Pitts Make Namibia Popular
Namibia has become the subject of huge interest in the US since the arrival of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, according to the country's US ambassador. "The Namibian embassy in Washington DC has been inundated with calls from the US media and individuals," said Hopelong Ipinge. The film star couple arrived in the south African country in early April with Jolie's two adopted children. Jolie, who is eight months pregnant, is expected to give birth there. It will be an honour for Namibia to become the birthplace of her child," Ms. Ipinge said. She added that some American TV stations has asked for Namibian tourism marketing videos after requests from viewers.Namibia, Africa :: Above is Brad Pitt, 42, and Angelina Jolie, 30, leaving an African jewelry shop and loading into their Range Rover earlier this week. More pictures in the gallery!
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This is a letter that appeared in The Namibian online - credit to Quietmind25 at bradforums
I WAS shocked to read the report of the idiot hoax "bodyguards" who recently sprayed the interior of a nightclub in Swakopmund with pepper spray.
What sort of mentality of person would even contemplate doing something so ridiculous?
Obviously this resulted in chaos breaking out and upsetting the customers.
What would the outcome of such a foolish prank have been had this resulted in the death of an asthma sufferer? Angelina has returned to Swakopmund because she loves Namibia and so enjoyed the fact that she could previously move around freely here, without being hassled by media and pranksters.
The fact that she has brought Brad and the children with her on this occasion is an indication that she is hoping to receive the same treatment once again.
Let us be proud in Namibia that famous people such as Brad and Angelina are happy to visit our country and in doing so, are bringing fame and fortune to wherever they choose to stay.
However the acts of foolish pranksters and inquisitive, obnoxious members of the community will only drive these people away, never to return to a country that previously permitted them to go about their daily lives in peace.
Our daughter lives in America and she is proud to know that famous people from her part of the world are so happy to visit her hometown in the hope that they might enjoy the free and easy way of life that she remembers as a child.
Please leave Brad and Angelina and their family alone to enjoy our country and let's stop speculating as to what they are going to do next - that is their business.
S Southworth Swakopmund
# 56 | Passing Through -like I said before, he has never been out on the field before...at least I have not seeing any documentaries or articles written about him out there....I know that BP had several humanitarian trips under his belt...so, this is all a new thing for GC. We can all donate money and signed up supporting certain organizations, but to go out on the field, I am sure many of us here has not done so...therefore, I was suprise, as you are, that GC suddendly has this urged to jump on the bandwagon....but, as I see it, if he can get some attention to this or if he can help, then I am all for him to do so.
# 59 | teehee
You do not want to get me started on "Dances With Wolves". That has got to be one of the worst movies ever made. I know it won an Academy Award for Best Picture, but I figure the voters were all stoned and drunk that year. It's the only explanation I can come up with.
# 54 | Lady Stef, LCA-I was going to tell you that someone was looking for you yesterday, she said that she got the people magazine for you and she needs your info. I guess you've got the message. Go to sleep, get some rest, I am sure it's very late over there...see you!
# 62 | Estelle
Maybe he's feeling more kindly disposed towards others now that he has that BSA Oscar. I don't think the guy can act his way out of a wet paper bag, but I don't belong to the Academy and didn't get to vote!
im happy for angie and brad wish them the best angie and brad 4 ever toghther
# 61 | Lola | Hi Lola very nice post!!! Out of curiousity how do folks in Namibia feel in general about their stay in your country?
# 59 | teehee -I like Kingdom of Heaven, Dune( the series on SF channel is better than the movie)and Braveheart...;), but don't start with me on titanic or dances with wolves...I fell asleep in both movies...I don't how some woman saw titanic 50 times?...
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# 67 | guli
I'm not from Namibia. I'm from Boston, USA. LOL
The letter from the Namibian woman was posted on Bradforums.net by Quietmind 25. I just adore Brad & Angie and enjoy finding tidbits (non-tabloid related) and posting them for other like-minded fans. Long live the Jolie-Pitts
estelle, yeah i got the message today, shame i missed her i hope she finds my message to her. its about 10pm over at the mo, im on my second wind at the mo, hypo as you like! i was supposed to go out again tonight but i thought that was pushing it a abit too far, as have a very busy day at work tomorrow!
i cant wait to see the rest of angie interview, she was really looking good in the first part, so much so for people saying she looks unhealthy, she is positively glowing!
chanel...
me too!
thank you so much for feeling sorry for me I really need it because to be honest I really love Brad but I just thought I would be able to do a few movies and then have kids-When I have kids I want to dedicate the rest of my life to them-I ever wanted to be a working mom because what's the point. I feel many people have mis-understood my goals and intentions-I do owe a lot to my fans, but my life is my life-Brad is a good guy but he has faults too just like any other man. Vince and I will not marry or have kids together, we just found each other at this time-I wish Angelina and Brad Happiness-She didn't steal my husband we were over a long time ago-we drifted apart-Regardless of what you feel and say I too am human-
me
As far as charity work in Africa by famous people goes, AJ has
inspired a lot of people to do something either directly or
indirectly. She may or may not have said anything to GC directly
but with all the press she gets for it, some other celebrities are
jumping on the bandwagon. Some celebs will really be helpful to
the cause and others will be helping their own public image
because helping Africa has become a tredy thing to do in
Hollywood.
I have mixed feelings about it because on the one hand all
publicity--whether for selfish or unselfish reasons--raises
awareness, but on the other too many Lindsay Lohans and Jessica
Simpsons will take the seriousness off of the cause. The general
public might start getting dismissive of those who really do care
because the fluff of Hollywood is sullying the honorable intentions
of those like AJ, Bono, etc. GC may be doing this to really help, I
don't know, personally I don't care for him, but he always seem to
be involved in world issues so he may be genuine.
I guess the only real way to tell those who are helping because
they care from those who are helping because they care about
their image is to see who sticks around when the trendiness dies
down and who still will be fighting on the front lines even when
they don't have a project to promote. I guarantee you if Lindsay
Lohan doesn't have an album, movie or perfume to promote, you
won't hear about her flying to Africa to help anyone.
# 65 | Passing Through - I agree with you on that
# 71 | stef -I know, some people are just blind I tell you, they are too blind to see the beauty of AJ and the good in her.
70 | Lola | Sorry, by the way I love Boston, is that dig done yet, crap that is the only reason I hated coming to Boston, my ex was a Bostonian, I especially love Harvard square and the book stores. OK, I MUCKED up since I have my copy of my People Mag in my hand, I just skimmed thru your message. But, I wish someone would log in to JJ from Namibia. Sorry for the confusion :) People really did a nice job on our couple!
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Jared thanks for this! I remember watching this on the Tonight Show - he was soooo cute! I think it was around the same time that Brad appeared on Jackass on MTV. I think he was on two times - once dressed in a gorilla suit and the other time he pretended to get kidnapped in front of a movie theater. Brad's definitely got a great comedic side to him which I absolutely love to see. Like in MAMS, he was so adorable when he gets to be funny. And who can forget when he appeared on Friends as Rachel's ex for the Thanksgiving Show. You can imagine that is more like how he really is in real life. Anyway - he is - I'll take him! He is divine.
estelle...
i read somewhere today that brad has flown back to the US as he is worried about his daughters and angies health risks, he really is a trooper. i hope its just a check up appointment, and not cos z has fallen ill. however, we dont even know if this is even true yet, we all know what the press is like!
On another note - I didn't even realize that Friends with Money was out yet. I guess it's that good - I haven't even seen it promote on TV yet.
Hey stef were did you read this??
# 78 | stef -Brad going back to the US?...but his family is still in Namibia no?...I am confused, so the whole family is back in the US?
# 72 | anniston's feelings
We are good people, we just mad at you for throwing that pity party and trying to make Brad and Angie look bad. Now that we see how happy they are, we can't help but feel sorry for you.
You said
When I have kids I want to dedicate the rest of my life to them
When is that gonna be? You can't keep such things on hold. You don't want to be 45yrs old with a 3 yrs baby. It's not cool. Look at Reese witherspoon, she was just crowned the hippiest mom and she's only thirty. In my humble opinion, you should take a break from acting, move to illinois withh VV, whom everybody likes and just be normal. You don't need this Hollywood BS, you are not made for it. You are the girl next door, the head cheer leader at the local high school, the one everybody loves to hate because she's always perky. Cash it all in Ms. Aniston and try to live a normal life.
Another thing, please stop smoking, it's unhealthy and don't worry about what anyone says. If you know who you are, their words can't hurt you. Final advise, stand by your man. This is very importand.
Adios Ms. Aniston and be well.
That skit had me rolling. Brad is good at comedy
ill just find it back in a minute!
here is a couple, ive seen i somewhere else but for the life of me cant remember, remember its tabloids so coulb be a bunch of pants(by this term i mean underpants not trousers) lol!
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=16445
http://www.megastar.co.uk/ents/news/2006/04/28/sMEG01MTE0NjIxNDA3NjI.html
oh this one too, it is not a tabloid, its a net server company, so they are not making money from the stories, so it could be true, just dont know.
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/14223.htm?linkfrom=&link=link_1&article=entertainmenthome2ndrow1ststory
i take that abck they got the information from The daily star, trashy british paper, worse than the Sun! still take it as you like.
I don't think that is true anyway.In the interview Angelina looked very healyhy and happy and Zahara looked very healthy and happy in the photos and Brad said in his interview that Namibia was the place that they want to be for the time being.And if they were planing to give birth in Namibia why to make such a trip when there are hospitals and doctors in africa if there's a health problem?
I just think it's another fake speculaion just to complicate thinks.
thats what i thought.
infact south africa has some of the best hospitals. There is a private hospital in Cape Town that has many of the leading surgens and docs in world! thats only a 30min flight from namibia, that would make more sense if there was a problem.