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Getting back to work on his new project, a handsomely clean-shaven Brad Pitt was spotted arriving to the set of "Moneyball" in Westwood, CA on Wednesday (September 29).
Waving to gathered fans and photographers, the "Fight Club" stud even offered up a smile before delving into the Bennett Miller directed drama.
The work duties come just as it was revealed that Brad and partner Angelina Jolie have doted a huge diamond ring as a gift to their children's godmother, Mindy Cohn.
Described as a huge four to five karat sparkler, an Us insider reportedly asked the former "Facts Of Life" actress where she got the new hand jewelry, to which she replied, ''Brad and Angelina gave it to me.'"
"She said she visits the Jolie-Pitts wherever they go," the source added."They pay for her airline ticket."
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| | George Clooney Brad Pitt 'prank' each other with male prostitutes | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Any story with the words ?George Clooney,? ?Brad Pitt,? and ?male escort? is going to be good. This one comes via Life & Style?s ?Scene Queens? - they claim that Brad and George?s years-long prank-fest has gone to a whole new level. Allegedly, they?re paying male escorts in advance to ?show up? on their film sets:
One perk to being an A-lister is being able to pull pranks on your famous friends that mere mortals could never get away with.
Life & Style?s Scene Queens have learned that the prank wars between Brad Pitt and George Clooney have escalated to where both men are spending thousands to one up each other.
Their latest practical joke is downright naughty!
?Brad and George are sending each other an endless stream of male escorts while each is on set,? an insider tells the Scene Queens. ?They will pay them in advance on a credit card to make sure the escort shows up.?
The battle between the two of them has been ongoing for years.
?A few years ago Brad offered a $1,000 to people to get them to pee in the vents George Clooney?s car,? an insider tells the Scene Queens. ?George came right back and offered $5,000 to pepper spray Brad?s car and paint it orange.?
[From Life & Style]
??And that?s how Clooney met Canalis? - so the story goes. Brad paid Elisabetta by credit card, and Clooney fell in love. You know I?m right.
Honestly, though, I?ve always thought that Clooney was kind of in love with Brad. This is probably just Clooney?s way of broaching ?the subject? with Brad. Buy him a male hooker, see what happens.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Brad Pitt Zahara have a daddy-daughter outing at an American Girl store | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Saturday, Brad Pitt took his little Empress out for a birthday party. Reports suggest that it was Chris Cornell?s daughter?s birthday party, and that it was held at The American Girl store at The Grove. We don?t have access to any of the photos of Empress Zahara, alas, but you can see one here. You can see that The Empress is not amused with all of these shenanigans. It will be much different when she assumes power. Anyway, Brad looks good, doesn?t he? But he also looks different - CB thinks he had his eyes done or maybe got some fillers, but my suspicion is that Brad is just getting relatively jowly as he ages. Something is going on with his jaw and his jowls? and I think it?s just some weight gain and age. Whatever? here?s more on the party:
Brad Pitt escorted his adorable daughter Zahara to a birthday party in L.A. Saturday -Zahara was a guest at the 6th birthday party of her friend Toni Cornell, daughter of rocker Chris Cornell. It was held at every Hollywood girl’s favorite spot, the American Girl store at The Grove shopping center.
Brad Pitt took some time off shooting the baseball drama Moneyball to hang with 5-year-old daughter Zahara. Donning his usual newsboy cap, the actor, 46, was photographed holding the girl’s hand at a birthday party for rocker Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni at the American Girl store in Los Angeles.
A witness tells UsMagazine.com: “Several little girls were invited to the party and Zahara arrived with Brad around noon. Word quickly spread around that they were at the Grove and a big scene formed outside. Brad was very cordial to fans. As they left, he waved and gave a thumbs up to everyone. He held Zahara’s hand, and she looked very happy. She had a goodie bag from American Girl place that she opened as soon as she got in the car.”
Zahara - whom Pitt and longtime love Angelina Jolie adopted from Ethiopia in 2006 - has “got an extraordinary voice,” Jolie, 35, recently gushed to Vanity Fair. She added that their daughter also is “just so elegant and well spoken.”
[From Us Weekly & Radar]
Aw, some father-daughter bonding at the American Girl store. That?s so cute. Question: the American Girl store has black dolls, right? Or do they only carry white dolls? Nevermind, I just looked it up. They do have dark-skinned dolls! Good for them.
Also - E! News put up this video of what went down when Brad and Zahara were trying to leave - the paparazzi frenzy is really crazy:
Brad Pitt on Sept. 25, 2010. Credit: Fame.
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| | Brad Pitt and Zahara: Grove Birthday Party Pals | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Tending to his all-important fatherly duties, Brad Pitt escorted daughter Zahara over to The Grove shopping complex in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday afternoon (September 25).
The "Fight Club" stud looked his usual suave self as he took his precious girl to a birthday party for rocker Chris Cornell's daughter at the American Girl store.
Once finished up with the afternoon fete, Brad carefully held Zahara's hand as they made their exit while offering up a wave and smile to fans gathered to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood hunk.
Always causing a stir wherever he goes, Pitt ended up having to direct people to move out of the way as he then navigated his SUV through the crowd en route to the family home.
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One of the drawbacks to vintage vehicles is a lack of reliability, and Brad Pitt found that out first-hand while riding his classic Ducati motorcycle to work in Los Angeles yesterday (September 13).
The ?Fight Club? stud broke down in a populated area of the city and had to rely on his in-tow bodyguard to get him up and running again.
Brad was on his way to the Culver City set of his new film ?Moneyball,? also starring Jonah Hill. The movie is about legendary baseball manager Billy Beane who overhauled the Oakland A?s during the 2002 season.
Last October, Brad also had a motorcycle mishap when he dropped one of his bikes while riding it around town. Thankfully he wasn?t seriously injured.
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| | Brad Pitt Lends Voice to NFL Documentary | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Having spent the past weekend in New Orleans for the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt continues to do his best to help the rebuilding efforts in Louisiana.
The "Meet Joe Black" actor took time to tour the eco-housing project set up by the Make It Right Foundation, which he set up in 2007 to assist people who lost their homes in the Katrina devastation.
During his days in New Orleans, breaking reports from the AP tell that Pitt narrated an NFL documentary titled "America's Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints" - which covers the Saints win last year over the Indianapolis Colts.
Airing on the NFL Network on September 8 at 9PM EDT, the showing comes just one night prior to the Saints' season opener.
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| | Brad Pitt interviewed by Brian Williams for NBC Nightly News in NOLA | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last night, Brian ?My Dong Is Large? Williams interviewed Brad Pitt for the NBC Nightly News, all for the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I hadn?t heard about this - I knew Sandra Bullock was doing a Matt Lauer interview, but I didn?t know Brad was getting all up in the Nightly News. Can I just say something about how handsome he is for a second? Brad looks lovely here. This is the prettiest he?s looked in, like, two years. And goddamn he can wear some denim.
Anyway, the interview:
Some quotes:
On NOLA, immediately post-Katrina: “Complete devastation. It was unfathomable. I mean, just– you had no idea that there were families and here. It was just wiped clean. Except for the occasional pile up of homes and– on top of homes.”
Why Make It Right? “I mean, people’s– people build their lives here. And– and– I mean, New Orleans is a unique place to begin with. And I say– a cultural treasure trove for– for America to begin with. But the thing that struck me was that these people were trying to– you know, these people were trying to get home. And– and were having a very difficult time doing so. And as I got into and started studying it, I found out that levy walls were built improperly.”
Et cetera. Brian calls NOLA Brad?s ?empire? and says he?s ?not so nave now? because Brad repeats his claim that he started all of this out of naivet, which he also said in his Douglas Brinkley interview. I think it was a good interview, and I like Brad brings the conversation back to the people of New Orleans and the progress that?s being made.
By the way, Angelina Jolie was also in New Orleans, channeling her inner goth chick:
Angelina and Brad in New Orleans on August 27, 2010 courtesy of Fame.
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| | Brad Pitt gives a great, extensive interview about Make It Right NOLA | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Oooh, a new Brad Pitt interview! He?s promoting Make It Right NOLA, and he?s likely doing press for it because the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is upon us. Brad spoke to Douglas Brinkley, noted historian and author of one of the seminal works on Katrina, The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was all for The Times-Picayune, but the NOLA site has the full piece. Thanks to Ecorazzi for the heads up! Here?s how Brinkley introduces Pitt (the full interview is here):
Whenever actor Brad Pitt is in New Orleans, he gets on his old thrift-store bicycle and tools around the city enjoying the architecture and ambiance. It?s his way of staying in shape. His favorite destination is pedaling across the retractable North Claiborne Avenue Bridge to the Lower 9th Ward to inspect his Make It Right Foundation houses.
The entire Make It Right saga is a ?Hail Mary? pass that worked.
Starting in 2006, Pitt?s foundation commissioned 13 architecture firms to design affordable, eco-friendly houses. Pitt decided to build these houses — nearly 50 at last count — on the exact spot where the Industrial Canal levee breached on Aug. 29, 2005.
Pitt is in New Orleans this week to attend Katrina anniversary events. A true Hollywood workhorse, seldom getting a day off, Pitt spoke to me following a brutal 50-hour-a-week production schedule on a Hollywood set.
[From NOLA.com]
Since this piece is so lengthy, I?m really going to try to edit it down to the bare essentials. Hint: I?m taking out all of the crap about sports, because I just don?t care. But Brad did have nice stuff to say about the Saints and Reggie Bush. Whatever. Here you go:
Tell me about your love affair with New Orleans. You?ve become perhaps the city?s most effective booster. How did that happen?
I came to New Orleans back in 1994 doing the ?Interview with the Vampire? movie, based on the Anne Rice novel, and fell in love with the city. It got under my skin. Everything was sexy and sultry. I?d ride my bike all over the place, amazed by the architecture. I?d return to New Orleans every chance I could. What can I say; it?s got the best people, the best everything. It?s the most interesting city in America.
Where were you when Hurricane Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005?
In Calgary, up in Canada, making the movie ?The Assassination of Jesse James.? I couldn?t get my eyes off the TV. It was frustrating seeing all those people on rooftops screaming for help. It was abhorrent. I was gutted. I remember thinking we can do better in America. Everybody seemed to make mistakes at a federal, local and state level. I used to ride my bike around the Lower 9th ? usually going to the Holy Cross area to look around. My instinct said that we have to find a way for those people to find a road home. New homes were clearly going to be needed.
When did the idea of Make It Right houses come into focus?
I got involved with Global Green and various Bill Clinton initiatives. I met a lot of smart people. But nobody was doing what I thought needed to be done. Look, I?m an architecture junkie. And the holy grail of architecture is finding ways to design sustainable urban communities. The Lower 9th had become a clean slate. Everything had been washed away. So quite naively ? and I know I?m naive ? I said let?s start at ground zero, the very historic neighborhood that got devastated by Katrina. We brought architect William McDonough into the picture and things took off. We started building prototypes. The Lower 9th is the iconic spot of Katrina. It?s where the levees breached. It represents a marginalized people stuck in a man-made disaster. I met Katrina victims who had been given FEMA trailers and had nothing to hook them up to. Others had formaldehyde problems. What was the message? We were telling people to come home and yet when they got back to New Orleans they were treated in a substandard way. I just thought it was atrocious.
How do you feel seeing those Lower 9th families living today, on the fifth anniversary of the storm, in beautiful Make It Right houses?
Great! I was in the Lower 9th for Memorial Day. Families were barbecuing and swimming in the little, you know, pop-up swimming pools. And families were coming together and saying hi. You know, the simple acts of kindness. A lot of residents no longer have only a cynical view of Katrina, they have a brighter perspective about life. And when I say kindness I mean Make It Right was built on the donations of people. Americans donated. That has a deep effect on the people living in these homes. We have solar panels providing the energy, and it works and fellow Americans paid for it. Not the government.
When you came down from Calgary to see the Lower 9th in person back in 2005, were you shocked?
Yeah. It was, like I said, a blank canvas. It was obliterationville. It was a blank, blank, blank canvas. A house sitting on top of a house on top of a house sitting on top of a station wagon with a boat jammed through it. It was, you know, shocking devastation. The place looked like a giant eraser had come in and just erased away those homes. You know, these weren?t just houses. These were people?s lives shattered. Families in pain, memories washed away, just obliterated.
A lot of people saw the devastation in the Lower 9th. But only you acted on rebuilding it?
OK, I was naive, totally naive. I credit naivete with our success. I was also an opportunist. I saw this land, it was available, and I thought we could make a difference. Starting from scratch has its benefits. Too often we give disaster victims cheap building products, slipshod materials, and then put on top of them the burden of energy bills and medical bills. You know it?s the badly built levees that destroyed these people?s lives. We needed, as a country, to do something right for them. A new paradigm was needed. The technology was available. So I thought, ?Let?s build houses that answer all the problems.? We needed to make amends for over 1,500 deaths. We had to fix the grave injustice the best we could. Let?s face the facts: Shoddy Army Corps levee work was the culprit behind the 2005 flooding of New Orleans. People in pre-Katrina had been sold cement slabs in the Lower 9th next to the levee. These folks were told it?s all right to build homes, for example, on Tennessee Avenue. They were set up. I mean not necessarily intentionally, but through the negligence of levee maintenance. But, lo and behold, the Lower 9th is now the greenest ? I don?t even like the word green ? it?s the most high-performing clean neighborhood in the world, according to the Green Building council.
Are you hoping this can be a pilot project or prototype community to develop elsewhere? Do you have a global vision?
That was the plan. That was the plan all along. This thing could become a template for other communities to follow. And we?ve trained New Orleans contractors on how to build these homes.
When did you decide to be a New Orleans homeowner?
I?ve always wanted to have something there. I had looked into some properties in the late ’90s and almost bought a home. But my personal life didn?t make it possible then. After Katrina, in 2006, it just became a need. I needed to be down in the Lower 9th and I wanted to make films in New Orleans because I love being in the city so much.
Can you still get around New Orleans on your bike? Do you put a sweatshirt hood over your head? Or does your facial hair serve as a disguise?
In New Orleans, the people are great. They leave Angie and me alone. Unfortunately, we drag paparazzi with us from other places in the world. They become a bit of a hindrance. We try to go out and all the locals are so great, and then these paparazzi ruin it. But otherwise, man, we can just live and breathe and ride bikes. We can take our kids on bike rides, and local people just give us a shout out?and let us move on. It?s very free for us in New Orleans, very nice for us. It?s like Venice or Rome; an essential world city. So we feel honored to be involved with the community. Everybody treats us like neighbors.
How do you feel about the grass-roots movement of Brad Pitt for U.S. senator or mayor of New Orleans?
Yeah, with my past? (Laughs). It isn?t going to happen. Oh, my, the skeletons that would come out of my closet. That?s a losing venture.
Did something in your Missouri upbringing connect you emotionally to New Orleans?
Yeah, there is a strain of that. New Orleans holds a southern mentality but also an East Coast mentality regarding the importance of art and culture in life. Somehow Springfield, Mo. ? in the southern part of the state ? seemed more connected down the interstate to New Orleans than St. Louis or Kansas City. It?s a Southern thing in me.
When you?re working in L.A. or Europe, do you listen to New Orleans music?
Truthfully, my favorite sound in the entire world is opening up the balcony doors in the French Quarter and hearing four different sounds playing at once from the apartments across the way or down the street. Or, you know, behind our house. And it?s a balmy night, twilight, and I?m drinking a beer and this feeling just falls over me, of contentment. It gives me goose bumps to talk about it.
If you had a magic wand, what would you want to see happen in New Orleans during the fifth anniversary commemorations?
I?d like to see more people still be able to get back. More specifically, for our Make It Right project, I would like to expand our template to St. Bernard Parish. You know, out of all the Lower 9th homes we built, all are producing more energy than they are spending, than they are consuming. They?re all pollution-free. This is an amazing story to me. Many of our homeowners don?t owe anything for energy use. We can prove that low-income and high-performance houses work. No more antiquated building practices are needed in New Orleans; let?s put that one behind us. We?re on track to build more homes in the Lower 9th and perhaps in St. Bernard Parish. We are getting the prices down. All our safety measures are intact. I hope house experts will come look. I can back up what I?m saying. Our homes are affordable, high-performance, and safe. And there is an aesthetic to them all. Now I want to drive the price down. OK, that is fair to say, the price needs to come down. But any other criticism you hear doesn?t hold up.
What do you say to people who don?t think the Lower 9th is safe because the levees are still weak? How do you know the wall won?t collapse again in a Category 3 or 4 or 5 hurricane?
Sure, I have concerns. I mean it was the first question we had to ask: Are we putting people back into the danger zone? Well, there is a Road Home program. Nobody is giving them enough money to return safely. In our eyes, you?re setting people up for another catastrophe. Our houses are built high enough from the ground to endure flooding if the levees don?t hold up. As for the iconic Industrial Canal breach spot? It?s been dealt with by engineers to a large degree, dealt with better than the other walls. You know what my worry is? My worry is not the Lower 9th, it?s the upper 9th. Because that protection wall wasn?t dealt with. It?s a foot or two lower than the levee in our neighborhood. If the Army Corps would just have spent a little bit more time, put in a little more focus and a little bit more money and done it right the first time, New Orleans would be a far safer place. And it wouldn?t have cost the billions of dollars to fix what was wrong. And I find that inexcusable. So our Make It Right homes are built right. And that?s where the title came from: Make It Right. Just make it right for everybody. Make things fair to the people of New Orleans. Make it right.
[From NOLA.com]
Look, I know Brad it probably going to get bashed for this interview, just because he gets bashed for breathing at this point, but I personally think on this point, on this issue, he is 100% authentic, passionate, dedicated and awesome. We can bitch and moan about the costs or the architecture or the timing or all of it, but the truth of the matter is that Brad puts his time and money where his mouth is, and that?s always something I respect. Make It Right NOLA is one of his greatest passions, and he?s stuck with it, and I believe he?ll continue to stick with it, no matter how complicated things get. For this, I have nothing but admiration and applause for him.
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| | Brad Pitt's Harsh Words for BP Honchos | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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He?s always been a huge fan of New Orleans, and now Brad Pitt is suggesting an especially harsh punishment for the BP folks responsible for the recent oil spill.
The ?Fight Club? actor appears in Spike Lee?s ?If God is Willing and Da Creek Don?t Rise,? speaking his mind about what should happen to the oil company executives.
In the film, Pitt explained, ?I was never for the death penalty before. I am willing to look at it again.?
It?s no wonder that Brad is so upset- he jumped to aid the hurricane cleanup efforts after Katrina tore up the coastal town.
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They?ve definitely weathered more than their fair share of bad press, and finally Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are getting some restitution.
The ?Mr. and Mrs. Smith? couple will reportedly receive an undisclosed sum from the UK tabloid News of the World for an erroneous story they published.
Back in January, Brangelina?s attorney Keith Schilling told London?s High Court, "We can confirm unequivocally ... that the allegations published by the News of the World are false as well as intrusive."
News of the World will be publishing a public apology, pay all legal costs, and pay a settlement to Brad and Angelina, which they will donate to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
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