ANGELINA Jolie has hinted she may marry Brad Pitt in the future.Although the couple — who have been together since 2005 — haven’t seriously considered tying the knot, the actress does think being someone’s wife is a special thing.“I do think marriage is a lovely thing as I’ve tried it twice before, but we haven’t
We’ve heard rumors that Brad Pitt is working on some kind of documentary about the impact of the massive oil leak in the Gulf. Pitt is an avid environmentalist with ties to the area through both a mansion his family purchased in New Orleans and the Make it Right project, which builds sustainable homes for Hurricane Katrina Victims. Pitt does appear in a Spike Lee documentary on the area, which will air on HBO tonight. It’s a follow-up to Lee’s 2006 documentary on Katrina, When the Levees Broke. The film, called If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, was meant to end with the happy news of the Saints winning the Super Bowl. Sadly, Lee had to continue filming to add on the whole BP disaster, which is where Pitt’s comments come in.
Brad Pitt has harsh words for BP in Spike Lee’s new documentary about New Orleans.
‘If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise’ is a four-hour followup to Lee’s 2006 film ‘When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.’
Lee landed an interview with Pitt, who owns a home in New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie and whose Make It Right organization has built homes post-Katrina.
From a review of the film in USA Today:
Reflecting on those responsible for the oil spill, Pitt can barely contain his contempt.
“I was never for the death penalty before,” he says. “I am willing to look at it again.”
The film premieres Monday night on HBO.
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I don’t blame him although I would opt for life in jail without parole – or a lifetime scrubbing rocks for 12 hours a day. The way that whole crisis has been handled is abhorrent. Officials at BP, through their own well documented negligence, are responsible for the deaths of 11 workers along with an environmental crisis that has killed countless sealife and will lead to nearly incalculable effects on the ocean and surrounding area for decades. There are also reports of very troubling illnesses striking fisherman and workers around the spill. It’s not that much of a logical leap to wonder if people in that area are going to be struck with chronic illnesses, not just from exposure to the oil but also from dispersants that are toxic to humans and wildlife.
So for someone like Pitt, who cares deeply about the environment and the people in that area, this whole crisis has got to hit hard. It’s much worse for the people who live there and who don’t have the resources to leave. Pitt knows this, and believes someone should be held accountable. You know they won’t be, though. BP has even been allowed to run a $50 million PR ad campaign touting what a great job they’re doing down there handling the disgusting mess they created. So many people would disagree. Heads aren’t going to roll for so many reasons, but there are plenty of people more affected by this than Pitt who wish they would.
Note: these pictures are from last year, when Pitt was just starting to cultivate that mangy beard
JENNIFER Aniston doesn’t hate Juliette Lewis!The former Friends actress has denied claims she tried to get Lewis fired from her new movie The Switch.It was recently reported that Aniston demanded that Lewis — who once dated her ex-husband Brad Pitt — was replaced before they started production.“Eventually the director was able to convince Jen that
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their six kids are reportedly househunting in Budapest, Hungary, so the actress can make her directorial debut with a film about the war in Yugoslavia at the beginning…
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Newlywed True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are just one of countless Hollywood couples that found love on set.
Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer
After meeting on the show, “True Blood” co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were married on Saturday August 21 in Malibu, California.
Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus
Liam Hemsworth swept Miley Cyrus off her feet in real life, and in “The Last Song.”
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got romantic after sharing the screen in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens
Zac Efron admits he immediately fell for his longtime girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens when they met at the casting call for their hit Disney film, “High School Musical.”
Penn Badgley, Blake Lively
Childhood friends Blake Lively and Penn Badgley found a love connection when they were cast together in “Gossip Girl.”
Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr
Let’s not forget that Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr also had “Gossip Girl” to thank for an introduction.
Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan
Shia LaBeouf was charmed by his “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” co-star (and now girlfriend) Carey Mulligan.
Freida Pinto, Dev Patel
“Slumdog Millionaire” couple Freida Pinto and Dev Patel are also romantic in real life.
David Arquette, Courteney Cox
The original “Scream” brought David Arquette and Courteney Cox together. Now the married couple is returning for the latest sequel.
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy
After dating “Stage Beauty” co-star Billy Crudup, Claire Danes met her new love, Hugh Dancy, while filming “Evening.”
Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott
“SNL” co-stars Abby Elliott and Fred Armisen are said to be dating, now that his brief marriage to Elisabeth Moss is over.
Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak
“The Office” co-stars (and co-writers!) B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling have dated on and off for the past two years.
(lol I did not even know they were together irl. That makes all those scenes that have together on screen much cuter)
Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter met while playing brother and sister on “Dexter,” and married in 2009.
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Here is something I can’t figure out: Why is Jennifer Aniston’s movie career not at least proportionally as huge as her tabloid allure? I mean this as a compliment. While I’m long, long, long over hearing about her breakup with Brad Pitt and subsequent lack of a love that satisfies the gossip-mongering masses, I never
Nick Newcomen travels 12,000 miles with GPS tracking ‘pen’ to emblazon message ‘Read Ayn Rand’ across the US
Some literary fans show their dedication to a particular author by traipsing to book signings or festivals; others track down elusive first editions. Nick Newcomen went a little further than most, spending a month driving more than 12,000 miles to inscribe his message – “Read Ayn Rand” – on a vast swath of US land.
Using a GPS tracking device as a “pen”, Newcomen took about 10 days to complete each word, turning on his GPS logger when he wanted to write and turning it off between letters, videoing himself at landmarks along the route for documentation. He drove 12,328 miles in total, across 30 American states, inputting the data once he was finished into Google Earth to create the world’s largest book advertisement.
“I saw on the internet some GPS ‘penned’ shapes and drawings done by others. They intrigued me because I saw potential there to use GPS to create a ‘written’ message on a very large scale,” said Newcomen.
He decided to point people towards the author because he believes that “‘Read Ayn Rand’ deserves to be the world’s biggest message”.
“She is the only modern author and thinker to offer ideas that have the potential and power to genuinely reshape the world for the better,” he said. “And on a personal level, her books and ideas have been instrumental in helping me achieve success and happiness in life.”
Rand counts among her disciples former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, along with Brad Pitt, Oliver Stone and Ronald Reagan – although Noam Chomsky once called her “one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history”. She is best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged, in which she trumpets the right of individuals to look out for themselves even as the world collapses without them (“I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine,” says hero John Galt), for her philosophy of Objectivism and her advocacy of “full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism”. She has undergone a revival in recent months, with Atlas Shrugged enjoying a boost in sales.
Newcomen listed his top 10 reasons to read the author on a website about his travels: “She explains with refreshing honesty and clarity which basic ideas America must adopt and which it must reject if it is to remain a great nation,” he wrote, and “her ideas in essence are true”.
Other writers hoping for similar endorsements will be disappointed: Newcomen says he has “no plans at this time to do any more GPS ‘writing’”.
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One of Hollywood’s Most Handsome Men drives a hard bargain. Brad Pitt has harsh words for those responsible for the oil spill that devastated the Gulf Coast for more than four months. The Oscar-nominated actor says he was against the death penalty before the crisis but he is now “willing to look at it again” after bearing witness to the destruction of his adopted hometown at the hands of BP.
The actor makes the controversial comment during an appearance in the new Spike Lee documentary If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, the sequel to Lee’s 2006 film about Hurricane Katrina, When the Levees Broke.
Brad’s Make It Right initiative has spearheaded efforts to build 150 affordable and sustainable homes in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, which was heavily hit by the 2005 natural disaster. When asked about those responsible for the BP oil spill, which has affected the region, the father-of-six replied: “I was never for the death penalty before. I am willing to look at it again.”
Lee’s film was supposed to end on a positive note with the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl victory, but when the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster began in April, the 53-year-old director extended filming to include that story.
If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise premieres Monday night on HBO.
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