Actress/goddess Angelina Jolie got the shock of her life when she found out that she and Brad had gotten pregnant, she tells the United Kingdom’s Elle Magazine.
“I wasn’t planning on getting pregnant. I’m the one that got knocked up. Some men have kids when they’re not ready and some men know they want to take it seriously and wait until they’re absolutely ready.”
The actress also tells the reputable British rag that she at first felt a closer sense of protection toward her adopted children:
“I think I feared so much more for Mad and Z because they’re survivors, they came through so much. Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born. I have less inclination to fear for her… ”
Supposedly, Angie goes on to state that she now realizes that she owes all of her children an equal amount of time. All of this comes right on the heels of calling the kid a “Blob” just a few days ago. Perhaps Angie isn’t Mommie Dearest after all?
Turns out going on a bender in Vegas isn’t the only way to get slammed by the press.
First, Oprah took heat for opening a multi-billion dollar school for girls in South Africa. Now, the celeb Mother Theresa known as Angelina Jolie is under fire for slamming Madonna.
(Is this a slow week for celebrity news or what?)
Jolie, the celeb who seems to be hooked on adoption (a good thing!), told a French periodical that she questioned Madge’s choice to adopt baby David in the first place from a nation where “there is no legal framework for adoption.”
“Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born,” Jolie reportedly said in an interview published by Gala. “Personally I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is legal.”
But Jolie says she didn’t intend to criticize Madonna, and that the article put her statements out of context.
Meanwhile, little David’s reportedly doing very well — now that he’s away from the spotlight and in the care of his new parents.
Is it just me, or does this situation evoke memories of little Elian Gonzalez?
If anything, all this press over the adoptions by Angie and Madge will make celebs better informed of the potential consequences of shopping for babies in any old country.
In further info from her interview with Gala magazine, Angelina Jolie has expanded on her desire to adopt more children with Brad Pitt. She says that it’s important that they remain as attached as possible to their three current children, Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh but that there’s definitely enough love for more children in their future.
But is there enough money? Angelina says, “Brad and I want to continue to adopt, but keeping a big family uses up a lot of money.”
This is true enough but many regular old folks manage to do it. Maybe regular folks do it because they don’t have to pay for nannies and personal entourages, though.
Perhaps someone can send the couple some frugal tips like how to clip coupons, shop sales, and do bulk cooking to help save some money so that they can work their millions-per-movie salaries into affording to provide for their expanding family.
After weeks and weeks of criticism across the globe in regards to Madonna’s shifty adoption of David, a Malawi boy who still has a father, Angelina Jolie - perhaps one of the best known advocates of international adoption - has finally spoken out. It seems she can see both sides of the situation, demonstrating her diplomacy.
On the one hand, she is “horrified by the attacks [Madonna has] been subjected to” according to an interview with Gala magazine in France. She points out that David’s happiness is the most important factor.
On the other hand, she does still hold some criticism herself. Although Jolie has adopted two children internationally - Maddox from Cambodia and Zahara from Ethiopia - she did so in countries with the legal rights to international adoption. Jolie firmly stated that Madonna was aware of the fact that Malawi does not allow international adoption and that she herself would never take a child from a country where such procedures are illegal.
It may all be moot in the end. The Malawian government and child welfare folks are quite satisfied with Madonna’s parenting of David after close monitoring. Meanwhile, Brad Pitt has announced that he and Jolie are hoping to add to their family; no word yet on whether that means another biological baby like Shiloh, or whether they will seek out a child in need of a loving family. Still, if it’s the latter I’m sure we can expect that their adoption will be a legal one and that their fourth child will not come from Malawi.
In an unprecedented and controversial act, an artist from North Carolina came up with a painting depicting Angelina Jolie as Virgin Mary, no less. Painter Kate Kretz is no newbie to creating art. In fact, she has been painting for about 20 years. However, this is the first work of art that she created to attract this much attention.
The painting shows Angelina Jolie up in the clouds with her baby Shiloh and her other children Maddox and Zaharah clinging to her legs. The medium is acrylic and oil in linen. What possessed Kate Kretz to depict such a scene?
According to her, she has sort of an obsession with how people tend to worship celebrities. This is what she is trying to portray in her painting called “Blessed Art Thou.” So how come she chose Angelina Jolie? Well I suppose she has been a constant fare of the celebrity news columns. The painter herself gives a reason: “because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her ‘unattainable’ beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status.”
Kretz has gained a lot of popularity because of the painting and you can read her thoughts on her blog. She has been gathering the attention of the media as well. What really interests me, though, is how Angelina Jolie is taking all this. After all, it is not everyday that one gets to be portrayed as the Virgin Mary.
