OlderBrad & Angelina “Jump” On It
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie take their two oldest sons, Maddox, 6, and Pax, 3, to catch the New York opening of martial arts theater event Jump at the Union Square Theatre on Tuesday.
JUMP isn’t just about jumping. It’s also about flipping, punching and kicking all executed in a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing and gut-busting manner. It’s a completely nonverbal show, so there’s no dialogue. Watch the video preview below!
Here’s a synopsis of Jump, which was created by Korea’s renowned Yegam Theatre Company: “Set in the interior of a traditional Korean home, the show tells the story of an anything-but-typical family. Each member of the household, from the strict Grandfather to the pretty young daughter, enjoys nothing more than challenging the rest of the family to martial arts showdowns. When two burglars break into the house occupied by three generations of highly trained martial artists, the family turns their expertise on the unexpected guests.” For more information, check out the Jump official website.
UPDATE: Pictured to the right of Brad is Dr. Jane Aronson, their New York-based pediatrician who specializes in treating adopted children in the U.S. She does the check-ups on Brad and Angie’s kids. Dr. Aronson has two adopted children of her own — Desalegn from Ethiopia and Benjamin from Vietnam.
Brad & Angelina catch the Jump show, 10/7
Also spotted: Brad & Angie toy shopping without the kids at Mary Arnold Toys on the Upper East Side.
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Love them
ok, where are the rest of the kids? yes, I’m asking it. In one thread it said Pax wasn’t on the helicopter with them earlier b/c of a cold, now he’s out? These two take “one on one time” to the extreme. Can we say overexposed?
nice :)
WOW,
Amazing to see Jolie smiling so much…NYC certainly agrees with her as she opens to herself and the world….maybe even her Dad….such an opportunity for practising loving kindness and compassion!!!!! More power to JOLIE-PITTS and their children - it only is a reflection for all of us to rise up to acceptance of life and love - to live each minute of each day to its fullest.
what a beautiful family!
Love this family.
Jared this is too much for me to catch up.
Anyway dont take my word, i love it like that!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Jared for the new thread.
I hope the Brad, Angie, Mad, and Pax enjoyed their outing.
JJ, you call the sons “song” again.
Love the Jolie-Pitts!
such wonderful parents
I guess my excitiment will go on for the whole day. lol
3 ok : 10/08/2007 at 9:33 am
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If you made any efford to hear what they have said you would know that they want to have special time with each one of their kids and spent time with the equally. But you don’t even care about the kids.All you want is to b*tch about something. Off you go.
Love you Jared. Great Site And your fair without being a *******. Cheers
i just wanted to be on the first page since it’s really impossible, but very nice family!!
Arrrgghhh, now THREE new threads to catch up on. But I ain’t complaining, Jared, ain’t complaining!!! Ha ha. Thank you for keeping us posted on the latest in the JP saga. So nice that they are introducing the children to a variety of interests rather than just shopping shopping shopping. That goes to show you that Brad and Angelina are multifacted individuals, interested in the arts and humanities, not just shopping shopping shopping which a lot of HW celebs seem to do.
Cant get enough.
Amazing parents.
They all look good!
Wonderful parents.
They were there on sunday, not tuesday Jared.
ALREADY SAW THESE PICTURES.
Jared thank you for the new thread!!!
They look so relaxed and refreshed!! They must really enjoyed the show.
Also spotted: Brad & Angie toy shopping without the kids at Mary Arnold Toys on the Upper East Side.
These tow are inseparble!! And I don’t blame them one bit!! LMAO!!!
Angelina looks so radiant in that last photo. Hardly a lick of make-up, bright eyed, she’s gorgeous every day.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM THX JARED
I LUV MY ANGIE! GORGEUS AS ALWAYS.
YOU GO GIRL! YOU ARE THE BESTEST! IN EVERYTHING!
Angelina is the world gorgeous gil.
The joliepitts rock!
The PrettyPitts Rock!
Some posters at JJB are saying that Jane Aaronson (The children’s pediatrician) went with them. That’s really cool!!
You can see her in the video.
Thanks Jared for the thread and picture. I bet they had a great time
Hi everyone, Good Morning. What a nice surprise. Thank you JJ. :-)
WOW that show looks like real fun, thanks for the video Jared
These pics were posted by sunny at JJB, Jared didn’t even give her credit :( they went to see the show yesterday.
While in New York, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out to go toy shopping sans children. Accompanied by a bodyguard, the parents hit up Mary Arnold Toys on the Upper East Side.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20073243,00.html
she such a pretty lady. she looks adorable these days ! Like the candid smile, the twinkle in the eyes, the mischieviousness at times.
She is a very caring mother who is really in tune with her childen plyfunlness related needs and knows how to connect with their imaginary child related world. More power to her !
The video looks really intersting and funny as well.
Oh boy,
Brad and Angelina have certainly opened up a can.
If those boys weren’t already pummeling each other, as brothers usually do, this show will definitely introduce some creativity to the slugging. ;)
32 People : 10/08/2007 at 9:57 am
While in New York, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out to go toy shopping sans children. Accompanied by a bodyguard, the parents hit up Mary Arnold Toys on the Upper East Side.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20073243,00.html
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Thanks! :)
Thanks Jared, you are truly the best.
Big Hello to all the fans here,
Briseis, how’s the weather in Chicago?
Think Positive, why waste your time with this idiot. She will never understand the art of good parenting. Send her to a Britney’s thread.
Jaxon, How are you today?
Lady G, I agree they seemed to have enjoyed their outing.
Thank You Jared,
what a great show to take the boys to. It looks like they enjoyed it. Angie is glowing, and Brad looks handsome and happy..
I love love love How inseparable This Family is at all times. It’s very sweet!
Heya tp.. Have a lovely Day..!
The lady to Brad’s right is Jane Aronson. She has two sons from Vietnam and Ethiopia.
http://i20.tinypic.com/95mm35.jpg
Hi to all the fans.I found some new pics from the day they visited the art museum with Shiloh.Thanks to simplybrad and teamjolie.
The first is the cutest one.Sweet sweet Shiloh.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/gomapyr/07OCTOBER-2007_001.jpg
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movieawards/femalestar.html
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Shiloh and mammy!
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/gomapyr/07OCTOBER-2007_002.jpg
Jane Aronson is Angelina’s friend. She was the one who saved Z’s life! I remember those pix of Angelina holding Z, alone with her and her son Madd in NYC.
Dr. Aronson said that Z was very attached to her mom and a sweet little girl, no matter how sick she was.
That was a difficult time for both Z and Angelina, and Dr. Aronson helped a lot.
Shiloh and daddy!
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/gomapyr/05-2.jpg
http://www.usmagazine.com/whos_got_the_power_100807?slideshow_id=353&o=4
they picked a picture to tell a story.
The same look of childlike wonder! Both Brad and Shiloh raise their eyebrows, bare their upper teeth and slightly drop their lower lips, which Wood says is a sign “they’re curious. It’s as if they’re thinking, ‘Wow, isn’t that amazing?’” The same look of childlike wonder! Both Brad and Shiloh raise their eyebrows, bare their upper teeth and slightly drop their lower lips, which Wood says is a sign “they’re curious. It’s as if they’re thinking, ‘Wow, isn’t that amazing Brad’s Little Look-Alike
? http://www.usmagazine.com/brads_little_lookalike_100807‘
#37 Ameena:
Good morning! Weather is surprisingly okay for now, it’s about 79 degrees this morning. Yesterday it was almost 95 degrees. But at the end of the week it will plummet to about 50 degrees, and then sliding down from then on. That’s Chicago weather for you.
OMG that looks like so much fun. I may try to catch this.
haha no one has these except Jared and JJB. It’s not exposed anywhere. watch how many blogs will steal this.
briseis
Did you see my post to you on the other thread??
http://www.usmagazine.com/node/12393?slideshow_id=354&o=&rating=4
Sure Angie rocks in shorts!
Sexxxy and very hoTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
45 complete crappola
they could have picked a picture of Brad leading Angie.
45 complete crappola : 10/08/2007 at 10:15 am
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Color me not surprised.
Remember, these people hire ‘baby body language experts’. WTH is that?
Sure Angie rocks in shorts!
Sexxxy and very hoTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys, what happened to LOGI=0??
LOVE THEM! MAY THEY LEARN HOW TO KEEP A FAMILY TOGETHER! ROOTING FOR THEM.
#49 Yes:
Uh-huh, I did see your post to me. You did say you were excited today and wanting to join JJB. I had been a member of JJB for a long time, just had never posted. I still prefer Jared’s but I love the pics and videos at JJB.
Have you see AMH yet? I know it’s already showing in England.
I was supposed to watch TAOJJBTCRF yesterday at the one Chicago theater that was showing it, but I got busy with personal stuff this weekend. Will probably try to catch it next week, or wait until it shows in more theaters in two week’s time.
Maddox rocks because he brought his parents together.
Very regular family. That’s nice.
They must be in LA now.
Why do some insist on bringing tabliod crap to the Jolie-Pitts thread?
Be it ‘Body Language experts’ or ‘Baby Body Language experts’ it’s all garbage!
omg someone should send Janice Minn a video of that picture of Brad and Angie, it’s very Hot and sweet.
Plus Brad’s grabbing Angie all the time and She doesn’t pull away, lmao… pfft.
UPDATE: Pictured to the right of Brad is Dr. Jane Aronson, a New York-based pediatrician who specializes in treating adopted children in the U.S. She most likely did/does check-ups on Brad and Angie’s kids. Dr. Aronson has two adopted children of her own — Des from Ethiopia and Ben from Vietnam.
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Jared, must you break it down like that? LOL!!!! Awaiting your information about the color of Angelina’s lipstick and the make of Brad’s newsboy cap LOL!!!
briseis
Hiya, i’ve seen AMH with my college friends the same day it was released and went again on the following day together with my family. Love it though my friends thought it was hard to understand. They agree on one thing though, they think she should get an oscar for her perfomance or any award that will show that Angie can really act.
Will see Jesse James on the 26th Oct. I cant wait. My LA friend Melissa saw it during the weekend, she loved it!
Me too love jj!
Enjoy the rest of the day sweetie!!!!!
Donno if you get what am saying!
Julia-Goodmornig girl!! Have a nice day too!!
Meli- Thank you for the new pics girl!! We can always count on ya!!
Frenchy - Jared is no kidding LOL.
Thank You Meli for the CUTE PICS, I love them..
OK,overexposed?in ur lungz!never come to any JPs thrade,simple as that.but ya know,just lyk the gorgeous JPs fans,u luv,luv lookin at der pictures.ur one ugly b!tch.
interview at JJ premiere NYC
Angelina: I love him so its nice to see…
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2_IePMwX8
62 julia : 10/08/2007 at 10:31 am
omg someone should send Janice Minn a video of that picture of Brad and Angie, it’s very Hot and sweet.
Plus Brad’s grabbing Angie all the time and She doesn’t pull away, lmao… pfft.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2×18u_brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-deauville_people
LMAO! I can’t believe they pay people to do that. Yeah, Brad’s grabby and Angelina sure loves it.
She also said to him this ‘ You cute’! Dont bash me for that cos am not sure but i know she can say that!
3 ok : 10/08/2007 at 9:33 am
ok, where are the rest of the kids? yes, I’m asking it. In one thread it said Pax wasn’t on the helicopter with them earlier b/c of a cold, now he’s out? These two take “one on one time” to the extreme. Can we say overexposed?
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Quit your bellyachin’. You’re here looking at the pix, so obviously you’re not sick of looking at them, ergo, they are NOT “overexposed”. Now go back to pickin’ your nose and scratchin’ your butt.
You’re cute!
I LOVE THEM!!
It’s great THEY take their kids places!
Melissa and Missouri Fan
Wherever you are, you’re missing lots!
Nice day my beautiful friends.
Hugs and kisses!
Angie was back to her perfect feature shown on 2004, cheek fuller and glowing.
I’ve noticed my friends like Ellen and Logi=0 are nowhere to be seen, do any of you guys know where they are??
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD Doggonit
Brad is One fine MAN! I know Angie have fun with him!
I would just love to play wrestlin with him! :P
66 kearnie : 10/08/2007 at 10:37 am
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I know LOL!!!!!
Hey it seems like The Rock is number one yet again this week at the box office.I guess that means he’s a fantastic actor, LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Jared rocks, hes put the info about the Dr.
Like you jared!!!
Omg…Brad and Angie are keeping in touch with a doctor to monitor the children’s adjustment to each other and the family because of their adoption? But but but…that goes against everything the haters of Brangelina say! Brad and Angie keep stumping on the idiocy of these poor people. It’s…disheartening
There’s a funny poll in Chinese Yahoo.asking which HW celebrity couple you wish to see as the hero and heroine in Ang Lee new NC-17 rated movie, the movie happen to have a lot of explicit sex scene between the two leading actors. Well, Brad and Angie won hands down over other couples. the world sure was fascinate with this two.
Angie is young and full of life.
Pitt is BORING, BORING, BORING! He has ALWAYS BEEN BORING and he will always be B-O-R-I-N-G!
Maybe that’s why he has never had any ACTUAL friends, the ones u
ACTUALLY spend some time with! B-O-R-I-N-G * P-O-S-E-R!
THAT IS THE ONLY TRUTH ABOUT HIM. GET REAL!
Poor ANGIE, STUCK W/ A BORE. She is young and gorgeous and obviously, without “drama”, adores her kiddies as they do her.
She’s so brave, I think. Always smiling and optimistic.
Wish her and her fam all the best possible.
I know i know its not their thread, i just think and know that Tiger W’s daughter is beautiful and cute.
“Brad is More Man than Any Man I’ve Ever Known”
Angelina Jolie
Get real!
#85 tell her, i mean the creeper!
The paps seem to affect Brad more than Angie looking at pics of their outings, Brad seems to loath them, while Angelina seems to tolerate them. Sometime smiling. Brad looks miserable in some of his pics as soon as he spots them.
83- Its Angie’s prerogative. She makes her own decisions. I’m a big fan of Angelina and i cant say bad about Brad cos he makes her happy.
As for her own relationship with Pitt, Jolie says that their connection has grown over time – despite many changes in their family life.
“I think we both went on a lot of faith – we really did,” she says. “Our family has grown very quickly, and we have a lot of responsibility together, and we acknowledge that we are lucky we turned out be for each other everything we’d hoped. We could have been very wrong, but every challenge we hit has brought us closer. It has been that kind of relationship.”
83 ENJOY!
Poor ANGIE, STUCK W/ A BORE. She is young and gorgeous and obviously, without “drama”, adores her kiddies as they do her.
She’s so brave, I think. Always smiling and optimistic.
Wish her and her fam all the best possible.
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Why is Angie poor Angie? She certainly does not think that Brad is a bore. She is very happy and in love with Brad. Angie knows who she loves and Brad is the man for her. They have together created the family that they both wanted.
Brad is part of Angie’s family, period. He loves her and THEIR four kids, and their kids clearly love their dad and mom. Whether you like him or not that is the way it is and will be.
They really are in sync with each other. They make a fanstastic family. Angelina seems soooo happy. Brad is so digging being a daddy.
“I am a very lucky woman,” says the A Mighty Heart star. “I have a beautiful family and Brad is a supportive friend and a great father. And he is very romantic. We talk very deeply about how we feel. We’re very similar. We support each other and back each other as parents. There is no divide.”
The actress reveals that it was Pitt who helped her through the grief of losing her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, 56, to cancer in January.
“When my mother died Brad held her hand and helped me through all the stages of dealing with someone dying,” she says. “After the funeral Brad brought everyone back to the house and asked questions about our mom. He focused on all the love and all the joy we were fortunate enough to have had. He is an extraordinary man.”
72- Why can’t someone have a different opinion than you without you insulting them? It’s kind of disheartening that everyone can have so much love for a family, yet when another person says anything the least bitcritical of them, they are slammed personally. I like Brad and Angelina…think their kids are beautiful and they do a lot of good work. Do I love them? No…I don’t know them that well, but at the same time I can see how others would love them. The more I read these threads, I realize that there isn’t much tolerance for other views. There is no one I love more than my own family, but I also realize that we are not perfect, and sometimes criticism is okay - even if others [including myself] don’t agree with it.
Back on the airstrip in the desert a week earlier, I catch a glimpse of this gentler, more loving side of Jolie. Just after she has safely landed her plane and is told that Pitt is on his way, there is a palpable shift in mood. Everyone is all atwitter: Brad is coming . . . Brad is coming. We are standing around, several hundred yards from the runway, when a craft comes into view. As Pitt lands their other plane, an eight-seat Cessna Caravan—the family minivan to Jolie’s sports car—we are all asked to stay put as Jolie, still in her white linen suit and heels, begins a long, dramatic walk alone to meet Pitt at his plane. As she gets closer, the propeller kicks up dust and she waves to him in the cockpit with one hand while holding her hair with the other. Suddenly, the door opens, stairs are lowered, and Pitt scurries down and nearly scoops her up. He hugs her tight and then reaches down and grabs her ass. As they walk back toward the group, talking and laughing the whole way, Jolie has wrapped an arm around Pitt’s torso, and she has her head on his chest, almost nestled into his armpit. It is the first time I notice how small and delicate she actually is. And then, as they get closer, I notice something else: Jolie has her other arm wrapped around him, too. She is holding on with both hands.
I’m for parents introducing their boys martial arts. It’s about time Mad and Pax see and learn self defense. My daughter learned karate at a young age. And I got to help her with her moves and forms before they’re supposed to execute them in class.
Luv this family. Brad and Angelina are good parents who make the effort and time in their schedules to enjoy being with their children as well as finding time just for themselves.
Brad has blossomed as a man since he and Angelina got together. He has more self assurance in pursuing his interests. He shows so much more affection in public. He has let more of the inner Brad be exposed. He is less closed off. Angelina and the children have profoundly affected Brad. Yes Angelina has also changed as she appears happier and seems so content with her life with Brad. Each seems to exert a calming soothing settling effect on the other. They now give off warm cozy pheromones to me, both as a twosome or with the kids.
Wish them the best. In a world flled with turmoil and strife and misery, it is so nice to see a family going about the business of just being a family.
Cute, cute, cute! Brad and his little angel, Shiloh:
http://usmagazine.com/brads_little_lookalike_100807?slideshow_id=354&o=0
Nice lipstick Angie!
Pretty boy Brad Pitt grows up
He’s known for his body and beauty. But in a rare interview Brad Pitt reveals his serious side to our critic
From The Times
October 6, 2007
Marianne Gray
Brad Pitt has reached a turning point. To the public he is one of Hollywood’s hottest actors. Together with wife Angelina Jolie he forms one of the most famous partnerships in the world. They are even a word in their own right: “Brangelina”. However, Pitt no longer wants to be seen as just eye candy. Can he makes us see him any differently?
We meet, waiting for a lift in a hotel in Deauville, France. Our rooms are next door to one another. Jolie is at Pitt’s side, sleek in black. She has just put the children to bed. He inquires affectionately if they are asleep. She replies that they are. The couple seem relaxed and happy.
Outside a milling crowd held back by a fully holstered squad of French police awaits their appearance.
Pitt starts talking about his new film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which is having its premiere at the town’s film festival. His role as James won him Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
“I hope they like the film,” he comments in his syrupy Missouri drawl, taking a sip from the glass of champagne that he’s holding, “because it is a really slow-burn picture. If you think this version is long, you should have seen the four-and-a-half-hour one. This is the fast-track one.”
This version is a mere two and a half hours long. It has taken Pitt about a decade to get it on the screen and he takes the role of Jesse James, the legendary 19th-century American outlaw, and is also one of the producers, with Ridley Scott.
“It’s a delicious film and it was a real joy for me because I really wanted to make it,” he tells me. “My choice to make it was not about how well it would do. Film-making is a crapshoot and as I don’t bet on the horses this is my gamble. It will find a time and place for itself. I believe all good films do. It will sit and breathe like a good wine. This film isn’t the popular version of the swash-buckling Jesse James. It’s more of a throwback to some of those complex, complicated films of the 1970s.
Jesse James is Pitt’s 30th film, and he has come a long way from his middle-America beginnings: born in Oklahoma, growing up in Springfield, Missouri, where he went to the unlikely named Kicka-poo High School.
The son of a businessman in trucking, he’s the eldest of three in a close-knit, strict Baptist family. He is still very linked to his hometown, donating $100,000 (£49,000) to the Discovery Center, a children’s learning museum there.
Pitt first came to public attention in a 1991 Levi’s ad, and his gorgeous body was again famously on display as a sexy drifter in Thelma and Louisethe same year.
He has long since tempered his pin-up prettiness with muscles, fire and brimstone, in films that include playing the Greek warrior Achilles in a skirt in the swords-and-sandals epic-drama Troy, Fight Club, Seven, Snatch and the lively Mr & Mrs Smith with Jolie. They met on the set of the film, in which they played married assassins, in 2003. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in Legends of the Fall and won one for Twelve Monkeys (for which he was also Oscar nominated).
Now, at 43, he has his own family, a daughter with Jolie, and is father to her three adopted children. “I think I’m about at the halfway mark now I am over 40,” he says. “I guess the direction gets clearer and the haze clears and you really focus on what you want to focus on as you get older.”
That would include carving a reputation as a respected producer, as with A Mighty Heart, starring Jolie as Mariane Pearl, the widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded by jihadist militants while reporting in Karachi in 2002. James Christopher, The Times’s chief film critic, raved that Jolie’s performance as Mariane had “rigour and passion”.
“I was very taken with Mariane’s story, and Angelina knew her independently from me,” Pitt says. “It was important for me to be a part of the film, even though there was no acting role for me. Through the producing I got to take part in the film and see it through to the end. That’s the producer’s job: make sure things stay on the rails. It’s a really interesting side to film-making – we don’t have to be in front of the camera.”
He adds that he is working on several projects and “plans to tell some great stories” with Brad Grey, his partner in the film company Plan B. While he produces, Jolie is starring in a high-action thriller coincidentally called The Assassin, jumping off and on trains and training young assassins. “We have two boys at home who are very happy about it,” he says.
Pitt is clearly determined to explore the road less travelled and adds a coda about the future which may surprise his fans.
“I try not to do conventional action pictures or giddy romantic comedies nowadays,” he says. “I loved the Ocean’s films, which were all-day fun to make, but I prefer character roles. Nobody coaxes me to take my shirt off any more! I want to go and explore things, and if it’s new and interesting to me, then there’ll be others out there who’ll find it new and interesting too. Maybe not the masses, but there’ll be someone. The various times I’ve tried to satisfy other people, or some film industry ‘machine’, it has been miserable.”
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article2582599.ece
Why are Jared’s captions all messed up lately? These photo’s are from yesterday not Tuesday night
Nice day fans!
Melissa
miss you!
Missouri Fan
miss you.
INF has new pixs.
they are gorgeus!!!!! i luv BAMPZS*****!!!!!angie is beautiful!!!!!…..illlllooooooooooooovvvvvvveeeeee ttttttehhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
yes, living life to the fullest every NY minute of every day :)
love the awesome Jolie-Pitts and Godspeed!
I ask: Who helps you through difficult moments? “Brad,” she says. “He’s the person closest to me
100 TIDBIT : 10/08/2007 at 11:42 am
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Seems like a cut & paste job. At this point, I could care less. There are no media outlets that bother to print facts about these two so I just stopped reading them. I just come to JJ.
88 alittlejen : 10/08/2007 at 11:19 am
The paps seem to affect Brad more than Angie looking at pics of their outings, Brad seems to loath them, while Angelina seems to tolerate them. Sometime smiling. Brad looks miserable in some of his pics as soon as he spots them.
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Brad is getting pissed with the paps ONLY when they are crossing the line and they are getting too close to the kids. You can see that whenever he goes to pick the kids from school he wants to get in the car as soon as possible. And Angie does the same.
Brad has been hunted by paparazzi for more than fifteen years. As he said they can do whatever they want with him but leave the kids alone. They are not celebrities.
And as he said they are not going to stop living their lives as they want because of that.
He is getting very irritated sometimes and that’s completely understandable.
He seems very content and happy in these pictures though
To 88
She doesn’t tolerate them.She needs them.She wants them.Brad is simply fed up with his life by her side.
It doesn’t look very good when you are trying to be an ambassador and you can’t even get along with your own father. She is beautiful as always. Brad is more beautiful.
Dr. Jane Aronson is far more than the children’s pediatrician, she is also a close friend of Angelina. From People magazine back in 2005:
Jolie and Aronson, who has two children from Vietnam and Ethiopia, have struck up a close relationship.
“I am incredibly lucky to have such a good friend,” Aronson said. “She’s fun. She’s sweet. She’s interested. She’s sincere. We had a lot of playdates this summer. We just sent a whole parcel of artwork to Maddox from the kids because the kids miss him.”
103 AJ luvs BP : 10/08/2007 at 11:49 am
INF has new pixs.
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They are on the go again.. Thanks!!
111 teresam : 10/08/2007 at 11:59 am
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Thanks for the tibit!!
Doesn’t Angelina start The Changeling next week?
oohh the boys must have had a blast at this.
Is it me or does that bodyguard always look frazzled?
God, keep blessing and watching over the Jolie-Pitt family.
109 Doria : 10/08/2007 at 11:56 am
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We all know tha Brad hates Angelina. He just has a funny way of showing it: He doesn’t leave her side for 2 years and 8 months, has just recent tattoed her birthday in his stomach, jumps her in the back seats of limos… and has this to say about her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c7KtK2f2U
Do we need more profs tha he hates her? :lol: :lol:
Oh, and she hates him too. An insider told me, this is sad, the everyday after they make love, they just… cry… can you imagine? The sacrifices this 2 for things have to do…
Are these pictures from a fan?
110 rjjtyler : 10/08/2007 at 11:59 am
It doesn’t look very good when you are trying to be an ambassador and you can’t even get along with your own father. She is beautiful as always. Brad is more beautiful.
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WTF? Hello, she is not “trying to be an ambassador”, she has been a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for the last six years. And WTF has one’s personal relationships have to do with one’s official duties as a UN ambassador? She is not a politician, so her personal life should not matter as a Goodwill Ambassador, especially since it is a position that does not pay her, anyway. She pays her own way whenever she travels.
I meant :
“… this 2 poor things…”
115 LL : 10/08/2007 at 12:04 pm
oohh the boys must have had a blast at this.
Is it me or does that bodyguard always look frazzled?
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LOL Frazzled. All the men look frazzled in these pictures. Angie is the only one that is a glow. Makes me chuckle, men truly are the weaker sex.
117 juju : 10/08/2007 at 12:16 pm
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We all know tha Brad hates Angelina. He just has a funny way of showing it: He doesn’t leave her side for 2 years and 8 months, has just recent tattoed her birthday in his stomach, jumps her in the back seats of limos… and has this to say about her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c7KtK2f2U
Do we need more profs tha he hates her?
Oh, and she hates him too. An insider told me, this is sad, the everyday after they make love, they just… cry… can you imagine? The sacrifices this 2 for things have to do…
:) Loves It!
New thread.
that woman is to beautiful, really she is most beautiful woman in hollywood
ya thats good I’m happy for the kids they have the best parents in the world. They should be introduce to martial arts just in case if one day Jennifer Maniston decides to show up on Brad Pitt’s door step with her crew the boys will kick her ass looooooooooool :) ANGELINA AND BRAD FOREVER :)
NICE FAMILY ;)
juju u said it!
58 briseis : 10/08/2007 at 10:26 am
#49 Yes:
I was supposed to watch TAOJJBTCRF yesterday at the one Chicago theater that was showing it, but I got busy with personal stuff this weekend. Will probably try to catch it next week, or wait until it shows in more theaters in two week’s time.
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briseis, my kids tried to see AOJJ yesterday in Chicago and said it was sold out. Will you try during the week?
AMAZING FAMILY!
My husband is the best father in the world.He definitely spends more time with kids and read them stories every night.He is ALWAYS there for them.Viva la my husband!!!!!!!!!!!
#128 GladGladGlad:
I probably will have to try over the weekend again, because I work nights and I sleep during the day (although Mondays I do the housework like laundry, the only day I really have time since I don’t work Sunday nights). I hope that it will show in more theatres in two week’s time, since my partner doesn’t like going downtown to watch a movie. I am keeping my fingers croseed it will show in Crown in Skokie, that’s closer to where I am.
That’s good to know that it was sold out, but bad for those who really want to watch it. Maybe the good word of mouth is working?
127 Doria : 10/08/2007 at 12:35 pm
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Ritzy girl i know you are stupid, but you do undersand sacarsm and irony, don’t you?
Well, irony you would know for sure, because there no great irony that seeing that the women you hat and envy, controls your world!
…and Doria, YOUR HUSBAND IS THE UNLUCKIEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD coz he married a sore loser who spends her time in a blogesphere cricticking somebody else, who has a great life thn her. poor hubby, he spend his time reading stories every night, if i were him i kick DORIA’s @ss and shor her the door, so she can join the DUMPED WOMEN’s CLUB for PITY PARTY.
they don’t even try to get close up of brad anymore. his face looks swollen/bloated.
*cough* Botox *Cough*
111 teresam : 10/08/2007 at 11:59 am
Dr. Jane Aronson is far more than the children’s pediatrician, she is also a close friend of Angelina. From People magazine back in 2005:
Jolie and Aronson, who has two children from Vietnam and Ethiopia, have struck up a close relationship.
“I am incredibly lucky to have such a good friend,” Aronson said. “She’s fun. She’s sweet. She’s interested. She’s sincere. We had a lot of playdates this summer. We just sent a whole parcel of artwork to Maddox from the kids because the kids miss him.”
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That’s nice.
110 rjjtyler : 10/08/2007 at 11:59 am
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I disagree! She has been doing a great job as goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency. Her non-relationship with her father is personal and does not affect her ability to do her UN work!
#94: Criticism, if constructive is alright but when it keeps on and on for the same thing and are baseless in fact, then it’s annoying. Trolls love to harp on things that’s been said and already been disputed over and over again.
Say it once and be done with it. However, if you can say anything about them, well it’s somebody else’s prerogative to refute it so be prepared for it too. Freedom of speech doesn’t work just for you but for others too.
love you Angie! More power to you and your family.
#109: and I’m sure Brad told you this himself? You are putting your thoughts into his mind but it’s not going to work. You are not a psychic with telepathic powers so just stop it before you go any more bonkers. I repeat, it is lunacy to think that Brad will ever go for you if he was a single man. Stop living in a dreamland.
Jared you are driving me crazy, I have not yet caught up on the two newest ones, Great Picture, cool family
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movieawards/femalestar.html
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Love to see them out and about with their kids!
109 Doria : 10/08/2007 at 11:56 am
Brad is simply fed up with his life by her side.
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They’re not married. He’s free to leave any time and run back to Jennifer if he wants to. He hasn’t left Angelina and he hasn’t run back to Jennifer. So what does that tell you?
Please don’t trot out that tired line about staying with Angelina for the sake of the children. If he wanted out, he’d be gone already. He’s with Angelina because she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with.
I kinda hate for them to go to LA. We will not see much of them. They can hide better in LA.
Something about that first picture of Angie. She looks just like the way she did when Mad was little, like she hasn’t changed one bit. Somehow i just think that’s so sweet…
Love them.
To # 27, where’s the video? Can someone post it here? They all look so relax & just having a family entertainment fun. From the video of Jump, nothing is really wrong with that, if it’s too violent they will limit certain age to be allowed to watch the show. Look how Brad & Ange smiles, they are very happy for the kids, Mad & Pax enjoyed “Jump”. Love them all.
Is it Pax birthday coming up, he will be 4 next month right? They shower their kids with lots of love everyday. They are the family to look up to. Brad & Ange should be voted “Parents of the Year”.Love them all.
Brad & Ange have respect for each other, Brad is so protective of Ange & kids, one picture don’t show the rest of the story, you should see the video where this picture was taken & you will see how they love each other, Ange respect Brad’s & Brad respect Ange. The reason why this union works.
What a steaming pile!
Love them, love all the kids, love the humanitarian work they do, but….HATE THAT DAMN HAT OF BRADS!!! Anyway, nice pics, looks like they had a great time and what nice publicity for the show!
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