Brad Pitt: More Daddy Duties!

Pokeman Says:

May 16th, 2007 at 3:24 pm - flag comment
when nicole and tom divorced, her career took off because she has talent. as for maniston, her career didn’t because she has no talent. the only things she has right now are her dogs and her so called little group of friends. i am not against any woman who wants a career but what makes her thinks that she can make it as a movie star. she will always be rachel greene nothing more.
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Haven’t you heard? Maniston’s career has taken off. She’s washing hair at a pet salon. I bet she’s making at least $10.50 per hour.

Jossip should have fun with Min’s latest round of quotes - I look forward to reading their take. lol Min discussing publicists leaking stories and setting up pics - that’s all the way Maniston and Huvane - I also thought the question they asked about ‘publicists refusing to work with you’ was in direct reference to Huvane threatening to take all of their clients away from Min and NBC.

According to the pics of the last days, I think Brad is not smoking…but who knows?…is so difficult to give up smoking, believe me I know….

Please listen to the Reader’s Digest interview. It’s significantly DIFFERENT than the transcript.

rd.com/jolie

Jolie states, “So many parents today do separate, and they still have a commitment to the children.” “That is something you can never change.”

What does that mean?

Anyhow there’s much more to the interview when you listen too it.

Lady G:

Thanks for posting that article about Cannes, but I really take issue with this part:

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.)

Is Aniston’s name gonna be mentioned every time A Mighty Heart is touted as being produced by Plan B? She probably was only included back then when the project was being developed by Brad only because she was co-owner of Plan B by virtue of being Brad’s wife, but this is another way she is going to coat tail Brad Pitt!!! Ten years from now, when AMH is on DVD and mentioned as a movie post-9/11 or a must have movie by serious collectors, Aniston’s name will probably be brought up since “AMH is part of Brad Pitt’s divorce settlement”. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

THE CELEBRITY
Brad Pitt
Los Angeles
He lured the paparazzi to Africa, where people really needed the attention.
If it wasn’t for Brad Pitt, most Americans would never have heard of Namibia. They might not know about AIDS orphans in South Africa, or the plight of children in Haiti, or what transpired at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Pitt, 42, has been a movie star for 15 years—and a paparazzi target for nearly as long. Celebrity mags have made millions reporting on his love life, and the obsession only intensified when he began romancing Angelina Jolie. So he started fighting back—but not by punching photographers. If paparazzi were going to follow the couple everywhere, Pitt figured they might as well drag them somewhere that desperately needed the world’s attention. “It’s the first time I’ve actually felt like we have some degree of control over it,” says Pitt, from his home in Malibu. “I can’t describe what an immense relief it is for me.” The splashiest example of his new strategy unfolded just last month. He and Jolie, who, perhaps you’ve heard, recently gave birth to their daughter Shiloh Nouvel in Namibia, sold the coveted first baby photos to People magazine for a reported $4 million—and gave all the money to African charities. “Knowing that someone was going to hound us for that first photo—and was going to profit immensely for doing it—I just couldn’t live with it,” Pitt says. “We were able to turn that around and collect millions for people who are really going to need it.”
If Pitt was simply using his star power to force the celebrity press to cover poverty and disease, that would be enough—heck, it’s far more than most celebrities do. But Pitt has also been studying trade issues, diving into why much of Africa is so impoverished and how it can be turned around. “Industrialized nations cost Africa three times what we give it in aid,” he says. “We buy their coffee beans, but we don’t let them process the beans, which is where the real money is. So what we’re doing is digging a hole for them that they can’t get out of, and then throwing a little money in the hole. The odds are just stacked against them.”
Fatherhood, he says, helped accelerate his activism. Not long before Shiloh was born, Pitt adopted Jolie’s son, Maddox, whom she originally adopted from Cambodia, and her daughter Zahara, whom she adopted last summer from Ethiopia. “I look at [Zahara] and imagine what her life could have been,” he says. “You want to grab as many of these kids in your arms as you can. They need our help, and we should be doing more.”
He’s doing more in America, too. A longtime student of architecture and an advocate of “green” design, Pitt saw an opportunity after Hurricane Katrina to help rebuild New Orleans in an innovative way. Joining forces with Global Green USA, an environmental advocacy group, Pitt put up $100,000 to help sponsor an architecture competition that requires contestants to create affordable, multifamily housing for the city that is ecofriendly and community focused. Global Green has already received more than 3,000 submissions. “We can’t just consume ourselves into extinction,” he says. “We have to find a new paradigm, a new way of thinking. Of course, the ultimate goal is to get the designs built. It’s a bit of a quagmire down there now, so I see myself getting even more involved in the future.”
First, he has to be free to leave the house. Since returning from Africa, the Jolie-Pitt clan has been swarmed by paparazzi. “They’re outside the house right now, at least 40 of them,” Pitt says, as a baby’s cry fills the background. “There are two boats out in the water, and there’s an occasional chopper that goes by.” Indeed, the sound of a helicopter propeller is so loud at times during NEWSWEEK’s interview that Pitt can’t hear the questions. “It’s madness,” he says. But he doesn’t sound annoyed. Far from it: he sounds like any other blissed-out new dad. “Do you have kids? It’s absolutely sublime.” You can virtually hear him smile over the phone. “Whether you have them or adopt them, they’re all blood. And the funniest people I’ve ever met.” Pretty soon, it’ll be their generation’s world. “I’ve had the luxury of being able to see these issues firsthand,” he says. “If I don’t share that, I’m complicit in the problem.” Instead, he’s making sure he’s part of the solution.

Hiya.. another great interview that shows BP/AJ have hearts of Gold.The way Brad loves Angelina and his children is so touching.

I’m pitching a reality show called Tabloid Weekly: The Search for America’s Next Tabloid Editor. Contestants will have a series of challenges that show their creativity, resourcefulness, tenacity and ability to establish relationships in the entertainment industry. The catch? The age limit for contestants is 12. Anyone over the age of 12 who edits a tabloid whould be wearing a bag over their head.

OT Brad is very good looking 43 year old but I just found out that Ian Ziering (from 90210 and just voted off Dancing with the Stars is also 43?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he looks good.

Brad’s big interview is tomorrow on ET . A Mighty Heart premieres on monday in Cannes. I wonder if Marianne Pearl will be at any of the events? I know she will be around during the premieres .

well if the baby due dated was in June 11, 2005…..
9 months…..hmmmm..Oh, Dr. Watson, I’ve got it…….the conception dated was October 3rd, 2005….yeahhhhhhhhhhhh….we are home free. ( muahhahahaha, we can play the date game right?)

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Selective Memory Says: 7:28 pm - Angie moved in with Brad in July, she picked up Zee from the hospital on the 15th and flew to LA on the 16th

Since calculating Shiloh’s conception date has become such an *in* thing to do latley as her 1st Birthday approaches, lol, I’ll have a go…

Well, with pregnancy being 40 weeks long, if you count back 40 weeks from June 11, you wind up in the first week of September, putting conception somewhere between Sept 2 - 10…in that neighborhood.

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it means THEY ARE STUCK TOGETHER FOR LIFE. yep, without the crazy glue.

NBC LINEUP…DATELINE

Wednesday, May 23, 10 p.m.
In a rare television interview, Angelina Jolie sits down exclusively with NBC News’ Ann Curry to discuss her upcoming movie, “A Mighty Heart,” in which she plays Mariane Pearl, the wife of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. In a separate interview, Brad Pitt also talks to Curry about his behind-the-scenes role as a producer in “A Mighty Heart,” which is produced by his Plan B shingle in conjunction with Revolution films. Dede Gardner and Andrew Eaton, two producers of the movie, will also join Pitt in the interview