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Well, that would be nice, wouldn’t it? I’m afraid I can’t arrange for you to actually shower with Brad Pitt (and besides, Angelina Jolie might not appreciate that!). But you can help him while you’re in the shower.

Brad is teaming up with Kiehl’s for their new Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser. Not only is the cleanser good for the environment, something that’s important to Brad, what with all the eco-friendly details of the homes he’s having built in New Orleans. Aside from that, proceeds from the sales of the $16 product will benefit the JPF Eco Systems Charity - a foundation that was created by Brad and Kiehl’s for the sake of global environmental initiatives.

We won’t be seeing any steamy photos of Brad Pitt in the shower, unfortunately. He has no plans to endorse the product with his face (or anything else) in commercials, but the bottle does feature a handwritten note from Brad on the label. Almost good enough for me!

Will you try the product out?

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Now, now. Get your mind out of the gutter. Not like that. However, George Clooney mentioned he would be more willing to strip down in movie roles if he looked like Brad Pitt. He said:

“It wouldn’t look good for me, particularly in my boxers. If I was built like Brad Pitt I’d do it all the time. Wouldn’t you?”

Then all kidding aside, he said that he is also very happy to see all the work that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do to help other people, such as the efforts in New Orleans, post-Katrina.

“He and Angie really put their money where their mouth is. I’m always very impressed by them.”

I also read somewhere that George Clooney is planning on giving more money to Brad’s Make It Right program but I can no longer find the article.

I love Brad and George. They always make me smile. And honestly, I don’t think George should be so hard on himself - I’m sure many people would be very happy to see him in his underwear too. Ahem.

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Although Angelina Jolie has been laying low, getting to know her new babies, X17Online has photos up showing that Brad Pitt had a date with his mom and his oldest daughter, Zahara. His dad was apparently there too, but there were no pictures of him that I could see. The group went to a museum in Saint-Paul France, soaking in a bit of culture together, then hit up La Colombe d’Or for something to eat.

Check out the photos of Brad Pitt with Zahara and his parents here!

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Back when we were discussing movies we’d love to see with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, many people expressed an interest in seeing Angelina return as Lara Croft in another Tomb Raider installment. Looks like it’s not going to happen.

Apparently the role of Lara Croft will be resumed by someone new, 23-year-old Alison Carroll. You can check it out over here.

(I was amused by the story about how she got locked in her apartment the day of her big meeting with producers and had to throw her bags over the first-floor balcony, leaped over, and jumped the fence to get there.)

It will be interesting to see how she holds up. To me, Angelina Jolie will always be Lara Croft so I’m not sure how well I can accept a new version. It would be, to me, as if they replaced Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Return of the Jedi.

On the other hand, if Angelina does indeed take on the new CIA role sometime next year, she’ll still have plenty of time for high action stunt work!

Edited to add: I read this late last night, after a very long and tiring day. As a result I misunderstood and didn’t realize that this new girl is not starring in an upcoming movie, she is simply the new promotional girl for the game. Sorry for the confusion.

However, now I’d like to open it up for discussion and ask you all who else in Hollywood could play Lara Croft if Angelina Jolie did not take the role for a hypothetical new Tomb Raider film? If it can’t be her, who’s your next choice? The only person I can think of off the top of my head is maybe Jennifer Garner because of her great work on Alias. The biggest problem there, though is that she doesn’t quite look the part. She’s very pretty but she’s more of the “girl next door” look whereas Angelina really did look like Lara Croft is supposed to.

Ideas?

Image used with permission: Newscom

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According to Variety, the movie Edwin A. Salt may be re-written specifically for Angelina Jolie. The movie was originally going to be a Tom Cruise film, but things have changed. Once Angelina had made note that she liked the project, thoughts started whirling as to how it could be changed to fit a female lead instead.

The role would be that of a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy who then needs to prove her innocence while still avoiding being captured. Considering her ability to play an assassin - twice - as well as a tomb raider, I have no doubt that Angie could pull off portraying someone in the CIA on the run.

The title of the movie will be changed if the re-write does happen, assuming she takes the role. There’s no word yet as to when shooting would start, but obviously it won’t be too soon since Angelina gave birth so recently and Brad is going to start filming in the Fall for his upcoming film with Quentin Tarantino.

There was also a brief mention of the ongoing hope that someday she will get to star in the film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged.

The full story is here.

As a woman, I have to say that I love the thought of a male role being recast for an actress. What do you think of this new development?

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I’ve noticed in the comments section that some of you are trying to make arrangements to send each other copies of People and Hello! if they aren’t sold in your area, and that some of you are asking friends and relatives in the U.S. to send them to you. When people want to see Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their kids in a huge photo spread, things happen!

I wanted to alert you to something that reader Sharon emailed me about. There is a website called Zinio which allows you to purchase digital copies of many popular magazines. I went to the site and couldn’t find People but I did find Hello! under the entertainment listing.

She also sent me a copy since apparently you can send some to friends once you purchase it - It’s quite neat really. It’s like having the full magazine right there on your screen.

While I know a lot of people would like to have the physical copy of the issues featuring photos of Brad, Angelina, Vivienne, Knox, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh, if that isn’t an option for you, this might help a little!

Thanks Sharon!

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After spending so much time at the hospital before the birth of Knox and Vivienne and then staying another week after their birth before coming home, it was clearly important for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to spend some quality play time with their four older kids.

Although I’m not thrilled with sneaky photos on private property, there’s no denying that it’s incredibly cute to see Brad, Angelina, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh out in their yard, playing ball and running around. It looks like Mrs. Pitt is there as well, as reports have stated. You can see the photos here.

I rolled my eyes over the fact that they thought maybe Angelina Jolie was holding Vivienne in one of the photos. Who holds a baby like that? Do none of the paparazzi have children? Clearly that was a doll that Angie was holding, maybe one of Shiloh’s dolls. Duh.

Supposedly they’re supposed to be off to Greece, though no one has said why. I can’t imagine them wanting to leave for another country so soon because they are going to be tired for some time, unless it’s a prior commitment they can’t get out of. We’ll see if that’s true or not - maybe it’s just Brad for a movie meeting.

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I’ve had several requests to start a new discussion thread, and since we’re all waiting for photos of Knox and Vivienne, I thought now was as good a time as any!

One of the most popular discussion requests I get lately is to have us all talk about why the world is so fascinated with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Obviously, not everyone loves them - that much is obvious by reading some of the nasty comments elsewhere on the Internet. People who dislike Brad and Angelina really do so with vitriol. But on the flip side, many people who admire them are just as passionate in their praise.

The thing is, it’s not just some obvious group that follows the Jolie-Pitt family. There are fans who are teens, in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50, 60s and up. Their fans are homemakers, stay at home mothers, medical professionals, business professionals, fellow actors, and more. And their fans span the globe. It’s not just American fans, or Japanese fans, or French fans. When I get comments sent to my inbox or when I have to go into the moderation queue to push comments through (hi Ligaya, hi Victoria!), I’m able to see where those comments are coming from (generally speaking, of course). It’s amazing to me to see how many different countries my readers come from. We have readers from every continent except Antarctica and I can forgive them for that since people down there are usually pretty busy doing scientific work.

So what is it that makes two celebrities so fascinating to so many different types of people from different cultures and different walks of life? We’re all different but we all have this interest in Brad and Angelina in common.

Tell me what it is that attracts you to this couple (or one of them if you have a preference for one over the other), and maybe guess as to why they have a global appeal. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

(I’ll keep my own thoughts in the comments too to keep this entry from getting too long.)

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Despite paparazzi up on the rooftops and horrible, scary rumors of paparazzi renting helicopters in a desperate attempt to capture the first photos of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt on the sly, all the people behind the cameras were foiled. Angelina Jolie, Knox, and Vivienne were discharged from the Lenval hospital and arrived home safely.

Well thank goodness for that, because thoughts of paparazzi chasing down a helicopter departure immediately reminded me of Princess Di being chased for a photo op right before she died.

The family - and presumably Brad Pitt was with them - left in the dark hours, heading out at about 4 am on Saturday morning. Rather than leaving in a helicopter, which was how she arrived, she slipped out by car. According to People, an observer said, “We saw the cars and we thought it was her but we didn’t see anything.”

That’s so wonderful to know that they were able to leave quietly. My theory was that they would slip her down to the emergency room and transport them out by ambulance. The idea would be that no one would think it was Angelina or the Jolie-Pitt twins, that it would just look like an ambulance heading out on an emergency call.

They did, however, elude the press by slipping out the back way. You can read the full story of their well-organized departure here.

Dr. Sussmann, Angelina’s doctor was the one who broke the news to the disappointed paparazzi, saying, “You can go home. The story is over.”

What a relief to know that Angelina Jolie, Knox, and Vivienne are safely at home at their chateau.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may not be novice parents but they’re new to the world of twins and it seems a lot of people are shouting out with words of wisdom, advice, good cheer, and even babysitting offers.

This week’s issue of People magazine has Brad and Angie on the cover (actually so does every other weekly magazine that I saw in the store today), which you can see here. Inside, Wyclef Jean, a friend of Angelina said “I’m willing to babysit for them!” which is a brave offer when there are six kids! Babysitting aside, he feels they’ll be more than able to handle the large group of children, saying “they will do well”.

Meanwhile, People also interviewed an everyday non-celebrity family who have something in common with the Jolie-Pitt family in that they had four children already when they added twins to their family. They advised them that sleep is even more elusive with twins, that they often didn’t get to bed until 1 am by the time they got all the kids to sleep and took care of their own things, and that the father fell asleep while being driven, blindfolded, to a surprise party just because he was so incredibly tired.

Even the family’s eight-year-old daughter was able to give a piece of advice to Maddox Jolie-Pitt. She said, “The babies may stink up the house a little, and they might make some noise. It may be hard, but being the oldest of six can be fun.”

How cute is that?

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