We almost forgot to wish the world’s most beautiful celebrity child Happy 1st Birthday. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt turned 1 over the weekend (May 27) and she’s had quite a year. Here’s a nice little retrospective of my favorite celeb child who has a quite a 1st year.  We wish we had more recent pics of you and more candid shots with you and your family, but, you know how your mom is.

She made her film debut in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Buttons with proud papa Brad.

She gained another sibling, older brother Pax Thien.

She weathered many a tabloid storm while her parents were stalked by the paparazzi.

She likely bonded with her army of nannies and hopefully has learned to defend herself as her older sister Zahara is said to be a real terror with a jealous streak.

Don’t worry Shiloh, we got your back. If you start to feel neglected you can come stay with Aunty D. I promise not to ignore you. At least not anymore than my other kids! Happy Belated B-Day.

Angelina Jolie has been talking to the press more lately than she has in some time, all part of her and partner Brad Pitt’s media blitz for their new film A Mighty Heart, which opens in theaters on June 22.

The film was produced by Brad’s production company Plan B, and features Angelina in the starring role as Mariane Pearl, a journalist and slain wife of fellow journalist Daniel Pearl. Daniel Pearl, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, was investigating “shoe-bomber” Richard Reid in Pakistan, when he was kidnapped and killed in 2002. His story was riveting, and made all the more tragic as his murder was captured on film and made public while his wife was pregnant with their first child.

Angelina was handpicked by Mariane Pearl to play her in the film. Pearl had to be convinced by studio heads to adapt the memoir she wrote (also title A Mighty Heart) which detailed happier times with Daniel and the events leading up to his horrific death. Mariane has stated that while she was approached by several Hollywood types about her book, only Brad Pitt had actually read it - and having Jolie’s involvement most certainly sealed the deal.

Pearl and Jolie became friends (prior to any plans for the film) after Mariane read an interview with Jolie where she spoke about adopting her son Maddox and how that had changed her perspective on life. The two have been close since.

Now, with the film’s premier in Cannes, and the world premier in just weeks, Jolie has been prompted to speak to the press not only about the film, but about her life with Brad, her kids and their life through the eye of the paparazzi.

On NBC’s Today, Angie sat down with Ann Curry to discuss ii all. Much of the interview, which can be seen here, focuses on the film and Jolie playing a person who isn’t just a “real” individual, but also a friend of hers. Curry attempts to make some side-by-side comparisons between Jolie and Pearl and their life in the media, but Jolie is quick to point out that while there are flashbulbs to contend with, her life has not been marked with tragedy — and in fact — she is quite lucky to have a loving family that she can enjoy during her private times away from the spotlight.

What struck me as “intriguing” in this interview, which was mostly predictable, was Angie’s summation of the difference between journalists like Daniel Pearl and celebrity journalists. Jolie readily admits that journalism as a profession (and as is portrayed in the film) can be a heroic quest, but that when the media focuses only on “silly stories” about her, that’s what truly bothers her.
But wait, there’s more…

Looks like she’s flipping Brad the bird!

Just kidding. Good to see these two attention-whores hanging out in Prague. I hear Prague in the spring is like Paris in the Fall.

No, I didn’t, that was a false. Just like the love these two share.

Ok Brangelina fans, do your worst.

 

The tabloids can’t seem to make up their mind.  One minute, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are splitting, the next minute they are madly in love.  Then there are reports that a journalist lied about Pitt defending Angelina, and now, the couple’s spokespeople are of course stating they are still happily together.

It makes it difficult to know where the truth in all this conjecture and speculation really is. 

What we do know is that Brad and Angelina as a couple have four children under the age of five, we know that three of those children are adopted, 5-year-old Maddox, 2-year-old Zahara, 3-year-old Pax and their one biological child, 11-month-old Shiloh.

We also know that as of yet, none of the three children Angelina Jolie adopted have been officially adopted by Brad Pitt, though he has submitted a petition to adopt both Zahara and Maddox and they do have Pitt as their surname. Only their daughter Shiloh, 11 months, is officially Brad Pitt’s child.  As of yet, no petition has been filed for Pax on behalf of Pitt, but in fairness, there may be a waiting period for Angelina Jolie’s paperwork to be finalized in Pax’s native country Vietnam. 

Another thing we know is Angelina told the press in Vietnam at the time of Pax’s adoption her intentions were to stay at home for a while and mother and nurture her expanding brood, when in fact within the first days of returning back home with Pax, Maddox and Zahara, she flew to Chicago for a screen test for her new movie Wanted, which will begin shooting in Prague in May.

And what about those children?  Maddox had been enrolled in school for two months when the couple moved to New Orleans at the beginning of the year, and has since been uprooted again and is now back in L.A. living in their Los Feliz home.  The two pre-schoolers, Zaraha and Pax are being dropped off at studio lot daycare center.  Sure, kids are resilient, but only when they have a constant and stabilizing force in their lives to balance all the uprooting and moving around.  Who is their constant?  Brad?  He’s been working on his film, The Curious Case of Bejamin Button, and Angelina’s getting ready to begin her new film — not too mention all her globe-trotting as UN Ambassador and various charitable works.

Obviously, Angelina and Brad want it all: a multi-national family, thriving movie-careers, to save the world and have mind-numbing sex lives.  Who wouldn’t?  But the reality is, no one can have it all.   Not regular folks, not movie stars.  Throw in the estrangement of Angelina and her father Jon Voight, the death of her mother,  the disapproval Brad’s parents have towards Angelina, and then Angelina’s own unwillingness to marry Brad — and that’s a lot of issues to deal with.  

The couple’s spokeperson tells In Touch: “Their plan is to always be together, with the kids, too.”

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans.  Both In Touch and Life & Style are reporting the couple got into a heated exchange on the phone while Angelina was doing a photo shoot for St. John’s which they say “raised eyebrows” on set and Angelina was mad when the call ended. She then refused to take anymore of Brad’s calls. 

The L&S article says that Brad has had enough and in fit of anger, let out some suppressed feelings that have been building up over the tension within the relationship:

According to a friend of Brad’s, he yelled at Angie, “I don’t love you anymore — you’re not the woman I fell in love with!” Then, after calming down, says a friend of the couple, Brad quietly asked her, “Why are we doing this? We’re both unhappy — let’s walk away before it gets worse.”

There are also reports that Brad and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston have been communicating throughout all this turmoil and she is providing him a shoulder to cry on and a place to crash if he needs it. Hmmm….

Clearly, something is amiss, and the fact that the couple released a statement tells me that are trying to do some damage control.  If they make to the end of the year as a couple, I will be amazed.  But they sure aren’t going to break up now.  Not with promotions for their latest movies Oceans 13 and A Mighty Heart coming out. 

Can’t afford bad press during movie promotion time can we?

Brad Pitt, perhaps tired of seeing his mate smeared in the tabloid magazines, shot back with some criticism of his own when he ran into a reporter for the Daily Mail while at a hotel with some friends. Us Magazine, one magazine who’s given Jolie a fair bit of criticism for her seemingly addiction to adoption has the story:

“You know what it’s like to be on the cover of every magazine, having your personal life dissected with all the lies, all the rubbish?” he asked the writer, taking a swig from a bottle of beer. “It’s hell. Certainly, pick on me — but why pick on Angelina? That’s so low. She’s such an amazing woman - like Supergirl, in every way.”

Pitt, 43, quickly apologized: “I’m sorry if I seem to be taking my frustration out on you.”

It’s good that someone is defending Angelina, as she seems to be gaining more detractors lately than allies - and this for a woman who’s been on a one person crusade to rid the role of orphans — by adopting them. A man who claims to have known Brad for years, Jim Cruse wasn’t so kind about the journey Angelina has taken Brad on:

“Brad always said he wanted a family. But you should be careful what you ask for. He got four kids in two years, all under the age of six. It’s no picnic.” Cruse also took issue with Jolie’s attitude that she can “have it all” and balance being a working mother, a loving partner, and a U.N. ambassador. I don’t think she’s ever really been content,” says Cruse. “ If you ask me, this thing about her ‘wanting it all’ is just another way of saying she’s never happy. The truth is that she makes no excuses for who she is. She thinks of herself as a survivor.”

Yikes! Perhaps we aren’t reading Brad’s message correctly. Maybe when he says Angie’s a “Supergirl” he’s talking about the XTC version of “Supergirl.” Here’s a little food for thought from Andy Partridge and the boys about ’supergirls.’

That’s really super Supergirl
How you saved yourself in seconds flat
And your friends are going to say
That’s really super Supergirl
How you’re changing the world’s weather
But you couldn’t put us back together
Super Supergirl
How you stopped the universe from dying
But you’re never going to stop me crying
Super Supergirl
I’m here in your Fortress of Solitude
Don’t mean to be rude
But I don’t feel super

 

If you read this site with any regularity, then you are aware that I have long suspected that Angelina Jolie has serious, very serious mental issues.  Whether they stem from her chaotic upbringing with divorced Hollywood parents, her strained relationship with her philandering father or her A-Type personality gone out of control - that’s hard to say.  But what does seem obvious is that while Angelina has shown tremendous concern for third-world orphans (she’s adopted three in less than three years) she demonstrate a serious blind eye towards her biological daughter 11-month-old Shiloh.

Finally, the major celebrity magazines are catching on.  This week’s Life&Style Weekly is reporting that Brad Pitt was so fed up Angelina’s overt preferential treatment towards her adopted children that he fled their Hollywood Hills home for their Los Feliz home to send a message to Angie to not take the two of them for granted.

TMZ outlines the latest rift from Life&Style:

The magazine says that after Angie came back from Vietnam, Brad noticed that she “appeared to forget” about Shiloh while she lavished affection on the adopted kids, Maddox, Zahara, and the newest addition, Pax. What’s more, family insiders claim that it’s mainly Brad that takes care of Shiloh…Brad got so fed up that he packed a bag and ditched Angie and the rest of the brood to stay in their Los Feliz home while Angie stayed in the Hollywood Hills.

Article Update: The National Ledger has more details from the article in L&S:

“Two days after Angie returned,” says a friend of the couple, “Brad said to her at one point, ‘Don’t you want to hold your daughter?’ Angie just asked, ‘Why? She’s fine with you.’ That practically tore Brad’s heart out,” the insider dished to the mag.

The weekly entertainment magazine also cites a Pitt family insider that claims, “Angie never rocks Shiloh to sleep or feeds her, and Brad’s the one who gets up in the middle of the night with her.” 

The insider also charges even more stunning behavior. According to the report, since Shiloh’s birth in Africa last May, friends have grown increasingly concerned that Angie, 31, hasn’t shown the baby the affection she gives to her adopted children. “Angie doesn’t change Shiloh’s diapers or hold her when she cries,” the friend says. “One time Shiloh was having a tantrum and Angie just told Brad to quiet her down because she was upsetting the other kids.”

Also, the source is cited as a Pitt family insider - that can be taken two ways.  It’s not news that Brad’s family isn’t keen on his mate, they don’t really like how Angelina swooped in and snatched Brad from Jennifer Aniston, whom they loved and still do, so yes there are sour grapes there, but on the other side of that is that they are keenly aware of what goes on in the house of Brangelina and perhaps are concerned about baby Shiloh. If even a portion of this story is true, it’s horrifyingly awful.

Here’s where the naysayers start in with their “do you live with Angie and Brad,” “Of course Angie loves her Shiloh!,” “these magazines are just trying to start trouble,” and so on and so forth.  To which my answer is, where there’s smoke there’s fire.  Do I believe every tabloid story I read?  No, those are the one’s I don’t even bother to report on.  But this issue with Angelina and Shiloh has been going on for some time now and I firmly believe that if there weren’t some kind of problem, we wouldn’t be hearing about.

You don’t hear about Tom Cruise favoring Suri over his two adopted children?  And he’s pretty much a confirmed whackadoodle.  In some ways Tom and Angelina are similar.  On screen they are incredibly talented, beautiful and oft-times likeable, but then off screen their neurotic, controlling, insecure and indiosyncratic personality traits rear their ugly heads - AND BOOM!  Pyschoville. 

All that said, I think Tom Cruise, Scientology and all, is a better person than Angelina Jolie.  She’s a self-mutilating, sexual deviate, serial homewrecker.  Tom’s just a misguided guy with a Christ complex - disturbing yes, tragically flawed, probably - but not self-loathing enough to despise his own child.  Quite the opposite.

People who don’t love the children they create are the worst kinds of humans.  In fact, they’re subhuman. 

Remember, as PretzelHilton says, you read it here first.  Brad’s not going to put up with this forever.  He hasn’t officially adopted Pax and there may be a reason.