Brad & Angelina Continue New Orleans Housing Efforts

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Keep up the good work! Thanks Jared. I so missed them here.

love this family…

Thanks for the update Just Jared. It is good to see BP and “Make it Right” continue the building of houses for the Lower Ninth Ward. I am looking forward to BP announcing more details on the Project. Thanks for all the pictures and videos. Peace to all.

That’s why they’re rockstars!

Hi to all of you fellow Jolie-Pitt fans. I am happy to see Miss Zee. I haven’t see her in a while.

Thanks for the new thread Jared.

Big kudos to the Jolie-Pitts for everything they are doing for NOLA. Keep on doing good work no matter what some try to say or do to cast a negative light upon you.

Princess Zee has her finger in her mouth just like her mommy. Too cute!

Hey ‘Go Sox’, hope you’re Chicago and not Boston because I like boston and you’re an embarrasment.

From the previous thread…

# 880 happy happy Brad @ 12/02/2007 at 3:56 pm http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/12/so_what_are_those_big_pink_hou.html

Updated story with pixs.

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Something just occured to me about this story - the pink houses as stand-ins for the homes to be built…Anybody else hear Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” in their head when they read this story? It’s actually a very fitting song for what Brad is trying to do in NO. It should be what America is about…instead of us being the world’s b#tch…

There’s a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighbourhood
Hes got an interstate runnin through his front yard
You know, he think, that hes got it so good
And theres a woman in the kitchen cleanin up the evening slop
And he looks at her and says: hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Well theres a young man in a t-shirt
Listening to a rockin rollin station
Hes got a greasy hair, greasy smile
He says: lord, this must be my destination
cuz they told me, when I was younger
Boy, youre gonna be president
But just like everyting else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Well theres people and more people
What do they know know know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the gulf of mexico
Ohhh yeah
And theres winners, and theres losers
But they aint no big deal
cuz the simple man baby pays for the thrills,
The bills and the pills that kill

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

I don’t understand why first page is so important, but I am on it.

9th Ward, 9th Ward, 9th Ward. I am so sick of hearing about the 9th Ward. It’s been over 2 years and all we hear about is the 9th Ward. They need to rename it the 39th Ward and move it 30 blocks towards the Lake. In addition Brad and Angelina need to go back to Cali as he has NO idea of the element that he is messing with. Take, Take and Take with no mention of Work, Work, Work. Lets’ help the people who take pride in their city such as St. Bernard, Chalmette and the Lakefront. If you look in those areas today your see development with kids enjoying their front porches and not sitting on them with their hands out! No wonder why the feds won’t send any money down here. It might end up in someone’s freezer. Oh and what a way to ask for it right after the storm from our wonderful Mayor, “Get yo asses down here”. Or from our Sanitation Director, “We have to scrub up the data” What the hell is that?

It occurred to me that Brad has never missed any of Angie’s premieres so far; TGS, AMH, and Beowulf, be it in the US or outside the US.

Whereas with Jennifer, he missed quite a lot!

In 2004, he dint go with JA for Along came Polly premiere in London and Paris, and promo in Rome.

In 2003, Brad didnt attend the premier of Bruce Almighty in Los Angeles

In June 2002, Brad also did not attend The Good Girl Premiere in LA. He only attended the Industry screening in Aug 2002 and the one in Sundance.

But jennifer attended all Brad’s film premieres up to Troy in 2004, except the latter part of 2004 for O12.

Rally cry:
Let’s make BP $5M poorer.

How?
By donating to his NOLA project. The more you give, the more he has to match your donation with his own money.

What are the rewards?
-BP is poorer by $5M (yeah!)
-You did a good deed, and God will reward you.
-A resident of the 9th Ward gets help in the process.

It’s a win-win situation. ;)

go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 4:14 pm

You know, I applaud their efforts, but what makes me so mad, is the way they drag their kids everywhere. Those poor kids have no roots, no sense of security and calm being in a home that’s consistent and stable. Children need that more than being drug all over world. Just an opinion from a mom of 3…….
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They are not your children, you are not supporting them and you don’t have a thing to say about how they raise them. IT’S NOT YOUR BUSINESS!

TO ALL BAMPZ FAN; CNN will have a live interview with Brad Pitt on Wed, Dec 5 @ 8:00PM or 9:00PM pacific time, pleaase check your CNN TV schedules. They will talk about NOLA project and of course Larry King will ask about his wonderful big family too. So don’t miss this guys!!!

# 14 hottest couple ever @ 12/02/2007 at 4:18 pm
Lol…I take your 5 million wows and raise you 10. You know what… I love the RC pix of the JPs, I enjoy the occasional dinner out pictures we get but seeing them in moments like these just melts my heart. In this “all about me” world we live in, it’s heartwarming to see people who understand we all have a responsibility to our fellow man (Okay, Okay I’ll stop…it’s sunday, what can I say?)

Brad and Angelina are doing great things and I applaud them both. Look at that picture with Brad and Janice. She’s obviously very happy and appreciates the efforts that are being put forth. It’s nice to see.

Never ceases to amaze me how people think they know ‘what’s best’ for other people’s children. Have an opinion yes, but it shouldn’t make you ‘mad’. These are not your children and there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ model when it comes to child-rearing.

ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:20 pm
not beautiful without make up!
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:lol: :lol:
Let me guess: You use glasses an forgotten to put them on?

wow I have no right to express my opinion ?

it’s heartwarming to see people who understand we all have a responsibility to our fellow man
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I agree AG. They are very inspiring.

Angie looks so stunning, even without makeup. Amazing. Nice to see Brad and little Z.

The Jolie-Pitts have the greatest fans in the world.

Miss them! But glad theyve been getting their privacy!!

LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks jj for the new thread….

they will always look beautiful to me….with or w/o the glamour because they are truly nice people….

hey PT, AG, guli, 4Qs and all the loyal fans that are posting and lurking….good sunday to all!!!

kaway to my kababayans… :-)

Never ceases to amaze me how people think they know ‘what’s best’ for other people’s children. Have an opinion yes, but it shouldn’t make you ‘mad’. These are not your children and there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ model when it comes to child-rearing.
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Great points. I was also stunned by the makes me mad post. Seriously? These children are by all accounts happy and healthy. The way they live might not work for everyone’s family, but so far seems to be working very well for the Jolie-Pitts.

guli @ 12/02/2007 at 4:30 pm
Hey Guli how are you this fine Sunday? How’s R…I apologise I’ve not dropped in to get an update on her. Is the cast off yet? I hope she’s doing better.

at Juju !

Whatever ! I always notice people are so passionnate when there is news of Jolie-Pitt !

African Girl @ 12/02/2007 at 4:31 pm # 14 hottest couple ever @ 12/02/2007 at 4:18 pm
Lol…I take your 5 million wows and raise you 10. You know what… I love the RC pix of the JPs, I enjoy the occasional dinner out pictures we get but seeing them in moments like these just melts my heart. In this “all about me” world we live in, it’s heartwarming to see people who understand we all have a responsibility to our fellow man (Okay, Okay I’ll stop…it’s sunday, what can I say?)
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AG, this is one of the reasons that I love this couple so much.

ANGIE IS BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT MAKE-UP!

A good deed is a good deed. Not everyone is going to be happy because their community is not included. BP is a private citizen helping out the way he knows how. If anyone has failed the people of New Orleans, it is the US government. The Lower 9th ward is the poorest in New Orleans. Many of the people survived with nothing when the Levees broke. Let the people have a home and a future to look forward to. However, we can always depend on our resident troll to cherry pick negative emails and not the positive ones. Troll(s) are good for one thing only and that is spreading negativity. Live in your cesspool of hate trolls. I prefer the wide open space of human kindness. Peace to all.
Peace to all.

# 8 go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 4:14 pm

You know, I applaud their efforts, but what makes me so mad, is the way they drag their kids everywhere. Those poor kids have no roots, no sense of security and calm being in a home that’s consistent and stable. Children need that more than being drug all over world. Just an opinion from a mom of 3…….

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I just got off the phone with your kids…they want Brad and Angie to adopt them. It had something to do with their mother being an insane blog troll…

# 13 Lady G @ 12/02/2007 at 4:18 pm

Princess Zee has her finger in her mouth just like her mommy. Too cute!

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Lady G - I’ve seen a photo of Shiloh doing the same thing. I’m way too lazy to hunt for it, though. I just remember it was when they were in NYC…

It occurred to me that Brad has never missed any of Angie’s premieres so far; TGS, AMH, and Beowulf, be it in the US or outside the US.

Whereas with Jennifer, he missed quite a lot!

In 2004, he dint go with JA for Along came Polly premiere in London and Paris, and promo in Rome.

In 2003, Brad didnt attend the premier of Bruce Almighty in Los Angeles

In June 2002, Brad also did not attend The Good Girl Premiere in LA. He only attended the Industry screening in Aug 2002 and the one in Sundance.

But jennifer attended all Brad’s film premieres up to Troy in 2004, except the latter part of 2004 for O12.

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thanks that,s interesting

Angie looks so much like her gorgeous late mom, Marcheline. She doesn’t need make-up.

ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:41 pm

ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:33 pm
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Yes , you have. Like i have the right to express mine.

And i’m telling you that you that if you look at that pic and say that Angelina without make-up isn’t beautifull, you either need some glasses or forgotten to put them on.

you attack me for that point ! for me she looks tired ! so ….
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What? Where in my answer i’m attacking you? I’m just expressing my opinion.

She looks normal to me… but as a mom of 4 kids she is probably always tired.

I am just so so proud to be their fan! Do your thing guys, and live your life… Brad and angie are so inspiring. That’s all. Oh, and what was that about brad announcing his breakup tomorrow, trolls? More like your breakdowns, losers!!! Bwaaahahaha!!!!

go sox
Your comment is ridiculous. The kids are fine. Plus it is none of YOUR business. A lot of actors and singers travel a lot with their kids. Look at Cate B., G. Stefan, K.Homlems. I think AJ’s kids are probably more stable then kids that stay in one place all the time for Angie and Brad make extra special time for them. The couple I think are free committment wise until Brad’s next movie “Fighter” I believe and Angie is taking time off. She can relax and be herself. No dressing up, time to relax and dress down!!!!

Hi jjoy, it’s been along time since I’ve seen you posting.
I just love the JP’s, nothing can stop them from doing what they believe in. But the idiots who critisize them for the last three years somehow don’t get it. JP’s don’t give a rats **** what the tabloids or the haters say. They know what they want to accomplish and they just do it, which pisses off the tabs and haters even more.
According to their calculations, prayers and tea leaf readings this couple should have been done six months after they got together. Three years later with four kids and great movies and their humanitarian work they are happy as a clam. Poor pathetic haters. ROTFLMAO!!!

Where oh where is the poster “Nicole”???? This supposedly fan of Brad & now Angelina & recently dissing Angelina.

HEY NICOLE SHOW UP YOUR TRUE SELF…WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE A FRAUD JUST LIKE YOUR PATHETIC IDOL THE ANUSTON!!!!!

YOU SOUNDS MORE LIKE CCCC!!!

Thanks for the new thread Jared! Love to hear about their good deeds are making at a difference. Hopefully, the US government will take note & walk the walk.

BRAD,ANGIE AND PRINCESS ZEE; IT’S OK BUT, I WANT MORE PICS, PLEASE !?!?!?!?!?!

African Girl @ 12/02/2007 at 4:58 pm
Too funny. Concise and true. However, it will just go over the shallow troll’s head.

Brad is doing more than his fair share..instead of critizing. people need to learn to be more appreciative and give credit where its due. Angelina never looked better..being there supporting her man..
“in love” is written all over her face..

OOPs on my comment I ment Brad can not rebuild all of NO. The complainers should call Oprah and X they have a lot of money. How about Donald Trump!!!

Nice work, Brad and Angie, you have a big heart!!!. you got to love them!!!
Thanks JJ for this new thead.

# 24 PEOPLE FROM NOLA NOT HAPPY - PART 2 @ 12/02/2007 at 4:26 pm

Oooohhhhh…now you’re up to TWO UNHAPPY PEOPLE! Whew. That’s quite the crowd. I hope Brad is wearing body armor at the presscon tomorrow. We wouldn’t want those two people to trample him and his 40 bodyguards.

I was a fan of Angie’s first, but since she got with Brad, he has found a place in my heart as well.
What they are doing is so generous, so wonderful. They are such a great team, which is what it takes to make a relationship work. Being a team. Brad said Angie is the great love of his life.

go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 4:14 pm

thank god you have only three kids! this world is better without anymore of you!

ml @ 12/02/2007 at 4:52 pm
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Why do you even bring that here? This is no place for all that crap, let it alone already.

Furthermore people, Brad is doing what he can. They can’t save the entire world so they do as much as possible, which for just two people they do an awful lot.

LOL!! you haters make no sense..how the hell do you want Brad to dress? all decked out in his Gucci?

dina #1 @ 12/02/2007 at 5:18 pm

IAWY. LK was very unhappy with that caller to President Clinton and he made the change for email only as appropriate at times. LK controls his show and he is not about to let the ignorant haterz of the world take over. That group will always find the welcome mat out for them on Fox.

LK (and CNN) is so jubilent to have Brad on, CNN is running the announcement it seems every 30 minutes. High ratings are the name of the game.

This coming week is Brad week. Luv luv luv it!!!

I really like this couple. They are always together as a family and enjoy it.

Will larry king be in n.o or will brad be in n.y? Anyone know? Sorry if it’s a stupid question. Thanks.

Will larry king be in n.o or will brad be in n.y? Anyone know?

Larry King is filmed in LA.

# 104 john @ 12/02/2007 at 5:47 pm

John…aka purchaser of a sex-for-hire worker.

If I were you I’d think about changing my name.

Oh yeah…Angie looks great in this photo. You only wish the streetwalkers you’re paying for looked this good. Hell…you just wish they had teefs!

# 97 KK1 @ 12/02/2007 at 5:29 pm

The only one he doesn’t control is the combover fool with the orange, red, yellow, hair. But after his last visit when Jenny Most? made funny of him he won’t blast Angie again.

People I don’t want to bring up the “R” word. Buth the 9th ward was about 99.9% black. And here is Brad starting to rebuild there. It was, is the poorest section of NO. Most people affected by Katrina lost just about everything. But everything means different things to different people. I was watching the news when they had the Malibu fires. One man was saying how he had lost almost everything. He mainly mentioned that he had lost a platinum ring. I am not making lite of his loss. But I bet he had it insured. And if you can afford platinum he probably had a little something in the bank. The 9th ward residents didn’t have platinum rings. They lost everything, even the lives of loved ones. So be happy someone is caring enoung to try and help these people. Who knows your turn might coming up next. Peace.

105. Kk1, thank you so much. :smile:

I live in Louisiana and did a lot of Katrina and Rita tracking for the feds. If you have two or three days I can recall story after story of hard working decent people who raised generations in the Lower 9th. Yes, there were no gooders but by far those people worked hard in menial jobs to get food on the table and their kids in school. Brad Pitt is a saint and God will bless him for his generosity of spirit and wealth.

The only thing I ask of him and Angelina in return is PLEEZE CAN WE HAVVA COUPLE PIX OF THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS? HANNUKAH? JUST CUZ?

Oh, and by the way, for all you children/stability/home critics, have you ever noticed you never see a photo of any of their kids misbehaving? If my family had cameras following us daily you would have seen plenty of whining and meltdowns.

ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:41 pm
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Have you check yourself in the mirror lately?? I bet Angie look 10,000,000 million better without makeup than you! ha ha ha ha ha

‘Beowulf’ still king overseas

Film wins foreign box office for third time.
“Beowulf” remained king of the foreign box office, winning for the third straight weekend with $19.4 million at 6,700 playdates in 60 markets.

Janice @ 12/02/2007 at 6:10 pm ‘Beowulf’ still king overseas

Film wins foreign box office for third time.
“Beowulf” remained king of the foreign box office, winning for the third straight weekend with $19.4 million at 6,700 playdates in 60 markets.

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That is awesome, thanks for the info on Beowulf, and I believe that it was 3rd here in the States

Thanks for the new thread JJ. Brad is looking like he’s just anybody in NO. Very grounded. Lol at some of you who want him to dress up or to remove his hat because YOU don’t like it. LOL!!!!! Insanity run amok.

Angelina looks glorious. She really is a beauty. I hope they are eating fantastic food. Yum. New Orleans is the best in the country in regards to food. I’m a foodie so I’m kinda biased.

Now these pictures were supposedly taken by regular people right? let’s see the power of JJ. let’s see how many places these pop up at. It wasn’t in any of the news agencies (paps) so let’s see.

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2007-12-01&p=.htm

Beowulf is actually second in the US this weekend.

Brad FAn @ 12/02/2007 at 6:24 pm

This is why they both love NOLA. They are at “home”.

Thanks Jared for the new thread and news about B&A in NOLA!!!!

And thanks PT for re-posting the link to the article.
From the previous thread…

I truly admire Brad for his total dedication to helping rebuild a part of NOLA, and I’m really looking forward to all the coverage this week.

I watched AMC’s Brad & Angie double-header last night. Wow! I’ve never seen Troy before. I had only seen bits from Youtube. Now I’m kicking myself for not having seen it at the theater. Definitely going to purchase the DVD.

Gotta go. Take care all. Don’t forget Brad will also be on the Today show with Anne Curry tomorrow (Monday, 12/3).

People from Chalmette need to STFU…the only reason why their hating BP/AJ giving the 9th Ward help is b/c they can’t STAND black people and anyone giving help to black people the Chalmatians, as we call them, can’t bear it…they hate it!

Keep doing what you will Pitt…help those who can’t help themselves RIGHT NOW!

If the people in Chalmette open up their closed minds, they would see this is a great deal…good for the city and the economy…in the long run. This actually can bring people back to work. B.c. those from Chalmette ain’t gonna try and work where they think is beneath them. People in Chalmette are poor just like the 9th Ward…but the difference the people in Chalmette don’t know their poor…yet they want to talk about the 9th Ward.

Hey, it’s just segregated (KKK) land and some KNOW not to cross or mingle in the other. And that’s why their mad…b/c someone like them (white) is helping someone like us.

Get over it and stop hatin’!!!!!

# 117 Janice @ 12/02/2007 at 6:10 pm

‘Beowulf’ still king overseas

Film wins foreign box office for third time.
“Beowulf” remained king of the foreign box office, winning for the third straight weekend with $19.4 million at 6,700 playdates in 60 markets.

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Thanks Janice.

And Beowulf is #2 here in the states, which is not bad, not bad at all.

btw with this estimate Beowulf is basically numbers overseas is neck and neck with those in the states.

oops I meant “for” and not “from” lol

re: ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:33 pm ral @ 12/02/2007 at 4:20 pm #35
“wow I have no right to express my opinion ?”

ral, stop playing the victim please…of course you have a right to express your opinion. Subsequently, others have a right to respond and contradict…do they not have a right to challenge you?? Of course they do…so don’t even go there and don’t be so sensitive just because someone disagreed. And if the manner in which they disagreed with you bothers you…get over it…otherwise don’t post here…that’s life on a public forum. No one is forcing you to post here…you have a choice too…”If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen” 1949, Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President.

134 go sox
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You spit BILE and malicious judgment on the Jolie-Pitts and you have the nerve to call the people of here brutal?? YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE!! So if your poor little self don’t want to receive “attacks”, don’t ATTACK people who don’t deserve it like Brad and Angie!!

Okey, DUMBASS??

No wonder that posters “ral” and “go sox” like Maniston; because just like her… this F*CKERS love being the Victim!!

Sebastian, I “spit no BILE” or pass MALICIOUS judgement, nor am I hypocritical in any way. I’m not attacking anyone. I SAID, I applaud their efforts!! I was just giving an OPINION about kids being moved around too much. It’s lovely you all know kids who LOVE it, but I know as many who don’t. As I said before, it’s easy for them now….it won’t be once they are in middle or high school. And I don’t swear, Sebastian. Have a little class….

oops… “fast” = facts.

Thanks, Jill. Cool heads need to prevail. I wasn’t trying to be nasty; if you guys took it that way, I apologize. I am not a hater. Sorry if I came across that way.

Uh, yeah, Observer2, I can be a mother of 3 and work as a school nurse. Is that so hard to believe? Angie works too…..

Believe what you want…..I gave my opinion at the start, based on my experiences, WAY before I was “smacked around”.

OK guys try to tell the truth.

1.) Bewolf is #3 this weekend.

2.) It has made about 120 million worldwide with almost all the markets opened (8 left). At this time 300 (a similiar movie)in the States alone had made 161 million. This movie neeeds to make 300 million worlwide to break even. This movie is not doing well. It should have made well over 200 million by now. It stands to lose a lot of money.

3.) AMH needs to make 32 million to break even: still 12 million behind.

4.) AOJJ needs to make 60 million has made 10 milion. Not many places left to open either.

5.) Angie does not look beautiful in this picture. In fact she looks awful. she used to be so beautiful but recently not so much.

Jill: yes he does lose something by changing schools its called friends and a stable environment.

Dirty Denise @ 12/02/2007 at 5:13 pm I was a fan of Angie’s first, but since she got with Brad, he has found a place in my heart as well.
What they are doing is so generous, so wonderful. They are such a great team, which is what it takes to make a relationship work. Being a team. Brad said Angie is the great love of his life.
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DD These are my exact sentiments, because I, too was
orignally an Angie fan, but I love them as a couple.
I adore Angie and I admire Brad for following his heart. Life is much too short to be unhappy when you
don’t have to be.

#152 Lili von Shtupp

jealous much???…at least she is the one sucking it not you….and he’s loving it….LOSER!!

First and last post, I also know of lovely families and children who do fine. But as you stated, it does not make it “absolute fact” for everyone. I have never been called narrow-minded in my life, nor do I assume the worst. I never said EVERY CHILD has problems; some do. I wish them the best and hope their children are as well -adjusted later as they are now. That’s it.

go sox…look at Lili von Shtupp comment #152. Is that a nice comment? The reason fans here are very defensive is because of the hatred spewed over Brad & Angelina by Aniston hens & haters.

Angelina & Zahara have the same foreheads, same wide eyes and the same pouty lips. They are truly mother and daughter. Brad looks like he’s just hanging out having fun.

go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 7:28 pm

You want an example of a real ‘hater’. Look no further than post #151.

go sox,
to survive on these jared threads re: the JP’s you have to be clear, concise, consistent and back up with hard facts, not tabloid BTW but direct interviews, etc. The regulars and lurkers here are not your ordinary FF or dlisted JP followers…they gather at jared’s because of a common denominator in their personalities, education and approach to details and logic and of course support for this family against those who attack them for unfounded reasons and/or unsubstantiated fact. Most of us have been posting and/or lurking for years here and we all know each other. It’s not for everyone…best to lurk for awhile to see if you fit in and how you can fit in or even if you want to. Also read my post #135 to ral…be forewarned…all’s fair.

No, I didn’t see that post, Drew. I’m sure it was ugly though. I don’t have a problem with you all defending the J-P’s. It’s nice they have such fans. But I’m not a hater, so you can all relax. Save it for the Von-Shtupp’s of the world.

Sam , go waste your $$ on some smart water.

I posted these pictures on the last thread, but I’ll post them again. Young Angelina karaoke style.

http://pics.livejournal.com/miss_opinion/pic/0002p0ad/

#151 Sam
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You have the nerve to criticize Angelina’s looks when Maniston looks like this…
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4171/jen039s20british20modelsw3.jpg

Thanks for the fair warning, first and last post. It’s really nice that you all know each other and ward off the nasties, because there really are some very disturbed people in the world. Good luck! But, I’ve learned my lesson…..I won’t tread here again. Sorry if I offended anyone…..

Nice seeing Z and mom having fun on daddy’d project site. I hope they have a good day tomorrow.

178 for: Sam
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I think that you were talking about this pic of Maniston:
http://i17.tinypic.com/6l3hfmo.jpg

Sam’s idol sure is UGLY!!

guli @ 12/02/2007 at 7:05 pm

guli, the BCS selection show is on FOX right now. I sure you know the results. But it might be fun to watch. Peace

It is so funny when all else fails leave it to Sam to find a box office to quote. It doens’t matter they are still making movies. Who knows what will happen in the future. But for now, they are in demand. Peace

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I think that you were talking about this pic of Maniston:
http://i17.tinypic.com/6l3hfmo.jpg

Sam’s idol is UGLY!!

Angie looks good without makeup at least she’s not vain and narcisstic and has to look just so for the camera. Good quality on your part Angie. You are a natural beauty and you still smile for the endless photos. Keep up your humanitarian work.

more pics fot Sam…

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2624/chinny8cz.jpg

SHUT THE F*CK UP ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE LOOKS WHEN YOUR IDOL LOOKS LIKE THAT!!

The real face of Maniston (before the plastic surgery that didn’t help with her ugliness)…

http://i17.tinypic.com/6l3hfmo.jpg

You/Me @ 12/02/2007 at 5:24 pm ml @ 12/02/2007 at 4:52 pm
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Why do you even bring that here? This is no place for all that crap, let it alone already.

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i brought here for you , you always pretend to like them all, but any negative thing against your idol you pick and complain, but never complained about the negatives against brad/angie

Sam troll,

Beowolf might not do as well as “300″ , but it didn’t bomb as you was expecting it to happen. I bet even if it does well as ” 300″, you’ll still compare it with the total grosses of “Titanic”. you are so sick and pathetic, so obsessed with hatred, this sickness gonna take your life anytime, try sick a doctor.

Angie without makeup was still a zillion times prettier than the sausage nose, mega chin Maniston.

Here’s a pretty picture of your idol in skimpy bikini and fully make-up

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2624/chinny8cz.jpg

i’m so proud of the jps,nothing but good down to earth people.God will bless this beautiful couple for all the good they do in the world.I’M SENDING MY BLESSINGS TO THEM.

re: go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 7:50 pm #175
I didn’t intend for you to go away “go sox”. You sound like a nice person, I think you posted prematurely without realizing what you were getting into…lurk for awhile before you make your final decision. Most of the regular JP fans and posters here are very nice… really they are.

sam #151: leave this family alone.they know how to care for their children.the main thing the children have loving mom and dad.

Sam troll,

Beowolf might not do as well as “300″ , but it didn’t bomb as you was expecting it to happen. I bet even if it does well as ” 300″, you’ll still compare it with the total grosses of “Titanic”. you are so sick and pathetic, so obsessed with hatred, this sickness gonna take your life anytime, try see doctor.

Oh , here is another fully overly make-up , fully botox Jennifer Aniston

http://s2.supload.com/free/normal_2005-showest-029.jpg/view/

Enough of the replies to haters. They do this delibrately to let you lose focus. Congrats to the Jolie-Pitts.

Besides, the new international total for Beowulf has not been released. The movie is doing good. Box office king for three straight weeks. Whose report will you believe? Keep supporting the Pitts.

o.t. gorgeous people.just watch 101 juiciest hookups on E.anjie and papa pitt wer #1.and its 2007.lotz of hookups happened this year,and yet der #1 juiciest.obviously, not from concentrate.

Didn’t the hard-on for B/O #s claim Beowulf wasn’t Angie’s movie since she makes only a limited appearance in it; so why should IT care if the movie makes what 300 made…

# 189 marcella @ 12/02/2007 at 8:14 pm monday the nomination for the golden globes hope brad and angie get nominated.
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It’s Thursday Dec 13th, not tomorrow. The Awards ceremony is on Sunday Jan 13th.

Good for Brad and Angie for helping to shift more attention to some of the areas ravaged by Katrina. Nice to see celebs actually doing something tangible. Writing a check is wonderful as well, but actually being there is in some ways more impactful.

lylian @ 12/02/2007 at 8:31 pm - this is the actual website to donate to this project which is different from the Global Green Project

http://www.makeitrightnola.org/index.php

bongao peak

ITAWU. I think if TAOJJ was released in a bigger market, commercially it would do better than now. and It’s quite unfair a crap movie like “awake” with a rotten tomatoes meter of only 0.8 was widely released while a critically raved movie like TAOJJ (RT meter 70+,better than lion’s for lamb (RT meter 26)) was in a limited release. No wonder Tom decided to buy a studio, it does make a lot of difference with studio backing, crap movies can still make more money than a great movies.

NO has been and continues to be ignored. Don’t belive that poverty is the same all over. NO is still one of the most segregated, racist cities. Black and white live in separate areas. Agree w/ BDJ and the other poster. Brad and Angie are helping the poorest of the poor. The projects in places like Minnesota or even Chicago are nothing compared to NO. The blame as to who should do more and the first step is to repair the levees and do the job right and not steal the money is with the local and state and federal government, and not Mr. Pitt.
Hope he continues to place the spotlight on the 9th ward. It needs it. The home of Fats Domino,one of the early innovators of rock N Roll. One of the socalled worthless people who don’t try to help themselves according to Ms. KKK Chalmette.

QQQQ @ 12/02/2007 at 8:28 pm
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Well, let’s give the BO hard on their do. Their opinion is like a **** in the wind.

And they can’t add. AMH has done 18M WW and 20M in dvd rentals. Don’t know the sales #’s. That would be 38M. That would mean, it’s making a profit. But, the hard on for numbers can’t add.

And hard on’s idol looks like death warmed over on a good day.

QQQQ @ 12/02/2007 at 8:37 pm lylian @ 12/02/2007 at 8:31 pm - this is the actual website to donate to this project which is different from the Global Green Project

http://www.makeitrightnola.org/index.php

No amount is too small

Please visit the site.

Sam, you say AMH bombed but Angie just received an award nominations for it and very good reviews for her ACTING. must have a bug up your butt ever time you read something positive about her because you hate Angelina Jolie sooooo much and you only want to spread any negative thing you can scrap up about her in the name of your love jennifer aniston. Your idol has moved on and now it’s time for you to do the same. Jennifer Aniston is with Vince Vaughn now. shoo!

BTW, I think Angelina Jolie looks great and she’s a wonderful Mom.

As the media and press move on to other stories, the coverage of the after effects of hurricane Katrina dwindles to almost non-existent. Brad’s Make it Right program make it possible for us to know that efforts of recovery- big or small is still being done in New Orleans.
Kudos to Brad and Angie for their continued and tireless efforts. They are indeed a power couple who can make a difference when so many are apathetic to the plight of the needy.

Observer2 @ 12/02/2007 at 8:40 pm - oh yeah and it hasn’t opened in Japan as yet, so it will still make a little more at the B/O…. All the movies nominated for ISA made way less money than AMH; but as usual Angie is viewed by a different standard than others… Some one posted a while back that sales was $2M+, so thats at least $40M. Oh and I don’t believe the budget for AMH was actually $16 mil.

sam @ 12/02/2007 at 8:29 pm
Also be honest Angie looks awful here.
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Honey, to your bleary eyes, Angelina looks awful anywhere. Do you honestly think we give a shiznit what you think?

Sam be honest Maniston looks awnful here:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4171/jen039s20british20modelsw3.jpg

Sam @ 12/02/2007 at 7:26 pm

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Get a life or get laid ok !!

Jill @ 12/02/2007 at 8:51 pm Sam @ 12/02/2007 at 7:26 pm
OK guys try to tell the truth.
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Don’t you think it’s nice that they are in New Orleans trying to make a positive difference while poor Aniston is laying around on her ass doing nothing but whining about her empty existence? Day in and day out. What else does she ever do? You tell me.
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Oh she’s quite busy alright. Spending all her time and money paying a visit to her plastic surgeon.

I’m going to post this interview again from Backstage.com. For anyone who might have missed it yesterday. :)

Close to Her Heart
Angelina Jolie opens up and answers the tough questions–on acting.
November 30, 2007
By Jenelle Riley
“I’m Angie.” This is how Angelina Jolie — a woman who needs no introduction — introduces herself. Jolie is many things: a humanitarian who has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations since 2001, a doting mother to four young children. And she’s an actor — an amazing one at that.

If people forget that last part, it might be because Jolie is also a tabloid staple, through no fault of her own. She has never been one to seek out the spotlight, and yet we understand the world’s fascination with her: From the moment she stepped on screen, it’s been clear there is something powerfully magnetic about Jolie.

Though she was born into an acting family — her parents are Marcheline Bertrand, who died earlier this year, and Jon Voight — and has been in the business since she was a teenager, it was Jolie’s roles in two cable biopics that made the world take notice. First was George Wallace, in which she played the wife of the controversial Alabama governor. But it was Gia, in which she devoured the screen as fierce and needy supermodel Gia Carangi, that made Hollywood pay attention. She won back-to-back Golden Globe Awards for her work in the films and established herself as one of the most exciting young actors to watch. She then earned a third Golden Globe — for Girl, Interrupted, in which she stole the spotlight from Winona Ryder and ended up with an Oscar for it.

The following years would prove to be a mixed bag of commercial blockbusters (Gone in 60 Seconds, Tomb Raider), ambitious failures (Beyond Borders, Alexander), and critical savaging (Original Sin), but Jolie was always captivating. In 2005 she scored her biggest hit with Mr. & Mrs. Smith, an action-comedy that tapped into the actor’s smoldering sexuality, charisma, and sense of humor. She can currently be seen (in animated form) in another blockbuster, Beowulf. This year she wowed even her biggest fans with a gut-wrenching turn as Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, in A Mighty Heart. Directed by Michael Winterbottom in a stark, almost documentary style, the film details Mariane’s ordeal from Daniel’s kidnapping to the birth of their child, Adam. It’s a project close to Jolie’s heart.

Back Stage: Growing up the daughter of actors, was it a forgone conclusion you’d enter the business?

Angelina Jolie: It might have been the opposite. In some ways it was good, because I remember being very conscious of how human and regular actors were; even though my dad was a successful actor, he was very much a regular person. I suppose the one good thing about being raised in it is that you don’t have the illusion of actors being magic or special. You have a real sense that it’s just work.

Back Stage: What led you to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute at 16?

Jolie: My mom studied with Lee Strasberg before he passed, and she loved him, so she wanted me to go there. I trained there a little bit, and they put on plays. It was fun. I’m not great at theatre; I think certain people are great at it, and I don’t think I have the talent that other people have when it comes to being on stage.

Back Stage: Do you still study acting or work with coaches?

Jolie: I used to work with my mom. She was the most amazing support for an actor. She used to write letters to my characters. For Girl, Interrupted, she bought me the hand puppet that I ended up using. If I’d do a sexy role, she’d buy me perfume. She always read the script, made a bunch of notes, and wrote these letters. She was a great person to talk to about things, and she loved the process so much. So now I suppose I try to hear her voice in my head.

Back Stage: In your Oscar acceptance speech, you thanked your mother for giving up her dream of becoming an actor. Could you ever leave acting behind?

Jolie: Oh, absolutely. I’ve been really, really lucky to have a career as an artist where I’ve been able to have the roles where I’ve expressed a lot and been able to play all different types of women. And I think a lot of actors still feel there’s a lot inside them that they want to communicate or something they have yet to discover. And I don’t feel that as much now as I did when I was younger. I feel like there’s a lot to discover about myself as an adult and as a mother but not as much as an actor. There aren’t those roles where I feel I’m the one who needs to do it. I start to read things now, and I think, “Somebody else would be better at this.” Oftentimes I’ll get a call, and they’ll say, “This other person would really like to do this role.” And I’m the first to say, “Well, then they should.” Because if they really want to, then that’s who should do it.

Back Stage: Do you ever have to audition anymore?

Jolie: Not really, but for Good Shepherd I had to meet with Bob [De Niro], and we looked at the scenes and read it and talked about it. Because I think he wasn’t convinced I could play somebody light, a debutante. And that’s why I wanted to do it. He didn’t know me and wanted to meet me and see if I could do it. But I liked it; I don’t necessarily want the roles that you’d assume I could do. I think, like most actors, you want the roles that they’re not sure you can do.

Back Stage: Are you someone who has always auditioned well?

Jolie: No. I think I was starting to audition around 16, 17, and would be going out for the girlfriend or the girl in high school. And I was just never that girl. I was always told that I was too dark. I went through a period, years ago, when I was told I was too ethnic. Isn’t that strange? Now I’m not ethnic enough on occasion. But there wasn’t something regular enough about me; it just didn’t fit. I went on a hundred auditions; my mom and I actually checked off the hundredth. I think my first job was as a crank addict in a film, and then my second job was, like, a cyborg. So it was clear that my career was going to be full of very bizarre, strange women — which ended up being the ones I liked anyway.

Back Stage: What was your worst audition?

Jolie: I had a really bad one for Wallace, a film I actually ended up getting. It was so bad, in fact, my manager [Geyer Kosinski] had to calm both me and [director] John Frankenheimer down. I read the character was sexy, so I went in and put on bright red lipstick and a black dress. It was a period piece, in the ’60s. Now, I don’t have big issues talking about my father, but I was trying to find myself. I walked in, and I was nervous, and I did my reading, and the first thing John Frankenheimer said was, “So, Jon’s your father.” And my heart just sank, and I thought, “He didn’t pay attention to anything I just did.” He said, “How’s he doing? What’s he up to these days?” I don’t know what it was, but I just got somewhat rude in return. I said, “I really don’t know; why don’t you call him? I have to go.” And I got a call from Geyer, saying, “You stormed out, and you were dressed like a geisha girl!” I said, “He was rude, and he didn’t pay attention to what I was saying. He didn’t even care about me as an individual.” He said, “Please go back.” I said, “I’m not getting in a room with him.” But he calmed us both down and said, “Don’t wear red lipstick, and try to go in with a better attitude.” Strangely enough, Frankenheimer and I ended up becoming best friends. We loved working together. He’s just a straightforward person who doesn’t mean to be rude, and I was overly sensitive. But yeah, we definitely went head to head when we first met.

Back Stage: After you shot Gia, which would prove to be a breakout role for you, you made the choice to stop acting for a while. Why?

Jolie: I didn’t feel I had anything else in me at the moment. I shaved my head at the end of it — there were pockets of hair we shaved for the dying scene. By the end of it, I had to actually shave my head. I separated from my husband [Jonny Lee Miller] at the end of that. And I signed up for screenwriting and directing at NYU, and I moved to New York and didn’t know anybody and went to school.

Back Stage: What brought you back?

Jolie: I started to get acknowledged for Wallace and Gia, and it became uncomfortable to go on the subway and go to school. It just got weird. But it was a really great time, and it was important for me to step back and re-evaluate and get out from in front of the camera for some time.

Back Stage: Is it true you don’t have a publicist?

Jolie: It is. I don’t have an agent either. I have one manager, and I’ve had him for 10 years. He started as an agent years ago, but he’s been a manager almost as long as I’ve been with him. I tried to have an agent for a few months. And I tried to have a publicist for two days. And neither worked out. I’m very specific about what I like to do, and I’ve been very fortunate that through working it out myself, I can somehow manage something. I’m sure that some people would disagree that I can’t handle publicity properly, but I tend to ignore it.

Back Stage: What was the process of doing performance capture for Beowulf like?

Jolie: I think a big misconception about those films is people think you just loan your voice. You have days of the camera mapping every body part and 80 different facial expressions. After you’ve done your mapping, you get in these jumpsuits and you go in with your other actors, and you’re in this big box, and it’s like you’re doing theatre. So you do everything physically you would do. There are over 300 cameras at every angle, and it’s a performance piece. They even have new things that go on your temple so it reads your eyeball movements. Everything is exact.

Back Stage: Was it difficult?

Jolie: It was so much fun. There’s something about getting a handful of actors like Anthony Hopkins and dressing everybody in these stupid jumpsuits with balls all over you that takes you immediately back to being in theatre school and playing, and we got so goofy, jumping around. It was reminding you what it was to just be an actor.

Back Stage: You’ve earned some of the best reviews of your career for playing Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart. Was there some sense of irony for you — someone so often in the news — to play a journalist?

Jolie: Certainly the thought of it had some irony. But the more I got into it, the more I realized there’s a real divide between tabloid and real journalism. And it was nice for me to get close to people who focus on reporting the truth — that’s their life’s work, and many of them are willing to die for it. And that’s such a noble profession and such a beautiful thing. So in my mind, there was a line, and the two weren’t the same at all. And it was good for me to reach that conclusion. I love great journalism. I appreciate and need good reporting, like anybody else.

Back Stage: You had a friendship with Mariane long before you chose to play her in the movie. Did being so close to her make it easier or harder to tell her story?

Jolie: Oh, God. [A long pause.] It was both. The more I got to know her and [Daniel Pearl's] parents and her son, the more pressure I felt. She never came to the set, but she was there the night before we started shooting in France to wish everybody luck. Our kids are great friends, and they were sitting together, and I was thinking, “One day Adam is going to watch this, and from tomorrow on I’m going to try to represent how much his parents loved each other and who they are and how his mother felt about this happening.” It just became one of the biggest responsibilities to another person that I’d ever had. So that was very hard. And it was also hard to kind of mimic her, because she became somebody I knew. So it was almost like if somebody said, “Stand up in front of your close friend and do an impression.” It’s horrible. You don’t want to do it. But from the beginning, she felt that I should do it. So I just took her lead and thought, If she has faith in me, I guess it’ll be all right.

Back Stage: How important was the mimicry?

Jolie: We thought about that a lot. Michael doesn’t like any kind of wig or contacts; he doesn’t want touchups on set; there’s no trailers. And I didn’t want anything that would stop the process. He and I talked about it, and we had actually said if it was going to take too long to get it on or be at all distracting, just forget it. So we had a test, and some people I’ve worked with for years found contacts in seven different shades of brown, and we tried a wig. The feeling from everybody was if everybody looks at this and is almost distracted by it, then we’ll have to figure out something else. But we all felt it was all right.

Back Stage: Nothing can take you out of a movie faster than a bad wig.

Jolie: I remember when I put that wig on. We did the camera test next door to our house, and I came over, and I saw my son, and he said, “Why are you dressed like Adam’s mommy?” And I thought, “Oh, we’ve got it!”

Back Stage: And you did end up going with contact lenses.

Jolie: I think you have to have a long talk. We tested in sunlight; we tested in dark rooms. In Gia she had brown eyes, but we didn’t go for contacts. Because at the time, the camera we were using wasn’t letting enough light in the eyes, and it was losing life. Ultimately [with A Mighty Heart] we didn’t want people to be distracted. There were just so many things that could go wrong, and it was something we all wanted to do so right, with all our hearts. So we were just so happy that it came out all right. All I was waiting for was the call from Mariane and the word from his parents. I could have gotten every bad review across the country, but when they told me that they felt strongly about it, it was — that was the only thing that mattered.

Back Stage: How did you know when she had seen it?

Jolie: I knew Mariane saw it because she called the studio one day and said she was ready to see it. And I had heard that. And then I didn’t hear from her for a week. And I thought, “Oh, no.” I was heartbroken. And then I got the most beautiful email from her. She’s such a gracious, gracious woman.

Back Stage: How did you get to a place of such emotion for some of those gut-wrenching scenes, particularly when Mariane learns Daniel isn’t coming home?

Jolie: The strange thing about the film is, because we shot it almost documentary-style and pretty much in order, because this was a story we all knew, there was something haunting about retracing the steps of this real incident. And when the [hostage] pictures came through on the email, it was that odd feeling of, We’ve seen this in the papers, and now we’re sitting in this room, and God, what it must have felt like for her to get these pictures. So that carried us through the whole film. As we were getting near the end, we all started to get very quiet those last few days. The night they had to come back and tell me, we were all very emotional anyway. Usually as an actor, you come forward and think about in your mind something happening to somebody you love. My mom was sick at the time, and I thought, “I’ll allow myself to think about that.” But something happened on that night where it just didn’t seem necessary to think about anything else, and we all just kind of purged whatever it was that we’d been feeling for the months about the horrors of the reality of the situation. And we all just became really emotional. It’s a strange experience for an actor. Fortunately, as an actor I knew not to clutter it with something else and allow it. That was the choice.

Back Stage: You’ve worked with so many amazing filmmakers. What do you hope for in a director?

Jolie: The ability to be decisive. There are so many directors that seem to just not wake up sure of exactly how they’re going to do something in a day, and there’s a lot of people waiting for them. And it doesn’t inspire confidence. I’m having the great fortune of working with Clint Eastwood right now, who’s probably the most decisive human being on the planet. He’s famous for doing things quickly, and it’s not because he doesn’t have the energy to do it a thousand times. He’s just very clear about what’s going to be in the movie, what’s not going to be in the movie, what not to waste people’s energy on, and can make a decision on the spot about huge things. So even a few weeks into this film, I actually know in my mind what it is we’re making.

Back Stage: Acting is only one of your careers. How did you become interested in humanitarian causes?

Jolie: You start traveling around, and you notice there’s quite a lot you don’t know. I’m fascinated by other cultures and histories, and I realized I didn’t quite get the education I wish I had. So I wanted to learn more. Wanting to learn about what’s going on with people of the world, you just come across different things. I came across refugees, and I was just really shocked that there could be that many people uprooted. As you do in life, sometimes things just ring true to you and become things you know you’re passionate about. So I called Washington one day and went to an office and started to do research. A few weeks later, I was on a plane into Sierra Leone. And grew up 10 years as a woman just being in a situation that I just did not know existed in the world. And was never to want for more after that day. Was never to complain about silly things after that day.

Back Stage: Do you think these interests led to you wanting to become a parent — you adopted your first child, Maddox, in 2002 — or was it the other way around?

Jolie: I think it came hand in hand. I think the reality of it grounded me in a way where I suddenly realized that I did care about children in that way. And I was grounded enough at that time in my life that I could give my life to this. I think you make that decision when you’re a mother that you will never be that thoughtless again of how you are with yourself. You now live for somebody else, and you can’t be self-destructive, and you can’t be selfish. I had gotten a little lesson in life to know that I was evolved enough as a person to be ready to be a mom. And then little Mad came, and everything changed. He’s been like my teacher in life. And continues to be.

GOD BLESS YOU, BRAD AND ANGELINA. Both of you are really wonderful human beings. You don’t forget the down-trodden people. Bless both of you and your family.

L vonShtupp @ 12/02/2007 at 9:12 pm

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Don’t you have, like, a basket of snakes to go and “take up” or something?

Great to see Brad is going ahead with the project that is dear to his heart. Happy for the Jolie-Pitts.

L vonShtupp @ 12/02/2007 at 9:12 pm
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Poor poor you. Sorry that this is not PH, Dlisted, FF, where you can spew your hate and not have it deleted? :lol: :lol: :lol: I remember I used to get mad at posts like yours, nowadays I just look at you and people like you as a pest. ALL the hate and lies you’ve spewed about Angie for going on 3 years has not stopped her from living her life. Let’s see, when you started spewing your filth almost 3 years ago, Angie had Mad, Brad, and Zee had just come into their home, her career, her humanitarian work. Almost 3 years later, Angie has Brad, Mad, Pax, Zee, Shi, a successful career, her humanitarian work, has published articles in The Economist and The Washington Post, is a member of a prestigious think tank, etc. With all the hate you send her way, we the fans send our love 100x more to her, Brad, and their family. Don’t you just love how life works? Love ALWAYS trumps hate. :)

Missouri Fan @ 12/02/2007 at 9:14 pm

Hey MF, that is an amazing and touching video. Brad and Angie are truly amazing people and such a blessing and inspiration to a lot of people. Thanks for posting your video

guli, that clip with matt damon and don cheadle was very cute.

so,i’ll have papa pitt tomorrow.i hope his gonna put on a pirate hat this tym.

Brad and Angelina’s generosity is why we all should go to any movie they are in. The more they make the more they give to the needy.

marty @ 12/02/2007 at 9:07 pm

The homes are not free. They have to be bought like any other home. The homeowners have to either own a lot or buy one. Brad’s program will also provide loans to buy homes. So this is not giving someone a free home, that is a lie. Ignorance is no defence for your negativity. Homeowners in the Lower 9th Ward kept their homes up like any other home owner. You are a biased and prejudiced person.

256 homes are not free
Too true. Many of the people in the Lower 9th ward have owned their homes and property going back generations. These homes are not free hand-outs or welfare houses. The homeowners have to qualify and there is a long waiting list. It is understandable that some communities will feel left out. However, the bigger shame is that the US government has neglected not only New Orleans but most of the Gulf Coast Area. Brad Pitt is one man who saw a need and mobilize. Others should do the same.

BEOWULF IS SECOND AT THE BOX OFFICE BUT BOX OFFICE MOJO ADDED THE TOTAL OF ‘THIS CHRISTMAS’ WRONG, INSTEAD OF MAKING THE TOTAL $7.4 MIL THEY WROTE $8.4MIL AND MADE IT SECOND BECAUSE OF THE ERROR. CAN SOMEONE ELSE CHECK AND LET ME KNOW WHO WE CAN WRITE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS?

These two are amazing people. They do so much. I hope the rest of the world follows. Thanks Brad and Angie! Your generosity will give you great karma in teh world as well as your beautiful children!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html

Brad article in NYTimes.

Can donate by helping pay for homes or fixtures or whatever needed for homes. Great idea!!

marty @ 12/02/2007 at 10:17 pm

Everyone who can help should help, all people, no matter their color, are members of the same exact human race. One never knows when one will need a helping hand like the hand Brad has extended.

Brad’s plans are to expand the homebuilding project throughout the whole area. This is not a oneshot deal for him. I hope he gets some corporations behind him as the area will benefit greatly from all the jobs this project will generate.

Brad and Angelina, because he could not do this without her wholehearted support, are to be commended for their efforts. Brad has kept his word, he is doing what he said he would do.

KK1 @ 12/02/2007 at 10:23 pm - Thanks for posting

# 264 KK1 @ 12/02/2007 at 10:23 pm http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html

Brad article in NYTimes.
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Thanks for posting the link to the article, great article and way to go Brad. He truly amazing and so inspiring. I love this part:

Responding to critics who question the wisdom of rebuilding at all in an area likely to get hit again, Mr. Pitt said: “My first answer to that is, talk to the people who’ve lived there and have raised their kids there. People are needing to get back in their homes.”

# 264 KK1 @ 12/02/2007 at 10:23 pm

wow….those houses will look awesome and cool…

i hope that fellow fans will sponsor some parts of a house…i just sponsored a shower head, a crank radio and bulbs….so share some of your x’mas bonus… :-D

Jessica @ 12/02/2007 at 10:35 pm

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Why do you keep posting this website here? And what does it have to do with Brad and Angie?

Stop it. I’ve seen it at leats four times already. If people want an online dating service, they know how to google.

# 257 jjoy @ 12/02/2007 at 10:06 pm

Hiya jjoy, Happy Sunday to you as well and yep it is almost Monday which means work work and more work lol

marty @ 12/02/2007 at 9:07 pm

Marty, those houses are not being given away. People will have to buy them. Maybe that is why there is so much anger. To my knowledge Brad has never said these houses were for free. At the last news confrence he had in NO I believe he said they would priced at afforable prices. That doesn’t sound like free. To my knowledge there is no entitlement, except you had to have lived in the 9th ward. But you must buy the house to live in it. No one has ever denied that there were other people affected by Katrina. There were. And they need help. But when you say Katrina what picture does your mind conjure up? Poor black people wading through filty, unthinkable water. Trapped in a dome without food or water working toilets . Stuck without transportation and without water, baby formula, diapers and watching little babies crying and dying. Listening to that old man telling a reporter how his wife told him to save the children and let her go. And his saying in response to her question about what was he going to do and where was he going. That he didn’t know. Those are powerful images. They don’t leave your subconcious. That doesn’t mean that others shouldn’t be helped. And that others didn’t suffer. But don’t get angry at Brad and Angie because they are starting in the 9th ward. No one knows what is going to happen. No one knows what Brad has planned. But no should expect Brad to solve all of the problems of NO. He and Angie fund so many charities and are trying to help as many as possible. The percevied thought that one group of people might get something another group will not get is truly divisive. But it happenss everyday. When it is rich people getting the breaks, think taxes no one seems to object. But when it is thought to be one poor group over another, well it is a different story.

Okay fans don’t get upset with me on this one. But I am not agreeing with Sam. I am saying that the photo of Angie displayed at the top of this page is not one of her most flattering. Does she look awful, as Sam maintains. No she does not. And here is where Sam loses. Because he knows, I know, and the world knows that with the brush of her hair she will look gorgeous. This picture was taken probably with a camera phone, and at a terrible angle. I make no excuses for her. Because she makes no excuses for herself. I am certain when Angie left her house that morning she was fully aware of how she looked. And she was at ease with that look. That speaks of her confidence in herself. It also says that she is visiting a construction site where there is mud, standing water, and she is carrying a child. This is not her taking her children to school, doing a photoshoot, or a red carpet pose. It seems like simple logic. You dress for the occasion. And this occasion is a visit to a construction site where her husband is trying to help some poor homeless people who were not helped by their government. Angie could never look awful, even if she tried.

And gawd I am so tired of the trolls saying that Brad and Angie look tired. On the red carpet in London the trolls were forthing at the mouth saying how tired they looked. They had just traveled for about 10 hours. Also now we find out now that Brad was in talks with the studio who is producing SOP. That will make you look tired. It will make Angie tired to know that her husband i having doubts about a script and a movie he has been attached to for 18 months. Also to be taking on this rebuilding project will cause a few sleepless nights. Trolls/haters let it go. These people are fine and doing good things. But I guess that is why your heads are splitting. Peace.

# 264 KK1 @ 12/02/2007 at 10:23 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html

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Thanks KK1. Great article and major props to Brad for everything he is doing for the lower 9th Ward.

# 275 emily @ 12/02/2007 at 10:43 pm Jessica @ 12/02/2007 at 10:35 pm

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Why do you keep posting this website here? And what does it have to do with Brad and Angie?

Stop it. I’ve seen it at leats four times already. If people want an online dating service, they know how to google.

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Totally agree with you - if it appears again I will flag it - saw it on another thread - someone just going around advertizing a website. Probably same person who keeps say that “such and such was seen on millionaire dating service — see that on loads of threads - quite annoying they just change the celebs name - must think we are all slow in the head or something.

marty @ 12/02/2007 at 10:17 pm jjoy @ 12/02/2007 at 9:46 pm

Thank you, I appreciate your comments. Indeed there are people of all colors who need help. I just don’t see everyone who is poor getting help just because they are poor. There is far too much division among color lines of the poor as to who gets the most help. There is a misperception that white people don’t need help simply because they are white, like somehow being white makes your poverty not as bad.
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homes are not free @ 12/02/2007 at 10:02 pm

You are a biased and prejudiced person.

What makes me biased and prejudiced? I said the homes would not be kept up if they were given out for free NO MATTER WHAT COLOR the people are.

However, thank you for the info that the houses are not free. That is good to know….Now, possibly Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman should follow Mr. Pitt’s example and help the people of Chalmette. That might go a long way to even the playing field and help race relations.
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You know I grew up in the south in the 1960s and I know racism when I see it. Now you’re singling out 2 African Americans and insinuating they should be chided for not helping out Chalmette. Are you really this unselfaware? If you’re not plagued with racism, you conversation is.

You earlier remarks and these remarks hint at racial issues and your seeming anger based on it.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say the same things about trust fund babies who have houses and jobs and their futures handed to them on a silver platter and earn none of it. Or maybe I’m wrong. Maybe you’d just expect their graffiti to consist of designer logos.

Adorable couple.
Adorable family.

I just sponsored a couple of thermostats and crank radio/telephones. I have relatives in La and they were luckier than many, some damage but not much.

Thank you Brad and Angie for your good hearts.

Thanks Jared. So happy to see the Jolie Pitts again. They are truly beautiful, inside and out, and totally inspiring.

Angelina does look tired in this photo. hello! she ’s pretty but she looks like she just rolled out of bed and Brad looks like a skinny old man.

wth @ 12/02/2007 at 11:17 pm

Because we all should help. Because any of us could suffer losses like these people did. BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

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emily @ 12/02/2007 at 11:13 pm

IAWY. I am hoping that major corporations jump in and help expand this project all over the damaged Gulf Coast region. But all projects must start somewhere and this is the area chosen. At least something is beginning to help get people out of travel trailers three years later and that is the most important aspect of this project.

Is there really criticism by ANYONE because Pitt has chosen this area to work on? Because he’s not single handedly repairing the whole city? Come on. That is just amazing.

Get your damn government to help and stop voting for corrupt government officials or politicians that don’t care about you. That might help. Stop supporting the segregation and resultant poverty that contributes to the powerlessness of the area.

The feds feel free to ignore those without power and money. Louisiana is guilty of maintaining an economy and a culture that perpetuates poverty among minorities. You can’t ignore the historical environment that allowed the city and surrounding areas to be in a position to become so victimized and easily ignored.

If other areas of the city want help like this they can get together and try contacting those with resources (foundations, celebs, corporations) and asking for help. Come up with a plan and sell it.

Morgan is from Mississippi and still lives in Mississippi and donates his time and money all over the state. The Gulf Coast was demolished from HK and it’s just over the bridge from NOLA and it didn’t get the help that NOLA got and is still getting. I’m glad people are still helping in NOLA but I fell like they overlook the Gulf Coast.

# 8 go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 4:14 pm

Go parade your chin somewhere else and cover your face with your hair

lylian and KK1—- wonderful posts!!! Thank you ladies……..

http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/12/brad_pitt_busy_making_it_right.html

Brad Pitt busy making it right in the Lower 9
Posted by Michelle Krupa, staff writer December 02, 2007 10:16PM
Categories: Rebuilding/Recovery

STAFF PHOTO BY MATTHEW HINTON

Actor Brad Pitt near the corner of North Roman and Deslonde in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans.At the center of a buzzing construction zone in the heart of the worst-ravaged corner of the Lower 9th Ward, movie megastar Brad Pitt took a break Sunday afternoon to imagine the future.

Strewn around him a half-mile in every direction were hundreds of enormous pink blocks, 8-foot-high boxes and huge triangular wedges, representing the uprooted foundations and dislocated roofs that littered the area beside the Industrial Canal for months after Hurricane Katrina.

“Right now there are scattered blocks, like they were scattered by fate’s hand, symbolic of the aftermath of the storm,” Pitt said as crews installed more of the metal-and-tarp structures. “But we will be flipping the homes, essentially righting the wrong.”

In his first extensive one-on-one interview since moving his family to New Orleans last year, Pitt shared with The Times-Picayune on Sunday details of this next phase of his $12 million “Make It Right” project: a vast public art display to be unveiled today as a fundraiser to expand the project beyond its initial goal of 150 homes, and possibly into other neighborhoods and parishes.

Pitt, 43, also spoke of his years-long love for New Orleans, which he thinks will thrive again despite the propensity of some public officials to let the city “die on the vine,” and his hope that national leaders will use the ongoing disaster as an impetus to retool public policy with an eye toward the poor.

Katrina “illuminated the brutal truth that there’s a portion of our society that we’re not looking after, that we are marginalizing. And that shouldn’t be,” said Pitt, who watched the horrific televised images of the flooded city in 2005 from Calgary, Alberta, where he was filming the 2006 movie “The Assassination of Jesse James.”

Green-friendly homes

Steering the conversation away from himself, Pitt focused on Make It Right’s efforts to build affordable, environmentally friendly, storm-safe houses for residents of the Lower 9th Ward on the same lots where their old homes once stood. In announcing the project in September at a meeting of world leaders on global warming, Pitt and philanthropist Steve Bing pledged $5 million each to jump-start the project.

“This cannot be about me,” he said Sunday from inside a trailer at the project site. “I am fortunate to have a big spotlight in my hand, and I can point it in a direction.”

Today that place will be the section of the Lower 9th Ward best-known as the spot where a barge came to rest after floating through a fractured levee. Pitt is slated to lead news reporters on a tour around the area’s conglomeration of pink art pieces, then to issue a public call to corporations, foundations and church organizations around the world to “adopt” the blocks, for $150,000 each, to support his project.

Donors also will be invited to make smaller gifts — from $5 to $45,500 — to sponsor the individual elements of the houses’ eco-friendly designs, such as fluorescent bulbs, low-flush toilets and solar-panel installations. More information is available at the project’s Web site, http://www.makeitrightnola.org.

With the average house slated to cost between $100,000 and $174,000, planners expect participants to contribute some money, including insurance and Road Home proceeds, toward construction. But they expect most homeowners will fall about $70,000 short of paying off their new homes. To fill the gap, Make It Right plans to offer forgivable loans of as much as $100,000, with the caveat that applicants must have owned a home or lot in the Lower 9th Ward before Katrina.

Pink ’screams the loudest’

Eventually, Pitt said, planners will turn the all-natural pink fabric covering into novelty items, such as bags, that will be sold to raise more money.

“Why pink? For me it screams the loudest,” Pitt said. “It says that this place, where so many people thrived, is still sitting there like a barren wasteland, and we can change that.”

In addition to being a tool for fundraising, the giant pink pieces will, Pitt said, become the ornamentation for a nightly driving tour in the style of City Park’s annual “Celebration in the Oaks” festival, albeit with a more somber focus. Expected to open to the public Tuesday evening and extend for five weeks, the tour will feature the large pieces interspersed with 1,000 smaller bulbs representing the residents who died in Katrina. All the lights will be solar-powered, he said.

In addition, the whole installation will be laid out in the precise pattern of the constellations as they glowed on the night of Aug. 29, 2005, he said.

Though the vast work of art aims to draw attention to the Make It Right project, Pitt said it also reflects the “vitality” of the city that he first visited in 1994 during the filming of “Interview with the Vampire” and adopted as his home a year ago, when he and his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, bought a house in the French Quarter.

New Orleans is “the only place that we could do something as crazy as what you see out there and it not be considered so crazy, that it (could) actually be fun,” he said. “This is the place of Mardi Gras. This is the place where I had a parade going by my house yesterday. I have no idea what for. It was at noon. I have no idea, but it made me smile.”

‘We love it here’

Saying he plans to spend the next several weekends in the city, Pitt reiterated a point he has made before: that New Orleans offers himself, Jolie and their four children uncommon tranquillity.

“We love it here,” he said. “And for some reason we can have some semblance of a normal life here. The folks treat us so well and give us space and let us be a family. We don’t have that luxury in other major cities.”

A prime focus of Pitt’s work in the coming months will be helping a team of nearly 200 planners, many working for free, turn Make It Right plans into reality. Tom Darden, the project’s executive director, said 13 architecture firms from around the globe that lent their efforts pro bono have finished schematic designs and are working on blueprints.

Eight pilot families have been chosen, all with lots in the three blocks of Tennessee Street between North Claiborne Avenue and Galvez Street, Darden said. Construction is expected to begin by the end of March.

“I am telling you, there are going to be families returning into homes, they’ll be spending Christmas here next year,” Pitt said. “They won’t have to spend another Christmas away from home. Next Thanksgiving: turkey dinner.”

Pitt acknowledged that even as Make It Right nears groundbreaking on its pilot homes, the project he first pitched to residents in February has faced hurdles, including the deep skepticism of a community where residents lived for years amid abandoned properties, failing public schools and escalating crime fueled by the illegal drug trade.

Cautiously optimistic, residents demanded full participation in the project. And they got it by way of weekly meetings in their neighborhood with architects and planners. Each time architects returned from their drawing boards, residents have said, their plans included more of neighbors’ suggestions, from the inclusion of backup fuel sources for solar-powered appliances to wheelchair ramps to reach elevated first floors.

“I come from Missouri,” Pitt said. “They call it the Show Me State. I grew up with the same nature. When you know the story here, (can you) question that the locals here would question some outsider coming in?

“Look at the way the freeways are laid in,” he said. “They’re just laid right on top of neighborhoods. It’s so clear some of them were laid out for the needs of a few and not the needs of many.”

‘A social justice issue’

Aiming to even the balance, Pitt — a professed “technology junkie” — has steered his curiosity about advances in environmental design into a requirement that any Make It Right house incorporate such items as energy-efficient appliances, south-facing roofs laden with solar panels, outdoor space for composting, and interior finishes made from products that are not harmful to residents’ health or the environment.

“This to me is a social justice issue, too,” he said. “They’re not getting the crap materials that give your kids asthma, increase your health bills. They’re not getting the cheap appliances that are going to run up your bills and keep that burden on you. It’s a respectful way to treat people.”

Broadly, Pitt said he hopes such issues will be raised during the 2008 presidential campaign. He also wants candidates to address directly the ongoing struggle of hurricane victims across the Gulf Coast.

“I would challenge all the candidates to focus on what’s going on down here, what’s not going on here,” he said. “We’re going to build some houses here, but there are bigger issues that need to get answered here, such as education and health. These need to be major factors of the campaign.

“My point is: If you can’t get it right down here, you’re not getting it right anywhere. This is the place to do it, and there’s definitely a need for it right now. I hope to see it become one of the major issues of the upcoming campaign, not as a tool to beat the past administration but as a real focus on the problems of this country.”

Even as Make It Right revs up, Pitt said he remains concerned about New Orleans’ future and criticized the failure of local leaders to make clear decisions, such as which parts of the city will be rebuilt and how.

“Someone said that it was like it was being left to die on the vine, and I couldn’t put it any better than that, meaning there’s no real effort either way,” he said. “There’s just been no clear line drawn.”

Public officials say, “¤’We want you to come back, but we’re only going to give you a little bit (of money) to come back.’ It just hasn’t been a strong enough, clear plan of direction,” he said.

Nevertheless, Pitt said residents’ resilience will pull the city back to its feet.

“The thing is, I don’t believe it will ever die on the vine,” he said. “There’s just too many seventh-generation families. They’re not letting this place go under.”

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emily @ 12/02/2007 at 11:13 pm

IAWY and I think I mentioned that other areas were affected. But NO was hit the hardest. I never said the other areas shouldn’t be helped. But I don’t think people should get upset because Brad isn’t starting with their area. All of LA needs help. So do you get angry at Brad? Or do you write your local, state and federal representatives? My comments were addressed to those who seem to be hating on Brad and Angie. Remember these people are starting here. Brad seems to have plans to extend this project. So let us all just chill. Peace

Jared, I wish you would delete jjoy #155. No need for her vile comment!

Zaraha looks so much like Angie–I’ve noticed it for a long time.

Saying he plans to spend the next several weekends in the city, Pitt reiterated a point he has made before: that New Orleans offers himself, Jolie and their four children uncommon tranquillity.

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Only the weekends? now that angie and him have no more movies, I tought they will move full time to NOLA.

Maybe angelina and the kids will stay in L.A on weekdays.

# 151 Sam @ 12/02/2007 at 7:26 pm

Ah hell…I’m all kindsa upset! I missed another ShitzySpamboGal scree! Golly…what to do, what to do, what to do…I know…I’LL STILL MAKE FUN OF HER!

Shitzy - Didn’t read your latest drivel per usual, but damn…it’s kinda strange how you showed up here right after O2 kicked “Go Sox” off the curb and into the gutter where she belongs. Now, I’m not accusing you of adding another name to your Sybil routine…I’m just gonna say flat-out that it was you. Seriously…you need to wait at least an hour before showing up under you “Sam” persona.

But then you have the gall to wait 2 minutes and post as “Go Sox” again…like we’re not gonna notice!

# 152 go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 7:28 pm

Seriously…James Brown said “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” and now it’s time for Mama to get one as well because the bag your coming out of is all soggy, wet and stinky from your own excriment.

Give some thought to maybe finding a new site to post on where people don’t know your asinine routine quite so well. Then maybe you MIGHT actually fool a couple of people. “MIGHT” being the operative word.

# 152 go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 7:28 pm

Let’s just say I’m a little shocked at your venom here. The Jolie-Pitts are warm, caring people, sharing their generosity and time with the world. I didn’t say anything about Aniston. I didn’t have any rude comments about their looks, their past, nothing. I can’t imagine what you all would do to a REAL hater.

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God…I am soooooo ticked off at myself! Had I known ShitzySpamboGal was going to show up to play her, “Look, I’m someone else, not me!” game I wouldn’t have gone off to do other things! Damn…making fun of her 4 hours later just ain’t as much fun as it is in real time. Major bummer….

Vee @ 12/02/2007 at 11:45 pm
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I know I am not Jared, but since I have a lot of time on my hands, I’ll answer you. Do you know what kind of post jjoy responded to? Did you bother to find out, before you whine? I can tell you that jjoy’s comment is 100x more civilized than the one she responded to.

To all the whiners

In his first extensive one-on-one interview since moving his family to New Orleans last year, Pitt shared with The Times-Picayune on Sunday details of this next phase of his $12 million “Make It Right” project: a vast public art display to be unveiled today as a fundraiser to expand the project beyond its initial goal of 150 homes, and possibly into other neighborhoods and parishes.

# 157 go sox @ 12/02/2007 at 7:34 pm

First and last post, I also know of lovely families and children who do fine. But as you stated, it does not make it “absolute fact” for everyone. I have never been called narrow-minded in my life, nor do I assume the worst. I never said EVERY CHILD has problems; some do. I wish them the best and hope their children are as well -adjusted later as they are now. That’s it.

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Wow. This statement is passive agressive enough to have come from X herself.

Umm @ 12/02/2007 at 11:48 pm
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Angelina still has some shooting to do in the Changeling. At least a week and a half.

QQQQ @ 12/02/2007 at 11:55 pm To all the whiners

In his first extensive one-on-one interview since moving his family to New Orleans last year, Pitt shared with The Times-Picayune on Sunday details of this next phase of his $12 million “Make It Right” project: a vast public art display to be unveiled today as a fundraiser to expand the project beyond its initial goal of 150 homes, and possibly into other neighborhoods and parishes.

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Yes, I was very heartened to read that.

Because it would be the right thing to do.

I hope he gets more rich people on board. For me, it is more a matter of rich and poor, not black and white. White does not always equal rich. Black does not always equal poor.

thank you jared for the thread! they are really the most wonderful couple of hollywood. God will bless them more. long live the jolie-pitts! i will support you forever!!!!!!!!

bs @ 12/02/2007 at 11:54 pm

thanks….was my comment vile per vee’s perceptions??? i don’t think so….

man….she should read my previous posts 3 years ago when angie and brad began as a couple….she will be red on the face reading them…. :lol:

i am now more mellow and trying to learn internet etiquettes and no cussing…. :lol:

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ALEX…goodnite and happy monday….

# 232 for: Sam @ 12/02/2007 at 8:59 pm

Sam be honest Maniston looks awnful here:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4171/jen039s20british20modelsw3.jpg

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Dear Jesus,

Please tell me these people are finished posting these hideous photos of X! As you know, just hearing her name gives me nightmares, and now people are posting links to photos, too! From what I’m reading…she has on make-up and is STILL uglier than ShitzySpamboGal droppings! Please make them stop it! I need at least 6 hours of sleep tonight and they’re scaring me with all these threats of posting more links to X photos!

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray my soul the Lord to keep
I ask of J-P Fans not to make me weep
And for ShitzySpamboGal to be six feet deep

Amen

# 309 dina #1 @ 12/02/2007 at 11:45 pm emily @

You are putting words in my mouth. I never once mentioned color. I described the images I saw and was shocked, and the world saw and was shocked. I am not making this a color issue. I think that would be someone else. Peace
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You said the images were of black people, and that was what I was commenting on, but whatever. I wasn’t putting any words in your mouth. I don’t even care anymore. I’m going to bed. Later.

# 256 homes are not free @ 12/02/2007 at 10:02 pm marty @ 12/02/2007 at 9:07 pm

The homes are not free. They have to be bought like any other home. The homeowners have to either own a lot or buy one. Brad’s program will also provide loans to buy homes. So this is not giving someone a free home, that is a lie. Ignorance is no defence for your negativity. Homeowners in the Lower 9th Ward kept their homes up like any other home owner. You are a biased and prejudiced person.

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Doesn’t it kill you when ignorant ass-wipes come here with an uninformed “opinion” and try to preach at us?

Note to trolls - do your homework or end up on the bottom of someone’s shoe where you’ll have to spend eternity with the likes of ShitzySpamboGal.

# 333 rachel Sun @ 12/03/2007 at 12:18 am BS it most certainly is a race issue for the naysayers as the 9th ward is 99% black yet the moaning and anager is for Pitt spending his time and concern on the 9th ward which means black people.
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And what if a wealthy famous black person decided to help a depressed, mostly white or Asian area? Would it really pizz you off this much? You’d be screaming they should be helping other black people.

# 261 marty @ 12/02/2007 at 10:17 pm

Now, possibly Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman should follow Mr. Pitt’s example and help the people of Chalmette. That might go a long way to even the playing field and help race relations.

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So much for you claim that the people of Chalmette aren’t racists. Why should you require 2 black actors help out white Chalmettes just because a white actor is help the black people of the Lower 9th? Why not Tom Cruise? He’s got more money than Denzel & Morgan put together but he gives his dollars to a bunch of lunatics who think there are aliens from another planet living in Earth’s volcanoes.

Why not ask ANY other famous philanthropist for the help? Why Washington & Freeman? Oh snap…could it be because your sheet slipped?

New pics from today

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