

Hiya..here’s a interesting Chicago Sun Times phone interview with the delusional self important Janis Mens.Mens tries to IMO hijack Brads and Ang’s public persona and film career by publishing garbage about them to sell her rag mag.She actually thinks she can make and break a celeb

FLUFF’S patron saint: Janice Min
A conversation with the editor of Us magazine, the woman who makes and breaks the stars

April 22, 2007
BY PAIGE WISER
Us magazine should probably have been named Them magazine — “Them” being the pretty, the powerful, the partiers and the scandal prone of Hollywood.

Despite the addictive feature “Stars: They’re Just Like Us,” in which scruffy actors are photographed schlepping groceries and pumping gas, the truth is stars are nothing like us. They might as well be living on another, more expensive planet. And we’d only know what their publicists wanted us to know, if it weren’t for one woman:

Janice Min, editor-in-chief of Us Weekly magazine.

Min is the one who decides Katie Holmes is being held hostage, Angelina Jolie is leading a twisted double life and Kevin Federline deserves a chance. Just keeping up with Lindsay Lohan’s active love life would exhaust a lesser journalist. But Min makes and breaks the stars with something infinitely more important than choice movie roles: publicity. Whether it’s good or it’s bad, it’s good for business. And celebrities know that, often getting snapped by paparazzi reading Us articles about themselves. Even Drew Barrymore gets excited when she rates a two-page spread.

Under Min’s leadership, circulation has reached more than 1.7 million. FLUFF spoke with its patron saint by phone, between deadlines.

Q. Do you have staff tequila brainstorming sessions to come up with article ideas?

A. “There is no alcohol in the office. It’s a lot of people who live and breathe celebrity, they’re highly intelligent and approach it all with a sense of humor. I think the Us reader is very much someone who is interested in celebrity, but can also keep it all in perspective and realizes that no celebrity is curing cancer or holding a Mideast peace summit. It’s fun escape for a generation of women.”

Q. How involved are publicists?

A. “Publicists no longer can get a story killed, but they can somehow try — if they have a relationship with the magazine — to offer a different viewpoint with news. For instance, in the cover story with Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise’s publicist was obviously not happy with the part about how he called the Beckhams 18 times in one hour, trying to convert them to Scientology. So the publicist told us, ‘Tom Cruise has never tried to convert anyone to Scientology.’ We included the quote, but of course anyone who has seen Tom Cruise basically try to convert America to Scientology on ‘The Today Show’ would probably register that quote as a little disingenuous.”

Q. Are there publicists who refuse to work with you?

A. “It’s important for publicists to have their clients in Us Weekly. If their client is not in Us Weekly, their celebrity ceases to be a celebrity.”

Q. Can publicists make deals with you: “Cover this client of mine and I’ll give you the scoop on this one?”
A. “I would be lying if I said there haven’t been trades. There are celebrities who have set up their own paparazzi shots, leaked their own stories.”

Q. So when you say, “A source close to the celebrity,” is it really the celebrity?

A. “Sometimes it definitely is.”

Q. Celebrities seem so well spoken these days. Are they all coached?

A. “It’s very hard to get something unscripted. That’s why it’s so refreshing when certain celebrities say things that are fun and off the cuff. Colin Farrell is definitely like that. Chris Rock is unscripted, David Spade — comedians.

“Usually, anything revealing said by a celebrity is part of a press plan, orchestrated well in advance. …

“To find genuine raw moments are harder and harder. That’s what made the recent Britney Spears [head-shaving] incident so compelling. I like people really got a true glimpse into what was really going on with that woman. It wasn’t just her playing for the paparazzi; it wasn’t some kind of scripted attempt to change one’s image. It was a true, raw incident.”

Q. I have a theory that celebrities dress badly on purpose for the publicity. True?

A. “Kathy Griffin once made the joke that she was deliberately dressing poorly to get into Fashion Police. But I actually think that celebrities just dress poorly on their own.”

Q. How have bloggers upped the ante for you?

A. “The bar of what’s acceptable to the general public in terms of taste keeps getting moved. All of a sudden, people in their offices were talking about Britney Spears’ crotchless shots. That was an image that was seen by your grandmother and that is amazing to me. I think the thing that works with us is just being edgy enough to satisfy … but never so edgy that it offends.”

Q. Do you get sued a lot?

A. “We’re definitely proofed by lawyers and the reporting is solid. We don’t out people, we don’t talk about deviant sexual behavior. It’s still pretty contained around romance and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ feuds, fun and light.”

Q. Would you call yourself a fan?

A. “A fan? Probably not. I feel I can appreciate celebrity and know what will interest people, but I would never hyperventilate over the thought of meeting Keanu Reeves. So … no.”

In post #308 on page 11 of this thread, fellow poster BradAngMadZShiPaxLove (under the nic “Nick&Hugh great actors”) posted an old interview with Brad and Angie which occurred during the M&MS promos. It was a great little reminder of that time, but what struck me was this part of the interview:

Brad Pitt on Making the Chemistry Look Real:
Pitt deflected the question with a joke. “Between me and Vince [Vaughn]? It was like, it was powerful. We knew immediately when we looked into each other’s eyes. I know the crew could feel it… You know Vince and I now, we’re just, we’re platonic friends, and we respect each other professionally, and that’s all I have to say about it. Is there a future? I don’t know, I don’t know.” Responding to another question about what he liked about Angelina, Pitt abstained from answering but couldn’t resist adding a little more about his co-star Vaughn. “Handsome, handsome fellow; tender lover; makes wonderful Eggs Benedict. But I hate his morning breath.”

I know Brad was just deflecting the question but, reading between the lines, i’m sure he was also revealing his truth, if you know what i mean (hint hint hint) LOL. C’mon y’all, what else could he possibly mean by this but the truth: “It was like, it was powerful. We knew immediately when we looked into each other’s eyes. I know the crew could feel it… ”

And this: “we respect each other professionally, and that’s all I have to say about it. Is there a future? I don’t know, I don’t know.”

And this: “tender lover.”

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lurker Says:

May 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pm - flag comment
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression2/pic/0032aar4/g258

Brad, George and Matt from pitt impressions.

oh my ..
what a beautiful picture of three beautiful men…
Thank you.

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Thank You Says:
Are those his architect friends from Berlin? They look familiar.
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Yes they are. I was trying to recall where I had seen these guys with Brad before, two times last year, in Berlin and with Brad in the DR. Didn’t Brad say in his recent USA Today interview re green building/NOLA that he was building a green solar home North of Santa Barbara? Brad and Angelina are the best at multitasking, I don’t know how they do it.

Hi ya, Remember this interview when Matt Damon(Im a big fan of his)comments on Ang in a Dec.06.interview..hes such a nice guy. Fametastic
Matt Damon: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are like the perfect storm
Tuesday December 19th, 2006 at 12:21 pm by Heather
Matt Damon has said he believes Angelina Jolie’s acting talent is more awe-inspiring than her beauty after the two worked together on new film The Good Shepherd - but that’s not to say he doesn’t think she’s beautiful.

He said regarding his co-star this week: “She’s just absolutely beautiful, but she’s a terrific actress and that kind of overpowers her beauty, believe it or not, when you’re right next to her.”

He also revealed that he’s not surprised by the amount of attention she and partner Brad Pitt get wherever the go: “On the days she worked, there were like 50 cameras and all these people.”

“They have to deal with a lot of that stuff.”

“People are fascinated by her and by [Brad]. And them together - it’s like the perfect storm.”

People whom actually know them say the nicest things about them.

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BradAngMadZShiPaxLove Says:
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Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!, not like some 2 bit editor, who doesn’t know them at all.

The 10 films that matter at Cannes 2007

All ten films can be found at the below link. I only brought over Angie’s film info.

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1799

A MIGHTY HEART

Based on the book of the same name by Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal correspondent beheaded in Pakistan. Starring Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl.

Cannes 2007: the magical melange

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1795

Angelina Jolie comes to the Cannes Festival with a post-9/11 film that’s set to make waves, says christopher goodwin

The Cannes Film Festival, beginning tonight, has always been an uneasy but fascinating melange of glamour, cultural sophistication and sheer commercial tawdriness. This year, the 60th in the festival’s history, thankfully promises to be no different.

For glamour, look no further than Angelina Jolie, current holder of the unofficial ‘most beautiful woman in the world’ title. Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, who wrote the book A Mighty Heart about the beheading in Pakistan of her husband Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, by Islamic militants. Jolie is likely to be joined in Cannes by her boyfriend Brad Pitt, one of the film’s producers (he got the rights to the film as part of his divorce settlement from Jennifer Aniston.)

For cultural sophistication, most observers are expecting great things from A Mighty Heart, which is the first relatively big-budget, Hollywood-financed movie from British director Michael Winterbottom, best known for The Road to Guantanamo.

And for sheer commercial tawdriness, expect the Cannes paparazzi, travelling in marauding packs and feeding off the world’s most beautiful couple to pay for their fortnight in the sun. As they will with anticipated Cannes appearances from Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

The other major Hollywood film making an appearance in the Official Selection is Ocean’s Thirteen, Steven Soderbergh’s third installment of the caper series. Otherwise this year the big Hollywood studios have held off using Cannes to showcase summer blockbusters, remembering how Columbia fared last year when it spent a fortune on marketing the laughable The Da Vinci Code to an underwhelmed festival audience.

Okay, everyone I did not edit this article in any form so take the information for what it is worth.

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org Ruth Says:

May 16th, 2007 at 5:37 pm - flag comment
A. “It’s important for publicists to have their clients in Us Weekly. If their client is not in Us Weekly, their celebrity ceases to be a celebrity.”

Is she for real ? US Weekly!!! give me a freakin break. Talk about delusional.

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Angelina could never be in US Weakly again and remain a hot commodity. Min thinks waaaaaay yonder too much of herself and her toliet paper rag.

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org Ruth Says:

May 16th, 2007 at 5:37 pm - flag comment
A. “It’s important for publicists to have their clients in Us Weekly. If their client is not in Us Weekly, their celebrity ceases to be a celebrity.”

Is she for real ? US Weekly!!! give me a freakin break. Talk about delusional.
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And isn’t it a well-known FACT that Angelina DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLICIST? So if she doesn’t have one, then who puts her in US WEAKLY, if we are to follow delusional Min’s statement?

Brad and Angie don’t seem to be joking at all. In two years they have adopted
two children and have one biological child. Brad isn’t joking “the way that he looks”
at Angie. It’s the real deal for these two. They will be together for a long time.
I’m afraid the joke is on Miss Aniston…she didn’t think he would leave.

I am so disgusted by US Weekly. They do such an injustice to Brad & Angie, and to Jen as well.
Why can’t they just let it go? Obviously their drop in sales has to show them that people aren’t interested in their lies about these three people.
Can you imagine if they actually tried printing the truth in their mag? Something along the lines of how Brad & Angie are happy and Pax is adjusting to his new loving family? Or something positive about Jen? I would love to read something about her that doesn’t concern Brad & Angie, and vice versa!
They would sell loads more mags that way! Why hasn’t this occured to them?

my son was due June 4, I got pregnant the first week of September, absolutely no way she could have been pregnant 12-13 months long.