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Brad Pitt joins CNN’s Larry King on Wednesday to chat about his family, his latest movie, and his continued efforts to help rebuild New Orleans, Louisiana.
On how his kids keep him young (or not): I have so many. No, man, it wears you out. Are you kidding? I’m aging fast.
On why his family draws such attention: It’s quite complimentary. But, you know–and I think it is an interesting family. It’s not your usual family… I’m quite interested in my family, actually, so, I don’t–I certainly don’t see it as anything less than a compliment.
On having more children: I don’t know. I can’t find a reason why not–just yet.
On President-elect Barack Obama: Oh, man. I think, overnight, we redefined what America’s about. I couldn’t be any happier and more hopeful for the–for America, for the upcoming–in the upcoming years.
On the new moustache: (Joking) It’s political, Larry. It’s political. I’m making a stand for men with moustaches. I don’t think they get treated fairly… I’m currently in Berlin [Germany] now, filming a Quentin Tarantino film. And I am a man with a moustache.
Check out the video of Larry King’s interview of Brad Pitt inside…
Brad Pitt On Family, His Movie, and New Orleans
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is x trying to get brad pitts fans love?why is she praising him so much?
medulla @ 12/04/2008 at 7:39 pm
Yep that guy who can’t express himself talked all those famous Architects into designing homes for his foundation for free. Yep that guy who can’t express himself was the sole spokesperson for this foundation and got people to donate millions to help people in nola.
More people should learn to express or not express themselves like Brad.
medulla @ 12/04/2008 at 7:53 pm
. . . being shy does NOT make one inarticulate.
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Well, of course, it can. Are you completely clueless about human behavior? Try using your name for a change.
Playtex @ 12/04/2008 at 5:14 pm CLINIQUA @ 12/03/2008 at 11:00 pm
Spy Game ,The Mexican, Fight Club, Snatch Oceans 11. all these films were shot from year 1998 to 2000. Troy, Ocean’s 12 ,MMS were shot from May 2003 to 2004.
Brad didnt’ make any major movies from 2001 to 2002. as he said in his interview that he was preparing to start a family, he’s seek the help of a shrink so not to mess up with kids as jenjen told him he was still not prepared to be a father. ( stated in his interview on late 2001) building his dream family home , preparing to start a family , and lastly working for his marriage. but unfortunately, X does not appreciate it.
Brad finally wake up in 2003, he knew he couldn’t accomplished his dream with Ms Whinny bitxh, he knew Whinny was lying all the way. So he proceeded with his life, shooting movies back to back from May to Dec. 2003 for Troy, Dec.2003 to April 2004 MMS, movie promotion in between, May 2004 to June or Aug. 2004 OC12, then African Humanitarian works. movie promotion for Oc12.
His Pants!
There is nothing wrong with your eyes. That is indeed the GMD. And his pants… his pants are hanging ever so slightly better. Slightly. An infinitesimal amount. But an infinitesimal improvement nonetheless.
How did this happen?
Well, he looks like he’s lost weight. Probably working out super hard to promote Valkyrie. Those bulging biceps! That flat stomach!
Oh but then there’s the face.
Tom Cruise is aging. It’s a queen’s greatest fear.
This of course is why he keeps trying to recapture the past. Valkyrie, however futile, is an exercise in youth reclamation. A decent film with some very good performances (Bill Nighy) but ruined by the miscasting of one Gay Midget Dwarf who turns a serious movie into an absolute farce.
And this of course is why he’s so seriously hustling. Like HUSTLING. Hustling all the way up here in Canada next week.
That’s right, Tom Cruise will be in Toronto for a media blitz…
Live interviews with MTV Canada and MuchMusic on Monday. Then Live @ eTalk on Tuesday. And also an appearance with George Stroumboulopoulos on The Hour.
Once upon a time, Tom Cruise would NEVER have had to work this hard.
Brad Pitt will never have to work this hard. Brad Pitt sits in New Orleans and expects Larry King and Ellen to interview him via satellite.
It is a new world for Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise is hard up.
Whiniston @ 12/04/2008 at 4:17 pm
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Thank you!!!! :-)
groundcontrol @ 12/04/2008 at 8:02 pm
medulla @ 12/04/2008 at 7:53 pm
. . . being shy does NOT make one inarticulate.
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Well, of course, it can. Are you completely clueless about human behavior? Try using your name for a change.
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Well, Angelina has described herself as being shy, (Anthony Hopkins has said the same thing about her as well) but she is certainly not INARTICULATE. Again, I don’t get the connection between being shy and Pitt basically giving incoherent interviews for the most part. I don’t even know why I’m bothering with you lot. As I said earlier you all have the emperor has new clothes syndrome and show no signs of being cured any time soon.
QQQQ @ 12/04/2008 at 12:45 pm
Jolie-Pitt Foundation Awards Second Grant to Global Action for Children
Washington, D.C. - Today, Global Action for Children (GAC) announced a $100,000 end-of-year-grant from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. The grant will support GAC’s efforts on an Emergency Presidential Initiative for the World’s Children (EPIWC) in the new Obama administration, ensure children are not left off the agenda during the growing financial crisis, and help GAC continue its mission of making every taxpayer dollar more efficient in U.S. foreign assistance for children.
http://www.globalactionforchildren.org/
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Thanks for posting. Let’s not forget the kids as we try to save bank and companies.
Congrats to BAR, Changeling and TCCOBB for making NBR list of top 10 films.
X is self absorbed. Major newspapers sold out the day after Obama was elected and it wasn’t because of her.
Got my January AD with Brad Pitt on the cover in the mail today. Great article on Make It Right and the houses look gorgeous. (So does Brad, but hey, it’s an architecture magazine.)
medulla @ 12/04/2008 at 7:53 pm
Mr. Pitt for being an “artist” (Angie is being too kind), is speech challenged and should make efforts to rectify this situation.
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He sounds perfectly intelligible to me. I don’t think he’s speech challenged, I think you’re brain challenged. In other words, you have the IQ of a retarded amoeba. Unfortunately, there’s no remedy for that, so you’ll just have to stew in your own stupidity. Pity.
277, he’s a famous actor it doesn’t take much to get people to do what he wants.
HELLO! @ 12/04/2008 at 8:29 p
Tell that to Whiny. Maybe she can get a distributor, ratings on 30Rock and Oprah and sell the dog movie. NOT
Ali @ 12/03/2008 at 11:21 pm
This guy has real charisma and power, but I just don’t get why he is sooooo inarticulate. He must talk to people - all different kinds of people - all day long. So why has he not developed a way of expressing himself that is refined and clear. He needs help. While he is in Germany, or England, or France, or anywhere where people can think and talk, he needs to get coaching in how to talk. Gregory Peck could talk. Bogie could talk. Cary could talk. It’s time for Brad to learn to talk.
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His inability to express himself in an articulate manner is due to years of pot use.
Do you remember the commercial with a hot frying pan and an egg sizzling when broken into the pan? The announcer then intones off camera “this is your brain on drugs. any questions?’.
Brad Pitt is so the poster child for this commercial.
It’s inexcusable that a person who only speaks one language and was supposedly only a couple of credits short of graduating college with a degree in journalism, can be so incoherent. He needs to look to his buddies Clooney and Damon for help. I now understand why he rarely does interviews. Can you imagine him on Letterman? He would totally be a fish out of water!
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Right on!
medulla @ 12/04/2008 at 8:21 pm
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You dumbazz , Angie have never been shy of expressing herself. What Anthony Hopkins said was that Angie was little shy about outcome of some particular scenes from Beowulf.
Way to go Brad. :) He and Angelina are so kind-hearted, giving and genuine in their desire to help the less fortunate, they deserve all the happiness they have in their life together. They’re blessed. :)
BDj, whiny bitchingston is not an A list actor. The only power she has belongs to her Publicist.
I think it’s highlarious that Aniston admits that 1. she reads their intervies and 2. watches their movies.
Aniston fans? I think your girl is a brangelinaloonie.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996852.html?categoryId=3250&cs=1
“If you read the script,” says Fincher of the decades covered in “Benjamin Button,” “you might go, ‘Holy ****.’ But when you plan it out, and you say, this is going to be in a tank at Sony, and this is going to be in Montreal, and you start breaking it down into its fractal pieces, it’s a lot of material, but it’s not as huge as it seemed upon first blush.”
While Fincher admits he spent some 25 months worrying about whether the special effects would succeed — whether Brad Pitt’s 80-year-old face would look credible on the body of a small actor — he was perfectly comfortable working with those high-tech tools needed to pull off the illusion. “I work in Hollywood,” he says. “Isn’t that the fun part?”
Three filmmakers widen their canvas
Luhrmann, Nolan, Fincher tackle biggest pics ever
Fincher describes himself as a “workflow guy,” heralding a data-processing system called PIX (Project Information Exchange), which includes everything related to the film from the script to location photos to dailies, as “one of the ways we made ‘Benjamin’ possible. To me, that’s as important as making the digital process work or having the right camera,” he says. “It’s not just about the aesthetic, but how do you communicate that aesthetic among 350 people?”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-cause5-2008dec05,0,5867385.story
Brad Pitt, Steve Bing steadfast in New Orleans support
The actor and the producer-financier have spend their time (the past year) and money ($5 million each) to aid still-struggling victims of Katrina.
By TINA DAUNT
December 5, 2008
It’s easy to get celebrities to show up for a cause. Follow-through is another matter. When it happens, it makes all the difference.
Take Brad Pitt’s yearlong effort to assist residents of New Orleans’ ravaged Lower 9th Ward return to their own homes. Twelve months ago, amid of blaze of international publicity, Pitt and producer-financier Steve Bing launched a private effort (kicking in $5 million each) to build safe, affordable housing for people who had lost all to Hurricane Katrina’s savagery.
More than a few stars would have basked in the attention and moved on to the next project or fashionable cause. Pitt and Bing have stuck with the 9th Ward throughout the effort. And this week, they were on hand to watch families moving into the bright new homes that guarantee them a future in the city they loved.
Pitt told reporters it was a bittersweet moment.
“I’m really happy for the families that are going to be here, but I can’t help but think about the families that aren’t,” Pitt said. “It’s a push-pull for me. The excitement is that it’s being proven, that it’s working. The frustration is that we have a long way to go.”
*****Others have similar thoughts, which is why members of President-elect Barack Obama’s circle of advisors are floating Pitt’s experience as a new model for celebrity activism that the incoming administration would like to encourage.****
“I’ve had at least 10 calls from Hollywood people who have an idea they want to get off the ground now that they feel there is a president in Washington who wants to partner,” said Kristina Schake, a longtime industry politics and policy consultant. (She’s also an advisor to California’s first lady, Maria Shriver.) “Celebrities are longing to be involved, whether it’s on issues like diabetes or domestic violence or healthcare for children. The Obama administration would be incredibly smart to tap into that.”
Pitt and Bing have done more than simply lend their names and money to the New Orleans project, called the Make It Right Foundation. They’ve enlisted a coterie of world-class architects, including L.A.’s Thom Mayne, to design the houses, which cost an average of $150,000 each.
They’ve also made it possible for people of more ordinary means to participate by going to their website, http://www.. You can sign up to simply donate money, or go on a virtual shopping spree, buying such accessories as water heaters and rooftop solar panels for the new homes.
There will be plenty of opportunity in the years ahead. So far, six homes have been built (one of them is already decorated for Christmas). Construction on two others is underway. Work on 14 more is scheduled to begin early next year.
“You’re going to see 100 homes here, mark my words,” Pitt predicted earlier this week. “It’s nice to see a few, but I’m anxious to see 100, 150, 1,000.”
As Pitt told Cause Célèbre in New Orleans a year ago that the notion of home and family always have been of vital importance to him. When he saw the people of New Orleans stripped of both, it struck him not simply as an act of nature or even a tragedy, but as an injustice America could not allow to pass.
“It will be great to see barbecues in the backyards and kids riding their bikes on the streets again,” said Pitt, whose fondness for New Orleans prompted him and wife Angelina Jolie to buy an early-1830s masonry mansion in the French Quarter.
This week was a particularly busy one for Pitt, who also attended a special New Orleans screening of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which was filmed in the city. (Pitt’s character, Button, begins life as an old man and then grows younger with time. There’s considerable Oscar buzz around the movie and his performance.)
The actor told a local journalist that the film was a “love letter” to the storm-ravaged city that has become his growing family’s home. “There’s a sense of magic here, so it made this fantastic story almost believable,” he said.
He added: “It’s a gorgeous, gorgeous film. It’s a film that makes you want to hug your kids and call your folks.”
Love letters, though, are like activism: They can be beautiful in the moment, but it is the follow-up that counts.
HELLO! @ 12/04/2008 at 8:39 pm
Whatever troll. I am not whiny but you sure do whine 24/7 on a blog.
I see the night shift trolls are here.
:lol: now they act like Brad created celebrity activism? Bwhaha
Bdj. all you do is google brad articles and copy and paste 24/7. Pull the log out of your eye…
Greetings fans.. I am back at work after 6 months and havent been able to blog much.. Glad to see Pitt still pushing for MIR, this is truly his baby #7.
Shout out to bdj, PT, Neleh, dina#1, Cliniqua, Senior, anoldie, guli, dianand68, Felinelily, Frenchy, neer,queenbee,qqqq, rien , persiancutie and all regulars.
So the X saw button, but could only make it through 1 hr of the movie… she still hasnt learnt.. she is still downplaying the men in her life, tate D, Brad P, John M.. this girl thinks its funny but its good to be self deprecating not undermine your partner.. learn from Ange to be selfless and charming.
HELLO! @ 12/04/2008 at 8:45 pm
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hmmm, you spend 24/7 on people you don’t like. Obviously you are one need mental help.
Geez the troll still whining. Good thing for google and HGTV. They drown out the whining. Imagine the troll in real life. nag, nag, nag.
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