Brangelina: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Gossip

It’s never all fun and games with Brad and Angelina. On top of parenting and charity work, they still keep busy with their film careers. For Brad, the latest news is that he has be chosen to narrate the football documentary, “America’s Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints” For Angelina, she will be directing her first feature film about a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the 1992-95 Bosnian war. “The film is a love story, not a political statement,” Jolie said

While they’ll be busy working those projects, we get to enjoy the recently completed work. In November, you’ll be able to hear Brad star in the animation Megamind. The day after Christmas, you can see him as the star of The Tree of Life. A couple of weeks before that, you can see Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp star in “The Tourist” (opening December 10th). It would have been fun to see those two movies open on the same day … a little marital competition in the box office.

Next year, Angelina will return as the voice of Tigress in Kung Fu Panda 2. Finally in 2011, Moneyball will be coming out with Brad cast as Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane.

If you want to show you care about the country you rule over, I suggest you step up your benevolence.

Asif Ali Zardari is the president of Pakistan. Two weeks ago, a fifth of the country was underwater due to catastrophic flooding.

Says the Telegraph:

Mr Zardari is known as one of the country’s richest businessmen having amassed a fortune while his wife Benazir Bhutto was prime minister during the 1990s, earning the nickname Mr Ten Per Cent for his alleged taste in kickbacks.

President Zardari has pledged five million rupees or $58,000 of his own money to help victims of the flooding in his own country.

Angelina Jolie has donated $100,000 …

Last week, Brad and Angelina won a lawsuit against the British tabloid the News of the World (another one of the “fine” products of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp) for printing false allegations of “divorce” talks concerning child custody and dividing assets. The false story had spread around the globe faster than a California wildfire.

In a daring move this week, Star Magazine is striking back. The front cover reads, “Angie & Brad: The Photos That Will TEAR THEM APART!” They have obtained very, very racy 1999 photos of her that can’t be denied. Since the story is true, I don’t think Brad and Angelina can fight this one. Still, the story/pictures are old news. It’s just a mean spirited maneuver by Star. In fact there is also a well circulated video of Angelina during that time period. I’m willing to bet Star has had access to those pictures for a very long time but were saving them for a rainy day. I think Star is speaking on behave of all tabloids and sending a message to Brangelina that “we don’t like you two” and stop dictating how we do our ‘job’.

You must remember that Angelina has always, always been up front and honest about her past.

From London’s The Sunday Times 2008 (and 2003)

There’s also much that has surfaced to embarrass her from her past: but denying it doesn’t seem to be her game. She was once caught on video, wide-eyed and mumbling incoherently in what was described as a “drugs den”, about how weary she was of talking about sadomasochism, a practice she seemed to be suggesting came from deep inside her heart. It was filmed in 1999, when she was 23. She wasn’t seen taking drugs, but has freely admitted to doing so when she was younger, telling The Sunday Times in 2003: “I have done just about every drug possible: cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, LSD. The worst effect, oddly enough, was pot, which made me feel out of control.” She has also spoken in early interviews about being keen to try anything sexually, and has made no secret of her lesbian relationships. It’s seedy stuff and also fascinating. Can someone so open to experiences, dark or not, still want to flourish at the brittle heights of supposedly squeaky-clean American society? Apparently so, and without regret. “The people in my circle know not to bring anything to my attention unless it’s something they feel I really have to address,” she says. “So it is very possible to be totally unaware of everything they’re saying about me,” she giggles. “Thank God.”

From a recent Parade Magazine interview:

“I used to cut myself or jump out of airplanes, trying to find something new to push up against because sometimes everything else felt too easy. I was searching for something deeper, something more,” she explains. “I tried everything. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren’t there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in.”

“I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was,” she continues. “It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.”

Here’s the most interesting one that I found from a 2008 Good Morning America interview for The Good Shepherd.

Jolie has said she’s been “self-destructive” in the past — she has admitted to using drugs and cutting herself. She says that she’s not so itchy for freedom anymore. “My life’s a lot more peaceful than it used to be,” she said. “So I’m happy to have that private time but I’m also happy to be up there with Brad and a bunch of screaming kids, and that’s fun.” The “silly, self-destructive things” she used to do, she says, weren’t genuinely wild. “I was just confused and searching,” Jolie said. Now, she says, traveling the world with her family is truly wild and adventurous. “I have to be a lot braver today than I had to when I was 20,” she said.

So, what’s Angelina’s next move? I think she should call a major news conference and a) confirm the validity of the pictures, b) remind people of how she has always been honest about her past, c) admonish Star and all other tabloids for their constant trash, d) tell the world to deal with it, move on with their lives, and see her for the person she is today, and finally e) redirect people’s focus on things that really matter like world refugees and feeding/caring for 3rd world children.

Watch out Elizabeth Taylor, Angie’s is about to bump you off your throne. Angelina has signed on to play Cleopatra in a film based off the book, Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra. Will Brad be playing Marc Anthony? I seriously doubt it but it sure is fun to speculate about it.

Now, next up to the plate is Andrew Morton. His book, Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography is due out August 3rd. Mr. Morton is well know for other celebrity biographies, some official and some not. His subjects have included Princess Diana, Monica Lewinsky, and Tom Cruise. Do you think he’ll have a bunch of Brangelina lies like Ian Halperin or will he do justice to Ms. Jolie?

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie today expressed her concern for the lives and the well-being of thousands of displaced people who are trapped in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

More than 170,000 Somalis have been forced from their homes across the country since the beginning of the year. Scores have been killed or injured in recent weeks amid some of the bloodiest fighting to date.

“I am deeply troubled by the complete and utter disregard for human life in Somalia,” said Jolie. “Another tragedy is unfolding in Somalia as street battles rage on in Mogadishu causing incredible suffering, massive displacement and loss of life.”

While thousands have fled Mogadishu, many others stay behind, displaced and without any means to leave the city.

“I fear for their lives,” said Jolie. “I appeal to those who carry on fighting not to shell and target civilian neighbourhoods.”

UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador added her voice to recent calls by High Commissioner Antònio Guterres for more international attention and help for the needy and vulnerable population in Somalia. Continued fighting and general insecurity make it extremely difficult for aid agencies to access and assist the displaced population.

Somalia is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today with half the population in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. There are more than 1.4 million Somalis displaced inside the country and some 570,000 live as refugees in the region.

The whole family has relocated to Italy for 3 months while Angelina films The Tourist. A couple of days ago, Brad and Angelina took the kids out for a water taxi ride and Italian ice. You can see pictures here at Radaronline.

… does anybody know what’s going on at PittWatch. Sherry’s site redirects to crushable.com.