Angelina Jolie Watch

Looks like those rumors we heard a few months ago may be true.  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s  former bodyguard  is looking  for a book deal.   The New York Daily  News’ Rush and Malloy recently received “a proposal for a memoir and a TV show, both offering [Mickey]Brett’s first-person account of his years guarding the likes of Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sly Stallone and Richard Gere.”

The proposal painted Angelina in a good light and Brad in a not-so-good-light.

Mickey has worked for Angelina since 2001, but disappeared at some point last year. The Daily News called the family’s  American lawyer Marty Singer. Of course, Singer said Mickey was bound by confidentially.  He also made some very interesting allegations. Singer says that Big Mickey” is a liar, a pathological one in fact.

Mickey allegedly lied to US immigration which kept him from entering the country. He also my have lied to Brad and Angie about having served as a British SAS commando.  Singer says he never served in the military.

Brett was arrested twice in 2006, once for allegedly assaulting a restaurant owner in Namibia and a second time for after he was accused of  hurling racial insults to parents picking up in their kids in India while Angelina shot A Mighty Heart.

Singer says Brett’s  been convicted of 11 crimes.   Brad and Angie repeatedly came to his defense but even his staunchest supporters “began to have doubts”.

As for his book and TV proposals, Singer said Brett was bound by a confidentiality agreement. According to Singer, Brett has now stated that he’d never signed off on the pitches and that many of the yarns attributed to him were fabricated by his ghost writer.

In response,  Brett’s attorney said, “Our client disputes what has apparently been said by Mr. Singer, but is not in a position to comment further at this stage.”

The ghost writers says that everything he wrote, he got from Big Mickey himself. “Mickey was definitely going to consider a book or TV deal if the offer was good enough,” Robert McGibbon said. McGibbon also said there’s not going to be any book now.

The weekly Informanté newspaper made previous claims that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were not following through with the promise they made to donate money to two maternity hospitals in Namibia after baby Shiloh was born.

The Namibian Red Cross has made a statement that this is not true and that the money has already been transferred to the Red Cross. According to the Acting Secretary General of Namibia’s Red Cross, the donation was paid, as promised, some time ago but “international monetary and tax regulations” had been responsible for the hold up in the delivery.

“The Namibia Red Cross signed an agreement with the American Red Cross (acting on behalf of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation) for a transfer of funds between the two National Societies. The Namibia Red Cross Society then received money amounting to the total for all equipment promised to both hospitals in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay,” A Red Cross rep said. “The equipment has been ordered and we were advised that the normal lead time would be three months. All suppliers involved assured the NRCS that the targeted delivery date in February-March 2007 is still within reach,” she added.

She further expressed gratitude on behalf of the Namibian Red Cross Society to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, “who dedicated time, energy and resources towards the lives of Namibia’s most valued and vulnerable”.

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According to All Africa Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt considering a return to Namibia for a much needed and deserved vacation.

The couple, along with Maddox and Zahara, currently have an offer from the Namibian government of honorary citizenship, though they have not yet accepted or denied the offer. Speaking of the governments decision to offer them citizenship, “This decision must be seen as a token of appreciation for what they have done for Namibia,” said a source within the government. Their youngest child, Shiloh Nouvel was born in Namibia on May 28th, 2006 and is a Namibian citizen.

While staying in Namibia awaiting the birth of Shiloh, the couple donated money between two hospitals and a wildlife foundation.

Currently, AJ and Brad are still in LA after the death of Angelina’s mother.

I came across this interview of Angelina and Brad in Namibia from last summer. It seems that the interview is from shortly after the birth of Shiloh Nouvel. I have to say, all woman should look that good shortly after giving birth. Oh, and when watching this? Watch Brad… is it my imagination or does he look… bored?