Not only did we get some beautiful pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at last night’s NOLA screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, we also get some great video footage of Brad and Angie too!
Thank you Sonja, for pointing these out to me! Pictures are wonderful, but I love seeing them move around and hearing them talk in video clips!
Brad Pitt and Ann Curry sat down yesterday in New Orleans to talk about Make It Right, New Orleans, and his life with Angelina Jolie and their children.
It was taped yesterday but aired this morning on the Today show. Here’s the six-minute segment:
Do you know what struck me right off the bat? They were talking about how there are already eight families living in completed homes while work continues on the rest. Brad was saying how great it was to know that some families were finally home for the holidays after so much time since Katrina - and then when Ann asked him if he had met these families, he started talking about them by name.
It may not sound like a huge deal but Hollywood is made out to be selfish in general, but here was Brad, knowing everyone’s name, their kids’ names, which house they live in… That’s someone who isn’t just throwing money at a problem but someone who is getting as completely involved as possible in every aspect of helping out people who have been waiting for years to come home.
Brad was reluctant to talk about his family at first but he opened up a bit, saying how amazing it is to have these six kids from all parts of the world who play and laugh and fight. He admitted that no, having six kids is not easy, but you get so much out of it.
More details of the Brad Pitt interview below the cut.
He also talked about adoption and what it’s like to love a child that isn’t biologically your own and he confessed that he had wondered about the same thing, whether it would be harder but Brad said that it’s an automatic thing, you just love them.
Ann made me laugh when she said she was annoyed with him because she thinks she’s okay with a camera, and then along comes Brad with a big photo shoot of Angie and the kids in W magazine. Brad explained that his reason for doing that was because you don’t often get to see the warm, natural side of Angelina in other shoots. I agree with that!
Brad flat-out said he hates the paparazzi, differentiating between the photographers who take photos at special red-carpet events and the ones who climb over walls to scream your kids’ names to snap money shots. He said he thinks there should be laws against allowing them to follow after kids with cameras.
Ann asked the question about marriage, saying that once a reporter asked Angelina if she would ever get married to Brad and she said to ask him. He laughed about that and said that if it becomes important to the kids they’ll see.
It’s a great interview, be sure to watch it all!
The NOLA screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button went on last night, and as always Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looked amazing on the red carpet. While I’m a big fan of tuxes for super fancy events, I think Brad looks great in just a regular (though very nice!) suit. And Angelina! That dress was so beautiful and classy.
Here are some of my favorite photos of Brad and Angelina on the red carpet in New Orleans.
Seriously love the buttons up the back of her dress!
Keep reading for more Brad and Angie photos!
What do you think of Brad’s suit (sans hat!) and Angelina’s button dress?
Much to the delight of the folks in New Orleans, Brad Pitt did indeed hit the red carpet for his NOLA screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Angelina Jolie looking stunning by his side.
All the non-hat fans will be pleased to see that Brad looked very sexy in his suit and tie - without a single hat in sight!
Meanwhile, Angelina ditched the dark colors she’s been wearing lately to step out in a beautiful white dress with buttons up the back. Buttons for Benjamin Button?
They both looked gorgeous as always, and much to the disappointment of the tabloids, they looked completely happy to be there together.
Check out the gorgeous photos of Brad and Angelina on the NOLA red carpet over here and stay tuned for more photos of them here on PittWatch!
In the meantime, don’t forget that Brad will be on the Today show on Tuesday morning and then on Ellen on Wednesday!
According to NOLA.com, tonight there will be a special invitation-only screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in New Orleans. The article is from Saturday, and they were still saying that it was uncertain as to whether Brad Pitt would be on the red carpet or not.
However, we now know that the Jolie-Pitt family is indeed back in New Orleans so it’s definitely possible. The arrivals are scheduled for 6 pm with a pre-party, then the screening at 7 pm. If it all wraps up by 10 pm, Brad could definitely still get enough sleep for his Today interview. I’ve heard that Ann Curry is supposed to go to New Orleans rather than Brad going to the studio, so he wouldn’t even have to try to catch a red-eye flight to fit it all in.
Thus, be sure to come back later to see if there are any red carpet pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the NOLA screening of Benjamin Button. If he’s in town I can’t see him skipping out on the event!
Image used with permission: Newscom
(Thanks Julia!)
In Touch Weekly seems to have a radar zeroed in on Angelina Jolies ovulation and pregnancy status. They broke the news of Jolie’s second pregnancy with twins and they are standing firm that the actress is expecting another child in the new year.
Jolie and Pitt already parent three adopted children, Maddox, Pax and Zahara and three biological children, Shiloh and infant twins Vivienne and Knox.
Recently, Jolie has given several interviews about her desire to expand their family even further. And during the launch of DVD Kung Fu Panda last week, she was quoted as saying, ‘Anything could happen. We’re open to anything, we love kids and we’re having a great time. It’s chaos in our house, but it’s so much fun. We’ll definitely have more.‘
Image source: Newscom - Source: Daily Mail UK
Brad Pitt is on Larry King Live on CNN tonight but if you can’t get CNN, don’t stay up that late, or missed it, I have some video clips of Brad on the show, talking again from New Orleans.
It seems that there should be a longer, full-sized or almost full-sized segment available, but these are all quite short. They’re still better than nothing though.
Larry King asks the tough question as to how Brad Pitt (and Angelina Jolie) balances the desire for privacy with the exposure that comes with his life.
More below the cut!
Brad’s reaction to American president-elect, Barack Obama
Larry King asks Brad for his thoughts on the horrible tragedy in Mumbai, India:
Brad jokes about how having so many kids is making him age fast:
Why are everyday people so interested in celebrities, Brad?
Thank you Randi for two of the videos that I missed!
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, CNN, larry king, larry king live, Make It Right, New Orleans
As you already know, Wanted was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday. As always, it comes with a lot of bonus features. Because I have a huge love for how Angelina Jolie gets into the physical stunt work in her movies, I particularly enjoyed this video clip.
Behind the scenes of Angelina Jolie kicking James McAvoy’s ass:
This clip discusses how they were searching for just the right person to play the lead role of Wesley.
Image used with permission: Universal Pictures
Tags: Angelina Jolie, james mcavoy, Video, wanted, wanted bonus features
You may want to think twice before Googling Jessica Alba’s name again. According to a recent research conducted by Internet security company McAfee, Alba is ranked among “The 15 most dangerous celebrities to search for on the Web”.
Jessica ranked #6 with “Red-ranked risky sites were identified when searching for “Jessica Alba” and “Jessica Alba downloads.” The sites contained hundreds of malicious downloads, links to other bad sites, misleading offers to gather information, and a high number of spam emails when an email address was provided.”
The full list includes:
1 Brad Pitt
2 Beyoncé
3 Justin Timberlake
4 Heidi Montag
5 Mariah Carey
6 Jessica Alba
7 Lindsay Lohan
8 Cameron Diaz
9 George Clooney, Rihanna
11 Angelina Jolie
12 Fergie
13 David Beckham, Katie Holmes
15 Katherine Heigl
Looks like it is no longer only porn that can get there diseases into your computer so better beware.
Tags: Dangerous, Googling, Infection, jessica-alba, Spyware, Virus, Warning
I debated about whether or not to even bother writing about this because, on the one hand, who cares? However, on the other hand, several readers have emailed me to ask me to post about it so we can talk about it. So here you go.
Roseanne Barr posted a blog entry of her own, where she ripped apart Jon Voight, then went on to tear down Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. One classy gem is this:
your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more. (Just sayin’).
I don’t even really know what to say. I know that not everyone is going to love Brad and Angelina, and honestly, I really don’t expect everyone to do so. Everyone’s entitled to an opinion, but what purpose is served by spewing such incredible vitriol as that? There are several celebrities that I personally can’t stand, but I can’t be bothered to go out of my way to blast each one of them - nor do I go to fan websites and snark over there. I just leave it at “I really don’t like XYZ” and there’s no need for more.
I can only wonder if Roseanne has some new project coming up and needs to direct some free publicity her way. Slamming two major stars who are of interest to a great deal of people? That is a surefire way to get attention.
Never mind that she’s not even right. Brad and Angelina donate a great deal more money than just $3 million. I’d love Roseanne to let us know how much SHE gives to those in need on a regular basis.
I won’t even get into the snarky tone she uses when discussing the Jolie-Pitt children.
It’s a shame and it saddens me because I was always a huge fan of Roseanne - in fact I still love to watch the show Roseanne in re-runs in the evenings. She never failed to make me laugh (especially now that I’m a mother myself and can relate even more), but now she’s just making me sigh.
Ugh. In light of this, let’s all watch the wonderful video that reader Lara linked to in the comments a few entries back, a video showing some of the great work Angelina Jolie has done with the UNHCR - some of the footage includes things Brad Pitt has done too.
Take THAT, Roseanne.
