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Brad Pitt Covers ‘W Magazine’ February 2009
Brad Pitt takes the black-and-white February 2009 cover of W Magazine.
Earlier today, E! reported that Brad might be a surprise guest at tomorrow night’s People’s Choice Awards.
The 45-year-old Curious Case of Benjamin Button star will possibly have a pretaped segment air during the live telecast. The ceremony will be hosted by Queen Latifah and will air TOMORROW @ 9PM ET/PT on CBS.
TCCOBB and Frost/Nixon lead the longlist nominations for the British Academy Film Awards with 14 nominations each. Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Changeling and The Dark Knight grabbed 13 noms apiece, and Milk and Brad’s other movie Burn After Reading sport 11. To check out the full long lists, visit Variety.com.
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i luv brad he looks kool
Brad is beautiful. The older he gets, the better he is.
http://www.newsobserver.com/726/story/1357249.html
Ms. Jolie, my mom and me
Bonnie Rochman - Staff Writer
For the past six years, New Year’s Eve has been particularly poignant, for it’s the night I officially joined the motherhood brotherhood.
My husband and I brought our first child home from the hospital on New Year’s Eve 2002.
Since then, New Year’s Eve has become even more of a time to take stock of where I am in my life. New Year’s resolutions are common, of course, but for the past six years, mine have ventured beyond pledges like “go to the gym (at least) three times a week” and “stop biting my nails” — neither of which I can seem to manage.
For me, New Year’s Eve is an opportunity to assess my parenting skills, or lack thereof, and to think about what I’ve done wrong (yell too much) and what I need to do better (be more patient).
Fortunately, my kids are all too willing to give me another chance, lots of other chances, every day.
Parenting is a process with a steep, even insurmountable, learning curve, and no one right way to go about it.
I’m a closet People magazine fan, and I couldn’t stay away from the August cover featuring Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their new twins. Being the cynic I am, I couldn’t believe I was getting inspiration from Jolie. But there it was, a sentiment I consciously try to implement each day.
“My mom loved being a mom and made sure her children knew every day how much joy we brought to her,” Jolie said. “I hope to give that to my kids.”
That’s one New Year’s resolution I intend to fulfill.
lylian @ 01/07/2009 at 10:30 am
Thank you for bringing over the whole W article. Set in context (6 whole pages), we can see that:
(a) Brad’s comments were a onetwo line brush off - just not that important; but
(b) Brad said everything he wanted to say. Most importantly, he cleared up his and Angelina’s comments about falling in love on M&MS.
I’m so glad Brad didn’t publicly slap x. That’s what x wanted. Remember when x showed up at night before the Oscars party (Vanity Fair Party??)? Like I said then, why would anyone, Brad, Angleina or X show up to a party full of strangers dying to see a confrontation and give them a show???. the Tablies were salivating for a story. Only stupid x showed up to give them any sort of story because only x is desparate enough to get any publicity going. ONly x wants to keep the pity party going (x got stood up LOL) and riding on Brad and Angelina’s coattails wanted a confrontation. That’s why she showed up.
Brad, by being very nice, calling her a sweetheart who stupidly and helplessly got sucked into a mess again denies x this confrontation she wants - AGAIN.
And, as someone (peaches?) said, what a FRAUD X is in her own interview. x and Brad were in touch all this time so if x wanted to know more after Angelina’s uncool comments (made in 2006) she could have asked Brad. Angelina said x could also talk to her. But in 2008, she has to say “considering the source” after finding out that Angelina said she fell in love with Brad during M&MS???
Really? Consider X the FRAUD access to the SOURCE - BRAD PITT. She could at any time have spoken to the real source!! obviously, she had been stewing for 2 whole years at Angelina’s comments wondering if there had been an affair. So, why didn’t she? I mean really, if Brad had cheated on x, why does x say nice things about Brad and stay in touch? Eh?? Tell me that?? LOL.
Last point:
Notice how Brad used the various interviews to get his message across. Put the Pieces together.
First, he said he fell in love with Angelina too which takes the heat off Angelina.
Then he says his life before was a dead end.
Then he says his time right now with Angelina is extraordinary and greater the love the greater the loss (but he had felt not much loss with x).
Then he dismisses x as a sweetheart who poor victim, got sucked into a mess created by mean old tablies.
Then he circles back to clarify something which x had raised again - that there was cheating (remember, “consider the source”??) and said there was none (and basically x who is in touch with me should know this!!) That protects Angelina.
All without an overt slap.
Will the tablies scream and the xhens shout about how Brad still loves x. Sure. So what?
A few weeks or months from now, we will probably find out that they have visited Ethiopia to see how their new Children’s home is going.
A year or so from now, Brad and Angelina would probably adopt their 7 child.
They will continue to go to RCs and proudly show their affection and love.
And the tablies and xhens will be proven wrong - AGAIN.
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Well said thank you lylian
Actually @ 01/07/2009 at 10:52 am
She’s a sweetheart but I’d rather have children with Angelina.
She’s a sweetheart but I’d rather be living with Angelina
Vince Vaughn - She’s a sweetheart but I’d rather date someone else.
It’s called being kind. It’s saying what she says does not effect our life.
At the end of the interview Brad went home to Angelina, his kids and his parents to have a big family dinner. Life is too short to keep whining.
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Exactly :)
Couple thi ngs. . .
If BP wants to be a good father, he would not set such a bad example for his kids by lowering himself to smack JA publicly. AJ’s father, by some accounts treated his ex-wife rather badly. I doubt BP would behave in this way, in front of his kids and in respect for his partner no matter what his internal feelings may be. Ill will breeds more ill will and poisons your life and environment.
The aging process is more than external. It is accepting yourself as you are. So cry more about his looks, he doesn’t seem to care.
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wobbler30 @ 01/07/2009 at 10:59 am
Wobbler, I quite agree with you. I am flabbergasted by people who agree with his comments including those who proclaim to support Angie. They can’t see the game he is playing. He can’t have it both ways especially when his ex and her fans have been attacking Angie in the press. I have been thinking if he is in contact with his ex why didn’t he tell her to drop it with all the Angie name calling started? He could have stopped it by quietly bringing it up. I feel he has given his ex an upper hand to keep attacking Angie while he exonerates himself from her attacks I also feel he is after an Oscar at all cost. He comes across as pompous and selfish. I am very disappointed by his comments because I have defended him in the past. I feel for Angie and pray he is not using her for awards and recognition.
Thank you to whoever posted the W article.
I read it, digested it, and would have to agree with lylian, senior, dina#1, alexanderina and others.
I think he went to the interview knowing he would be asked certain questions and had thought long and hard (probably discussed with Angelina) how best to respond.
I don’t like X and don’t agree that she was dragged into making the comments that she did. She, who does use her publicist heavily, has even less of an excuse for making ill thought out statements to the press.
Nonetheless, strategically speaking, Brad’s response and his attitude was the best approach. And I think his response stems both from his upbringing and the savvy he has acquired in Hollywood PR. He’s not just a pretty face.
lylian’s martial arts comparison sums it up beautifully.
Also the poster above is correct. Brad is responsible for teaching Maddox, Pax and Knox the same values he was raised with in terms of what is to be a good man. Who knows, this may even have been a discussion between the elder Pitts and Brad and Angelina.
But I bet he went home to his family dinner that night knowing he had protected his Jolie Pitt family in an honourable way.
please explain @ 01/07/2009 at 10:52 am
Because BBT didn’t attack Brad in the press and did not encourage his fans to wish death on Brad’s children —– that’s why?
let’s just say he really is 45…
I’m not going to lie. But looking at how Angie looked sad During London’s RC for Changelina and how she cried over her mother’s death. Believe what you want , It was in the middle of attacking toward Angie about Uncool’s comment , And i believe it has something to do with it. I expecvt him to be more protective. I’m sure even Lylian and PT who are defending Brad , wanted him to be protective.
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I don’t know why , But i think he was disrespectful toward Angie , And it seems like a big invitation for media and Jen’s hens to do more BRAD STILL LOVES JEN’s comment. I’m still wonder , Why did he have to talk about Jen this much , in a very same interview , he doesn’t talk about Angie just in afew words.
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Angie is friends to BBT and JLM , but have they ever attacked Brad? No , There is no problem with being friends to each other , But she as a woman who has been name calling Angie for 2 or 3 months , She absolutly didn’t deserve it.
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Now the biggest question is how will things work out this time? I can totally see Angie’s people making her aware of all these things and I would like to know what she thinks about it? And I agree with Dulcinea , After this W magazine , i’m becoming alot less his fans , Maybe he would like to have backed his ex’s fans , I think he got them. If they care this much about his ex and if they are still talking this much , And she doesn’t love Angie enough to defend her or he doesn’t have problem with tabloid’s dragging Angie’s name in their covers , but he has problem with them dragging Jen’s name , Why did he ever leave her in first place? Is Angie turning to his baby machined? I for one don’t want to see Angie with him during Award season , I don’t even want him to touch Angie. This is just my opinion for now.
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I don’t think he will be able ever to take back my feeling toward him. I’m heartbroken and that’s the truth. Angie is mother of his 6 kids , Doesn’t she deserve more? Brad needs to defend Angie.
OMG! Just like Robert Redford! He is just a beatiful man who is getting better with age! I find him more attractive now than ever!
TCCOBB is # 1 for Jan 6 (Tuesday) !!!!
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TCCOBB is # 1 for Jan 6 (Tuesday) !!!!
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TCCOBB is # 1 for Jan 6 (Tuesday) !!!!
TTCOBB IS # 2 for JAn 6 (Tuesday) … boxofficemojo!
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TTCOBB IS # 2 for JAn 6 (Tuesday) … boxofficemojo!
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TTCOBB IS # 2 for JAn 6 (Tuesday) … boxofficemojo!
What? @ 01/07/2009 at 3:59 pm
If they care this much about his ex and if they are still talking this much , And she doesn’t love Angie enough to defend her or he doesn’t have problem with tabloid’s dragging Angie’s name in their covers , but he has problem with them dragging Jen’s name , Why did he ever leave her in first place? Is Angie turning to his baby machined? I for one don’t want to see Angie with him during Award season , I don’t even want him to touch Angie. This is just my opinion for now.
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in some way I think the same. angie deserve a true man a true partner
I personally think he looks like a typical dad. But then again, I am thirteen, so… thankfully i don’t think he’s handsome. But I think he’s awesome =]
In boxoffice mojo site there is most popular pages ‘people’ where Angelina come in top position today.
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Aniybody knows what that index means ? Popular in what way and where ?
He is trying to be like her.
A: Try his newfound love for humanitarian work: Time mag had the nerve to name him the #1 philantrophist one year. I almost puked. What third world country has been in and did anything or any kind of fieldwork. Now he has MIR doing nothing just adding money.
B: He dresses like her (color scheme: all black,grey,white)
C: He tries to fly planes
D: Now he has no publicist that I don’t think AJ liked anyways. He needs to hire her back like now, because he is going to hang himself
E: He’s more open in his interviews and now tries to even shock people by saying things that are unexpected.
I could name a few more things but I’ll leave it right here and say to all those hens that think that he still loves JA and will go back to her get a life.
I just don’t like the fact that he says she was dragged in by the writer when she asked him to stop the tape. She probably told him that lie when she was asked about the interview and I believed she was.
AJ knows she hates her and can’t do anything about that.
He didn’t call her sweetheart he said she was a sweetheart. Get it right.
He did talk about Angie and was nice, who cares that he talked about JA . I DONT like the fact that he said she was fooled into making comments about AJ. It’s very clear that she is manipulative and jealous and by the way he nows it. He’s is trying to hold on to the masses. Why? Not Oscar but he wants every one to like him. He’s Mr. Nice Guy so sweet and humble.
Just don’t forget he lusted after a woman and ran after her. Divorced his wife for her. If he didn’t why did he wait two days after he was seperated to get with her.This stuff happens everyday to common people.
I told u before in the last post JA and BP deserve to be together so they can live out their patheic HW life together. Go tanning and smoke pot and resorting. A life less ordinary.
I wish she had gotten with somebody else. Someone who really appreciates what she is really about. I don’t think he is as deep as she is. Really he just pretends because it’s cool.
just saw the E news spot on Brad… nothing new at all.. But as they were showing the W pics and explaining how and why they were made, I just think his decision will make me at least, and I am sure others too; to look at the covers of all those magazines in a different way. I am beginning to really love the pics now. I don’t wear a lot of make up..I also hated that at the end of the show they showed Debra Messing and said she had no make up on… Oh and that Julianna said (Poor Debra).. Why is is so bad to be seen as a real person? When I met my boyfriend I was on the way to the store and I had on baggy jeans a scarf on my head and not a stitch of make up. He approached me, and I almost fainted.. I could not believe that he or anyone for that matter would give me the time of day looking as I did…But you know when I asked him about it, he said that it was just that I had that I don’t care air and he found it sexy… Swoon… But back to Brad.. When you look at his pictures, it just makes him more real… Makes him more like the rest of us who leave our houses with out a crew to make us up and hide the imperfections. Because non of us are perfect.. And the stars we see on the covers of the mags are just like us and Brad… except most of them don’t have the guts to let the world see them as they are. Not the makeup and fancy clothes … But them raw and real. Don’t forget how some of the mags post that issue of STARS WITHOUT MAKEUP.. I have to say I proud of his decision.
Oh Brad… I do so still love you…
And to the fans, lets not buy into the drama. We may get to see the Brange.. Angie and Brad love each other, and that it the final word. They are together and we are here speculating on a relationship we don’t get to see in real life. I am sure Brad and Angie are fine. They are enjoying their success.. but more important then that; they are a family.. What we say or think is not apart of their everyday lives. I think we the fans are blowing this out of proportion. Giving hates what they have wanted… Divide and conquer. The Brange fan base is a force to be reckoned with.. but divided the attackers win.. I say no… I say we don’t have to agree with his statements, but respect his right to say what he feels and thinks. Angie is the only one who could be upset… I don’t think she is.. So we the fans should follow their example… We stand united and we don’t allow anyone to divide the Brange fan base..
I find it funny that people who say Jennifer has a great and better life without Brad want them back together… Well that will never happen. Brad is confident and has moved on.. Therefore he does not need to hate on Jennifer. Happy people don’t attack.. They just enjoy their own life…Brad and Angie are happy people.
He looks like a very handsome grandfather
Mimi, you need help. Seriously. I am not trying to dis’ you or attack you, but for you to ridicule Brad for saying something nice about the woman he was married to and was in a relationship with for over six years is very ignorant and immature…..WHY BE SO NEGATIVE AND HATEFUL???
….I admit that I would love for Brad to SCREAM his love for Angie to the world…but he’s ALREADY DOING THAT EVERYDAY FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS IN HIS PRIVATE LIFE WITH ANGELINA….and he’s a grown man. He doesnt have to prove anything to anybody, and that includes his fans. He is STILL his own man. We as fans DO NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP OF HIM. I dont really care for the way his ex-wife has tried to swipe at Angelina in the press, but for you to expect him to “pick a side” or ridicule his ex in any way would not be advantageous to Angie or, more importantly, his kids.
His taking the ‘high road’ is one of the most classy, wise, and gentlemanly things that I’ve ever seen a man do.
…Have you any idea how many precious moments Brad has spent with Angie? (TEACHING MADDOX TO RIDE A MOTORBIKE AND SNOWBOARD DOWN A SLOPE. GOING TO ETHIOPIA TO ADOPT A SICK CHILD. WITNESSING THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST DAUGHTER SHILOH. WITNESSING THE ‘HEROIC’ BIRTH OF HIS TWINS KNOX AND VIVIENNE. WATCHING AS ANGIE & HER BROTHER MOURNED THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER, AFTER SITTING VIGIL WITH ANGIE BY HER MOTHERS BEDSIDE)…
…Do you realize that Brad has spent some of the most significant memories of his life with Angelina at his side? His love for Angie knows no bounds, and the life they’ve created have allowed him to forge beautiful relationships with six human beings that he otherwize would have never know had it not been for his meeting Angie. As he said on Charlie Rose…”..its the biggest love I’ve ever known!…”
Brad is a good guy…and he is also someone who is not going to waste his time on pointless feuds.
Fans need to realize that he made his choice. At this point, I believe he could meet up with Juliet Lewis, Gweneth Paltrow, AND EVEN his ex-wife, and have nothing but a warm hug, and a kind word for them. And thats how it should be.
I remain suspicious of his ex-wifes motives, as I believe many fans will….but Brad has done (and said) the right thing.
…Thats our Brad.
Love him.
God Bless the Jolie-Pitts.
You are GORGEOUS, BRAD. I love you.
mimi @ 01/07/2009 at 3:13 pm please explain @ 01/07/2009 at 10:52 am
Because BBT didn’t attack Brad in the press and did not encourage his fans to wish death on Brad’s children —– that’s why?
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Good Lord, talk about stretching things. Get a grip, Mimi.
From jjb…
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the reporter who interviewed Brad for W said (on Daily 10?) that Brad has the least interest of anyone in his “past lovelife”- funny!
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If Brad had come out and trashed Jen, I would know that he has changed from the Brad we know. The fact that he didn’t shows he is still the same man that we all - his fans love. A real man who sees no need to slam his ex love in order to validate his new love. He is not negative and it’s a true representation of his life now. He is happy with his decisions and his life and no need to dwell and stain the past.
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