Jolie-Pitt Love

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Not only did they make a mark on Our Town -- Chicago kind of made a permanent mark on them as well.

Seems longtime tattoo devotee Jolie and Pitt treated themselves to more tattoos while the actress was here filming ''Wanted.''

According to a good source, an artist for the Chicago Tattooing Co. on West Belmont slipped up to the 18th floor of the Peninsula Hotel and spent the better part of a day needling not only Angelina and Brad, but also some members of their staff and security team.

The couple's children were left out as they are below the legal age for tattooing in Illinois.

When I called Chicago Tattooing owner Nick Colella to confirm all this -- and hopefully learn details about the couple's new tattoos -- he politely, but very firmly, refused to comment on the ''Brangelina'' inking story.

''I can't say anything,'' said the tattoo titan.

But, just as we were hanging up, Colella did ask, ''Who called you about this?''

Well I can't wait to see their new tattoos. Especially Brad's.

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Hip hop star Eve has admitted to having various celebrity lesbian crushes.

The 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind' singer told HX: "My girl-crush is Angelina Jolie. That's an everybody girl-crush -that's my dog's crush!"

The rapper added that she also has a soft spot for Marilyn Manson's former lover Dita Von Teese. She commented: "I want a Dita Von Teese doll and I'll be happy. She's just bananas!"

Talking about her gay fans she said: "Gay women are way more aggressive than men - I will definitely say that.

"But it doesn't bother me. I've never been disrespected in any way. If I'm like, 'Yo, I get it, but I don't swing that way,' then it's all love."

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Paparazzi frame up Angelina Jolie as she makes her way to the CTA platform near the Harold Washington Library. (Tribune photo by E. Jason Wambsgans / August 17, 2007)

Tires screeching, we wheeled around the corner of Rush and Chicago, barely missing a pack of pedestrians. "Sorry folks -- watch it!" the photographer yelled as he pounded the accelerator of his SUV and sped east on Chicago.

He was on the hunt, chasing a black Ford Expedition belonging to the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt entourage, and it had just departed the Peninsula Hotel. I'd been interviewing the photographer in his SUV, and when the chase began I went along for the wild ride.

He and the dozen other paparazzi tailing the Expedition had no clue who was inside. At the moment, though, the vehicle's human cargo was beside the point. Thanks to the caprices of a traffic control aide, eight taxis, a Ford F-150 and an OfficeMax truck, the photographer -- with me, slightly nervous, in the passenger seat -- was trailing his quarry by several blocks.

Then word from a fellow photographer and friend came in over the two-way radio, announcing that the Expedition was nearly at Lake Shore Drive. Cursing, my driver floored it, using the turn lane to bypass traffic. As he reached the Drive, his cell phone rang. Another photographer was right on the Expedition's tail, and he was willing to give directions.

The SUV's speedometer quickly reached 80, well over the Drive's 45 m.p.h. limit. Per instructions, he exited at Wilson and headed west, using the wrong side of the street as a passing lane and narrowly avoiding several head-on collisions as he snaked in and out of traffic. Finally, sweating and out of breath, he pulled up behind a line of paparazzi at a stoplight.

Then, for the first time that day, he reached into the camera bag at my feet, pulled out a camera and slung it around his neck. We weren't done yet.

Our chase began at the Peninsula, the luxury hotel where Pitt, Jolie and their ever-expanding brood stayed while Jolie was in Chicago shooting the movie "Wanted." When I arrived there that morning, I saw no signs that a dozen or so paparazzi were staking out the hotel.

I later found out that most remained in their cars, hiding behind their tinted windows and making the most of the air conditioning. Several said they paid the valet at Rosebud on Rush $40 a day to secure parking spots with a view of the Peninsula and its loading dock, where Jolie and Pitt loaded up their SUVs before attempting to venture outward. A paparazzo might have left his car for the occasional cigarette break or to run to the Giordano's across from the Peninsula for a slice of pizza, but the ones who knew what they were doing stayed out of sight, watching, until their quarry presented itself.

The paparazzi are a secretive lot. Some are tight-lipped because they want to safeguard their turf and tipsters. Others worry about the negative publicity that accompanies their work. The paparazzo I was with asked that we not use his name because he was concerned it would upset some of his clients, acknowledging the hypocrisy of invading others' privacy while protecting his own.

"People do a lot of things in this business that they aren't happy about, that they don't tell everybody else about," he said. "People know who I am. It's just a little different when you make the paper and you're the poster child for an organization."

While some photographers work full time as paparazzi, many alternate chasing stars with more conventional gigs.

"Sometimes, the people who do this work for the local newspaper and are just [photographing celebrities] on the side to make some money," said Francois Navarre, founder and president of X17, which is one of the largest paparazzi agencies in Los Angeles.

The paparazzi are aware of the negative implications associated with their job. Critics say that their pursuit of their targets borders on stalking, and that the high-speed chases they instigate endanger celebrities and innocent motorists. But most paparazzi are quick to say that they're just another part of our celebrity-driven culture, that the stars are perfectly aware when they're being photographed and that many don't exactly mind when they see their faces in People magazine.

"We aren't trespassing; we're just trying to get a story," said Raul Rodriguez, a paparazzo from L.A. who came to Chicago in pursuit of Jolie. "I haven't seen any pictures from when she's been here where she looks upset. She's smiling, enjoying her work, enjoying being with her kids and Brad.

"It's part of the game," he added. "We're basically contributing to their publicity."

Rodriguez said that in the eight years he's been photographing celebrities, he's never been involved in a car accident. But he acknowledged that sometimes things can get out of hand when the paparazzi are chasing a target.

"In L.A., it's really tense," he said. "There are people who don't have the skills to drive. They're nervous. They want to get the photos."

Driving in Chicago has been more sedate, he said, although the city's numerous one-way streets and the abundance of pedestrians on the Magnificent Mile, near the Peninsula, have caused occasional snags.

It might seem odd that Jolie and Pitt's brief jaunt to Chicago has drawn Rodriguez and other paparazzi away from the star-laden streets of New York and Los Angeles. But Jolie and Pitt are at the top of the celebrity A-list not necessarily in terms of talent, but in terms of their ability to draw readers to celebrity magazines.

"It changes every week, but they're always in the top 10," Navarre said. "Right now, No. 1 is Britney [Spears], then Katie Holmes, then Angelina."

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I apologize for the lack of updates. Sometimes real life takes up a lot of time, lol. anyway I'll make it up to you now with these little tidbits

Brad is expected to make an appearance at the Toronto Film Festival-Globandmail.com
Brad and Angelina will attend a fundraiser in Springfield, MO-SBJ
Brad will produce a transsexual drama for FX-Hollywood Reporter

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Finally! It's looking pretty good!

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Long time no see... on to some updates

Brad Pitt shares hopes, dreams for New Orleans
Hollywood star lends his time, celebrity to rebuilding Ninth Ward

Brad Pitt doesn't pretend that the 18 apartments and five homes rising in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward are anything more than a start toward the massive job of rebuilding from the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina. But the Hollywood star believes the project he's putting his time and celebrity behind is an important step toward shaping what the area could become.

“It doesn't feel like much of a victory when you look at the overall problem here,” he told TODAY’s Ann Curry during a tour of the construction site one week before the second anniversary of the killer storm. “Katrina was a manmade disaster. The misconception is that it was nature. But this is manmade — decades and decades of erroneous engineering moves and really, really bad, bad irresponsible moves that I believe government has a responsibility to make right.”

Pitt and his wife, Angelina Jolie, have adopted New Orleans. In January, they bought an early-19th-century mansion in the French Quarter. Not long afterward, Pitt teamed with Global Green USA to sponsor a competition to design environmentally friendly and energy-efficient housing for the Ninth Ward.

“I care very much for the area,” he said. “I met a 60-year-old man when I first arrived here to look into this. He said, ‘I did everything right. I got a job. I bought a home. I raised my kids in that home. They did the same. Now, one kid's in Atlanta, another one's in Houston. We're all split apart and we've been wiped out. What do I do?’

“He’s right,” Pitt said. “That’s unacceptable.”

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Ever since the project was first announced, there has been much speculation about Angelina's involvement in this Clint Eastwood directed film. Now for the first time Jolie goes on the record regarding her role in The Changeling:

“I’m looking forward to a film I get to do with Clint Eastwood. It’s so cool. And it’s a great script,”

About working with Eastwood Jolie had this to say:

“An amazing chance to work with an amazing man, a hero of mine.”

When asked about the Oscar winning director's approach to shooting, she replied:

“I’ve heard it’s great. I’ve heard it’s very quick. You’ve got to get your stuff together and get ready because he doesn’t linger…which I think is wonderful. He expects people to come prepared and get on with their work.”

“The Changeling” will mark Eastwood’s first return to the director’s chair since his one-two punch in 2006 of “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima.” No word yet on whether Eastwood will appear in the film.

The Changeling is set to begin in Los Angeles in October. (SOURCE)

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Angelina Wants to Save the World
'A Mighty Heart' is the story of Mariane Pearl's unquenchable spirit. It's not a bad description of the actress who plays her, either.

June 25, 2007 issue - Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to dress actors in Pakistani police uniforms, hand them AK-47s and stand them in the dirt courtyard of a Muslim school in India while children were in class. Still, that gaffe would have been fast forgotten if the film being shot on campus, "A Mighty Heart," weren't about the murder of Jewish American journalist Daniel Pearl by Muslim extremists—and weren't starring Angelina Jolie. When parents showed up that Nov. 16 afternoon to pick up their kids, the gates were closed to keep out the paparazzi who had surrounded the school, their telephoto lenses aimed like rifle scopes. The parents became anxious, so the school opened the gates, and the paparazzi flooded in with them. The film's security guards tried to hold back the crowd. A scuffle ensued. No one was injured. But the following morning, two of Jolie's bodyguards were arrested for intimidation. Unnamed sources in local newspapers claimed that the white British guards had shoved parents and kids and called them "bloody Indians" and "bloody Muslims." "People advised me that this movie was politically dangerous," Jolie says. "I thought maybe I shouldn't touch this. Maybe it would do more harm than good." Just like that—in a perfect storm of post-9/11 tensions and celebrity-obsessed media culture—a minor event had escalated into an international incident, and Jolie had gone from being the most famous star in India to its most famous racist.

The next morning, her bodyguards in jail, Jolie is in a 21st-floor hotel suite on the western edge of Mumbai, where she's set to shoot her final scene of "Heart" as Pearl's widow, Mariane. It will not happen. Jolie, wearing a wig of dark curls and brown contact lenses, sits cross-legged on the floor with four of her fellow actors. Her body is still, but there's anger in her voice. "We've become so eager to accuse people of being racist, but I would rather they make up almost any other story—about me sleeping with someone, anything—but that," she says. "It's not only a crazy accusation, but it's the most insulting thing you could say about me, that I would employ someone who would be disrespectful to someone's race or would harm a child. They take care of my kids." On the other side of the city, Brad Pitt, one of the film's producers, has gone to the police station to try to get the men released. Plans are in the works for him to be interviewed that evening by Barkha Dutt, a.k.a. "the Indian Oprah," to de-escalate the situation (Hollywood's version of fighting fire with fire). Jolie sighs. "People can just hate back and forth, and I understand my own country's irresponsibility with our foreign policy sometimes, but can't we please try to be open-minded, and see that there are some of us who are trying?" Within an hour, the hotel management will shut the film down. Protesters have threatened to surround the building. Jolie's square-shouldered security guard appears by her side and tells her, under his breath, "We need to move you now." Calmly she gathers her belongings, and then turns to a NEWSWEEK reporter. "OK," she says with a smile. "Let's run!"

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As a way of thanking Angelina Jolie for the tremendous exposure they received after she wore Bochic jewelry to this years Golden Globe Awards, Bochic will be donating the jewelry she wore to USA for UNHCR in support of World Refugee Day, recognized each year on June 20th. In addition to her work in film, Angelina has become well known as a humanitarian, particularly in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

"To have one of the most beautiful women in the world wear Bochic jewelry to the Golden Globes, was of course very special for our company. For a long time we have admired Angelina's commitment to charitable causes, and we are very happy to be able to support her work by donating the jewelry she wore - especially to an organization like USA for UNHCR,” explains David Joseph, Bochic's President and Co-Founder.

The pieces will be auctioned by charityfolks.com, a leader in online auctions benefiting charitable organizations, with all proceeds going to UNHCR programs in Chad for refugees from the Darfur region.

The Bochic necklace and earrings worn by Angelina to the Golden Globe Awards is a vintage-style suite of rose cut diamonds set in 22K gold.(SOURCE)

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When "A Mighty Heart" opens on June 22nd, it will mark Brad Pitt's sixth credit as a producer on a feature-length film. Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the brutal Pakistan murder of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter/bureau chief Daniel Pearl, the much-anticipated drama stars Pitt's wife Anjelina Jolie and Dan Futterman as the two married journalists.

Pitt, the 43-year-old star of this week's number one grosser, "Ocean's Thirteen," has already racked up a fairly impressive producer's score card, with the Oscar-winning "The Departed" and Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning doc "God Grew Tired of Us" under his belt. Pitt also had a hand in "Running with Scissors," which overcame dim notices to notch an Oscar nomination for Annette Bening, and Mike White's quirky indie dramedy, "Year of the Dog," which opened in April to generally favorable reviews.

"What I appreciate the most is getting to be part of a project that normally we wouldn't be right for," said Pitt before a gathering of press at last month's Cannes Film Festival, where the Michael Winterbottom film premiered to acclaim. "I was very taken with Mariane's story the moment it first appeared on CNN. Through the producting conduit, get to take part in these kind of films, see them to the end, find the right people, make sure things stay on the rails. It's a really interesting side to filmmaking itself. You don't have to be in front of the camera."

Pitt was emphatic in his choice of Winterbottom to helm the film. The eclectic British director is perhaps best known for "Welcome to Sarajevo," "24 Hour Party People" and "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story." But it was "The Road to Guantanamo," his dramatization of a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay prison for two years and then released without charged, that sealed the deal for "A Mighty Heart."

"We felt he was the best storyteller for 'A Mighty Heart.' He's a citizen of the world, he's focused on these issues. It was really going to achieve some kind of love story: it's done in flashbacks. To achieve that its got to be successfully created in whiffs and smells and instances.

"The moments that he did that in 'Guantanamo' that really spoke to me was when he focused on the boys in their normal habitas, their normal lives at a pizza parlor. We were able to understand who they were at home, without ever having to play it out or make any kind of grand punctuation.

"Another thing I appreciate about Michael's films is, he follows a life. He doesn't create the life, or set the life. It's a really raw approach to filmmaking that really applied itself to the journalistic nature of this film."

In addition to "A Mighty Heart," the actor-slash-mogul has at least eight other producing projects currently in various stages of genesis, including "Dirty Tricks," a Nixon administration drama that features Jim Broadbent as President Nixon, Sharon Stone as Pat Nixon, Meryl Streep as Martha Mitchell and Pitt as White House Counsel John Dean.(SOURCE)

Here is a clip from the film which opens June 22:

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Being one of the most famous men on earth comes with its share of problems. You can't take your kids to the playground. There are no romantic sunset walks on the beach. And that backyard barbecue? Forget about it. The simple pleasures just evaporate. Like, say, sneaking a smoke while waiting for your buddy George Clooney in a villa outside Cannes. ''Sorry about this,'' Brad Pitt says, contorting his body into a mess of angles and elbows to hide behind a low wall and light up. ''Actually, I'm less worried about the paparazzi catching me than someone, ahem, who doesn't know I still smoke once in a while.'' (Sorry if we blew your cover, dude...but Angie's a forgiving woman, right?) Welcome to life on Planet Celebrity, which today finds its capital at the Hôtel du Cap in the hills near Cannes. The 1870s estate — cash only, absurdly opulent, and set high above the Mediterranean Sea, where dozens of paparazzi boats prowl —is the temporary home to more than a dozen stars during the 2007 Cannes film festival. But the Big Two, the ones who really matter, are the man currently huddled in the corner like a wet lemur and the guy running late to the interview. So what do two men who so completely embody the modern American male ideal have to say? For the next hour, over club sandwiches and gazpacho, they will talk about their new movie (Ocean's Thirteen, in every theater near you on June 8), their new lives (with family and without), the nature of stardom, and how to school youngsters in basketball. But for this one precious moment, Pitt just puffs away, extinguishing the cigarette only when Clooney —immaculate in a white linen shirt and khaki dress pants — dashes in, fuming at his friend.

GEORGE CLOONEY: [To Pitt] You bastard!
BRAD PITT: What?
CLOONEY: I did all these interviews right after you. And all the reporters told me, ''Brad said you did the movie for the money''!
PITT: [Laughs] I did. Believe I said it was all for the cash.
CLOONEY: Brutal! [Laughs] How ya doin'?

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Good, thanks. So I've heard that you guys call this movie Ocean's Thirteen: The One We Should Have Made Last Time.
PITT: Credit where credit is due. That was [director] Steven Soderbergh's line.
CLOONEY: Steven actually wanted to bill it that way, but I don't think the studio was so thrilled with that. It f---s up the boxed set.

But it does get to a legitimate point, which was that people weren't so fond of Ocean's Twelve. Other than for money, why make another one?
CLOONEY: You know, more than anything we wanted another crack. We wanted to go out on a stronger note — and we felt like we had a great way to do it, which was revenge.
PITT: I thought you're a pacifist, George.
CLOONEY: Well, the movie really is a cry for peace.

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Real life calls! I know of at least five people who read this blog so I guess I'm apologizing to them:) anyway on to this Time Mag article:

The day after the young Czech paparazzo Dalibor Puchta was memorably arrested after trying to photograph Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from a garage near the sleek villa the couple had rented in Prague, neighbors are out indulging their evening routines.

"We have never seen so many dogwalkers around here," quipped store manager Sabina Dankova, 35, sipping coffee and dragging on a cigarette outside her house. Proud of having Hollywood's most glamorous couple as temporary neighbors while Jolie was in town to film her next action flick, Dankova sounded a solemn note: "I hope [the paparazzi] do not bug them too much, so they do not move."

Contrary to her wishes, the Czech tabloids happily reported that Jolie flipped out after Czech shutterbugs found ways to photograph the family in the privacy of their temporary home. Such images would cause problems for any American gossip sheet silly enough to run them, but in the Czech Republic they are perfectly legal.

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Mariane, Adam and Maddox in France



Caption via The Grosby Group-No Portugal Antibes May 24, 2007 The actress takes a break from the glam at the Cannes Film Festival and enjoys some quality time with the kids

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Brad and Angelina graced the Red Carpet for the premiere of Ocean's Thirteen. They both look amazing. Brad's keeping up with is "Old Hollywood" look. Angie looks gorgeous. I love her whole sex kitten look. It's very Brigette Bardot. It's great to see her wearing some color. The color looks great on her.




Brad with co-star Ellen Barkin in the background.



Brad with the rest of cast.



This pic of George made lol :)

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