Brad Pitt Watch

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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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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I don’t often rant on this website, but today I am going to.

I don’t go to the movie theater often. A few weeks ago we did bring the kids to see Kung Fu Panda, but the last time we’d gone before that was probably sometime last summer (its been so long I can’t even remember). I have a hard time justifying spending money like that when I can wait a few months and see it much cheaper at home.

This summer there are a few great movies coming out that I’d really like to see. I love Christian Bale and the Dark Knight looks great (I’m just really glad that they got rid of Katie Holmes…for some reason she rubs me the wrong way), Incredible Hulk is supposed to be awesome, and there are a few other movies that look extremely appealing, including Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I probably will not, however, drive to the theater and spend the money to see any of these, for the simple fact that although I really want to see them, I find that I can definitely wait until fall for them to be released on DVD.

The one movie that I have wanted to see for months is, of course, Wanted. And what do I find? None of the theaters around here are playing it. There is one theater that is about 12 miles from me and that has three screens. It’s playing Wall-E, Incredible Hulk, Kung-Fu Panda, and Get Smart. The one that is about a half an hour away is playing Kung-Fu Panda, Get Smart, and Wall-E.

Okay, I said to myself you’ve waited this long, you can wait another week to see it, right?

Next week both are getting in Hancock. And that’s it.

The chances then, my friends, of me being able to see Angelina on the big screen looks to be slim to none.

Sometimes living in rural Vermont is a real pain in the butt.

I’m not sure WHEN I’m going to get to watch Wanted (as I live in rural Vermont and the local theater doesn’t have it on the list for this week! The bastards!…excuse the language, but they really bug me!), so I’m looking for some reviews for those of you who have seen it! Come here and leave a comment letting us know what you thought of it, or email me at randi.morse(at)hughes.net (you can also email any tips or questions to that address) and I’ll put the reviews up this weekend so that everyone can see what you think of Wanted!

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!

I’m so, SO excited to see Wanted! There’s only one problem - my local cinema isn’t advertising it as something that they’re playing this weekend!

WHAT?!

For some reason, the only film that they’re showing opening next weekend is the Disney/Pixar film, Wall-E (which I’m on the fence about taking my kids to see - it just doesn’t look that good).

Where, oh where, am I going to have to drive to in order to see Wanted?!

Oh - by the way - Wanted currently has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes so far - that’s almost unheard of! I wonder what its final rating will be!

Some Brad photos…just because

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!

A lot of my readers also read Sherry over at Pitt Watch. Brad Pitt Watch began a long while after Pitt Watch began, and I knew that I would have an uphill battle if I would ever be considered even halfway as good as a Jolie-Pitt family website as she had. It took a long time, and a lot of learning, before I found resources and learned how to be a professional blogger (I still giggle at that term some days).

Then Sherry became my adversary - I was determined to beat her! Every day I tried my best to scoop her - some days I managed to! Most days, however, I did not.

Eventually, after a long while, our “scooping” war ended, and we became friendly towards each other! Now I consider Sherry a friend in this busy Jolie-Pitt world. There have been some nights where the two of us have stayed up very late trying to bring the best pictures we can to our loyal and lovely readers. It has given us a sort of bond.

And now, Wanted is on the verge of coming out. In a little less than two weeks. Angelina Jolie will be taking to the big screen in a very active and much-hyped-up role. Neither Sherry nor I can wait to see it!

What would you think, however, if we saw it together?

It turns out Sherry and I live only a few hours away from each other, and it is absolutely feasible to meet and watch the movie together! What do you think, dear readers - would you be at all interested in Sherry and I meeting, watching Wanted, and writing about the entire experience?!

The internet is a wonderful thing, and can give you pieces of movies before they’ve even come out. I’m not sure where these came from, or how they got leaked online, but I’m not complaining (not after I just saw 9 minutes worth of the film - awesome action sequences!) I’m putting this below the cut line, just in case anyone doesn’t want to see 9 minutes worth of Angelina Jolie in Wanted! (and now I’m even more anxious for June 24th to come around - think I can talk my husband into going with me, or should I plan on going myself? Maybe Sherry over at PittWatch will meet me and we can watch it together!)

For the scenes, please click below!
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Here’s the English version of the trailer! Oh, and if you look at time 1:22, you’ll see Shiloh sitting with daddy :).

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First of all I’d like to apologize for not posting yesterday - sorry! We had a massive storm hit Vermont and it knocked out my power for 24 hours! You forget how much you love running water until you’re without it for 24 hours!

Once again Brad and Angelina have made the top ten in Forbe’s most powerful celebrities. Angelina actually came in third this year! Earning $14 million, Forbes says:


Despite the paparazzi, pregnancy and peace activism, the owner of the
world’s poutiest lips still managed to play a lusty animated witch and
the wife of a slain Wall Street Journal
reporter in the same year. Photos of her twins should fetch the highest
price ever for baby snaps. She’ll probably give the money to charity.

Brad hits the number 10 spot earning $20 million this year. Forbes says:

Rendered permanently cool with his roles in Fight Club, Seven and Ocean’s Eleven, Pitt remains one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors. Up next: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Spends down time flying around the world working for charities—and
adopting babies—with his girlfriend, actress Angelina Jolie.

The full top ten list is as follows:

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Beyonce Knowles
5. David Beckham
6. Johnny Depp
7. Jay-Z
8. The Police
9. J.K. Rowling
10. Brad Pitt

Well one thing has been proved - something is up. James McAvoy was at the Wanted photocall in Berlin, Germany Tuesday, which means that he should also be at the premiere. No Angelina, however, which means that we can safely assume that Angelina is probably on bed rest. I hope that she and the babies are doing well, and also hope that the kiddos are enjoying summer!

The word is out - there will be no London Wanted premiere. According to Premiere Hub, the premiere will not be held in the UK because of Angelina Jolie’s pregnancy. The people in London will really be missing out, because there will not be a premiere of The Incredible Hulk either!! If this information is right (and Lord only knows if it is when you find it online), then there will be no premiere to help us to know how Angelina and the babies are doing. I just hope that everyone is healthy and that the kids and mom and dad are enjoying the beginning of their summer together!