Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and the Baby Pics
TMZ is reporting that bidding for the twins first photos is up to 16 million dollars. Take a moment. Drink that in. It’s going to do wonders for the whatever charity or charities the family decides on. Just look at what the money could do for the UNHCR. With $16 million they could do any of the following.
- Put a survival kit containing blankets, stoves and other essentials in the hands hands of 160,00 refugee families
- Sink 32.000 clean water wells
- Provides 1.6 children with therapeutic feeding kits that could save their lives.
- Provide 80,000 tents to shelter refugee families
I imagine that Angie and Brad will divide it between several charities. Keep in mind 16 mill is just the price right now. The photos could go for much more. BUT here’s the catch(according to TMZ), the publication cannot use the word “Brangelina”. I don’t know if it’s just for the twins’ photos or for ever that the publication will agree not to use “Brangelina” forever. Apparently they both hate the nickname but Angelina is the one that really despises it. I am sure it ’s frustrating to have your personal relationship reduced to one word. Do you think it’s fair for Angie to put these constraints on the photo use? I can certainly see why they want to exercise some control over how they are portrayed. It’ll be interesting to see if this is actually a condition of the contract. I was hoping those babies would come last week but babies come in there own time.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I think it is perfectly understandable indeed for Brad and Angelina - or as you state, just Angelina - to stipulate there be no use of the term Brangelina when the baby-photos are eventually printed. The term is vulgar really, reducing their lives to some ghastly soundbite; it’s cheap and nasty. Angelina and Brad are in my opinion honourable, upright people, not some advertising slogan to seel stuff.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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July 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Keep in mind, that the $16 mil figure is only for the stateside publishing of the babies…..The UK will also throw a sum of $ out there to see which can get the rights. Last time, and most likely this time as well People will be the most reputible and consistant choice for the US (Brad and Ange chose them for the introduction to Pax). Shiloh’s pics in the UK, I believe, went to OK for $3 mil, one million less than People.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
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