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Brad Pitt is Yummy

Spicy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:24:43 +0000

Brad Pitt arrives with son Maddox to Nice airport.

What’s up with Brad’s t-shirt? It’s all stretched out weird at the bottom, making it almost look like Brad’s wearing a diaper. Not that it takes away from his hotness at all . . . I’ll take Brad Pitt in a diaper any day.

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Brad Pitt: Valkyrie was “Ridiculous”

Spicy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:04:04 +0000

Brad Pitt is pulling no punches when comparing his new film, Inglourious Basterds, to that of Tom Cruise’s, Valkyrie.

There is no comparison, he says. “It was a ridiculous movie,” he says of Valkyrie.

Pitt gave an interview with German magazine, Stern, and in it he says that Quentin Tarantino made the World War II film to end all Hilter assassination war flicks.

“The second World War could still deliver more stories and films, but I believe that Quentin put a cover on that pot. With Basterds, everything than can be said to this genre has been said. The film destroys every symbol. The work is done, end of story.”

Quite a powerful statement. It reminds me of this 1899 quote from Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office:

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

Heh.

So while I love the fact that Pitt is that confident about his new film, and I am pleasantly surprised at his jab at colleague, I still think it’s a bit bold. I’ll just have to reserve total judgment until I see it for myself.

(Pssstt… generally, I do love Tarantino films, and I don’t doubt Pitt’s claims at all!)

[PM]

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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie “Inglourious Basterds” Premiere

Spicy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:17:47 +0000

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Los Angeles Premiere of “Inglourious Basterds” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

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Brad Pitt “WIRED”

Spicy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:44:58 +0000

Brad Pitt gets WIRED this month!

Pitt’s lovely face, aging or not, graces the cover of our favorite geek magazine, WIRED, this month, rocking a Bluetooth headset.

In the magazine’s interview he answers questions while in his Inglorious Basterds character.

On the cover he is quoted as saying, “”Who cares if your Warcraft wife is really a dude. If it’s good, don’t check under the hood.” Ha!

The magazine hits stands July 21st.

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Aniston Vs. Jolie… I Thought This Was Over Like 3 Years Ago

Infamous Kidd — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:55:17 +0000

And the battle rages on, between Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie for the heart of Brad Pitt… wait a second… I thought this thing was over like 3 years ago. Brad Pitt picked Jolie, adopted like 37 kids, and became Brangelina, primarily because Bradiston sounds completely retarded. Well, the war continues, as Jennifer Aniston still has supporters that think she was robbed, and that apparently includes members of Brad’s own family.

According to Now! magazine, Brad’s mom Jane remains quite fond of his ex-girlfriend.

“Jane’s seen, first hand, how difficult Angelina is,” a source revealed. “She never comes to visit the family in Missouri and is always prickly on the rare occasions they have got together. Jennifer was the total opposite — charming, friendly and the perfect daughter-in-law. She always made time to be an active part of the family, whereas Angie just turns her nose up… (Jen and Jane) speak at least a couple of times a week and Jen never misses a birthday or special occasion.”

So Brad wound up picking the one his mom didn’t like…? That’s my boy. Well played, sir.

Why would Brad Pitt select the candidate that his mom is in love with, when he has a much hotter choice with tattoos of Billy Bob Thornton’s name on her and vials of blood hanging from her neck? Do I even really need to answer that?

And I can’t speak for Brad… well, actually I can, so I will…Jennifer Aniston was on FRIENDS and we can’t be with someone if we don’t respect what they do. She was in LEPRECHAUN though, which almost brought her back to respectability, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades… oh, and they tell me nuclear war, too, but I hope I’m not around to find that one out for myself.

[Now!]

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Did Brad & Angelina Breakup?

Spicy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:13:06 +0000

Have Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split up?

According to the National Enquirer they have. According to their reps, they haven’t.

Yeah, I know, consider the source, but the magazine is claiming that Brad and Angie are taking a little time apart, hoping that distance will make the heart grow fonder.

The publication’s source says, “They will make it official. It looks like Brad will be shooting two movies in California and in the Amazon, while Angelina is retreating to their French chateau with the rest of the family. It’s an official split.”

If things don’t work out for the couple it could get ugly. Between the six children and everything they have acquired together, it has the makings of a messy breakup.

While at the Cannes screening of Brad’s new flick, Inglourious Basterds, the couple were said to have been at each other’s throats, but put their best face forward for the cameras.

Of course gossip rags are saying that Angie is jealous about Brad still being in contact with Jen, as they always do. But ya know, wouldn’t that be weird if Brad and Jen DID actually get back together after all this? Actually, I think it would be awesome. I used to love Ang, but she is such a hypocrite after all those years bitching about her dad cheating on her mom and then she goes and steals a married man and has babies with him.

The source added that the couple will still interact, but mostly for the business side of things and for the children’s sake.

“Brad and Angelina will make appearances together from time to time, and he’ll meet up with the kids when he can. But make no mistake, this is a major split.”

What do you think? Will one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood split? And will Brad run back to Jen? Could be interesting, although I still think unlikely.
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Brad Pitt ‘Fight Club’ Retro Photo Shoot

Spicy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:36:04 +0000

Was Brad Pitt ever hotter than he was in Fight Club?

I think not! I know some of you will say Legends of the Fall, but I beg to differ. I found with his crazy eyes, shaved head, loud (but tight) 70s attire and ripped bod he played one of the absolute sexiest characters on film. Like, ever.

So just for fun, here is a shoot from 1999 as shot by Steven Klein for W magazine. Wardrobe by Michael Kaplan, who also did the wardrobe for Fight Club.

[W]

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Oscar Roundtable with Pitt, Hathaway, Downey Jr.

Spicy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:16:49 +0000

Newsweek sat down with six of the actors on most everyone’s Oscar shortlist for their 13th annual Oscar Roundtable.

This year’s panel includes Brad Pitt (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), Anne Hathaway (”Rachel Getting Married”), Robert Downey Jr. (”Tropic Thunder”), Mickey Rourke (”The Wrestler”), Frank Langella (”Frost/Nixon”) and Sally Hawkins (”Happy-Go-Lucky”).

Here are a collection of videos and an excerpt of the interview which will be featured in the next issue of Newsweek.

NEWSWEEK: With the Internet, it’s becoming harder for actors to draw the line between public and private. Do any of you guys ever Google yourself?
Pitt: Dear God. No.

Never?
Pitt: Never. First of all, I don’t really know how to operate a computer.

Do you have a BlackBerry?
Pitt: Oh yeah, I have a BlackBerry.

Anne, what about you. Do you Google yourself?
Hathaway: No.

Langella: It’s not a good idea. It can be painful and it can be self-aggrandizing.

Hawkins: What do they say about don’t believe any of it?

Downey: Oh, I love all that s—-, personally. Sorry. I love just it. Because it’s a hoot. Some people overstate their support, like they know you. Other people are busy doing something else and just want to go on this chat site and say some despicable character assassination, which I honestly think they kind of nailed it. I do have that shortcoming. It’s really fun.

Pitt: This publicity machine is out of control. It’s everything we didn’t sign up for. There’s this whole other entity that you get sucked into. You have to go and sell your wares. It’s something I never made my peace with. Somehow you’re not supporting your film if you don’t get out on a show and talk about your personal life. It has nothing to do with why I do this.

Langella: I’m a dinosaur. I never had a publicist until this film, because I had to protect myself—the studio wanted me to do every interview and talk show. I think the greatest thing an actor has is mystery and danger. And you poor guys are being asked to give pieces of yourself. You must fight it every chance you get. The more they know about you personally, the less they believe in you on camera. You want to disappear.

Pitt: But I think it’s impossible to operate fully from that standpoint. David Fincher [director of "Benjamin Button"] has spent five years chiseling away at this thing. I want him to get his day. So there is a strange push and pull.

Hathaway: OK, I have a confession. I lied before when you asked if I Googled myself. I do. I embarrassed by it because I know how terrible it is.

Downey: Wait a minute, should I feel s—-y that I Google myself?

Hathaway: You should feel s—-y about other things, Robert. For a while, it cracked me up. I found a ton of humor in it. But recently it’s changed. There’s a big difference now where information is being reported as news. And I’m very uncomfortable with that. And what you were saying, Brad—and God knows you deal with it worst than anyone—the idea that you blink your eyes and it’s all over the Internet? It’s a strange thing to be part of.

Pitt: I feel for the people who are just getting into the business. It sets the wrong focus.

Downey: I got a story for you. I go to Japan. “Iron Man” is opening there. I’m like, dude, this is my walk of fame. I go there and they go, [he mimics a Japanese accent] “Small problem with your passport, it links up to some incredible criminal activity.” I’m like yeah, yeah, yeah. “You did not make claim of said activity.” I was like, “I got tired.” “We would like to interrogate you.” I was like, “Interrogate? Fine, great.” Six hours later, I’m sitting there in the Japanese interrogation suite. A lady comes out, “So were you in jail or prison?” I go, “Both.” “How long?” “Sixteen months.” “Do you know the name of the first infraction you had in 1995?” I was like, “It’s hard for me to remember because I’ve been arrested so many times.” “We cannot let you enter our country.” They decided later that I can come in to do the press, “But I must please never come to Japan again.” So I’ll wrap this up quickly. We go to the Iron Chef restaurant. They give me the finest Kobe beef, and I am doubled over for yoo-hoo status for the next two days.

Langella: I don’t know what that means.

Downey: I ate a piece of beef that was super-expensive, I got a parasite, and I was yoo-hoo. I was Brown Betty for two days.

Langella: See, he has his own language.

Downey: Then what happens, a Japanese robot shows up on the red carpet. He carries in a 500-pound barrel of sake. I’m going like, I kind of have plans for Christmas, you should keep that away from me. They wanted me to smash the sake cast open with the robotic Iron Man.

Pitt: There’s some wacky humor going on over there. Japan, those toilets, all automated. They fumigate, they spray, they massage.

Hathaway: They compliment!

Langella: Can I ask this side of the table [Hathaway, Pitt, Downey] something? How much influence do the handlers and the notion that your films are making money or not making money have on your choice, because you three are extraordinarily hot. If your film tanks, do you have people around you saying the next thing you do has got to be a moneymaker? Or do you just ignore it completely and say the next thing I do is from my heart?

Pitt: I have nothing to prove anymore. The only thing that’s worth anything is when you explore something that’s interesting. I did a film a couple years ago, “The Assassination of Jesse James,” and it’s on the books as a failure. I loved that movie, I had such a great experience.

Downey: But it’s on the books as a failure.

Hawkins: I can’t believe that. “Jesse James” is phenomenal.

Pitt: Thanks. You’re the other one. My point is, I am absolutely free to follow the things that interest me. I believe if it interests me, there will be a few other people interested as well. To me it comes down to discovery.

Hathaway: My first love was theater, so I always had an exit strategy. If doesn’t work out, I’d be blessed to do theater for the rest of my life. After the experience of “Brokeback” and the experience of “The Devil Wears Prada,” I thought I’m about as famous as I think I’m comfortable with. So if all this disappears, I’m really fine. I set that as my end point. And then “Rachel” came, and then infamy came, so it’s very odd now that I’m much more famous than I thought was possible. At the same time, it feels so temporary and unimportant. I freed myself before any of that happened, to make the projects that I care about. I wish I were a better strategist and see things through and how they were to play. But I’m much more interested in the process of making the film.

Downey: I’m kind of stoked to be sitting here with you all, and it’s good to be me, too, I guess. I grew up in a filmmaking family, and my dad was doing maverick underground independent stuff at the time of Cassavetes, so the Mike Leigh approach was nothing new to me. If your movie made money, you were eyed suspiciously by your peers. But then the counterpoint to that, it became so about the art, things got further and further out, there was no containment for it. That to me was the first death of independent moviemaking. I’ll be on the sets, we’re shooting “Iron Man” and we’re in the desert, and I looked up and there’s a sandstorm, and I just had the ah-ha moment. Gratitude would be the wrong word. But being able to do this is kind of inexplicable. It’s the sense that I’m at my purpose. I’m not very popular about this, and the misses tells me to keep it on the QT, but lately for me, the biggest most commercial generic projects that I’ve done are the most creatively satisfying, and the ones that the audiences respond to. And I jump off and do an indie, and they can’t hit their ass with both hands, it’s 50 monkeys f—ing a football, and then you have to go and pump your kidneys dry in Sundance. What’s next, f—king Shakespeare in the park for the pagans for three months?

Hawkins: I’ve done that!

Hathaway: I like to think of this as an adventure. My mom is an actress, and she’s a good actress and she’s a great singer. The best credit she ever got was a pre-Broadway run of an original show that wound up not going to Broadway. She raised three kids and she’s had a great life. But this is absurd. I’m just happy to know what this feels like.

You know Anne, your mom is on YouTube.
Why is my mother on YouTube?

She’s performing, doing this great song.
Oh my God. I didn’t know! Well, check her out, everybody in NEWSWEEK. She’s really talented.

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Angie and Brad in Germany

Spicy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:19:51 +0000

Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hit the red carpet for the German premiere of Pitt’s latest film, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Photos: www.bauergriffin.com/www.bauergriffinonline.com

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Brad Pitt Liked His Weed

Spicy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:27:39 +0000

In news that isn’t really news, Craig Rudin, some guy who worked at a head shop that Brad Pitt used to frequent, is coming forward saying that the actor was a well known pot smoker.

Duh! This isn’t anything shocking. In fact, it’s recycled news! Everyone knows Brad liked his herb back in the day.

Anyhow, Rudin, a marijuana advocate who is running for the mayor of L.A., says,

“It was no secret Brad liked to smoke pot. He was so open and honest about it. It seemed to me all he wanted to do was smoke weed, make movies and go to the beach. He’d come into the shop all the time. He came in once and was excited about smoking with one of his very big-name co-stars. ‘We blaze (smoke pot)every day in his trailer.’ He had a huge grin on his face.”

Brad no longer admits to smoking weed, but you can bet he and Clooney enjoy a fattie every now and then.