Human rights activists and stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed their support for author Nicholas Kristof and his new book, Half the Sky, at a book party last night at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
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Nicholas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist who has worked tirelessly to shed light on those struggling around the globe. Half the Sky touches on the subject of the oppression of women in Asia and Africa, and how those women can be helped to turn oppression into opportunity.
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Brad and Angelina are both vocal advocates of human rights, traveling to countries like Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Iraq as they seek to improve living conditions for those in developing countries.
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I am soooo tired of them. Until they live like everybody else, they have no right to ask people to do anything for anyone in a third world country. When I (and most people) give to charity or make a donation, or even spend the day at a center, it’s all a very large sacrifice and contribution. We’re regular people with regular incomes, and I don’t get the hype around this bony hag and her aging boyfriend. They do a few cameos every once in a while and I’m supposed to believe they’re God? Forget it. How dumb do you have to be? ALL celebs have been supporting charities since the beginning of Hollywood. It’s an image booster. A PR profit. Show me the real compassion. I know people personally who leave their regular homes to go serve in Africa for 4-5 months, all without the publicity. These two are fake. An entire show more acutely-acted than any of their terrible films. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit…
before anybody flips out at me because you feel that these two are your parents/God, I want to say that any type of money for charity is, I’m sure, appreciated. But the hypocrisy is what gets to me. I don’t understand how anybody can spend any time with starving, desperate people and fly home to their billion dollar estate to eat lobster and steak. Have a heart. You don’t need all that money. You don’t need all those houses. You don’t need all those custom-built bikes and cars. If you were as humble as you act, you would be disgusted with yourself. There. I’m done.
What Hypocrisy? are all celebs hypocrites, because they all have that dual ability, to do for others and live a comfortable life ?Are you disgusted with yourself ? If everytime you see someone less fortunate and you do nothing are you supposed to embody that trait or create a body of work or an organization that can help empower the greater number. Do you dislike them because the media tracks them down ? do you ever notice the span of time in between seein them ? They have found a way to move around with the least amount of attention and for that I say congratulations to them
IT’S OK FOR BONO,
IT’S OK FOR GEORGE CLOONEY
IT’S OK FOR OPRAH,
IT’S OK FOR MATT DAMON, IT’S OK FOR BEN AFFLECK but it is
not ok for ANGELINA JOLIE AND BRAD PITT.
AJ AND BP MUST JUST MAKE MOVIES DO PUBLICITY APPEARANCES AND FEED THE CELEBRITY MACHINE-WELL I SAY LET THEM USE THIS MEDIA FRENZY FOR SOME GOOD AND THEY HAVE- I AND MANY WOMEN WHO ARE AGAINST VIOLENCE AND CRIME AGAINST WOMEN SAYS MORE PLEASE. WE’LL GET THE BOOK!!!!!!!
thank you vicky.. we see other celebs out EVERY DAY at every event.. getting coffee. at a pumpkin patch.. eating out at every new any and everything. YET the minute Brad/Angie go out to dinner or are out with their kids the HATERS.. yes haters run and scream photo op . But it is only for them.. Not the others. ONLY Brad/angie have to live in a hut. not Bono, Bill gates, tiger woods, Oprah, Elton John, Barbara S, or any of the other celebs out there…. just Brad/Angie..
talk about hypocrisy .. And if you are so tired of them..stop posting comments and take care of your own business.
Love this couple and I love how they don’t allow the opinions of anyone else to make them alter their lives
It IS hypocrisy. And I never said I didn’t feel the same way about all celebs who do this. They say one thing, do another. If a regular person did that, everybody would call them a snob. But rich and surgically enhanced celebs do it and they get a pass. Like I said before, for the people whose cloth ears my comment fell apon: I’m sure the money is appreciated by those who need it. But I’m not convinced that their hearts are in the right place. When everything is public, what’s real? You all spend more time dissecting my comment than you do opening your own eyes. It’s you I feel sorry for. If you’d only stop to think things through, it might seem plausible to you that these people, ALL of them, are more interested in their careers and their public images. For every million they give away, they bank millions more. How generous.
I love Angie.
I REALLY DONT LIKE Brads beard….I wish he’d cut it off it looks like he’s trying to look like some guy from Iraq or Afganistan. I think he thinks it makes him look more international when it really just makes him look OLD.
I don’t like either one of them..they are so predictable…photo ops..they must try and stay relevant. They should stay home and raise thier 6 kids out of the spotlight.
i soo agree with vicky!! y do so much ppl talk crap when they are doin good things? u all are just hating..its da only way to make ur selves feel better! if they have the money to buy cars, houses, bikes then y shouldnt they..if u did then you would too but u dnt lol so u dnt have anything! n its not like they dnt donate money too..stop hating so much on these people and go do something productive
I really admire Brad and Angie for their work for human rights and other humanitarian causes. They are a great example of a celebs who really want to help other people. And they´re not doing it to get more attention. I´ve admired Angie for years for her work as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador. She has personally visited many refugee camps all around the world and Brad has been doing wonderful work in rebuilding NOLA after Hurricane Katrina. They´re also loving parents to their children and most especially they love each other. These pics are aliving proof that all is just fine in the Brangelina world. No tension between them. They both look very happy an relaxed.
Theyreallyseem like a great couple. I think all the crap that gets printed about them makes them stronger..
It amazes me the double standard that is applied only to them. They could do the same thing as any other celeb and the haters scream photo op or that they are being phony.. mind you this is only them being phony..
Whatever I like them and hope they stay together. Cute kids and a cute family.
I guess when you are living a good and productive life some people just can’t deal and get jealous.
Angie looks really beautiful and Brad is still hot to me. No not crazy about the facial hair, but hey he said he was taking a break and I guess he likes the hair and Angie may not be complaing.. And if it is fine with the woman in his life.. Hel l then what business is it of mine.. NONE>
So do they actually donate to some of these charities or do they just lend their name to them? I believe he has donated time and money in New Orleans but do they ALWAYS have to make such a show about it? A lot of these actors and actresses donate their time AND money quietly and don’t seek out all this attention to themselves. It think the idea is to draw attention to the charity no? And their kids, all 6 of them seem to be growing up on their own, or excuse me like Angelina says “expressing themselves” but children do need stability, discipline and attention, its not fair to have all these kids and be running all over the world with them or with nannies. They seem more like “collections” or a “accessories” and yet they brag they want MORE? We get they make pretty babies but when is it going to be enough? Its not like they are going to be much of an example of morality.