People won the Jolie-Pitt baby battle
According to JustJared, People magazine is the winner in the bids to get the first official photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new babies, Knox and Vivienne.
It’s not like we would have expected anything else - PittWatch readers know full well that Brad and Angelina have a good relationship with People.
Numbers in the double digits are still being tossed around - between $10 and $15 million. We’ll probably never know for sure. No one has ever confirmed any amounts ever paid to any celebrities for their baby photos, so it’s total speculation.
Thus far, it’s not certain which issue of People will have the coveted Knox and Vivienne cover, but keep an eye out!
Also, and I thought this was cute, someone from Food and Wine contacted me this morning to let me know that they have put together a list for Brad and Angelina of restaurants to accommodate larger families, as well as some recipes. It made me smile to read a nice, kid-centric list of food and restaurants that wouldn’t be shocked by a family of eight people.
Now, to wait for the People issue to come out!
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37 opinions for People won the Jolie-Pitt baby battle
Loren
Jul 29, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I will be glad to see the new babies. Thanks for the updates Sherry. Good for People mag. (hope this is true)
irma
Jul 29, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I’m happy People Magazine got the rights for the first pictures of the Jolie Pitt twins.I am definitely be buying the mag. issue. Peace & blessings to all.
margaritam
Jul 29, 2008 at 6:58 pm
source Justjared=US Weekly ????
I am not sure this news is true or not. Time will tell the truth
mam
Jul 29, 2008 at 7:16 pm
People got the first Shiloh shots, so it’s probably true. And it was about three weeks after she was born (May 27) that we got those shots (June 19) so, hopefully not to much longer for the twins…
Mary
Jul 29, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Agree with Margaritam. Since the site making the announcement is aligned with US Magazine, wait until confirmation. US swore they were selling the “bump” pictures, which never happened. Better People than the others, but still not until the photos show up will I believe it.
ligaya
Jul 29, 2008 at 7:49 pm
(JustJared is officially aligned with Us Weekly!?!?!? Wow - why’d he do that?)
Everybody’s on the Jolie-Pitt wagon. The Food and Wine article is cute, especially when they referred to the kids. I was disappointed in the San Francisco section which listed just 2 restaurants. In foodie heaven, there are a bazillion great family-friendly restaurants.
Angelina and Brad landed on Vanity Fair’s 2008 International Best Dressed List. (Someone said they were on the 2007 list too.) The picture they chose was the green dress in Cannes.
According to the L.A. Times: “My theory is that great audience-connecting stars have a capacity for joy…Angelina Jolie, probably the biggest female star in the world at the moment, who does bad-girl glee like no one else.” I have URL if anyone wants it - a very interesting article called “A big summer for the seasoned stars.”
Rach
Jul 29, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Can’t wait to see them :D
Sarita
Jul 30, 2008 at 1:51 am
I’m looking forward to seeing the photos but these amounts of money are just ridiculous. I really wish it would end instead of getting worse and worse.
sunny
Jul 30, 2008 at 2:08 am
News from Japan to Sherry and Pittwatch fans.
I got the newest issue of AERA (Newsweek type of magazine in Japan) and I found a very positive article about Angie and Brad.
In their 2 pages feature the reporter mentioned Sherry and Pittwatch.
” Sherry Osborne who lives in Canada has a popular fan blog named Pittwatch and their fans come to her blog and exchange their opinions.”
And the reporter introduced 3 comments from the thread ” why we are so fascinated by Angie and Brad”
I very appriciated that article because it based on the fact only. I wonder how the reporter found this site.
sunny
Jul 30, 2008 at 2:37 am
People magazine even denied the report $4.1 mil for Shiloh pics. They said it was less than that. I don’t believe unreliable gossipers words.
They always love the extreme number.
I don’t know whether People is the one who got twins photos but I thought US weekly was so jealous and made up a story to devalue the twin’s birth. US did it again as they did when Shiloh phots went to People.
fan
Jul 30, 2008 at 4:14 am
i agree about jared and US weekly, same peas in the pod, lets wait for people confirmation.
Mary Ann
Jul 30, 2008 at 5:26 am
Sherry, Wow that Pittwatch has been noticed and talked about in a newspaper in Japan. I notice that our community has grown so the word is spreading. As for People doing the baby pictures I am thrilled. I let all my other magazine subscriptions run out and now only get People. I feel that they are the only fair and honest paper out there.
Matilda
Jul 30, 2008 at 7:19 am
It’s interesting to speculate. I can’t see any other magazine getting the pictures, though. Hopefully OK doesn’t get them, although they seem to been getting a lot of new baby photoshoots lately (Jamie Lynn Spears, Jessica Alba, Matthew McConaughey, Tori Spelling). Maybe that means they’ve used up their baby ‘budget’ already! Perhaps People has been saving up for the Jolie-Pitts and let the others go. But I don’t find the photoshoots or interviews in OK to be as classy as People, so fingers crossed they get it.
Hope the international rights are announced soon. The spread in UK’s Hello was simply gorgeous for Shiloh’s baby pics - I picked up a copy of that along with the local version, just because the pictures were so huge and beautiful. Last time New Idea got the rights in Australia, but I hope that it’s someone different this time.
Can’t wait to see little Knox and Vivienne’s faces!
Loren
Jul 30, 2008 at 7:25 am
Sunny thanks for the information about the article on Angie and Brad and Sherry’s site. Good to see that a journalist could find a positive website and read the comments. Just when you think there is no professionalism left in media, a ray of sunshine. Could you tell us where the article is? Thanks to Sherry for this site, I am happy her good work is noticed, we (fans) are very grateful for the work she does here.
Loren
Jul 30, 2008 at 7:26 am
Sunny thanks for the information about the article on Angie and Brad and Sherry’s site. Good to see that a journalist could find a positive website and read the comments. Just when you think there is no professionalism left in media, a ray of sunshine. Could you tell us where the article is? Thanks to Sherry for this site, I am happy her good work is noticed, we (fans) are very grateful for the work she does here.
Rita
Jul 30, 2008 at 8:26 am
apparently, Brad is going to venice for Burn After Reading. This news comes from both Poepl online and US Weekly. Hope that’s true to see him again on the red carpet, perhaps with AJ?
Fan from Vietnam
Jul 30, 2008 at 8:52 am
It’s nice that Pittwatch is mentioned in a Japanese newspaper. Sherry, congratulations! Thanks for your great work to keep this site so clean and friendly.
I’m glad People has rights to the pictures. I don’t know if I can get a copy in Vietnam. If not, I will probably ask my friend in the US to mail it to me.
sarita
Jul 30, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hi sunny, do you think you could post which comments they quoted?
Also, to “Sarita” above: I don’t mind you’ve taken my screen-name :)
kim
Jul 30, 2008 at 9:10 am
Brad going to Venice to walk the red carpet, read all about it
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20215696,00.html
kim
Jul 30, 2008 at 9:22 am
The only valid magazines for reading about the rich and famous are in my opinion people and hello. I like hello a bit better because of its size and layout. I also like that they report on the goings on of royal families around the world. The real royal families the one born into it. I was also thinking I haven’t seen this much hype about a family (Jolie-Pitt’s) since DI and Charles. The English royal family must love the fact that the Jolie-Pitts have taken the spot light from them for awhile, well at least until William announces his engagement then the light will shift back full force. I am sure the Jolie-Pitt’s wish for this every day.
ligaya
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:26 am
Wow! Congratulations, Sherry! Thanks for the info, Sunny. I looked up Aera on the internet but I didn’t find the current issue. San Francisco has a Japanese bookstore, I’ll look for that issue this weekend. In the meantime, would you please let us know the gist of the comments? Thanks.
Sherry
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:33 am
Thanks for the congratulations everyone! The editor actually contacted me in the hopes of doing a telephone interview with me, but it was a short deadline and unfortunately it was for the day my daughter had her surgery so I didn’t even read about the opportunity until the day after.
They’re mailing me a copy so I can check it out. I’ll scan it when I get it, but sometimes Canada Post is a bit like the pony express (in other words, slooooow) so it may be awhile before it gets here from Japan. I’m really excited!
ligaya
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:34 am
Mary Ann, how many new members do you think will join Pittwatch because of that Japanese article? :-)
ZK
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:39 am
No surprise that People got the deal…..HURRAY to all those lucky charities who will benefit from the millions of dollars! I absolutely love that the J-P’s can take back some control over their lives & images to be able to do such a wonderful thing for charity. This is truly a win-win situation for all.
BAMPZS fan
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:53 am
Agree with ZK and all. I think People will do them justice. I would love some family shots along with the twins. I love seeing pics of this family.
BAMPZS fan
Jul 30, 2008 at 11:54 am
congrats Sherry for long due reconition. Keep up the great work and God Bless.
Mary Ann
Jul 30, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Ligaya, I am going to go with the number 25 new members in Japan. But it will probably end up being alot more than that. I think it is great that so many feel as we do that this is a fun and interesting place to come to everyday. We all have one thing in common and that is our admiration for the Jolie-Pitts and great comments that are done with respect for each other.
Mary Ann
Jul 30, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Fan from Vietnam, anyone of us here in the US will send the People magazine to you if you have a problem getting it. So let us know and we will help you out.
ligaya
Jul 30, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Don’t click on this if you don’t want to see a savage attack against the Jolie-Pitts. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2474171/Brad-Pitt-and-Angelina-Jolie-fans-satirised-in-religious-artwork.html
I post it only as evidence of the vicious h8te against the JPs; I like to know what I’m up against. This is NOT satire. Satire is more even-handed and not so personal.
The artist claims he was motivated by anger at the “raving insanity” of the Brangeloonies. OK, but get this (he has this totally backwards - he must not spend much time on comment boards):
“Another curious trait of the Brangeloonie is the nearly unanimous vitriol aimed at Jennifer Aniston. Brad and Jen divorced 3 years ago, but in the snarling eyes of the Brangeloonie, somehow she’s still an unwilling player,” wrote the artist, who runs the Gallery of the Absurd parody website.
I’ve got half a mind to go to his website and post a comment, but then he’d get what he really wants - clicks on his website.
ligaya
Jul 30, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Under Mod - latest egregious example of h8tin’ on the Jolie-Pitt family
anita
Jul 30, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Congrats,Sherry,you deserved it. I seldom make comments here, i am too busy @ work, but I make sure that i read all the interesting updates on the Jolie-Pitts. My day in the dealership is not complete if I dont read my “gossips’ .
Couldnt wait to see the pictures of the twins and Shiloh and of course the rest of the kids. They truly are the most fascinating couple in Hollywood . anita@readyhonda.com
Fan from Vietnam
Jul 31, 2008 at 8:37 am
Mary Ann, thank you so much for your kind offer to help. I will try my friend first as she is living in Houston. If it does not work, then I will get back to you.
By the way, my Mum is exactly your age, 69. I have visited this site for over a year now and for some reason I have always enjoyed reading your posts. It gives me a calm and warm feeling and now I understand why.
Mary Ann
Jul 31, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Fan from Vietnam, thank you so much for your kind words. I love it here, I have read comments on other sites (JJ & TMZ) and I get real upset wondering how people can be so cruel. I really don’t think that they even have respect for themselves.
ligaya
Jul 31, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Following up on Vanity Fair naming Angelina and Brad Best Dressed Couple two years in a row:
“Project Runway’s” Tim Gunn Appreciates Angelina Jolie’s Style
July 31, 2008 10:53 a.m. EST
Jennifer Tormo - Celebrity News Service
Hollywood, CA (CNS) - “Project Runway” mentor Tim Gunn thinks Angelina Jolie has great style, but is not so sure about Madonna.
“The person who never disappoints in my view is Angelina Jolie. She is always occasion appropriate. She is always sophisticated and polished looking,” Gunn tells Extra.
ligaya
Aug 1, 2008 at 7:17 am
(Do you think “part-time humanitarians” was a dig? I do, the JPs could have been described part-time actors as well.)
You got your wish, Kim. :-)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
In a celebrity magazine deal set to dwarf all others, Hollywood heavyweights and part-time humanitarians Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have struck a multi-million pound deal with Hello! for the first pictures of their newborn twins.
The glossy weekly refused to comment on the agreement this morning, but confirmed it had secured the world-wide exclusive rights to photos of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie Pitt and an interview with their superstar parents. The film stars pushed magazine deals to a new financial high when they sold pictures of their first biological daughter Shiloh, to People in the US and Hello! in the UK in June 2006.
“This is one of the publishing sensations of the decade - Brad and Angelina are the dream couple of the glossy magazine world and we expect to triple our circulation because of the public’s fascination and interest in the couple and their children.”
The magazine is rumoured to have paid $11 million (£5.5 million) for the photos and has brought its publication date forward to August 4 to capitalise on the coup.
This morning, the magazine fired a warning shot at rival media outlets, sending a letter from its lawyers threatening legal action if publishers tried to use its exclusive pictures or interview.
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brandie
Aug 1, 2008 at 10:03 am
Ligaya, it sounds like this guy/gal who wrote bad the JPs needs serious rehab, and anger management. Brad & Jen have moved on to more important things. There is always a positive side of things, apparently he/she looks for the negatives.
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