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US Weekly has started a rumor (based on the ever-elusive “source”) that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie intend to formally announce a pregnancy to the highest bidder. It’s not so they can make money, they do that well enough on their own, the money would be 100% donated to charity. This is similar in concept to when they sold the exclusive rights for the first formal photos of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and the first formal photos of Pax Jolie-Pitt after his adoption.
Right off the bat, I have to stress the fact that this is coming from US Weekly, a magazine that has fuzzy borders between journalism and tabloid tactics. They haven’t always been overly truthful in reporting “the facts” when it comes to Brad and Angelina, something that many attribute to jealousy over not being the ones to ever get the exclusive scoop or photos. If US is saying this, then it needs to be taken with not only a grain of salt, but an entire salt shaker.
However, that being said, in my opinion there’s nothing wrong with it if it’s true. Magazines and tabloids alike are chomping at the bit to be able to officially announce another Jolie-Pitt pregnancy, whether it’s twins or one baby. Right now, several are reporting that she’s pregnant in their headlines, but it’s still just speculation based on the rumors of last week in addition to her very loose dress at the SAG Awards. Everyone wants to be able to get that first cover out there with the absolute true confirmation that they’re expecting again.
If reporters want the story that badly, why not sell it to the highest bidder? If they were just trying to make some pocket change, that would be offensive, but if they take the money to do even more good things for people who need it, I’m all for it.
What do you think?
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944 days ago
Welcome back Ligaya, we missed you.
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942 days ago
(Thanks, BlessBrangelina.)
Angelina & Brad already give away a lot of their money for worthy causes – and they don’t wait for paps, tabs or others to tell them. Angelina has been donating 1/3 of her income since 2001 to the UNHCR & related causes. All we need is check their wikipedia pages & Angie’s UNHCR pages to see how generous they’ve been with their money, time and energy. (see below) Angelina donated the $12M fee from St. John’s to charities, Brad donated the Dell Superbowl ad fee too. Brad donated $5M for the Make It Right Project. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has given millions, and Angelina & Brad constantly donate to new causes.
The idea that Angelina & Brad are tacky to think of leveraging exclusive rights to photos of their possible baby bump for charity purposes is hilarious coming from those upstanding members of society – tabs, paps, 8ters. The rumor-mongering is done by tabs & paps likely to lose out on $100,000s – millions to charities. Personally, I think it’s delicious & just desserts to have the money directed away from paps/tabs to be given to worthy causes. If, by a totally unlikely scenario, a tab negotiates the rights to publish the baby bump, I think it’s delightful to have the tabs do something good for once.
“In 2007, Pitt was listed among artists and entertainers as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in The World. He was credited with using “his star power to get people to look at places and stories that cameras don’t usually catch.” I think that’s admirable. Angie was filming the Good Shepherd in the Dominican Republic; next door was Haiti where Wyclef Jean was celebrating his charity Yele Haiti. I’ve read the worldwide rights to photos of Angie’s baby bump was $10M. I’m so glad the money didn’t go to paps/tabs. $10M for charities, including Yele Haiti! World attention on Haiti, then Namibia!
I really don’t care if the money comes directly from the Jolie-Pitts to to different charities, or if it comes from magazines/products. If baby-bump photo money went to Angelina & Brad’s pockets, yes, then I’d think it was tacky; for donation, yes – why not? What’s wrong with making tabs shell out their own money to do good? I think it’d be horrible if the paps/tabs profited from it instead of charities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_pitt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie
http://www.unhcr.org/help/3f94ff664.html
http://www.unhcr.org/help/HELP/439d41052.pdf factsheet
http://www.unhcr.org/help/HELP/439d520c2.html UNHCR videos
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942 days ago
(Thanks, BlessBrangelina.)
Angelina & Brad already give away a lot of their money for worthy causes – and they don’t wait for paps, tabs or others to tell them. Angelina has been donating 1/3 of her income since 2001 to the UNHCR & related causes. All we need is check their wikipedia pages & Angie’s UNHCR pages to see how generous they’ve been with their money, time and energy. (see below) Angelina donated the $12M fee from St. John’s to charities, Brad donated the Dell Superbowl ad fee too. Brad donated $5M for the Make It Right Project. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has given millions, and Angelina & Brad constantly donate to new causes.
The idea that Angelina & Brad are tacky to think of leveraging exclusive rights to photos of their possible baby bump for charity purposes is hilarious coming from those upstanding members of society – tabs, paps, 8ters. The rumor-mongering is done by tabs & paps likely to lose out on $100,000s – millions to charities. Personally, I think it’s delicious & just desserts to have the money directed away from paps/tabs to be given to worthy causes. If, by a totally unlikely scenario, a tab negotiates the rights to publish the baby bump, I think it’s delightful to have the tabs do something good for once.
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942 days ago
“In 2007, Pitt was listed among artists and entertainers as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in The World. He was credited with using “his star power to get people to look at places and stories that cameras don’t usually catch.” I think that’s admirable. Angie was filming the Good Shepherd in the Dominican Republic; next door was Haiti where Wyclef Jean was celebrating his charity Yele Haiti. I’ve read the worldwide rights to photos of Angie’s baby bump was $10M. I’m so glad the money didn’t go to paps/tabs. $10M for charities, including Yele Haiti! World attention on Haiti, then Namibia!
I really don’t care if the money comes directly from the Jolie-Pitts to to different charities, or if it comes from magazines/products. If baby-bump photo money went to Angelina & Brad’s pockets, yes, then I’d think it was tacky; for donation, yes – why not? What’s wrong with making tabs shell out their own money to do good? I think it’d be horrible if the paps/tabs profited from it instead of charities.
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942 days ago
i agree w/ everything ligaya said! welcome back kapatid i missed you!
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942 days ago
Very well stated Ligaya, my sentiments exactly.
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941 days ago
Cristine, I share your concern. I strongly disagree with laTda & Doogle’s posts.
Angelina & Brad manipulating the public? How , and in what way that benefits them personally? And don’t all celebrities/politicians/even ordinary people ‘manipulate’ the public? Ms. Holloway is an example, her family ‘manipulated’ the public & media in the hopes she would be found and not forgotten.
Let’s not swallow the kool-aid that the tabloid press & 8ers offer us. It seems some believe that the paps/tabs are reasonable people and have ethics & morals. When have they every shown that kind of behavior?
Let’s look at the different parts of this – who we’re talking about: Angelina & Brad vis-a-vis other celebs, paps/tabs, tabs’ role in costing Angelina awards/nominations, and website.
Let’s face it, Angelina & Brad are not just like other celebrities – they’re the Empress & Emperor of celebrities. Sky-high hysteria surrounds them. Because of their value to the tabs/paps in selling millions of dollars in mags & ratings, they are the top-hunted celebrities in the world. No one else has their whole package – they’re compelling, irresistible, They have beauty, sex appeal, fame, intelligence, talent, wealth, sexy hobbies like motorcycles & flying, and are active in humanitarianism & philanthropy. And in Angie’s case, there’s her wild, unconventional, colorful past: her tattoo & knife collections, strong-will, her refusal to be vanilla/white bread, outspokenness, love of danger & adventure, and refusal to be ashamed/apologetic of herself. The way some people behave, we’re still in the 1950s. Angie fits right in in the San Francisco Bay Area. She would have fit since 1849.
So which celebrity couple has the complete package that Angelina & Brad have? None.
An August 2006 survey found that 41 percent of participating 18-to-24-year-old American adults correctly identified that the couple had named their baby Shiloh. I bet that 41% don’t know their geography (where’s Iraq, Afghanistan, Canada, Mexico?), history (what happened in California in 1849?), current events (who’s running for election as POTUS). I bet 41% know that Forbes ranks ¾ of the JP kids on the most powerful, cutest children 6 & under list, and that Maddox just missed the 6 y.o. cutoff. Three out of 10 are JPs!
No wonder the JP family is being hounded & hunted. Everytime paps/tabs look at them, they see hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.
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941 days ago
Cristine, I share your concern. I strongly disagree with laTda & Doogle’s posts.
Angelina & Brad manipulating the public? How , and in what way that benefits them personally? And don’t all celebrities/politicians/even ordinary people ‘manipulate’ the public? Ms. Holloway is an example, her family ‘manipulated’ the public & media in the hopes she would be found and not forgotten.
Let’s not swallow the kool-aid that the tabloid press & 8ers offer us. It seems some believe that the paps/tabs are reasonable people and have ethics & morals. When have they every shown that kind of behavior?
Let’s look at the different parts of this – who we’re talking about: Angelina & Brad vis-a-vis other celebs, paps/tabs, tabs’ role in costing Angelina awards/nominations, and website.
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941 days ago
Let’s face it, Angelina & Brad are not just like other celebrities – they’re the Empress & Emperor of celebrities. Sky-high hysteria surrounds them. Because of their value to the tabs/paps in selling millions of dollars in mags & ratings, they are the top-hunted celebrities in the world. No one else has their whole package – they’re compelling, irresistible, They have beauty, sex appeal, fame, intelligence, talent, wealth, sexy hobbies like motorcycles & flying, and are active in humanitarianism & philanthropy. And in Angie’s case, there’s her wild, unconventional, colorful past: her tattoo & knife collections, strong-will, her refusal to be vanilla/white bread, outspokenness, love of danger & adventure, and refusal to be ashamed/apologetic of herself. The way some people behave, we’re still in the 1950s. Angie fits right in in the San Francisco Bay Area. She would have fit since 1849.
So which celebrity couple has the complete package that Angelina & Brad have? None.
An August 2006 survey found that 41 percent of participating 18-to-24-year-old American adults correctly identified that the couple had named their baby Shiloh. I bet that 41% don’t know their geography (where’s Iraq, Afghanistan, Canada, Mexico?), history (what happened in California in 1849?), current events (who’s running for election as POTUS). I bet 41% know that Forbes ranks ¾ of the JP kids on the most powerful, cutest children 6 & under list, and that Maddox just missed the 6 y.o. cutoff. Three out of 10 are JPs!
No wonder the JP family is being hounded & hunted. Everytime paps/tabs look at them, they see hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.
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772 days ago
GOD BLESS BRAD AND ANGIE AND THEIR KIDS. SURE THE BABIES PICTURES WILL GO TO CHARITY. FORGET US MAGAZINE. THEY JEALOUS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T BIT PEOPLE MAGAZINE.
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772 days ago
BRAD AND ANGIE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL ANGELS. THEY AREN’T KEEP THEIR MONEY TIGHT LIKE OTHER CELEBRITIES. THEY GAVE AWAY. WE RESPECT AND LOVE THEM BECAUSE OF THAT. THEY SHARE THEIR MONEY TO THE POOR.THEY ARE VERY SMART TO HAVE A GREAT IDEA TO GET MONEY FOR THE POOR. THEY ARE THE BEST. WHO CARE SOME JEALOUS HATERS SAY NEGATIVE ABOUT THEM. WHO CARE THEM
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772 days ago
NOBODY HAVE A RIGHT TO JUDGE OTHER. NO MATTER BRAD AND ANGIE USE THEIR BABIES PICTURE MONEY FOR ANY PURPOSE IT’S STILL GO TO THE CHARITIES. .THEY ARE THE RARE OF HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES GIVING ALOT OF MONEY TO THE POOR. BRAVO BRAD AND ANGIE. YOU ARE MY ANGELS. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR BABIES.
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772 days ago
People, please regconize the good site of Brad and Jolie. They are the real angels. stop critizer them.
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