Pay Up

It was early and I hadn't had yet the coffee, but my first reaction to the Pitt-Jolie twins photo, which People and Hello! reportedly paid $14 million for, was that Brad is starting to acquire a little bit of that puffy-faced, man-did-I-tie-one-on- last-night, Nick Nolte thing. In profile, at least. The second was that Vivienne Marcheline, whom I presume is on the left, is now the third family member to have those lips that launched a thousand ships (along with mom and Shiloh). The $14 million will be donated to charities.


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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM

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Mgmax says ...

Geez, you'd think in the middle of delivery, he could have found some time for a workout.

Posted by Mgmax at August 4, 2008 9:06 AM

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BillRamsey says ...

there is something so wrong with you wells.

Posted by BillRamsey at August 4, 2008 9:22 AM

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Edward says ...

They have twin girls, I remember not getting enough sleep with just one baby. Baby times 2, even less sleep.

Posted by Edward at August 4, 2008 10:19 AM

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roanokemaroon says ...

I think I finally understand. This site is HOLLYWOOD Elsewhere. Looks are the most important thing in Hollywood, so that's why Jeff puts such an emphasis on looks in this column. Out of curiosity Jeff, how would you impartially (which may be impossible) analyze your own appearance?

Posted by roanokemaroon at August 4, 2008 10:20 AM

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Kim Voynar says ...

Dude, he looks like a new dad who's wife just gave birth to twins, who also has a pack of other kids to keep up with. When we had four kids under the age of six, I expect my husband and I looked like hell most of the time, too.

And yeah, I noticed the lips on the baby first thing. Those two make pretty babies.

Posted by Kim Voynar at August 4, 2008 10:21 AM

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Kim Voynar says ...

Dude, he looks like a new dad whose wife just gave birth to twins, who also has a pack of other kids to keep up with. When we had four kids under the age of six, I expect my husband and I looked like hell most of the time, too.

And yeah, I noticed the lips on the baby first thing. Those two make pretty babies.

Posted by Kim Voynar at August 4, 2008 10:22 AM

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Chicago48 says ...

She's looking fresh (makeup?) and he's looking tuckered out. 6 kids will do that to you. I wonder how long this is going to last -- or which one of them is going to give up acting FIRST and be the full time mom/dad to those kids? As for the $14Mil -- something doesn't smell right about this. No way are they giving ALL the money to charity. At least up to half is going into a trust account for the kids....trust me.

Posted by Chicago48 at August 4, 2008 10:33 AM

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gruver1 says ...

Wells to Monday morning neg-heads: I didn't say that Pitt's puffy eyes were a problem, or that he needs to apologize for them, or that the stress of kids and all doesn't have a way of wearin' you down. I've been there, I know, etc. I merely said that they first thing I noticed was Pitt's Nick Nolte profile. Nothing more than that. It caught me eye first...big deal.

Let's say you're walking down a street and you come upon the Virgin Mary 2.0 with baby Jesus 2.0 lying on a bed of straw inside a cow barn, and yet the first thing you happen to notice is the body of the Montauk Monster lying 10 feet away from them. That doesn't mean the monster is more important or that Mary and Jesus are presumed to be less holy or revential -- it means, simply, that the monster won the eye contest...okay? Jesus.

Posted by gruver1 at August 4, 2008 11:04 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

He's actually been cultivating puffiness to play Tim Kaine in the movie.

Posted by BurmaShave at August 4, 2008 11:11 AM

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Joshua Mooney says ...

I remember thinking how shoe-leather-faced, raspy-hungover and bloated Nick Nolte seemed in "48. Hrs." when he was all of 41. Some of that was acting. Most of it was Nolte. Cat aged fast. Pitt at 44, by contrast, is doing much better.

When did the celeb-baby mania begin, and why? I don't get it. All babies look the same. All celebs in arranged celeb-and-baby photos look the same. Why are these things worth $14 million? Who needs to see them? And why? The timing of the mania seems to coincide with the rise of "reality TV," and that whole new brand of celebrity (which I also don't get). Is it connected or coincidental? I think I understand that "People" and "Hello!!!" know they won't get an extra $7 million each in newsstand sales from these photos, so what, they're calculating website-hit ad revenue and general publicity up-tick from Jeff Wells and the like?

Still. $14 million is a good bit of scratch. More than some people make in a decade. Doesn't seem right.

Posted by Joshua Mooney at August 4, 2008 11:53 AM

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LYT says ...

Third family member to have those lips?

I saw Midnight Cowboy fairly recently, and Angie's dad had those very same lips back in the day.

Posted by LYT at August 4, 2008 12:13 PM

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berkguru says ...

Chicago -

Yeah cause their egos will let them quit acting.

And acting is so tough anyway - most jobs are 2 months tops and they get their asses kissed and coddle the whole time.

And i am sure their life at home with numerous nannies and helpers and assistants is not NEARLY as tough as they act for public consumption. They got it easy.

Nice to see their charitable ways though.

ANd Wells for you to rip on Pitt when you got all candy-assed about people ripping on your bloated, owl-faced photo a few months ago is pretty funny.

Posted by berkguru at August 4, 2008 12:53 PM

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D.Z. says ...

"that Brad is starting to acquire a little bit of that puffy-faced, man-did-I-tie-one-on- last-night, Nick Nolte thing."

I told you she was bad news for him, but did you listen?

Posted by D.Z. at August 4, 2008 1:28 PM

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bluefugue says ...

>More than some people make in a decade.

In a *decade*? More like "in three lifetimes..."

Posted by bluefugue at August 4, 2008 4:13 PM

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btwnproductions says ...

I suspect that on some days, Pitt's simple life with Jennifer Aniston looks good.

Posted by btwnproductions at August 5, 2008 5:16 AM

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