Rumor has it that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are making plans to launch a kids clothing line. The pair are said to be working on the designs together.
Their reps haven’t confirmed anything yet, but the two reportedly would be doing it for a good cause. They would donate the profits from the clothing line to their charity, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Would you be interested in the collection if the prices were reasonable? I wonder if Angelina and Brad will go the high-end route or keep it affordable for all families?
In honor of Angelina Jolie’s late mother Marcheline Bertrand – who was of French Canadian descent – the actress has enrolled her children in a program to learn french. She told BANG Showbiz that the kids are doing great with the lessons!
“Right now they’re in the French program and they’re doing very well. We want them to learn French and speak French because of our heritage.”
Wonder how many of them are actually enrolled? Do you think Brad Pitt and Angie might want to start taking lessons as well?
In a new interview to promote her movie, Salt, Angelina Jolie defends her daughter Shiloh’s masculine clothing choices and quirky personality.
“I think she [Shiloh] is fascinating, the choices she is making. And I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not. I think that is just bad parenting,” she told Reuters.
Earlier, Angelina coined the term “Montenegro style” to describe Shiloh’s unique look. Several well-known stylists have explained that it is a term she made up. Angelina has also said that she “wants to be a boy.”
Continued Angelina, who is also raising Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, and twins Knox and Viv, 2, with partner Brad Pitt, “Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth.”
“Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go,” added Angelina, who has often made her own actions into social statements, including declaring that she would never wed Brad until it was legal for everyone to do so.
Their very political stance on marriage does seem to be changing though.
“I think it’d be hard to say no to the kids,” Angelina, 35, explained to Nightline in another interview to promote Salt.
The kids, “are not asking,” admitted Angelina. “They’re very aware that nothing’s missing.”
Angelina called Brad, her partner of five years, “of course the love of my life.” She says they’ll grow old together.
“We wouldn’t have had six kids if we weren’t absolutely sure of that,” she asserted.
As for expanding their family further, “There’s no plans at the moment for more,” said Angelina. “But always talk about it. We’re always open. We kind of joke about it, ’cause in the morning we’re so tired. ‘Cause there — nobody spends the night. We wake up and we have breakfast…. And so, we always have this thing kind of first thing in the morning where we’re really, really tired. And we always look at each other and wonder like, Are we ever gonna get sleep?’ And then we joke about sleep…. But yet, we still love the idea of having more children.”
Angelina shared that her and Brad “take turns” making breakfast.
“I think everybody prefers Dad’s eggs and bacon. They always want pancakes. Knox is very into pancakes right now. And gets really upset if he can’t have pancakes. You know, we just try to– we try to corral them,” she admitted.
“We’ve had to put new gates up, because the twins are kind of going everywhere, while we were trying to make breakfast and get the other others out the door for camp. So, we’ve had to put like extra gates on the kitchen. And– we have drawers in the kitchen full of toys,” she added. “And we’ve got… stations kind of for somebody= getting ready. So, the twins have their own little section…. We pride ourselves on the fact that we got it. We got this… We got it. You get the juice, you get the thing. We’re like bartenders. We’re like… waiters.”
Angelina said that she’s “better at disciplining the girls. And he’s better at disciplining the boys… We made a plan early on that we believe that you can’t be good cop / bad cop. That you have to back each other no matter what!’”
Angelina also shared that her kids made her fearless while shooting the movie’s stunts.
“In some way, I suppose, or I wouldn’t be able to do the film,” she said. “I’m fine to get dirty and tough with the best of ‘em, you know? Because I would believe in what I’m fighting for. And I’m not afraid. But I’m also just Mommy, and goofy Mommy.”
But because of her children, “I would never do something that could kill me,” she said. “But there were things that were — I could have broken my arm or broken my leg, or that kind of thing.”
Angelina said that she has some experience fighting as a kid. “I did punch,” she admitted. “I think because I was so — it was my first fight, you know? And you don’t know what else to do. You figure you better do it right the first time or they’re gonna come back at you!”
But she added, “real fighting is so awkward and not cool at all.”
Parade magazine’s July 11th cover story features an intimate interview with Angelina Jolie. She opens up about everything from her home life with Brad Pitt and their children to her late mother, a rebellious youth, and run-ins with the paparazzi.
Here are some highlights from the interview:
When asked if their children are the reason she and Brad stay together, “she looks at me like I am nuts.” Angelina shared:
“The children certainly tie us together, but a relationship won’t hold if it’s only about the kids. You also must be really interested in each other and have a really, really wonderful, exciting time together. We do. Brad and I love being together. We enjoy it. We need it, and we always find that special time. We stay connected. We talk about it. It’s very important. If Brad and I are strong and happy, then our kids have happy parents, and that’s the best thing we can give them.” She added, “Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am, every part of me. He loves me. The kids love me. They know all my flaws and all my oddities. And they accept them. And so I can feel complete.”
On knowing love…
“I feel sad for someone who has never known love. Love elevates. You know, Brad would joke about me having this conversation about love. Love? It’s such a funny word. Brad can find certain phrases of poetry for it. I’m terrible at it. But I know it means wanting the best for the people you love, putting their interests above your own, always. Love does that. Love is what you live for.”
On her rebellious past…
“I used to cut myself or jump out of airplanes, trying to find something new to push up against because sometimes everything else felt too easy. I was searching for something deeper, something more. I tried everything. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren’t there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in.”
On her early roles in Hollywood…
“I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.” She points out an inscription on her arm, one of her 13 tattoos. “The wild heart caged. I unlocked my cage years ago. I want my children to have that freedom. I want that for other people, too.”
On the unrelenting media circus, the paparazzi…
“We do everything we can to keep our kids away from it. We travel to places where the kids aren’t aware of that kind of thing. We try to give them a full life where they don’t have to come face to face with that world. With the paparazzi present, we’re careful when we leave the house. Other than that…” She laughs at the absurdity of it all. “We don’t stand in the checkout line at the grocery store looking at the magazines. Our friends don’t tell us about it. And our kids don’t know. I feel if we keep looking out for them, they’ll be fine.”
On balancing work and children with Brad…
“He takes the kids to school; he visits me on set with the kids. I’m home for dinner, or I’m there for breakfast. We’re together all the time. We plan. Brad and I take time off between films to travel, have big experiences, do things together. That’s how we work it out.”
On being a happy homebody…
“There’s never a period when Brad and I are pulled apart. We are not separated for more than three days, ever. We stay really connected. We actually don’t go out much. It’s funny. We’re very homebound. We’re very much Mommy and Daddy in our pajamas.”
On her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died in 2007 of ovarian cancer…
“Mother never put herself first, ever. At the end, she said her greatest success was being a mother. I remember Mother singing in church. How pretty she was! I lit candles with her. She said she had missed nothing in life except getting to know her grandchildren. When she passed away, I brought my son to church to light a candle for her.” Jolie’s eyes fill with tears. “Forgive me,” she says. “I loved her so much.”
You can check out the full interview in the Sunday, July 11th issue of Parade magazine, available in your Sunday newspaper.
