Brad and Angelina Have Inquisitive Kids

Good morning to all the JP Fans.

You are right anustin, Us mag is a ****.

Angelina Jolie appeals for more Afghan returnee support after visit 24 Oct 2008 12:02:48 GMT
Source: UNHCR
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie yesterday (Thursday) concluded her first visit to Afghanistan, where she saw both the successes and difficulties of refugee return and reintegration.

Ms. Jolie commented that “the courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best.” She appealed for long-term commitments to Afghanistan and greater humanitarian support for the population as the harsh Afghan winter approaches.

Ms. Jolie is no stranger to UNHCR’s Afghan operation, one of our biggest worldwide. She had met with Afghan refugees in neighbouring Pakistan twice in recent years and wished to see for herself how returnees were coping on their return to Afghanistan.

Her visit, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday, was also aimed at raising awareness of the refugee issue ahead of an international conference on return and reintegration to be held in Kabul in November. Despite the huge returns to Afghanistan – over 5 million people have gone home over the past six years – approximately 3 million registered refugees remain in neighbouring Iran and Pakistan.

During her mission, Ms. Jolie travelled to Nangahar province, where almost 20 percent of all returnees have settled since 2002. She visited the Lower Sheikh Mesri and Tangi settlement sites where recent returnees from Pakistan are living on desolate, desert land in tattered tents and makeshift shelters. The returnees told her they could not return to their places of origin due to a lack of land and poor security. She also visited UNHCR income-generating projects for vulnerable women in Jalalabad city.

The goodwill ambassador witnessed similar challenges in Kabul, where she visited families who had returned from Pakistan in 2003 but have still been unable to go back to their home villages. They have been squatting in public buildings in Kabul for several years due to the lack of available land in Parwan, their province of origin. The returnees explained that landlessness and insecurity were not the only obstacles to return. Economic problems in rural areas such as a lack of employment opportunities also influenced their decision to remain in the capital despite the difficult conditions there.

Ms. Jolie ended her trip by calling for more international commitment to help returnee reintegration through supporting long-term national development programmes in Afghanistan. Next month’s international conference, co-chaired by the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNHCR, will address how best to ensure the sustainable return of refugees and the displaced in the years to come.

Another stupid comment. It just goes to show how self-absorbed she was prior to having children. Hopefully that has changed, but I’m going out on a limb and guessing no. A leopard can’t change their spots. Someone needs to tell her to shut up.

who gives a ****

FYI @ 10/24/2008 at 8:59 am
Just for you, Since you love BP so much.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/78773

Brad Pitt: Balanced, Loving, Generous Father, Partner, Artist, Humanist.

Alice Aspen March
October 23, 2008
I´ve been watching Brad Pitt live his life for almost two decades now. He´s shown all of us how it is to be loving, vulnerable, productive and very human.

We all read about his courtship and opulent marriage to Jennifer Anniston and their subsequent divorce. They appeared on every conceivable magazine cover, in every newspaper and in abundant conversations on radio, television and between people. In other words, he was visible to us at all times. That seems to be the American dream: to become such an important and rich celebrity, that you´re constantly pursued by the paparazzi and almost everyone wants to know almost everything about you. Where did that dream come from?

And then that particular dream life shattered. Perhaps Brad didn´t want to be just another good looking actor with a good looking wife. Perhaps he needed more out of his life. He and Jennifer separated, as he had discovered another woman, who appeared to appeal to him more, Angelina Jolie. He seemed to be captivated by her life style as well as by her beauty and fame. Angelina had adopted a son, Maddox, from Cambodia. Soon, Brad, Angelina and Maddox became a mega topic for the media; they were seen at home and away, when they were traveling to far off places becoming involved in international world-wide aid causes, giving money away. Angelina had already become an active United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees.

Then together, Brad and Angelina, adopted another child, Zahara, a little girl from Ethiopia. And then they adopted another son, Pax, from Vietnam. Then soon, they had their own daughter, Shiloh. They were creating a multinational, family. This summer Angelina gave birth to twins, a son and a daughter, Knox-Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. All this is to say that they now have six children under the age of eight. Brad was quoted as saying, “I don´t know if I have enough attention to give all these children!” Now, that´s an honest and thoughtful bit of thinking.

Yes, Brad and Angelina have the money to finance an entire staff of helpers, nannies, cooks, cleaners, tutors, and security along with the money to fly their own planes, to live in different countries for as long a time as they want. Yes, their kids, like all others, really only need and want abundant attention from their parents. Angelina has publically admitted that when she came home after having the twins, all the other kids just wanted to climb in bed with her, to be with her. Several publications reported that this was a rough time for her. No wonder. She needed personal recovery time, time to breast feed her new-borns, time to connect with her four others, time for her relationship with Brad. There are simply not enough hours in the day to handle all those tasks thoroughly or without almost personally imploding. I hear more and more people talk about being over whelmed. Technology demands appear to be wrecking havoc with our time balancing and personal connecting in families today.

Time is the most precious commodity we have, and it seems to go by quicker and quicker. School time is fast approaching for the Pitt-Jolie family. Before kids start to school, it´s easier to live in different places. I read that Maddox now doesn´t want to go to school outside his home, that he wants to be a baby again, as his youngest siblings are getting all the attention. These are the most normal of children´s feelings, and attention must be paid to them. And Brad is paying attention. When Angelina was most overwhelmed, he pleaded with her to get some personal help, which she ultimately did. He took both sons, Maddox and Pax, on a father-son trip to Venice, while Angelina was in her most stressed-out days, working to be everything to everyone. Brad seems to be honestly and visibly enjoying his time with Angelina, his kids, his colleagues, his humanitarian fund-raising and his home building in New Orleans.

He and George Clooney recently shared partying time in Venice, while they celebrated their roles in an upcoming movie. George commented, “I couldn´t do what Brad and Angie are doing. I wouldn´t have the patience or dedication you need to take care of a family.”

Time and patience: both involve paying attention: being present, listening, looking, hugging!

Parents are role-modeling constantly; kids learn what they see. Kids who have never experienced loving and attentive parents do not know how to be loving and attentive. I am passionate, now, about all of us learning how to be parents, to be in relationships, to balance our lives – especially in these frenetic times.

When a couple has six young children, the needs for attention are never-ending and abundant. Nannies are not mommies; they can be significant-others, if they stay around long enough. Kids want their mommy and daddy to recognize them, to be present for them, to be with them. Four prominent professors from the fields of psychiatry, sociology, economics and neurobiology have concluded in a prominent research project with thirty-seven pages of references that the bottom- line is kids need quality attention and time more than they need toys!!! Raising kids is labor-intensive, to be sure. The kind of attention that we get in our childhoods lives with us forever. We all need to realize that and discover what our attention-impact is on kids and on the rest of the people in our lives.

For example, there´s considerable research about military families who must often move their families. The kids carry attachment problems with them forever, for whenever they make new friends, they soon have to move on. We know so much more today about what it takes to raise healthy families, families who connect with each other, can communicate easily and honestly, who discover how different their kids are and how different the attention each family member needs! Our lives are all about attention. What kind we get, how we get it, and how we feel about the kind we get.

Brad has called in his mother and father to extend the family attention-giving. He obviously has shown through pictures and interviews that he has a healthy and loving family to support him. Angie´s older brother, James, shows up also to participate in their family’s events. Brad has expressed his wish for both Jennifer and Angelina to heal their outages with certain family members. That is wise. The more positive and connecting experiences we can provide for each other and for our kids, the happier, healthier and competent they will grow.

As I have watched, Brad Pitt seems to be striving to exemplify a fine father role-model these days

sara @ 10/24/2008 at 9:14 am

Well Sara, OPEN your eyes and LOOK around you! Most young folks these days are very self-absorbed. One only can hope they have their maturity kicked up a gear when they have kids. I think Angelina has done an amazing job with her family and volunteer work. I realize for folks like you seven years at the volunteer work and six at raising the kids means it is just a fad and won’t last. BUT she truly seems happy and centered and I bet it lasts a lifetime. She genuinely seems to enjoy her kids which is more than you can say for a lot of people.
I suppose tho you feel girls like Bristol Palin, both Spears chickies, Ashley Simpson, Nicole Ritchie et al are better equipped to bear their young. They are all so mature and so thoughtful of others. Haha.
You rock Angie and Brad!

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/10/24/

Changeling (R) Universal (141 min.) Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. Opens Friday at theaters in New York.

Clint Eastwood knows all about powerful emotions.

The cold fire of revenge. The slow smoldering of greed. The unquenchable flames of rage.

But they’re nothing measured against a mother’s love.

That’s the power he puts onscreen in “Changeling” — one woman’s dedication to her only son. And compared to the courage this heroine shows — as she all but walks through hell itself in search of her boy when he disappears — Dirty Harry and the Man With No Name are a couple of cowards.

Eastwood’s new film as a director is based on a true, if mostly forgotten story — how one night in 1928, single mother Christine Collins came home from work to find her 9-year-old son, Walter, missing. Five months later, the Los Angeles Police Department — under increasing pressure — produced the boy and reunited mother and child.

Except, Christine said, there was a problem. This wasn’t her child.

It was clear to others, too — the boy’s teacher, the boy’s dentist. But the police stubbornly would not, could not, admit their mistake. And when Christine loudly kept denying the boy was hers — and insisting that the police were wasting valuable time by not continuing their search — they did the only logical thing.

They declared her dangerously insane and locked her away.

It’s an astonishing story, and it contains a thrilling performance by Angelina Jolie, who takes Christine from quietly capable telephone operator to impassioned advocate to furious mental patient — and beyond. It’s award-worthy work, with the same kind of “Snake Pit” melodrama that got her an Oscar for “Girl, Interrupted,” and it won’t be forgotten this year.

Eastwood, meanwhile — typically for an actor-turned-director — has paid close attention to the supporting performances as well. John Malkovich, his old nemesis from “In the Line of Fire,” gets a rare good-guy part as a crusading minister; Jason Butler Harner, in a tremendous movie debut, is a loathsome presence as a man with crucial information.

The script by J. Michael Stracyznski is less artful. It leaves out the fact that the real-life villain was abetted in his crimes by his mother, which would have provided a black shadow to the theme of maternal devotion. And true or not, several events — a nick-of-time intervention, a faint into the arms of a suddenly appearing friend — feel like pure Hollywood.

Eastwood’s direction can be formulaic, too. It’s interesting to see him — particularly after back-to-back war films — once again exploring strong female characters, a longtime interest he’s rarely given credit for. But conversely, he’s too often overpraised for being “minimalist” when actually his filmmaking can be merely flat — the compositions and editing rarely rise above the utilitarian here, and his own score is derivative.

But none of that detracts from Jolie’s work. In fact, Eastwood’s own straightforward directorial reserve ends up only complementing it. This is one movie where the star really is the star. And delivers a performance of which any actress can be truly proud, as — wearing no more armor than a felt cloche, warm coat and fresh swipe of lipstick — she goes to war for her son.

# 5 SERA @ 10/24/2008 at 8:40 am

Just a note to all Jolie Pitt fans. When you go to see Angies movies, 1/3 of your ticket purchase will go to charity. It’s how Angie rolls.

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Sorry to point this out, but this isn’t accurate. Angie’s salary is independent of the box office of the movie. Any profits go to the studio NOT in Angie’s pocket to give to charity.

The truth would be - Go see Angie’s movies to contribute to the success of the movie, which in turn will allow her to ask for a higher salary, which in turn leads to more money she can give to charity.

Without success at the box office Angie will become Nic Kidman - ablel to demand the highest salary in HW…but nobody goes to see her movies, she’s labelled “Box Office Poison” (a la X) and she’s no longer able to command huge paydays, which would affect the amounts she donates to charity.

SERA @ 10/24/2008 at 8:40 am
Funny JJ combo thread. . Just a note to all Jolie Pitt fans. When you go to see Angies movies, 1/3 of your ticket purchase will go to charity. It’s how Angie rolls.
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You said it Sera, we fans need to rally and go see her movie. In my area, the movie will debut next week. The movie is getting mixed reviews and haters can’t wait to slam Angelina’s acting. It doesn’t affect me one bit. Next Friday can’t come here soon enough.!!!!!

Go see Changling. it was a good movie.

# 6 Still doing Good work @ 10/24/2008 at 8:46 am

Angelina Jolie appeals for more Afghan returnee support after visit 24 Oct 2008

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I love how Angie quietly does these visits and then publicizes them afterwards.

Didn’t we have a troll a while back who said Angie would stop doing her UNHCR work after having the twins? Moron. I’d say her UNHCR work is one of the reasons she’s considering retiring from acting. Six kids, a hubby who can command an even higher salary she does, interest and participation in humanitarian work…why make movies? Certainly why make more than 1 a year?

You know the tabloid industry hoes are shaking in their Louboutins at the prospect of their all-time covergirl retreating into her private life…especically since Brad provides them with so little material for negative cover stories about her. Hehehehehehehe…GO ANGIE!!

I agree with you PT. It’s T.G.I.F guys happy weekend to all.

btw sorry fans. at first i should have said hi. waving to all fans,but it was very hard to see these comments which obviously lack any kind of information and not subject them. hope you will have a great weekend. wasn’t here for afew days,i was busy celebrating my birthday with family and friends,the birthday that was totally forgotten by me. hahahaha

will be here later.maybe there will be picture of Angie in Afghanestan later.

Maddox wants to be the baby again? the article is a joke!

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/18257401/review/23880274/changeling

alk about creative mojo. In the past five years, Clint Eastwood has delivered an unbroken string of triumphs: Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima. Eastwood’s eye for shaping story and character has grown keener over the years (he’s 78). The proof of his sure touch and emotional acuity as a director is on powerful display in Changeling, a riveting true crime story set in Los Angeles in 1928, around the time Eastwood was born.

Angelina Jolie is a force of nature in lipstick and a cloche hat as Christine Collins, a single mother whose nine-year-old son, Walter, goes missing while she’s at work supervising a telephone switchboard, a job she does on roller skates. The LAPD, riddled with corruption, offers little help. And then, five months later, Capt. J.J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan, slime with a badge) produces the boy at a train station, the perfect photo op. Only it’s not so perfect. Christine knows instantly that the boy isn’t her son. The cops call her neurotic and worse, despite support from radio evangelist Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich excels in a rare portrait of faith minus the clichéd fanaticism).

The police eventually throw Christine into a mental institution, where a deeper level of police depravity is uncovered (a big shout-out here to the superb Amy Ryan as an inmate with secrets). Add to that a serial killer (Jason Butler Harner), who may count Walter as one of his victims. There are times when Changeling seems like science fiction. (Hell, screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski created TV’s Babylon 5.) But the incredible story is a matter of public record, and Straczynski tells it with artful finesse. Christine’s battle for her rights and, by extension, the rights of all women becomes a personal crusade. Though Changeling recalls Chinatown and L.A. Confidential in its indictment of a system decaying from the inside, it’s the human drama that pulls us in, to the haunting strains of Eastwood’s resonant score.
Jolie is inspired casting. She plays the role like a gathering storm, moving from terror to a fierce resolve. And Eastwood, at the peak of his artful powers, tightens the screws of suspense without ever forgetting where the heart of his film lies. Lesser hands might let the story sink into teary sentiment. Not Eastwood and Jolie. In saluting the warrior in Christine, star and director have made a mesmerizing film that burns in the memory

FYI
I think the writer was talking about the first stressful days of having a baby and taking care of it. NO PPD was mentioned, oh tabloid reader. Okay enough fun. Peace to ya.

Is this a legit new thread? Or are we at the last one? Angelina was in Afghanistan? wow! I do think marriage is on the howison becasue I’ve seen smaller wedding/bridal magazine talking about her “upcoming” nuptuals like it was a done deal! LOL!!!!

At 78 years of age, how does Clint Eastwood’s newest directorial effort stack up?

Rated R for some violent and disturbing content, and language.

Clint Eastwood has turned into one of those filmmakers whose efforts almost instantly receive Oscar buzz before any clip is even shown to anyone. Just the cast and the plot are sufficient enough for someone to start the hype. It is exceedingly difficult to predict what type of story and style Eastwood will bestow, but rest assured even his most flawed work is packed with passion. His 28th film, Changeling will prove to be another riveting piece of brilliance in a diverse oeuvre that has intrigued the moviegoing world for quite some time.

The year is 1928, and the place is Los Angeles, where single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) works as supervisor at a phone operations center. She drops her son off at school, and continues with her day. One weekend in March, a plan for a day at the movies is cancelled when her job requests that she come in. Young Walter Collins is left home alone with neighbors periodically checking in. Christine returns later to discover that Walter has disappeared. She searches herself, but calls the police for aid. They inform her that they will not look for any missing child for at least 24 hours. That time elapses, and a nationwide manhunt follows. 5 months later, the LAPD finds Walter and reunites him with Christine. The expression on this shocked mother’s face in instantaneous. This boy is not her Walter. Her questioning of this boy’s identity unveils a myriad of corruption, lies, and greed in the city of Angels.

One little facet I observed, that I am certain others will miss is the text at the very beginning displaying “A True Story.” It did not say “Based on a True Story” or the worse “Inspired by a True Story.” It stated that this IS a true story, and while I have always attested that movies are not meat to be documentaries, the purpose of the cast and crew was accuracy above all else. Since this is stranger-than-fiction, I thought this detail important. While briefly the melodrama overwhelms the proceedings, Changeling is saturated with tension, three-dimensional characters, and masterful pacing. The editing and timing is the key to the films luster. Every moment is placed and delivered with such a cautious, but swift construction.

No matter how many babies she adopts or gives birth to, and no matter how many times a day she and Brad are photographed, the role of Christine Collins cements that Angelina Jolie’s fame and popularity are enormous due to her talent. In Wanted, Ms. Jolie showed that she still knows how to have fun, but the actress has been turning in some truly amazing performances during the past few years with the likes of A Mighty Heart, Beowulf, and The Good Shepherd. This is another glorious example of her limitless abilities. Channeling the superb female turns of the 1930’s, Jolie is literally stunning as a woman whose fortitude and defenselessness can be exposed simultaneously. Jolie transcends a mere one-dimensional centerpiece because Christine is a mother. Despite roller skating around the phone company addressing issues, Walter was her life, and that is a perspective we all need to connect with to understand Jolie’s portrayal. How could she not devote her existence to finding the truth?

Gustav Briegleb is a radio minister, played by John Malkovich, who has made it is his goal to expose police corruption to the citizens. He takes an interest in Christine Collins and challenges the authorities when the situation escalates. Few actors are as resolute and firm as John Malkovich. It is so pleasing to see him showcasing his skills in films that accentuate them properly. Malkovich unleashes his lines with such veracity and with explosive energy that viewers can’t help but understand how any enemy of his would drop to their knees.

The amount of excellently genuine supporting roles is exactly what Jolie and Eastwood needed to convey that Changeling is more than just a mediocre thriller with a magnificent lead. Burn Notice’s Jeffrey Donovan, a man who has not advanced successfully from television, has finally surpassed that stage of his career. As Captain J.J. Jones, he personifies the seedy and dishonest image of a police officer who is a professional at manipulation. His lines will evoke the loudest reactions from the audience. He instructs Christine to take the returned child on a “trial basis” and further enlightens her that his department has the finest child identification experts to support them. Amy Ryan has a short, but sweet part as prostitute Carol Dexter in the mental hospital, Colm Feore (24) is terrific as Chief James E. Davis, and Michael Kelly (Generation Kill) is fantastic as Detective Lester Ybarra.

There are two roles in Changeling that deserve to praised, but are to difficult to fully do so because it involves slight spoilers. I will tread lightly. Jason Butler Harner is spectacular as Gordon Northcutt, and soap opera kid Eddie Alderson is outstanding as Sandford Clark, the boy who lives with him. Fleshing out these two characters must have been a daunting task, but these newcomers offer more than anyone could have hoped for. My hat is off to whoever helped hone their acting.

Changeling is gracefully laced with hints of the corruption and mood from Chinatown, but is primarily comparable to Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil. That was an ambitious picture met with a mixed reception, but over time, became a classic. That could very well be the destiny of Eastwood’s latest period epic, but only time will tell. Dirty Harry collects his usual team for the appropriate effect. Tom Stern’s cinematography is beautiful and adequately morose depending on the scene. He captures the best angle, light, and shadows every single frame. Deborah Hopper’s costume design is elegant, the set decoration of Gary Fettis is faithful, the art direction of Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. is lovely, and the production design of James Murakami is striking. Do not forget the exceptional score from Eastwood himself either, which swells at all the essential moments, but does not drown viewers with sentiment.

One handicap that Changeling quickly countered was the nature of the premise. This records a tale of a missing child, which is an unfortunate circumstance that occurs daily in real life, and has been dramatized in film multiple times as well. Changeling reveals how simply reading the paper can make a huge difference. Paying attention to the news of the world and the town that surrounds you is vital, and this refined, charming, and serpentine screenplay from cartoon writer J. Michael Straczynski possesses an urgency of keeping a close eye on the area in which you live.

Changeling debuted at Cannes with positive reviews, and has transitioned to the New York Film Festival I attended, to less than stellar reviews. What are the NYC critics missing? Eastwood’s intentions for one. At its heart, Changeling is a harrowing chronicle of events that will shake you to the core and open your eyes. It is a story of motherly courage, the blurred lines between good and evil, and strength to finish a fight you did not start regardless of the consequences. However, this is also a marvelous throwback and supplementary section into the book of classic L.A. crime dramas. Academy voters should take notice.

The 411: It is easy to be confused by the title, but this is an original script taken from actual events. It is not a remake of The Changeling from 1980, nor is it based on any film, show, or episode title with the word “Changeling” included. This Changeling from Director Clint Eastwood marks the filmmaker at the height of his powers as he grows older. This is a brilliant period epic; melodrama, thriller, and I could go on. The suspense is fabulous, the performances are superlative, and all the work from the crew is tremendous. While a couple minor things could have been changed, this film casts a spell on you because at 140 minutes, it flies by because your eyes are glued to the screen. Do not let the “made for awards” moniker bother you. It is a wonderful film, and you should see it.
Final Score: 9.0 [ Amazing ] legend

Yep just like the trolls. However, in the case of the trolls, they are trying to feed the tabloids.
Passing Through @ 10/24/2008 at 11:38 am
ROTFLMBAO! Holy crapola! I know this moron thought she was being supportive of Brad and Angie, but she based almost all of her assumptions about their life on TABLOID STORIES!!! LOL. Sheesh. “Fans” like this, propagating tabloid stories without saying that’s where their info comes from , just need to STFU if they can’t quote legit news sources.

Way to go Angie, visit to Afghanistan boost the morale of soldiers & refugees. God bless the Jolie-Pitt’.s
waving to senior,vicki,anoble,MF,anustin,alia,Bailey,guli,andromeda,alexanderina,the real tita,passing through,bdj, hope you all go out & watch “Changeling”.
I hope, they will show it here in Germany soon. Peace & blessings. Got to go, duty calls.

LET US GO BACK TO THE LAST THREAD- ANGIE’S THREAD

From the Chicago Tribune: (Changling review)

Jolie brings out the best in the script and transcends its limitations. She’s spectacularly effective in the most intense blowouts—there’s an Oscar-clip dilly with Jolie and Jason Butler Harner, who plays Northcott—but Jolie really shines in the calm before the storm, the scenes (and there are many) when one patronizing male authority figure after another belittles her at their peril.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/523624

Changeling: An emotional motherlode

Angelina Jolie conveys the rage and fear of a parent who has lost a child in ‘Changeling,’ heightened by women’s powerlessness of the time.

(3 out of four)

The words “a true story” flash tersely on screen at the start of Changeling, Clint Eastwood’s chilling new child-swap drama starring Angelina Jolie.

Eastwood, ever concise, wants us to know his film isn’t just based on the truth, as per the usual Hollywood fudging; it is the truth, near as he can tell it in a 2 1/2-hour movie. Wikipedia confirms the details of the Depression-era Los Angeles case known as the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, which screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski has stuck to in the main.

This is familiar ground for Eastwood, who plumbed similar emotional depths with Mystic River five years ago, and whose resistance to blind authority has been well documented both on and off the screen.

He’s found a kindred spirit in Jolie, no mild mama herself, who effectively channels the rage and fear any parent would feel at the thought of losing a child. Her Christine may dress like a Roaring Twenties flapper and identify with Claudette Colbert’s impetuous heiress in It Happened One Night, but she’s not the loose woman the cops seem to think she is. She struggles to remain a lady in situations that would test the patience of Job.

Malkovich gets considerably less screen time than Jolie, but he makes an impact regardless. The same goes for Amy Ryan as Christine’s loyal cellmate, Colm Feore as the LAPD’s embattled police chief, Michael Kelly as a dogged police detective, and Jason Butler Harner as a figure of mystery and menace.

Eastwood assumes we know the tenor of the times he mounts so effectively and sparingly with desaturated colours and a muted piano score. By the late 1920s, the women’s suffrage movement had just started in America, but it would take many more decades for attitudes about equality to seriously change.

There was no Internet searching or DNA testing to assist in a missing-person case. It was also not uncommon for citizens to shelter children who were not their own, especially in the aftermath of World War I, if a greater good could be met.

In other words, it might have profited Eastwood to provide greater context and background to events that seem so preposterous in terms of today’s laws and attitudes.

Many people will leave the theatre believing they’ve seen some form of outrageous fiction, and yet we have Clint’s word – and that of historical accounts – that this is indeed a true story.

Changeling reminds us that the veneer of civilization is thin and made of quicksilver.

Wow, Angie was in Afghanistan last few days and NO ONE knows about it til now?? Angie is true to her words. I believe wholeheartedly that she will cut back movie making and concentrate on her family and humantarian work. She’s a role model for everyone out there!!

OT - Changeling won’t open in my area til next week. If anyone lives in NY or LA should go and support her movie. It’s important because the studio would decide how many theaters to open next week based upon per screen average this weekend. The higher per screen average results in the higher interest of this movie. So everyone do their part and see the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello all on board!!!!waving guli,bdj,P.T.,cliniqua(really luv this 2 together),stelle,grandma irma,grandma,ellie,grandma char,jjoy,nelleh,dina,alex,anoble and all the gorgeous JP.S .TGIF!!

Angelina Jolie on back to back emotionally grueling roles, including A Mighty Heart:

“Well, I did do Wanted in between [laughs] and that’s actually why I did. After Mighty Heart, I lost my mom, I had a baby and I’d just finished Mighty Heart where I was emotionally drained and I really wanted to pull the covers over my head. And I knew I’d be going into Changeling in six months. I called and said, ‘Is there anything there that is just physical and aggressive and something original? Because I’m going to start turning into a little flower if I can’t - I’m breaking.’”

Jolie on not sleeping well after reading the script:

“Yeah, all through the film my children were irritated at how huggy [laughs] I was, constantly asking, ‘Where is everybody, and what’s going on?’ But it was a very difficult film to do, and one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. And at the end of each day it was really draining. But sometimes you go through something so deeply and you come out the other end better. It was one of those projects where I just love my children that much more and I’m so grateful I know where they are and that they’re healthy at the end of the night. And I’m so grateful I’m not living through what she lived through. And so you get through it but it was certainly very difficult.”

On her definition of hope:

“I think we have to have [hope]. I had this amazing experience. I got to meet Jane Goodall and spend some time with her because she was working for refugees. And somebody said - she was asked that question, actually it was more pointed. It was more, ‘How can we have hope in the situation today?’ And I’d never seen her angry and she slammed her hand down on the table and said, ‘We absolutely have to. There is nothing if we don’t have that.’ We have nothing.

So it’s about survival and it’s one of those things - we must focus on, on how we’re going to get through things and thinking about the past and this story, this horrible thing that happened to this woman and yet she confronted the police department. She fought, she changed the law, she never found her child but I’m sure she made people that much more careful about their children and maybe protected somebody else. If you think to the past of all the times where it must have seemed - women’s right to vote, or racial equality - somehow it does change. Walls come down, things happen, we have moved forward and we have new obstacles and new very difficult things to face - we have to be if we’re going to face them.”

Angelina Jolie on talking with her kids about the humanitarian work she does and whether she hopes they will follow her lead:

“We do hope so - we have programs started in our kids’ countries and we hope that just with that, and visiting those programs as they grew up, and being a part of it will be something they will feel responsible for. But they travel with us to those countries, and so the biggest thing we can do for our kids is - they live in a lot of different worlds. They’re having fun running around this hotel right now, but they’ll also be in Ethiopia in a few weeks and they won’t have everything they have here. And as they travel so much, they tend to notice.

We show them different worlds. They go to Cambodia and they help go buy candy and shoes and water and go bring it to the local people and hang out and talk to the kids. They see that the world is not balanced and they see that - they ask those questions and instead of preaching to them, we’re going to keep showing them and hope that that sinks in and that they will find in themselves a desire to always help and strike a balance.”

Angelina Jolie on the most uncomfortable situation while traveling:

“Oh, God, the most uncomfortable situation? I was somewhere where the local corrupt government was trying to get my passport and I was hiding in the corner, pretending I wasn’t there because I had heard they had a history of ripping up passports.”

Jolie on whether she got involved with charities to deflect attention away from her as a sex symbol:

“No, I haven’t done anything because of an image of me. I do what I want to do because I love - I’ve gone into the field years ago because I wanted to understand what was going on in the world, because I started to travel and felt ignorant and I love spending time with refugees. Selfishly, it’s the most I’ve ever grown and most I’ve ever learned, and some of the best times I’ve ever had speaking with other human beings. I love it and I think they’re remarkable survivors, and I genuinely, genuinely love it and want that example for my kids. I want to raise my kids right, and if there’s anybody who I want to be looking at me and understanding a balance of who I am, it’s certainly not for the media, it’s my six kids that are going to question what my life is about.”

Good morning to all of the BAMPZSKV fans. I hope everone has a wonderful Friday. I am so glad I am a fan of the joliepitts. Angie made a two day trip to Afhganistan and no one knew about it? Where are all of the sources that know every little detail that is happening inside their house? Anyone who believes a tab is really mental.

OT: Yesterday I had a doctor’s appointmen. The nurse, who has been my doctor’s nurse for at least six or seven years, came in to take my vitals. I don’t remember how the conversation started but I was telling her about my trip to NO.

Well she is from NO. My gawd in six years we had never discussed this. She said she had gone back two years ago and was so disappointed at the slow progress. I mentioned what I had seen, Habit for Humanity, and Brad’s makeitright.

Ohmygawd. This little round woman let out a big whoopthat surprised me. She has never been this animated before. She said she just loved Brad and Angie. She said she didn’t give a damn about their private lives, as their personal lives were filled with good deeds and good works. She started talking about everything they had done, not just in NO but around the world.

I asked her how come I didn’t know she was such a fan? And how come we had never talked about this before? Her answer, I don’t know. Peace

I will try to click on the US Weekly link at least 100 times every day. I want to give them my support.

Cynda @ 10/24/2008 at 12:32 pm
Okay. You might what to make it your homepage, that way you can show your support every time you access the Internet.

Passing Through @ 10/24/2008 at 12:00 pm
# 40 bdj @ 10/24/2008 at 11:41 am
Middle age women love them some Brad. Just kidding. i am off today between housecleaning, I am surfing the net. I will definitely see Changeling.

Deadbolt Interview

Finding Hope in Troubled Times with ‘Changeling’ Star Angelina Jolie
October 24, 2008

Thanks to whomever brought this article over. I truly enjoyed reading it. Angie is so intelligent. She is thoughtful in what she says and how she says it. She is truly a woman of substance.

I want to see if any news agency reports on her travels to Afhganistan. Peace

bdj @ 10/24/2008 at 12:40 pm Cynda @ 10/24/2008 at 12:32 pm
Okay. You might what to make it your homepage, that way you can show your support every time you access the Internet.
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No, I want to click it from Jared’s site so he gets the credit, too.

Whose the whacked out JJ poster who keeps clicking on the US Weekly site and defending Angelina from the trolls? Anustin, is that you?

lurking @ 10/24/2008 at 1:11 pm The reviews are starting to come in. Metacritic.com gives it 65% favorable and Rottentomatoes at 50%. The movie may be getting mixed reviews but most of them are raving Angie’s performance.
Golden Globe is nominating her again for sure. Keep fingers crossed for Oscar though.

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Movies that don’t have a metacritic score above 60 do not get nominated in the top 8 categories. (And rarely in any other category.)

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay.
http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=3265#more-3265

Slow news day, Jared?

Going back to the other thread ———-> .

assing Through @ 10/24/2008 at 10:01 am

# 6 Still doing Good work @ 10/24/2008 at 8:46 am

Angelina Jolie appeals for more Afghan returnee support after visit 24 Oct 2008

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I love how Angie quietly does these visits and then publicizes them afterwards.

Didn’t we have a troll a while back who said Angie would stop doing her UNHCR work after having the twins? Moron. I’d say her UNHCR work is one of the reasons she’s considering retiring from acting. Six kids, a hubby who can command an even higher salary she does, interest and participation in humanitarian work…why make movies? Certainly why make more than 1 a year?

You know the tabloid industry hoes are shaking in their Louboutins at the prospect of their all-time covergirl retreating into her private life…especically since Brad provides them with so little material for negative cover stories about her. Hehehehehehehe…GO ANGIE!!

Did you not pay attention during the few months she was gone and he was paparazzing the kids around? He gave the material and The tabloids most definitely used him to trash Angelina when they couldn’t get pix of her

# 67 bdj @ 10/24/2008 at 1:27 pm

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235614,00.html

Matt Damon’s Kids Will Be World-Wise

“The way you have to parent them is to show them the world. Explaining the world can only go so far,” he said. “You can read about devastation every morning – it’s on the front page of the newspaper – but when you actually go there and see it, you realize this isn’t something you can turn the page on.”

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Isn’t it amazing how Angie said basically the exact same thing and caught all kinds of flack for it? Matt Damon is another actor who takes his family on every location with him. Hell, Clint Eastwood said about the Gran Torino shoot that his family was with him and usually accompany him everywhere he goes. He’s got an 11 year-old daughter. Matt’s got a 10 year-old (step)daughter. Shouldn’t THEY be in school along with Maddox? Nothing like the good old AngieJo Double Standard…

I would love to se them married each other, but the most important thing is they are together, they support each other and the love each other.

old news from last year but just posting anyway..

UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie receive Freedom Award

8 November 2007 – The International Rescue Committee has given its annual Freedom Award to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie in recognition of their contributions to the cause.
“The Freedom Award is a symbol that we will only be able to fully enjoy our freedom when everyone else is able to enjoy theirs,” said High Commissioner António Guterres at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday.

Although unable to attend the event, Ms. Jolie in a video message hailed the close partnership between UNHCR and the International Rescue Committee.

People of concern to UNHCR include not only refugees, but related groups such as asylum-seekers, refugee returnees, stateless people and some of the estimated 25 million people who are displaced within their own countries, normally known as internally displaced persons (IDP).

Since 2006, the number of refugees worldwide has been increasing and now stands at some 10 million, UNHCR said, attributing the rise largely to the crisis in Iraq.

This year marked the second time the UN agency has been honoured by the International Rescue Committee for its work protecting refugees; in 1995, the then High Commissioner Sadako Ogata received the Freedom Award.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie’s Journals

Read more about Jolie’s personal impressions and reflections during her field missions as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency.

Sudan (opens new window)

Thailand (opens new window)

Jordan (opens new window)

Russian Federation (opens new window)

Sri Lanka (opens new window)

Kosovo (opens new window)

http://www.unhcr.org/help/HELP/439d4ee52.html

I got the feelling that they will marry soon.
Or maybe they are already married.

the new york times really hates angie don’t they. They wrote a scathing review of her acting and there was an article about 12 months ago, after her vogue interview where they really tore her to shreds as a human being. it’s a shame because i know Angie really cares about their opinion. she gave an interview once where she said that she doesn’t read the tabloids but if the NY Times started trashing her she’d be worried.

Double standards @ 10/24/2008 at 4:29 pm

“we go to church every Sunday but we study world religion during the week as well.We read excerpts from the bible,from Hindu texts,Kabbalah,Judaism.”Jada Pinkett Smith.Nooone is attacking her for teaching her kids about different religions.

When Angelina said the same thing she was attacked.I dont see anyone bringing Jada Smith drug and sleeping around past. past

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it seems like everyone forgot all about the other stars pasts and only rag on Angelina. Even brad has a past. Nobody ever brings up jada’s weird ass hard core rock band either. Jada looks like she is possessed by the devil when she performs

I posted this on the other thread.

Our Angelina has done it again. She’s back safe and sound from a UN mission.

Awardsdaily has two new Angelina threads today. The reviews are overall positive for Changeling. They include a positive review about a possible Oscar from a NY Times reviewer. In the same newspaper you can have different points of view and there was no “scathing” review about Changeling. It was a mixed review. Some people are so melodramatic on here. Good job Angelina. She continues to do good work. I can’t wait to see it. Please go out and support Changeling.

Brad Fan—–Some of the people posting reviews here are fake fans,so dont take them seriously.

here—— what public are you taking about.The public doesn’t hate Angelina,its you Jenhags and tabs.what is the population of America over 300 milion.You think they care about what tabs and whinnystons think.

Look at the number of people who buy Star,Us,out of Touch,lifeless and styless compare that with people who bought the twins issue.Angelina is loved by a lot of people and Brad Pitt is her partner soon to be husband wether you like it or not.Since the Angelina took Brad or Brad is leaving stories are not selling anymore you have decided to make Angelina a victim and weak woman.

Whats happening is the Angelina took Brad stories used to sell because of jenhags and women who thought they should pick a side.The thing is the later have moved on and the hags have noone to help them buy the fake stories,so sells are down.

To “here”: have you seen Changeling yet? How many Angelina movies have you seen? It’s OK to lie, I won’t know anyway. LOL

Go, angie, I am sure the twins cover was bought by brad pitt lovers/ angelina haters. that’s the way it is.

NO , I don’t usually post on other sites. I decided to scan others sites for Changeling reviews and even the movie sites have Jolie haters. I’m more of a lurker today reading a BUNCH of hater comments on gossip sites and movie review sites. I realized today that Angelina is very hated not only by the media but by the public as well.

An, oldie. I don’t know maybe 4 or 5. the last Angelina Jolie movie I watched in the theatres was Wanted. Tomb raider was on the other night.

here @ 10/24/2008 at 5:51 pm go angie, anyone who doens’t like Pitt or angelina is always labeled a jennifer aniston fan. well, i don’t have any feeling towards aniston but I do NOT like brad pitt.

By public I mean THE PUBLIC. Have you visited any other site besides JUST JAREDS? Everyone hates Angelina Jolie.

yes, exactly look at how much the tabloids sell. How often do they have a negative Angelina story? HELLO! wakeup from your brangelina land where everyone adores Angelina Jolie cause you are WRONG. everyone adores and raves about Brad Pitt and HATES angelina jolie. Brad Pitt is probably the most over done overexposed man alive but the public still adores him. His charity is fake but he gets more praise for it than Angelina gets for the real work she does.

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Are you aware that an ONLY EXTREME LITTLE portion of the ENTIRE population who can actually write fluently in english, has a PC and the time to post on those sites frequently ?

Are you aware that in the US (a little less than 5% of the entire population !) alone, aka one of the richest (uncluding in terms of free time and access to the internet) most people have to deal with two jobs, the kids, the expenses and have no time to vistit the internet to blog on superficial things like show business !

Did you even visit those blogs in ALL the different languAges aside English where Angie is actually the biggest international star and your Jen the biggest pathetic one talked about ?

The world doesn’t revolve ONLY around those english speaking people who are lucky enough to have enough free time than 99,99 % of the entire population, a time they are using by visiting blogs on a daily basis !

That’s pure mathematics !

hello to all the dedicated fans, a special hello to my friend neleh, sorry, I’ve been MIA for a few days, i won’t even try to catch up, but it’s good to see the Jolie/Pitt are still hanging tough, and so are their faithful fans, i will see ms. Jolie this weekend continue doing her thing. bye to all until later, also, to bdj and every person who contributed to the articles, news, links, video, are greatly appreciated and enjoyed, thanks, bye.

Happy Birthday persiancutie! Hope you had a nice one.
Love Brad and Angie! She is the best. Family of 8 and still finds time for her humanitarian/refugee work. She is the Woman!!!!!!

new **Angie Returns from Afghanistan** thread!!!!

correction- sharpest

the mediawh*res haven´t married yet because they are not meant to be. why should they marry? their relationship is built on treachery, lies and shallowness…i hope the poor kid does not find that out.

yo brad pitt
do you spitt all day?

its funny readed what pepole put on here most hate her some hate him every1 gose on about how much money he or she gives to pepole in need or whos been doing the best work i like them both they both do work for good things bard with others has the not on our watch thind and she dose lots and lots but its fair to say they do more than any of us …………….

i hope her next child looks like clint

SHE ALWAYS SLEEPS WITH SOMEONE ON HER SET