OlderAngelina Jolie Backs Barack Obama?
Angelina Jolie opens up to the German edition of Vanity Fair about everything from politics to her newborn twins. Here are some choice quotes via Us Weekly:
On why she could be voting for Barack Obama: “Obama is fighting for international justice, he wants to intervene militarily in genocides abroad, and he wants to close down Guantanamo Bay. They are things which could move me to vote for him, not his roots. Of course, an American president like Barack Obama would be great for my family but would not be a reason to vote for someone.” (On Monday, Brad carried a notebook with a Obama sticker on it.)
On why she’s proud of the USA: “I am very proud of being American, and all my children have got American passports. For me, our family is just what America is - a melting pot, a mixture of many different races and nations. My children should be proud of their Asian and African roots, but that in no way means [is] a lack of respect for the fact that they and their parents are Americans.”
On her twins Knox and Vivienne (3-months-old on Sunday): “It’s a damned arduous business, and we are often simply whacked out because it is twice as hard with two babies as with one. But it also makes for double the fun. After we flew back from Europe, we were all suffering a bit from jetlag. We were all in bed early, but at half past four, they were awake and making a real racket… Brad took care of them. He said to me, ‘Go back to sleep, you’re back to work in the morning,’ and moved into the kids’ room with them. He is an astounding father, full of devotion… [Knox and Vivienne] have quite similar, stable rhythms. Every three hours they get hungry, then I have to satisfy them. But that’s OK, the two of them are totally sweet. When you see them, you think they were made for each other. They laugh together, they sniff each other, touch each other. It is beautiful.”
On struggling to find alone time with Brad: “Sometimes, at the end of the day, we try to retire to the bathroom to be undisturbed,” she says. “But then [the kids] hear the water running and want to come in and, yet again, we are all together. But that doesn’t disturb us because they are great kids.”
On how fame has changed motherhood for her: “I would like to have more freedom, especially to have the chance to be more spontaneous with my kids. Would I like to be able to walk through the streets with my kids? Of course. Would I like to be able to wander around Manhattan and buy them an ice cream like other mothers? Of course. But it is not possible. On the other hand, every morning I wake up with the people who are the most dear to me in the whole world. That’s why I don’t feel isolated from that, which is important to me. It helps, of course, that Brad knows all about it, but he’s experienced it even more than me. We often talk about it and try to make the best of things. But I am very grateful for our life and everything that we have.”
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“All areas of the state have prospered as a result; everyone sees it,” said Sherri McConnell, director of Louisiana’s Office of Entertainment Industry Development. (Ms. McConnell said she did not expect to have a detailed picture of economic impact until the completion of a planned study, early next year.)
Others are not so sure. “There’s no way you can say this makes money for the public” treasury, said Greg Albrecht, chief economist for Louisiana’s legislative fiscal office.
In 2006, the last year for which it has complete figures, the state granted about $121 million in credits. Mr. Albrecht estimates that only about 18 percent of that is ever recovered in taxes on expanded economic activity.
“It’s an expensive way to create jobs,” Mr. Albrecht said. But he noted that Louisiana, like New Mexico, can afford it, thanks to rising oil and gasoline revenue. “We’re happy as larks right now to do this.”
Not so happy are some folks up in Michigan, where a State Senate committee recently moved to cap the state’s film rebates at an aggregate of $50 million a year.
“It’s just horrible right now,” Mike Bishop, a Republican state senator, said of Michigan’s financial condition. Mr. Bishop initially backed the film incentive. But he grew alarmed at outlays that he estimated could quickly exceed $110 million a year to subsidize movies like “Gran Torino,” directed by Clint Eastwood, and “Youth in Revolt,” a comedy by the filmmaker Miguel Arteta.
Anthony Wenson, chief operating officer of the Michigan Film Office, said the actual amount of credits granted was only about $25 million so far. The annual number is impossible to reckon, he said, because plans for future projects are in flux.
In any case, Nancy Cassis, another Republican who was the only Michigan senator to oppose the incentives when they began last spring, said she expected to see them capped with bipartisan backing later this year. And she does not look for Hollywood to hang around when the money dries up.
“These are not long-term jobs,” Ms. Cassis said. “If just one state offers more, they’ll be out of here before you can say ‘lickety-split.’ ”
Source: NY Times
Looks like you can lump Hollywood into that pile of crappy, greedy people mooching off of the American taxpayer.
On Saturday, the New York Times reported on the millions of dollars from states that have been going straight to the pockets of Hollywood studios to finance movies via tax breaks.
Hollywood is just as bad as those shady Wall Street finance people!
For example, Louisiana taxpayers funded $27 million of Brad Pitt’s $167 million dollar movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The paper also notes that this is the state’s biggest movie payout to date!
Hollywood producers and studios claim that the state tax breaks allow them to keep entertainment jobs in the U.S. and create jobs.
But, au contraire!
The report points to the case of a straight-to-DVD Wesley Snipes and Cybil Shepherd-starring picture called Hard Luck filmed in the state of Rhode Island.
The seaside state gave Hard Luck $2.65 million in tax breaks, but Rhode Islander’s only netted $1.9 million in return.
Why don’t the politically ‘active’ stars take on their own greedy industry.
Ahem, Brad?
Did that Benjamin Buttons movie generate more than $27 million in revenues for Louisiana?
Poor Darren, one more time.
Just last week we posted a belated script review of “The Fighter,” a blue collar, redemptive boxing true-story about “Irish” Mickey Ward and his trainer and brother, Dicky Eckland to be directed by moody nu-auteur Darren Aronofsky. We basically asked, ‘when are we going to see this film?’, cause after having just finished reading the script and taking in the excellent dynamic and bond between the two boxing brothers, we were really keen on seeing Mark Wahlberg and Brad Pitt as the respective leads in this film
Well, that might not be happening anytime soon. We already noted that Slashfilm talked to Aronofsky right after the Toronto Int. Film Festivaland he made it sound that not only was the project having financing issues, it wasn’t finished casting and certainly not shooting anytime soon (Lead actor Wahlberg said earlier this year the film was set to shoot this fall - obviously plans changed).
Well, to further the bad news, we went to the New York Film Festival HBO Dialogues with Aronofsky on Saturday to hear the director talk about his work. It was fascinating talk and hopefully we’ll find a chance to transcribe some of it soon, but more importantly after the talk was over we approached Aronofsky ourselves and asked the filmmaker what the status was with “The Fighter.”
We don’t want to project too much, but it seemed like a bit of a sore subject. When we asked about the status and how the film was supposed to begin shooting in the fall and what happened he replied, “Well, we’re having some problems casting it.” We probed a little further and asked whether the two leads were still on board and Aronofskyseemed a bit bummed when he tersely said that Pitt had left the project, “Brad’s not involved,” he told us. When we tried to get a bit more and asked what project we’d see of his on the big screen next he said simply, “We’ll see what happens.” He wasn’t vexed at that last questions, but was more keeping his cards close to his chest it seemed.
It’s a big blow to the project though, Pitt being a huge name obviously, but more importantly because he’d be perfect for the role of Dicky Eckland, a welterweight boxer who went the distance against Sugar Ray Leonard, even sending the boxing champion to the canvas,before he soon succumbed to his failures via a full blown crack addiction. The way Eckland’s wild-eyed, punishment-loving character is written in the script, we can completely see Pitt playing the role quite convincingly, so it’s sad to hear he’s no longer part of the project?
What happened? Why’d he drop out? We don’t know, but we’ll speculate: Pitt was onboard for a window of time and when the shooting start-date was missed he moved on to other projects, but we won’t really know til we hear it from one of their mouths. Pitt joined the project in September 2007, when he replaced Matt Damon who had become too busy with other projects.
Another reason Aronofskymight have be slightly annoyed at our question, is that this will have been the second time Pitt has dropped out of one of the director’s projects. The actor infamously dropped out of the original version of “The Fountain” in 2002 when it had a $70 million dollar budget and his last minute departure from the film got the project shut down and is the reason Aronofskyhad to start all over and not release the finished film (with completely different actors) in 2006 (the director worked on the project for a total of seven years). You can understand why the guy might be a little put off again. He was pretty upset at the time too as has been well documented.
He did tell us that Wahlberg is still involved, so hopefully there’s still hope for this film as we’d really love to see get made. It’s a pretty excellent and engaging read. Hopefully the early success of the “Wrestler” will continue and give the filmmaker carte-blanche to do whatever he wants.
Errr, correct me if I’m wrong, but shouldn’t the revenues be counted AFTER the movie is shown? Last time I checked, the movie is showing in DECEMBER, two months from now. So why excoriate Brad for something that has not happened yet???
Maddox & Pax Kung Fu Fighting in NO
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c0cjVSV-tmw&fmt=18
Poor Jenhos still in pain.
Would love to hear from “Rien”. Are you out there? Any news from Germany?
OT to lylian
451 lylian @ 10/11/2008 at 9:01 pm
589 lylian @ 10/12/2008 at 9:15 am
Greetings Lylian,
“God knows who YOU or I have sat with in committees, gone to dinner with in work related functions, perhaps even had an occasional lunch with over the years of our lives.”
It was more than being on committee groups, it was an arranged fund raising event(s) for Obama held at their at their Hyde Park home. As a candidate for a serious government office, Obama and his advisors would have known who they were and the potential implications of their past to an elected official and impact on his constituency. Just because individuals have higher education and professional degrees doesn’t vindicate a violent reckless past that included being responsible for innocent death and they have no remorse for the death they caused.
It is also not unusual for the University community to accept and be tolerant of extreme idealism…that has been their general premise as part of “learning and education”…but this should not be construed as a green-light to glorify them.
He may be respected for his work but as a person Ayres is not as respected and distinguished as you imply. He is tolerated by many and has been rejected from participating in many educational forums because of his current day advocacy of violence as part of his political discourse.
http://www.greenmuze.com/news/103-recent/452-vote-for-good-design.html
Vote For Good Design
Saturday, 11 October 2008 GreenMuze Staff
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The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum wants you – the public - to express your views on what constitutes good design for the annual People’s Design Award. Individuals can go online and nominate examples of designs that they think are worthy and vote for the designs that are already presented. There are approximately 180 designs to choose from – ranging from the lowbrow, high-tech to the handmade.
Designs currently on the site range from Brad Pitt’s Make It Right housing project in New Orleans to Inhabitant.com’s green design website. Many of the 180 designs are a bit corporate – like gDiapers flushable diapers or the ThinkPad X300 notebook computer.
The PlayPump Water System is brilliant though. Kids get to play on a merry-go-round that pumps fresh water into a well. The Aquaduct concept vehicle is also rather cool– a tricycle that purifies water as the rider pedals. The Simple Shoes entry is fabulous –shoes that ‘…a vegan can eat’. There is lots of cool stuff to look at, although it is a bit of a shame that there are not more homemade and green designs to choose from.
Cast a vote for your favorite design before October 21, 2008. The People’s Design Award winner will be announced at the October 23 National Design Awards gala in New York City. Launched in 2006, the People’s Design Award complements the Museum’s annual National Design Awards, which recognize the best in American design across a range of disciplines.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aOwDKxtEzRFU
Entire aticle at link
Brangelina, Angels Give French Rose Wines Cachet: John Mariani
Review by John Mariani
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Conventional wisdom (or mindless tradition) dictates that rose wines are delightful for summer but not serious enough for drinking past Labor Day. I’ve bought into the notion myself, usually writing about roses in early summer and forgetting about them until the following year.
But a recent tasting at Le Cirque restaurant in New York held by the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence (CIVP), representing 583 producers, private and corporate cellars, dispelled those seasonal considerations in an effort to get people to drink more Provence roses.
There are several appellations under French wine law for the region: Cotes de Provence, Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, Cotes de Provence Sainte-Victoire, Cotes de Provence Frejus and Coteaux Varois en Provence. All of them are in the south of France, from Aix-en-Provence down along the Riviera. More than a dozen grape varieties are grown throughout the region, principally grenache, carignan, syrah and cinsault; about 80 percent of production is in rose wines. The rose color comes from saignee (“bled”), the use of free-run juice from just-crushed red grapes after a short maceration.
Brad, 44, recently revealed there will be nothing as important to him as Angelina and their six children, Maddox, seven, Pax, four, Zahara, three, Shiloh, two, and two-month-old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.
He said: “My family comes before everything else. No film will ever take precedence or fill me with the kind of joy I have as a father and partner.”
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/MovieNews/2008/10/12/7060626-sun.html
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Gorgeous full-length trailer for this epic from David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac) follows Brad Pitt as a man who is born old in the early 1900s and grows young. Despite the thematic echoes of Forrest Gump and Big Fish, this looks darker and richer, buoyed by startling special effects used to age and de-age Pitt. GRADE: A
Benjamin Button @ 10/13/2008 at 7:59 am
You do realize that States have these incentives plans to lure Hollywood and movie production to their particular states. Benjamin Button movie filmed for 6 months in New Orleans and generate revenue and income. However, if some states are bothered by their own plans, then they need to revise it. Benjamin Button is a high profile movie with two major production companies. BP is merely the star of the movie, out of many actors. Are you going to blame Cate Blanchette also. Perhaps you should channel your Perez Hilton, NY times article and the other excerpts that the Female First campaigned to send to the media, to the proper authories and movie production houses.
Tab interns are up early with their obvious passive-aggressive comments. No tab cover yet interns.
Angie’s LUV @ 10/13/2008 at 9:00 am
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You really are desperated aren’t you? Poor thing…
I want to bring over a post of deborah from “Breastfeeding” Thread. I also included my reply to her.
Here it goes:
“deborah @ 10/13/2008 at 3:46 am
So she’s the first woman to ever breast feed her kids then?!!!…..what about all the mum’s who’ve been breast feeding their kids for years?
I wish Angelina would stop portraying herself as a supermum when she’s clearly only doing the things any mother who loves her kids would do.
The real supermums are those who cope with bringing up their kids without all the money and help she gets….the ones who have to juggle money so that they can feed their kids healthily and give them opportunities in life. People in her position have it easy..”
My comment to her post:
Hey deborah, Angie never claimed to be a supermom. She’s doing her role as a mom to her children, and doing her best as she could. Angie doesn’t care of any title. She is not known as such kind of a person. She’s not vain. Her mother raised her very well to be a good mom herself.
If she is ever been called as supermom or whatever title there is, it is not Angie herself who portrays that to or for herself. It is the media. Blame the media, not her.
Of course, she’s not the first mom to breastfeed her children. She’s just Angelina Jolie giving the needs of her children the natural way through breastfeeding.
Why fault Angie if she has all the money & help in bringing up her children? Isn’t it if you have the means why will you not take it if this will unburden you?
Good for Angie, even if she has all the means and wealth, she is still a hands-on mother.
At the end of the day, it is the children who can really say if they are well taken care of by their mother. It’s not other people who in the first place have no business in other family’s life, who are not or live with the family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
http://www.hollywood.com/feature/46th_New_York_Film_Festivals_Tasty_Offerings_Angelina_Benicio_Michelle_Williams_and_More/5325642
Best of the New York Film Festival
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
From missing children to toppled regimes to jittery driver’s ed, this year’s 46th New York Film Festival pulled out the big guns, in its very “New York” way, blending American and foreign, mainstream and indie into one tasty smorgasboard.
But let’s face it, the main dish steals the show when the likes of a beaming Angelina Jolie and beau Brad Pitt walk the red carpet to join the festivities–with Angie making her first public outing since birthing the twins. Go gurl!
While cameras flashed off the hook for Mlle Jolie–who headlines Clint Eastwood’s buzz drama the Changeling–NYFF screenings, premieres and events have also continued to usher in the riveting talents of: Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Williams, Mickey Rourke, Amy Ryan, Marisa Tomei, Steven Soderbergh, to name a few.
Hollywood.com’s been workin’ it at the ongoing Fest which promises, again, to deliver a sneak peek at the hottest upcoming fall releases and Oscar hopefuls. Come, partake–here are a few standouts that caught our eye:
Changeling
Landing in Theaters: October 31
Who’s in It: Angelina Jolie, Amy Ryan, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan
Who Directed It: Clint Eastwood
What’s It about: Los Angeles,1928: A true story about a single mother, telephone operator (Angelina Jolie), who descends into a nightmare, when her son vanishes from their suburban home. An exhaustive, fruitless search ensues, entangling her in a swirl of LAPD corruption, when officials insist on passing-off another boy as her still M.I.A. son.
What You’ll Love: Jolie’s quiet, simmering anger that builds into a crescendo over the police corruption that she confronts is matched by Eastwood’s slow, confident build in presenting a period-specific, provocative story.
Clint Eastwood Says: “I didn’t know too much about the [kidnapping] incident and I was surprised that I hadn’t heard about it because it was such an unusual event in L.A., which historically has had a lot of crazy situations; but this one–I didn’t know anything until I read the script.”
http://www.northernstar.info/article/4752/
New Clint Eastwood film ‘Changeling’ has true ties to DeKalb
By KYLE SPENCER
Clint Eastwood’s latest film “Changeling,” starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, has true ties to NIU’s hometown of DeKalb.
Although all principal photography was done in Los Angeles, I’m curious as to how DeKalb factors into the film, if at all.
“Changeling” recently premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was well-received. Eastwood and Jolie are receiving strong Oscar buzz for directing and acting, respectively.
Remember to look for mention of our town in the motion picture when it is released in theaters nationwide on Oct. 24.
http://www.makeitirghtnola.org
Good morning all and Tab trolls looking for the next tab cover. Sales must be down. All that happy and lovey-dovey Jolie-Pitts have gotten them stumped. There is always Jamie Lynn, Poor Whiny X looking for love with her bikini body or the Hills stars. Better yet, make something up like you usually do, the hens will still buy it. The thread has been all over the block with a variety of conversations. It has been enlightening,except for the marathon troll. Thanks for all the updates Just Jared. Peace to all.
Good Morning Bdj, thanks for the news articles
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20232623,00.html
Hmmm Angie is not the only one talking about her love for her man.
Vanessa Paradis Opens Up About Her Romance with Johnny Depp
By Courtney Rubin
Originally posted Monday October 13, 2008 09:45 AM EDT
Johnny Depp and Venessa Paradis Photo by: Tony Barson / WireImageVanessa Paradis Opens Up About Her Romance with Johnny Depp | Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis
Heard that rumor about Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis getting married? Yeah, so has she. And no, it’s not true.
“Each summer people say we’re supposed to be getting married, but we don’t talk about it that much,” Paradis – Depp’s girlfriend of 10 years and the mother of his two children – tells the U.K. edition of Elle in its November issue. “He’s got me, and he knows he’s got me.”
Adds Paradis, 35: “I love the romance of ‘let’s get married,’ but then, when you have it so perfect … I mean, I’m more married than anybody can be – we have two kids [Jack, 6, and Lily Rose, 9]. Maybe one day, but it’s something I can really do without.”
When French singer-actress-model first met Depp, it was not quite love at first sight.
“We were in two different worlds – him in America, me in France – but we had friends in common,” explains the current face of Miu Miu. “We saw each other sometimes over the course of four years. But then, the day we found each other in Paris, we were both in the same world and free and it was just instant. There was no more time to waste – just no way around it.”
Asked if she’s “tamed” the Pirates of the Caribbean star, whose previous girlfriends include Kate Moss and Winona Ryder, Paradis says: “Tamed. What’s that? Like a lion? Noooo, no, we did it to each other. Maybe I’m a good girlfriend because I’m his girlfriend. I’m not sure I’d be a good girlfriend to anyone else; the same for him. It’s difficult to explain, but it’s something that’s natural, obvious and beautiful.”
What’s also natural: Women’s desire to mob Depp, 45. In fact, Paradis feels it herself. “I understand. I want to mob him all the time, I do,” she says. “He’s a very charming person.”
passing Through @ 10/12/2008 at 5:22 pm #718
# 705 andamentothat @ 10/12/2008 at 4:57 pm
passing Through @ 10/12/2008 at 4:36 pm
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$20M was offered to X for a Break up sequel? Is it for the movie or is that what she has to shell out to keep a man/breakup with a man per year..
20M pesos is more like it
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LOL. 20 pesos…that I believe, but 20million? Hell, at the current exchange rate she’s not even woth 20 pesos! Even 20 CENTS is a stretch.
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PT, andamentothat …both of you are very funny. I was laughing so hard when I read this.
Brad jumps the ship again @ 10/13/2008 at 8:07
Geez what is with the troll hard-on for BP??. This film has scheduling, financing, and other problems. BP cannot wait for ever and Wahlberg cannot train forever. BP is filming IB and AJ will be filming the Salt film. Pencil in will ya.
http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2008/10/wahlberg_says_aronofskys_fight.html
The film has struggled for a lead, Matt Damon was originally up for the role and departed, and this is now the second time that Pitt has backed out of an Aronofsky film. Things aren’t looking good, especially when you hear how Wahlberg is talking about the production.
Mark Wahlberg is sounding hugely negative about The Fighter, although he’s still training and preparing for it. According to an interview he did for Coming Soon, he revealed more than he did with his usual short, one line answers. He revealed that the film hasn’t started production as yet.
“I don’t know if we’re going to start…I keep on training and I don’t know. We’ll wait and see. Hopefully we’ll get a start date one of these days and we can make the movie…It’s too depressing to talk about. I get up everyday at 5:00AM to train for a movie that might not even happen. It’s depressing…I’ve done three or four movies since I’ve been training for Fighter.”
When pressed about what was up with the production he just replied that there were a whole bunch of things, but he keeps on training, in fact he’s been training for two years now and thinks that if the production doesn’t start for another six months he’ll be a great on screen fighter.
The word is that he’s meeting with Darren Aronofsky on Tuesday, and that will reveal just what’s happening with the production.
873 bdj @ 10/13/2008 at 9:09 am Benjamin Button @ 10/13/2008 at 7:59 am
You do realize that States have these incentives plans to lure Hollywood and movie production to their particular states. Benjamin Button movie filmed for 6 months in New Orleans and generate revenue and income. However, if some states are bothered by their own plans, then they need to revise it. Benjamin Button is a high profile movie with two major production companies. BP is merely the star of the movie, out of many actors. Are you going to blame Cate Blanchette also. Perhaps you should channel your Perez Hilton, NY times article and the other excerpts that the Female First campaigned to send to the media, to the proper authories and movie production houses.
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We recently had a movie, “Semi-Pro” made in my city of Flint, MI.
The movie is silly, but Will Ferrell as well as the entire crew wer very gracious to the city of Flint and we had a blast having them here.
Our state is famous for giving tax credits and incentives to attract business.
I haven’t seen the movie but I hear it has scenes with the local hamburger chain. We used to skip Brownies in second grade and use our “dues” to by a Q-P burger from there. Also has the car wash I remember my Dad taking our car through when I was about 4, (decades ago)!
While Will Ferrell is very nice in person, I am not a huge fan of his movies. I would have MUCH rather had Brad Pitt !!!!
*Swoon*
butterfruit/llm @ 10/13/2008 at 8:24 am
Just love to see this family looking relaxed and involved with their community.
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