Brangelina [Archive] - Page 2

lawyerlee

08-20-2005, 11:00 AM

Yeah, don't worry about it, Nic. Easy enough mistake to make. :)

I saw this on Oh No They Didn't.

Jolie marriage plans
BANG
August 18, 2005

(BANG) - Angelina Jolie has reportedly claimed she and lover Brad Pitt plan to marry.

The screen beauty, who began dating the Hollywood heartthrob shortly after they finished filming action movie 'Mr and Mrs Smith', was overheard saying the pair are "working" on getting married after Brad's divorce from estranged wife Jennifer Aniston is finalised.

Angelina - who has two adopted children, Cambodian tot Maddox and baby Zahara - is also alleged to have said the couple want to "adopt more babies" together.

The revelations were reportedly revealed by the 'Tomb Raider' star to a well-wisher during filming on new project 'The Good Shepherd', according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.

Meanwhile, Brad is said to have hired four body doubles to try and shake off the American paparazzi.

The 'Troy' star has employed the look-a-likes to act as decoys when he wants to go out.

A source close to the actor said: "Brad is constantly surrounded by photographers. They all wait outside Angelina's Malibu home.

"These people really go after him. He gets so cross and concerned for his safety. Now he has hired four look-a-likes to fool photographers."

Source: The Canadian Press BANG Media International

GeekGirl

08-20-2005, 01:49 PM

Wow, four guys who look like Brad Pitt but don't have all his baggage? Where do I sign up??

lawyerlee

08-21-2005, 10:31 AM

He's gone for black hair now, to play Jesse James.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/BradBlackHair.jpg

jbenny75

08-21-2005, 10:51 AM

Hmmm, the pic's from a little ways off, but could that be one of the body doubles? The face kinda looks off a little?

lawyerlee

08-21-2005, 01:44 PM

Hmmm, the pic's from a little ways off, but could that be one of the body doubles? The face kinda looks off a little?
Funny, but that didn't even occur to me, even though I posted that article yesterday! It's like, it kinda looks like him, but kinda not. I could be persuaded it is a look a like. ;)

lawyerlee

08-21-2005, 02:05 PM

This blog is hilarious! :D

Did You Ever Know That You're My Hero? (http://automaddox.blogspot.com/2005/08/did-you-ever-know-that-you_112344204925243272.html)
AutoMaddox

I have a hero in my life, and it's not Spiderman or Franz Ferdinand (but I love them both. Especially Mr. Ferdinand - I love his songs!). It's my dad, Brad! BradDad!! Ange had no problem with me calling him BradDad, but she told me I shouldn't get my hopes up when it was all brand new and stuff. But now, with Zahara and Ange BFFing, I needed someone in my life to be my friend. BradDad is not just my friend, though. He's my HERO, and he could beat up anyone else if he wanted to. Have you seen Fight Club? I've seen it 16 times already.

Ange told me I should be nice to Hero because Hero really likes me a lot. And Ange told me that everyone needs a hero, so even if BradDad isn't the best hero, he's a great hero for now. I think I know what Ange means, so I've been extra-nice to Hero, sometimes even calling him Daddy.

TX Sweetheart

08-21-2005, 04:35 PM

Put me down for Team Jolie :D

ditto...

KaliLily

08-21-2005, 08:26 PM

I identify with Jennifer... . If Brad was so unhappy, why did he stick around until he discovered Angelina? I think that's just cowardly and cruel.

I second that. I'm on Team Aniston.

Zelda Von Yitz

08-22-2005, 01:45 PM

I just heard the news on our local 1010WINS.

As of the 19th of this month,Brad and Jen are officially divorced. Neither of them wanted alimony; their home is up for sale.

http://tinyurl.com/ckvkn

Rose

08-22-2005, 02:21 PM

As of the 19th of this month,Brad and Jen are officially divorced. Neither of them wanted alimony; their home is up for sale.

And on the 20th Brad & Angelina were engaged. ;)

lawyerlee

08-23-2005, 11:43 AM

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/Angelinaering.jpg

from JustJared.com:

Angelina Jolie is engaged! (http://justjared.blogspot.com/2005/08/angelina-jolie-engagement-ring.html)

The Angelina Jolie - Brad Pitt's relationship has been finally confirmed by actor pal George Clooney, who declared the pair "looks very content". Clooney, 44, said to Vanity Fair magazine, "I see them together and they look very content, which makes me happy. I've met her a few times. She is a very beautiful woman and very clued up."

Well, well, well Angelina. What do we have here? An engagement ring from Mr. Brad Pitt? A soon-to-be Angelina Pitt? Okay fine, you're just filming a scene for Martin Scorsese's The Good Shepherd (Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie's characters are married to one another). But it was fun using my imagination anyway! Wait, this is acting, right?

lawyerlee

08-23-2005, 12:47 PM

Jennifer Aniston in Chicago on Saturday

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MsPeachy

08-24-2005, 03:59 AM

Ooo - I wish I could see more of her bag. I like the little I can see :)

sarahh

08-24-2005, 05:37 AM

...Pitt and Jolie Tour Dinosaur Museum
Brad Pitt marked the impending end of his marriage to Jennifer Aniston with a visit to a Canadian dinosaur museum with rumored lover Angelina Jolie. The couple's four-year marriage was terminated in Los Angeles on Friday, but their "marital partnership" will not officially end until October. Over the weekend, Pitt entertained Jolie and her son Maddox, who came to visit him in Calgary, Alberta, where he is due to begin filming The Assassination Of Jesse James next week. The Mr. And Mrs. Smith co-stars and four-year-old Maddox enjoyed a tour of the Royal Tyrrell Museum near Drumheller on Saturday, confirms the museum's spokeswoman Wendy Taylor. Taylor enthuses, "They did not ask us to close the museum or for an after-hours visit or any special treatment. They arrived around 7pm and stayed for an hour. The other people in the museum at the time were very respectful. The only unfortunate thing was that word leaked out and quite a crowd collected outside the main entrance, so we had to find an alternate exit for them. They are both very down-to-earth people and most appreciative." Source: IMDB

Lizard

08-24-2005, 05:48 AM

Ooo - I wish I could see more of her bag. I like the little I can see :)

LOL, I'm not a purse person at all, but this was the first thought I had as well. :D

lawyerlee

08-24-2005, 08:56 AM

It does look like a cool bag. I love her entire outfit, actually. She can even pull off the hat! ;) :)

Jennifer playing frisbee in the park on August 22

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http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/JenAnistonFrisbee8222.jpg

MsPeachy

08-24-2005, 09:00 AM

It's nice to see a female celeb who has some muscle tone to their legs.

She can even pull off the hat!
Di - I'm jealous of girls that can pull off the cowboy hat. They just don't work on me. :(

sheartm7

08-24-2005, 09:05 AM

Jen is in great shape!

lawyerlee

08-24-2005, 09:07 AM

Days after a judge granted her a divorce from Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston is all smiles as she films a scene Tuesday for The Break Up in Chicago.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/JenBreakUpSet2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/JenBreakUpSet1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/lawyerlee2/Celebrities%202/JenVinceBreakUpSet1.jpg

lawyerlee

08-24-2005, 12:38 PM

Brad, Angelina, Maddox, and Zahara on August 20th

CALGARY, Alberta - While preparing to star in a movie about an old West bad man, Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt dug up some action over the weekend in Alberta's Badlands.

Wendy Taylor, a spokeswoman for the renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum near Drumheller, said the actor and companion Angelina Jolie dropped in for a tour of the dinosaur exhibits Saturday night, and was very gracious and accommodating, the Calgary Sun reported Tuesday.

"Brad phoned to ask about the accessibility of the museum and how easy it might be for him to visit unnoticed. They did not ask us to close the museum or for an after-hours visit or any special treatment," Taylor said.

Pitt is in Calgary to shoot the film "The Assassination of Jesse James," which gets under way in the western province on Aug. 29.

The crowds start dropping off after 6 p.m., so museum brass suggested the pair show up then.

"They arrived around 7 p.m. and stayed for an hour," Taylor said, adding Jolie's adopted son, four-year-old Maddox, was enthralled by the T-Rex exhibit. During their tour, the pair was accompanied by two bodyguards and a museum staffer.

Aside from one couple requesting an autograph, things remained low-key.

"The other people in the museum at the time were very respectful - no one approached them on their own," Taylor said.

"The only unfortunate thing was that word leaked out and quite a crowd collected outside the main entrance, so we had to find an alternate exit for them."

The couple visited the gift shop, bought toys for the kids and left.

"They are both very down-to-earth people and most appreciative. Our staff members were very impressed at how nice they were."

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honeygirl

08-25-2005, 01:39 PM

Couldn't the ring on Angelina's hand be for the film she is in? She appeared to be in hair and makeup, so the ring could be a prop.

lawyerlee

08-25-2005, 01:50 PM

Couldn't the ring on Angelina's hand be for the film she is in? She appeared to be in hair and makeup, so the ring could be a prop.
It is. The text I posted with the picture talks about that. :)

honeygirl

08-25-2005, 02:15 PM

It is. The text I posted with the picture talks about that. :)

Darn it, that's what happens when I try to catch up with/skim 10 days of gossip all at once. Sorry :)

Rosebud

08-29-2005, 02:13 PM

From CNN.com:

Paltrow critical of Aniston-Pitt candor

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gwyneth Paltrow says the publicity of Brad Pitt's breakup with Jennifer Aniston could have been avoided.

"It would have been a lot easier on Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston now if they had not talked to the press about each other and everything to begin with," Paltrow says in this week's Time magazine, currently on newsstands.

The 32-year-old actress went through heavy tabloid coverage herself when she dated Pitt in the nineties. She and Pitt broke off their engagement in 1997.

"I learned my lesson at 24," Paltrow says of the public relationship.

Paltrow, now married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, values her privacy. The couple have a 1-year-old daughter, Apple.

"Our marriage is between us," she says. "If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business."

Last week, a California judge signed off on the divorce of Aniston and Pitt. After being married for 4 1/2 years, Aniston told Vanity Fair, "The sad thing, for me, is the way it's been reduced to a Hollywood cliche -- or maybe it's just a human cliche."

The reverberations have continued to play out weekly in tabloids with frequent speculation on the love life of each. While the fame of Pitt and Aniston may be at a peak, Paltrow sounds almost ready for quiet retirement.

"Everything I wanted to achieve, I achieved," says Paltrow. "I'm not one of those people who keeps raising the bar."

miaclear

08-29-2005, 04:07 PM

This was talked about on the morning radio show I listen to this morning.
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Weren't we told that Angelina Jolie's adopted daughter's mother died of AIDS? Now a teenage rape victim from Ethiopia says she's actually Zahara Marley's mother. Eighteen-year-old Mentewab Dawit says she had no idea who adopted her daughter until "The Sun" newspaper tracked her down. Mentewab says she was all alone after giving birth and couldn't afford to feed her baby, whom she named Setota, which means "gift." She was so afraid that her baby was going to die that she gave her up for adoption. Mentewab says all she asks of Angelina is that she gives her child an education, and she would love to know about her condition in the future. She promises, though, that she will never try to interfere with their lives. Riiiight.........
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sarahh

08-30-2005, 03:47 AM

Actor Brad Pitt carries baby Zahara back to the trailer of his girlfriend Angelina Jolie whilst visiting her on-set in New York

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08/27/05 - Jennifer Aniston spends some time off alone in Malibu, CA to walk her dogs

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jbenny75

08-30-2005, 05:50 AM

Those pics must be like a knife to Jen's heart.

Heidi9771

08-30-2005, 08:02 AM

Those pics must be like a knife to Jen's heart.

I was just thinking the very same thing. I can't believe that BP and AJ tried denying the romance in the first place...fooling no one!

lainey

08-30-2005, 09:27 AM

Brad Pitt looks HOT in those pics!!
Maybe it's because of the dark hair, since I'm not attracted to blonds and so never thought he was good looking before, but now...wow! :p

Rose

08-30-2005, 10:29 AM

I was just thinking the very same thing. I can't believe that BP and AJ tried denying the romance in the first place...fooling no one!

Maybe cause I don't like them, but I think it makes them look like idiots.

I actually had a dream that I was married to BP and he wouldn't talk to me, but he kept bringing AJ over to our house. :o

AnastasiaK

08-30-2005, 11:22 AM

I just do not like him. What a louse.
I don't like either of them.

Rosebud

08-30-2005, 04:00 PM

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie set to go public

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly set to go public with their romance in a TV interview.

The Hollywood couple have so far remained tight-lipped about their relationship, which started shortly after Brad's split from ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.

However, sources claim the 'Mr and Mrs Smith' co-stars will finally confess they are dating to famed US TV interviewer Barbara Walters.

An insider is quoted by Britain's The People newspaper as saying: "Brad and Angelina had not gone public as he wanted to get his divorce out of the way and not hurt ex-wife Jennifer's feelings. "But most people realise what's going on and they want the public to know they're serious." Meanwhile, Brad has been spotted playing 'Dad' to Angelina's adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, while she is filming in New York.

According to America's New York Post newspaper, the handsome actor carried baby Zahara in one arm, while holding hands with four-year-old Maddox with the other.

Brad, who is said to be renting a house in the Hamptons to be near Angelina while she makes new movie 'The Good Shepherd', even had a bottle of baby milk sticking out of his back pocket.

source: www.femalefirst.co.uk

Heidi9771

08-30-2005, 06:56 PM

I will love to see THAT interview. I have no doubt in my mind this relationship will stand the test of "Hollywood" time, much like both of their MANY past relationships.

meganth

08-31-2005, 05:24 AM

Out of all of this, my admiration for Jennifer and for Angelina has gone way up. My feelings about Brad have gone way down through the crapper.

Rose

08-31-2005, 09:24 AM

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly set to go public with their romance in a TV interview.

I wish they would go away. If they want people to respect their privacy then don't go on national TV. I don't believe they will really go on 20/20 but if they do, then they deserve to have their personal lives disected.

Besides, I don't want to hear them lie and say they didn't fall in love on the set of their movie and were just friends.

sheartm7

08-31-2005, 09:37 AM

Honestly, why do they even feel the need to go public? The whole world already knows about them.

Rosebud

08-31-2005, 11:18 AM

Funny bit from Newsweek.com:

Separating Brangelina
The latest case of conjoined celebrities baffles medical expert.

By Andy Borowitz
Newsweek

Aug. 30, 2005 - A surgeon who specializes in separating conjoined celebrities said Tuesday that he had been unable to separate actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie, the latest Hollywood couple to be afflicted with the condition.

Dr. David Logsdern made the announcement at the University of Minnesota Medical Center after an 18-hour procedure failed to separate the couple. "We employed every measure known to medical science," said a visibly exhausted Dr. Logsdern. "But we have come to the conclusion that the couple known as 'Brangelina' is, for all intents and purposes, inseparable."

Pitt and Jolie are just the latest example of what some in the medical community are calling an epidemic of conjoined celebrities, a condition in which two stars appear to share no major organs in common but are inseparable nonetheless.

But unlike other conjoined celebrities, Pitt and Jolie drew the attention of Dr. Logsdern because of growing sentiment around the world that the ubiquitous photos of the couple building sand castles and playing with Jolie's countless children had to be stopped.

While Dr. Logsdern was disappointed that the medical procedure to separate the two celebrities failed, he did offer one glimmer of hope.

"Sometimes this condition goes away on its own," Dr. Logsdern said. "Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes appeared inseparable right before their summer movies came out, but since then, not so much."

Elsewhere, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, was evicted from his New York apartment building Tuesday after reportedly frightening residents by saying that "If the building lost 10 stories it would not make a big difference."

IrishMeg

08-31-2005, 11:19 AM

I just do not like him. What a louse.
I don't like either of them.

My feelings exactly. They need to go away.

jbenny75

09-03-2005, 10:16 AM

Did anyone see the commercial, I think I saw it on VH1, for the "Brad Who? Weekend"? They're showing two of JA's movies in which she gets the guy. The commercial was funny- it said like Step One to moving on: eat tons of ice cream, hang out with your friends, and they would show clips from the movies they're showing. They explain they're showing the movies where Jen gets the guy and they say, "We're pulling for you Jen!" But the very last part, they say, "Oh, Yeah, Step Four- Open up a big can of whoop ass on that tattoed...." Then the screen goes blank.

MsPeachy

09-04-2005, 06:32 AM

Oh - I hope to see that!! Sounds hilarious. :)

jbenny75

09-05-2005, 07:27 AM

I actually watched one of the movies last night. "The Object of My Affection." During the movie, little boxes kept popping up that said, "Support Team Aniston!"

Rosebud

09-13-2005, 12:56 PM

Angelina Jolie: My children motivate me
CNN.com

Ask Angelina Jolie about her children and like any proud mother, she'll brag about them.

"They give me so much joy, and I want to make a better world for them," the Oscar-winning actress said in an interview that aired Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Jolie has a 4-year-old son Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia, and a daughter, Zahara, adopted this summer from Ethiopia.

When she brought Zahara home, "she was 6 months old and not 9 pounds," Jolie said. "Her skin, you could squeeze it, it stuck together. Like -- it was terrifying. Just to see the difference what food and the right kind of -- just a little bit of care takes.

"She's like -- she has gained 6 pounds. ... We are calling her chubby. She's, you know, she's just a totally different baby."

Jolie says Maddox loves being a big brother.

"He came to the orphanage. He saw where she was living, and he saw she needed care. Kids understand sadness and poverty and hunger."

Jolie was accompanied by Brad Pitt, her "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star, when she went to Ethiopia in July to pick up Zahara. Rumors of Pitt and Jolie's off-screen relationship had been circulating for months.

She appeared on the ABC morning show the day before a new MTV documentary chronicling her trip to a village in Kenya with U.N. adviser and economist Jeffrey Sachs was scheduled to premiere.

"The Diary of Angelina Jolie & Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa" was set to air Wednesday, coinciding with the opening of the U.N. summit in New York.

"Africa is beautiful, marvelous, smart people, strong people, strong country and has a potential to be so much," Jolie said. "I'd love to see Africa flourish. ... It's magnificent and it has so much hope, so much possibility."

The 30-year-old actress, who is a U.N. goodwill ambassador, said her children motivate her to continue her humanitarian work.

"I'm fortunate to do what I get to do to be here, to talk about these issues," she said. "I'm just grateful every day that I have the chance."

mloveya

09-14-2005, 07:27 AM

I hear that Jennifer Aniston is going to be on the Oprah Winfrey Show this Monday...wonder if she's going to talk about Brad/Angelina????

southerner

09-14-2005, 11:40 AM

running to set my TIVO....

jbenny75

09-14-2005, 05:55 PM

OMG, me too.

southerner

09-18-2005, 09:51 AM

Jennifer is going to be on Oprah tomorrow!!!!

Kimberland30

09-18-2005, 11:32 AM

Got our DVR ready to record it. :)

Esq.

09-19-2005, 05:39 PM

So, did anyone see the Oprah episode? I am relying on you ladies for a recap!

Rosebud

09-19-2005, 06:11 PM

Aniston Says She's Ready to Date

NEW YORK Sep 19, 2005 — Jennifer Aniston says she's doing well and ready to date. Aniston appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Monday. In one of her first TV interviews since filing for divorce from Brad Pitt earlier this year, Aniston said, "I'm doing so well."

"It's the media that won't move on," she said. "You just want to say, `Come on, people! Turn a page!'"

When Winfrey asked Aniston if she was ready to "start the whole dating thing again," the 36-year-old actress emphatically replied, "yes" checking her watch as if to say it was time.

Pitt has been romantically linked with Angelina Jolie, his co-star in the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" film.

Aniston said she's now in a good place: "I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future."

She was clearly more at ease than during a recent Vanity Fair magazine interview in which she was emotional, but resilient. She said then she was "trying to pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus."

Aniston joked that "if I had a dollar for every (self-help) book that was sent my way, I could have probably paid for this studio" referring to the new set of Winfrey's show.

source: ABC.com

Rosebud

09-19-2005, 06:14 PM

and a few more details from TeenPeople.com:

Aniston is Over it

A radiant Jennifer Aniston hit the couch to tape the premiere episode of the Oprah Show's 20th season... and you know Oprah asked her how she's doing since she broke up with what's-his-name. "I am doing so well, I am doing so well." Aniston went on to say that she is "living in the now" and has finally reached "a feeling of total peace," something she admitted she hadn't had before.

"I love the unknown," Aniston said, as as she flipped her unbelievably perfect blonde hair. "I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing." Aniston did admit that getting to that point wasn't easy and she leaned on her girlfriends a lot when she split from her husband, Brad Pitt. "They hear the call and they're right there," she said. "I treasure it. They're fantastic and they're fun."

Aniston wore a simple black top, jeans and spiked-heel boots to her interview, the first at Winfrey's brand new theatre. Winfrey complimented that Aniston "looled like an ad for Pilates." To which, her guest replied, "I've been doin' the yoga thing" about three times a week.

Not only does Aniston look ready to date again, she told Winfrey she is ready to date again.

Aniston and her girlfriends recently spent the weekend with the chat show queen and her girlfriends at Winfrey's home in California. They watched movies and sat outside, which Winfrey says was relaxing, save the throng of paparazzi buzzing over her estate in pursuit of the Friends star. The attention, Aniston admitted, made getting over her ex extra-difficult. "Come on people," she pleaded to tabloid readers who can't get enough of the Jen, Brad, and Angelina saga. "Turn a page."

Meanwhile, Aniston turned not one, but four pages in the form of four new movies coming out beginning in November. First there's Derailed ("It's intense!" Winfrey said. "Jen like you've never see her before" and she wasn't just talking about the dark brown hair that Aniston sported in the clip Oprah showed her audience). Then there's Rumor Has It, which opens on Christmas Day. In February, she stars with Vince Vaughn in The Breakup (she denied the reports that she was "full on making out" with him at the wrap party for the film). And in April, we'll see Aniston in Friends. Make that Friends With Money, a new movie co-starring Joan Cusak.

Rosebud

09-19-2005, 06:18 PM

Photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at a Global Initiative conference over at Hollywoodrag.com. I'm too lazy to post them all, so here's the link:

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/

cocopops

09-20-2005, 10:18 AM

The New Brad Pitt????? :D hes so freaking HOT!

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/uploads/jake_hot_002.jpg

miaclear

09-20-2005, 10:45 AM

CocoPops... I'd have to disagree. He does nothing for me. Especially with that facial hair. Blech. I wasn't much of a Brad Pitt lover but I look at him and see man. I look at Jake and see...well little boy. Maybe if you can provide some shirtless pictures I might change my mind ;)

MsRo

09-20-2005, 10:49 AM

miaclear

09-20-2005, 10:50 AM

Found my own. 'Eh.... still not feeling it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/FairyMuse/rightclicklick/jakeg2.jpg

southerner

09-21-2005, 01:14 PM

holy happy trail batman :eek:

msnicolea

09-21-2005, 01:39 PM

I love me some Jake G, don't get me wrong--but he isn't in Brad Pitt's league.

TrulyBlessed

09-21-2005, 05:03 PM

NO ONE compares to BRAD PITT!!! He's in a league solo & always will be. What a HOTTIE, even though I don't like the way he's prancing around with AJ. :p

danielle

09-21-2005, 05:13 PM

but he isn't in Brad Pitt's league
NO ONE compares to BRAD PITT!!!
Right on.
Remember Brad in Thelma and Louise - he was the only thing I remembered from that movie. yum yum.

yby1

09-21-2005, 07:24 PM

The New Brad Pitt????? :D hes so freaking HOT!

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/uploads/jake_hot_002.jpg

He doesn't do anything for me, but I do have to see his makeout scene with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.

It could be a turn-on! :p

jeepgirl

09-21-2005, 08:07 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/FairyMuse/rightclicklick/jakeg2.jpg
Something about this picture DISTURBS me... I don't know if its where his arm is... or his eyes... or just... I don't know... just weirds me out.

Am I the only one?

katmg

09-21-2005, 08:22 PM

Perhaps it's the fact that his face is kinda red/blotchy and his arms and body aren't?

Rosebud

09-22-2005, 03:56 PM

Text and photos from Hollywoodrag.com:

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie along with her kids were spotted at the West Edmonton Mall yesterday afternoon where eyewitnesses heard Maddox calling Brad "Daddy." Angelina and Brad were seen kissing in an arcade in Galaxyland.

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/uploads/brad_ang_mall1.jpg
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http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/uploads/brad_ang_mall4.jpg
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Link to a few more photos: http://www.hollywoodrag.com/index.php?/weblog/brad_and_angelina_with_kids_visit_mall/

suzubeane

09-22-2005, 04:16 PM

Perhaps it's the fact that his face is kinda red/blotchy and his arms and body aren't?Yeah I was going to say ... we're used to seeing photos that are airbrushed much more than that one is.

Rosebud

09-23-2005, 09:48 AM

From IMDB.com:

Aniston Finds Love with New Onscreen Boyfriend?

Jennifer Aniston has reportedly fallen for her latest onscreen love interest. The former Friends star, who split from husband Brad Pitt at the beginning of the year, is dating hunky actor Geoff Stults, who plays her boyfriend in new movie The Break-Up, according to US tabloid National Enquirer. A set source says, "During the final weeks of filming in Chicago, she (Aniston) flirted outrageously with Geoff. Everyone couldn't help noticing the sexual undercurrent between them... At a buff six foot three (inches), Geoff looks like a super-sized version of Brad."
http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/05/72/78m.jpg

Jolie To Face Baby Zahara's Mom in Court?

Angelina Jolie has been inadvertently placed at the center of an adoption scandal in Ethiopia after a teenager claiming to be the mother of the actress' baby Zahara has been found alive and well. Adoption papers stated little Zahara's mother was dead but now British newspaper The Sun has tracked down 18-year-old Mentaweb Dawit, who claims she's the little girl's mum. Dawit has no plans to challenge Oscar-winner Jolie over the adoption; instead she praises the actress for giving her daughter the chance for a good life, stating: "I want to say thank you to Angelina for giving my baby this wonderful, loving family." But, under Ethiopian law, Jolie must reapply for her adoptive rights because the initial paperwork was incorrect. Ethopian adoption law expert Belay Ketema tells US tabloid the National Enquirer, "The adoption could be illegal because the law in Ethiopia says that if the mother is still alive she must give her consent and in this case that may not have happened. The adoptive mother must appear in court to nullify the old papers and re-apply for adoption. The baby's mother must also appear to give her consent." Dawit, a seamstress, claims she fell pregnant after she was raped and always planned to give up the baby for adoption. Sources allege Dawit's mother Almaz Blfnhe told adoption authorities that her daughter had died in childbirth.

Pitt's Designs Blasted by British Locals

Budding architect Brad Pitt has been blasted by residents of a British seaside town for a controversial design project he's worked on - before construction has even begun. After teaming up with legendary architect Frank Gehry, Ocean's Twelve star Pitt helped designed a controversial $525 million housing and sports complex for the town of Hove, but locals are far from impressed with the designs. The complex has been described as looking like "tin-can towers" and "crumpled Victorian dresses" by locals. Pitt reportedly helped design a restaurant and a set of penthouse suits in the proposed development.

Sophia

09-23-2005, 10:37 AM

IMDb doesn't list Geoff Stults in the cast for The Breakup. Hmmm

Rico'sAlice

09-26-2005, 04:17 AM

As written, the article cleaarly has some mistakes. However, it may still be possible that they are dating.

According to a poster ay IMDB, Jen said on teleision that she and Stults met on set, started flirting there, and are now datin. He isn't credited in the movie. But he was in Wedding Crashers- so perhaps he and Vaughn became friends and he was just on set to hang out with him. (Or it could all just be completely false.)

While attractive, I don't really don't think he looks anything like Pitt, but is definitely bigger. I think his brother George is much cuter though. (They play brothers on 7th Heaven)

suzubeane

09-26-2005, 05:35 AM

I think his brother George is much cuter though. I agree. AND his brother George is the second luckiest guy in Hollywood; he has zero acting ability, yet still has a job in TV. (First place for "Luckiest Guy" goes to Keanu Reeves, hands down. Those Matrix movies were written for his wooden acting!)

In that picture posted here, Geoff Stults does sort of look like a "super-sized version of Brad," but not in the other photos I've seen of him.

sarahh

09-26-2005, 06:05 AM

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally make their romance public as they head out on his and hers motorcycles in Edmonton, Canada. The couple seemed very happy together as they headed to a local safeway supermarket and picked up supplies. As they left the store and headed back to their bikes Brad held Angelina's arm and the couple shared a joke. After loading up Jolie had some trouble getting her bike started but with a little help from Brad they were soon on their way home.http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6458/bj3nm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Source: JJB

southerner

09-26-2005, 09:02 PM

I can't wait to see who Jennifer starts dating...

tinkerbelljenny

09-26-2005, 10:11 PM

Remember Brad in Thelma and Louise - he was the only thing I remembered from that movie. yum yum.
So true!
How do you go from Billy Bob to Brad Pitt? That is like a major step up! Anyone know if Brad is still in Edmonton?

anniebananie

09-27-2005, 09:12 AM

Yup, Brad is still in Edmonton. He's all over the province with his movie but so far the media says he'll be in Edmonton for a few more days.

mgrace

09-30-2005, 11:37 AM

Geoff Stults is yummy!

Gray: Aniston-Pitt Union Not Meant to Be (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1169161)

NEW YORK Sep 29, 2005 — Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt didn't have a chance from the get-go, says John Gray, best-selling author of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus."

The couple separated in January after 4 1/2 years of marriage. Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences.

"Aniston and Pitt had very little chance of lasting," Gray told The Associated Press. "They started out like the prom king and queen. He was the sexiest man and she the sexiest woman. That kind of pressure makes it hard to make a relationship last."

The former golden couple's split will be official Sunday, according to court documents.

Gray also doesn't hold out much hope for Pitt and Angelina Jolie, his "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star. The couple have been photographed together in recent months with Jolie's two children, Zahara and Maddox.

"They're always under the microscope," Gray said. "And he went from one relationship to another so fast that there was little chance to be alone and find his happiness again."

Rosebud

09-30-2005, 12:50 PM

From Star Magazine:

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/uploads/agelina_gollum_thumb.jpg

MsPeachy

09-30-2005, 01:36 PM

That's hilarious Rosebud! :D

I love the "comparison chart" - esp the part about the hands! hahahahah

MaineBelle

10-03-2005, 09:13 AM

from CNN.com

Actors Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, whose highly publicized divorce is expected to be finalized this week, have placed their Beverly Hills estate on the market for $28 million, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.

The house, which is being sold as part of the couple's divorce settlement, is empty of furniture, the paper reported. The stars, who lived there less than two years, have moved on to separate residences in Malibu.

Pitt, 41, and Aniston, 36, bought the 10,000 square foot (930 sq metre) -plus Wallace Neff-designed home for about $13.5 million in 2001. They then spent two years refurbishing it.

The house was built in a French Normandy style in the 1930s for actor Fredric March. Realty agents who have seen the house told the paper that it has some high-end features, including a screening room with film equipment and black leather seating; tennis courts; imported mahogany floors; a stainless-steel kitchen; and an art studio with skylights.

The white living room walls are covered in lacquer akin to the shiny surface of a sports car, the paper said.

The master suite features his and hers sitting rooms, one of which was turned into a large closet. The ground level features a bar with glass walls opening to an outdoor fireplace, pool and spa.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/03/pitt.aniston.home.reut/index.html

hmm - I don't know about that living room - I prefer my living room warm and cozy.

cocopops

10-07-2005, 08:05 AM

Ouch! I guess the Pitt Fam really has no clue about being sensitive to ones feelings :(

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship continues to progress: Now, his family is giving her a thumbs-up.

Pitt's brother Doug, who owns a computer store in Springfield, Mo., made it clear during a recent business speech to the junior Rotary organization Rotaract, "We've met Angelina, and my family really, really likes her. She's great."

Doug, however, means no disrespect to Pitt's ex. "Of course," he added, "we liked Jen too."

Since Pitt's marriage to Jennifer Aniston officially ended on Oct. 2, it appears more and more plausible that Pitt and Jolie could eventually become Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, PEOPLE reports in its latest issue. The couple, along with Jolie's son Maddox, 4, and daughter Zahara, 9 months, were spotted on Sept. 21 at the Galaxyland Amusement Park at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alta.

"Maddox was looking around at all the rides and he said, 'Daddy, can we go on that?'" onlooker Sarah Gardener tells PEOPLE. Pitt happily obliged, escorting the boy on the whirly Rockin' Rocket ride.

A giddy Maddox "was laughing," says Kelly Glandon, who was riding with her own 2-year-old daughter Taylor. "He looked like he was having the time of his life."

Now that Pitt, 41, is making increasingly cozy – and familial – appearances with Jolie, 30, and her kids, some wonder how long Pitt will even remain single, with rumors already swirling that the pair will wed next month in Lake Como, Italy. However, Pitt's spokesperson insists they're not getting married. As for the other rumors, the rep also insists Jolie isn't pregnant.

Still, Pitt has undeniably embraced his new role as a father figure to Maddox and Zahara. He has stopped smoking (though he has made frequent attempts to quit) and cut down on red meat, according to sources on the Edmonton set of his new movie, The Assassination of Jesse James.

The nicotine withdrawal has left him on edge, but Jolie "wraps him up in love and comfort," says a source, "and he just calms down."

Meanwhile, both of them are continuing humanitarian efforts. Pitt is highlighting world health concerns by narrating the documentary Rx for Survival, which airs Nov. 1-3 on PBS. And Jolie is contributing on online audiovisual diary about her five-day visit to the Congo in 2003. She shares her experiences on www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal, an Internet site created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

sarahh

10-19-2005, 09:16 AM

Just read this...Angelina Jolie is engaged to Brad Pitt, according to her Beowulf co-star Ray Winstone.

Pitt and Jolie, who met during the filming of Mr And Mrs Smith, have been at the centre of wedding speculation since Pitt's divorce from Jennifer Aniston was finalised earlier this month.

Married Winstone is currently working with Jolie on the movie adaptation of the epic Beowulf poems.

He says, "She's getting married isn't she? Yes she is." Source (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19102005/364/jolie-pitt-marry-says-winstone.html)

maggieb

10-19-2005, 09:20 AM

gag

KristyK

10-19-2005, 09:28 AM

Ya know, why do celebrities think they need to rush, then we're reading about their divorces. She's already been married, is it 3 times? and here she goes again. He's been engaged I don't know how many times. Can't you just be sleepmates, do you have to bring legalities into it? Geez, take it a bit slow already.

Sophia

10-19-2005, 10:08 AM

Now that BP and AJ are engaged *gag*, and Jen seems to be with Vince Vaughn, maybe BP & AJ should get a new thread. I mean, the whole triangle thing is over.

sarahh

10-19-2005, 10:51 AM

I always saw this as more of a BP & AJ thread anyways. Maybe we could just change the title to Brad and Angelina?

Sophia

10-19-2005, 10:54 AM

True. I PM a mod for that, right? :)

sarahh

10-19-2005, 11:31 AM

I'm loving the new thread title! ;o)

sdianems

10-19-2005, 12:41 PM

The nicotine withdrawal has left him on edge, but Jolie "wraps him up in love and comfort," says a source, "and he just calms down."

BLECH!

KristyK

10-19-2005, 06:32 PM

Love the new title of this thread!!

Rose

10-19-2005, 07:53 PM

Geez they make me want to puke.

houseblend

10-19-2005, 08:56 PM

How considerate of Brad to wait...what - 2 weeks?....after his divorce. :rolleyes:

Sophia

10-20-2005, 04:52 AM

I'm loving the new thread title! ;o)

Love the new title of this thread!!

Hee!!! :)

Rose

10-20-2005, 08:09 AM

It's not surprising that they are engaged. I am sure they have been for a while. Most people wouldn't let their kids call their boyfriend Daddy.

kugrrly

10-20-2005, 08:12 AM

YIKES... making a movie out of Beowulf!!! I could not stand reading that in high school!!!!

SNK2004

10-20-2005, 09:19 AM

I liked Letterman last night when he said, "Angelina and Brad are engaged!.... A date has yet to be set for the divorce."

Sophia

10-20-2005, 09:20 AM

*snicker* I wish I had seen that.

shopaholic

10-20-2005, 11:56 AM

Brad is such a skeeze.

TrulyBlessed

10-20-2005, 04:10 PM

I liked Letterman last night when he said, "Angelina and Brad are engaged!.... A date has yet to be set for the divorce."

LOL...that is too hilarious!!! I used to like Brad until this whole AJ thing. Why do they feel the need to rush into marriage? I just don't get it!!! What a slap on the face to JA & SOOO disrespectful!!! :confused:

Dantan

10-21-2005, 05:31 AM

katmg

10-21-2005, 05:59 AM

Enough of the Brad and Angelina hatefest already. JA milked the situation for all the sympathy she could get and the public bought it! So a man decides to part ways with a boring, superficial whiner who at 35+ still does not realize that there is more to life than designer clothing and Hollywood premiers. He ends up finding one of the most beautiful women in the world, who is not only beautiful on the outside, but realizes that the that there is more to life than the superficial and devotes vast amounts of personal time and money to helping people from places that most Americans would not even venture. What kind of alternate universe are we in where they get so much hate?:confused: While an obviously superficial and dishonest Jen gets only love?

Proud member of team Jolie!

Maybe because they swore there was nothing going on when in fact there was. I'm not really big on liars no matter how many babies they adopt. Maybe because he cheated on Jen while they were still married. Maybe because they have so quickly set up "house" even taking "family" pictures for a magazine before he was even divorced. Maybe because Jen has handled herself very well during this difficult time. Maybe because some of us still believe that marriage vows are sacred.

Or we could just think he's a loser. ;)

andrew&shannah

10-21-2005, 06:09 AM

Maybe because they swore there was nothing going on when in fact there was. I'm not really big on liars no matter how many babies they adopt. Maybe because he cheated on Jen while they were still married. Maybe because they have so quickly set up "house" even taking "family" pictures for a magazine before he was even divorced. Maybe because Jen has handled herself very well during this difficult time. Maybe because some of us still believe that marriage vows are sacred.

Or we could just think he's a loser. ;)

ITA! I don't think everyone is bashing Brad so much just because he divorced Jen. It is because he cheated, lied and flaunted it in Jen's face before their divorce was even final.

Rose

10-21-2005, 07:09 AM

If Brad disliked Jen so much he should have divorced her before he started a relationship with someone else.

Ali

10-21-2005, 08:43 AM

I always thought that their marriage was built on shaky ground from the start. I remember reading in a magazine at the time of their engagement that Brad wanted to get married and Jennifer wanted to wait. She finally agreed to get married when Brad told her either we get married now, or we break up. (I felt at the time that he probably didn't want another actress to make a fool out him the way Gwyneth Paltrow did). Anyway, a marriage is never going to last if both people aren't in it all the way, and I never felt like Jennifer Aniston was in it all the way.

It seems like they weren't even on the same page about children.

Rose

10-21-2005, 10:14 AM

I heard a tiny blip on the radio about Brad wearing a gold wedding band. Did anyone else hear about this? He doesn't seem like a gold kind of guy, so maybe it's for the movie???

TrulyBlessed

10-21-2005, 04:31 PM

Maybe because they swore there was nothing going on when in fact there was. I'm not really big on liars no matter how many babies they adopt. Maybe because he cheated on Jen while they were still married. Maybe because they have so quickly set up "house" even taking "family" pictures for a magazine before he was even divorced. Maybe because Jen has handled herself very well during this difficult time. Maybe because some of us still believe that marriage vows are sacred.

Or we could just think he's a loser. ;)

Exactly my point Katmg, I'm not against BP & AJ being a couple. He should have waited until the divorce was finalized before they started playing house, having Maddox call him "daddy", etc.

cocopops

10-27-2005, 08:27 PM

It should say Brad and Angelina.. but ya know :cool:

Jolie Said Wants to Adopt Another Child
Thursday October 27 11:49 AM ET

Angelina Jolie, often photographed with her two children in her arms, says she wants to adopt again.

"It's a very special thing," the 30-year-old actress told People magazine at the recent Worldwide Orphans Foundation benefit in Manhattan. "There's something about making a choice, waking up and traveling somewhere and finding your family."

Jolie has a 4-year-old son, Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia, and a 9-month-old daughter, Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia.

"Most of the night I just thought about how quickly I want to adopt again," she said. "There are so many wonderful places. There are many parts of Asia, Africa, South America, so sooner or later I'll end up everywhere, I'm sure."

Jolie announced at the Oct. 24 benefit that she is joining with Dr. Jane Aronson, the foundation's founder, to build a pediatric AIDS center in Ethiopia.

"I know some of the kids that were next to my daughter (at the orphanage); two of them passed away, with symptoms very similar to hers," she told People. "I really do believe that if I didn't get her out at that time, that she wouldn't be here. She was days away."

Is Maddox old enough to understand what adoption means?

"We've always addressed it," said Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. "I say, `You're from Asia, you're from Cambodia. Asia is not Mommy's continent, it's your continent.' ... He knows where Zahara came from. It's pretty amazing."

Jolie credits Aronson, her children's pediatrician, with saving Zahara's life. "It was really tough. You need this wonderful, calm doctor who tells you everything is going to be OK."

___

On the Net:

http://people.aol.com/people/

http://www.orphandoctor.com/wwo/

MarriedaGoalie

10-27-2005, 08:54 PM

What the hell is so wrong about adopting from AMERICA?! You know, the country we live in...?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

ejs

10-27-2005, 09:34 PM

What the hell is so wrong about adopting from AMERICA?! You know, the country we live in...?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think she has said there is anything wrong with adopting from America.

The waiting lists to adopt here are so long. Why not adopt overseas? Many average Americans do it; is that wrong of them?

I don't understand your anger or frustration or whatever it is. Can you please explain it?

luzbel

10-27-2005, 10:09 PM

What the hell is so wrong about adopting from AMERICA?! You know, the country we live in...?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
:( :( :(

Sposa06

10-28-2005, 12:06 AM

What the hell is so wrong about adopting from AMERICA?! You know, the country we live in...?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't understand the sentiment here. If a child gets adopted into a loving family, who cares whether the baby and its parents are from the same country (or even continent)? It's not just American babies that need families, but fewer people are willing to adopt from foreign countries. Why would you be upset with someone who does?

Heidi9771

10-28-2005, 04:49 AM

What the hell is so wrong about adopting from AMERICA?! You know, the country we live in...?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is much harder to adopt healthy babies in America (although older kids, not so much). They are in such high demand. Adopting in less fortunate countries where the ratio of orphaned babies to adopters is much bigger, is nearly thousands of dollars less in fees, and a much better chance at getting a healthy baby sooner.

Sophia

10-28-2005, 06:13 AM

Wow.

I'm not one to defend Jolie, but the fact she specifically goes to such impoverished nations to adopt her children is one of the only thngs I can find about her that I like.

DH and I have had RPL, and we're taking a break right now, but the idea of adoption is still out there, and if we went that route, I would much prefer to go to another country because the difference you make in that single child's life is incredibly more profound than if you'd adopted an American baby.

suzubeane

10-28-2005, 07:06 AM

Heidi9771

10-28-2005, 07:13 AM

The thing that most disturbs me about the way she's quoted is that it makes it sound like she's *collecting* them. Like she joneses for the process of getting a new baby, and the novelty of each one. <shrug>

I got that feeling too...remember when she was all about adopting a "blonde hair blue eyed" (her words) Russian baby? Then she got bored with that and adopted Z.

Sophia

10-28-2005, 07:15 AM

Well, that I can understand. It's a much more specific criticism, and I can see how her quote reads that way.

MarriedaGoalie

10-28-2005, 07:58 AM

luzbel

10-28-2005, 08:03 AM

The point is that everyone is always more concerned about fixing things (not just adopting) in other countries before they are concerned about our own people.

In my book, 'our own people' means everybody in the world
I'm chinese/costarican/whatever...and I've never viewed any people from a particular place or culture my 'own'

Travelling and living here and there, has given me multiple and varied specific experiences, but there is always a general 'feel' that is common. There are things from many other cultures and places that make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, just the same. I think the human experience goes well beyond political boundaries (political as in country frontiers and such) There are things that are universal. The closest analogy I have is Music. There's all different sorts of music from different background, different periods, different situations, but the emotions they convey are mostly universal.

There is people in need here and everywhere else...Why should we care less or more if it was our next door neighbor or somebody at the other end of the world? Helping here and/or everywhere else is just as helpful and it's just as worthy.

My two cents

suzubeane

10-28-2005, 08:28 AM

The point is that everyone is always more concerned about fixing things (not just adopting) in other countries before they are concerned about our own people.Hyperbole aside, I'm not sure you understand the full picture when it comes to adoption. This is a gross oversimplification.

There are several children in my family who were adopted abroad, and one who was adopted in the U.S, and I know the issue is not as clear-cut as you make it sound. Did you know, for example, the Caucasian families are dissuaded and sometimes prevented from adopting black children? Or that it is much easier for single people are gay people to adopt internationally than here in the U.S?

Each adoptive parent or couple must decide the best thing for his/her family. In many cases, a U.S. adoption requires knowing you can parent a child with disabilities or developmental delays. Many families decide they are better suited to raise children with cultural differences than children with special needs.

hockeybrat

10-28-2005, 08:53 AM

It just upsets me when people go abroad to adopt children when there are PLENTY of children here who still need to be adopted. The point is that everyone is always more concerned about fixing things (not just adopting) in other countries before they are concerned about our own people. Sorry, it's just a rant I have.

DH and I have talked about adopting and we wouldn't hesitate going into China to adopt. I am Asian, DH is Caucasian but we don't see many Asian children up for adoption here in the States.

And ditto what suzubeane said.

MarriedaGoalie

10-28-2005, 09:47 AM

cocopops

10-28-2005, 09:50 AM

I don't understand the sentiment here. If a child gets adopted into a loving family, who cares whether the baby and its parents are from the same country (or even continent)? It's not just American babies that need families, but fewer people are willing to adopt from foreign countries. Why would you be upset with someone who does?

ITA, A child in need, is a child in need regardless of what country they live in, ethnic origin etc. These children are not cars it is not like it will help or diminish our economy in anyway and it is not like these children are being smuggled over here. If Angelina Jolie has the money and the power to take these children out of impoverished environments and give them a good home and a good upbringing then I say why not. Besides that it would be another thing if she adopted these children and did not take care of them but we always see her in magazines, tv etc taking care of her children and that to me in itself is a very beautiful thing. I always wonder why people get so upset about things like that.

Rosebud

10-28-2005, 09:54 AM

Brad and Maddox in Malibu 10/26:

http://images.snapfish.com/3453747523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3B989277%3B2ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453747523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3B989277%3B3ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453747523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3B989277%3B4ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453747523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3B989277%3B5ot1lsi

suzubeane

10-28-2005, 10:16 AM

I can definitely understand where you are coming from, suzubeane. I just feel that people from the US who adopt children from other countries of the world do it for the wrong reasons a lot of times. I do not mean to include everyone in this... as yes, I know a lot of people do have to adopt from other countries because they can't do so here. The difference is not being able to adopt here... and not wanting to adopt here. Therein lies my issue with the situation.Do you actually know anyone who has adopted? I'm just curious, because you make it sound like people sign up somewhere to adopt, casually check one column for "US" or another for "international," and a short time later are presented with a child to raise.

They "do it for the wrong reasons a lot of times?" What are the "wrong reasons?" What are "A lot of times?"

No one goes into this decision lightly. And if they were silly enough to do so, there are teams of social workers and lawyers to make SURE they're not going into it lightly, and that includes ALL the choices that go with adopting. (Domestic or International? If international, then what country? Foster care or orphanage? Private or open? Age, race, ability?)

I'm not trying to attack you, but you made a very strong statement, and it appears to be coming from pure emotion without any fact backing it up. You might feel better if you knew more about the issue.

maggieb

10-28-2005, 10:22 AM

A child who needs a loving home is a child who needs a loving home no matter what country they were born in. I admire anyone who chooses to adopt either internationally or nationally. I agree that 'our own people' to me means everyone in the world.

Like Sophia said, I am not a fan of Angelina Jolie's, but I do admire her for adopting children who need loving homes.

thedoorchick

10-28-2005, 10:34 AM

While I don't know that I share the strong sentiment of MarriedaGoalie, in regard to its being better to adopt in the U.S. than abroad, I can say that I see where she is coming from.

There are, after all, entirely too many unwanted children here at home that could be adopted.

But as I say, I don't have a strong opinion on this subject one way or the other.

Ki Ki Marcus

10-28-2005, 10:36 AM

Well, I don't know if anyone else has seen it, but I was at the grocery store 2 days ago and a headline caught my attention on one of the "People" type magazines... They say that a wedding date has been set for around Thanksgiving. I didn't look to see when specifically, it just said Thanksgiving Wedding.
Maybe someone heading to the grocery can check it out and get back to us?

(Sorry, woulda looked a little harder at it but it seems I'm recently having an "everytime I get to the grocery I have to poop" feeling and my concetration goes way down due to my rush to GET THE HELL HOME! On the other hand, it's a great thing to have if I'm feeling constipated.)

suzubeane

10-28-2005, 10:46 AM

There are, after all, entirely too many unwanted children here at home that could be adopted.Yes, and isn't it too bad that more gay people, single people and white families (in the case of non-white kids) can't be loving them up?

You guys are looking at this backwards.

ztaprincess

10-28-2005, 11:08 AM

cocopops

10-28-2005, 11:26 AM

There are, after all, entirely too many unwanted children here at home that could be adopted.

There are entirely to many unwanted children PERIOD not just in the United States. As I said a child that is in need, is in need regardless.

ITA suzubeane it is a backwards prospective on the subject. Goes with the saying damned if you do, damned if you don't.

LindsaySD

10-28-2005, 12:07 PM

I know this is terrible...but I have thought about adoption alot...read several articles...pieces of books...and even though I would love to adopt from my home country I don't think I ever would. This country gives a lot of weight to the right of the birth parents even after they have made the decision to give up their child. I know this is not the case all the time....but it scares me that I could raise child and make them who they are for their birth parents to decided that they want a go round. Maybe I sound ignorant, but until I find proof to the contrary that is my belief.

ITA! My brother, sister, and mother are all adopted, and each of them has said that, TODAY, they would not adopt from the US. My mother raised my brother & sister terrified that the birth mothers would change their minds and try to contact them. Two of my cousins are adopted, as well, and have contacted their birth mother. It absolutely devestated my aunt.

I agree that there are TOO MANY children in the US that need adopted, but I can totally relate to the fear and worry that keeps some parents from chosing those children. But parents who DO adopt from the US and other countries should never be doubted...they adopt because they wanted a child to love, not to be on the front page of People.

hockeybrat

10-28-2005, 12:08 PM

cocopops

10-28-2005, 12:41 PM

I forgot about this issue too. I wouldn't want to go through something like this and I know DH wouldn't either.

Just a question to those of you that say you are afraid of the U.S. adoption i.e "Losing Isaiah" type of deal. Do you think that is at all selfish to think the way that you do? I know and agree with what you all are saying. Heck I am afraid to adopt for the same exact reasons. So I should answer this question myself. But I am just curious with those of you who have said this.

*What about the child that grows up knowing he/she is adopted and wants to know there birth parents. (Not necessarly because it is anything against you, just for the simple fact that they want to know there birth parents)

*What about a man or a women that in there life had a child very young or had a child and could not take care of him/her at that point in there lives and there only option at that point was adoption. Then they want to meet that child later on in life, not necessarly to take them back. Just to know that child is being taken care of and wants to have apart in there growing up process.

I understand it is more of a concern that the birth parent may want to take that child back etc. I really do not know how to word this exactly but I hope some of you know what im trying to ask.

Myra

10-28-2005, 01:38 PM

It just upsets me when people go abroad to adopt children when there are PLENTY of children here who still need to be adopted.

Most of those children are older. I can understand why she would choose to adopt babies over an 8-year-old, since the older child is more likely to have problems like attachment issues stemming from abuse/neglect or be far behind in school.

I would also be very suprised if a US adoption agency gave a baby to an actress who:
was twice divorced by age 26
is single with a reputation for dating married men
wore her husband's blood around her neck
and made out with her brother.

Just sayin'.

I don't think Jolie is adopting foreign children just because they're cuter.

ETA: what about people like Joan Lunden who, rather than adopting children who need a home, from this country or another, spend up to hundreds of thousands of $ on fertility treatments and surrogates to have "their own" babies?

hockeybrat

10-28-2005, 01:45 PM

Just a question to those of you that say you are afraid of the U.S. adoption i.e "Losing Isaiah" type of deal. Do you think that is at all selfish to think the way that you do? I know and agree with what you all are saying. Heck I am afraid to adopt for the same exact reasons. So I should answer this question myself. But I am just curious with those of you who have said this.

*What about the child that grows up knowing he/she is adopted and wants to know there birth parents. (Not necessarly because it is anything against you, just for the simple fact that they want to know there birth parents)

*What about a man or a women that in there life had a child very young or had a child and could not take care of him/her at that point in there lives and there only option at that point was adoption. Then they want to meet that child later on in life, not necessarly to take them back. Just to know that child is being taken care of and wants to have apart in there growing up process.

I understand it is more of a concern that the birth parent may want to take that child back etc. I really do not know how to word this exactly but I hope some of you know what im trying to ask.

I never thought of it as selfish but I guess in a ways it is because you (general you) are making a decision that would benefit you.

I wouldn't hide the fact that my child is adopted from my child. I don't anticipate the birth parents contacting (I would choose closed adoption) but I am not sure how to go about it if my child decided to find their birth parents. I think many of the children in China are abandoned so that would be a learning experience for both of us.

Sorry I couldn't provide you with better answers.

MarriedaGoalie

10-28-2005, 04:45 PM

cocopops

10-28-2005, 10:41 PM

suzubeane

10-29-2005, 03:52 AM

We have gotten into this topic far too much and I am just going to leave it at this... I don't completely agree with all of you... end of story. I have my opinions and you have yours. I respect that. I was not trying to take a stance on the subject... just trying to express my opinion on the issue. I'm sorry if I brought it up when I shouldn't have.First of all, I consider this side discussion to be completely on-topic. It's a thread about someone who adopts, after all!

Secondly, while it's nice that you "respect my opinion," I can't say the same. We ARE all entitled to our own opinions - just not our own facts. And at this time, we haven't seen anything to explain the initial very strong statement you made. (If you "didn't mean to take a stance," by the way, it isn't obvious by your first post on the subject.) I might respect your opinion more if you had answered any of my repeated requests for information on how you came to feel so stongly oppsed to international adoption.

Your statement above has all the hallmarks of someone who got too far into a topic that she wasn't prepared to debate. At that point, it's not crime to say "I guess I hadn't fully considered all sides of this thing." These boards can be an invaluable source of information if you let them. I have softened my views on many subjects because of things I have learned here.

When I have a chance (and I can figure out the best way to word it) I'm going to post about the adoption subject in the chit-chat section. I'd like to hear FACTS from people who feel the way you do, MarriedaGoalie, and they can bennefit from hearing from parents who have adopted internationally.

cocopops

10-29-2005, 07:03 PM

Well not that we didn't know but at least it is sort of kind of confirmed now! Wow I wonder what the two "love birds" feel about being put on blast ;) hmmm?

George Clooney isn't lucky in love and wishes he could find a love just like his friends Brad and Angelina.

He says, "I haven't lost hope. My friends Angelina Jolie and Brad are very much in love. Maybe it's time for me to find the woman of my life, too.

"I realise I am the last person who can judge my tastes - I have failed badly with women."

He broke up with Italian heiress Gianna Elvira Cantatore earlier this year.

maplekitty

10-31-2005, 03:51 PM

Hello ladies,
Can we please get back ontrack with *gossip* about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. If you would like to debate adoption, please take it to another forum.

Rosebud

11-01-2005, 01:10 PM

Here's a bunch of photos of Brad & Angelina at the beach with the kids:

They have copyright marks on them, so I'm not sure I can post them here. Click on the link to see them.

BRAD & ANGELINA PHOTOS (http://p099.ezboard.com/fjjboardfrm12.showMessage?topicID=94113.topic)

suzubeane

11-01-2005, 02:44 PM

Pitt Narrates PBS Miniseries on Health
By JAKE COYLE
The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 1, 2005

NEW YORK -- Brad Pitt's voice is usually identified with movies such as "Troy," "Ocean's Eleven" and "Twelve Monkeys" _ not a six-hour documentary on global health.

Starting Tuesday night on PBS and ending Thursday (check local listings), Pitt will narrate six hour-long episodes of "RX for Survival: A Global Health Challenge," which follows health care workers and researchers struggling to contain disease among the world's poor.

"I've been involved with the issue of poverty _ I've been studying it for about a year and half now," Pitt told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday from Calgary, Alberta. "I think one of the major causes of that is health, global health."

Pitt has made several trips to Africa in the past two years, including one in July to Ethiopia, where his "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star Angelina Jolie adopted her daughter, Zahara.

While tabloid coverage of Pitt and Jolie has been extensive, the 41-year-old actor told Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Primetime Live" in June that he wanted to redirect some of that attention to poverty in Africa.

Source: AP
More here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101370.html)

On the Net: rxforsurvival (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/)

suzubeane

11-01-2005, 02:45 PM

Oh, and thanks for looking out for us, maplekitty, but we had already taken your suggestion two days before your friendly slap on the wrist. ;).

TracieB

11-01-2005, 10:36 PM

I just heard on Virgin Radio that they got married?!?!

Developing story... will stay tuned for more info.

sarahh

11-02-2005, 03:52 AM

I am scouring the web for any info on a marriage and can't find anything. Let us know if you hear any more info!!

sarahh

11-02-2005, 03:54 AM

Found this...Pitt's publicist hits back at wedding report

02/11/2005 - 08:05:00 Brad Pitt's publicity team is furiously denying UK tabloid reports the movie hunk has wed Angelina Jolie in a secret ceremony.

Brad Pitt's publicity team is furiously denying UK tabloid reports the movie hunk has wed Angelina Jolie in a secret ceremony.

Britain's Daily Star claims the couple exchanged vows in a recent Buddhist ceremony, attended by a few family and friends, but Pitt's publicist Cindy Guagenti insists the story is "completely not true."

She states: "They've used a wedding picture from (movie) Mr and Mrs Smith and run with this story on the front page. There's simply no truth to this whatsoever."

Though the couple have been romantically linked ever since they played man and wife in spy comedy Mr And Mrs Smith, neither has commented on the speculation.

The Daily Star reported the actor is wearing a gold band on his wedding finger since the alleged ceremony and the pair plan to go public as a couple once a legal ceremony has taken place.Source (http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=161162150&p=y6yy6z856)

TracieB

11-02-2005, 02:55 PM

Whew! I didn't think it could be true, but over at Virgin Radio, they were all talking about it. Crazy!

sarahh

11-07-2005, 10:13 AM

If this is true...YIKES!Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and her adopted two kiddies came home to two grizzly bears in Canada! The two bears were rummaging around Brad's kitchen in his holiday home near Calgary. Brad ushered Jolie and the kids outside the house, then phoned police.

A source told The National Enquirer, "Brad was convinced he had surprised burglars but suddenly came upon these two bears. It seems the animals had been attracted by food smells wafting from a kitchen window Brad had left ajar.

" Park rangers rushed to the property and scared the bears away before
warning the couple to make sure they keep all doors and windows locked when they leave the house to avoid attracting hungry animals."

source: Glitterati

cocopops

11-13-2005, 01:32 PM

Source: Dlisted

leading voodoo expert believes that Angelina Jolie put a love curse on Jennifer Aniston to steal her man! A friend of Brad Pitt's confessed that he found a vial of grey-powder which he revealed was bat remnants.

Angelina has said she gave that vial to Brad to keep him safe from car accidents. But Dr. Snake, a leading voodoo expert says that the powder is used for something else.

"That vial sounds suspiciously like a voodoo 'mojo hand', or magical charm to me." "

One dark voodoo spell uses Bat's Heart Incense, which is burnt to break up a love affair or marriage."

That's it! Angie is a ****ing witch! Bitch is probably like 200-years old. That's why her vagina is so hypnotic and that's why she makes it with her brother. She's like a witch-vampire! Where's ****ing Buffy when you need her?

maplekitty

11-13-2005, 03:00 PM

That's it! Angie is a ****ing witch! Bitch is probably like 200-years old. That's why her vagina is so hypnotic and that's why she makes it with her brother. She's like a witch-vampire! Where's ****ing Buffy when you need her?

LMFAO!!! :D

tashaw6

11-15-2005, 06:00 AM

Found this on Reuters...

Romantic meltdown leads to wax separation

London - Sculptors in London's Madame Tussaud's museum were forced to break up a waxwork figure of Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston embracing each other after their separation last month.

"It involved quite a lot of work, because they were entwined and had their arms around each other," said museum spokesperson Diane Moon on Monday. "Jen had one of her hands on Brad's chest and her other hand was resting on his bottom."

The procedure, which involved remoulding their arms, cost around £10 000 (about R110 000) and the separated figures have been put back on display with their backs to each other.

Pitt, one of Hollywood's leading stars, and Aniston, who became a household name on the television series Friends, were married in July 2000 and their entwined figure was installed in July 2004, after the museum decided they were a "safe couple".

The only other couple to be installed in the wax museum were actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but they were separate figures.

Despite the cost of separation, Moon is hopeful the couple, who separated in January this year, will reunite.

"We would like them to get back together again because that would be a nice happy ending and we don't mind spending the money entwining them again," she said.

Rosebud

11-15-2005, 09:29 AM

Brad, Angelina & Maddox grocery shopping in Malibu:

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A86876nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A86877nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A86878nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A86879nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658 %3DXROQDF%3E232423%3A%3B77789ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A8687%3Bnu0mrj

source: http://p099.ezboard.com/fjjboardfrm12?page=2

imagirliegirl

11-15-2005, 11:35 AM

I still don't get the whole shock about Brad & Jen splitting. Does anyone remember their interview a few years back (on Oprah I think) where they were both saying they didn't necessarily think their marriage would last forever and they'd be married as long as it was working? It's no surprise to me that it didn't work. And if they both felt that way I don't see why him being with Angelina so soon is an issue. Or why Jennifer Aniston is trying so hard to get sympathy from people. If she wanted a man to love her forever she shouldn't have gone broadcasting that she didn't care if he did or not. :rolleyes:

Lizard

11-15-2005, 05:33 PM

http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A86878nu0mrj

You can't really see it in this photo, but one of the gossip shows tonight was making a BIG deal about this photo. Apparently Brad is wearing a band on his left ring finger. :)

Esq.

11-15-2005, 06:15 PM

I think it was probably this pic that they were making a big deal about:
http://images.snapfish.com/34552%3A6323232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D323332%3B%3A8687%3Bnu0mrj

Regina Phalange

11-15-2005, 07:36 PM

Looks like the ring is on his middle finger to me.

Lizard

11-16-2005, 05:45 AM

Yeah, when I zoom in on it, it looks like the middle finger to me too. Stupid gossip shows. :p

Ali

11-16-2005, 08:26 AM

It looks like his zipper to me (his leather jacket has zippers on the sleeves)

Rosebud

11-19-2005, 03:44 PM

Angelina Cheating on Brad?

Angelina Jolie's ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller claims that the two are still together and most likely will always be together. He also claims that the two are still sleeping together unbeknownst to Bradley Pitt. Several witness claim they overheard Jonny speaking to a friend at the U2 concert in Las Vegas about Angie.

He said: "Mr. Pitt has no idea who Angie really is. We love each other deeply, and Mr. Pitt, I'm sure, doesn't know how much we love each other or how often!"

Jonny also said that he has plans to spend Christmas with Angie, Bradley and family in London.

"I don't think Brad's going to like it, but Angie and I have only become closer since our divorce."

source: dlisted.com

Rosebud

11-19-2005, 03:55 PM

Angelina, Brad and the kids boarding a plane in Los Angeles:

http://images.snapfish.com/3455673523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D74%3B%3D658%3 DXROQDF%3E232424978%3B864ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3455673523232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E567% 3EWSNRCG%3D323333%3A69%3A956nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3455673523232%7Ffp336%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E567% 3EWSNRCG%3D323333%3A69%3A957nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3455673523232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E567% 3EWSNRCG%3D323333%3A69%3A958nu0mrj

Rose

11-19-2005, 05:28 PM

I think it's funny how Brad starts to look like whoever he is in a relationship with.

MsPeachy

11-19-2005, 06:44 PM

Why does that snippet about Jonny Lee Miller keep referring to Brad as Bradley? That just sounds silly.:confused:

TX Sweetheart

11-20-2005, 05:04 AM

Well, his real name *is* (William) Bradley Pitt... but I agree it does sound silly...

ManteoChik

11-20-2005, 07:23 AM

Even though I really don't like angelina...I just think she's strange, I do like that Brad Pitt is so loving and caring to her children. You can tell that he really wants kids and Jennifer just wasn't ready to give him any.

nya

11-23-2005, 08:54 AM

The beautiful star was rushing through Los Angeles International Airport when she became unsteady and had to sit down.

Fellow passengers said the screen beauty - who is romancing Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt - had to recover from her dizzy spell by sitting in a chair for several minutes.

An onlooker is quoted by Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Angelina was with a couple of friends and was being escorted through to the departure lounge.

"Seconds later, she seemed unsteady and had to sit down. It was all very sudden."

The source added: "Luckily, after a few minutes, she seemed just fine again."

Angelina recently sparked health fears after shedding weight and appearing in public slimmer than usual.

A source revealed: "Since the airport incident people have become worried about her health."

The Canadian Press BANG Media International

sarahh

11-28-2005, 07:04 AM

Here are some recent photos of Brad and Zahara...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/shancock/87c7ee51.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/shancock/fbb9eb89.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/shancock/cdec2b42.jpg

Source: JJB (http://p099.ezboard.com/fjjboardfrm12.showMessage?topicID=96199.topic)

cocoa_femme

11-28-2005, 07:19 AM

She is such a beautiful baby! :D :D

sheartm7

11-28-2005, 12:34 PM

SO adorable!

bethnjim

12-01-2005, 06:46 AM

This photo was taken while Brad and Angelina were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Doesn't it look like Angelina is so freaking head over heels for Brad??

http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2005/gallery/brangelina/bradangelina13.jpg

If I was married to Brad and saw this picture I would freak out...

jbenny75

12-02-2005, 05:38 AM

I agree, Bethnjim.

MsPeachy

12-02-2005, 06:40 AM

This photo was taken while Brad and Angelina were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Doesn't it look like Angelina is so freaking head over heels for Brad?? I can almost see the little cartoon stars and hearts swirling around her head.

sarahh

12-02-2005, 05:20 PM

In Touch Weekly is reporting that Brad has legally adopted both Maddox & Zahara and that the two kids are now taking on the last name Pitt as well.

The adoption of her children is just the latest step that Brad & Ange are taking on the road to marriage. In Touch is also reporting that Jolie and Pitt have already signed a prenuptial agreement, "primarily to benefit the two children, and the document includes details about the adoption."Source: Perez (http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/brad_pitt/brad_is_a_dad_legally_20051202.php)

kcjules

12-02-2005, 07:15 PM

LOS ANGELES - Brad Pitt is seeking to become the adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's children, the actor's publicist announced Friday.

A legal petition seeking to change the names of the children to Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt was filed Friday in Los Angeles, publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a written statement to The Associated Press.

"We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said. "No further comment is being made."

The couple has been romantically linked since the filming of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."

For months, rumors have been circulating about the extent of Jolie's off-screen relationship with Pitt. Photos published in the July 11 issue of People show Jolie standing near her England estate while Pitt rides a dirt bike with Maddox, 4. Other photos show Pitt, Jolie and Maddox at Luton Airport outside London.

Both children were adopted by Jolie. Zahara is just under a year old.

Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced their separation in January, and Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce became final in October. Pitt, 41, has denied Jolie, 30, was the reason for the split.

Source: Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com)

Leia

12-02-2005, 07:34 PM

The adoption of her children is just the latest step that Brad & Ange are taking on the road to marriage

That statement just seems so reversed to me.

silentbunny

12-02-2005, 07:49 PM

Wow.

Maybe they're already married?

suzubeane

12-02-2005, 08:03 PM

I sure hope they're getting married - quickly, and without a big to-do. You don't go changing kids names without making a commitment yourselves.

cocopops

12-02-2005, 08:12 PM

Re: In Touch Weekly is reporting that Brad has legally adopted both Maddox & Zahara

This is all so weird :rolleyes:

Rosebud

12-03-2005, 12:37 AM

Wow.... I have to say I am pretty shocked by this. I guess it just seems a little soon, doesn't it? He's only been divorced for two months and he's adopting his girlfriend's children? :confused:

I hope this all works out for the kids' sake.

MurphysLaw

12-03-2005, 01:22 AM

This photo was taken while Brad and Angelina were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Doesn't it look like Angelina is so freaking head over heels for Brad??...If I was married to Brad and saw this picture I would freak out...
Yep, me too...to say the LEAST.

and ITA...the situation is totally reversed. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

WestieMomma

12-03-2005, 05:36 AM

I saw the adoption thing on the news last night-crazy! Does Billy Bob not see Maddox? I thought Angelina and him were married when Maddox was adopted.

lawyergirl25

12-03-2005, 05:40 AM

I thought she adopted him right after she and Billy Bob split. In fact, I thought his not wanting to have kids was the main reason they broke up. I don't know for sure, though.

sarahh

12-03-2005, 05:51 AM

"We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said. "No further comment is being made."From CNN.com

WOW...just...wow!:confused:

cocopops

12-03-2005, 07:06 AM

I thought she adopted him right after she and Billy Bob split. In fact, I thought his not wanting to have kids was the main reason they broke up. I don't know for sure, though.

That is what I heard as well.

This must be pretty hard for Jennifer Aniston seeing as though they did want children together. Id imagine this be a pretty huge slap in the face.

jbenny75

12-03-2005, 07:11 AM

Yep, BBT was not thrilled with Maddox at all. I'm not sure if that was the reason for the split, but I do remember an interview of hers in which she stated Billy Bob didn't want anything to do with Maddox. She adopted him on her own.

I rented Mr. and Mrs. Smith last night. OMG- it's sooo obvious they had the hots for each other, they weren't acting AT ALL. Like the way he was always checking her out, that was so for real. I've always loved Brad, but he's never been that great of an actor. He looked so hot that I almost wasn't mad at him anymore.

Kind of interesting that Vince Vaughn was in that movie, probably witnessing what went down with BP and AJ, and now he's with Jen. I wonder if he filled her in on what happened on set.

I'm kind of shocked about the adoption thing, since they still haven't even publicly acknowledged being a couple. They still seperate themselves at public events, like just last week at the Mr. and Mrs. Smith premiere in Japan. I feel bad for Jennifer Aniston. I can imagine that this must really hurt. Even if she is getting over him, I think it must still get to her a bit, since she thought that they would be having a family together.

SoCoWife

12-03-2005, 11:06 AM

All AP Movie News

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Pitt Seeking to Adopt Jolie's Two Kids
Friday December 2 11:36 PM ET

Brad Pitt is seeking to become the adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's children, the actor's publicist announced Friday.

A legal petition seeking to change the names of the children to Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt was filed Friday in Los Angeles, publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a written statement to The Associated Press.

"We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said. "No further comment is being made."

Rumors of an off-screen relationship between the stars of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" have been circulating for a year. Pitt accompanied Jolie to Ethiopia in July to pick up Zahara, now about 10 months old.

He and actress Jennifer Aniston announced their separation in January, and Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce became final in October.

Pitt, 41, has denied Jolie, 30, was behind the split.

Jolie, twice-divorce, had often talked of adopting a second child. In 2002, she adopted Maddox in Cambodia, where she filmed "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The boy is now 4 years old.

As a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie, accompanied by Pitt, recently toured quake-devastated areas in Pakistan. She met with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and toured a town largely destroyed by the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed an estimated 86,000 people.

Raven_Girl

12-03-2005, 12:11 PM

He truly wanted kids.
I hope he's happy with his desicion.

All AP Movie News

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Pitt Seeking to Adopt Jolie's Two Kids
Friday December 2 11:36 PM ET

Brad Pitt is seeking to become the adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's children, the actor's publicist announced Friday.

A legal petition seeking to change the names of the children to Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt was filed Friday in Los Angeles, publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a written statement to The Associated Press.

"We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said. "No further comment is being made."

Rumors of an off-screen relationship between the stars of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" have been circulating for a year. Pitt accompanied Jolie to Ethiopia in July to pick up Zahara, now about 10 months old.

He and actress Jennifer Aniston announced their separation in January, and Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce became final in October.

Pitt, 41, has denied Jolie, 30, was behind the split.

Jolie, twice-divorce, had often talked of adopting a second child. In 2002, she adopted Maddox in Cambodia, where she filmed "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The boy is now 4 years old.

As a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie, accompanied by Pitt, recently toured quake-devastated areas in Pakistan. She met with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and toured a town largely destroyed by the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed an estimated 86,000 people.

Ali

12-03-2005, 04:23 PM

This doesn't strike me as terribly odd FOR HOLLYWOOD. Hollywood is famous for marriages that don't last and a few long-term relationships that do.

It seems to me that Brad is saying that he loves these kids, and wants to be their father. This is a lifetime commitment on his part. No matter what happens between him and Angelina, he will always be their father. I think that it is sweet, and I think that he will be a good dad.

I believe that Angelina was still married to Billy Bob when Maddox was adopted but that their marriage ended when he didn't show any interest in the child. If he is listed as the child's adoptive father, it will be fairly easy for him to give up paternal rights to Brad. I mean, I doubt that he will fight Brad and Angelina on this.

msnicolea

12-03-2005, 04:29 PM

Angelina was still married to BBT at the time, but she adopted Maddox solo, I think.

cocopops

12-03-2005, 06:03 PM

Angelina was still married to BBT at the time, but she adopted Maddox solo, I think.

According to this CNN article Angelina was still married to Billy Bob Thorton at the time of the adoption.

March 12, 2002 Posted: 12:57 AM EST (0557 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California -- Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton have adopted a baby boy from Cambodia, her father, Jon Voight, said at an Academy Award luncheon in Los Angeles.

The adoption announcement comes hot on the heels of a U.S. government decree suspending the issuing of visas for adopted Cambodian children.

"Angelina adopted a Cambodian baby," Voight told reporters creating a stir in the room, Reuters news agency reported. "I'm a grandfather today."

He said 26-year-old Jolie, star of the Cambodia-based action movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, received custody of the baby on Sunday in Africa, where she is on location with her latest film project.

He said Thornton, 46, was in the United States.

There was no information provided as to whether the State Department's visa restrictions had impacted the star couple.

Fearing children could be sold to an organized network trafficking in Cambodian children, the State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service in February issued a statement declaring the suspension on adoptions in Cambodia remained in effect.

"Cambodian authorities have acknowledged that the U.S. Government's concerns were justified. The Foreign Minister of Cambodia declared orally to the U.S. Ambassador in Cambodia that the Cambodian Government had also suspended action on adoptions involving American families," the statement read.

Some adoption cases already in process were, however, being investigated individually by a "senior-level" U.S. task force working with Cambodian government authorities.

Jolie and Thornton, who met while making the 1999 air traffic control comedy "Pushing Tin," were married in Las Vegas in May 2000.

Jolie, the U.S. star of 'Tomb Raider' and 'The Bone Collector', is in Africa for the filming of 'Beyond Borders', a love story about two aid workers working in Cambodia, Chechnya and Ethiopia.

Ilovemygeek

12-03-2005, 06:46 PM

I will never understand what is going on in celebrities minds when it comes to relationships. I hope it all works out for the sake of the two children involved.

MsPeachy

12-03-2005, 07:19 PM

Regina Phalange

12-03-2005, 09:21 PM

This must be pretty hard for Jennifer Aniston seeing as though they did want children together. Id imagine this be a pretty huge slap in the face.

I thought it was Brad that wanted children and Jennifer didn't and thats one of the reasons they got divorced. She was the one who was still "working on her career" and didn't want children when Brad was ready.

southerner

12-03-2005, 09:26 PM

I don't know whether or not Jenn wanted kids then, buit on Oprah a few motnhs ago, she said she did. That could be one of the reasons they got divorced, but the bigger reason is Angelina.

Raven_Girl

12-04-2005, 01:59 AM

Brad has been itching for kids for a long time. And I think Jen was holding out because she was in demand. I'm not saying Brad was right for cheating but they both Jenn and Brad played a role in ruinning that marriage.

I don't know whether or not Jenn wanted kids then, buit on Oprah a few motnhs ago, she said she did. That could be one of the reasons they got divorced, but the bigger reason is Angelina.

Raven_Girl

12-04-2005, 02:01 AM

I thought it was Brad that wanted children and Jennifer didn't and thats one of the reasons they got divorced. She was the one who was still "working on her career" and didn't want children when Brad was ready.

I remember Jenn saying after Friends she wanted kids but when the show ended she already committed herself to at least 3 films. So no baby time. By the time Brad finished making Ocean's 12 he said he wanted to start a family....it was like his clock was ticking or something.

jbenny75

12-04-2005, 06:10 AM

From Jen's Vanity Fair interview, re: having children

For the 36-year-old Aniston, who had expected to spend the past year being pregnant, the pain of watching this spectacle unfold was compounded by vicious rumors about herself. As misogynist as they were false, sensationalistic stories claimed the real reason the marriage ended was that Aniston refused to have Pitt's baby because she was so ambitious she cared only about her career.

Even now, that sexist slur makes her face darken. "A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children," she says. "That really pissed me off. I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did and I do and I will! The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all."

Aniston's intimates note acidly that Pitt could have done more to refute the mean-spirited rumor that his wife wouldn't bear his child, which reinforced the impression that he had good cause to leave her for Earth Mother Jolie. To some, this looks like sheer hypocrisy.

"When Brad and Jen were in the marriage, having a baby was not his priority—ever," says one mutual friend. "It was an abstract desire for him, whereas for Jen it was much more immediate. So is there a part of Brad that's diabolical? Did he think, I need to get out of this marriage, but I want to come out smelling like a rose, so I'm going to let Jen be cast as the ultra-feminist and I'm going to get cast as the poor husband who couldn't get a baby and so had to move on?"

Sophia

12-04-2005, 06:29 AM

Pitt cheated on Jen, plain and simple. Their split had nothing to do with babies.

jbenny75

12-04-2005, 07:09 AM

Also from that interview:

Aside from her initial flurry of tears, Aniston remains calm and thoughtful through hours of conversation with me over the course of several weeks. But there is one final topic to be addressed, and it's the most hurtful of all. The rumor that Jolie is pregnant with Pitt's child has swept around the world; some reports even have her finishing her first trimester.

When I ask Aniston about that, she looks as if I've stabbed her in the heart. Her eyes well up and spill over. Several long minutes go by as the tears keep rolling down her cheeks; she bites her lip, seemingly unable to speak. Finally she shakes her head; this subject is simply too excruciating to discuss.

"My worst fear is that Jen will have to face them having a baby together soon, because that would be beyond beyond painful," says Kristin Hahn.

It's probably safe to say she's pretty hurt right now.

DallasLady

12-04-2005, 04:11 PM

You know - you learn something new everyday. I'd never heard of a married couple where one of the pair adopted a child and the other was not part of it all. Very interesting. Would that ever happen in a non-celeb couple? Somehow, I think not.

No, that would never happen to us normal people. Of course, Angelina would never pass the rigorous home study that normal people have to do to adopt. At the time she was still wearing BBT's blood around her neck :rolleyes:

kimbyj

12-04-2005, 08:02 PM

Hmmm..wonder if Brad and Angelina got secretly married?

KGif

12-05-2005, 07:36 AM

Well I think it's great that Brad wants to devote his life to these children ... regardless of what happens with him and Angelina.

Brad and Angelina both appear to be very good people. Over the Thanksgiving holiday while most celebrities were dining at Dolce or shopping at Kitson they were in eathquake ravaged Pakistan. Not just writing checks but getting their hands dirty as well. You've gotta give it to them for that. They seem to always be devoted to looking out for the best interest of human kind. I seriously doubt they'd ever do anything that wasn't in the best interest of those 2 kids .. regardless what happenes between B & A romantically.

Hangin'in

12-05-2005, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by MsPeachy
You know - you learn something new everyday. I'd never heard of a married couple where one of the pair adopted a child and the other was not part of it all. Very interesting. Would that ever happen in a non-celeb couple? Somehow, I think not.

Originally quoted by DallasLady
No, that would never happen to us normal people. Of course, Angelina would never pass the rigorous home study that normal people have to do to adopt. At the time she was still wearing BBT's blood around her neck

Actually, it is very possible. Unless an adoption agency has a Christian affiliation requiring parents to be married, then adoption is open to anyone that has an acceptable home study, even if one person is married, and the other person in that marriage does not want to legally adopt a child. It is not common, but if that were the situation, then it is legally possible.

Rosebud

12-05-2005, 09:29 AM

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's newly adopted son Maddox leave an antique showroom on December 3rd.

Maddox shows the paparazzi what he really thinks of them.

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A34323232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D3233374866733nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A34323232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A%3E56 7%3EWSNRCG%3D3233374866734nu0mrj

source: hollywoodrag.com

Dunja

12-05-2005, 09:35 AM

:D :D

Go Maddox!! :p °°

meatpie

12-05-2005, 09:46 AM

I think A&B are married, yep. I don't know why I dislike them as a couple, but I do...

Elizabeth

12-05-2005, 09:49 AM

This whole thing really disgusts me. Sorry. I feel so sad for Jen and I totally agree w/ her assessment that Brad is missing a "sympathy chip" or whatever she said. Even if he didn't cheat on her, he went right into a very public rel. w/ another woman immediately after he and Jen separated... "playing house" w/ Angelina and her children. To legally adopt them just adds fuel to the fire.

I highly doubt that Brangelina are going to last. So are Angelina's children going to be split btwn her and Brad as if they were a divorced couple? Or is Brad going to skidaddle as soon as he doesn't have a relationship w/ the children's mother? Makes me think that the outcome can't be that great for these children.

jbenny75

12-05-2005, 05:25 PM

I agree that they may have married secretly.

Here's a question: Who exactly is Brad in love with? Angelina or the kids? If Angelina had been single when he met her and he didn't have Maddox to fall for, would he have left Jen?

Dantan

12-05-2005, 05:42 PM

Let's see..:rolleyes: .For Thanksgiving, Brad and Angelina go to Pakistan to help impoverished people....Jen and Vince party and get liquored up... Vince drives while impaired by alcohol...:confused: And Brad and Angelina are evil because???

Brad grew up and realized that there was more to the world than Hollywood...Jen obviously did not.

Raven_Girl

12-05-2005, 06:08 PM

Raven_Girl

12-05-2005, 06:09 PM

Raven_Girl

12-05-2005, 06:10 PM

That is what I heard as well.

This must be pretty hard for Jennifer Aniston seeing as though they did want children together. Id imagine this be a pretty huge slap in the face.

But she's the one who held off. He was going around saying he wanted a family and she went to film another movie.

jbenny75

12-06-2005, 06:08 AM

But she's the one who held off. He was going around saying he wanted a family and she went to film another movie.

Not true, according to her interview with Vanity Fair. See my posts of the interview on page 45. According to Jen and friends they spoke to, Brad checked out of the marriage the minute filming of Mr. and Mrs. Smith began, before Friends even ended. He didn't even show up for the final taping of Friends. So even if she did want children after Friends ended, there were already problems, so it didn't matter if she filmed more movies. My guess is that the reason she shot however many movies in a row after Friends ended, was to take her mind off of the problems in her marriage, and away from the fact that she thought she'd be starting a family at that time.

Islandbride1025

12-06-2005, 07:13 AM

msnicolea

12-06-2005, 07:21 AM

I would imagine that being a mother can certainly have a very positive effect on a person--priorities change, wants, change. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they must be very serious about each other to move forward with this adoption. As wild as AJ has been, I don't get the feeling she would put her children through anything without a real belief that it would work out for them.

Rosebud

12-06-2005, 09:23 AM

More pictures of Angelina and Maddox out shopping:

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A%3B%3A723232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A% 3E567%3EWSNRCG%3D3233377697676nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A%3B%3A723232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A% 3E567%3EWSNRCG%3D3233377697677nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A%3B%3A723232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A% 3E567%3EWSNRCG%3D3233377697678nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A%3B%3A723232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A% 3E567%3EWSNRCG%3D3233377697679nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3456%3A%3B%3A723232%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E65%3A% 3E567%3EWSNRCG%3D323337769767%3Anu0mrj

source: rosiedemario.blogspot.com

MarriedaGoalie

12-06-2005, 11:04 AM

I give her credit... she does spend a lot of time with her kids... I just hope it's for the right reasons.

southerner

12-06-2005, 11:33 AM

I give her credit... she does spend a lot of time with her kids... I just hope it's for the right reasons.

what would the wrong reasons be??

TX Sweetheart

12-06-2005, 11:36 AM

awww... those pics are adorable!!

keska

12-06-2005, 11:36 AM

I think she looks like a great mom.

Sophia

12-06-2005, 11:38 AM

She could be the best mom in the world and I still wouldn't like her. I've just never liked her. *shrug*

tinkerbelljenny

12-06-2005, 11:44 AM

I love that shirt that Maddox is wearing.

kcjules

12-06-2005, 11:46 AM

She could be the best mom in the world and I still wouldn't like her. I've just never liked her. *shrug*

same here.

MarriedaGoalie

12-06-2005, 12:23 PM

what would the wrong reasons be??

For publicity.

Kimberland30

12-06-2005, 12:24 PM

Let's see.. .For Thanksgiving, Brad and Angelina go to Pakistan to help impoverished people....Jen and Vince party and get liquored up... Vince drives while impaired by alcohol... And Brad and Angelina are evil because???

Brad grew up and realized that there was more to the world than Hollywood...Jen obviously did not.

Yeah, but we didn't see pictures of Jen and another man hit the mags right after news of their separation went public.

I don't think Brad and Angelina are evil. I like Angelina and Brad is okay. I am also not a big fan of Aniston, but after HER interviews (not whatever is reported in tabloids claiming "a source close to the couple"), I do feel bad for her. I truly believe that she wanted/wants children, and I think that if she held back, it was because of problems in their marriage, not that she wanted a career first. Obviously things were already rocky if Brad just up and took up house with Angelina right after the split and now he's adopting AJ's children.

danielle

12-06-2005, 12:33 PM

I think Jen's reason for not having kids was a great one - who would want to have kids with someone who is cheating on you?

southerner

12-06-2005, 12:40 PM

For publicity.

She'd get more publicity for smooching on Brad in public and she doesn't do that (ala Tomkat).

LittleFredPunkinHead

12-06-2005, 12:46 PM

I do have to say, whatever kind of shady stuff has gone on in their relationships, I think Brad and Angelina are doing really wonderful things as far as humanitarian work goes.

MarriedaGoalie

12-06-2005, 02:08 PM

She'd get more publicity for smooching on Brad in public and she doesn't do that (ala Tomkat).

I don't think that's the kind of publicity she is after... publicity from kissing in public tailors to a whole different crowd than the kind of publicity she is getting from raising two children from foreign countries... anyways, just my thought.

BooeyJ2

12-06-2005, 03:19 PM

I love that shirt that Maddox is wearing.

http://www.inkydinktees.com/

My friend designs most of their stuff and I know the owner :)

sarahh

12-07-2005, 08:27 AM

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Adoption papers
Brad Pitt is facing a stream of legal red tape in his attempts to adopt Angelina Jolie's two children - because he's not yet married to the sexy actress. His decision to adopt the youngsters will result in months of paperwork, in-home supervision and a high fee, which he could avoid if he exchanged nuptials with the twice-wed beauty. In Los Angeles County, the fees for a step-parent adoption are $775 (GBP430), and the process takes approximately three to six months. But with Pitt filing as a second parent, the star, ex-husband of Jennifer Aniston, can expect to pay a home study fee of $2,950 (GBP1,640) and face far more scrutiny. Source: JJB

maplekitty

12-07-2005, 08:43 AM

wwoooooo 3grand *rolls eyes*...that's pocket change for those big-time stars.

I wouldn't be surprised if hey get married because they "had to" for the sake of the adoption.

Kimberland30

12-07-2005, 09:08 AM

I'd say they will get married anyway, considering that he wants to adopt her children. I don't really know why they'd do it out of order (marriage first, then adoption). That still has me confused.

Bloomwood

12-07-2005, 10:31 AM

I wonder if there is a clause in the Aniston/Bitt divorce papers that says something about neither of them being able to remarry for a certain amount of time for a particular settlement to be finalized?

Just pulling it out the air, but the adoption then (inevitable) marriage seems odd to me as well.

Rosebud

12-07-2005, 03:26 PM

The actual paperwork submitted for the adoption can be seen HERE (http://justjared.blogspot.com/2005/12/brad-pitt-adoption.html) if anyone is interested.

Heidi9771

12-08-2005, 05:23 AM

The actual paperwork submitted for the adoption can be seen HERE (http://justjared.blogspot.com/2005/12/brad-pitt-adoption.html) if anyone is interested.

if you look at the paper work, they have hypenated last names now! ... Jolie-Pitt!

Rosebud

12-08-2005, 01:36 PM

Brad Pitt is said to be proposing to lover Angelina Jolie - every day.

The heartthrob actor is allegedly desperate to tie the knot with the pillow-lipped beauty - but she doesn't want to hurry to the altar. A friend claimed: "Angie is addicted to her independence. She's happy with Brad and doesn't want to jinx the relationship."

The insider says Angelina wants to make sure her romance with Brad - who has filed a legal bid to officially adopt her two children, Maddox and baby Zahara - is right before she ties the knot.

The source added to Britain's Closer magazine: "There'll be a marriage eventually, but Angelina will say when. She's already had two failed marriages and wants to be 100% sure this time."

But the pair may decide to bring the reported nuptials forward as Pitt faces a stream of legal red tape in trying to adopt his lover's children out of wedlock.

source: femalefirst.co.uk

lawyergirl25

12-08-2005, 01:41 PM

Shouldn't she decide if she wants to be with Brad before he adopts her children?

imagirliegirl

12-08-2005, 01:43 PM

Shouldn't she decide if she wants to be with Brad before he adopts her children?

Yeah I was wondering the same thing...

Sophia

12-08-2005, 01:48 PM

Shouldn't she decide if she wants to be with Brad before he adopts her children?

No kidding. Idiots.

cocopops

12-08-2005, 02:01 PM

No kidding. Idiots.

LOL I am with you ladies!

maggieb

12-08-2005, 04:13 PM

This makes me so mad! Angelina will let Brad adopt her kids, but still has to decide whether she wants to marry him. Guess he's good enough as a daddy, but not so sure about as a husband?:rolleyes: For Maddox and Zahara's sake, I hope their relationship works out.

Rosebud

12-09-2005, 03:03 PM

You can buy Brad Pitt's high school yearbook on eBay. Link HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/Brad-Pitt-High-School-Yearbook-RARE-Kickapoo-Jolie_W0QQitemZ7569563821QQcategoryZ60323QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

:p

sarahh

12-09-2005, 03:37 PM

Marry, Marry
Okay ... so I've heard from 2 different sources (thanks J and Diana) that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have married or are getting married in Sarasota, FL today. They are apparently doing the deed at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The rumor has even hit the radio ... so I guess we'll wait and see if it's really trueSource: Pink Is The New Blog

sarahh

12-09-2005, 03:44 PM

OMG...sooo funny to read his running commentary!!Mr. & Mrs. Pitt? Brad & Ange To Get Married This Weekend?

We are hearing very loud rumblings that Brangelina is making it official this weekend.

Being that we are from Miami, our Florida peeps have gone into overdrive on this one!

According to various PerezHilton.com readers, Brad and Angelina are reportedly getting married at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota TODAY.

News of the wedding is being reported by local radio station 93.3 FM, and we are hearing that the ceremony is happening RIGHT NOW (around 5:20 P.M. Eastern).

We just spoke with someone that lives in Sarasota, and they report to PerezHilton.com that there are currently several helicopters buzzing around the Ritz and that traffic around the hotel is jammed up.

Also, a reader that works for one of the local TV stations, who prefers to remain anonymous, writes is saying, "I just called the Ritz and confirmed that there is a wedding today and deliveries to the back entrance - the loss prevention department that handled the call asked if I was with the wedding party or commercial deliver. Who gets married on a Friday afternoon?!"

Brad and Angelina do!

Perez just personally emailed Brad's publicist and put in a call to her office, and very oddly neither Pitt's publicist nor her assistant were at their desks and available for comment!!

As of this second, we can not 100% confirm that this is true or not, but everything is pointing towards a big HELL YEAH. And, we hope to God it's true!!!

Update: We just got off the phone with the office of Brad's publicist and their official comment is that they are denying any talk of a wedding today or this weekend and they tell PerezHilton.com that Brad is not even in Florida, but that he is in Canada at the moment. ****. Shit. ****!!!!

Update #2: As for Angelina, we are hearing from one of our pap friends and he says that Jolie is still in Los Angeles. And, right this very second (at 5:48 P.M. Eastern) she is at the Santa Monica Courthouse.

Update #3: What the ****???? We just spoke to one of our friends at one of the entertainment news shows, which one we obviously can't reveal, and they are telling us that they believe the wedding is taking place in Florida and they are sending a crew down right now. They also told PerezHilton.com that Brad's movie wrapped this past Wednesday so his publicist was probably lying to us.

We seriously don't know what to believe now!!!

Update #4: Our head hurts now. We just got off the phone with a friend at one of the other celeb TV shows, who tells us that Pitt was in NYC today.

Update #5: Seriously, the only way to prove any of this now is through pictures. We are soooo ****ing confused.

Another friend at one of the weekly mags just called to let us know that Pitt definitely was on the set of his movie in Canada today.

If any of the photo agencies that we know read this site could be so kind as to send us your latest (from today) photos of Brad and Angelina, that will pretty much be the only way - in our minds - to find out what the **** is going on.

Update #5: Brad's publicist just got back to us again and finally we were able to get to the bottom of this. Some asswhole DJ in Florida, who should be FIRED, started this rumor today. And, it's complete bullshit. Boo hoo!!!Source: www.PerezHilton.com

luzbel

12-09-2005, 04:17 PM

I don't think that's the kind of publicity she is after... publicity from kissing in public tailors to a whole different crowd than the kind of publicity she is getting from raising two children from foreign countries... anyways, just my thought.
Which crowd would that be?

On a totally different note, I just saw Mr & Mrs.Smith (I know, I'm still in the stone age): Is that Vince playing the 'still living with his mother' friend of Mr. Smith? This may be no news to ANYBODY except me, but still :eek:

TX Sweetheart

12-09-2005, 04:44 PM

Which crowd would that be?

On a totally different note, I just saw Mr & Mrs.Smith (I know, I'm still in the stone age): Is that Vince playing the 'still living with his mother' friend of Mr. Smith? This may be no news to ANYBODY except me, but still :eek:

LOL yes that would be Mr. Vaughn playing Eddie...

Brandy

12-09-2005, 10:36 PM

I live right next to the Ritz in Sarasota. I almost got excited :) I drove past the Ritz, about 10 times today (just my normal comings and goings to and from work) and nothing out of the ordinary was going on there.

Man, that would have been cool! LOL

BTB

12-10-2005, 12:14 PM

They are apparently doing the deed at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

So, I guess it's true they're trying to conceive a child of their own?

:p

Rosebud

12-10-2005, 12:16 PM

Hoax: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Not Married Friday in Florida

Brad Pitt and Angelina did not get married on Friday at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota Florida.

While some blogs reported it on Friday and did a good job of digging, and another is still trying to push the idea today - the wedding did not take place, according to Access Hollywood.

The buzz apparently started when a radio DJ stated on air that the wedding was to take place on Friday at the Ritz. Reports even came in that several helicopters buzzing around the Ritz and that traffic around the hotel is jammed up. The reportedly, the deejay announced the wedding was "taking place right now." late Friday afternoon.

Trouble was neither star was even in Florida. Angelina Jolie was in Los Angeles, Brad was in New York.

So - no, unless it was a super secret ceremony in-between LA and New York, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are not married.

Don't expect this to stop the rumors, though.

source: nationalledger.com

kris97

12-11-2005, 12:50 PM

No idea if it's true, but here's the latest, courtesy of allthisnonsense.com, by way of Pink is the New Blog:

BREAKING NEWS: Angelina Jolie Pregnant!!!

A super-connected, inside source has confirmed exclusively to AllThisNonsense.com that Angelina Jolie is in fact pregnant. I just got the breaking news not too long ago. This is not a rumor people!!!

Just last week we reported that Ms. Jolie had been feeling a bit ill and called in one morning to the set of The Good Shepherd. Now we know why.

As you may have heard, last week Brad Pitt filed papers to adopt Jolie's two children, Maddox and Zahara. This is starting to make some sense now. Maddox and Zahara are MAD cute!!! But seriously, Brad and Angelina's natural born child.? Damn, that kid is going to be off the charts gorgeous.