Brangelina Await Baby's Birth
Nomadic stars Angelina and Brad are spending the last few weeks before the baby arrives deep in Namibia, where picnics in the desert are the order of the day. Accompanied by their nanny, Maddox and toddler Zahara relish their adoptive parents' undivided attention as they play in the sand. ¶ Having taken Maddox on a wild spin through the dunes on a quad bike, Brad hitches little Zahara up onto his shoulders for a more gentle type of fun. The star of Ocean's Eleven is clearly very much at ease as a father and rarely is there a moment when he is not involved with the children in some way. For Angelina, at this late stage in her pregnancy, his hands-on approach is a godsend, allowing her to sit back and take things easy. ¶ Globe-trotting Angelina, who professes herself to be "in love" with Namibia, is planning to give birth in the southwest African country. And with such a birthplace, it is hardly suprising that the Hollywood couple are thinking of giving their baby a traditional Namibian name. ¶ Namibia has a strong emotional hold over Angelina as it was here tht she first became a mother. After meeting Maddox in Cambodia, his adoption came through while Angelina was filming Beyond Borders in Namibia and so she had her first experience of parenthood in his vast and empty land, and was helped, she has said, by plenty of advice from the local mothers. Namibia will now provide the backdrop to her first taste of childbirth. ¶ The desert provides a soft landing for Zahara, who looks as though her walking is coming on in leaps and bounds with Angelina and Brad on hand to steady her. This time out is a rare luxury for the Jolie-Pitts, whose schedule is usually packed with philanthropic engagements around the world, not to mention the bread-and-butter business of movie-stardom. Angelina is reportedly already signed up to do a third Tomb Raider film after the birth. (full article after the jump -- UK Hello Magazine May 2, 2006)
UPDATE :: Apologies, images removed!
Brad and Angelina
Hello Magazine :: Issue No. 916 :: May 2, 2006
The last time we saw Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie in such an idyllic family scene they were simply playing at parenthood, dressed in retro gear and surrounded by a trio of blonde-haired child models to promote their film Mr and Mrs Smith. But it's now nearly one year later, and this time round the images of the couple, set against the backdrop of the sweeping sands of the Namib desert, aren't just a fantasy. Since they became a real-life couple, the pair, along with their adopted children Maddox and Zahara, have been photographed globetrotting everywhere from the Dominican Republic to Japan, from Haiti to Paris.
But these exclusive posted photos, quiet, simple and unassuming, capture the Hollywood stars and their growing brood in their most intimate family moments as they enjoy their real-life African adventure -- and await the birth of their baby.
Brad, looking rugged in a khaki T-shirt and trousers, is every inch the father figure, kneeling down to play with four-year-old Maddox, helping little Zahara get her bearings as she toddles around and hoisting her up onto his shoulders - an enviable vantage point from which to take in the magnificent scenery.
Angelina, meanwhile, looks like she couldn't be more pleased as she reclines in the sand during a family picnic, a baby bag at the ready. "Angie and Brad have a real love for the people of Africa and Africa itself," the couple's philanthropic adviser Trevor Neilson told HELLO! "They have very much enjoyed their time in Namibia, and the people there have been wonderful hosts. They love the country and the people."
It was there in 2002 that Angelina first began sharing her life with Maddox, whom she'd adopted from a Cambodian orphanage during the filming of the first
Tomb Raider film. She was in Namibia to shoot another movie, Beyond Borders, when the adoption came through, and it was there that she spent her first night with her then seven-month-old baby - her first night as a mother.
Making Beyond Borders, a film about humanitarian work, had a profound effect on her. "When I read the script it started to change me," she said at the time. "I was amazed at how much it had changed me and then, in the making of it, how much it meant to me. It just inspired me to start travelling and to educate myself."
"I wanted to learn more. I sat up one night and felt I should be more responsible about what I was doing with my life and have more purpose. I don't understand exactly what's going on unless I'm inside a place."
It seems that things have come full circle, as Angelina, about to give birth for the first time, will be welcoming her child with Brad in Namibia. And in the meantime, as they happily await the new arrival, the adventure-seeking couple, who have in the past been spotted piloting aircraft and dashing around on his and hers motorbikes, are taking full advantage of their African sojourn.
Brad has been seen zooming around on his Ducati motorbike, and, as a family, they've visited various locales during their stay at the luxurious Burning Shore lodge, where Brad plays catch with Maddox in the garden. Highspeed high jinks seem to be a theme on the desert jaunt, as the actor also went quad-biking with the little boy at the Desert Explorers Adventure Centre, as heavily pregnant Angelina and her little girl looked on.
To slow things down a bit the foursome have been checking out the local wildlife at the Okonjima Lodge, home to the AfriCat Foundation which is dedicated to the conservation of cheetahs and leopards, and the Harnas Wildlife Foundation and Guestfarm, which counts Angelina as a patron.
Meanwhile, the hoopla surrounding the fiercely private family has reached fever pitch, with daily reports on them sometimes based on the flimsiest of rumours. One particularly memorable piece claimed lions were guarding the couple.
There undoubtedly is plenty of tight security surrounding them, helping to keep the lenses of the paparazzi at bay. The local government have even been involved, according to the Associated Press, doing their part to keep the family's private life private by reminding journalists that they must have valid work permits or risk being arrested.
So it was not exactly a shock when Brad, in an AP phone interview from Namibia, responded, "Absolutely not" when asked if he'd like to comment on his impending fatherhood. He did, however, speak freely about the African country he and Angelina have called home for the past few weeks, breaking what had been a lengthy silence on the subjet of where they settle.
"Namibia's just a country we're very fond of," he said. "It's a beautiful land and hospitable people, and a place that we want to be for the time being."
The architecture aficionado is teaming up with Global Green USA, an American environmental organization, to launch a design competition to rebuild, in an eco-friendly way, areas of New Orleans devasted by Hurricane Katrina.
"Our goal is to kick off the rebuilding effort. It's certainly long overdue. People are frustrated. We could possible build something that is better and takes into account the historical traditions of the city and the voices of the people, and turn this into some kind of good."
Angelina, like Brad, was using her fame towards a good cause last week. With all eyes on her as she counts down to her baby's birth, she was shining the spotlight on the mass atrocities taking place in Sudan by taking out a full-page ad in a US newspaper.
Angelina, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador, has visited the volatile region twice. "I'm an actress and certainly no foreign policy expert," she states in the advertisement, which goes on to describe the killings of hundreds of thousands of civilians by a government-supported militia.
She was taking out the ad, she said, to encourage the full funding of peacekeepers in Darfur. "If people are aware of the facts," she said, "I believe many will be driven to action."
Angelina wants to "use her voice to help the most vulnerable", Trevor Neilson told us. "She has a clear view of the world's responsibility to protect its most vulnerable people, and that those who have power in our world have a responsibility to protect the powerless. She jsut feels that she can hopefully use whatever influence she has to draw attention to these issues."
And she apparently has her partner's full support in her effects. "Brad is also very pasionate about these issues, and has other areas that he also focuses on, but there is definitely a shared concern about issues of inequity and justice," Trevor told us.
Although just weeks away from her May due date, it seems that Angelina's passions are keeping her hard at work. "She's right there, personally emailing, dictating, giving creative input," said Trevor. "The Darfur project is her vision, her concept."
No matter where in the world she is, the star seems never to forget her commitments. Her estranged father, actor Jon Voight, recently praise the way his daughter puts her A-list status to good use. "What do movie stars do with all that success,money, white-hot spotlight and fame?" he asked in an interview with the New York Post. "Angie has found a way. She's investing in her celebrity to help others."
Concentrating on her pregnanct, her children and her charity efforts, Angelina is also apparently already thinking about getting back to work. Lara Croft creator Ian Livingston told a British newspaper that the star has signed on to do a third Tomb Raider film, the follow-up to The Cradle of Life.
"Paramount has optioned it and Angelina has agreed to star," he is quoted as saying. And despite being heavily pregnant Angelina is supposedly already in training to help her return to form after she gives birth.
Preparations for the big day are well under way, and after being kept guessing for months about where the baby will make its debut, we now know it will be in Africa. The governor of the Namibian province where the couple are staying has even reportedly announced: "They are having the baby here, and they've talked about giving it a Namibian name."
Zahara's moniker has African roots, and it looks like Brad and Angelina may be looking for a second girl's name, as the odds are they will be welcoming another daughter.
Before they moved to Africa, the family settled for awhile in France. There they checked out items at a local baby boutique. It was apparently quite a shopping spredd, with the two purchasing socks, a bonnet and layette. Most interestingly, however, they also picked out a number of dresses. "We think it's a girl, but we're not 100 percent certain," a source quotes Angelina as saying. To cover all bases, she is also said to have bought a tiny grey T-shirt emblazoned with the word ' Boy'.
"Just in case," she was overhead remarking, though she added: "Since I already have a boy and a girl, it doesn't really matter!"
Perhaps in order to make Maddox feel special and thwart the possibility of sibling rivalty, Brad seems recently to have been making an extra effort to bond with his adopted son. Though he now has a buzz cut, he tried out a mohawk, matching cute Maddox's famous 'do. Here's also reportedly had a tattoo, a Buddhist prayer of protection similar to the one Angelina has in honour of Maddox, etched on his body.
With Maddox inspiring not just his father but perfect strangers to imitate his cute streetwise style, it seems we just can't get enough of the Jolie-Pitt family. And Brad and Angelina mania shows no signs of winding down any time soon. Here in the UK, for example, it was revealed the film stars had become the most searched-for couple on the internet, ousting the former number-one pair, David and Victoria Beckham, from the top spot.
And after large screens were put up around their beachfront lodge, speculation started up -- again -- about a possible wedding, this time in Namibia.
It was just the latest of many spots, including George Clooney's Italian estate, to have been touted as possible wedding locations over the past few months. But since a ceremony has yet to crstallize, it looks like Brad and Angie will be toasting a new arrival before they'll be celebrating a walk down the aisle.
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This pic is so cute only Mad is missing.
BAMZ+1 RULES
ahh, don't you just love them all? :D
WoW, Thanks for staying on top of it JJ. Nice pictures. They are Hot Hot Hot.
I hope soon, means soon, Jared,. Thank you, Stef. They really hate posing for razzis.
Que Viva La BAMZ+1!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
May God keep a watch over, and continue to bless, the world of the Pitt family.
Thanks JJ, are we missing some pics?
I am so tired of seeing these two wearing drab black and grey clothing! Surely they have other colors in their wardrobe. They do, however look like very attentive and loving parents. Sweet pic!
Oh, and Thanks Stef for sending the picture.
What a beaufitul pic. As you can see Brad is back to being HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!!!!!
jj...you're the best....wowee...my favorite family....oh my gosh....sigh....sigh....sigh....i love you bamz+1....
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
#13 jjoy Hey beauty, sorry about last nigt, I went to bed. Anyway left some info at Angelina's Dateline thread. I don't remember the number, Sorry.
Hi everyone I enjoy reading your comments regularly
I only recently caught this video clip of Brad and Ange at a Japanese press conference for MAMS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ4qjhVYeZ8&search=angelina%20jolie
I know you've probably seen it before, but I could not believe their undeniable offscreen chemistry, and bantering. They were obviously relaxed away from JA loving media scrutiny at that time and I think their true feelings are obvious even then.
I thought what Angie says about when you've been together for a long time, to try to rediscover one another when things go wrong - I feel she would not have said this if she was seeing BP behind JA's back. She seemed sincere
Also I love seeing Angie glowing and beautiful, I get so frustrated with the likes of National Ledger/Post Chronicle alleging Brad is walked all over, and that they're unhappy. I heard Brad sound very happy about being in Namibia. He has always been protective over his partners in the past , I cannot imagine that he isn't the same alpha male all protecting father to be now over Angie, who can seem sweet and vulnerable beneath all that smouldering sex appeal
Incidentally its a beautiful sunny day at about 5 pm here in the UK. Hope all is well in the US
thanks stef...for sending the pics to jj...but i am going to buy this issue in the store near my workplace today.....man....i am in trouble...can't focus again on school work especially that i have a quiz tonight....lol....i hope that my chickie babe will give birth end of May or early July...after spring semester ends....coz i am really really in big trouble for my final exams.....goddess of love, please tell +1 not to come out yet...s/he should come after jjoy's school ends for this semester...pretty pretty please...thank y goddess of love....i am getting crazy....lol
#300 stef (from Angie dateline thread)
Hey fellow Brit!
I'm from Leicestershire, I hope the rainclouds in Kent clear for you soon
Thanks for the magazine scans posted
Thanks JJ and Stef ( you are LCA-Lara Croft Assisttant). Beautiful pictures.
OMG, we're having a glorious day! Pictures and threads as well as celeb news about the family! Nice for a change. Thanks, Jared.
I guess this is a brand new posting since not a lot of regulars are here yet!
#9: Erin Leigh, if you'd been paying more attention, you'd see other pictures where black was not the color of the day. This was a posed pictorial so they're back to the basics. They're different when they're by themselves it seems.
Thanks JJ and Stef, WOW WOW beautiful pictures
As you can see Brad is back to being HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!!!!!.................yes, i loved brad with jenn but in the pics brad is looking very hot,sorry i don´t like angelina.
Thanks to Jj and Stef.
These pictures are beautiful. I especially like the one of Zahara with her dad.
Gawd, how hot is brad looking! Love the pictures! Where are they from anyway?
WOW This is such a wonderfull day for me almost 2 weeks with no real new and now am in heaven. They look WONDERFULL.
I wish I was a 28 year old Z and butt naked!!!!!!!!!!
Brad is really ready for fatherhood.! Thanx JJ and Stef for these great pics. They are very attentive to their kids. The world is now waiting for this gorgeous baby. Please bless this baby and the family.
Brad is really looking so HOT! What happened to his mohawk hair style?
okay this fam has reached a new level of cuteness.
all the pics :
http://www.simplybrad.com/images/thumbnails.php?album=535
# 13 | Rizos
thanks my friend, i really love that video music ...it's so romantic....and angie is so young exotic looking gal in that video as she is today....not enough superlatives to describe her....i don't care if i am being biased with my admiration...i love her and her family a lot....and to discourage neg. comments about me not having a life....to this naysayer....BITE ME...lol
again, thanks much rizos....
all the pics :
http://www.simplybrad.com/images/thumbnails.php?album=535
Beautiful!!! Tish i agree I love the pic with Brad and Z, but take a look at M's face looking up to DAD with adoration, it makes your heart melt :)
Brad is really looking so HOT! What happened to his mohawk hair style?
Beautiful!!! Tish i agree I love the pic with Brad and Z, but take a look at M's face looking up to DAD with adoration, it makes your heart melt :)
Beautiful family.
Jared, do you have pics of them when they were out and about in Namibia like they showed at ET and Insider last night? Angelina looked so cute with that do-rag on her hair and she had on that blouse where the spaghetti strap had fallen off her shoulders. She looked so healthy and glowing in that picture and I think she was wearing purple or is it some shade of gray again?
Can you get us those pictures too, Jared? Not that I mind these pics you have here. They look very relaxed and happy even though it was for a magazine. I think I will break my rule of not buying a mag from a check-out counter just so I can read the articles.
so excited...strangled the words...music video...lol
thanks # 29 | sara for the link....man...i am levitating....
My heart melt by looking those pictures.
May God bless this family forever.
LOVELY... i can stare at this picture forever... thank yu so much for the pics...
hi jj, i don't think that they have a nanny with them...the other lady is angie's assistant, holly....
JJ
I love the pictures, but why do you and most of the media keep refering their kids as "their adopted children"? Just wondering!
Hey Stef....I am sending kisses your way! Thanks girl. You are the best.
Morning Estelle, seems we've been missing each other. Been busy?
Sam brit BAMZ Fan (wow, what a mouthful....lol I like it anyway. There is no deny whose fan you are.) I also saw the video you talked about. It was very early in my BAMZ obsession...love and my goodness, they did have an amazing off screen chemistry. You couls just feel the sizzle in the air. Did you see the part where she was playing with her hair and was mothing words to someone offscreen....do you think it was BP? Well that's what I've made myself believe...lol. Brit....are you in Britain? Maybe like Stef, you could be our London correspondant, what do you say?
Thanks JJ. You are without an iota of doubt, THE BEST!!!
Now I've seen all the pictures and man, what an amazing family.
hi jj, i don't think that they have a nanny with them...the other lady is angie's assistant, holly....
http://www.simplybrad.com/images/displayimage.php?album=535&pos=1
Thank you, #29 sara, thank you, thank you, thank you!
They are such a beautiful family, Zee is gorgeous and Brad is hottamale. Ditto to Angie.
thanks for the post to the other pics sara. This is too much now i must detox myself before i spend all day lookin at these pics instead of writing this paper.
OMG!!! I LOVE THIS FAMILY THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL BRAD LOOKS SO HOT
Wow, these are great pictures...some of the best I've seen of them! I can't wait to see the new baby soon! I hope they get married soon too!
TOTALLY HOT AND GORGEOUS!!!!!
Sara, thanks for the link! Just saw Z doing her walk to daddy while mom was probably nervously waiting for a prat fall. That was cute.
The other pictures were very nice too but that desert looks so stark. It's like they've been stranded on an island somewhere where there was nothing, not even a single tree. That would be a good place to go driving a dunebuggy or an ATV but that's about it. Well, at least, you'd be able to spot a paparazzi coming a mile away.
# 29 | sara
The photos are really great ... nicely taken by a professional photographer(s) ... exclusive photos, I think so.
awww these pictures are so cute thankz jared
Thanks to Jared and Stefanie, I will be walking around all day with
a big smile on my face. I didn't think I could be more crazy about
this family anymore than I do already, but after looking at these
latest pics, I'm about ready for the looney bin. Brad should just be
given the title "sexiest dad alive, forever and forever!" Angie, I
cannot even find the words, all superlatives of course, but you
wish you were gifted with the words of a poet. Love that pic with
BP and Z on his shoulder. It doesn't look I'm going to get much
done today because my mind is in Namibia, where it will probably
stay until such time as BAMZ+1 leaves. Thanks again Jared and
Stefanie.
Awesome! Love to see happy family pics and not the airport shots. Brad and Angelina both look HOT!
HA I knew there was more pics out there. Love them! these are so cute!
# 40 | African Girl -Hello my dear, I was so busy yesterday and today, hopefully everything will be done by noon....so I've heard through the grape vine that you are pregnant or will be pregnant?
( ok, don't fall all the chair laughing in your condition) LOL, just kidding...so how are you? how was your day?, so far the last 2 threads not even 1 negative post huh?...amazing...
# 29 | sara- Thanks for the links, love all those pitures..JJ did you see the link from Sara?
Thank you! Thank you for the pictures! They are so gorgeous!
These pictures are just what I needed after coming home from grocery shopping.Thank you Jared.They look so gorgeous,what a hot looking family.Bradley is looking quite yummy.Angelina looks like a pumpkim with her belly,she's still gorgeous.I can't believe it Brad's going to be a father again.I bet he is so excited about the birth.I'm so happy for them.
Beautiful pics! Looks like paintings. They blended well with their beautiful surroundings.
Fellow BAMZ+1 Fans, can this get any better, oh my gosh such beautiful pictures, such beautiful family I love them
They all look Wonderful...I love the calmness of the pics...
Thanks JJ and Stef - pictures are awesome! Luv BAMZ+1.
These are awesome. But does anyone else think they look posed? I wonder if this is another opportunity that was "allowed" to happen? Maybe stir up excitement for AJ's education press she is doing with UNESCO and Dateline?
#58
Please go away!
Thanks stef for the pics and sara for the link. I love Zahara's lip action in that pic where she's walking to Brad. It's just like Angelina's lol. Now I can finally see the bracelet that everyone has been talking about on Brad. I wonder why there is only one picture with Maddox in it. That assistant (Holly?) that is sitting on the beach with them sure is lucky! She gets to go to all these places.
i used to hate them but they've grown on me and seeing this pics...omg what a beautiful family. go brad and angelina!!!!
They look so happy, like they are just in heaven with each other and the kids.. Wonderful
oh my goddess, i love this family.
LOVE THEM. Wish them the best.
I love the pic of Angie holding baby Zahara. looks like the wind swept her hair to the side and her skin looks great. Zahara is ADORABLE!
# 62 | flagirl
I think these might have been posed to get the pressure off of them. Not sure if that would work since I totally want more pics after seeing these one's.
all of this wonderful bamz-ness is going to make my head explode. i swear, there's too many cute and goodlooking people in one picture.
#58 Fiona
I am sorry . I don't mean you.
The original #58 was a mean one .
Quick question, does this mean only JJ has this pix? Oh, this is nice, watch all the other blogs start mooching off of him.
Jeez, why does that make me happy?
delurking mode here... I want to say THANK YOU!!!! My observations:
1) It doesn't seem to be too hot there. The ladies are wearing sweaters. Brad doesn't even have armpit sweat. :) I wonder if they tent or canopy. It looks like they are under some shaded area.
2) All of them are barefoot. Only Brad has shoes on. I wonder if he's too shy to show his unmanicured toes.
3) They make it a point to not have a "posed family portrait. There is a fifth person (in this case Holly) or a family member missing in the shot. I bet that would fetch a pretty penny and they know it.
4) In the shot where Z is walking, she is already practicing her pout. I bet she'll be a looker when she grows up. Gorgeous eyes and mouth just like the mama.
5) Z seems to be wearing the same head cover that Angelina had in the Dateline picture.
6) Maddox is holding a paintbrush. I wish they'd shown his artwork with his name in it - "Maddox Jolie-Pitt"
Interesting how some people say "go away", yet their threads have hundreds of comments. LOL!
The Jolie Pitt family is simply taking charge of the media circus surrounding them. They have been married since the beginning of '06 and I believe the tabs spoke of a birthday party for Maddox which occurred at same time. Ceremony was exclusive and included only family members and specific others...no marriage license issued from the state of California, so ceremony was symbolic. Pitt already had his billion dollar wedding with JA and neither Angie or Brad need anything official to deem them married/life partners/parents. So don't believe the wedding rumors because they would be the last couple to need the pomp and excess of a grand wedding. They have much to accomplish and they have taken their responsibility quite seriously. IMHO
Oh my Gosh! What a beautiful pictures we have here. Yes, We certainly are having such a exceptionally beautiful day today. As usual, Angelina looks stunning and looking healthy as well, the kids looks happy and Brad...he looks so happy too. :)
JJ and Stef...Thanks a lot!
VOTE for BRAD PITT ... PEOPLE mag
LINK:
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VOTE for BRAD PITT ... PEOPLE mag
LINK:
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YEA!!!!!!!! Stef!!!!!!. Baeutiful!!
Thanks girl for sending those to JJ & Audrey....... Hi Audrey!! You
guys rock!! Yes rthese pics are definetly staged for the big $$$.
WHo ever would have thought how many people couls be helped
by posing family pics from the contitent of Mother Africa!!
The Big Baba in the sky is delfinetly working through these souls!!
# 75 | PHIL ANTHROPISt |
I think that too........but how do you know for sure they had a
ceremony? Was it around the time when Brads Parents were out
there near the Holidays?
#73 | Nona -
Excellent Observations . I noticed everything you mentioned above. Kind of freaky that we are "analyzing" their pics in such details. ...but all is good :)
on Brad's feet , it was reported some years back though not sure is it's speculative or extracted from his interviews about his own feet .. that probably explain why he's booted up all the time ...
"Brad Pitt has banned fellow 'Troy' cast members from looking at his feet because he thinks they're ugly. Pitt is supposedly refusing to wear sandals but instead hides his feet in leather boots. "
I heard these photos were sold for 750,000.00 US $. That will feed,
house and medicate alot of people won't it? Go BAMZ+! !!
#75 Phil Anthropist,Zahara's Birthday was in Jan.Maddox's Birthday is in Aug.I think the 4th.
I think this is what Lainey was talking about. The family was paid for these pics but it was also to alleviate the pressure of the paps hounding them. I think it's a good idea. Instead of the paps profiting from this family's popularity, the family should. It gives them control and they could use the money to finance their own personal as well as charitable endeavours. Wasn't it posted on the Babel thread that they got $700,000 for this?
If they start doing this themselves, the paps will soon realize they can't make money off them and may just give them a wide berth from now on. (Yeah, as if the paps would give up their candid shots which in all probability makes more bucks!)
Anyhow, why shouldn't Brangelina profit from their fame? They are running away from the craziness of the paps and that is expensive. Let the paps gnash their teeth from frustration of not making money out of their greedy and annoying profession. They just want an easy way to make a living.
Brad & Johnny Depp are tied @ 25% on People! Vote!!
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
Anybody know who took the pics or which photo agency they got them?
I'm hoping that the first baby pics will be taken by Brad so that photo credit will say so on the side. That would just be too cute. I remember seeing the same thing when Julia's husband, Danny, took the first pics of the twins.
Thanks JJ for more pictures, boy, everytime I came back more pictures...they are so blissfully happy.
# 75 | PHIL ANTHROPISt -Maddox's BD is in August, it was just a pool party wasn't it? did they have another party?
What a way to start my day!!! Love them.
How lovely:) I wish them much happiness.
thanks Stef for the beautiful pics!!
Love the new blog format thanks you JJ and Audrey for posting the pics.
Looks like Z is ready to walk and the focus is on her. I love the picture with Brad carrying Z on his shoulder. BMAZ+1 they look happy and content in Africa.
#81: Nona, hi! But wasn't Brad barefoot in Thelma and Louise? I think they showed his bare feet when he was in bed with Geena Davis. Maybe he's got big toes? Or maybe he's got flat feet. How ugly could they be then if he's too conscious of them not being looked at? Angie doesn't seem to mind he's got ugly feet, why should we?
I love it when people get along! I love Angie and Brad too!
BEAUTIFUL pictures...I think this mini photoshoot is a great way to keep the paps away...and I agree...if they're selling their pics with the $$ going to charity they totally own the media...I just wish A & B would FINALLY have a pic of them kissing or hugging and smiling...yes, yes..I know the french store one...but I always think they're restraining themselves from showing how they really feel and that annoys me...still...
BAMZ +1 ROCKS!!
Lou, Estelle...You're right about Mad's b-day...Family gathered in Malibu during holidays.
As for the photo ops...
Ms. Jolie may just be able to remind the world that there is much to be done for the children of the globe. She can manipulate me anyday of the week for a worthy cause. I applaud her integrity, compassion and spirit...light giving light.
Does anyone know when this issues hits newstands?
They look so happy!!!!
ROCK ON BAMZ+1!!!
# 85 | Moi Jade |- Thanks Moi Jade, I have been pleading with the BAMZ fans twice at the previous post, but got shot down. Personally, I disagree with their argument, since I'd rather see Brad on the cover of People as opposed to The Enquirer!!! I also think it would stop some of the negative comments towards Brad. I hope our fans will come thru :)
BTW- did you notice that Ange and Zee have the same head-scarfs, the one taken with Ann Curry AJ is wearing the same one as Zee in these pics. Also, AJ is wearing the same necklace in both pics, I wonder if this is what everyone was talking about last night!
Oh my!! J@red, I'm loving the pics, BIG THANKS!!! Theyre so cute, what a wonderful FAMILY! aww so adorable =)
~HEART bamz+1!!!
Thanks Jared for the pics. Just wanna say that instead of the LAPS I see everywhere! Lovely family! It gave comfort to my day!
aww Zahara's starting to take teeny weeny steps
Does anyone know when this issue hits newstands? And is it HELLO magazine or OK?
They look so HAPPY!! This time last year, Brad had no children, in a few weeks he will have his THIRD child, AMAZING!!!
ROCK ON BAMZ +1!!!
IMO, I think they are married. Janet Jackson anybody?
omg. they are just as publicity needy as a certain other couple one could also call tomatie.
i know people apply some kind if double standard here, but seriously they are no better in my book.
just different.
# 100 | COLD HARD MATH
got this from the other thread:
http://www.hellomagazine.com/magazine/2006/04/24/0916cover/
dont know when though.
They are imposing their rules. Good for them!
#73 Are you an unhappy person or you are simply jealous? Love the family!
Beautiful pictures from my favorite celebrity family, GOD bless BAMZ+1
hey guys im really glad you like the pictures, it took a lifetime to sort it all out first my scanner, then the internet went down! but theycame out really well! anything i can do, i will.
estelle...
yes i earned my title today!!!!
It's from Hello magazine and it's available now. GO GET YOUR COPY! =D
BTW, Brad looks HOT!!!
When you vote for Brad, click on "photos" and vote for Angie (she is in second place behind Halle (and I think Jen is in 4th) in the most beautiful woman category.
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
the nanny? wtf is she in the pics?......angelina and brad look hot, I am hot as well.
good luck, you're beautiful
It is available now in U.S.? ok thursday will be the day for adventures for me then (finding where those magazines available at)..lol.
Oh Stef, it was you, the source. Aww thanks STEF I heart yah lol. Yay BAMZters..ok jp.
thanks a buncj jjared!!!
i love love love this site!
i don't know how I will pass time at work, if you weren't there :))
i wish the best for angie and brad! i hope they will live happily ever after :)
JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE AND MORE LOVE TO THIS FAMILY. iCAN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. GOD BLESS THEM TOGETHER FOREVER AND WILL LIVE HAPPILY WITH OVERFLOWING LOVE AND DEVOTION TO EACH OTHER. JJ THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU JUST MAKE ME HAPPY TODAY, PICTURES ARE SO AWESOM.
yes i earned my title today!!!!
# 106 | stef |
AND A PROMOTION. PICK ANOTHER TITLE....ANY TITLE.
ESTELLE, WHERE ARE YOU? WE NEED TO GET THIS GIRL ORDAINED.
Sorry for the caps but it is really Important
JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE AND MORE LOVE TO THIS FAMILY. iCAN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. GOD BLESS THEM TOGETHER FOREVER AND WILL LIVE HAPPILY WITH OVERFLOWING LOVE AND DEVOTION TO EACH OTHER. JJ THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU JUST MAKE ME HAPPY TODAY, PICTURES ARE SO AWESOM.
Oh my gosh!They´re so amazing!I love them!
I will have to disagree with post #100 but every one is entiled to his or her opinion, it always makes for good conversation. I would rather they handle it the way they are and make them give the money to a charity than a photographer make millions off the pic. BTW Great pics!!
african girl...
im a modest girl so nothing too fancy! dame? lady? what ever you think is best! rofl!!!
you good today?
i was skiving from uni today, and i went shopping and nearly fainted when i saw the pics, the one where brad is smiling goes with the one with angie lying down, smiling back, hes holding her leg but you can see that! dead cute.
# 96 | guli | Hey girl. It's going to be neck in neck I think with
Brad & Johnny.......I'd rather see it that way too. He deserves to
be on there anyway....cuz out of all of them he is still da bomb for
me.
I didn't notice they had matching scarves......how cute. On the up
close picture it doesn't look like a gem or stone to me..I could be
wrong......but more like an African piece of leather... They have
inscriptions on them.
#101 weas
If Paps from worldwide press are digging trenches and posing as sand dunes just to get at your family for a candid shot, it's fair dues that Brangelina set up this shoot
Not only do they get money for their designated charities, but it will counter all the crap written about them being so miserable together, especially Brad. It would also stop situations arising where heavy handed tactics are being used by their bodyguards
When they hide from the press, everyone jumps down their throats about how they're making it worse for themselves. Now they've done a legitimate shoot, everyone is saying they're media whores! A lose-lose situation
What about JA on every chat show and mag cover since Sept 2005.
What about Julia Roberts and Claire Danes starting relationships, with married men with pregnant wives?
Why are they not as villified as Brangelina are?
Let them be. JA is happy -kind of - with VV , cigarettes, alleged pot, and upcoming mag covers. Be happy for them, there are worse publicity seeking hollywood creatures out there!
this union must be, and should be the love affair of the century...any other votes?
I don't understand: Are these pictures staged by them? Was it a way to give paps pixx so they could leave them alone?
I thought these were taken by paps?
Somebody pelase explain!!
LOL Did you guys see the george Clooney pic PEOPLE used? He looks goofy... and the Leo dicaprio pic is from his titanic days.They should use the glossy pics for all of them. It doesn't seem fair!
I don't understand: Are these pictures staged by them? Was it a way to give paps pixx so they could leave them alone?
I thought these were taken by paps?
Somebody pelase explain!!
# 117 | African Girl -ok, we can ordain Stef...but do we need a sword or something?...LOL...think of a title, she already has Stef, LCA..we need another....
***ZAHARA"S HEAD SCARF**********
Angelina will contiune to get a lot of grief for putting a black child in a scarf like that. I hate it myself. It is a big no no in the African American community. She could have put anything on that child's head, a cute bonnet, little girls cotton hat or if you are gonna do a scarf, do it more like a head wrap African style. If Angelina is going to adopt children from all over the globe as she has said, she had better have the cultural SENSITVITY to do so. (end of rant).
Other than that I love the photos. They are in total harmony with their environment. Since they are in the desert, it's mostly earthen colors, to blend in.
Peace & Blessing to BAMZ+1.
question to all...
the photos were set up by brad and angie to try and lower the interest of the exclusive pictures idea! a very wise move, and with this we dont feel too bad about looking! they look very comforatable in the pics.
i love it!
phil anthropist...
totally agree, and they are the type of people not to let the pressure get involved, they take the situation and deal with it, just like the shrink wrap idea, it worked, thats all that matters.
FRENCHY, I AM AS BLACK AS THEY COME AND MY MOM PUT ME IN THESE VERY SAME HEADSCARVES ALL THE TIME. PLUS WE ARE FROM THE CARIBBEAN SO MAYBE IT IS A CULTURAL THING.
ACTUALLY NY NIECE, WHEN HER MOTHER FEELS LIKE IT, WRAPS HER HAIR IN A SCARF.
BLACK WOMEN CAN ROCK A HEAD SCARF LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW AND RPOUD OF IT SO CAN OUR LITTLE BLACK GIRLS.
YOU ARE TRYING TO START SOMETHING AND I KNOW YOU WANT ATTTENTION BUT JUST GO AWAY WITH YOUR NEGATIVITY.
ANGELINA IS FEEDING, CARING, AND SAVING A LITTLE BLACK CHILD FROM POVERTY AND DOOM - GIVE BLACK PEOPLE MORE CREDIT: THAT IS ALL THEY WILL CARE ABOUT NOT A GODDAMN HEAD SCARF.
YOU'RE AN IDIOT!
WOW OMG THEY ARE CUTE I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!!
VOTE FOR BRAD!! PEOPLE
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
Zahara isn't African Ameerican, she's African and it's very common in Ethopia and Africa to have scarf on.
WOW OMG THEY ARE CUTE I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!!
VOTE FOR BRAD!! PEOPLE
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
Great pictures. Thanks Stef and/or JJ!
SO STAGED...
WOW OMG THEY ARE CUTE I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!!
VOTE FOR BRAD!! PEOPLE
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
Estelle ans Stef
How about this?
The Honorable Lady Stef, LCA?
Do we need a sword? I don't know....I do have a big Kitchen knife. Will that do?
Frenchy - Sorry, but you are wrong, Black women/little girls do wear scares, plus it is more popular in Africa, and Z is African, This is one thing more I love about Angie, She makes sure she instills the childrens culture in their everyday life.
*****These pictures are an exclusive look at the family granted only to Hello Magazine. They are portrait photos, not paparazzi photos. It's a family portrait, the kind Hello is GREAT at!*****
just like the shrink wrap idea, it worked, thats all that matters.
What is the shrink wrap idea?
Frenchy - What you just wrote was so the dumbest thing I've read in this thread yet.
"SO STAGED..."
LOL Of course it's staged! It's not that hard to get really, is it?
Sorry, but you are wrong, Black women/little girls do wear scares, plus it is more popular in Africa,
# 139 | lookwhaticando |
I am wearing one right now. Honest. It's not for religious purposes, I am not having a bad hair day...it's just an accesory, like bangles, Anklets, chains, earrings. That's just the way i dress. A few of my American friends have started doing it. If you find the right scarf with the right out fit (doesn't matter: jeans & t-shirt, dresses, skirts) I tell you it is absolutely beautiful. Makes you feel very feminine too.
WOW OMG THEY ARE CUTE I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!!
VOTE FOR BRAD!! PEOPLE
http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1186935,00.html
These images are so beautiful that I am crying inside!
Even though its a photo op, it is truly beautiful. At last Zahara is similing and happy. I love those pics with her on Brad's shoulders and when she's learning to walk and trying to walk from Angelina to Brad. She's the age to start walking now. Just gorgeous little girl and she looks she's going to be a smart girl.
This family is just beautiful. I can't express it with words.
# 129 | Frenchy
HUH? It's just a scarf to protect the childs head from the sun. Her hair is still really short, remember? Plus it looks cute.
# 138 | African Girl | Hey I like the title, I don't know about the kitchen knife :)
# 139 | lookwhaticando | vey well said, I was always impressed that she makes sure she follows the traditions of the country she is visiting. When she is in a predominantly Muslim countries, such as Afganistan, she covers her hair with a scarf out of respect for their culture. This is the reason why she is loved so much ALL over the world, diff cultures, diff religions etc.
# 127 | Question to ALL
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COVER OF THE MAG IT SAYS " EXCLUSIVE PHOTOSHOOT".
african girl...
just make sure you leave me with some ears! lol
i like the title! i may have to put it as my sign on name!
oh there is nothing wrong with a bandana, it trendy! i have a white and black one.
susie...
shrink wrap, the green sheeting tat surrounds the grounds they are staying in.
Ok Frenchy.......Knock it off sistah! African women wear the scarves in
all kinds of wraps. Z babydoll needs some fresh air on her little curls.
Leave it alone. Ethiopian women do it all the time. Merci.
***OK I got it! LOL***
AG I Know all about the bangles, I have 12 24K gold ones on my right arm! I wear them every day. Not for fashion but more cultural. Anyway the who headscarf thing is cultural which is why when Zahara was seen wearing one the first time, it created quite a buzz in the community.
And I think it's great that Brad & Angelina are giving the child a Namibian name!
You know, this isn't the 1st time something like this has happened...
In the 1960s, 2 celebrities from Planet Xenu gave birth in AMERICA and gave the baby an AMERICAN name -- Tom Cruise.
Thank you Stef and JJ! I just watched Angelina in the music video link posted on the last site (wow- thanks to who