OlderAngelina Jolie: Pimp My Picture, Not My Life!
Thu, 14 June 2007 at 11:38 am
Angelina Jolie tried to keep things focused during Wednesday night’s NY premiere of A Mighty Heart. Media outlets were required to sign contracts before talking to Jolie (as drawn up by her Hollywood lawyer Robert Offer).
Here were the contract terms for interviewing:
- No questions regarding her personal relationships
- In the event Interviewer does ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships, Ms. Jolie will have the right to immediately terminate the interview and leave
- The interview may only be used to promote the Picture. In no event may Interviewer or Media Outlet be entitled to run all or any portion of the interview in connection with any other story
- The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie
- The tape of the interview will not be released to Interviewer if any of the aforementioned things happened
One reporter from a major outlet said, “I wouldn’t sign it. Who does she think she is?”
FOX News reports that USA Today, the Associated Press and other media outlets canceled their interviews with Jolie. When she heard the reaction, Jolie scrapped all print interviews.
Hey Angelina, JustJared.com would have interviewed you!!
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first? at least top five, right?
2nd
another thread…
Can’t wait to see the movie. Tonight we’ll see her on The Daily Show and Larry King.
Hey Angelina, JustJared.com would have interviewed you!!
Rotflmao….yeah coz you aren’t a crybaby people.
Still don’t get what the big deal is, she asking that the focus be on the movie not her personl life.
That’s right, Angie. The press needs to get their priority straight, especially on a serious movie like this. She has done enough personal interviews on MC and Esquire, they should give her movie attention too.
Okay…I meant because “you’re not a crybaby like the FOX people.”
Who does she think she is?
Oh pls like you don’t know. Shes ANGELINA JOLIE, better step in line b!tch.
I always like to hear her side of the story too because the press run with all sorts of wrong information and interpretation.
We’ll see what she says about this on Larry King…bad form…
I am a little bit confused…we have just been hearing about all of the interviews where she talks about her family and brad and her in talking in the nude..what changed all that?
I’ll say if she wants us to focus on her movie, let’s focus on her movie.
In January 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl traveled to Karachi with his pregnant wife, Mariane, in pursuit of the truth. He was investigating a possible tie between “shoe bomber” Richard Reid and Sheikh Gilani, a Pakistani cleric who dabbled with radical Islamic groups in the past. “Meet him in public” everyone warned Daniel, fearing for his life.
But it didn’t matter. He was brutally murdered after being abducted by jihadists who, in a bitter twist of fate, had nothing to do with the lead he was pursuing. They just saw an opportunity to seize a respected American journalist and torture him until the U.S. government caved in to their outlandish demands. Which, of course, never happened.
A Mighty Heart is Mariane Pearl’s account of the five weeks leading up to her husband’s death. It’s based on the memoir she wrote of the experience in hopes that her son, Adam, could get a feel for the great man his father was and how much people cared about him.
The irony is that the title is easily the most sentimental thing about the movie. Director Michael Winterbottom (Road To Guantanamo) uses his polished, documentary style of filmmaking to put us right there in the situation and keep tensions high. He creates a sense of urgency with the gritty camerawork and setting, which aptly complement the powerful, talk-heavy script by John Orloff.
For this reason, A Mighty Heart works surprisingly well as a nail-biting political thriller. Although it’s based on real events that were plastered all over the news five years ago, it seems fresh, and you just may find yourself hoping for a different ending than the one you know is coming.
Most of the film is set within the home of Daniel’s friend/colleague Asra Nomani (Archie Panjabi), which becomes the headquarters for the investigation. There is a real sense of community on display, bringing together friends, government captains (Irrfan Khan), security specialists (Will Patton) and employers (Denis O’Hare) with a common goal to save a life.
Angelina is fantastic as Mariane Pearl, transforming not just her physical appearance but her entire persona. Gone are the sexy, attention-grabbing antics, and in their place are subtlety, strength and an empowering sense of optimism. She is barely recognizable as this woman who kept it together and never lost hope amid a grueling quest. And you’d never guess it from Alexander, but she pulls off an extremely difficult French/Cuban accent.
Daniel (Dan Futterman) appears in A Mighty Heart mostly in flashbacks with Mariane, which are done tactfully and without piling on the sap. They’re mainly shown in regular, everyday moments, just looking at each other with love and going about their daily business.
While no recreation could ever truly capture what they had or the tragic direction their lives would lead, A Mighty Heart makes a surprisingly effective attempt. After all, not many movies can break your heart, keep your adrenaline racing and remind you of life’s value all at once.
One reporter from a major outlet said, “I wouldn’t sign it. Who does she think she is?”
lmao. Well obviously theres the point. The media realy does only gives a **** about her private life. She was there to promote the fu*&^%* movie, not her children and what she will be doing on her vacation. *rolls*
see they clearly have other intentions thus the ‘i wouldnt sign it’ remark…*******
Just seems to me that she talks about getting naked in the bath and that Shiloh is a blob and blah blah blah, why the sudden change of heart? Freedom of the press, my ****!!!
She is acting like the queen of America. It’s going to backfire. Wait and see the backlash in media.
Eff those idiots at Faux..eh I mean Fox. Those b*stards just want to pry in she and Brad’s personal life.
Angie did the right thing, she wants the focus to me on the movie.
omg | 06/14/2007 at 11:53 am
Who does she think she is?
Oh pls like you don’t know. Shes ANGELINA JOLIE, better step in line b!tch.
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Lmao….she is THE Angelina Jolie (never forget the “THE”) Yep, The one and only Angelina Jolie!!!
Finally .. Brad told her to put a sock in it. That is what happens when you share your life with the world and then expect them not to want to know your personal life. Hopefully she has learned her lesson.
Ciao.Ciao Angelina.Good for her!!!Angelina wants this movie to be about the content matter and not stupid personal questions.Marianne and Angelina and Brad are great friends.Reporters,some are known to stray to away from the content matter of the movie but gossip!Go Angelina you RULE!!!!Amore!
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
Nothing changed. She gave the personal interviews already and they always overshadowed the movie, so she’s saying let’s focus on the movie now.
hahahaha….way to go angie!
the media outlets thay backed out only shows they are interesred on angie’s personal life not the quailty movies she starred.
Did the press forget why they were there? Um the real press did not bu the fake press were there on false pretenses. It’s about A Mighty Heart.
i mean …that backed out…lol
I am not going to see AMH.
11 liv | 06/14/2007 at 11:55 am
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there’s a time and place for her personal tidbits but this event (AMH premiere) should just be more about the movie.
all she had to do was say no comment. She’s getting a Mighty Big Head. No pun intended.
She is so full of herself!
This lady can never win. It’s crazy the lengths that people will go to, to try and bring her down. Fox sucks Ass.
When she said she was going on vacation, there was someone who thought that was being promoted over her movie, so now she’s saying let’s focus on the movie. I don’t see the big deal.
If she doens’t want to talk about her “personal relationships” or children, when the fluck have I been hearing about them nonstop for the paste several months.
Isn’t it time for them both to retire to some third world country so I don’t have to be subjected to them anymore??
Brangelina lunatics, come out on and let the worshipping commence once again. Freaks.
16 kb | 06/14/2007 at 11:56 am
She is acting like the queen of America. It’s going to backfire. Wait and see the backlash in media.
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Wait…what…are you saying she’s not? Oh my Goodness! imagine that… I thought, with craziness over this, she was indeed the queen of America or even the world for that matter.
They use her to sell magazines everyweek, so she makes money for everyone. Everybody should be happy.
BACKLASH????
she is under the worst kind of backlash for two years… so let me ask, what’s new here??
good for you angie.
Its not going to backfire at all!!
She is doing the right thing by keeping the focus on the movie, and this is a serious movie not about taking baths and burping babies, that info can be giving at the laid back premiere of O13, and to MC and Esquire, but not on the red carpet with the real Marianne Pearl present.
Fox News (the most UNRELIABLE source of news outhere) needs to get a life….she probably wouldnt talk to them anyhow knowing the fake news they report day after day.
Cant wait to see her on Larry and The Daily show.
And to KB, she’s NOT Queen of America sweetie, she’s the QUEEN OF THE WORLD! Take that b*thces
AJ did the right thing! I think this move was just a minor up yours, I cant wait for the ultimatum from them though..heheh.
The U.S. media clearly dont kow when theyre askign things out of bounds. The focus should be about the movie and nothing about silly queries just to be twisted by them i.e. that brief piece about Hilton from Showbiz tonight- they freakin implemented Jolie’s Esquire quote to PH and other hw wanna be stars. You see, and that is why a lot of individuals believe what they read from th rag mags or hear from these’poor news shows’ since they clearly dont have ne ideas how these crappy reporters/writers fabricate accounts and decontextualize the real deals(quotes).
The Jolie-Pitt duo should do this more often and hopefully more A-list stars will follow their method so these media can start going back to the drawing board, ask theirselves of what things are essential when interviewing/writing a report.
how is this negative? it sounds perfectly reasonable. I would do the same thing.
Focus on the movie, not her family.
BLOW A HORN
21 EXACTLY | 06/14/2007 at 11:57 am
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
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Angelina Jolie. Who the heck do the press think they are? they are there to ask intellecutal quetions about this film. How dare the press want to ask personal questions on an important film like this? It’s about a fellow slain journalists. A real journalists like so many who put their lives on the line.
WELL DONE ANGIE!!!
it is time for some stupid reporters to stop asking the same stupid question over and over
like how many kids are you going to adopt, how many kids are you going to have, are you not planning to get marry ever etc etc etc SHEZZZZZZ!!!!
Angie was there to promote the movie and not her life!!!
and besides Angie has said already all she had to about her life with Brad and the Kids so SHUT IT HATERS AND GO AWAY!!!
Watch AJ Tonight:
9pm EST- Larry King Live (CNN)
11pm EST- The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Let’s hear Angie’s side of the story b/f we rush to judgment. BAMPZS Foreva Haters!
When are we going to challenge our media? They put out news without checking them. I wonder when we will.
Angelina put the hammer down before Fox could get their cobble on!
Oh, BTW… did these outlets opt to talk to Dan Futterman, the actor who played Daniel? How about Mariane, the widow and the author of the work that was adapted?
Yeah, Fox… your game was peeped!
I meant, “she wants the focus to be on the movie”.
Not an unreasonable request.
The b*tch reporter must have been up to no good, for her to not understand where Angie is coming from. The focus has to be on the movie. This is why people do not take the media serious. There are some real nasty b*tches in the media.
Yes, I’m looking forward to her interviews tonight.
“From the bottom of my heart, I would like to express my gratitude to all of the people throughout the world who have given Danny and me support and encouragement.
“The messages I have received from the five continents have shown me that a lot of you who don’t even know Danny personally have come to understand him as a man. Not a hero, not a spy, but an ordinary man and great journalist who has traveled the world to reveal facts and seek the truth — a value for him as sacred as freedom itself.
“Danny’s principles were steadfast: He never accepted an opinion at face value nor submitted to those who tried to silence or pressure him, regardless of their power or nationality. All of this can be seen in the work he has produced over the last 12 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. A video has been produced of him forced to read a statement and then showing him dead and stabbed in the most cruel and cowardly manner.
“From this act of barbarism, terrorists expect all of us to bow our heads and retreat as victims forever threatened by their ruthlessness. What terrorists forget is that they may seize the life of an innocent man or the lives of many innocent people as they did on September 11, but they cannot claim the spirit or faith of individual human beings.
“The terrorists who say they killed my husband may have taken his life, but they did not take his spirit. Danny is my life. They may have taken my life, but they did not take my spirit.
“I promise you that the terrorists did not defeat my husband no matter what they did to him, nor did they succeed in seizing his dignity or value as a human being. As his wife, I feel proud of Danny. I trust that our struggle will ultimately serve the greater purpose of resisting those evil people casting a shadow upon our world.
“This responsibility rests with each one of us no matter our age, our gender, our nationality, our religion. No individual alone will be able to fight terrorism. No state alone will be able to wage this battle. We need to overcome cultural and religious differences, motivating our governments to work hand in hand with each other, perhaps in an unprecedented way.
“I think we are now all aware that terror is not a problem facing one country alone, not Pakistan, not the United States. It is the worldwide responsibility of governments and we as journalists, professionals of all kinds and human beings — mothers and fathers, daughters and sons. We are all going to need courage and commitment. Let us inspire each other to goodness.
“Revenge would be easy, but it is far more valuable in my opinion to address this problem of terrorism with enough honesty to question our own responsibility as nations and as individuals for the rise of terrorism.
“My own courage arises from two facts. One is that throughout this ordeal I have been surrounded by people of amazing value. This helps me trust that humanism ultimately will prevail. My other hope now — in my seventh month of pregnancy — is that I will be able to tell our son that his father carried the flag to end terrorism, raising an unprecedented demand among people from all countries not for revenge but for the values we all share: love, compassion, friendship and citizenship far transcending the so-called clash of civilizations.”
When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered in Karachi, Pakistan in February 2002, his wife Marianne was pregnant with their son.
Grief stricken, she says she knew at the time that she would soon have her son to live for. She also says she had to live to tell Danny’s story.
Her book is called “A Mighty Heart.” It is a heart-stopping thriller and a heartbreaking love story of two journalists, Marianne, the French Buddhist, Danny, the American Jew, who traveled the world for four years with his barcalounger and mandolin in tow.
Last night, Host Robin Young spoke with Marianne Pearl before an audience at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. She and Danny had moved to Karachi from Bombay in the wake of 9/11.
He scheduled one last interview on the night they were to leave. Danny was following a tip about Richard Reid, the so-called shoe bomber. He was to meet Reid’s elusive spiritual leader. Everyone had told him it would be safe, because it was in a public restaurant.
Marianne didn’t attend, because of her pregnancy.
After Danny went missing, Marianne and a friend turned their apartment into central command. Aided by a loyal Pakistani policeman, a CIA operative, and some of Danny’s colleagues from the Wall Street Journal, they began a frantic race against time to find him. They ultimately learned how tangled a web of Al Qaeda Danny was caught in.
Then the photographs of Danny in captivity began coming in.
Danny Pearl’s killers were caught and tried. But there are frustrations. Pakistani journalists accused Danny of being a spy for Israel. The Wall Street Journal may have endangered his life by turning over an Al Qaeda computer to the CIA, fueling rumors that Danny was an agent for the U.S.
Marianne says she feels abandoned by the Journal in a disagreement over the legal fees in the Pakistani trial of Danny’s killers.
“Forgiveness is not a value strong enough to stand on. You have to win some sort of victory over the people who have hurt you.”
http://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories/mariane-pearl
MMMM….by the way you spend sooooo much time on Brad and Angie threads, it has me thinking….Damn, she is a closeted Brangelina fan!! HAHA…Come out come out…
Or better yet..go off and jump off a cliff somewhere and let the world be rid of one unworthy soul on this earth!
She did the right thing, and anybody who doesnt like it, can go and F’ck themselves!
Dont matter babe you’re still lovely in my eyes.
Mariane Pearl was five months pregnant when her husband, the American journalist Daniel Pearl, was brutally murdered by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in February 2002. Determined not to be broken, she has written a book called A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of my Husband Daniel Pearl. She lives in New York with her 18-month-old son, Adam.
When I heard that Omar Sheikh had been found guilty of Danny’s murder, I wrote to President Musharraf of Pakistan to ask for the death penalty. The death penalty is not a solution, and asking for it isn’t about revenge, but I believe that in this particular case the death penalty is justice; it is society punishing someone for murder. For Pakistan it is also a strong political statement against terrorism. However, Omar Sheikh won’t pay for Danny’s life with his life, and the death penalty doesn’t make me feel any better.
I have no reason to forgive Omar Sheikh. I was told he wanted to apologise to me, but I refused to meet him. The man is a psychopath and I don’t believe his apology would be genuine. Maybe he felt a flicker of remorse because he too has a wife and a little boy, but there would be no value in our meeting.
Personally I could easily kill Omar Sheikh, but I prefer to leave it up to Pakistan’s justice system. There is a huge difference between taking revenge into your own hands and leaving it up to the law. I was totally against the Iraq war. People think they’ll feel better if a bit more of the enemy is destroyed. But in fact, so often it is only innocent people who die, and eventually you forget why you started fighting in the first place. Revenge is a basic human instinct, the animal part of man, and it gets us nowhere. Not to retaliate doesn’t mean you’re weak. In fact, being able to rise above your instincts is a sign of strength – far more heroic than bombing another country or planning a suicide mission. Dialogue is the ultimate act of courage, far more courageous than killing someone.
But forgiveness is too lame as an answer to extreme situations. It’s not a value strong enough to stand on. You have to win some sort of victory over the people who have hurt you, and you can only do that by denying the terrorists their goal. They try to kill everything in you – initiative, hope, confidence, dialogue. The only way to oppose them is by demonstrating the strength they think they have taken from you. That strength is to keep on living, to keep on valuing life. So now it’s up to me to create something of my life. Danny’s parents have started a Foundation in his name, and I’m making small gains step by step. First by giving birth to Adam, then by writing my book.
http://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories/mariane-pearl
Bizarre. Bans and cancellations at an event connected to “Reporters without Borders”. Who does she think she is indeed? More importantly what are they trying to hide.
Angelina has her own freedom to express herself as Fox news has its freedom of press. Unfortunately, Fox lost track of the purpose why Angie/or her lawyer wanted to focus on the movie, A Mighty Heart. Fox reacted consistently and that is why I never watch anything Fox news which equates to TV journalism at its worst.
I bet the reporter who wouldnt sign was Billy Bush from Access he has bitched before about stuff like this. I think it’s fine for her to do this, I mean most of the peopole just want to talk about her and the family anyways, they dont give a damn about the movie.
Angie congratulations!!!! We love you.
Only those reporters, journalists and media people with bad intentions left. If I were Brad and Angie, I would make sure to remember the honest ones that stayed.
this thing is not important,the fake media should just shut up.angie is 100 percent right,those people saying negative things are haters,who cares what they think about,**** them.you go girl,they have being lying about you for a long time
A word of advice to Journalists
Due to the nature of this movie and the seriousness of it as to the danger of journalism, it is in your best interest to fcus on the movie. So many journalists have died in the course of duty since Daniel Pearl and I think that should be the focus. Shame on any journalist that choose to be petty.
31 Janice | 06/14/2007 at 11:59 am
This lady can never win. It’s crazy the lengths that people will go to, to try and bring her down. Fox sucks Ass.
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There are some bitty, nasty jealous b*tches in the media. There are a lot of people jealous that the gorgeous Angie got Brad Pitt.
There is a time & place for personal questions. Last night’s premiere for A Mighty Heart was just that, a USpremiere for the film.
Leave the personal stuff for the women’s magazines. There are so many of us who are actual film lovers and are tired of reading about actors and their private lives. We are film fans. We want to hear about the films and their creators. I chalk this one for film fans around the world who could care less about what goes on in their private lives.
See, at the update. She DOES still talk about her personal ****, and as another person has said she will continue to do this. You can all stop hyperventilating now. :XD
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WELL DONE ANGIE!!!
it is time for some stupid reporters to stop asking the same stupid question over and over
like how many kids are you going to adopt, how many kids are you going to have, are you not planning to get marry ever etc etc etc SHEZZZZZZ!!!!
Angie was there to promote the movie and not her life!!!
and besides Angie has said already all she had to about her life with Brad and the Kids so SHUT IT HATERS AND GO AWAY!!!
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Forgot to change your name?
To Amanda: Read and comprehend. There was more than one reporter who refused to sign and several MAJOR players canceled. AP for one.
I don’t know why people can’t just accepted she wants to have some focus on this movie. For **** sake its about one of her friends husband’s murder! She just wants a little respect shown them!
LMAO, I love it! Brad and Angie are doing what so many other stars want to do and that’s have a bit more control over what is put out there…whether it’s the stipulations in interviews or the pictures they sanction for charity they are steering their ship and not letting the media control how they live their lives. Basically, they are doing what they want on their terms and if the media doesn’t like it, they can choose to do what they did and that’s walk away.
I think both Brad and Angie are savvy enough to understand the media is going to write negative things about them anyway. If you know that going in, there’s no reason not to handle a situation HOWEVER you choose.
P.S. That list of terms doesn’t seem that unreasonable to me but then maybe it’s just me
One reporter from a major outlet said, “I wouldn’t sign it. Who does she think she is?”
WELL, SHE IS ANGELINA JOLIE!
Its totally disheartening that the media is making a big deal out of this. it only goes to show (to those who backed out) that their interest was not really on the film she’s promoting but to her personal life. Its not like she refuses to share about her life– which she did recently in Esquire, RD, Marie Claire—
there is a time for everything. All she probably wanted was to seriously focus on the film and what it entails, not her life at the moment.
Mariane Pearl was five months pregnant when her husband, The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan in 2002.
Determined not to be broken, she wrote A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl that introduced the world to Daniel Pearl as he was when he was alive while also providing a heart-breaking first person account of his disappearance and death. Amazon.com has said, “Mariane Pearl’s candor is remarkable and her courage, along with that of her late husband, serve to make A Mighty Heart, despite Danny Pearl’s death, an uplifting story.”
In 2007, A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie as Mariane will be released on the big screen.
Despite the ongoing investigation and declarations about Pearl’s murder, Marianne continues to gain strength by celebrating life, the values of humanism and dignity. She is Co-Founder of the Daniel Pearl Foundation created to further the ideals that inspired his life and work and to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications.
An award-winning international journalist, Mariane traveled to places as diverse as the US and the Middle East reporting and producing documentaries on the sensitive issues surrounding the application of genetic technology to contemporary challenges. Biological Memory, the second report in this series, won the prestigious Science and Society Award at the International Festival of Scientific Film, held in Canada. In Paris, Mariane covered immigration and identity issues, using her daily radio program that she developed, produced and hosted for Radio France Internationale to explore issues of society, identity and politics. The program helped sharpen her conviction that journalism has the power to cross cultural boundaries and encourage dialogue among people.
From the base she shared in Bombay, India, with her husband, Mariane also had explored the subculture of the Indian subcontinent with magazine features for Télérama on issues as varied as the heritage of Gandhi to the future of Afghan culture. After September 11, 2001, she reported from Pakistan, examining media coverage of the war in neighboring Afghanistan. Today, she is a reporter and “Global Diary” columnist for Glamour magazine.
http://www.apbspeakers.com/themes/DefaultView/SpeakerPages/Mariane%20Pearl.aspx
Didn’t Brad ban some reporters from the OC13 footprinting event? Absolutely can’t have anything to do with the serious nature of the film there, ya know. LOL
So WTH DO you think this pair of posers is trying to hide.
Who the fcuk cares what Fox thinks? They cater to the small portion of the American Public not the whole US. I would ban them too if their only concerns is about spreading hate.
WTH? You can’t read either? Fox printed the story but OTHER networks & media ALSO canceled and refused to sign. Stop trying to make it a p*ssing contest between Fox and your Goddess Ho.
Hate you f***** maniston’s. STOP IT!!!!!!!!!! Bonjoling!!! Of course she is ANGELINA JOLIE the one and only, dont you f***** get that? Nyoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! you b!tches
JIM LEHRER: Mariane Pearl, widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and then murdered by terrorists in Pakistan. She’s now in the United States on her way to Paris for the birth of her first child, a son, in May. Mariane Pearl is a 34-year-old freelance journalist. She and Daniel Pearl were married in 1999. They had been living in Bombay, India, where he was the Journal’s South Asia bureau chief at the time they went to Karachi, Pakistan, to cover aspects of the war on terrorism. I spoke with Mariane Pearl this morning at her Washington hotel.
JIM LEHRER: Mariane Pearl Welcome.
MARIANE PEARL: Thank you
JIM LEHRER: As you know there was another act of terrorism in Pakistan involving some Americans — somebody threw a grenade in a church — two Americans, three others killed, forty more wounded - should this just be seen as another episode in the war on terrorism?
MARIANE PEARL: Most likely. I don’t have the details as to what happened - but apparently it was an act committed against foreigners. It’s happened right in an area of Islamabad that is called, is known as Islamabad diplomatic enclave - a well-protected area where all the embassies are, so I don’t have the details of the investigation but -yes.
Daniel Pearl
JIM LEHRER: This is part of - this is what it was going to be for a while - do you agree with that - in other words, the death of your husband, the kidnapping and death of your husband, the episode yesterday, this is something we’re just going to have to get used to?
MARIANE PEARL: My feeling is, yes. I think - my feeling is that the killing of Danny was not an isolated act but part of a longer process with, you know - different acts of terrorism, which goal is to paralyze us, to prevent any kind of collaboration between Pakistan and maybe other countries we don’t know and the West basically. So I don’t know if getting used to it is the right, the proper word, but we’re going to have to stand up against it.
JIM LEHRER: Have you come to understand why your husband was singled out for kidnapping and killing?
MARIANE PEARL: Understand. Well, as I said, you know, a lot of people, usually when you kidnap someone, you try to exchange him for somebody else or you try to get a ransom. My feeling is that the killing of Danny was more of a declaration of war basically. If you see the e-mails that have been sent to us are very murky - they’re not asking something specific to release Danny but saying this is a warning, this is the beginning of a war against the West. America they call it - so it is not - it’s not a killing that makes any sense.
JIM LEHRER: You think he was chosen just because he was an American, an American journalist?
MARIANE PEARL: I think so. It’s difficult to say right now because he is an American journalist but also a person writing about those issues, terrorism, like most journalists were doing at the time. It was a big story. So it’s not clear. I don’t know yet whether it was because of the story he was writing because one of the stories he wrote just before getting kidnapped was about how the crackdown on terrorists was maybe not as completed as the government was saying it was. So that might have angered people. I do believe that he was chosen as a symbol of journalists getting into the country and reporting, American, and just the West, you know.
Seeking justice
JIM LEHRER: Are you satisfied with the progress that’s being made by the Pakistani government in finding who’s responsible and punishing them?
MARIANE PEARL: I’ll be satisfied when they have everybody arrested and punished and justice is done only. The Pakistani police I have to say have been amazing. They’re very resourceful in terms of, policing the investigation, they’re very, very good policemen, but they have very little resources. And the truth of the matter is that when they started trying to find Danny, the first day of his kidnapping, the next day of his kidnapping, we had to provide them with a printer to - you know - scan the photos of Danny and provide them with flashlights, and there was only one car. You had to push you know for the car to start - it had one light - you know. It was just amazing.
So the lack of resources was something scary - very scary especially when you have to face tech savvy people who have means and technology. They were terrorists that are educated and know how to handle technology. The police in front of them and I think that’s the case probably also in this church bombing and anything else is going to happen is, you know, a handful of very courageous, very capable policemen but had nothing in terms of tools.
JIM LEHRER: What can the United States do to help them? What more can be done?
MARIANE PEARL: A lot.
JIM LEHRER: A lot
MARIANE PEARL: A lot. But I’ve met with President Bush here in Washington and I’ve met with Ms. Rice, Condoleezza Rice, and with Colin Powell and we’ve talked about that. Because the first thing that I really wanted to do after, not even leaving Pakistan because I also met with President Musharraf, is tell the world you know these people, these handful of people I was telling you about is fighting the war on behalf of all of us, because this is, you know, I think an international war - international network of terrorists - with nothing. So I did that.
JIM LEHRER: When you left Pakistan, did you have the feeling that it was still that way? I mean, they had, as you say, they couldn’t find your husband after he was kidnapped, still haven’t found his body, and they apparently haven’t even found enough evidence to even hold up a conviction of some kind. Is that not changed?
MARIANE PEARL: It’s changed a little, but it’s a complicated setting. First of all, because of Pakistan, itself. Karachi is a very huge city of 14 million people, it’s a poor city of 12 million people. It’s very easy to hide in Karachi. So it’s also the nature of the country and its politics complicated, I think. President Musharraf has made me a promise and I hold him to his promise to find the real people and not to be -
JIM LEHRER: He said that to you directly?
MARIANE PEARL: He said that to me directly and he wrote me a letter that I keep very preciously with and very strong commitment to find the people. But to answer your question, there’s also a big obstacle that he faces inside his own country. The setting in Pakistan of justice and law enforcement is more complicated that you would find in the United States. In terms of different agencies and Pakistani intelligence - I’m not clear the role they played in the kidnapping of Danny. You were mentioning the main suspect. This main suspect stayed for one week with the Pakistani intelligence right in the middle of the investigation - I don’t know exactly why. So I raised those questions with President Musharraf.
Poor Mariane. Angie should have done her a favor and stayed home, no one even cares about the movie now … its all about her again (witch she loves .. LOL)
The contract is very interesting, she lied AGAIN, she reads stuff said about her judging from those guide lines:
The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie
The girl is prolly on JJ right now ..
UPDATE: Father’s Day plans for the Jolie-Pitts! Brad told Extra, “It’s Father’s Day around the corner? I didn’t even know…I’ll just get up with my kids, that’s enough for me!”
Angelina laughed about her plans for Brad: “Well if I tell you, then he’ll know! …The kids are making things.
*****
Awww…too cute.
In the past, celebs watch helplessly as the media spins lies and half-truths about their lives…the Media had all the control, now that someone is wrestling it from them, they cry foul. Ha ha ha ha…Honestly, I don’t know why this makes me giddy with pleasure. I wanna sit back, rub my hands together and say “Exxxxxxcellent” Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
AJ continues to prove she is not and will never be a VICTIM. how can you not admire that kind of spirit?
55 amanda | 06/14/2007 at 12:10 pm
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It would be so funny if it was him. After all, he had a chance to talk about the J-P household last week; it was a decidedly more convivial occasion.
JIM LEHRER: What did he tell you?
MARIANE PEARL: He acknowledged them. He was very sincere in committing to find Danny, but he also acknowledged that his own political surrounding is complicated.
JIM LEHRER: As you know, the United States has indicted this man, make sure I have his name right here -Ahmed Omar Said Sheikh - the leading suspect. Is that a good idea, for the United States to indict him in criminal court as they have done?
MARIANE PEARL: Indicting him, you mean, like extradite?
JIM LEHRER: Yes. Just to charge him first, make an official charge against him.
MARIANE PEARL: Oh, yeah, that was crucial. That was very, very crucial. The United States has been great, you know, and has reacted very fast. It’s very important that they actually indict him because it allows, you know justice to proceed. Also, the main question is that maybe should he be transferred to the United States, and I’ve raised this question also with President Bush, and there are two aspects to it. You know, one, I think, you know, it’s important psychologically for Pakistan to do its own justice. And it’s going to be, it’s going to lead to trouble. We’ve talked about the church. Probably everything is related - you know, and it’s going to take a lot of courage for them to actually bring this man to justice, but it’s important, because then it’s not the United States leading everything and being you know le gendarme du monde, like the cop of the world, as we say in French, you know.
JIM LEHRER: The cop of the world.
MARIANE PEARL: But helping other people bring their own justice; that’s what we really need. The other thing is I think Mr. Omar Sheikh knows a lot about all these networks of terrorists, and he would be a valuable witness also.
Fighting terrorism
JIM LEHRER: Attorney General Ashcroft, have you talked to him?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes, I’ve talked to him.
JIM LEHRER: Well he said, one of the reasons the United States brought charges against this man was that in case down the line he was free that the United States would have the power to arrest him and bring him to justice. Do you agree with that as a strategy for doing this?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes, absolutely. That’s the best thing we could do. You know, I think it’s really great because they give the chance to Pakistan to implement justice, you know, and then it becomes a strong country in that sense right, but if these obstacles, you know, inner obstacles inside the country would lead, and we don’t know what’s going to happen, you know, we don’t know what kind of resistance Omar Sheikh and his people - will - you know - we don’t know - terrorist acts that will happen as a result of his indictment - we don’t know.
JIM LEHRER: The fact that the U.S. crime that this man is charged with carries the death penalty, does that matter to you at all? If he were tried in the United States and if he were convicted, he could be sentenced to death, does that matter to you?
MARIANE PEARL: The fact that he dies?
JIM LEHRER: No. The fact that he could get the death penalty, maybe not in Pakistan, but he could if he were tried here, does that kind of thing matter to you at all?
MARIANE PEARL: I think in Pakistan also.
JIM LEHRER: In Pakistan -
MARIANE PEARL: I think in Pakistan also. The fact that he dies - I would certainly not cry over his death because I think this guy is a nuisance for humanity basically.
JIM LEHRER: I’m sorry a what.
MARIANE PEARL: Nuisance for humanity.
JIM LEHRER: Nuisance.
MARIANE PEARL: Now what I thought when I was in Pakistan like right after knowing about what happened to Danny, I thought like would I want to see them all dead - probably. I don’t know - but that would not be what I ultimately want. Ultimately, I think, because you know the first question you asked me was “do we have to get use to that” and I think you have to stand up against that. So what ultimately what would help me live through that ordeal, is if I see people standing up against terrorists means not being hijacked by fear, by, you know, being paralyzed by all they did and by actions, more than seeing a few corpses, because then there’s more.
JIM LEHRER: And that is basically your message to the American people who are upset about what happened on September 11, what happened to your husband, that’s the message, don’t give up?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes. You know, because the first thing I wanted to do was to speak to President Musharraf and I saw President Chirac in France, and President Bush and other people as I’ve mentioned before, because if we don’t win against terrorism, it’s a law enforcement problem and communication, dialogue need. It is a political question also, but ultimately I think it’s going to be, something new has to happen, like people have to stand up against, you know, those terrorists. Ultimately we are the victims. For the first time, look at this church, I mean the woman who died and the little girl - they targeted —
JIM LEHRER: The woman who worked in the U.S. embassy, in Islamabad, and her daughter who were sitting in a church.
MARIANE PEARL: Yes. Exactly. And they died - you know - so ordinary people, that’s who they’re targeting, so I think ultimately down the line though we cannot do the work of police and you know, of head of state. Ultimately we are the target, so we have to come up with a response. I think the American people have been really courageous and have been really helpful to me - they’re great people. In a way this has to make - strengthen our determination to fight. That’s not patriotism. It’s something beyond that I think you know it takes a lot of courage to be nonviolent you know or to seek dialogue instead of revenge, you know. I’m trying to come up with this courage myself. But not because I’m a saint or anything like that - it’s just because I would like ultimately to win against them - you know.
Dont u dare BLAME her and i MEAN it coz she is trying to keep her PRIVATE life to herself get it u chiniston’s? Bonjoling, Nyoooooooooooooo!!
JIM LEHRER: And it can’t be done just with guns, you’re saying, it can’t be just a military? There’s more to it than that.
MARIANE PEARL: Because ultimately - what happens is violence brings more violence. And these people who have killed Danny you know they breed out of this violence - they use ignorance. How can you come up and kill an innocent man because he was an American and try - and that was the only explanation and that means in Pakistan it’s enough to say America is the enemy to justify killing an innocent person. That shows you the level of ignorance. People don’t know - don’t know what is an American. It’s so easy. We have to fight this ignorance.
The dangers of covering terrorism
JIM LEHRER: Your husband of course was a journalist and you’re a journalist. Were the two of you, did you ever think of journalism as being a dangerous profession, as a place where your life would be in jeopardy by just practicing it?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes. Yes, because we moved to Bombay. Bombay is not a dangerous place as such, but it’s a difficult place to live - so we made a choice. We made a choice. Danny and I had this strong bond because we were very serious about our journalism profession. We didn’t choose this profession as any other. We didn’t choose it for ego purposes but we chose it because we wanted to change the world. It seems like a big word; it is big words, you know, it is big words, but in our own way we took it very seriously, you know, we did - and Danny - everybody admires him as a journalist. He’s a very ethical person, and you know, when I say changing the world, we would put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and situations just because we wanted to see the truth, which was for Danny an ultimate value in itself, and when he did - when he went to see these guys - terrorists - we’ve met a lot of them before in Pakistan, and they just came simply at them - because we just have this thing what do you have to say and how do you justify your actions and who are you.
That’s all we did, so in that sense we knew. He was not a cowboy you know. Danny is not a cowboy or Rambo. We didn’t go with a Afghanistan, for instance, because I was pregnant. But at the same time I think we took it on us not to be - not to be swayed by the threat - we did not want to be afraid. We don’t want to be afraid I think. We were careful. We very careful but I was never afraid
JIM LEHRER: Do we journalists do a good job of explaining what our jobs are? In other words, your husband was clearly signaled out because he was an American and a symbol of America. Now most journalists would say, hey wait a minute, we just happen to be Americans, but we’re there to cover the news. Do we do that well, do we explain ourselves well?
MARIANE PEARL: I think there’s a lot of improvement, you know, I do. Journalists in my view are becoming such important people because who else is going to the field and explaining building those bridges between people? Not everybody can go to Pakistan and see it with their own eyes. So they’re going to rely on the press. So it’s a lot of power to be a journalist today, so a lot of power means a lot of responsibility, and I think journalists have to acknowledge that they have power and that they should be the representatives of the people and not of -
JIM LEHRER: Not of the government though?
MARIANE PEARL: Not of the government. Not of an idea. I mean, if they’re ideological, then they should say, I’m going to report that with my right wing views or left wing views or whatever but then they should stay because opinion is so important and everything they have in education mission. People are smart enough to recognize the truth but if you mislead with information because you’re in competition with somebody else or because you have an ego problem, or because this and that. Then, you know, it makes me sad because I think you know the consequences are bad are difficult.
JIM LEHRER: And the dangers involved are just part of the job, right?
MARIANE PEARL: Yeah. What can I say about that. You know, Danny was in a way - you know, he didn’t think people would harm a journalist and I didn’t think either. Because all we do is have the courage to go and try to reflect views, so I think - we’ve crossed , there’s an expression that there’s a step that has been crossed - like something that you didn’t think would happen, that they wouldn’t harm somebody which has come to them - but they did, so the safety issue, it’s a delicate one. I certainly don’t want anybody to get harmed again, but again that’s also what they want to scare us again so they we don’t go again.
JIM LEHRER: Do you plan to return to journalism yourself?
MARIANE PEARL: To Pakistan.
JIM LEHRER: Not to Pakistan.
MARIANE PEARL: Pakistan I will.
JIM LEHRER: You will go back to Pakistan?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes, of course, yes, I will.
JIM LEHRER: Why? Why would you go back?
MARIANE PEARL: I’d go back because the same way I didn’t leave right away Pakistan after I learned about Danny’s death. The same way I would not be afraid to return and Pakistan has invited me as a long friend of the country and has given me a long-term visa to go back because I’m not afraid. I mean, I would not say I would never go back to this country, it’s evil, would be exactly what these people want. And I won’t submit to that.
JIM LEHRER: The baby’s due in May.
I would like to send a message to any reporter who hounds Angie. EFF YOU ALL!
MARIANE PEARL: Yes.
JIM LEHRER: Where’s the baby going to be born?
MARIANE PEARL: In Paris.
JIM LEHRER: In Paris.
MARIANE PEARL: Yes.
JIM LEHRER: And then you will eventually go from there back to Pakistan, you believe?
MARIANE PEARL: Well, it depends on the course of events.
JIM LEHRER: Sure. But you see yourself as a journalist, you are a journalist?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes.
JIM LEHRER: And you will always practice journalism?
MARIANE PEARL: Yes.
JIM LEHRER: And the death of your husband doesn’t change anything as far as that is concerned for you?
MARIANE PEARL: As far as that is concerned its going to give me more strength and determination to do my job.
JIM LEHRER: My condolences to you. Thank you very much and good luck to you.
MARIANE PEARL: Thanks a lot.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june02/pearl_3-18.html
So the media is mad at Angie for tring to control what they write about her, huh? Well, here’s my question to the media: Is she not worth interviewing if you can’t use her past against her? How hard is it to write ONE ARTICLE that focuses on the movie and not Jolie’s personal life and “wild” past? Unfortunately for Angie all this does is give US more fodder for part 2 of “Her Twisted Double Life.”
Good for them! In this case, the media should only be focused on the movie and its content!
Jared - do you understand “Freedom of the Press”. You have just made yourself out to be an ignorant fool. Don’t you want to reword your post. Take a hint from Perez.
BTW - That bag of popcorn Angie’s got is probably for Z!
Oh My God, film fan I’m so with you….I could see the headlines now:
Faux News creates a little hissy fit because they did not want to focus on the film A Mighty Heart. Faux, USA Today and others did not want to discuss A Mighty Heart at the A Mighty Heart premiere. They wanted to Ask Angelina Jolie personal questions instead. LOL!!!!
I, for one am gonna see this film.
u fanston STOP posting!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont u get it? I’ll bern ur ***
that is not true i was watching good day l.a a morning show and they past a clip of her at the premiere in ny and she was talking about brad and also i was just at tmz.com and they said they made more room for fans by taking some reporters out
i love all the watb for fox news. considering that their audience is the least informed in america, why the hell should she waste her time. besides, can you imagine what bill ‘loofah man’ oreilly would do if he was anywhere near her. of course, she’d prolly be able to kick his white flabby *ss back to long island.
bwahahahahahaha.
Hmmmmm. Angie tried to force them to sign this contract,why? She spills everything about her private life anyway so what is she scared of? There is nothing they could have asked that we don’t already know the answers to, she has pretty much told the world everything already anyway. And does anyone else find it ironic that she pulled this bullshit when her whole “cause” was REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS!!! LMAO!!!!
I don’t blame her. The focus should be strictly on the movie. It would be an insult to Marianne. Also those reporters who did not sign the contract obviously had one thing in mind…and that was to pimp Angie for questions about her personal life. If they cared anything about the move then they would have sign.
I think her and Brad has answered enough questions about their personal lives. Enough already. Anything she says will only get manipulated by the media. And the question about who does she think she is? She’s Angelina Jolie, you betta recognized!
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~wisdom-of-garnet/another/image2033.html
We love our couple.
No Matter what people say they are living their live and enjoying and loving each other and their kids.
And in regards to Who does she think she is..Angelina Jolie thats who, who could careless if she never gets any movie deal or whatever - she got her family and thats all that matter to her!
From Extra. Also Access Hollywood have video of last night.
Angie on Brad: ‘He Was a Great Producer’
Amidst a fan frenzy, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt came straight to “Extra” Wednesday night at the premiere of their film, “A Mighty Heart.”
Pitt, who produced the film in which Angie stars, told us, “I just get to wear a different hat… this was a book I fell in love with.”
On having Pitt as her boss, Jolie insisted, “He was a great producer. He was home, he was helping… very supportive of everybody, and it makes it run very smoothly.”
But Brad quickly added, “She has no boss.”
With Father’s Day right around the corner, Brad admitted he doesn’t have big plans.
“It’s Father’s Day?” he said. “I didn’t even know… I’ll just get up with my kids. That’s enough for me.”
Jolie wouldn’t reveal her plans to celebrate Pitt this Sunday, insisting, “Well if I tell you, then he’ll know! The kids are making things.”
Truth of the mather is this movie is about a journalist being decapitated just for reporting the news on the war and being a foreigner at it.No he was the FIRST reporter who got murdered by doing his Job in the war..and that is to bring the public the truth.
She talked about her personal allot these couple of last weeks sh*t we even know that she and Brad talk while taking a bath.
If she asked them to sign the agreement because she wanted them to talk about the movie that goes to show you that she DOES have a HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR DANIEL & HIS FAMILY.
Her job as an actress was to portray a role , but not any role this is a documentary and she does have the right to ask this of these so CALLED MAJOR PLAYERS.
If they were there for the movie in the first place, they wouldn’t have a problem signing the agreement.
They’re journalist mot gossip writers/bloggers I come to JJ for that!!!
Way to go Angie, way to go!!!
This is just silly, fox decided not to sign cause it was asked to focus on the film instead of asking personal questions.
Their mistake and their lost.
I saw the AH video and that women keept on asking stupid questions…I love how Angie replaied re new adoption AS I AM GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT RIGHT HERE!!!