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.

These sirens have been, perhaps, two of the most heard of names in Hollywood for the past year. With what happened between Jennifer and Brad and then it being Angelina and Brad and all that, it is no wonder that some people have been trying to come up with ways to compare Angelina and Jennifer.

I am sure you can think of a thousand and one ways to contrast and compare these two. Now I am not going through all of those ways. However, I recently picked up something about what Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are giving away for this Christmas. Well not exactly their whole shopping list, to be honest. It was more of a peek into what they have been up to when it comes to shopping.

According to TMZ.com, Angelina Jolie has been going on a soap shopping spree – and not your ordinary kind of soap either. It seems that she has a thing for soap made from goat’s milk. Perhaps she was buying these for her three children? In any case, she reportedly bought 2 dozen sets of baby goat’s milk soap in the shape of animals. As for Jennifer, she has been out shopping for bags. Now that’s more like it! She reportedly bought 2 for herself and splurged on 10 more for her gal pals.

I may prefer one over the other (no I am not saying who) but I wouldn’t mind getting some of that goat’s milk soap or one of those bags.

Well Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are moving again, this time out of their Malibu beachfront paradise in favor of Brad’s enormous “three-property compound” in the trendy L.A. Los Feliz neighborhood.

According to Hollywood.com Brad purchased the property back in 1994 and has been renovating it ever since. Now I’m sure he didn’t know it back then, but recently Brad has “turned the compound into a Neverland-type place.” It’s intended as a “kids’ paradise,” with a ballroom converted to a giant playroom and a pool in the center of the main house. Brad intends to make this the primary residence for the family, as opposed to splitting their time between L.A. and Malibu.

I’m not saying celebrities have it all easy, but how wonderful to have choices like that. “Hmmm, which do we like better? Our ‘Malibu mansion’ or ‘L.A. Neverland?” And talk about awesome birthday parties for those kids! A playroom the size of a ballroom? I’m in my 20s and would have a blast!

It looks like Brad Pitt has a bit more responsibility lately as he takes the kids to work with him. His adopted children, with Angelina Jolie, Maddox and Zahara have been seen being dropped off at the daycare center inside the Warner Brothers lot in Los Angeles while Mr. Pitt goes ahead and films “Ocean’s 13″.

And from what I have read, don’t even try to say “hello” to Brad when he is picking up or dropping of the children, as the staff of the daycare are very protective of Brad and the kids.

Why is he using the Warner Bros. daycare service at all? Surely he must be getting paid a fair bit to star in “Ocean’s 13″. Can’t he afford personal care for Maddox and Zahara? I am surprised Angelina Jolie lets Brad get away with this. And if you thought the daycare was just for celebrities, you’d be wrong. It is open to everyone from Warner Bros. secretaries to executives.

Source: New York Post Online Edition

According to Britain’s Grazia magazine Brad Pitt has been telling Angelina Jolie to “Stop
smothering me!”

Angelina is currently living in their mansion in Malibu with Shiloh, Maddox, and Zahara. Stories have been circulating about Brad partying with co-stars Matt Damon and George Clooney during the filming of Oceans Thirteen. Angelina has reportedly been asking friends to report back to her with details of Brad’s every move.

The Grazia also says that Angelina “has been telling friends she’s unhappy because they talked about not working for a year after Shiloh was born.”

I wonder if these rumors are true. If they are, how sad. Granted, I was on the “Jennifer Team” during all the Jennifer/Brad breakup controversy, but nobody needs this kind of drama with a newborn.

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