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Angelina Jolie on the Set of ‘Wanted’

Angelina Jolie on the Set of ‘Wanted’

First exclusive pictures off the movie set!

We haven’t heard baby bump rumors in awhile, so this should get the blogosphere abuzz. Angelina Jolie was spotted holding her belly (and potential baby bump) in and around her trailer on the set of her new action thriller Wanted. (If she is pregnant, it’s not visibly noticeable!)

The mother-of-four brought along 5-year-old son Maddox to the set with her on Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic.

What a cool Hollywood mom!

Angie also seems to be sporting a whole bunch of new tattoos on her hands and arms for Wanted. The motorcycle-type jacket she’s holding is also part of her costume. Be sure to check them out!

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417 Comments

# 2

gainning weight i see

# 3

Probably just hungry

# 4

Whoopee!!! It’s okay — the more, the merrier! She just adores Brad.

# 5
Mediterranean @ 06/28/2007 at 3:58 pm

Maybe she had a heavy meal.

# 6

is this for real? she’s holding her stomach..big deal..that means she is pregnant?

# 7
Seeing Things? @ 06/28/2007 at 3:58 pm

Where’s Maddox?

# 8

umm, Jared, her boobies were the first to grow during her first pregnancy…

So what do you think?

# 9

For the love of god, please no.

bagofsand @ 06/28/2007 at 4:00 pm

That’s what I say…probably just starving! Eat a sandwich Ang!

Cant wait to see what the next one looks like because Shiloh is the cutest baby.

shoes4life @ 06/28/2007 at 4:03 pm

It could be her time of the month and she’s cramping, who knows. She looks good thou.

does she have a new tat

Maybe she feels sick - the food is s**t.

“cramps”

Very possible and she doesn’t look too happy. It’s probably those days in the month. Poor Angie!

I doubt she is pregnant. She probably just had a full meal for the first time in a long time.

Daisy you’re cracking me up!

Anonymous @ 06/28/2007 at 4:11 pm

Stop posting pics of Mansiton. Post more pics of Angie!

African Girl @ 06/28/2007 at 4:11 pm

Lol…Jared, my sweet, Sometimes touching the stomach is just that…touching the stomach. Still love you though…thanks for the pix.

omg, I just touched my stomach and I’m knocked up. Crap. How do I break it to my hand?

she looks good as usual.

African Girl @ 06/28/2007 at 4:14 pm

Cramps, time of the month, hungry, full, pregnant…or maybe she’s just touching her tummy.

arealwoman @ 06/28/2007 at 4:14 pm

She is GOrgeous!!!!!!!i hope it’s a boy this time

I really hope she is pregnant!! But I think she just has cramp.

Looks like Oprah backed the wrong horse! Oprah really should have interviewed Brad and Angelina instead. I suppose she could not have known how things would have turned out two years later.

Two years later, Brad and Angielina’s popularity have grown immensely. See the latest Forbes Celebrity figures. Brad is now listed as the most powerful actor (No.5 for most powerful celebrity).

http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/12/07celebrities_Actors_slide.html?thisSpeed=10000

Angelina is now the most powerful actress (No.14 for most powerful celebrity.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/12/07celebrities_Actress_slide.html?thisSpeed=10000

Here’s the full list of celebrities 2007

http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/14/best-paid-celebrities-07celebrities_cz_lg_0614celeb_land.html

thanks j@r3d.

The more the merrier, you go girl.

TubbyGirl @ 06/28/2007 at 4:16 pm

LOL! I bet she just has a tummy-ache and needs to GO to the toilet!

Scooby Doo @ 06/28/2007 at 4:17 pm

If Angie is pregnant, I would be thrilled, but more than likely; she probably just had a little indigestion or something else. Continue keep us posted JJ :-)

Boy, please!

She probably just hungry. any more pix from this set so we can see for ourselves ?

there isnt even a bump. she probably was just scratching or something.

Ace Tomato @ 06/28/2007 at 4:19 pm

Probably not, but another baby would be lovely. We could start the boy/girl betting pool early lol.

i cant see the bump honestly!

AardvarkBAMPZSLover @ 06/28/2007 at 4:20 pm

God help us. Can’t someone spay her and/or neuter Brad?

As much as I’d love to, I highly doubt she’s knocked up now.
She has a movie to do with Clint Eastwood in October, she seemed very excited that she is going to work with him, so I don’t think she would get preggers right now, besides she’s been saying that it has been a heavy year…but what do I know?

I will go by Angie words. She said they are making sure that Mad, Pax, Zee, and Shi have their attention and feel secuirty and loved before they will add to the family.

Now, I do believe Angie may get pregnant next year or even at the end of this year.

Yeah I am thinking cramps. I have looked and done that same thing..

Yeah I am thinking cramps. I have looked and done that same thing..

But why couldn’t she have gas? I’m just saying

African Girl @ 06/28/2007 at 4:22 pm

36 g121 | 06/28/2007 at 4:20 pm
i cant see the bump honestly!

*****
Lol…coz there’s no bump

Uh no. Her stomach’s flat as a pancake. This is an even bigger stretch than most other Bump Watches.

Her hair looks great though.

For all we know, Angie could have an upset stomach or be hungry…I wouldn’t immediately jump to the pregnancy conclusion…I thought she said just recently that they weren’t planning on adding a new member to the family for awhile until the other 4 kids adjusted. Does anyone else remember her saying that?

Angie is pregnant.WOw,Wow,Wow!

NUNYACONCERN @ 06/28/2007 at 4:26 pm

I thik she look beautfull as always I love her outfit! she has a beautfull hair…go girl!

more likely her stomach hurts from malnutrition…she is looking sick…as in skeletal, almost as bad as marcanthony, jlo’s husband…

If she touches her head does she have a brain tumor?

Angie looks extremely beautiful.

NUNYACONCERN @ 06/28/2007 at 4:31 pm

I don’t know why some people try to attack Angie..whoever attacking Angie you must be ugly and do not have confedence of yourself your jelousy is taking over you! grow up peopel she does not even know tht you exist in this world.

Doesn’t look pregnant…

You guys are insane.

She definitely gains some weight back. little by little but definitely. ! She looks super cute !

So transperant @ 06/28/2007 at 4:32 pm

Attention is fading.
Time to plant a seed about possible pregnancy.

Poor Angie…Just can not stop people from talking about her….LOL

They were offly touchy feely in Cannes.. remember the kiss? Could have been another jump the gun moment. If for some reason she was pregnant.. in the Eastwood pic she is a mother who thinks the kidnapped child returned to her is not her own.. a baby bump could be easily hidden.. she would still have time with the kids after shooting wrapped before the baby was born.

Hmm.. time will tell

52 - not that i’ve said anything neg about her, but i’m curious, does she know/care that you exist?

Angie could be a few weeks pregnant.

Angelina looks great. I guess we will no soo enough whether this is another false rumor or not.

I think Brad makes his 2nd shoots.

She has signed on to two films so I really doubt it. Her career comes first with her. Her boobs also look a lot smaller not bigger.

Passing Through @ 06/28/2007 at 4:45 pm

Baby bump? Maybe…but the look on her face says indigestion to me.

SHE LOOKS VERY BEAUTIFUL IT WOULD BE NICE IF SHE WAS PREGNANT BUT IT MIGHT BE TO SOON FOR HER BUT WOULD’NT PAPA PITT BE WALKING ON CLOUD 9 YOU KNOW HOW HE LOVES HIS BABIES.BLESSINGS TO YOU ANGIE AND YOUR LITTLE FAMILY .

she’s not preggers. sometimes we women hold our tummy because of so many things like we love our flat abs and how we are very satisfy with working out. stuff like that. hehehe.

but she rocks those grey slacks. she’s so cool and so chic.

where’s Maddox?

62 mimi | 06/28/2007 at 4:44 pm

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Actually, Angie only has one more movie to do after completing Wanted.

Currently filming - Wanted.

Future project - Clint Eastwood’s Changling which she will start in October in LA.

MAD LOOKS LIKE HE’S ENJOYING BEING OUT OF SCHOOL AND WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL MAMA.HE SURE IS GROWING.

The real lou @ 06/28/2007 at 4:59 pm

#66 Lady G,Now you know that was mimi’s opportunity to take a “dig” at Angelina.:lol:I personally cannot understand how certain people can stand being so negative EVERYDAY.It’s habit forming.The sad thing is alot of people are unaware of this.

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 5:04 pm

Hey…there´s a problem with the site today, I can only open page 1 of this thread, when I try to go to page 2, it gives me “error”…what is happening?…I don´t know if I will be able to me this post or any other post…

bwaahahahahah…that horse pix aboved,whoever posted that 1. thank u!

andro,just keep posting hon.it’ll come out!

What are you trying to do with this thread Just Jared, send the catty girls into heart attack mode? Just the thought of a mini-me Papa Pitt or another mini-me Angelina will send the hens into a tailspin. No need to torture them with rumors of another bio baby on the way. On second thought, torture away!!! Wouldn’t it be grand. AJ looks great. I wish her all the best. Go see “A Mighty Heart”. It is a powerful film and money well spent. Best wishes to BAMPZS and peace to all.

I wonder if that new tatoo on her hand/wrist is one for her role.

Moonlight @ 06/28/2007 at 5:10 pm

LOL She’s on the phone. I don’t know about y’all, but my hands tend to wander when I’m talking. Or maybe she was scratching or something. Sheez, girl touches her tummy and automatically the pregnancy rumors start up……:lol:

what are those pictures on her hand (see last pic) new tat?

Maria Luiza @ 06/28/2007 at 5:11 pm

Pour Angie.She looks pale, sick, she is not healthy. More problems: papparazzy, baby-sitter, gossyps.God bless her…

I wonder when she will start letting her children get tattoos??

Don’t think so , she’s just rubbing her belly in a sort of absent-minded fashion. Looks like a serious call. She needs a long relaxing vacation between filming Wanted and The Changeling.
Love the pics. Angie is lovely in her jeans and slacks and Mad has grown so tall.

Megan Fox — On Becoming Angelina
Posted Jun 28th 2007 1:16PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo
First she stole Angie’s signature over-the-shoulder tat. Now she’s doing her over-the-shoulder pose! What’s next? Looks like the lips!
For “Transformers” star Megan Fox, morphing is in season this summer. Few can so enviably emulate one of the most gorgeous women in the world. But has Angelina found her match?

Who’s got it goin’ on? Angie or her wannabe?

“There are only a handful of celebrities that I have seen really work the fan line… Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and now Brad Pitt. This awesome clip is an excellent example of how generous Angelina Jolie is to the fans.”

#77 maria luisack!wander how huge is ur problem.

Hmmm…we should have ‘confessions from two San Diegans’? i kid.

Thanks JJ!!! More power!!! always the first to let us know about Angie & Brad!!!
Go Angie, have another baby!!!

~*~Get Real~*~ @ 06/28/2007 at 5:32 pm

love the pics of mad and ang!

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 5:32 pm

anustin: thanks. Almost everything is all right now, I can see the posts but not the photos…strange…

Yeah. these new pics are not side views of her tummy and the tattoos are pen marks. you can see the smudging.
Maybe she’s drawing her own design?

wow… what a coincidence that both angelina and aniston have an upcoming movie called wanted

92 daniel
Yeah but one is in production and the other one is still a dream. Dream on, Dream on!!

Its funny how people can say that she is pregnant…dont get me wrong i love brad and angie but she just has her hand on her stomach mabe she has cramps or a tummyace you never know but until i here from her or brad or someone close to them then i will belive that she is pregnant remember that trip she and brad took it hasnt even been a week yet i think we should wait before we come up with any conclutions in other words lets not get our hopes up. But if she is cant wait to see who it would look like it would be nice if they had a boy this time around…LOL.

angelinammm @ 06/28/2007 at 5:40 pm

pretty

Jared, thanks again…You are great !

I spotted the new tat on the last tread.

Please…Thank you for posting those links.

missouri girl @ 06/28/2007 at 5:46 pm

She gets prettier every day, her kids get cuter, Brad gets hotter, they get richer,they help more people, they get better and better, it just can not get any better than this.

missouri girl @ 06/28/2007 at 5:49 pm

92 daniel | 06/28/2007 at 5:37 pm
wow… what a coincidence that both angelina and aniston have an upcoming movie called wanted
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought that was kinda odd to. FUNNY but odd.

#91-Angie is left handed-the tat in on her left hand!

lookwhaticando @ 06/28/2007 at 5:53 pm

We ALL touch our belly, (Arm, Face, neck,etc,,, So maybe, just maybe she is just touching her self as a form of expression

Thank JJ for another new thread. She’s has a fake tat on her hand, Brad also had a fake tat on his hand in OC13….how cool is that.

Passing Through @ 06/28/2007 at 5:55 pm

62 mimi | 06/28/2007 at 4:44 pm
She has signed on to two films so I really doubt it. Her career comes first with her. Her boobs also look a lot smaller not bigger.

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ROTFL. If Angie’s career came first with her she wouldn’t be taking a year off! She’s got movie offers out the wazoo…and she’s STILL taking a year off. She’s pulling down $17.5MIL per flick right now…and she’s STILL taking the year off. Got that…her family is more important than her job.

you guys analyze everything that Angie does remember she just”humen” not some highly humen or some kind of freak.like every move she does you people are quick to judge why she is doing forgetting that she is just like you and me, she sleeps,goes to the bathroom,eat,live

I’d touch my arm absently when I talk on the phone, what does that mean?…oh no!!!!!!!!
wait, I had an itch…*phew*…

Plz Stop posting pics of Jennifer Anistan this is Angie threat not Jen’s.

If she touches her head does she have a brain tumor?

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LMAO!

IF ANYONE SAW “A MIGHTY HEART”, WAS THAT HOLLY, ANGE’S ASSISTANT IN THE MOVIE?

Mabe she is talking to brad thats why she is touching herself like the song says every time i think of you i touch myself…..LOL!

JJ, aside from providing pictures, thank you

by the way, you’re also feeding topic, hmmm.

Angelina’s face is even more beautiful since she’s lost so much weight. UNFORTUNATELY, HER BODY NOW LOOKS LIKE COMPLETE SH*T

Thanks JJ for these new pictures of the golden family, I was just wondering this morning why you did not post any new pictures Yesterday & here you are posting the latest ones. I think Angelina ate a lot that’s why she was rubbing her belly. I don’t think she will get pregnant this early, Shiloh just turned 1 so maybe they will wait till 2009, besides she has so many movie offer but who knows, maybe when she take a year off she will get pregnant, if she does, that will be a blessing to the Brangelina fans. I can’t wait till the good news about it comes out. They all look fantastic. Angelina has a nice skin complexion.

HOLY SHIT @ 06/28/2007 at 6:29 pm

Britney just served her mom the restraining order

GEEZ, give the woman a break! Mayby she has cramps (& a little bloating).

can you trolls please stop using the phrase “don’t get me wrong” and “pathetic” ? It’s annoying and it gives you away. Nobody writes like that except trolls.

Let’s pray that the tabloids take up Britney’s private life now over from Paris Hilton. And let’s pray that the media blasts this round of much ado about nothing. Keep the JP’s for the fans.

Krystal aka preggy @ 06/28/2007 at 6:35 pm

Oh lord the next pic on the cover of people ANgie is pregnant she calls brad to tell him the news my god..lmao that wouldnt be bad though :D

She is a woman snd sometimes us women have you know….we can relate cant we.

And then their are other times when we have a little indegestion so lets get angie some pepto.

andro,the photos takes awhile.u’ll see them.i hope.

that pix of anjie from PEOPLES MAG.in her trailer,imagine if the horse does the same expression!bwahahaahaha!oh my gold!

She’s having morning sickness.

112 SOROYA | 06/28/2007 at 6:21 pm
IF ANYONE SAW “A MIGHTY HEART”, WAS THAT HOLLY, ANGE’S ASSISTANT IN THE MOVIE?

Yes it was. Also Maddox godmother was also in it.

HOLY SHIT @ 06/28/2007 at 6:51 pm

Britney apparently thinks her mother is abusing prescription drugs. Maybe she is. I think this is payback for rehab

Good Word of Mouth @ 06/28/2007 at 6:51 pm

It’s not even the weekend yet:

A MIGHTY HEART
Domestic Total as of Jun. 27, 2007: $5,107,664

Production Budget: $16 million

Domestic: $5,107,664
+ Foreign: n/a
= Worldwide: $5,107,664

In Release: 6 days / 0.9 weeks

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyheart.htm

112 SOROYA | 06/28/2007 at 6:21 pm
IF ANYONE SAW “A MIGHTY HEART”, WAS THAT HOLLY, ANGE’S ASSISTANT IN THE MOVIE?

Yes it was. Also Maddox godmother was also in it.

THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE. WHO IS MADDOX’S GODMOTHER?

HOLY SHIT @ 06/28/2007 at 6:57 pm

TMZ has learned Britney Spears gave her mom a present today — a lawyer\’s letter — and mom was none too pleased.

The video was shot in Valencia, Calif. this afternoon. There are reports circulating that the papers are a restraining order, but TMZ has confirmed that is NOT the case. It is a letter from an out-of-state lawyer. By the way, Britney could not legally serve her mom with a restraining order if she was the one seeking it.

Sources say Britney feels that her mom turned on her in the days before she entered Promises rehab. She also feels Lynne Spears is not stable enough to be around Brit\’s kids because she may have her own \”issues.\” We\’re told the letter bluntly asks Lynne to stay away from the children if she is taking any medications that would impair her ability to be around them.

We\’re also told Spears has become super-protective of her kids and is taking back a lot of the control that others were exercising over her life.

Good Word of Mouth @ 06/28/2007 at 6:58 pm

A Mighty Heart
Domestic Total as of Jun. 27, 2007: $5,107,664

Once september hits and the awards talk start coming into play this film will pick up more & more overseas

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyheart.htm

130 HOLY **** | 06/28/2007 at 6:57 pm

Yawn… so what? She can do what she wants who cares?

You Need Glasses @ 06/28/2007 at 7:16 pm

“Angie looks great!” Somebody looked at those pictures and came to that conclusion? Something is terribly wrong with Angelina in those pictures. She has a ***** on pointing and she is hurting.

123 Krystal aka preggy | 06/28/2007 at 6:35 pm
Oh lord the next pic on the cover of people ANgie is pregnant she calls brad to tell him the news my god..lmao that wouldnt be bad though

She is a woman snd sometimes us women have you know….we can relate cant we.

And then their are other times when we have a little indegestion so lets get angie some pepto.
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I agree….LOL! love your videos on youtube. I was thinking about this story after i read it and i didnt think of it like that.You have a point.

SammySushi @ 06/28/2007 at 7:22 pm

Gaining weight? Maybe water weight. The pics last week of her in the black dress, she looked extremely gaunt.

She’s pattin’ her tummy because it is growling for some food.

where is bradley pitt?

Thanks JJ. Keep up the good work. You know I depend on you for my entertainment fix.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 7:50 pm

Nice to get some shots of Angie on the set of Wanted - hope Maddox is enjoying being on set with his Mommy! :-) Can’t wait to see this movie.

briseis and no longer a lurker - hello right back at ya! saw your messages a few threads back… I don’t normally bother with all the tabloid stuff, but come on, that was just too easy :lol: funny how ‘reply’ didn’t have any thing to come back with but a bunch of name calling eh? common sense and logic always win out! :D

Sofia - I think those jeans Angie was wearing in the morning might be QT Vintage - I have a similar pair…

Okay, so there’s a few Petitions going around that could really use everyone’s support! Please lend your signature - it will only take 2 minutes of your time :-)

http://www.savedarfur.org

http://www.makepovertyhistory.org

Lots of great info. and ideas on how to get involved. Pax and hugs to all the positive posters celebrating our favourite family!

Brad is in Prague @ 06/28/2007 at 7:51 pm

137 jockeys

He is there with Angelina in Prague (these pixs were taken on Wednesday-yesterday here in the states) as he has been for this movie shoot since beginning of May. Pixs taken of them today (Thursday) taking kids to school. That thread and pixs are on JJ. Just look for them.

Angie looks so cute. It’s cool that Mad got to hang out on set with Mom..
Can’t wait to see this Movie. It seems like an interesting premise.
Thanks Jared.

jockeys | 06/28/2007 at 7:39 pm
where is bradley pitt?

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bradley pitt is with angie take the kids to school http://img17.imagevenue.com/view.php?image=57709_brad_122_764lo.jpg

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 7:53 pm

Oh yeah, meant to add, for what it’s worth that as much as I can’t wait for Angie to get pregnant again I don’t think it’s in the cards for them right now… not if she’s going to be doing work later on in the year. Would LOVE to see her with a baby bump on the red carpet next year during awards season. That would just be the icing on the cake :D

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 7:55 pm

I just thought I’d bring this over from the last thread. Thought it was funny and except for #3, was great coming from a mag as sophisticated as the New Yorker:

Gussie | 06/28/2007 at 5:19 pm
Antony Lane from the New Yorker:

How do you solve a problem like Angelina? Ms. Jolie is now more of a brand than a person, and she comes in six flavors:

1. The celebrity. Angelina Jolie is so famous that when she looks in the mirror her reflection asks for an autograph. The only publication in this country yet to feature her on its cover is The American Numismatic Magazine, and even that will change the moment she bends down to pick up a nickel.

2. The sexpot. In this she is unchallenged, and yet her timing is off by fifty years. When it comes to channelling her carnal appeal, no current film director has a clue; the guy she needs is Frank Tashlin, who guided Jayne Mansfield through “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1956) and “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1957), and whose eyeballs, if confronted with Jolie in the flesh, would pop out on cartoon springs and bob around.

3. The Brad handler. She took one look at the world’s most widely desired man and scooped him up with no more ado than a Parisian grande dame tucking a Chihuahua into her clutch bag.

4. The mother. Official estimates as to how many children Jolie now possesses, and from how many continents, change on a weekly basis. When not giving birth herself, she likes to order in. How this has affected Mr. Pitt is unclear, but his expression is sometimes that of a man who stepped out to hail a cab and got run over by a fleet of trucks.

5. The world saver. Jolie is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her father, Jon Voight, told the Biography Channel that “she’s developed into one of our great humanitarians.” This was clearly on the minds of political leaders when they met Jolie at a summit of the World Economic Forum in Davos two years ago. Half of them offered their entire foreign-aid budget for a chance to fetch her a mai tai.

6. Oh yes, the actress. This last talent, so often neglected, is displayed in her new film, “A Mighty Heart,” and without it the legend of Angelina Jolie would be little more than a vaporous joke.

The movie, directed by Michael Winterbottom, lies about as far from the trials of Lara Croft as is cinematically possible. Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, the wife of Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal who in 2002 was kidnapped and beheaded in Karachi, Pakistan. The story begins on the day of his disappearance; as the horrors unfurl, we see Mariane replaying in her mind the moment when she bade her husband farewell—a wave and a smile, as he climbed into a cab. He was due to interview a Muslim cleric named Sheikh Gilani, but the arrangement was a trap.

Once Pearl has vanished, we follow the threads of rumor and report from the viewpoint of his wife, a cluster of friends, and the local police. The result, like many of Winterbottom’s films, lies an inch short of disarray; we can keep pace with the investigation, but only just, and that sense of splintering honors the unpredictability of the setting. We hurtle from the tracking down of taxi-drivers to the tracing of cell-phone calls and nocturnal raids on the homes of suspects; such momentum is undeniably but unpleasantly exciting, because we already know the outcome. However diligent the authorities’ chase against the clock, the clock will win. Promising leads hit a wall; when Mariane gets to see Pakistan’s Interior Minister, he blames the Indian intelligence services for having set up the abduction. Add the aggressive questioning of Daniel’s female colleague, Asra (Archie Panjabi), who happens to be Indian, and you get an itchy demonstration of regional mistrust.

Stronger still than the encroaching panic, however, is Mariane’s determination not to cave in to it. Those who saw her being interviewed at the time were struck by her preternatural serenity; her book, also called “A Mighty Heart” (2003), is Winterbottom’s principal source, although her title may be too noble for his manner—the dressed-down, on-the-fly approach that lends even his more formal endeavors, like “Jude” (1996) and “Code 46” (2003), an air of documentary. He is the very model of a modern moral filmmaker: not unromantic, exactly, and too impassioned for the scowls of cynicism, but baffled and perhaps a little bored by the traditional forms of romance. When his loving couples cling together—as they did, stickily, for “9 Songs” (2004)—Winterbottom loses interest. When they are yanked apart, as in “A Mighty Heart,” his own heart quickens its beat.

Mariane is French-speaking, with a Cuban mother, and Jolie is equipped with corkscrewed hair, tinted skin, and murmuring accent. We brace ourselves for a star turn, a hundred minutes of vanity project, but here’s the thing: it never happens. Jolie slips into the part, ducks in and out of the action, and generally plays second string to the onrush of events. Blessed with the world’s most recognizable mouth, she confines herself to a single, skeptical pout, as Mariane is reassured that “no one would ever want to hurt Danny.” Not so: he is an American Jew investigating Muslim extremists, and, as his wife knows, that makes him a marked man.

Only once does Mariane crack. Informed of her husband’s death and of its savage circumstances, she goes to her room, crouches over, and keens. It could be the howl from a Greek tragedy, except that our heroine is not disporting herself on a stage, majestic in her grief, but filmed from so close that you can count the ***** of vertebrae at the top of her spine. By this time she is heavily pregnant, and her screams are a terrible parody of birth pangs—an echo that Winterbottom makes explicit, without needing to, in the closing scenes. This hasty, high-intensity, barely consolable film is just the kind of tale on which he thrives—and, more surprisingly, on which Jolie will come to depend if she wants to keep her head above the tides of madness in which, partly on her own initiative, she has chosen to float. Will success spoil Angelina Jolie? Not yet. Can she help it? Yes, she can.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2007/06/25/070625crci_cinema_lane

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BTW, #3 might rub the fans the wrong way but I thought it didn’t ruffle me a bit cause I didn’t believe it. It was the image it brought to my mind that was funny (as in a cartoon).

#1 one made me really laugh out loud!

yo to all da ppl on dis site OBSESSIN ovaa dis ladyy…GET A LIFE PUHLEEZE!real talks u do realize she doesnt knno a single 1 of u ppl exist…like real talks go get involved wid your own lives..im soo sick of seein u damn ppl writin ur damnn comments on her damnn picc! nd im SUREE dere is somebody rite naww sayin ‘ohh why is dis person on dis site writin stuff den?!’well im on dis damn sitee cuzz i kno somebody who obsesses jus like u mugg ppl! nd u kno wat..it PISSES DA HELL OUTTA ME! yall gots noo LIVES nd im givin u some advice…HOP OFF HER! nd i don careee if u dont want my advice U NEED IT!!

*FRUMM YA HOMEEE GiiRLL- LaQuishaa! RECOGNIZE iiT YA’LLLLL HOLLA BAK*

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 7:58 pm

ooops, I forgot to thank Gussie for the article.

Thanks Gussie. That was a great find!

Good word of mouth-

Thanks for the box office update.

140 Brad is in Prague | 06/28/2007 at 7:51 pm
137 jockeys

He is there with Angelina in Prague (these pixs were taken on Wednesday-yesterday here in the states) as he has been for this movie shoot since beginning of May. Pixs taken of them today (Thursday) taking kids to school. That thread and pixs are on JJ. Just look for them.

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thank you. i saw the othe thread and i only see one pic of him and not even of his face. :(

im no angie expert but she looks angry in these pictures and the other ones at the school.

does anyone else think she is in bad mood?

let it be @ 06/28/2007 at 8:03 pm

she looks great as always i wonder what her next tattoo will be?

im no angie expert but she looks angry in these pictures and the other ones at the school.

does anyone else think she is in bad mood?

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Who knows

I’m sure she sometimes is in a bad mood and sometimes She and Brad fight, they are human.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 8:05 pm

LOL - great find by Gussie. While I think all of the fans here will agree that these are extreme simplifications/stereotypes of the parts that make up the sum of Angelina Jolie, the tongue in cheek humour in this article is pretty funny. Thanks for the chuckle Gussie!

148-Loser?

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Look at this pic who is in bad mood.

MY MOM JUST TOLD ME THAT MY FACE LOOKS LIKE SH*T
waaaaa waaaaa waaaaa

http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur34648.cfm
(a popular African American Web site)
EUR FILM REVIEW: A Mighty Heart
Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl Revisited by Angelina Jolie Vehicle
By Kam Williams
(June 28, 2007)
*On Wednesday, January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman) vanished soon after bidding farewell to his pregnant wife, Mariane (Angelina Jolie), and entering a taxi waiting outside the home of his colleague, Asra Nomani (Archie Panjabi).

At the time, he was on assignment in Pakistan, following a promising tip which he expected to lead to a face-to-face interview with Sheik Mubarak Ali Gilani (Ikram Bhatti), a religious figure rumored to be behind assorted al-Qaeda operations, including shoe bomber Richard Reid’s aborted plot to bring down an airliner over the Atlantic.

But Pearl, a Jewish-American born in Princeton, New Jersey, had apparently been betrayed by his source, or by the cabbie, or both. And instead of breaking an exclusive story, he ended up in the hands of a mysterious man named Bashir (Aly Khan) a member of a secret cell of radical Muslims cell taking orders from 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

When the intrepid investigative journalist failed to return that evening, his understandably anguished spouse alerted the authorities. A massive manhunt ensued, a cooperative effort launched by the Pakistani police, the FBI, and agents of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. This international team, armed only with a handful of often misleading clues, embarked on a futile attempt to crack the case.

Meanwhile, for the next nine days, Danny was held incommunicado by kidnappers who issued a set of non-negotiable demands, including one for the release of all suspected Pakistani terrorists taken to the detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay. The rescue mission was called off when a videotape of Pearl’s beheading was leaked over the Internet.

This whole horrifying ordeal was recounted by Mariane in a best-selling memoir entitled “A Mighty Heart,” and that heartbreaking account served as the source of this surprisingly-riveting docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. Thus, the movie is presented primarily from Pearl’s widow’s point-of-view, which means the picture’s fortunes rise or fall with the performance of Angelina Jolie.

Jolie, dominating nearly every scene, is rather remarkable in this star vehicle, effectively conveying a convincing combination of unwavering dedication and the dire desperation of a woman who insists on remaining at the center of the search for the love of her life.

As a consequence, those complaining about Angelina, who is French, Czech, German and Native-American, playing a woman of Dutch, Jewish, African, Cuban and Chinese extraction are unlikely to find much in the way of support for their call for an organized boycott. Maybe there wasn’t a Dutch/Jewish/African/Cuban/Chinese actress available.

Regardless, for some reason, a bittersweet female empowerment flick as moving as this, with a message as ultimately optimistic as this, generally tends to trump its detractors, and I suspect A Mighty Heart will be no exception to the rule.

Excellent (4 stars)
Rated R for profanity.
In English, Urdu, French, Arabic and Siddhi with subtitles.
Running time: 103 minutes
Studio: Paramount Vantage

wat da HELLLL is 153 tryin to imply?!

Mrs. Smith @ 06/28/2007 at 8:19 pm

Angie is so naturally beautiful and sexy - pregnant or not pregnant!

Can’t wait for “Wanted” to be released next year.

Thanks Jared! You’re the best.

Maddox is really getting so long legged and tall. He will be six at the beginning of August. He appears to be having quite a growth spurt.

LMFAO! 156 is a lil too obsessed…

whoa….u think 156 is obsessed? go readd 157! umm i think u kno a lil TOO MUCHH bout maddox

gawdddddd! angie is FiiNE!real talks she has a banginn bodyy(or HADD) nd a gorgeouss face! id do her anyday!

to#152 false or True @ 06/28/2007 at 8:27 pm

152 false or True> Please that was horrible.. no more.. please.. excuse Im gonna be ill..btw what was that???(rushing to bathroom)

154 bdj
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Thanks for posting the article/review. From a POPULAR AFRICAN AMERICAN WEBSITE huh?….Sweet!!!!

I think she looks fabulous but definitely deserves a break from all of this attention paid to her and her family.

C’mon, give her a break already. What do you wnt from her?

129 Good Word of Mouth | 06/28/2007 at 6:51 pm
It’s not even the weekend yet:

A MIGHTY HEART
Domestic Total as of Jun. 27, 2007: $5,107,664

Production Budget: $16 million

Domestic: $5,107,664
+ Foreign: n/a
= Worldwide: $5,107,664

In Release: 6 days / 0.9 weeks

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyheart.htm

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Wow, an additional 1.0m added in 3 days since sunday. Pretty good for a week day. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that AMH continues to pick up momentum with Good Word of Mouth.

She looks GREAT!!!

LOVE HER!

162 Estelle
Yep!!! It is good that the message of “A Mighty Heart” is getting through the din, the smear tactics and the blind hate. It is a powerful film.

Jared…thanks for the photos. Sure miss ‘em.

no longer a lurker @ 06/28/2007 at 8:40 pm

thanks jared for the new threads!

well, too early to tell if she really is pregnant.

coal, if the trolls have common sense & logic in the first place, they wouldn’t be going on every j-p thread & spew senseless, baseless & out-dated issues.

briseis, angelah, i haven’t gone to the other threads, were you two able to continue w/ our “project”?;)

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ITA with you. I hope more people will go see this movie.

154 bdj | 06/28/2007 at 8:18 pm

(a popular African American Web site)

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Thanks so much for posting this bdj.

All African American aren’t of the same mind. There are millions of us that can think for ourselves, make decisions on our own, chose to watch a movie due to it’s message.

For me generalizing is like assuming — and we all know what happens when one A$$umes.

So thanks again, bdj!

you look beautiful as ever .we love you angie.

Alexanderina @ 06/28/2007 at 8:54 pm

Thanks Jared for the new thread and pictures.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 8:54 pm

nlal - :D No kidding hey! I will just never see what they get out of coming here and hating on people… especially if you can’t even get your facts straight.

COALHARBOURQT #139

I just LOVE that you posted those links at the end of your post.

While its always a treat to hear from so many interesting, great folks out there (you very much included!) it is such a cool idea that we can also be galvanizing to do some good.

Another reason to love this family: they just make ya wanna be a better person :-)

Don't get mad @ 06/28/2007 at 8:55 pm

I know all of you hate Ted casablanca, but this is great and not brangelina related.

So, Ted was at the premiere of Sicko and he asked Michael Moore about Paris replacing him on Larry King.

Of course, we also had to ask M.M. how he felt about being booted from his scheduled spot Wednesday night on Larry King Live. As we all know, Mikey was bumped to make room for Paris’ postprison chat.

“There’s never been a greater honor in my life than to be replaced by Paris Hilton,” he said semiseriously/semisarcastically. “You think I’m kidding, but I’m serious. Thank you, Larry

I LOVE MICHAEL MOORE

THANKS JARED THE PICTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

truth be said @ 06/28/2007 at 8:57 pm

She is absolutely georgeous in those pics and from what I’ve been hearing very generous. I was just reading ‘confesssion of a paparazi’ and saw a clip on u-tube on her AMH premier… my God no wonder the fans and papps love, love,love her….
I do understand why some people here at JJ get really overprotective of her. She is very generous with her fans, she smiles a lot, sign autographs, pics and posed for them to take pics and she has been doing this since Hackers.
It is mentioned that few other A-listers who are as generous are George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise … and now Brad Pitt (seems Angie is a very good influence to Brad regarding fans… when he was ms x-smugness he used to be aloof with fans)
Whatever people may say about Angelina Jolie, I have a feeling that her fans will always LOVE her because she is REAL and trully appreciate her fans!!! (That is something very difficult to find in these so call Celebs nowadays)Like Lainey said in her blogs ” whatever Angie is selling I’m definately buying” she is that good!!!

Alexanderina @ 06/28/2007 at 8:57 pm

154 bdj | 06/28/2007 at 8:18 pm

Thanks bdj for posting this review.

170 Lady G
You are more than welcome(smile-I havent’t learn the art of including smiley faces !!!!) I just hope more people will go see the Movie.

Alexanderina @ 06/28/2007 at 9:00 pm

170 Lady G | 06/28/2007 at 8:46 pm
154 bdj | 06/28/2007 at 8:18 pm

(a popular African American Web site)

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Thanks so much for posting this bdj.

All African American aren’t of the same mind. There are millions of us that can think for ourselves, make decisions on our own, chose to watch a movie due to it’s message.

For me generalizing is like assuming — and we all know what happens when one A$$umes.

So thanks again, bdj!
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AMEN Lady G and ITAWU

Alexanderina @ 06/28/2007 at 9:04 pm

129 Good Word of Mouth | 06/28/2007 at 6:51 pm
It’s not even the weekend yet:

A MIGHTY HEART
Domestic Total as of Jun. 27, 2007: $5,107,664

Production Budget: $16 million

Domestic: $5,107,664
+ Foreign: n/a
= Worldwide: $5,107,664

In Release: 6 days / 0.9 weeks

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyheart.htm

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Thanks for posting this, way to go AMH

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 9:04 pm

Awww, thanks Lolita :-) One of the reasons I support this family so much is because of the wonderful humanitarians that they are. I’ve always been involved in charities and giving back and I admire the work that they do.

I really enjoy your posts too, and you’re in good company - there are some really amazing posters here! Hope you are having a wonderful evening/afternoon/morning in your part of the world.

Thank You @ 06/28/2007 at 9:05 pm

Wow…thanks Jared!!! Nice to see photos from the set of “Wanted.” A nice change of pace. :-)

And thanks to…

BDJ for the Euroweb.com article.

The Real Tita for bringing over the New Yorker article.

Coalharbourqt for the links on Darfur.

Taking two co-workers to see AMH on Monday. I’m looking forward to seeing it again and they are looking forward to seeing it for the first time.

I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but a good video of Angie, Michael Winterbottom & the rest of the cast talking about AMH with scenes from the movie which have not been included in the trailers. Also, behind-the-scene footage.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwtRVW7V9A

Alexanderina @ 06/28/2007 at 9:05 pm

Angie looks great. Awww how sweet, Madd is on the set with her. I can’t wait for this movie to come out.

126 fan | 06/28/2007 at 6:44 pm
She’s having morning sickness.
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I was wondering about that myself.

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 9:14 pm

Thanks for posting those good reviews about AMH and Angie as M.P…I can´t wait to watch the movie, the problem is that I have to wait until august…

I will be waiting for the new pictures of the Brangelina tomorrow. Thanks for the updates today. Everyday is a new day for me, they inspire me aside from my own family of course. It’s always nice to see them doing the normal people will do, take kids to school & go to work.

I CANT WAIT TO SEE WANTED, JUST LOOK AT ANGIE, SHE IS JUST THE BEST.

I SAW A MIGHTY HEART, AND I LOVE IT, THATS ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

Seems it’s much ado over nothing … the woman is just casually rubbing her stomach. Fun as it is, I’ll hold off on hoping for yet another Jolie-Pitt until one of their reps announces it. Not that it’s really my business but I’d like to see Ang take the year off and get her equilibrium back. Between having a baby, the four kids (3 of which are pretty much toddlers), working and mourning her mother, a new baby would be such stress on her body - I’d worry for my Angie’s health not to mention the baby’s. Of course, she’d get the best care but still, although she looks good Ang doesn’t seem to be quite as healthy as when she got pregnant with Shi. Maybe it’s just me …

I love to see hers pics.

I love this AMH video. Sometimes I wish they released Angie’s movies outside of the U.S. first because she’s such an international star. Foreigners appreciate this type of movies. Thanks.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwtRVW7V9A

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 9:27 pm

177 truth be said: ITA, she was always generous with the fans, and that is only one of the many reasons people love her and I love her (and I always will).

Off topic: I don´t if you people like soccer (futbol, for us) but Argentina is playing against USA, for the moment the thing is 1-1… I´ll keep you posted…

btw, saw AMH yesterday - it was fantastic!

Also, thanks JJ, for the pics. You make my day, everyday!

HELLO FELLOW BAMPZSERS!
Just got back from watching A MIGHTY HEART.
I brought my daughter with me and both of us were crying and sniffing throughout the movie.
My daughter is an Angelina fan ever since she watched Gia and Girl Interrupted. She told me that no other actress can act and carry herself like Angelina.
Anyway I will continue to support the movie and watch it again next week with my mom.
KAWAY SA MGA KABABAYANS!

To 159 jane @ 06/28/2007 at 9:34 pm

I have been a fan of Angelina’s for years, since before she adopted Maddox. So as a long time fan I have seen pictures of him since he was seven months old. Therefore it is very easy for me to compare five almost six year old Maddox to the seven month old baby Angelina adopted. Definitely not obsessed, just a long time Angelina fan.

What the hell is wrong with you people? Why do you need to see them daily?

Why can’t they just live their lives and when it’s time to promote their movies they can come out and be pictured or whatever. This is craziness!

you can’t get tatoos when you are preggers! Well it is not recomended.

has anyone heard about Bon jovi making a rude comment about AJ on some entertainment show? I haven’t seen it but if it’s true he will be added to the S*** List with Micheal Douglas

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 10:04 pm

198 Confused
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What you don’t realize is that many of us would come here to chat about the Jolie-Pitts even if JJ put up a picture 2 years old. I could manage quite fine with just ‘work’ photos but I won’t deny that I enjoy seeing pics of them out and about etc.

But before you start chucking stones at others, you might want to tell us what you’re doing at a celebrity gossip site where YOU KNOW there are going to be pictures of celebrities taken by the paparazzi. Takes one to know one I guess…

200 LoriLori
Actually it was a round about compliment. He said that he would not leave his wife even if AJ can along.

198 Confused
Fans on this blog have posted even when there were old pictures. It is more of a community of BP/AJ fans. We do not always look for new pictures. We come here to support their projects, movies and charitable organizations. It is all good. Peace.

Looking good Angie!!!! Thanks for the pics jj…

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 10:07 pm

#200 LoriLori
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Haven’t heard a thing about it, but don’t you think it would be best to investigate whether or not the gossip is true before putting someone on a SH*T list? 95% of the gossip reported is false, so it always pays off to not jump to conclusions…

to the fans? @ 06/28/2007 at 10:07 pm

Can someone share what her new movie ‘Wanted’ is about? I heard she is going to be doing stunts, so I’m assuming its a spy movie?

LoriLori | 06/28/2007 at 10:01 pm
has anyone heard about Bon jovi making a rude comment about AJ on some entertainment show? I haven’t seen it but if it’s true he will be added to the S*** List with Micheal Douglas
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I don’t think he was being rude, he was just saying that he has been faithful to his wife all these years and that even if Angelina Jolie herself was interested in him he would not go there. At least that is the way I took it.

205 google is your friend don’t be so lazy

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 10:16 pm

OT: was just watching Extra. They showed Paris on Larry King and they showed her with brown eyes. They said something about her not wearing her contact lenses for the interview. I thought her eyes were her best feature and it turns out to be fake. Oh, the agony!

Well, that interview was a great big dud. On the Daily News the columnist said she was like the Mannequin 2007. There was a reporter on NBC (can’t remember accurately) who refused to read the report and then got up to shred the paper that they gave her to read.

Expect some do-gooding to repair that “image”. Her new PR is saying they were going to go Angelina style to bring her back up again. It was more of an insult to Angie, I felt.

Thanks 202 and 206, thats why I put the question out there to get feed back,204 should have just kept your overly aggressive/nasty comment to yourself since you didn’t know anything:(thank goodness,I like Bon Jovi)

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 10:18 pm

You are simply beautiful Angelina!

Thanks Jared!

has anyone heard about Bon jovi making a rude comment about AJ on some entertainment show? I haven’t seen it but if it’s true he will be added to the S*** List with Micheal Douglas
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It wasn’t a diss, it was a compliment. Like when some women said, “I won’t leave my husband even if Brad Pitt or George Clooney ask me to”…

Thanks Jared. Angelina is looking good. I see she is doing the no belt look like Brad.

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 10:24 pm

#196: keana, kaway din sa iyo! Glad you enjoyed the movie and planning on seeing it again. I’m still waiting on my niece. Her sched is so hectic it’s hard to find a time when we’re both free. I will see this movie though, even if I have to drag my reluctant comadre away from my compadre for one evening if my niece continues to be elusive.

She looks like a demon or cruella deville.
Brad needs to feed her.

214 dana | 06/28/2007 at 10:26 pm
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You’re so wrong,she’s looking great.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 10:32 pm

LoriLori
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Nothing aggressive or nasty was in my comment - all too often I see fans jump to conclusions about gossip when it turns out to be unfounded. Sorry if you took it the wrong way, but there was nothing malicious in my comment and it certainly wasn’t meant to be.

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 10:33 pm

I knew Bon Jovi wouldn´t say something bad about Angie, he seems like a cool guy…

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 10:33 pm

196 keana
Hi keana!
Is your mom Angelina’s fan too?

208 the real tita
Hi!
Have you seen AMH?

no longer a lurker @ 06/28/2007 at 10:36 pm

tita, i will be more than willing to tag along w/ you basta ilibre mo ako :D. bibili muna ako ng plane ticket papunta dyan ;D

Oh my, a stomach ache! Angelina just ate a pea! Forget the pregnancy rumors. She’s not going to get pregnant any time soon, people. Angelina didn’t like being pregnant the first time and she hasn’t bonded with Shiloh, so she’s not about to repeat the mistake any time soon.

hey#214 dana @ 06/28/2007 at 10:39 pm

214 dana >Why dont you share some of the food you are eating? Since you think she needs to eat so badly. We get what you are trying to imply, take your fake concern else where, lets not get rude . Unlike you food is not upmost on every persons mind.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 10:42 pm

217 Andromeda
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I had a hard time picturing it too, which is why I was cautioning about jumping the gun on believing it. JBJ is such a cool dude and what he appears to have said is a total compliment to Angie. She is the gold standard by which beauty is measured by many.

214 dana
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You are an evil evil, vile person comparing her looks to a demon. She is a very beautiful woman inside and out and you are so envious to make that comment.

Oscar season in half-full swing
Best Actress race shaping up to be one to watch
By TIMOTHY M. GRAY
So far, Julie Christie in Lionsgate’s “Away From Her,” Marion Cotillard of Picturehouse’s “La Vie en rose” and Angelina Jolie in Paramount Vantage’s “A Mighty Heart” have earned awards buzz. Three serious contenders for five slots make for a lively start.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967887.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 10:46 pm

#206: Bon Jovi was probably saying Angelina is the standard symbol for the beautiful woman who men would leave their wives for. He’s telling his wife he wouldn’t leave her even if she came along and wanted him. (this is the most tactful explanation if one is take it as a compliment.)

StupidJulotta @ 06/28/2007 at 10:47 pm

220 Julotta |
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Why are making assumptions? Did she tell you that she’s not going to get pregnant any time soon? Did she tell you that she didn’t like being pregnant the first time? How do you know she hasn’t bonded with her daughter? Are you there with them everyday? YOU ARE INDEED STUPID JULOTTA!!!!

why are we accusing other jp's @ 06/28/2007 at 10:50 pm

302 Truthytruthtrue | 06/28/2007 at 10:00 pm
the poster simply said ‘heroin chic’ referring to the pic of Angie.
It was a derogatory remark pertaining probably to the recent blind items about her.

That would be heroin.
Passing Through dissing the poster and suggesting that the word should be spelled with an ‘e’ is a mistake as the poster was not suggesting that this was a play on the phrase heroin chic.

Passing Through and a Lurker
you both sound suspiciously like Cliniqua
meaning all three of you need to put yourselves to bed. You are tiresome.
And–morons all.

305 callie | 06/28/2007 at 10:16 pm
Truthytruthtrue

I THINK U EXPOSED CLINIQUA JUDGING BY THE SUDDEN QUIET AND CALM FROM THE PASSING THROUGH PERSONALITY

NICE WORK.

306 dont understand | 06/28/2007 at 10:35 pm
callie whats you point?we all like clin&pt.

Very presumptious Julotta?

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 10:56 pm

#219: no longer, pinatawa mo ako ah! yeah, I’ll pick you up at the airport, just tell me when. Don’t I wish that Pinas is just as close as Mexico. Then you can just cross the border and be in San Diego. Angelah or jjoy can pick you up from there. I’m closer to LA. We’d probably be home every weekend if we were that close, don’t you know.

Saan ka sa atin? Maybe when we go balikbayan, we can get in touch. We’ll bring you all the mags that has Angie and Brad on it (of course, with their chikitings too).

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 10:57 pm

Hi cook!
How you been?

to daughter dearest>220 Jul @ 06/28/2007 at 11:00 pm

220 Julotta | 06/28/2007 at 10:37 pm
Oh my, a stomach ache! Angelina just ate a pea! Forget the pregnancy rumors. She’s not going to get pregnant any time soon, people. Angelina didn’t like being pregnant the first time and she hasn’t bonded with Shiloh, so she’s not about to repeat the mistake any time soon.

Reply:
Its better a pea than two bags of peas like you just ate all by your lonesome. I Bet your not even full. I guess your mama didnt want anymore kids after raising a jealous hag like your self. Stop projecting your childhood experiences on Angelina and her very loved by her mom,daughter Shiloh,ok? Buy youself a doll or two, a mom doll and a little baby doll, that way you can work out your issues.

You people are so nasty and mentally disturb the way you jump down our Angie’s throat.

224 Kal
Thanks for the link. AJ did a great job in “A Mighty Heart. I also saw BP’s Jesse James movie listed as a potential candidate for films being released in November.

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 11:07 pm

#218: Hi, MF. No, hindi pa. My niece wants me to see it with her but our schedules keep on having conflicts. When she’s free, I’m not and when she’s not, I’m free. It sucks but if this keeps on, I will just get one of my comadres to go. We’ll just leave their kids with their husbands.

Thank you Gussie and Tita for the article. I am saving it to post when the vultures swoop on BAMPZS threads. They do that every weekday from 8am to 5pm EST. I find that fact very interesting.

Antony Lane from the New Yorker:

How do you solve a problem like Angelina? Ms. Jolie is now more of a brand than a person, and she comes in six flavors:

1. The celebrity. Angelina Jolie is so famous that when she looks in the mirror her reflection asks for an autograph. The only publication in this country yet to feature her on its cover is The American Numismatic Magazine, and even that will change the moment she bends down to pick up a nickel.

2. The sexpot. In this she is unchallenged, and yet her timing is off by fifty years. When it comes to channelling her carnal appeal, no current film director has a clue; the guy she needs is Frank Tashlin, who guided Jayne Mansfield through “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1956) and “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1957), and whose eyeballs, if confronted with Jolie in the flesh, would pop out on cartoon springs and bob around.

3. The Brad handler. She took one look at the world’s most widely desired man and scooped him up with no more ado than a Parisian grande dame tucking a Chihuahua into her clutch bag.

4. The mother. Official estimates as to how many children Jolie now possesses, and from how many continents, change on a weekly basis. When not giving birth herself, she likes to order in. How this has affected Mr. Pitt is unclear, but his expression is sometimes that of a man who stepped out to hail a cab and got run over by a fleet of trucks.

5. The world saver. Jolie is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her father, Jon Voight, told the Biography Channel that “she’s developed into one of our great humanitarians.” This was clearly on the minds of political leaders when they met Jolie at a summit of the World Economic Forum in Davos two years ago. Half of them offered their entire foreign-aid budget for a chance to fetch her a mai tai.

6. Oh yes, the actress. This last talent, so often neglected, is displayed in her new film, “A Mighty Heart,” and without it the legend of Angelina Jolie would be little more than a vaporous joke.

The movie, directed by Michael Winterbottom, lies about as far from the trials of Lara Croft as is cinematically possible. Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, the wife of Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal who in 2002 was kidnapped and beheaded in Karachi, Pakistan. The story begins on the day of his disappearance; as the horrors unfurl, we see Mariane replaying in her mind the moment when she bade her husband farewell—a wave and a smile, as he climbed into a cab. He was due to interview a Muslim cleric named Sheikh Gilani, but the arrangement was a trap.

Once Pearl has vanished, we follow the threads of rumor and report from the viewpoint of his wife, a cluster of friends, and the local police. The result, like many of Winterbottom’s films, lies an inch short of disarray; we can keep pace with the investigation, but only just, and that sense of splintering honors the unpredictability of the setting. We hurtle from the tracking down of taxi-drivers to the tracing of cell-phone calls and nocturnal raids on the homes of suspects; such momentum is undeniably but unpleasantly exciting, because we already know the outcome. However diligent the authorities’ chase against the clock, the clock will win. Promising leads hit a wall; when Mariane gets to see Pakistan’s Interior Minister, he blames the Indian intelligence services for having set up the abduction. Add the aggressive questioning of Daniel’s female colleague, Asra (Archie Panjabi), who happens to be Indian, and you get an itchy demonstration of regional mistrust.

Stronger still than the encroaching panic, however, is Mariane’s determination not to cave in to it. Those who saw her being interviewed at the time were struck by her preternatural serenity; her book, also called “A Mighty Heart” (2003), is Winterbottom’s principal source, although her title may be too noble for his manner—the dressed-down, on-the-fly approach that lends even his more formal endeavors, like “Jude” (1996) and “Code 46” (2003), an air of documentary. He is the very model of a modern moral filmmaker: not unromantic, exactly, and too impassioned for the scowls of cynicism, but baffled and perhaps a little bored by the traditional forms of romance. When his loving couples cling together—as they did, stickily, for “9 Songs” (2004)—Winterbottom loses interest. When they are yanked apart, as in “A Mighty Heart,” his own heart quickens its beat.

Mariane is French-speaking, with a Cuban mother, and Jolie is equipped with corkscrewed hair, tinted skin, and murmuring accent. We brace ourselves for a star turn, a hundred minutes of vanity project, but here’s the thing: it never happens. Jolie slips into the part, ducks in and out of the action, and generally plays second string to the onrush of events. Blessed with the world’s most recognizable mouth, she confines herself to a single, skeptical pout, as Mariane is reassured that “no one would ever want to hurt Danny.” Not so: he is an American Jew investigating Muslim extremists, and, as his wife knows, that makes him a marked man.

Only once does Mariane crack. Informed of her husband’s death and of its savage circumstances, she goes to her room, crouches over, and keens. It could be the howl from a Greek tragedy, except that our heroine is not disporting herself on a stage, majestic in her grief, but filmed from so close that you can count the ***** of vertebrae at the top of her spine. By this time she is heavily pregnant, and her screams are a terrible parody of birth pangs—an echo that Winterbottom makes explicit, without needing to, in the closing scenes. This hasty, high-intensity, barely consolable film is just the kind of tale on which he thrives—and, more surprisingly, on which Jolie will come to depend if she wants to keep her head above the tides of madness in which, partly on her own initiative, she has chosen to float. Will success spoil Angelina Jolie? Not yet. Can she help it? Yes, she can.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2007/06/25/070625crci_cinema_lane
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#6 is my favorite. It reminds me of George Clooney said about celebrity. You have to balance it with talent.

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 11:12 pm

coal: your are right. Love what you said “She is the gold standard by which beauty is measured by many”…

Off topic: Argentina won 4-1 Yes!!!.

Marie Claire interview:

On whether or not she will give birth again:

Angie: I loved being pregnant and fortunately, I was with a man who found it really sexy too.

no longer a lurker @ 06/28/2007 at 11:20 pm

tita, how i wish! if only i can afford the tickets, hanggang nearby countries lang ang kaya ko not us plus hirap pa kaya kumuha ng visa. las piñas ako, near lang sa airport so if you’re planning for a vacy here, just let me know, i would be more than happy to meet you & treat you for lunch/dinner. my invitation is open to all pinays - mf, angelah, briseis, jjoy, etc. baka me magtampo kasi di ko na-mention, everyone na nga for as long as regular j-p fans ;)

Hi everybody, hi CHQT. I am glad mostly fans are here now, not like during the day.

Original Curious @ 06/28/2007 at 11:21 pm

Thank you JJ.

Missouri Fan,

Hey Ma. I’m fine. I’ve been away and checking-in occasionally. Thanks for asking. Hope all’s well with you.

for 207 LOL from 205 @ 06/28/2007 at 11:24 pm

205 to the fans? | 06/28/2007 at 10:07 pm
Can someone share what her new movie ‘Wanted’ is about? I heard she is going to be doing stunts, so I’m assuming its a spy movie?

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207 LOL | 06/28/2007 at 10:10 pm
205 google is your friend don’t be so lazy

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So Sorry I will google it. I just thought it would also open up a discussion to be part of the group. I did’nt mean a thing by it. I’m new here and am crazy about Angie and Brad. But again sorry and I will go google it. Thanks.

Hello MF. Regards to your family members.

I rub my tummy and I’m a virgin, so there. I just like how it feels because I’m vain.

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 11:31 pm

#234: you’re welcome, ntt. I just brought it here. It was Gussie who found the article. I laughed out loud at the reflection thing asking for an autograph. And although it was all in jest, it is still a testament to the power of her personna or her charisma if you want to put it that way. Even the New Yorker is a little bit in awe of her, don’t you think so? An elite mag as opposed to a tab.

But you’re right about the #6 though. Beauty without talent is like cereal without milk.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 11:32 pm

Hi ntt - yeah it was really nice here the other night too - not too many trolls and everyone was able to have a good discussion. But like some people have said, with PH comments not ope and school out for the summer it’s a guarantee that it won’t always be so calm. I’m sure the JP’s are looking forward to Angie wrapping up Wanted so they can have a nice relaxing vacay. I expect we won’t see as much of them for a bit, which is cool by me. I’ll survive :-) We’ve seen so much of them with their respect movies etc. and it’s really been great!

Anyway, nice to see ya posting! I was going to ask you how your volunteering with DWB has been going? Any news? I think it’s great that there’s so many fans here that support many of the same causes that Brad and Angie are into.

to the fans? | 06/28/2007 at 10:07 pm
Can someone share what her new movie ‘Wanted’ is about? I heard she is going to be doing stunts, so I’m assuming its a spy movie?
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Sorry about the lack of adequate response. You are welcome to join us anytime.

coalharbourqt @ 06/28/2007 at 11:35 pm

Hey Missouri Fan’s in da house! *waving* Less than 2 months until it’s cake time! :D

That is what Jane was telling Jen. Repeat of last time. Brad the coward. Angie loving that she is letting us know by the pix’s. Remember she said she didn’t sleep with married men. so like we are to believe her when she says she is not preggers. NOT

Okay, I am out of here. I am going on my love boat cruise. Have fun. See ya in a week. Don’t let the hens cluck you down. Thanks for all you do Just Jared. I will miss my BAMPZS fix but hopefully I will be able to sneak a peak. Peace to all. Go see “A Mighty Heart”.

Andromeda: deberias venir para Venezuela a ver la Copa, claro si es que puedes. yo vivo super lejos de donde estan siendo los juegos, y cuando fui a comprar mi entrada, ya no habian porque los idiotas del gobierno como siempre, pusieron a la venta mas entradas que las plazas que verdaderamente habia disponible. como siempre todo es de lo ultimo

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 11:47 pm

cook and truth

Thank you!
I wish everything is fine..not really..
I would say I’m very happy I found JJ site.

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 11:49 pm

Hi coal!!
When is your birthday?
Mine is August 19th.

Andrómeda @ 06/28/2007 at 11:50 pm

saraicita: me hubiera encantado ir (además para hacer un poco de turismo por allí) pero en estos momentos no ando muy bien economicamente. Vistes el partido? Argentina jugó bien, veremos cómo se desempeña la selección en los próximos encuentros…

Missouri Fan @ 06/28/2007 at 11:55 pm

249 bdj | 06/28/2007 at 11:38 pm
Okay, I am out of here. I am going on my love boat cruise. Have fun. See ya in a week. Don’t let the hens cluck you down. Thanks for all you do Just Jared. I will miss my BAMPZS fix but hopefully I will be able to sneak a peak. Peace to all. Go see “A Mighty Heart”.
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bdj, have a wonderful trip!
I’m sure I’m going to miss you & your post!

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 11:56 pm

#237: no longer, vacay won’t be till 2008 for me. We’re attending a wedding. Thanks for the offer and I’ll take you up on it when we get there.

At least you can shop at HK anytime to get your spirits up when you’re down, huh? Or you can go to Taiwan, Singapore or Japan. Have you been to Macau?

the real tita @ 06/28/2007 at 11:59 pm

#249: bon voyage, bdj!

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 12:01 am

oy, the real tita & no longer a lurker I’ll meet you in Quaipo Blvd! :lol:

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 12:01 am

Missouri Fan
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I’m August 21 :-) (Just don’t ask me how old I’ll be - lol) Hope you’ve been well.

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 12:04 am

Hello Andrómeda!

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 12:04 am

bdj - sounds lovely, wherever you’re going! Have a wonderful, relaxing cruise :-)

I guess they (razzis) heard/read yah j@r3d from the Business as usual thread.

it still takes two @ 06/29/2007 at 12:09 am

248 Nicole

BOTH Brad and Angelina willingly participated in the act(s) that created Shiloh. So if she is pregnant again, and that is a big IF, then Brad once again is as responsible as Angelina. So why are your snide, snippy, and catty remarks expressed only toward the woman, why none expressed toward the man who would be 50% responsible if a another pregnancy has indeed occurred? They are grown folk, if they have decided to have another baby together, it’s their business, not anyone elses. They both have said they want more children. Woman can be so judgemental of other women with whom they have no connection to at all.

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 12:09 am

#246: truth, I think people here are thinking that she’s trolling that’s why there’s been no friendly greeting or reply…it’s how trolls usually start, by asking some harmless question. If she’s legit, then that’s a different story.

Andrómeda @ 06/29/2007 at 12:10 am

Hi Missouri fan, how are you? Is wonderful when the haters aren´t here, isn´t it?

Talking about birthdays, mine is July 1st

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 12:15 am

coal,
thanks! I’m marking my calendar!

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 12:17 am

Andromeda - Happy Early Birthday! Did you know that here in Canada July 1st is Canada Day? :-) Too bad you aren’t here for all the parties and fireworks! Princess Diana also had her b-day on July 1st, and it’s my Grandma’s B-day too.

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 12:18 am

#257: MF duon tayo sa Makati, more places to meet and greet! Or maybe that new mall they are all talking about. No longer, what’s the name of that place? Is that close to Luneta?

dark-angel @ 06/29/2007 at 12:19 am

208 the real tita
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Paris Hilton’s new PR people saying that the were going to go Angelina style to bring her back up is really a INSULT toward Angelina; because Angelina’s motives to do Humanitarian relief are REAL!! Not like someone has fake, spoiled and vile like Paris!! Yeah, Paris is a PARASITE or Human Ebola like Lainey call her!! I mean, i really don’t see Paris visiting all the Refugee camps that Angelina visit or Paris starting a wonderful project like the Maddox Jolie-Pitt project!!

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 12:22 am

Andrómeda,
It’s peaceful! I ignored them.
Ok, let me mark my calendar.
Ahh.. your birthday is this coming Sunday!

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 12:22 am

MF - you’re already on mine :D We’ll have to share a b-day toast somewhere in there!

Here’s one to Andromeda’s b-day (okay, I’m starting early - tee hee) *clink* May you have a fabulous day and the best year of your life!

250 saraicita | 06/28/2007 at 11:39 pm
Andromeda: deberias venir para Venezuela a ver la Copa, claro si es que puedes. yo vivo super lejos de donde estan siendo los juegos, y cuando fui a comprar mi entrada, ya no habian porque los idiotas del gobierno como siempre, pusieron a la venta mas entradas que las plazas que verdaderamente habia disponible. como siempre todo es de lo ultimo

253 Andrómeda | 06/28/2007 at 11:50 pm
saraicita: me hubiera encantado ir (además para hacer un poco de turismo por allí) pero en estos momentos no ando muy bien economicamente. Vistes el partido? Argentina jugó bien, veremos cómo se desempeña la selección en los próximos encuentros…
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Don’t bothe,r Mexico is going to take it this time!!!!! VIVA MEXICO!!!! Sorry, did not mean to rudely jump into your conversation, just wanted to add that. Peace.

Andrómeda @ 06/29/2007 at 12:27 am

coal: Thanks!!. You know, I always wanted to go Canada, I hope one day I will. Is one of the countries I have to visit.
Happy birhday to your grandmother too, I´m sure you´ll spend the day with her.

Preggy Angie @ 06/29/2007 at 12:31 am

The Jenhags at FF are getting upset that Angie is rumored to be preggy again!

I think she is really preggy, she is probably on the phone talking with her OB-gyne, hence the inadvertent touching of her belly!

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 12:35 am

tita, are you talking of sm mall of asia? currently, the biggest mall here & i think #3 in the world (pls correct me if i’m wrong). just let me know when you’ll be arriving, kahit na 2008 pa yon, pls ask jared na lang for my email add. ikaw na mag-ask baka mas malakas ka kasi hiningi ko dati email ni ate char hanggang ngayon wala pa ring reply. never been in macau, hk & bangkok pa lang.

mf, i wouldn’t suggest quiapo pero kung peke dvd hanap mo then that’s the place to be ;) tita’s right, mall of asia is good, also rockwell, eastwood, there are a lot of nice places to hang-out now here. if you’re coming, let me know lunch/dinner’s on me.

andromeda, advance happy birthday!! hope that it will be a really special day for you!

Geraldo Rivera and wife at the premiere of AMH. Fox news was represented:

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=2078878&mp=p&mpc=3&vpid=3504642

to 246 truth..thankyou @ 06/29/2007 at 12:40 am

246 truth | 06/28/2007 at 11:33 pm
to the fans? | 06/28/2007 at 10:07 pm
Can someone share what her new movie ‘Wanted’ is about? I heard she is going to be doing stunts, so I’m assuming its a spy movie?
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Sorry about the lack of adequate response. You are welcome to join us anytime.

(Flag This) Thank you very much for that,truth. Well as I mention I was only trying to open up a discussion and being new to this site I just jump in, maybe my question was inappropriate. But I did google it and it sounds like a very exciting movie. Well thank you again and I will be headed to bed. Night truth.

Ate Char
My mom is a fan of Brad and Angie. She call’s
them, “ang mag-asawa”. So your birthday is
Aug. 19…well, I’m Aug.1 (Leo ka rin ba?)

the real tita
Mag-eenjoy ka. Nung una ay nag-aalala ako na
baka hindi magustuhan ng anak ko but she really
liked the movie.

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 12:43 am

Andromeda - you’re very welcome! Hope you make it here some day (Vancouver is really beautiful but certainly not the only place in Canada that is ;-) ) Unfortunately I won’t get to see my Grandma - she lives far away
:-(

#274 Preggy Angie
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:lol: The jenhags at FF are ALWAYS upset about something… nothing new there :lol:

Andrómeda @ 06/29/2007 at 12:45 am

nikki: No problem, but don´t be so sure about Mexico winning the Cup!!, we´ll see what happens…

no longer a lurker: oh thank you very much. Apart from celebrate, one of the things I´m planning to do is sleep a lot, thank God is sunday…

Oh gee Brad baby…makes me sick to think that your mother visited Jen on Fathers day! how sick that would make me feel…….

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 12:51 am

268 the real tita
O sige, 2008? that will be fun.
Kailan ba ang birthday mo?

no longer a lurker -ibigay mo rin sa akin.

I have brieses, angelah and jjoy.

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 12:52 am

#269: yeah, I thought it was an insult to Angie as her motives were altruistic to begin with and not an attempt to improve her image.

However, if Paris is really able to help out rehabilitate those ladies who have been in jail then maybe the ulterior motive becomes moot. If that’s one good thing that comes out of all this, then I hope that they thank Angie for it because she made do-gooding a trend.

Andrómeda @ 06/29/2007 at 12:53 am

Have to go, good night everybody, and thanks, you are all so sweet.
I see lots of birthdays are coming in august. kisses.

reply is a broken record @ 06/29/2007 at 12:55 am

still going around in circles and repeating the same thing over and over. lame lame lame. if you are so sick you must leave here immediately and go to your nearest emergency room.

I don’t think she’s pregnant… I hope not! lol

Good night and sweet dreams, everyone.

good night truth!

It makes me sick to think your mother visited Jenifer on Father’s day…what a sick thing to do……..

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 1:00 am

Hey tabloids,
Good night!

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 1:02 am

Andrómeda
Sweet dreams!!

291 reply | 06/29/2007 at 12:57 am
It makes me sick to think your mother visited Jenifer on Father’s day…what a sick thing to do
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No sicker than you coming onto these threads every day to make a fool of yourself. How sick is that?

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 1:06 am

Have a good night everyone!

Don’t fall for reply’s BAIT!

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 1:13 am

truth ,
many thanks for those links!
When is your birthday?
Good Night & sweet dreams!

Keana,
Yes,I’m a Leo. Marking my calendar.

Hello to Beeloved!!

CHQT, I found a few organizations through my friends, but I won’t go until next year, around June. I wish I could join Doctors Without Borders, but because they require 6 months commitment at a time, I can’t do it. I am donating money to their organization though.

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 1:14 am

coal, oh no you’re leaving? just when the sicko is back again. good night!

good night too, mf!

tita, you still around? there’s a sicko here, how about giving it some good, old whipping.

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 1:16 am

#276: no longer, yeah, mall of asia. never been there cause it wasn’t there yet when we went back in 2003. Eastwood is nice. Two of my nieces bought units there (they work here though) and when we were there, we went through the whole complex and loved how there’s no need to drive anywhere if you live there. It’s a complete community.

#279: don’t worry, keana. I plan to cry my eyes out when I see the movie. Every time they mention the scream, my eyes water. I can just imagine when it’s on the screen.

#284: MF, get my new e-mail from Jared. My old one still works you know if you want to use that.

No longer, ask Jared for the new one when you do. You can e-mail me anytime. On weekends though, I try to stay away from the computer. So if my replies are late sometimes, you know why.

Missouri Fan @ 06/29/2007 at 1:19 am

ntt
&
Jill

Hello!

I hope she’s not sick. Its hard to get sick if you have kids…

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 1:29 am

#299: are you talking about reply? I’ve tangled with her before. She’s sick with rage and envy. Don’t worry, kayang kaya natin iyan. I was just about to sign off but if you’re still here, I guess I can stay a few more minutes.

#291: You’re the one who’s sick that’s why everything looks sick to you. Give it up. You’re not going to break them up by wishing just as you can’t be Jennifer by clicking your heels.

Find another guy to drool on, maybe you’ll have a better chance. How about Matt McConaughey? He’s available.

coalharbourqt @ 06/29/2007 at 1:29 am

nlal
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I’ve had a long day and am just too sleepy to give 2 cr*ps about that loser reply :-)Looks like Jill has it all under control anyway. Go get ‘em girl!

ntt
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Yeah it’s a lot of time to commit. I think it’s great that you’ve found another avenue by which to contribute. This world is a better place with you in it :-)

Okay, I can’t stop yawning. Time to hit the hay!

*waving at Missouri Fan* :D

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 1:33 am

#294: maybe reply comes here when she’s drunk! She sounds like it.

Dirty Denise @ 06/29/2007 at 1:34 am

When aske about his relationship with Angie, Brad replied, “Now I have the best I ever had”.

OUCH, Maniston!

jeeze louise @ 06/29/2007 at 1:36 am

Oscar season in half-full swing
Best Actress race shaping up to be one to watch

By TIMOTHY M. GRAY

The year is half over — so, in theory, the annual kudos season has seen 50% of its entrants. Of course, this is never the case, but if the first six months are any indication, the actress race is going to be the one to watch this year.

So far, Julie Christie in Lionsgate’s “Away From Her,” Marion Cotillard of Picturehouse’s “La Vie en rose” and Angelina Jolie in Paramount Vantage’s “A Mighty Heart” have earned awards buzz. Three serious contenders for five slots make for a lively start.

And while there are isolated possibilities in other categories, the only other race that’s crowded is visual effects, thanks to pics such as Warner Bros.’ “300,” Sony’s “Spider-Man 3,” Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and Fox’s “Fantastic Four,” with July bringing DreamWorks-Par’s “Transformers” and WB’s latest “Harry Potter.”

The first six months of 2007 also offer clues from two festivals that are increasingly key to the awards season: Sundance and Cannes.

Last year, Fox Searchlight acquired “Little Miss Sunshine” at Sundance and turned it into a B.O. and kudos winner. Will lightning strike twice? Searchlight came away from this year’s Sundance with “Waitress” and “Under the Same Moon” (formerly “La Misma Luna”). Also at Sundance, the Weinstein Co. acquired the well-received “Grace Is Gone,” starring John Cusack, and is sharing “Moon” with Searchlight.

The 2006 Cannes bowed several pics that went on to kudos attention, including Oscar best film contender “Babel.” This year, there was a lot of buzz on the Croisette for two films that Miramax will release at the end of the year: the Coen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men” and Julian Schnabel’s “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” Also a hit there: Picturehouse’s “The Orphanage,” produced by Guillermo del Toro, who struck gold last year with “Pan’s Labyrinth” at Cannes.

There are awards possibilities in other films from the first half of 2007, including Paramount’s impeccable David Fincher drama “Zodiac,” which may find a wider audience via DVD and screenings.

And while kudos buzz for “Away From Her” and “Mighty Heart” centers on the actresses, those films boast possible contenders in other categories, such as thesp Gordon Pinsent and writer-director Sarah Polley for “Away,” and Michael Winterbottom’s direction and John Orloff’s script for “Heart.”

Also worth remembering are Fox Searchlight’s “Once” (particularly in the music races), Focus Features’ “Evening” and Miramax’s “The Hoax.”

The first six months have also offered plenty of possibilities in the feature animation, docu and foreign-language races, but more on those at a future date.

Many of the above films may seem like awards darkhorses, but it all depends on what opens later this year. When “Gladiator” and “Crash” bowed, few declared them Oscar front-runners, but as the awards season progressed, their stock rose.

Below are films, month by month, that have kudos potential. Most of them sound intriguing on paper — which sometimes pays off bigtime, but not always.

July: Focus’ Don Cheadle vehicle “Talk to Me”; MGM’s “Rescue Dawn,” directed by Werner Herzog and starring Christian Bale and Steve Zahn; New Line’s “Hairspray”; and Sony Classics’ “Moliere.”

August: Picturehouse’s “El Cantante” and “Rocket Science”; and Yari Film Group’s “Resurrecting the Champ,” starring Samuel L. Jackson.

September: Focus’ duo of David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises” and Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution”; Searchlight’s Wes Anderson-helmed “The Darjeeling Limited”; MGM’s Robert Benton movie “Feast of Love”; Paramount Vantage’s “Into the Wild,” directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch; Sony Classics’ “The Jane Austen Book Club”; Universal’s Middle East drama “The Kingdom”; Warner’s Jodie Foster starrer “The Brave One,” from Neil Jordan, plus “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” starring Brad Pitt; and Warner Independent’s Iraq-themed “In the Valley of Elah,” directed by Paul Haggis.

October: DreamWorks’ “Things We Lost in the Fire,” with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro; Focus’ Terry George-helmed “Reservation Road”; Lionsgate’s “3:10 to Yuma,” directed by James Mangold and starring Bale and Russell Crowe; New Line’s “Rendition,” starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep; Par Vantage’s “Margot at the Wedding,” a Nicole Kidman starrer from Noah Baumbach (”The Squid and the Whale”); Sony Classics’ “Sleuth,” with Michael Caine and Jude Law; Universal’s Cate Blanchett sequel “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (who would have guessed Elizabeth I would become a franchise?); and, from WB, Tony Gilroy’s directing debut, the George Clooney vehicle “Michael Clayton.”

November: New Line’s Mike Newell-directed “Love in the Time of Cholera”; Par Vantage’s “The Kite Runner,” from the bestseller and helmed by Marc Forster; Universal’s “American Gangster,” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Crowe; United Artists’ debut feature under the new regime, “Lions for Lambs,” directed by Robert Redford and starring Redford, Tom Cruise and Streep; Disney’s “Enchanted” (Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon); and Weinstein Co.’s Woody Allen opus “Cassandra’s Dream” with Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor.

December: Columbia’s “The Other Boleyn Girl,” with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson; DreamWorks’ “Sweeney Todd,” from Tim Burton and Johnny Depp; Disney’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”; Focus’ Working Title pic “Atonement,” from Joe Wright (”Pride and Prejudice”); Searchlight’s “The Savages,” with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney; Lionsgate’s “The Return,” about Iraq vets, starring Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins; New Line’s Chris Weitz epic “The Golden Compass”; Par Vantage’s “There Will Be Blood,” with Daniel Day Lewis starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of an Upton Sinclair novel; Sony Classics’ “Youth Without Youth,” the first Francis Ford Coppola film in a decade, plus “The Band’s Visit”; Universal’s “Charlie Wilson’s War,” directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, plus the Clooney 1940s-set comedy “Leatherheads”; and the Weinstein Co. duo of “The Great Debaters,” helmed by Washington and starring Washington and Forest Whitaker, and Wayne Kramer’s immigration drama “Crossing Over,” with Penn and Harrison Ford.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967887.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 1:38 am

coal, tita, have a good night’s rest you two! catch you again on the next thread. i’ll join the fray if no one will be helping jill.

the real tita @ 06/29/2007 at 1:48 am

#309: no longer, I really have to go. See you tomorrow. Lasing na iyang si reply. Patulugin mo na.

Goodnight everybody. It’s been fun but I gotta run.

jeeze louise @ 06/29/2007 at 1:52 am

307 Dirty Denise | 06/29/2007 at 1:34 am

When aske about his relationship with Angie, Brad replied, “Now I have the best I ever had”.

OUCH, Maniston!

Where did this quote come from? Did Brad do a new interview?

What the hell is wrong with you people?

311,

I believe that quote was from Brad’s Cannes ET interview or one of those other entertainment shows.

LOVE ANGELINA @ 06/29/2007 at 2:09 am

Angelina is really beautiful, always has been. Angelina is mostly the supporting star in half of her films. Angelina doesn’t try be the star. Angelina just acts because she loves to tell stories. That is a true artist. Angelina is amazing as an actress and activist.

IF you people were really her fans you wouldn’t question her. You wouldn’t joke about her being pregnant. You people just want a stupid real life soap opera. Thats why you keep bringing up Jen.

This is the truth. You don’t joke around with children, this isn’t a sick Truman Show you people are watching. This is REAL PEOPLE’S life. Why can’t you just view the pics, talk about her films, talk about the FACTS, and wish her well? It’s not okay to want her to be with child to spite someone. I hope only the haters are here talking trash and spewing filth. If you are new fan try and act more rational. Be a true fan and support her.

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 2:12 am

is this a new format or is my pc conking out on me?

hahaha 10,000 characters this time j@red?! lol. Can you also put the typekey back? oh well.

I like this format JJ.

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 2:43 am

the posts are easier to read but if you are typing, the fonts are too small. those with not very good eyesight might complain. 10000characters for post? perhaps jared was thinking of j-p fans who likes to post articles from other sites? ;)

hi angelah. did you & briseis continued w/ our “project”? :)

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Oh yea you’re so right, she hasnt bonded with her and that’s why she said this:
Shi’s so full of light and love, she’s just a little honey, and very, very funny. I think I’m recognizing some of myself in that one…

You know the way she explains her kids so differently yet so detailed @ every interview really shows how much time she spends getting to know them and how close she is to ‘em. So yea, you’re wrong, try another sappy thought.

Hey Estelle! still up?

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hello there!! sorry I didn’t, i posted one remark then booom I was outta there. Ano na pong oras diayn? it’s almost 12 AM here.

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 2:56 am

close to 3 pm. why are you still up? briseis was asking for more kasi me troll don. i also left na din kaya i thought you 2 continued w/ it.

Hey Angelah! just got back from Los Angeles, How are you? you are still up

318 no longer a lurker
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Go to View- select Text size, click on medium, large or largest

coz my left leg’s aching, tumakbo po kasi ako and thats what happens when u havent had that much practice in a while.

IC that you’re proffering to take us out sa pinas, eh? thanks. I still have five bros doon po sa novaliches quezon city, is that far from quiapo? Re: the email address, I asked j already but to this day, hindi pas sumagot; maybe he wants lumpias to be sent to him before replying..hah jk.

U are correct ’bout the font size n the type box pero ito ang binigay satin eh, so just accept it. I’m kinda glad that he augmented the characters coz the quantity used to be 1000 (or was it 500?) BUT we jj posters (being oh so intellegent..haha) did find a way to break that limit. :roll:

lurker/fan @ 06/29/2007 at 3:25 am

Does anyone know when say she will be done filming wanted? And then she has a two month break, right? When does she start filming the changeling?

I was thinking about where Angie said she was going to travel to. One of the places was Pakistan. Do you think that would be too dangerous. I know the studio thought it would be safer for Angelina to shoot in India for TMH so do you think there would any problems for her to go back to Pakistan. I was reading world news and that country has gotten very unstable in last few months.

no longer a lurker @ 06/29/2007 at 3:28 am

estelle, thanks. i’ve no prob w/ this new one i just remember the last time jared changed it, a lot of people complained so i just mentioned it now.

angelah, i think medyo malayo ang novaliches to quiapo, why? oo nga e snob si jared, me hiningi din ako sa kanya dati yong kay ate char, until now no response. tulog lang siguro katapat ng leg pains mo.

She said she will be going to France after filming the movie “Wanted” and the movie with Clint Eastwood will be filming in October.

Estelle, i’m still getting some chuckles out of that water topic..oiy.

NLAL- are you elempee on youtube? (sorry no more of those images but here’s Troy by ell

well I’ll try to sleep this pain. TTYL today.

LOL…me too Angelah, I will never look at a bottle water the same again…any how, good night ladies, sweet dreams to all.

lurker/fan @ 06/29/2007 at 3:33 am

thanks Estelle. Glad that they are going to France. I remember all the pictures we used get when they were in France. Some of the best pictures of the family were taken in that country. That’s when Justjared used to be so fun but now with trolls…sigh. :(

LOG1=0 PLZZ @ 06/29/2007 at 3:51 am

I DONT REMEMBER BRAD ASKED IN CANNES ABOUT HIS RELATION WITH ANGIE AND THAT HE ANSWERED ThaT HE HAS THE BEST, But who knows…

LOG1=0 PLZZ @ 06/29/2007 at 3:51 am

I DONT REMEMBER BRAD ASKED IN CANNES ABOUT HIS RELATION WITH ANGIE AND THAT HE ANSWERED ThaT HE HAS THE BEST, But who knows…

Ok now……….this is really getting ugly.

I don´t now how people can still NOT care about her (not so prominent) weight now.

She is so skinny it´s beyond pretty- but more important- it´s not healthy.

I see she has gain in some pounds, God is good all the time. She is not pregnant and believe it or not. She looked nice in jeans.

333 black : 06/29/2007 at 4:10 am

Ok now……….this is really getting ugly.

I don´t now how people can still NOT care about her (not so prominent) weight now.

She is so skinny it´s beyond pretty- but more important- it´s not healthy.

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She has lost some wieght, but she always as been skinny — and she always had skinny arms and legs. Go and look for old photos and look at them, you will see that she hasn’t lost that much weight.

#314 LOVE ANGELINA

I might be one of those but i take your word and its true. Thanx!!!!

333 black : 06/29/2007 at 4:10 am

Ok now……….this is really getting ugly.

I don´t now how people can still NOT care about her (not so prominent) weight now.

She is so skinny it´s beyond pretty- but more important- it´s not healthy.

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She has lost some wieght, but she always as been skinny — and she always had skinny arms and legs. Go and look for old photos and look at them, you will see that she hasn’t lost that much weight.
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when u get older and u lose wait it looks more on u specially wait loss becuz of moral things not diet,angie is not 25 and she went through sad thing +4 KIDS ALMOST THE SAME AGE ,ohh god!

I’m really tired with the wait issue. It’s just 09:54am in LONDON so pliz dont make my day hell!!!!!!

#220

NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!

angelface @ 06/29/2007 at 4:55 am

love her love her LOVE HER!…but what has happened to her boobs?! (still, she always looks fab!)
x

JJ 10,000 characters!!!!!!! lol

Morning lisa? I’m up having nite mares!!! am scared pliz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melissa who is lisa? I told u not to use that name use yes!!!!

Sorry yes/Melissa i just love u being my name sake!!!! lol

Why dont u like it? It’s a nice name.

There’s no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn’t until February 24. But a number of races already have begun — some quietly, some not so quietly.
This weekend, Paramount Vantage is launching A Mighty Heart, director Michael Winterbottom’s re-creation of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at the hands of Pakistani militants. Starring Angelina Jolie as Pearl’s wife Mariane, who led the search for her husband, the film debuted in May at Cannes.

As of Thursday, the documentary-like thriller rated an 80 per cent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.com, but higher-end critics have been even more positive. Vantage isn’t being shy about using the “O” word: Print ads quote Ben Lyons of E! Entertainment proclaiming, “The early favourite for best picture at this year’s Oscars,” while TV ads also invoke its Oscar-worthiness.

Actually, months from now, when the Oscar campaigns are in high gear, Heart’s awards hopes probably will coalesce around Jolie’s performance as the actress succeeds in the tricky job of capturing a real-life woman whose tragic story made headlines in 2002. But a nomination isn’t automatically guaranteed since this year’s best actress field is one of the strongest in years.

Lionsgate already has released Sarah Polley’s Away From Her, a portrait of a couple coping with Alzheimer’s, starring a luminous Julie Christie as a woman battling the disease, which could earn the actress the fourth nomination of her career. Picturehouse recently launched La Vie En Rose, starring French actress Marion Cotillard as chanteuse Edith Piaf. At the Seattle International Film Festival, which concluded last weekend, Cotillard was rewarded with the audience award for best actress, a harbinger of future trips she could well make to the winner’s podium.

Next weekend, another possible contender enters the field when Focus Features debuts Evening, Lajos Koltai’s screen adaptation of the Susan Minot novel. Vanessa Redgrave stars as a dying woman looking back over her life.

And that’s just the best actress heat, which is destined to get more crowded as the year progresses and other films — like Universal Pictures’ The Golden Age, in which Cate Blanchett reprises the role of Queen Elizabeth I, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Elizabeth in 1999 — enter the field.

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16270

Dont be scared just look at Angie one time and take a big breath and there you go!!!
SLEEP WELL, dont lose your sleep coz of that. Sorry if i was gashish at you on the last post!!! I hope you are not angly with me. lol

What’s happening JJ? I cant see all comments on p12.

338 yes : 06/29/2007 at 4:53 am
I’m really tired with the wait issue. It’s just 09:54am in LONDON so pliz dont make my day hell!!!!!!
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Do i know what is ur favorite issue ,so i can talk about it,desolée mais je ne lis pas dans les pensées ok?et si tu sens que je t’ai dérangé,saches que je ne l’ai pas fais exprés!

ET EN + WEIGHT N’EST PAS VRAIMENT “an isssue”

#348 LOGI=0
yeah, something which will bring positive ideas like how she looked nice in her jeans e.t.c. Is that French? I used to learn french but because am a slow learner they droped me and told me to fack off!!!! SAD.

she’s so skinny…do you like her body now??

#340 angelface
What happened to her boobs?
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She breast feed Shiloh too much and her breast musceles couldn’t hang on still.

#351 gini
she’s so skinny…do you like her body now
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Yeah i do and hopefully she will continue gaining in some pounds and that will make it YEAH I DO!!!!!!! lol

Wont comment on weight issue anymore. thank you!!!!!

Bring and see how i’ll play it.

LOG1=0 TO YES @ 06/29/2007 at 5:48 am

I’m AN ANGIE FAN!i DIDNT TRY TO ,u know…!AND I DIDNT SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT HER!just to explain!about french looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!i tell u what ,french is great ,in tunisia its our second language and its very very very obligatory to learn from maternal school,!BUT U HAVE TO FIGHT ,and its easy if u put all what u have to learn it,maybe the pronounciation for english and americans is a bit hard but,u have to learn..

JANE PITT AT WAR WTH JOLIE

Is Angelina jolie over reacting by telling Jane Brad’s mum that if she continue’s seeing Maniston she will never see Shiloh again or is jane being unffair by taking stories to chinnifer?

HAVE A SAY!!!!!!!

Jane pitt is siding chinnifer.
She is a boring old lady, i go with angie, she should never see Shi again because she derseves respect!!!!!!!

LOGI=0

Thanx. will try to learn!!!!!!!!!

Je mappele Yes. lol

I go with Angie. why siding a loser of all people???

Angie needs abit of respect!!!!!!

LOG1=0 TO YES @ 06/29/2007 at 6:02 am

359 yes : 06/29/2007 at 5:56 am
LOGI=0

Thanx. will try to learn!!!!!!!!!

Je mappele Yes. lol
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lol trés bien ,but i dont think that your name is YES haahha

Movie goer @ 06/29/2007 at 6:06 am

I saw La Vie en Rose and the actress in it was superb. I’ve also seen A Mighty Heart and Angelina gave an excellent performance. As much as I’m a fan of Angelina, I should tell you, come Oscar time, Angie is going to face some tough competiton by Marion Cotillard. So please remain neutral when you talk about the Oscars and do check out La Vie. It’s a great movie. I’m just happy to have seen both of these movies made. That’s an accomplishment all on its own. Both wonderful stories about two very stong women.

LOVE ANGELINA @ 06/29/2007 at 6:09 am

I found something interesting about how Angie gives interviews. This is from Vougue 2006. This explains why Angie does all the interviews.

Jolie has not given a lengthy personal interview since she and Brad have been together, and when I bring this up she says, “I mentioned that last night to Brad. I said, ‘I’m a little concerned. I just haven’t done this, having to represent another person.’ Usually I just represent myself and I don’t worry about it, because I don’t care how bold I am. People can think anything they want about me if it makes their time at the checkout counter go a little quicker. I’m all for killing time in the supermarket. But Brad said, ‘Well, don’t change a thing about the way you’ve always done it. Just relax and don’t worry.’”

Move over Brad Pitt @ 06/29/2007 at 6:58 am

Pax is going to snatch that Sexiest Man Alive title in exactly 13years…

watch.

chanel angie 4 life! @ 06/29/2007 at 7:29 am

i don’t think so its like the rest of fans says she could have a heavy meal or something but shes not pregnant

Nice Article @ 06/29/2007 at 7:47 am

Hollywood Vs. the Paparazzi: It’s War!
Gangster paps. Celebrity fake-outs. Secret payoffs. Violent skirmishes. Hollywood’s paparazzi wars are turning ugly. Radar reports from the front

By John Connolly and John Cook   

The evening of March 13 was just another Tuesday night for Lindsay Lohan. She spent a few hours at Butter in Manhattan—where the line for nobodies stretches around the block and blood orange Bellinis go for $14—sporting a brave face on the eve of her ne’er-do-well father’s release from prison. Around 3 a.m., she and some friends hopped in her mother’s white 2004 BMW as the paparazzi gave chase. Pursued by at least two cars, she careened through lower Manhattan, putting the Beemer’s famed facility for cornering to the test. Pulling into the valet lane in front of Hotel Gansevoort in the West Village, she found herself blocked in and surrounded by photographers.

To judge by video aired by Access Hollywood , the scene rapidly devolved into mayhem, with gawkers and paparazzi shouting Lohan’s name as she sat trapped in the driver’s seat. Then, depending on whom you ask, one of two things happened: Either Lohan decided to run over a paparazzo named Giovanni Arnold, or Arnold, who was perched on the hood of Lohan’s car snapping pics, smelled a lawsuit and took a dive in front of her BMW as she edged forward. “Oh my God! Lindsay, you hit somebody,” the photographers shouted, addressing the starlet like concerned friends.
Arnold wound up at St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he was treated for a bruised knee, and clips of the incident were on the Internet within hours. Days later, Lohan’s mother, Dina, told Harper’s Bazaar that “Diana will happen again” (referring to the Princess of Wales’ death during a paparazzi car chase), and hinted darkly that her daughter might be next.

The Hotel Gansevoort incident was just one in a seemingly endless series of confrontations in recent months between the paparazzi and the celebrities whose every move they chronicle.

Just this past November, Lohan suffered cuts and bruises after being rear-ended by a paparazzo in Los Angeles at 2 a.m. on her way home from a night of clubbing. In February, Britney Spears had a well-documented breakdown, the highlight of which was her umbrella-swinging rampage against photographers from the X17 photo agency. According to X17, Spears had just been prevented by Kevin Federline from seeing her children when she went after a photographer’s car, spitting and screaming, “Go **** yourself!”

Just hours before, while stopped at a gas station, an obviously distressed Spears had sat passively in the passenger seat of a Mercedes as a photographer snapped half a dozen shots through the windshield while attempting to console her: “How you doing?” Click. “You doing okay?” Click. Click. “I’m concerned about you though, okay?” Click. And in March, in a Los Angeles church parking lot of all places, a security guard leveled a pistol at another X17 photographer on Britney detail after the cameraman ignored a traffic cop’s instruction to stop and wait for Spears’s vehicle to leave before exiting the lot. That same week, Princess Di’s son Harry allegedly lunged at a photographer while leaving a London nightclub and wound up sprawled on the pavement. Lohan’s mother is right: Someone will likely be killed again. And when they are, the shot will be priceless.

As recently as 15 years ago, there were just 25 or so “paps,” as they’re known in the business, plying their trade in Los Angeles. But the dramatic success of Us Weekly and its imitators— Star, Life & Style, In Touch Weekly —not to mention ever-metastasizing tabloid TV shows like Access Hollywood , has injected tens of millions of dollars into the sector and, in the process, fundamentally reshaped the contours of fame. Now, on any given day, 300 to 400 paps (the term is also a verb, as in, “Jessica is in Hawaii this week, let’s pap her”) roam the streets of L.A. on behalf of 20 or so agencies. Together they generate more than 120,000 images per week, which are pumped directly to the computer screens of tabloid photo editors via password-protected websites. (Even Radar has been known to indulge from time to time.)

Actual figures are hard to come by, but according to one source, AMI’s struggling Star magazine brings up the rear, spending $60,000 per week on pap shots; the flashier People and Us Weekly spend much more. A good image, purchased non-exclusively, runs from $1,500 to $2,000 for print publication. For exclusive rights, a shot of middling interest—like Hayden Christensen and new girlfriend Rachel Bilson together—might garner $15,000. For particularly explosive photos, frantic auctions can drive the price 20 times higher.

Two years ago, Us Weekly paid $500,000 for a set of photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie strolling along the beach in Africa. Shots of Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake together, on a surfing jaunt to Hawaii, earned $300,000 for Flynet Pictures, an agency run by paparazzo Scott Cosman, who happens to be married to an Us Weekly reporter. And those are just U.S. rights; by reselling the rights in other markets, agencies can double or even triple their take. The chance for a big score has attracted a new generation of paps armed with point-and-shoot digital cameras and a desperate desire to get rich quick, and their aggressive tactics are shaking up the field.

Celebrity has always been a Faustian bargain: The star gets wealth and recognition; in exchange, the world gets to eavesdrop on his or her life. La Liz had to deal with it in her heyday as surely as La Lohan does today. But in her prime, Elizabeth Taylor faced a relatively small rogue’s gallery of hard-drinking Hollywood bottom-feeders who prided themselves on cat-and-mouse tactics. When Lindsay Lohan walks out of her front door in the morning, she can expect to find a veritable pack of former gang members, illegal immigrants fresh from the slums of São Paulo, and ex-cons staring her in the face. In 2005, after Todd Wallace, a pap following Reese Witherspoon and her children during a visit to Disney’s California Adventure theme park, was arrested for allegedly assaulting two park employees, he was found to have a rap sheet longer than his list of photo credits: battery, burglary, grand theft, and a total of four years in a California prison.

In response, targets like Pitt and Jolie have beefed up security, hiring firms full of retired LAPD to turn the tables by harassing, trailing, and investigating the paps themselves. The result is a bizarre continuation of the long-running street battles between cops and criminals in Los Angeles—only instead of Compton and East L.A., the theaters of war are the seaside cliffs of Malibu and high-end boutiques along Robertson Boulevard. The police cruisers and low-riders have been replaced by imposing black SUVs, and the guns have morphed into cameras. But the point of it all remains the same: money.

(This is an excerpt from the June/July issue of Radar magazine.)

think positive! @ 06/29/2007 at 7:52 am

Thank you Jared for both of the new threads!!! Angie looked stunning in her jeans!! She gained a bit especially in the midlle area her boobs and thighs.

So the fam is still in Prague. I think Angie has about a week left to finish shooting. They have the whole July and August to go on vacation!! If they are going to France I bet they will stay in St. Tropez near the sea. They went there a couple of times when they where staying in Paris last year. They where taking plentty of flying lesson there. Well, we will see.

I just hope they’ll have a peacefull vacay!!

Good morning people!!

just away for a couple of hours and setting changed.

I have seen AMH once, but I did not really understand or I was distracted, today I will see it again. For BA fans, I suggest you guys to see it at least twice to support the whole casts and plan B, save your coffee money and go see AMH as much as you can. JMO

Wow. So we’d assume that if she we’re holding her head it would either be a brain tumor or posessed by the devil right…witch hunter?

Not a fan of the new format.

oh yeah,ff are goin crazy 4 the news ’bout anjies pregnancy,till them der twin boys!papa pitt named them brad the 3rd. and brad the 4th.damnmit!

…more pregnancy…more adoption!too bad the horse doesn’t have a uterus!

if ever the horse get pregnant with paula sulfor…..then she had a uterus implant!

anustin = ida

Dragonfly @ 06/29/2007 at 8:41 am

Hey, I like this bigger type and the gray/white alternating post blocks. It makes everything much easier to read, especially if you are scrolling past all the threadshitting that has been going on since the Perez crowd has been wandering around cyberspace exiled from their home. I mean really, I know there’s allways been some threadshitting here, but it has worsened in the last week or so. Not a huge deal, but an annoyance for sure. Dear Goddess, please let Perez get his comments section back up and running again so the Perez refugees can go home! haha!!

Anyhoo, I do hope Brad and Angie are planning a nice family vacation right now, and I do seriously hope they have a quiet time together, and by that I mean no photos! I am a serious fan, but I want them to have their vacation in peace. The thought of them being stalked by paps on their personal vacation is creepy, but I know it’s probably going to happen anyway as soon as people find out where they went. I haven’t watched anymore Splash videos since I watched the Lee’s Art Store one, and I wish I hadn’t watched it…that woman yelling about Shiloh still makes my skin crawl, and it really made me feel bad for what the J-P’s deal with on a daily basis. No wonder Angie said they call them “the cuckoo people”.

Brad starts to film Burn After Reading in August, and then Jesse James will be coming out, so we will get some new interviews then. I could do with less pap photos of them, especially since they gave us so much in the way of public appearances lately with Cannes and the AMH and O13 Premieres. They both really brought it on home for us fans, so I say they deserve to be left alone for a few weeks. This is just my opinion, but sadly I know it won’t happen. Thankfully they seem to always pull together and overcome all the interest and scrutiny, so good for them!

As for these pictures of Angie, she looks like her usual beau-tacious self, and I am completely in the “not pregnant” camp. I don’t think they will plan another bio baby (or adopted either, for that matter) until about a another year at least. She just looks like she is having a serious conversation or just has a little stomach ache. Traveling can cause all kinds of stomach upset, even for a frequent-flyer like Angie. I feel like I am invading her space even talking about it. I thought Wanted was a closed set? I guess the paps found a way to get into a place where they weren’t supposed to be… which could be what Angie is pointing and calling someone about. She looks like she is wondering why photographers are there when they haven’t been before. I hope she got them thrown out.

Man, I would hate to have my every move photographed and analyzed, haha!! I’d be afraid to touch my nose or scratch myself …anywhere! haha!! I guess they train themselves not to do any of those things in public, lol.

Love the new format. Thanks JJ. As always appreciate any news of the Jolie-Pitts.

i would LOVE it if i was IDA-HO……she has good english.mine is limited.

Oh geez. Let’s hope not. She should concentrate on the 4 she has. Or rather concentrate on making sure that each of their nannies is doing a good job raising them.

Woww! she look so beautiful with this make up.

maybe she is having stomach upset

202: Angie has said many times that she loved being pregnant and that Brad found it sexy. They look back on it fondly and will do it again when the time is right.. And she breastfed Shiloh for 6 months to a year.. a mother who wasn’t bonded to her child would have never made it that long..

And unfortunately.. it way too early to predict Oscar of GG nominations.. too many movies still salted for release that could esge her out. Look at Evening releasing this weekend.. Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette.. all in one film.. if it is good and the acting calibur.. they could monoplize the entire field.. plus all the movie that are released in Nov/Dec specifically for consideration.

I really hope she gets a nomination.. but it may be in the Independant Spirit Awards and not neccessarily from Oscar.. time will tell.

364 Move over Brad Pitt : 06/29/2007 at 6:58 am
Pax is going to snatch that Sexiest Man Alive title in exactly 13years…

watch
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ANONYMOUS @ 06/29/2007 at 2:42 pm

I SO HOPE SHE IS PREGNANT SHILOH IS ADORABLE

BUT SHE’S STILL VERY THIN FROM LOSING HER MOM AND SHE DID SAY IN AN INTERVIEW THAT SHE WANTED MORE BUT NOT 4 ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS…

If she is pregnant well then congrats to the happy couple but then again i dont think so she does have two movies that she is filming this year…time will tell…

Glad to see her new movie tanked.. too bad such a good topic such a bad choice of actress. i think people are just sick of her and her menagerie.

Love Brad and Angelina they are so adorable together.Angelina is a great actress and she will only get better!!!Don’t forget the DVD’s and RENTALS are not out yet,Don’t they count also?

#389shauntax!glad ur idol doesn’t have a uterus!AMH is A RATED R.wait for the worldwide result.ur fugly idol that looks like a horse is a MAN in real lyf!

I’ve been following Angelina for over two years now, and she’s become more and more famous through the years. She has maintained her feet on the ground, ever so humble and continued to be a great humanitarian who gives 1/3 of her income to her charity. I am just disappointed when I read negative blogs or news about her. There’s this one online website that I particularly dislike because they always have negative things to say about Angelina. National Ledger always takes the side of Jennifer Aniston. Has any of you read the National Ledger’s news of Angelina lately?

I like the new format a lot, but you can’t see it on all browsers. I can see it with IE6, but not with AOL.

Wouldn’t it be great if she did have another baby? Maybe they’d wait until after the filming is over.

that’s because AOL sucks. Use Safari!

Good grief! The woman might just be having hunger pains or on her period or something! She does NOT look preggers!

Does anyone notice the ring around her neck….what does it mean… can it be for the movie or somthing else….LOL!

hi Jared how re you I am fine it is really a beautifulday here in Pa..love these shots of AJ. she is really looking better healthier.I also like her hair that way and her outfit white shirt and jeans,she kinda has an all american girl look going,what do you all think?

“Glad to see her new movie tanked.. too bad such a good topic such a bad choice of actress. i think people are just sick of her and her menagerie.”
That’s correct!

407 chloe
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So go watch X and her four — count ‘em, FOUR — flops in a row.

No wonder she’s reduced to shilling for Smartwater and renting a gigolo.

angie…go away….ugly woman…

So hot & humid here in Fl. this time of year & reading all the positive comments of the Brangelina fans makes me feel a lot better. Please no more about X’s. I love reading only about Jolie-Pitt family. I can’t wait what Monday will bring, I hope to see new pictures & read the latest gossips about the royal couple. Good night. PEACE.