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!

Rumors are flying that Zahara may have a broken arm due to the picture that was taken of her and her sister and mother on the veranda of their home the other day. I don’t believe that she has a broken arm…here is a picture of her at the beach a bit over a month ago, and beside it the picture of her the other day. This dresses look fairly similar, only the one she wore the other day had little sleeves on it.

She’s wearing a long sleeved white shirt, I believe, and I don’t think that she has a broken arm. What do you think?

Can you tell I got bored this evening?

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.

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!

No, these aren’t new pictures of the family (unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on how you look at it). They are pics of the boat trip that Brad, Angelina, Maddox and Pax took that I hadn’t seen before. How cute are these pics?!

Side Note - the lovely Lisa has reported that the address on Google Earth for Chateau Miraval is:

N 43 28′ 23″ E 6 O2′ 10″

Thanks for that Lisa! I wonder if this will be what is on Angie’s arm next?!

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In a very short time, there will be two new identical numbers on Angelina’s arm tattoo - it’ll be much closer to covering up the dragon! It just occurred to me that I have NO idea what the next numbers will be! Does anyone have any idea? We could always photoshop it in and see how it’ll look!

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What, I wondered, could I do to make everyone’s Monday a little nicer? Could I find the latest stories on Brad and Angelina? (I’ll keep searching). Should I do a review of the insanely awesome Kung Fu Panda and how I think that it could only have been made better if Angelina and a few of her co-stars had a bit more talking time? How about some hot pics of our favorite couple?

Yeah - that’ll work

Hope you have a wonderful week Jolie-Pitt fans!

Happy Father’s Day to a wonderful father who doesn’t care if he’s a celebrity or not. Brad always takes time out to play with the kids and has become known as the “hauler”, lifting one in his arms whenever he can. He always spends a bit of special time with each child, and has adjusted to being a father of four (soon to be six) children better than most men would. I hope that Brad has a relaxing and enjoyable day playing with the kids!

Remember to click to biggify - it’s HUGE and makes a great background!

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!

Just a few old skool pics of Brad I recently ran across…

It’s Friday. Here in Vermont it’s raining and fairly dreary out, and yet we’re supposed to get warm weather soon so the humidity is up. Basically, it’s a BLAH kind of day. What can I do to make a blah kind of day a bit nicer? Enter PhotoFriday! Enjoy and have a great weekend! Remember to click to biggify - some of these photos are huge and look much better in their original size!

More great photos of both Brad and Angie below!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELINA!

A birthday should be a day when everything is all about you, especially when you’re a mother. Mothers tend to be extremely self-less, and we often forget to make sure we spend a little time focusing on ourselves. With four children under 7 in her household, the arrival of two more right around the corner, a busy career, and a quest to make the lives of all of the children in the world better, Angelina is definitely a woman whom I hope can enjoy her birthday relaxing and spending time with her children and her lover.

Enjoy the photo collage! Click on it to see the large version - it makes a great wallpaper for your desktop (from personal experience).

If you would like to leave a birthday message for Angelina here in the comments, please do so, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that they get to her “people” so that they can get to her!

Happy Birthday Angelina from all of your fans who love you and your family at Brad Pitt Watch!