(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 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?

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!

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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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…

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!

I’m piled under a bit of a virtual mess right now - my work has got me buried! I will return later this evening, however, to post some great photos (send in by you guys - thanks!) and to talk about how well Wanted did this weekend (hint: it kicked butt!).

If you saw it, please leave a comment letting us know what you thought! And someone call my husband and tell him that he needs to take me to see it ASAP!!

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!

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 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.