Brad Pitt Watch

Looks like James Haven is lending Brad a hand when it comes to corralling the punks! James showed up at the hospital bringing Maddox with him (who has the most awesome new haircut EVA - I wonder if Pax has the same one now!) The two visited Angelina and I’m sure a good time was had by all.

(There’s been a lot of talk around the net about James getting hot - he’s Angelina’s brother, how could he be anything but hot?!)

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I’m sorry I didn’t post yesterday Jolie-Pitt fans. One weekend a month we have an 8 year old girl for respite, and things kind of go a bit haywire when that happens. Going from a 2 children home to a 3 children home is a bit crazy, so I can only imagine what it will be like for Angelina and Brad when the twins are born and they go from four children to six!

I hope all the Jolie-Pitt fans in the US had a happy Fourth of July and were able to experience some time with friends and family and some great fireworks! I found myself wondering yesterday if Brad and Angelina celebrate the 4th of July or not!

It looks to be a slow news weekend (watch me say that and then have Angelina give birth), but we do have a few tidbits!

The first is the screen that was being put up in a window in the birthing center Angelina is in. Its a huge opaque screen and I find myself wondering if it is there to help shelter Angelina, or if it is there to stop some of those other women from exposing themselves to the paparazzi and bringing more attention to the hospital!

Next is a great photo of the birthing center Angelina is in - I’ve seen some photos before, but this one is AWESOME. Its beautiful! Truly, if I were in France giving birth, I’d want to be somewhere as gorgeous as this center (why is it that the French do everything with flair?)

Also, it appears that the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, has claimed that the twins will have the option to claim French citizenship.

“That is for the citizens of Nice a very great honor and a great satisfaction. We are very happy for this choice of Mrs. Angelina Jolie and Mr. Brad Pitt and I want to say to them that I wish a lot of joy to them and the babies, and great success for all of their lives.” Mr. Estrosi said.

Apparently, the twins will have to have their primary residence in France for 5 years after they are 11 years old in order to get French citizenship. Regardless of whether or not they have French citizenship, Mr. Estrosi says that they are always welcome in Nice.

“All their lives they will be Nicois and all their life they will be able to come to Nice and we will receive them with great honor.”

(Nicois is the term for a citizen of Nice)

Now for the dilemma - I’m leaving next weekend to do a little camping with my family. We’re only going to be gone Saturday and Sunday, but chances are extremely high that I will not be able to check my email…and I’m extremely concerned that it will be the weekend Brad and Angelina welcome their twins!

So I’m thinking about doing something truly unique.

I’m thinking about allowing one of my faithful readers to take over the blog for that weekend. I will give them access to this blog from Friday, July 11th until late Sunday night, July 13th, and they will be able to post…well…whatever they’d like! They can put up photos, they can write about the family and how they love them, or they can have the honor of being the one to report on the birth of the latest additions (if Angelina has the babies by then, of course).

What do you think - would one of you be willing to help me out and post on the blog for a weekend?

And this is one reason that I love writing about this family - I’m sure if Brad and Angelina knew about this, they’d be laughing hysterically.

Let me set the scene:

The paparazzi are staked out in front of the hospital, trying to get pictures of Angelina. Suddenly a woman shows up in a window. The paparazzi are fairly sure they know which window Angelina is in, and when they see this woman they believe it may be her. The woman then lifts up her shirt and proceeds to show her pregnant belly to the photographers, as if to show the world that yes, she is still pregnant.

But wait…is that Angelina?

Hmmm, I think not! Angelina has a very large, very noticable tattoo on her lower belly…like so:

Meanwhile, Brad has been visiting Angelina with the kiddos - I haven’t seen pics of Maddox and Pax visiting yet, but I’m sure that they are. I’ve been in the hospital while I was pregnant and my firstborn was at home, and its torture! You want to be with them, but you need to focus on the new baby (or, in Angelina’s case, babies) as well, and so when your child visits you’re trying to give them all the love you can for their short visit…I hope that she doesn’t have to deal with this separation for too long!

Okay, first thing’s first - the press conference (which I’m told was very short) was just to assure everyone that Angelina and the babies are all doing well and that she and the doctor will be staying in the hospital until the birth of the twins…and he wouldn’t reveal the due date. Hey, I’m fine with not knowing the exact date, for as long as they’re inside mommy, they’re getting bigger and healthier. Also, it’s a bit more like Christmas without know the date, isn’t it? You’re never quite sure what you’ll find in the morning when you check your news! You can rest assured, should Angelina Jolie have her babies, you’ll get the news here as soon as it happens!

Now, for the review…

I just got back from seeing Wanted and, I’ve gotta tell you, I definitely have to do a review. I’m going to review the movie and the theater as well, for what would a good movie be without a good theater to see it in? The review is below the cut, as I may accidentally post a few spoilers and I wouldn’t want to ruin anyone’s enjoyment of the film, so before you click, remember that there may be spoilers below!

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Perez and Y! Entertainment are both reporting that Angie’s OB, Dr. Michel Sussmann, is going to be giving a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Wait - Wednesday afternoon - France time or American time?! I hate time zones!! Update: it sounds like the press conference will be at 11:30 am. EST - I’ll be watching for it!

And, wouldn’t you know it, today is the day that I’m going to see Wanted this afternoon! The husband is picking me up at noon and we’re driving 45 minutes away to go see the movie! EEEEPPP!

No one is quite sure what he will be announcing - whether it is the birth of the twins or that Angelina is just being watched for a time. We do know, however, that she arrived at the hospital by helicopter on Sunday afternoon, that she has a 4 room suite at the hospital, and that our beloved Brad was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday morning with one of the kiddos (not sure which one and I’m totally looking for photos of this). Edited to add - found the photo! Love the internet!

I’ll keep an eye out until I leave, and I’m debating whether to bring the laptop with me or have the 13 year old babysitter keep her eye out on the situation! What do you think?!

Thanks for the update Linnea! (sorry I can’t do the fancy little dash over the e - I’m not that talented!)

A new update! A French magazine, Closer, has announced that Angelina Jolie has given birth, but it doesn’t say anything else…

People is reporting that Angelina Jolie has checked into a hospital for the birth of the twins! According to the Associated Press, the hospital administration says that her admittance has been expected for a long time.

Rumors are flying and everyone is wondering if she is there for observation or if she is there to have the twins!

I’ll keep you updated…

Thanks for the tip CSerenity!

Hey gang! Just popping in for a few minutes because I discovered that Wanted is doing excellently at the theaters! It was released in 3,175 theaters (800 fewer than Wall-E, by the way), and the Friday estimate is $18,764,000!

For the record, Wall-E has only made $23,300,000. Wall-E made less than $5 Million more than Wanted and was released in 800 more theaters (Wall-E was released in 3,992 theaters). If Wanted had been released in as many theaters, chances are high that it would not only have equaled the amount Wall-E made, it would have surpassed it!

Hope you’re all having a great weekend! Remember, keep sending your favorite Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt photos to randi.morse(at)hughes.net - I’m putting all of them up Sunday afternoon so that we can all have an enjoyable eye feast! So far I’ve gotten some amazing shots (many that I’d never seen before), so send them in!

I’m probably going to be pretty absent tomorrow - we’ve got to go check out yard sales and then will be lighting off fireworks later in the afternoon/evening, and since we’ve got quite a few people coming (which sort of just…happened), I won’t be able to spend much time on here! boo! I WILL, however, check to make sure that Angelina hasn’t had the babies (although some sites are swearing that she’s had them already but that they do not want the public knowing this yet).

So until Sunday, when I will be much freer, I leave you with a few pictures! FIRST up is the perfect woman. Some intrepid photoshopper had a lot of time on their hands and decided to create the perfect woman. Want to see?

Obviously this woman is a mixture of more than one famous woman. Can you guess who? The answer is below the cut!

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A French website, Pure People, is claiming that Angelina will give birth to the twins at Chateau Miraval. They claim that her doctor believes that it is safer for her to deliver at the Chateau, and has set up a room designed specifically for that purpose in the villa. Apparently all is in readiness if Angelina and Brad decide that they want to give birth in the nearby hospital as well.

I love, in that picture, how it looks as though Shiloh has spotted the paparazzi! You know what this means? When she’s a teenager she’ll be really good at avoiding them whenever she wants

Weeks of not seeing her, of dealing with bed rest and birth rumors, and we’ve finally got a shot of Angelina! It looks like she was outside playing with Zahara and Shiloh - I’m not sure who the older man is…Brad’s father? A doctor? It’s kind of hard to tell with how blurry these are - they came from Entertainment Tonight, when they flashed a picture of the In Touch magazine (you can bet these pics will be in their next magazine).

Wow. Angelina is HUGE! Those babies are definitely making their presence known! Seeing her like this makes it very obvious that she is definitely having twins. I, for one, am just happy that everyone looks happy and healthy! Looking at how large she’s gotten, I would also hazard a guess that she’s due fairly soon! All I know is that its just nice to see her and the girls happy and healthy.

Everyone has been showing Angelina Jolie interviews due to Wanted coming out in a few short days. I decided I’d spend some time trying to dig up some Brad Pitt interviews, when I uncovered the best Brad Pitt interview we’ve ever seen - at least, in my opinion!

Members of the Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press were able to go to the Santa Barbara awards ceremony and to get interviews by both Brad and Angelina Jolie. Remember this picture:

Those are the two students, Eliana & Harrison, were able to interview Brad and Angelina. I remember writing about the Santa Barbara Film Festival because it was where Angelina wore a loose fitting shirt over her dress, first fueling the rumors that she was pregnant. Their interview with Brad was amazing. Part of me wants to say it was cute, but the questions that these young journalists raised were excellent questions, and deserve much more praise than just the term “cute”. They conducted themselves very professionally (I would’ve been melted into a puddle by that point), and have my utmost respect for having the courage to interview some of the most famous actors in the world.

Their interview with Angelina was also excellent! Near the end of the interview, as she’s walking off, Angelina says, “Great interview! Best I’ve ever had!” If these interviews are a precursor to the future, Eliana & Harrison are definitely going places!

The following is a guest post by writer Michael Nolan. If you’d like to see the guest post I wrote in exchange, head on over to Frugal Mania!

I guess I should start by saying that I adore children. I say that because you probably won’t think I do in a minute or two.

That said, I have to also say that Angelina Jolie is probably one of the most beautiful women in the world - bar none - and Brad Pitt is nothing to scoff at either. I can appreciate how the former has risen from being a skanky drifter in Thelma & Louise to People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (so many times that I stopped counting at some point) and how the latter has overcome Billy Bobgate to become a worldwide ambassador for things that are good and right.

With that out of the way I have to tell you that as an innocent disinterested third party I can’t for the life of me understand what the draw is for celebrity adoptions of children from other countries, especially seeing as there are thousands upon thousands of children right here in the U.S. that need loving homes.

I don’t want to believe that these adoptions are public relations stunts, but what other logical conclusion can I draw? It isn’t even just Brangelina who seems to be guilty of this. Good old Madge (that’s what folks in-the-know are calling Madonna these days) has gone from being the gap-toothed sex goddess of the universe to writing children’s books and adopting children all over the world.

At what point do these celebrities wake up and realize that we need to take care of our dirty laundry at home before we start shopping for new accessories on the international marketplace? Maybe I’m just bitter because as a gay man who desperately seeks fatherhood, I don’t have the luxury of adopting with the apparent ease afforded these celebrity parents who seem to be a part of the International Child of the Month Club.

The only thing I know for sure is that if Brad and Angelina don’t slow down soon, their next home is going to have to be an ark.

About the Author: Michael Nolan is the oft-opinionated but never duplicated writer for Frugal Mania and a dozen other blogs scattered here and there across the ‘net. Feel free to visit and leave your love/hate letters anytime…he gets bored and needs something to laugh at from time to time.

Sorry I’ve been away for a few days! I guess I needed a little R&R. I’ll be back full-strong, though, by Tuesday. There will be a guest post tomorrow morning by 451 Press writer Michael Nolan, who writes the money-saving blog Frugal Mania, as he wishes to share this thoughts about the Jolie-Pitt family!

Or, her likeness anyway.

The fame of Brad and Angelina has spread, and now its possible to buy her “exact likeness” in a doll!

*insert cheesy informercial sales-person voice here*

That’s right! Now and only now can you get your hands on one of the hottest women in the planet! This Angelina Jolie doll began its life as a 16-inch Coal Sybarite by Superdoll. Thanks to the talented hands of Noel Cruz, this doll has been transformed into international superstar Angelina Jolie! Using three dimensional shading and painting, this doll looks almost alive. The breasts have been enhanced in order to make her look real. She has even undergone a manicure and a pedicure!

Buyer has the options of having Angelina’s tattoos painted on her body, for an extra fee, of course. Price ranges from $15 to $35, depending on the complexity of the tattoo. The medium brown and black wig come with the doll, and even though she does not show up with clothes, she will show up “carefully wrapped”. The green wig, however, is not in perfect condition, but can be included if the buyer wants it as well.

If you’d like this amazing Angelina Jolie doll, act fast! Bidding is over on June 20th and is currently going for the low, low price of $1,299!

For the record: I think that this auction is just a bit silly. Over $1,200 for a doll?! Aside from that, the seller has a fairly low Ebay rating (95.2%), which is low enough that I would never purchase from them. Click here to see the Angelina Jolie Doll.

P.S. Where’s the Brad Pitt doll?!

Well, in a way they are, anyway. Angelina recently did an interview with MTV about Wanted - if you haven’t seen it yet, it is an amazing interview. In it she talks about a number of things, such as how it was to roll around with James McAvoy:

MTV: This is your first action flick since “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” I would think it’s a little different rolling around with James McAvoy than with Brad?

Jolie: Well, you know Brad was … [Laughs.] I’ll always prefer rolling around on the floor with him than any other man. You know, in general. [Laughs.]

And how it is working while taking care of the kids:

MTV: With all that’s going on with your family and your humanitarian work, is it harder to get up and go make a movie now?

Jolie: Yeah, it’s not the thing you love the most. I love being a mom and I do love traveling and the work I get to do with children in the field and with refugees. Brad and I take turns working. So instead of it being “I get to work next,” it’s “You have to work next, because it’s your turn. I’m staying home with the kids.”

And then there’s this little gem:

MTV: You show off a lot of tattoos in the film. Are they all yours?

Jolie: No, we added a bunch. I had “toil” and “tears” based on [Winston] Churchill’s speech. I had binary codes that are actually my kids’ initials. I have “strength of will” in four different languages. “Know your rights” in different languages. It’s things like that. Very few people pick up on it, but it was [something I did] for me.

Hmm, really? Let’s check this out, shall we?

Here’s a good pic that shows the tattoos fairly well! Now a closeup…

Are they really the initials? Here’s the alphabet in binary code:

A = 01000001 B = 01000010 C = 01000011 D = 01000100 E = 01000101 F = 01000110 G = 01000111 H = 01001000 I = 01001001 J = 01001010 K = 01001011 L = 01001100 M = 01001101 N = 01001110 O = 01001111 P = 01010000 Q = 01010001 R = 01010010 S = 01010011 T = 01010100 U = 01010101 V = 01010110 W = 01010111 X = 01011000 Y = 01011001 Z = 01011010

When you translate it it turns out to be: BP (Brad Pitt), ZM (Zahara Marley), PT (Pax Thien), MC (Maddox Chivan), and SN (Shiloh Nouvel).

How cool is that?!

If you’re looking for a new Wanted clip, head over to Empire - they’ve got a great one up!