Happy Birthday, Brad Pitt!

oh yeah chargers won

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PT,

I have been lurking for most of the day/night, but had to respond to your post. A couple days ago, I visited popsugar for the first time in months, and remembered why i stopped going there. They had a post about “the fraud”, and was going on about what an incredible year she has had, and I’m like WTH are they talking about? Other than the PR “romance” with peeboy, and the susequent public break-up and make-up, what else did she do? That is why she is still getting some notice, because in addition to using Brad and Angie for relevancy, you have these blogs who are run by women, who continue to prop her up. There is a blog “wwtdd.com” which is run by a man, and he hates her with a passion, and continuosly call her on her phoniness.

By the way, did she do an interview with The Today Show, seeing that it is Jolie-Pitt Central?.

The breakup was on tv. before this I had never even watch a clip of this crapfest She looked much skinnier and muscular than she does now. even more manly than she is now … if you can imaging. Marley seems like another dumb ass version of the breakup… that all she do… romcoms with the man or dog in the lead.

December 22, 2008 –

IT’S hard being Brad Pitt. The star repeatedly tried buying the complete works of Hungarian cult director Bela Tarr from a small DVD store in Budapest as a Christmas present for Angelina Jolie, but whenever he called the place, they thought it was a joke and hung up on him. “He tried several times on the phone but had to give up. They just didn’t believe him,” an aide to Pitt tells Britain’s Daily Mail. Finally, he got a friend in the city, opera singer Laszlo Domahidy, to buy the collection for him.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WzDei-1GVOc&fmt=18

Song: Elle etait si Jolie

The song is a very popular ballad, with Barrière reminiscing about a girl he used to know and how pretty she was. Her beauty was apparently so much that he does not dare to persue her. This song was sung by original singer Alain Barriere, then by other singers such as Charles Aznavour, the song I use is from an old no name CD, so I don’t know who sung it either Alain Barriere or Charles Aznavour.

The meaning of the song has nothing to do with Brad and Jolie, I use it because there are lots of “JOLIE” in the song.

here is the translation of the song:

Title: Elle était si jolie (she was so pretty)

Elle était si jolie que je n’osais l’aimer
(She was so pretty, that I didn’t dare to love her)

Elle était si jolie, je ne peux l’oublier
(She was so pretty, I can’t forget her)

Elle était trop jolie quand le vent l’emmenait
(She was too pretty when the wind took her)

Elle fuyait ravie et le vent me disait:
(She escaped full of delight and the wind told me:)

Elle est bien trop jolie, et toi, je te connais
(She’s very pretty, and I know you)

L’aimer toute une vie, tu ne pourras jamais
(You couldn’t love her all your life)

Oui, mais elle est partie, c’est bête, mais c’est vrai
(Yes, but she has left, it’s a shame, but it’s true)

Elle était si jolie, je n’oublierai jamais
(She was so pretty, I’ll never forget)

Aujourd’hui c’est l’automne et je pleure souvent
(Today it’s autumn and I often cry)

Aujourd’hui c’est l’automne, qu’il est loin le printemps
(Today it’s autumn and the spring is far away)

Dans le parc où frissonnent les feuilles au vent mauvais
(In the park where the leaves tremble in the ill wind)

Sa robe tourbillonne, puis elle disparaît
(Her dress swirls, then she disappears)-imagination

Elle était si jolie que je n’osais l’aimer
(She was so pretty, that I didn’t dare to love her)

Elle était si jolie, je ne peux l’oublier
(She was so pretty, I can’t forget her)

Elle était trop jolie quand le vent l’emmenait
(She was too pretty when the wind took her)

Elle était si jolie, je n’oublierai jamais
She was so pretty, I’ll never forget.

Translation by Carlos Martinez

Will Smith is not #1 at the boxoffice.

What really matters as we enter the holy season and a new year:

SUPPORT FOR LIFE

15 October 2008
by Miech Phalla, MJP Agriculture Coordinator

Samlaut district resident, Surs Moeurn, has had a difficult and unstable life. A former monk and soldier, Moeurn, now 50 years old, lost his sight and both his hands to a landmine. His injuries make it extremely difficult for him to provide for his family. For almost 20 years, between 1984 and 2001, Moeurn lived in a plastic tent with his wife and two children in extreme conditions. With little food throughout most of the year, his children could not attend school as they needed to help him tend to the meager crops in the field.

Recently, this all changed for Surs Moeurn and his family. With assistance from MJP, who provided them with a proper house, a plot of land, a cow and other necessary equipment, Surs Moeurn can now build a better life for his family. “My dream comes true, Mrs. Angelina Jolie is like my parents”, he said. “My life is now meaningful, I have enough food, my kids can go to school, I have cow for reproduction and land for cultivation,” he added. Moeurn still worries about his children, his income is irregular due to his handicap, but he is in a much better place to be able to provide a healthy future for them.

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, MJP took the lead in implementing the Ministry of Education’s child-friendly school programmes in Samlaut. Our programmes focus on teacher capacity, school curriculum, nutrition, gender segregated sanitation facilities, reading facilities, potable water, school uniforms and merit based-teacher bonuses. The programmes are focused on 2 primary schools and one lower secondary school located in two key villages in Samlaut where population numbers are greatest. In 2008, technical support will be extended to include 2 additional primary schools and the project’s new pre-school programme (early childhood centres) called: BEST START SAMLAUT!
Given the importance of creating a positive school mindset in the villages, MJP also launched the first-ever kindergarten classes in Samlaut. In 2007, 140 children attended the classes. MJP sent the kindergarten teachers to receive a basic 3-day training programme on government methodology and curriculum.

Maddox Jolie Pitt Foundation started in 2003 and still going strong

http://www.mjpasia.org/index.htm

passing Through @ 12/21/2008 at 9:40 pm # 940 QQQQ @ 12/21/2008 at 8:35 pm
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bdj, the hens are mad that Brad has kids because it shows up the hag. 6+ yrs baby on the way and in the end nothing. In less than 4 yrs Bradley has 6 kids. 3 by adoption and 3 the old fashion way. No waiting for career, no I’m scared; none of that bullcr*p. Let’s try for baby and 9 months later, well there’s Shiloh! Lets try again, BAM! Viv and Knox!
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You know what pisses the hens off most is that Angie’s career was and IS sizzling hot. Yet she’s twice taken 1 year breaks to have babies with Brad. And X couldn’t even be bothered to do that even when a pregnancy was written into her tv show. THAT is why they’re all still bitter - because Angie’s not the least bit worried about her career…and X is out pimping a flick where she plays third fiddle to a dog and a B-list actor…yet SHE is supposedly A-list and can’t get cast in a movie with other A-listers. Meanwhile Angie pops out twins and 2 months later announces she’s replacing Tom Cruise in a film and the character is being re-written to accomodate the change in gender. X? She’s talking about POSSIBLY doing yet another romcom with yet another B-list actor. Reality is a harsh b#tch to live with and the Fanistons are reliving the good old days as an antidote to X’s continual slide into obscurity.
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I know Drew B. could just slap X., all this pimping of the dog movie while giving old so subtle digs at INTIY. If every blog and newpaper article is about being tired of her and her “look at me” thing she has going on that makes her doing pr for INTIY (which is only a month to 6 weeks away) impossible. With the award shows coming up in January I doubt she will even take a break from being seen. Can’t let Brad & Angie do red carpet without a shot of X on the beach or out an about with the urinator.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Entertainment/Movies/entMOV01122208.htm

Sweet story. A Mother’s love and joy for her Actress daughter.

December 22, 2008

Movie Star’s Mom

Palm Coaster’s daughter in ‘Benjamin Button’
By AUDREY PARENTE
Staff Writer

Not many local moms can say their daughters introduced them to Brad Pitt at the premiere of one of this year’s top movies.

But Bernice Morton of Palm Coast can say just that about her daughter, Taraji (Ta-ra-gee) P. Henson, who stars with Pitt and Cate Blanchett in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” set to open Christmas Day.

The film, based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, already has gathered five Golden Globe nominations, and eight nominations for Critics’ Choice Awards — including Henson for best supporting actress by Critics’ Choice.

“I could hear people screaming her name. Photographers saying, ‘Taraji, Taraji turn this way. Look this way.’ It gave me chills,” Morton said. Taraji was selected from a list of African names, Morton said. “I am so proud of her.”

On the red carpet — although newspaper accounts said the carpets were actually gray, creating a “film noir effect” — Morton said Pitt and Angelina Jolie walked across to fans and signed autographs. Later, during the black-tie after party, her daughter introduced her to Pitt while the cameras flashed.

“It was exciting,” Morton said.

She can’t help but be proud of her daughter, but Morton’s not all that surprised. She always thought her daughter would be a model or an actress.

“She wasn’t shy at all and always wanted to be the center of attention,” Morton said. “She did a lot of plays in college and worked on a dinner cruise boat where they had to perform and wait on tables.”

A stint working at the Pentagon when the two lived in Washington, D.C., didn’t deter Taraji from her acting passion, Morton said. Nothing sidetracked her.

“She was in a talented teen contest and competed against her best friend. She came in second to her friend. Then she thought she would go to Duke Ellington School for the Arts in D.C., but her best friend got accepted and she didn’t,” Morton said. “She thought she might be an engineer, but she wasn’t good in calculus. So she came back home and went to work.”

Henson worked her way through Washington, D.C.’s Howard University and graduated with a degree in theater arts, even having a son, Matthew, in her junior year.

After graduation in the late 1990s, Henson went to live with a cousin in Los Angeles.

“Taraji went with $700 in her pocket, and her son and stayed with my niece, whose son was working on a TV sitcom. But the show ended and my niece went back to Maryland,” Morton said. “My daughter stayed and found a little place and started working for temp agencies.”

One of the receptionist temp jobs turned into full-time work, but that got in the way of auditions, so Henson left that behind. Meanwhile, acting work started rolling in. Her credits include everything from TV appearances on “ER” and “CSI” and a season on “Boston Legal” to movies like “Hustle & Flow” with Terrence Howard to “The Family That Preys” with Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard.

The actress just finished “Hurricane” with Forest Whitaker and currently is working with Brian Presley and Ed Harris on “Once Fallen,” both movies set for 2009 release. But Henson hasn’t let the fame go to her head and said her success is due to the work ethic she learned from her mother.

“I always knew how to pay the rent and put food on the table,” Henson said in a phone interview. “Acting is something I have wanted to do, and it feels incredible to make a living at something I am really passionate about. At the end of the day, I may be a celebrity, but it’s a job that pays the bills, and I don’t put more on it than that.”

She said Brad Pitt isn’t any different and “doesn’t put himself on a pedestal. He’s very regular,” she said.

And, about her mom, Henson said: “My mom is my No. 1 fan, and I love her dearly — she is my ladybug. They (ladybugs) show up at the most unexpected places and they are like angels,” she said. “She’s an angel.”

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20081222/COMMUNITIES0401/812240340/1145

Tis the Season

Care to Learn fund receiving $250,000

December 22, 2008

A $50,000 gift to buy emergency needs for Springfield Public Schools children has become a $250,000 gift instead, with a match from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation and other philanthropists.
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St. John’s Clinic physicians and co-workers raised the first $50,000 through their Force for Good campaign, directing the money to the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools’ Care to Learn fund, St. John’s officials said.

The $200,000 match, which will be available in April, was offered by the founders of the Care to Learn fund.

Local businessman Doug Pitt, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation (which includes actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt), local philanthropist Jim D. Morris and a private donor started the Care to Learn fund with the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools to support schools and students in meeting basic needs.

The needs can include food, health care and hygiene products.

The fund so far has provided staple items such as underwear, socks and other personal hygiene supplies to 300 students in schools throughout the district, according to a St. John’s news release.

The Jolie-Pitt Foundation, Morris and the private donor match every donation the fund receives 4 to 1 up to $50,000, the news release said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/12/22/2008-12-22_samantha_ronson_more_dynamic_as_a_duo_wi.html

Seen & heard

Brad Pitt’s laid-back ’tude on the set of “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” rubbed off on the rest of the cast. “He was so cool and collected when he walked in his first day,” Pitt’s co-star Elias Koteas told us at Moet’s party at Mr. West last week. The duo previously worked together in 1992 on “a short film called ‘Contact.’ [Brad] played an American soldier and I played an Iraqi soldier. But I knew at that time that he had a future,” Koteas smiled.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/22/curiouscase.html

FIRST LOOK: ‘Curious’ focuses on its love story
From old to young: Tale of title character’s mesmerizing journey also paean to New Orleans.

By Rodney Ho

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, December 22, 2008

Through such things as Botox, plastic surgery and obsessive exercise, people are always fighting the ravages of age.

So what happens when things go in reverse?

That’s the crux of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” starring Brad Pitt, a loose adaptation of an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story that is already getting plenty of raves and award nominations from critics.

Here are some notable points from the film:

> It lasts more than two hours and 30 minutes, covering about 85 years, from the end of World War I until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

> The sweep of the film evokes a bit of “Forrest Gump,” which shouldn’t be a surprise since the films share the same screenwriter, Eric Roth. But “Curious” isn’t quite as interested in placing Pitt’s character, Benjamin Button, at points in history. The focus is on the love story between Button and ballerina Daisy Fuller (played as an adult by Cate Blanchett).

> There’s a flashback construct similar to that of “Titanic,” with a gravely ill Daisy in a New Orleans hospital while her daughter reads from Benjamin’s diary. Katrina looms.

> In the early scenes, when Pitt is very young but looks very, very old, the filmmakers rely on oodles of CGI tricks to insert Pitt’s head onto tiny stunt double bodies.

> It’s mesmerizing to watch Button age backward as his hair grows thick and dark, lines smooth out and age spots disappear.

> Don’t expect a lot of histrionics. Pitt and Blanchett play their characters with elegant cool and grace.

> Listen for a plethora of heard-it-before commentary about the passage of time. A sampling: “We will all end up in diapers.” “Nothing lasts.” “In the end, you have to let go.”

> This film is also a love letter to New Orleans, with the cameras capturing the warmth, earthy colors and mystical romanticism of the storied city.

> Watch for Atlanta actress Edith Ivey, who plays a modest but crucial role as Button’s sweet piano teacher at the senior citizens’ home he grows up in.

> In this fictional world, nobody finds Button’s very unusual situation all that unusual. Rather, it’s accepted. In the real world, he would have been a media supercuriosity, scrutinized to the nth degree by scientists, especially near the end of his life as he got ever younger.

But alas, that’s why this is a fairy tale.