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Brad Pitt Housing Woes

This seems a shame, I thought he was really involved in his non-profit. Not so much.

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by Anonymousreply 188May 7, 2022 6:43 PM

It seems to have been more of a vanity project, for good PR for him. Really....even if your heart is in the right place, just because you're a major star doesn't mean you should venture into areas you know very little about...like this and politics. Training and experience in specific fields are good for a reason.

by Anonymousreply 1January 31, 2022 4:32 PM

Giving $$$ to Katrina relief would have been better.

by Anonymousreply 2January 31, 2022 4:35 PM

That was the height of Angelina being do-gooder and he was following along like he often does with his partners.

by Anonymousreply 3January 31, 2022 4:38 PM

How could this happen?

by Anonymousreply 4January 31, 2022 4:43 PM

What in the hell is this?

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by Anonymousreply 5January 31, 2022 4:44 PM

Many of the houses lacked ordinary, essential features such as rain gutters, overhangs, waterproof painting or covered beams – all of which are necessary to withstand New Orleans’ subtropical climate and heavy rainfall.

Brad Pitt, who took credit for launching this organization in 2007 and often served as its public face in subsequent years, was still listed as a board member as of 2018.

Pitt’s lawyers argued that he could not be sued over the housing development’s failings, but a judge ruled in 2019 that the movie star would remain a defendant because of his role as Make It Right’s founder and chief fundraiser.

by Anonymousreply 6January 31, 2022 4:45 PM

Oh, FFS. Leave this man alone, already. This was a team effort and a team fuck up. Pitt isn’t responsible for building professionals, contractors, and architects making shitty choices. He is responsible for putting his name behind the project. I believe he tried to sincerely do a good thing in which he had zero experience, and as a result, here he is today.

Fuck. It could have happened to any of us, no?

by Anonymousreply 7January 31, 2022 4:46 PM

This is such a huge disaster.

Why is this just now hitting press? Shouldn’t this have been covered years ago?

by Anonymousreply 8January 31, 2022 4:47 PM

More than one resident told me they were initially very excited to be part of something bigger.

A Make It Right resident I’m calling Harry – I promised anonymity to all the residents I interviewed – had to move out of his home during major renovations that didn’t resolve all the issues he faces.

“They kind of got a second chance to make it wrong, not make it right again,” Harry told me. “They made it wrong twice.”

As of early 2022, six homes are vacant because of mold, rot, flooding and assorted structural issues. Hanna, a young first-time homeowner, walked away from her Make It Right residence, which was later demolished.

Only eight months after she moved in, Hanna recounted to me, her home “was completely in shambles.” Its flat roof could not hold up in the heavy rains of New Orleans, causing massive water intrusion and subsequent termite infestation and mold.

Hanna struggles with health problems caused by toxic mold. “I would like to say that there is always a silver lining, but with this situation, I really don’t see a silver lining because it really changed a lot of my plans that I had for myself in life,” she said.

by Anonymousreply 9January 31, 2022 4:48 PM

Most of the residents I interviewed were dealing with a similar state of constant uncertainty.

They don’t know how much longer their home is going to hold up, whether the mold they were exposed to is affecting their health, and, worst, what would happen to their finances if they were to lose their home.

“There is just no turning this off,” Harry lamented. “Sometimes I think I’m sitting on a time bomb in this house.”

Others described always being “on edge,” the situation being “very stressful,” and a feeling of having been “taken advantage of on the biggest scale.”

They wonder who they can turn to for help at this point.

“Something that’s been an incredible disappointment is the lack, the retreat, of Make It Right from any form of responsibility,” William told me.

by Anonymousreply 10January 31, 2022 4:49 PM

With his name behind this project, the buck stops with him. If this was his idea, he should have done his homework with hiring and working with contractors, engineers and the codes for that area.

by Anonymousreply 11January 31, 2022 4:51 PM

You guys, these houses look like amateur FLW wannabe cheap, prop-like shit boxes. Basically.

The pictures won’t post because Muriel and her stupid photo scripts are all janked up.

by Anonymousreply 12January 31, 2022 4:54 PM

The problems with the homes are rolling in...and now this project is defunct. Yeah...build them fast and loose, then close and run, when the going gets tough.

by Anonymousreply 13January 31, 2022 4:54 PM

Flat rooves with no rain gutters? In rainy, humid AF New Orleans? That design would have been more appropriate for the desert southwest where it only rains a few times a year. They should have known better.

by Anonymousreply 14January 31, 2022 4:54 PM

They look like something that Ewoks would live in.

by Anonymousreply 15January 31, 2022 4:55 PM

Bad Brad...just bad.

by Anonymousreply 16January 31, 2022 4:56 PM

Brad never seemed like an Einstein type. Maybe he got ripped off by a builder but somebody needs to make this right. They already have the land, rebuilding a hundred homes is still less than a 30 million dollar chateau.

by Anonymousreply 17January 31, 2022 4:59 PM

Why are they re-hashing this now? This is kind of old news, been discussed here before over the past two years.

by Anonymousreply 18January 31, 2022 5:00 PM

Slow news day?

by Anonymousreply 19January 31, 2022 5:03 PM

Maybe Angelina is gearing up for another -Brad is a bad man publicity- blitz.

by Anonymousreply 20January 31, 2022 5:06 PM

"No, you guys. I tried to make it right. And just trying is like, totally more than enough. I did my part."

by Anonymousreply 21January 31, 2022 5:09 PM

Everything just isn’t going right for Brad these days : the judge who granted him 50/50 custody was dismissed, he lost the appeal after that, two of his child therapists who labeled Angelina as a PA are now being investigated, his children hates his guts and dont want anything to do with him, the judge granted Angelina to sell half her wine share to an outsider instead to him, he is finally balding and is in deep depression were he is rumored to be seen smoking and drinking in bars again and the worst part is he now had to lower himself and appear in rom coms with Sandra Bullock and channing tatum and some boring thriller with George clooney.

by Anonymousreply 22January 31, 2022 7:17 PM

R22, how exactly do you know his kids hate his guts, his bio kids I mean? I doubt they do, but I do think he should give up the fight at this point and move on.

by Anonymousreply 23January 31, 2022 7:49 PM

R23, three of his kids wants to testify against him and that leaves out Maddox because he is already an adult which means Shiloh is one of them. There was also an article from months ago that Shiloh got rid of Pitt in her secret insta acc which turns out to be true because her dance instructor tagged her in several of her dance vids.

by Anonymousreply 24January 31, 2022 8:00 PM

For some reason I remember Jay Thomas making some comment years ago about how he was leasing property to the government in New Orleans, IIRC He stated something to the effect that the people on the ground with this organization were wasting Pitt's money. But of course my" CIS" (COVID Induced Stupidity) is flaring up today and I could have the whole thing wrong.

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by Anonymousreply 26February 1, 2022 11:18 PM

Angelina is at home munching on tarantulas and smiling with glee.

by Anonymousreply 27February 2, 2022 9:33 AM

R27, I mean she got everything she wanted, Brad’s life is destroyed because people took advantage of his dumbness.

by Anonymousreply 28February 2, 2022 9:44 AM

R27, WW for the funniest and pleasantly silly DL comment I've read in years, laughed out loud.

by Anonymousreply 29February 2, 2022 3:36 PM

I don’t think his life is destroyed, but he definitely got hit hard by karma. He really needs to extricate himself from Angelina completely and sadly that means the kids too. Maybe they will come back to him when they are adults. In a perverse way I bet she wants to keep this going because she does seem obsessed with him. He can always start a new family and that will probably kill her.

by Anonymousreply 30February 3, 2022 3:53 AM

The designs of the homes could have been better,but any house needs upkeep to stay liveable. You cant movi into a house and then not do anything for years,especially in New Orleans. The humidity there is ungodly. You should have seen the 9th ward before Katrina. It was a disgusting ghetto with rotting homes and was crime ridden to the core.

by Anonymousreply 31February 3, 2022 4:18 AM

He was supposed to produce some Harvey Weinstein metoo flick for his production company but I think the people who were directly involved don't want him to be associated with the flick anymore after Angelina called out Brad’s hypocrisy in a recent interview were she said he let Harvey helped him in his movie and was all chummy in the premiere, in the same interview she praised her ex husband Johnny Lee Miller who listened to her advice on Harvey.

by Anonymousreply 32February 3, 2022 4:40 AM

I know Brad & have discussed, this is/has been TOTALLY eating him. He's going to make it right & is working on it. His foundation has sadly been bamboozled by bad contractors in New Orleans..... He doesnt run it, just writes the cheques & has written MANY cheques......... Have faith in Brad, he'll fix it.

by Anonymousreply 33February 3, 2022 4:55 AM

His father had a contracting business, and he himself is quite into building and architecture, and he grew up in the heartland in a regular place, where you don't go into showbiz nor arts or the like and he is an eldest child and has at least one younger brother. i'm pretty sure that contracting and architecture means quite a lot to him, and that he didn't grow up with being a star and being an actor being an acceptable thing to do. Saying he doesn't know stuff about such things is wrong and the people involved could certainly have been led to believe that he really cares about this albeit relatively big and important and solid project, which happens in a First World country where there is more follow up reporting and entitlement of the people subjected to his work. Also more pressure in the work force; bad housing, bad work, bad everything.

If 1%ers would pay at least most of their taxes, it certainly would be much more social than their charity dreck, which promotes consumerism, capitalism, the war on the material middle class and exploitation of a big part of the work force like not much else, and tends to be tax-deductible and sometimes money-laundering. Good PR as well, of course, helps e.g. with legal troubles and in case blackmail goes public. The rich tend to hate paying taxes and government, some also have an open score and thrive on revenge.

by Anonymousreply 34February 3, 2022 5:38 AM

No good deed goes unpunished . As bad as those homes are,they are worlds better than the 100 year old rotting shacks that were there before katrina. You could have built brick mansions and theyd look exactly the same way now.

by Anonymousreply 35February 3, 2022 5:51 AM

Umm no the defects were in the construction. These issues began immediately. There were no gutters? Come on. These things were a design disaster.

by Anonymousreply 36February 3, 2022 5:59 AM

[quote]As of early 2022, reports say that only 6 of the original 109 homes built are in "reasonably good shape" and many are uninhabitable; plagued by construction errors and mold issues.

A fucking disaster.

Even from the presentation drawings of some of the houses pre-constructuion, you could see that there were design vulnerabilities in roofs and rain water drainage and just other obvious design faults. It was obvious they had put theory and well intentioned but hollow talking points about "building green" and "sustainability" ahead of everything else.

They ignored the greenest prospect of all: restoring/renovating surviving buildings and adapting then to survive future storms, which would have been welcomed by residents and would have restored a sense of the uniqueness and traditions of the community. Instead they built showboat student designs, heavy on theory and intent, short on practicality and the kind of economy that pays off in the long run (asking: how long will this building last, how can we make it last longer?)

Pitt is obviously well intentioned but his school boy enthusiasm (and it seems school boy attention span) wasn't up to the task. But the bigger question is: what responsible parties were in charge of operations, and how did they let this happen? "Starchitects" imported to design very modest housing for residents displaced by hurricane and flooding, what could go weong.?

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by Anonymousreply 37February 3, 2022 8:52 AM

This is why I do NOT do nice things for people. No Joke.

by Anonymousreply 38February 3, 2022 9:43 AM

[quote]three of his kids wants to testify against him

Per Angelina and her attorneys. As has been explained one million times, there was never a time when the kids would have testified about anything, let alone a point in the proceedings where someone would have testified "against" Brad or anyone else -- this was not a criminal trial. The only thing close to "testifying" was Angelina's attorneys having Maddox appear to confirm alleged domestic abuse he said he witnessed. He was the only witness, she never provided any others.

Angelina submitted written testimonials purported to be transcripts of what three of the kids said about Brad, and they were not included in the final judgement because both parents and the court all have to agree to allow the minor children to be involved in the case. She submitted those transcripts under seal without getting permission to have the minors involved in the case. Her PR tried to force the issue by saying "they want to testify against Brad," basically using the court of public opinion to try to do something that the court had already told her she couldn't do.

The same secret IG account of Shiloh's that you mentioned have photos of her hanging around with Brad's relatives so I don't know that these kids really hate him like Angelina wants you to believe.

It won't be long before we start to see how the older kids behave and get more idea of what the truth really is. I hope we don't see all of the kids do what Maddox has done and basically never leave the nest, but we'll see.

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by Anonymousreply 39February 3, 2022 10:11 AM

[quote]As bad as those homes are,they are worlds better than the 100 year old rotting shacks that were there before katrina

Unfortunately, they're not. Brad does know something about building (or at least we've been lead to believe he does) and he should have known about the flat roofs and gutters, at the least. Something went very wrong here and it's hard to believe he didn't know about it.

by Anonymousreply 40February 3, 2022 10:14 AM

His life basically blew up. Personally I think it’s understandable that he delegated the building project and wasn’t paying as close attention as he should have. He fucked up but his heart was in the right place. No good deed as someone said upthread.

by Anonymousreply 41February 3, 2022 11:44 AM

Brad has always been a lucky guy since he was young he should be grateful it finally run out when he is in his late 50’s.

by Anonymousreply 42February 3, 2022 11:51 AM

Why didn’t he use shipping containers? Sturdy and cheap.

by Anonymousreply 43February 3, 2022 2:58 PM

They should've built a very few prototypes of the houses to test their viability and survivability before making a final decision on design and materials for dozens of buildings. Incredibly foolish!

Stupid is as stupid does.

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by Anonymousreply 44February 3, 2022 4:52 PM

Even if Brad Pitt did know something about building, he simply didn't have the time to devote to this foundation. He wasn't keeping an eye on it and that includes not hiring someone smart to manage the foundation / projects for him.

He was going strong as a couple with Angelina at the time. She was / they were touring the world and AJ was seen as a type of Mother Theresa. Brad does seem to take on the persona of the woman currently in his life and this foundation was in keeping with what AJ was doing.

by Anonymousreply 45February 3, 2022 5:43 PM

Here is a clip of Shiloh dancing, she still looks very stiff but i bet she will get better with more practice.

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by Anonymousreply 46February 3, 2022 8:18 PM

I am in love with R27

by Anonymousreply 47February 3, 2022 9:22 PM

[quote]Why didn’t he use shipping containers? Sturdy and cheap.

R43: Shipping containers have some use as adaptive architecture, but don't work well as long-term housing solutions:

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by Anonymousreply 48February 4, 2022 9:42 AM

R48. So many people use them to make permanent and temporary lodging…should they be torn down because of one man’s opinion?

by Anonymousreply 49February 4, 2022 2:14 PM

R49: It's not just one man's opinion (that you can dismiss as if it's an asshole an everyone has one), it's a reasonably compiled list of cautionary points against blindly throwing out "shipping containers!" in any discussion about modular, temporary, permanent, mini-housing, and low-cost options for a range of solutions to architectural problems.

It doesn't say that containers are useless and the wrong option, it simply suggests that they are not the universal solution, and that the associated drawbacks must be weighed against the benefits.

I think shipping containers are beautiful and sculptural and like seeing them used to advantage and in interesting applications, but as the article points out the expenses and shortcomings associated with using them, particularly with regard to replace stand alone houses, and more particularly in the NOLA climate.

by Anonymousreply 50February 4, 2022 2:36 PM

All of them are laughing at Pitt.

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by Anonymousreply 51February 7, 2022 2:20 AM

It looks like Brad’s new wine partners that Angelina sold her shares to are suing Brad and the Angie fans on twitter are rejoicing.

by Anonymousreply 52February 7, 2022 6:51 AM

I’m sure they are.

The problem I have with the Brad Angelina situation isn’t that I can’t believe that Brad was a belligerent even emotionally abusive drunk—a lot of “nice” guys are under the influence, right? It’s that he is sober now, got counseling, did counseling with the kids and there is no chance for redemption in Angelina’s eyes. Surely it would be better for the kids to heal and reconcile with their now sober father than have this custody case dragged on and on for years. Angelina is vindictive so I take Brad’s side by default. She’s not putting the kids needs first.

by Anonymousreply 53February 7, 2022 11:47 AM

*rather than have this…

by Anonymousreply 54February 7, 2022 11:47 AM

Are the wine partners really suing him?

R53, AJ is clearly unstable and mean. Any loving mother would want their kids to have a relationship with their father, especially one that has rehabilitated. Even Kim Kardashian facilitates a relationship between her kids and Kanye, who’s batshit crazy. Brad really chose poorly with who to procreate with and he’s paying the consequences now.

by Anonymousreply 55February 7, 2022 3:59 PM

All of his women seemed to have some issues.

by Anonymousreply 56February 8, 2022 3:29 PM

wow! Why is Brad Pitt being so quiet about this???

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by Anonymousreply 57February 9, 2022 9:36 PM

He was "identifying" as a self trained architect back then. There were many articles about his vast interest and expertise in home design. EYEROLL

I'll put his IQ in the low 90s at best, and Angelina perhaps around 100. 105.

by Anonymousreply 58February 9, 2022 9:44 PM

Angelina was there with Zahara so I wouldn’t be surprised when she pulls a Dylan Farrow and accused Brad of SA..wow!

by Anonymousreply 59February 9, 2022 10:02 PM

There are still only 2 plaintiffs in this NOLA lawsuit despite that very eager attorney trying to get enough to make it a class action suit. And one of the plaintiffs is the child of the owner. They have been making repairs from the initial issues and even suing the material providers for selling material not as advertised.

I'm sure the NOLA lawsuit will work itself out. Pitt hasn't walked away at all.

None of his children testified at the custody hearings. That is some spin by Jolie people. We have no idea how they feel about their father who they once supposedly adored until that got in the way of their mother's need to totally control custody.

We still don't know who put what amount of money into Miraval when it was purchased - if you go by everything else in their relationship, I would bet anything it was mostly Pitt's money and very little, if any, of hers. He has carried the bulk of their living and purchasing since they got together. Yet he allowed the ownership docs to give her a 40% share of the estate. Later around the time of the engagement-marriage Brad gave her 10% share for nothing so they would be equal owners. That 10% is in question legally now because there was no exchange of value for it and that makes it illegal. Brad is challenging the 10% in court.

Pitt and Jolie partnered with an old wine making family, the Perrins. Pitt & Jolie owned 50% and Perrin owned 50%.

Something happened that Pitt would not pay what Jolie wanted so she sold it to someone else - Stoli who tends to act as a locust with other companies. I am sure Joie is laughing that she sold to some Russian oligarch. Until recently Jolie refused to tell Brad and the Perrins and the court who she was trying to and eventually sold her shares in the estate and in the company to. I think we can see why she wanted to keep it hidden. Brad is now suing to vacate the sale and suing for access to the sale documents between Jolie and Stoli - I think he suspects she sold for less than he was offering and that would vacate her sale as violative of his right of first purchase.

Brad and the Perrins are also refusing to partner with Stoli in any decisions in terms of the estate and the company until the 10% is decided by the court - which could easily vacate Jolie's sale to Stoli or diminish Stoli's control of the company and direction of the estate itself. Stoli is trying to claim that Brad has mismanaged the estate and parroting Jolie that Brad acts without their permission - no that he needs it. Jolie claimed in one court filing that Brad took actions wothout her consent biut Brad countered by showing that she had not contributed anything to the estate or company since not long after they bought it. That all the money for rehabbing & maintaining the estate as well as starting up the company & expanding it came from him and Perrin.

I think it seems that Jolie got a free ride from Pitt for a long time and she wanted and continues to want that to continue.

The only investigation that is going on with the psychologists in the divorce/custody case arises from a complaint Jolie made. The law requires that the complaint be investigated. Jolie is not happy that this (these) psychologists found that there was no behavior by Brad to prevent him from having 50-50 custody and that she had engaged in parental alienation and god knows what else. She is out to destroy anyone who disagreed with her or stood in her way of getting total control.

I was once a fan of Jolie's and I am appalled at the incredible evil bitch she seems to be. Once your eyes are open it's easy to see the manipulation and deceit she employs. Every time she tries to smear Pitt the truth comes out and she looks like a liar and manipulator.

Her fans are batshit crazy and can't even grasp the meaning of court documents.

Brad has never fought his battles in public and he rarely speaks on these issues. I imagine he will continue to let the courts do their thing and hope that patience will help his children and their relationship with him.

by Anonymousreply 60February 9, 2022 10:16 PM

R60, you may be right at all the legal technicalities but unfortunately Angelina will still prevail at the end. If she was just a regular person the courts wouldn’t have to dismissed the private judge that gave Brad 50/50. I remember all the legal experts did say this was an easy win for Brad but since she’s THE ANGELINA JOLIE they wanted to make an example- So I wouldn’t be surprised if the investigation of the psychologist moved forward, she knows many important people in Washington and the uk and is rumored to be some type of CIA asset.

by Anonymousreply 61February 9, 2022 10:57 PM

So this not going away and they are blaming it all on Brad.

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by Anonymousreply 62February 11, 2022 12:08 PM

NewsNation may still be talking about it r62 but no one else is. I checked on Google News and most stories about this are a week old. The recent news about Brad is that Brian Cox claims he had the hots for him on set, and about Angelina crying at the VAWA testimony where she once again implied (but did not outright say, of course) that she was a battered wife.

Brad is dumb but he seems to have decent attorneys in his employ and I would suspect they're working on this.

by Anonymousreply 63February 11, 2022 12:26 PM

I never understood this Brad is dumb meme. He has navigated a fantastic career with interesting choices and amassed a fortune - we are talking hundreds of millions with savvy investing. He also created and developed one of the most respected and successful production companies around. He may have been stupid to get with Jolie and not spot the signs of her particular personality disorder sooner but that's most people on the planet when they fall in love.

Angelina using their black child as her emotional support pet cynically during Black History Month is amusing. I'm sure she hates that the black community loves Brad. Even the vast majority - like all but TWO - of the homeowners still love and appreciate him.

Perhaps a reminder that Jolei played Black Face in a film she hoped to get an Oscar for. Maybe more important - when "she" adopted their black child, when meeting her with Brad in Ethiopia the orphanage told her they had been told by the grandmother that both parents had died of AIDS (at the time there were like 100,000 AIDS orphans in Ethiopia so very believable. The orphanage told her she could back out of the adoption since she had specifically requested a healthy baby. She and Brad left without the baby. Angelina tells the story herself on video that she was terrified that it would infect Maddox but that it was Brad who convinced her that they had to adopt her and could not leave her there. It was Brad who told her that if they, with all their resources, could protect her and help her then no one could. So, they consulted with doctors on the subject and went back the next week to get her - Brad contracting hepatitis in the process and ending up in the hospital when they got back.

So in reality it was BRAD who rescued that baby - not Jolie who was all prepared to leave her there and get another healthy baby. They began testing her at the orphanage and the testing continued until she was about a year old and, in the end, it turned out she was not HIV infected.

Maybe she needs to be reminded of those vital historical family facts.

by Anonymousreply 64February 11, 2022 3:09 PM

Wow to Jolie sobbing at VAWA. Even if it's true - that with all her money, fame, privilege being born into fame, and beauty, she was trapped and cowering - it is an incredibly immoral PR move. To make this about her and her fight with another famous person.

This makes me despise her. She is inconceivably self-obsessed. To steal the spotlight from the truly disenfranchised when they finally get it ... but really, that's what she does.

by Anonymousreply 65February 12, 2022 11:47 PM

Page Six wrote about this. That's surprising since they're very pro-Pitt.

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by Anonymousreply 66February 13, 2022 6:34 AM

Jolie cried at her last public VAWA appearance as well, she's using the Act for personal reasons and I don't care for it.

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by Anonymousreply 67February 13, 2022 6:42 AM

R66, the downfall of Brad is near and there is nothing he can do.

RIP career 1991-2022

by Anonymousreply 68February 13, 2022 6:44 AM

Brad has been in the industry for 30 yrs but he is the same ole gullible SOB guy from mid west Missouri , he got manipulated by Angelina and got scammed by those contractors in NO.

by Anonymousreply 69February 13, 2022 7:03 AM

[quote]I never understood this Brad is dumb meme.

Since this was posted immediately after my comment at r63, I'll assume it was directed at me.

It's not a meme, it's my opinion, and it has nothing to do with him marrying Jolie. It's the history of things like declaring himself an architect, diagnosing himself with prosopagnosia, the occasionally dippy things he would say in interviews about Tibetian monks, etc.

Plenty of big celebrities have been hindered by lack of smarts, mental illness, addiction or what have you, so I don't see how Pitt being successful proves he's smart.

Now, that said, I don't think he's so dumb that he doesn't realize his limitations, that's why I said he's got good attorneys who are almost certainly working on this housing problem, and he's obviously got good PR because Jolie has tried everything at her disposal to ruin him and it hasn't worked. He also seems to actually care about things and doesn't just participate in good deeds for cynical reasons, so I can assume he'll make sure people are taken care of here and he probably won't publicize it.

by Anonymousreply 70February 13, 2022 9:38 AM

Brad is average in intelligence. Not a moron but not an intellectual. Most celebrities are average to dumb but like to present themselves as smarter than the masses for their narcissism.

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by Anonymousreply 72February 18, 2022 1:34 PM

She sold the winery to a Russian oligarch? Girl...

by Anonymousreply 73February 18, 2022 1:37 PM

Appalled at how cray-cray Angelina Jolie is. She promotes herself as this nurturing, caring uber liberal earth mother and she’s not.

by Anonymousreply 74February 18, 2022 1:38 PM

He looks really odd in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 75February 18, 2022 2:31 PM

Angelina has always been crazy. Making out with her weird brother in public, wearing a blood in a jewel around her neck, making out with old ass Billy Bob Thornton in public, etc. Her beauty just blinded people to the obvious.

by Anonymousreply 76February 18, 2022 2:36 PM

How can Brad be so easily manipulated and simple she had 40% and then Brad gave her 10% before they got married how naive can he be, he better have those in writing and not just “an understanding”

by Anonymousreply 77February 18, 2022 2:40 PM

Like Halle Berry too r76. So beautiful and so fucking whacko…everything is always someone else’s fault…

by Anonymousreply 78February 18, 2022 3:38 PM

[quote] He looks really odd in that picture.

Is this better?

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by Anonymousreply 79February 18, 2022 4:09 PM

Yes.

by Anonymousreply 80February 18, 2022 4:16 PM

#TeamBrad

Angie's lunatic fangurls will be all over twitter smearing him with lies and long ago debunked BS. I need some popcorn for this foaming at the mouth orgy.

I wonder if Ioan's guts in going to court over his nutso ex will inspire Brad to pull the trigger and do something similar about her parental alienation of the kids? And this time make it public - fuck that private crap - make it public.

by Anonymousreply 81February 18, 2022 4:21 PM

I think by suing Angelina he is now resign to the fact that his kids will refused to see or forgive him as they are known to be very protective of their mother and only know her side of the story.

by Anonymousreply 82February 18, 2022 9:13 PM

R33 if you "know" Brad, have him contact Joseph Lstiburek at Building Science Corp. That guy knows and has done the studies to prove what will work with regards to buildings that withstand the environment.

by Anonymousreply 83February 18, 2022 9:52 PM

here is Lainey’s take, apparently Brad didn't by her out and he is only suing her because the russian guy is suing him and there is an article in People magazine that she won.

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by Anonymousreply 84February 18, 2022 9:56 PM

Is Lainey still popular? Lainey was always up Angelina’s ass. I swear she is paid by her. Brad might not be a saint, but Angelina is a vindictive asshole.

by Anonymousreply 85February 18, 2022 11:54 PM

I read it was a verbal agreement so Brad is going to lose again, I can’t believe he still trust her after everything they went through.

by Anonymousreply 86February 19, 2022 1:20 AM

There are different laws overseas and if you try to sell a family share of property there are very strict specific rules regarding complete disclosure and notice to the other family owner. She did not follow the law in France that's for sure.

IIRC Brad has been trying to get back that 10% he gifted her since 2019. That gift was also voidable as that kind of no-value exchange is illegal where their company is based. She was supposed to give him a dollar for it and she never even did that. LOL!

by Anonymousreply 87February 21, 2022 6:16 AM

Why doesn't Brad try to make this right?

It's almost as if he's some kind of Hollywood dilettante, who cares only about himself and his career.

by Anonymousreply 88February 21, 2022 6:54 AM

Why does "green" architecture have to be so ugly? Those terrible boxes look like they were built by high school students. Why do "innovative architects" think that brilliant designs have to be so minimalist as to not even resemble houses? Those houses weren't designed with any sense of what the community would want or what homes look like. No sense of culture, history, or even the basic eye for beauty or curb appeal. Even cheap house should have curb appeal. He would never buy a place that looked as cheap and ugly as that for himself. A good design should be affordable, functional, long lasting, and beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 89February 21, 2022 8:30 AM

[quote]I never understood this Brad is dumb meme.

C'mon. Brad Pitt is many things including, quite possibly, a nice man. But intelligent, he isn't Having a successful Hollywood career does not equal intelligence. His personality has come through in interviews and when he was searching all around for respect and validation because he was insecure about his limited talent and intelligence. It's exactly what led him to Jolie.

by Anonymousreply 90February 23, 2022 2:13 AM

[quote] when he was searching all around for respect and validation because he was insecure about his limited talent and intelligence. It's exactly what led him to Jolie.

LOL! You don't know straight men very well. There is only one thing that led him to her. The rest was just cover.

by Anonymousreply 91February 23, 2022 2:43 AM

r91 Angie's Mother Teresa image was much more attractive than Jen's girl next door. We're talking about a guy who constantly used his status as a movie star to only star in vehicles surrounded by much better actors than him. Watch the entire principal casts of movies like 'Seven' act circles around him. That can't have been good for his esteem. No wonder he campaigned so hard for an Oscar and finally got one, not because he was the best actor that year, but in recognition for the money he'd made for Hollywood.

Then there was that embarrassing poseur phase that led to this mess. The dude actually pretended to have expertise in architecture even though he's a college dropout. The story about him quitting college one credit shy of graduation to move to Hollywood is PR bullshit, by the way. He was flunking out. He obviously has a complex about it.

by Anonymousreply 92February 23, 2022 5:45 AM

None of his girlfriends/wives were intellectuals. Certainly not Gwyneth or Jennifer who are just as insecure as he is. Angelina may have been the smartest but she's mentally unstable. I think he's too insecure to get with an actual intelligent and well-adjusted women.

by Anonymousreply 93February 23, 2022 8:32 AM

Such a butch girl.

by Anonymousreply 94February 23, 2022 9:24 AM

After he and Angie split the Daily Fail tried to ship him with an Israeli MIT professor, who quickly shot it down by letting slip she already had a boyfriend who just happened to be a billionaire.

by Anonymousreply 95February 23, 2022 9:30 AM

Hmmm so basically Brad has no case this article was from last year.

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by Anonymousreply 96February 23, 2022 9:45 AM

R96, that's inaccurate. When couples divorce an ATRO is put on assets so that neither party can get rid of assets that need to be sort out as community property or not.

All that happened with that court order was that the ATRO was lifted by the court re the divorce. Brad did not oppose that. But that lifting of the ATRO is not an ok to do what you want with shred property. In fact, Brad's signing off on the ATRO lifting specifically says that Brad does not agree to the sale of the shares of Miraval. But ATRO lifting is irrelevant to whether she could see her shares because there are other legal issues and binding contracts that governed when and how and to whom she could see those shares. She did not follow the law or the contracts and agreements regarding the sale of her shares. That's why Brad is suing.

You'd think the media would try, just try to learn something before they spout off.

[quote] Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders (ATROs), and they immediately go into place when one spouse serves the other a summons for divorce. In essence, an ATRO acts as a freeze on many financial and legal actions during significant family law events. An ATRO goes into effect whenever one party serves the other any of the following: A summons of dissolution (divorce), A summons of legal separation, A summons of nullity (annulment), A summons of paternity action. The ATRO is found on the reverse side of the summons paperwork. Both the summons and the ATRO go into effect simultaneously. The result is that as soon as the divorce process officially begins, neither partner can affect their combined financial status.

by Anonymousreply 97February 23, 2022 4:54 PM

Sorry I kept typing see and not sell. Brain fog. ^^^

by Anonymousreply 98February 23, 2022 5:19 PM

Here's Pitt's lawsuit against Jolie.

Two pertinent paragraphs:

[quote] 55. Pitt proceeded to engage in buyout negotiations with Jolie through the parties’ representatives, to be structured as a sale of Nouvel’s shares in Quimicum. In an April 2021 letter, in recognition of the consent right she owed Pitt, Jolie advised Pitt through her counsel that she recognized that she would “out of necessity have to remain in the business” if the parties did not execute a deal.

[quote] 56. The negotiations progressed to a very advanced stage, and the parties even reached an agreement on price. But in a letter dated June 15, 2021, Jolie’s representatives abruptly informed Pitt that they were terminating discussions and disingenuously accused Pitt of having no intent of finalizing an agreement. At this point, Jolie’s letter concluded, “we consider ourselves free from any negotiations with you,” and “free to pursue any other transactions that we would deem appropriate to undertake."

Look at that date - June 15, 2021. That is shortly after the judge issued his draft ruling granting Pitt's request for 50-50 custody.

She went looking for a buyer to spite him in the worst way she could.

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by Anonymousreply 99February 24, 2022 1:41 AM

I've seen dog houses that look more charming and better designed than the houses in NO associated with Pitt's "architecture."

by Anonymousreply 100February 24, 2022 3:07 AM

Some problems even celebrities can't cure.

by Anonymousreply 101February 24, 2022 3:10 AM

R97, what’ s your opinion on the attorney general investigation on Kantz and the Angelina’s new filling ?

Why are they treating Angelina with gloves hands?

by Anonymousreply 102February 24, 2022 7:41 AM

R97, Angelina fans found the documents and apparently she found a legal loophole. So basically Brad has no case.

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by Anonymousreply 103February 24, 2022 5:33 PM

Why the hell does Angelina have stans? She was only hot in the 90s and early 2000s. What recent movies has she been in besides Maleficent? And yes her charity work is commendable but she's not the only celebrity out there doing this stuff. People are weird

by Anonymousreply 104February 24, 2022 6:06 PM

People respond to strong personalities r104. I mean, how else to explain trump?

by Anonymousreply 105February 24, 2022 6:15 PM

What I'm getting from the Twitter convo is that Jolie sold her LLC, which owned the shares of the winery, and that's the legal loophole that allowed her to sell the winery. The Jolie stans say that since the Russian oligarch bought her LLC and not the shares specifically, Brad doesn't have a case. I'm not so sure that's true, but it'll be up to the judge ultimately.

by Anonymousreply 106February 24, 2022 6:37 PM

Maaan, what a power struggle these two have going on. Angelina is determined to win. She obviously thinks she can. What is the “win” though?

I’m high as fuck. Can you tell?

by Anonymousreply 107February 24, 2022 6:53 PM

All she wants to "win" is finding ways to make his as miserable as she is. Her win is punishing him. She might have won this round, but she's running out of ammo each battle. This is one fewer thing she has left that he cared about.

by Anonymousreply 108February 24, 2022 11:51 PM

[quote] what’ s your opinion on the attorney general investigation on Kantz and the Angelina’s new filling ?

R106, do you mean Dr. Katz the psychologist?

Jolie filed a complaint - she must be going through all the witnesses and anyone who called her out on her parental alienation. All complaints have to be investigated by whatever state board licenses him. It's not the attorney general - it's the licensing board that is doing it and filed a motion asking the court to release the doctor's files, opinions or whatever in this matter - because they are sealed and confidential - so they can do their investigation of the Jolie complaint. The state attorney general reps the state board so that was the attorney whose name is on the request to the court. But it's not an investigation by the attorney general. But if you read her crazy stans on twitter that is what they want you to believe.

Brad did not oppose releasing the documents and neither did Dr. Katz.

by Anonymousreply 109February 25, 2022 12:02 AM

R103, that "loophole" is a scam. Like transferring your assets to someone else right before you declare bankruptcy or trying to get on Medicaid. This is the underhanded way that the buyers aka the Russian oligarch works. They buy up companies and then make inferior products using the patents. They have already tried or expressed a desire to transfer the Miraval's patents to Cyprus. They got her to do this trickery.

That so-called loophole has another name - fraud. There are contractual and legal requirements in the US and abroad for her to sell her part of the estate and the company - she owes those to Brad and the company's other owners, the Perrins - she failed to follow them. Trickery is not going to get her out of them.

She is a snake. Selling to a Russian oligarch who may not get his way can place not only her ex-husband but her children in danger. She needs to be cancelled.

by Anonymousreply 110February 25, 2022 12:10 AM

[quote] She might have won this round, but she's running out of ammo each battle. This is one fewer thing she has left that he cared about

She’s still chipping away at his Hollywood career. She has made great headway in making Brad look very bad in the eyes of the younger public. She’s put him out to pasture almost. I’m team Brad but she is doing damage.

by Anonymousreply 111February 25, 2022 12:38 AM

I think people are forgetting that this is a really bad look for Jolie right now, using a legal loophole to sell a winery her husband gave her FOR THEIR WEDDING GIFT, and to a Russian oligarch to boot.

One of her attorneys is also in the news for trying to pass off what appear to be fake Basquiats as real.

All Brad has to do is quietly make the housing thing right, then have a nice article written about him in a year or so when it's all fixed. Jolie won't have that option, she can't spin "I used legal loopholes that a Russian oligarch told me about so I could sell the winery to get back at Brad" into anything positive. But I'm sure we'll get yet another interview where she doesn't actually say anything and 50% of the article is the interviewer writing "She looks so sad in her designer beige gown with her perfect cheekbones, while sitting on a couch that is remarkably down to earth, I mean she's just like us, and her kids come in and say Oh Mommy We Love You and her eyes glisten with adoration" blah blah blah. Everyone's tired of that now. Except for the stans, but that's to be expected.

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by Anonymousreply 113February 25, 2022 10:11 AM

Barf.

by Anonymousreply 114February 25, 2022 10:15 AM

Her soul is recovering from what, pocketing millions from a Russian oligarch? This woman, I swear.

by Anonymousreply 115February 25, 2022 10:31 AM

[quote] She has made great headway in making Brad look very bad in the eyes of the younger public. She’s put him out to pasture almost. I’m team Brad but she is doing damage.

Um, no she really hasn't. Only among her very vocal stans on Twitter who have an IQ of 60 and read teen magazines. She is their QUEEN. They are very active. LOL!

The NOLA houses have been receiving assistance all along. in remedying home issues. Those people were never "abandoned". Why do you think the lawsuit only has 2 plaintiffs despite years of trying to lure other homeowners to join?

by Anonymousreply 116February 25, 2022 5:32 PM

r104 To gamers, she IS Lara Croft. She's an icon to basement-dwelling video game nerds.

by Anonymousreply 117February 26, 2022 3:01 AM

R117 I played Tomb Raider games. She was an actress hired to play the role in two film adaptations. She is not Lara Croft. The character predates her and while Lara's character model was revised to resemble Jolie in some games. Lara is still her own character independent of the films. A lot of gamers aren't delusional and many especially do not consider Hollywood movies as canon. Most video game to film adaptations are terrible by default. It's why Resident Evil players don't even acknowledge the movies. Straight men in general especially don't care or worship female celebrities and they are iconic to them. They just think they're hot and jack off to them. And it ends there. Straight men see men like The Rock as icons. Straight women and gays care about female celebrities

by Anonymousreply 118February 26, 2022 3:14 AM

And also Angelina is old, dry, lost her looks, anorexic, clearly psycho and has a brood of kids which makes it even less likely straight men would give a shit about her. Incels are shallow and like pretty girls. Tons of hot young Lara Croft cosplayers to fixate over.

by Anonymousreply 119February 26, 2022 3:21 AM

Gen z hates Brad and see him as an alcoholic, abuser and pedophile who still worked with Weinstein after Angelina warned him about what he did to her.

by Anonymousreply 120February 26, 2022 1:37 PM

Yep. That’s the impression I get from Gen Z too.

by Anonymousreply 121February 26, 2022 3:00 PM

First, who really cares about what Gen Z thinks? Second, I doubt they really care all that much about either Brad or Angelina.

by Anonymousreply 122February 26, 2022 6:27 PM

Gen Z probably likes the lady who was in Maleficent and that Marvel movie, but that's because they're children, the eldest being 24 and the youngest at 9. Almost none of them care and the few who do won't remember any of this stuff a year from now.

by Anonymousreply 123February 26, 2022 6:41 PM

He’s loathed over at ONTD and that is a mixed ages website. Not sure if that reflects anything since it’s small like DL but I’m just adding that to the convo.

by Anonymousreply 124February 26, 2022 7:31 PM

ONTD has been an Angelina worship for at least 10 years. They defend everything she does.

by Anonymousreply 125February 27, 2022 1:34 AM

Is this good or bad news for Brad? Pls explain in a legal way.

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by Anonymousreply 126February 27, 2022 1:38 AM

R124, Yea, Angelina is really winning the PR war on social media her stans are aggressive and vocal and really doing spectacular job to convinced others that Brad is an awful human being.

by Anonymousreply 127February 27, 2022 3:02 AM

If you look on Twitter, most of the people talking about Brad being an abusive pedo etc. are Q loons, though, and the kind of people who once a day post something like "If you still watch Brad Pitt movies go suck a dick." I'll post one example but I'm searching on "brad pitt abused" (no quotes) on Twitter right now and I'm seeing almost nothing BUT these kinds of posts.

To really win the PR war you have to win more than the excitable stupid people.

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by Anonymousreply 128February 27, 2022 3:12 AM

[quote] Gen z hates Brad

LOL! Nobody hates Brad Pitt except Angelina Jolie and her demented worshipping minions.

In fact, most of the world loves him.

What's the say? Find someone who looks at you the way the rest of the world looks at Brad Pitt.

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by Anonymousreply 130February 27, 2022 4:31 PM

They are very expensive "shacks'" She had a custom made "long house" built in Cambodia which is essentially their equivalent of a mansion. She uses that long house in her Guerlain commercials.

by Anonymousreply 131February 27, 2022 5:24 PM

It looks like Angelina joined twitter so i think she is prepared to destroy Brad publicly.

by Anonymousreply 132February 28, 2022 1:07 AM

Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 133February 28, 2022 1:08 AM

Anyone know if Brad will lose his investment when the Russian oligarch sunction will take affect?

by Anonymousreply 134February 28, 2022 1:22 AM

That doesn't affect him. He's challenging the sale of the 25%. I wonder, though, how this will affect his lawsuit against Jolie for this "sale."

Just another Russian invasion and Brad is armed and fighting back.

Shame on her. Really.

by Anonymousreply 135February 28, 2022 1:39 AM

Lawyer’s step by step reaction to Brad’s lawsuit.

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by Anonymousreply 136February 28, 2022 5:59 AM

Can you summarize? I’m too lazy to watch a YouTube vid.

by Anonymousreply 137February 28, 2022 9:54 AM

R137, Here’s is another one but I don’t really believe in any lawyers opinion after they got it wrong on the custody case and Angelina’s appeal to dismiss the judge was successful.

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by Anonymousreply 138February 28, 2022 2:06 PM

It just sounds like everything is very much up in the air and neither side has a sure thing. Except Angelina’s ability to sway the public potentially r138.

by Anonymousreply 139February 28, 2022 2:20 PM

[quote] don’t really believe in any lawyers opinion after they got it wrong on the custody case and Angelina’s appeal to dismiss the judge was successful.

The difference in that discussion was that lawyers seemed to be unaware that there are judges in California who are adamantly opposed to privately paid judges - the use of mostly retired judges to speed the courts' dockets for some civil matters. They cite rationale that was long ago debunked and for which safeguards are in place. Brad essentially got fucked because the appellate judges are vocal anti-privately paid judges of long standing. Their ruling was a way to lash out at the system they oppose even though the rationale they used in this particular case was petty and intellectually dishonest. And, also unfortunately for Brad the California Supreme Court would have to be prime for taking on the entire fight over the issue of privately paid judges if they took his appeal. So it's easy to reject his appeal because the issue is not "ripe" as they say.

There are laws governing Jolie's sale both in the country where the company of registered (Luxembourg) and where the property exists (France) which she failed to follow. Additionally, Jolie had contractual obligations to Brad and the other winery owners (the Perrins) which she also failed to comply with. E.g., she had to provide him with all the details of the proposed sale to the Russian oligarch and she completely refused to give him any details at all claiming she had a non-disclosure agreement. LOL!

Another example, is that she needed to also disclose the details of the proposed sale to the government in France (I think at the local property office - something like that) and she failed to comply with that.

There are also laws in Luxembourg governing the transfer of property that were not complied with - like the 10% Brad gave her to make her share 50-50 of the estate itself, their home (not the wine company which is separate ) was illegally transferred thereby voiding his gift to her. So, she would only own 40% of the home and less than 25% of the winery business.

by Anonymousreply 140February 28, 2022 3:06 PM

If Jolie is going to try to use Twitter to end Brad's career, she'd better be prepared for the inevitable backlash. Those users will find every sketchy thing she has ever said and done and I can't imagine she'd be able to handle it on her own. Just the Russian oligarch thing and the selfish VAWA speech alone would be enough, but once the "you had millions, fame, fortune and the support of many people, how can you possibly claim you were unable to leave an abusive relationship?" questions started, she'd crumble instantly.

by Anonymousreply 141February 28, 2022 3:26 PM

God I hope there is some push back if she starts up on twitter.

by Anonymousreply 142February 28, 2022 4:12 PM

R141,the sad part is twitter is a echo chamber and most just retweet negative stuff about Brad than positive ones, her stans are just like Johnny Depp very vocal and relentless, they stalk his every move and hashtag his name every chance they get to spread bad staff about him. I believe Brad only has a few dedicated fans on there and most of them are way older and don’t really attacked Angelina.

by Anonymousreply 143February 28, 2022 7:50 PM

R141 is this the sketchy thing?

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by Anonymousreply 144March 1, 2022 11:39 AM

R135,update: Well, he lost check the court docs. So what now?

by Anonymousreply 145March 18, 2022 2:28 PM

Borderlines are good at making themselves seem like innocent victims. Very manipulative. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are both BPD which is why they both got sympathy due to their ability to evoke empathy and manipulate it. Angie has the same quality. Brad is just a simple hick who is too honest and unpretentious for his good. That's why his attempts at social climbing and hooking up with this beautiful glamorous but dangerous woman backfired. If he was truly sociopathic then he could have rebound and played it dirty and ruined her back.

by Anonymousreply 146March 18, 2022 2:42 PM

R146, I don’t understand why he didn’t , I read that he had dirt on Angelina but decided not to used it as a weapon and now he is paying the ultimate price with his reputation on social media.

by Anonymousreply 147March 18, 2022 2:49 PM

R147, that’s hardly paying the ultimate price. Social media is meaningless in his life. The real price he paid with losing his kids.

by Anonymousreply 148March 18, 2022 3:18 PM

His family life is ruined and it's sad. The only positive is Brad will still have a career and I'm sure over time once the kids mature, they will be more understanding and possibly reconnect with him. I don't think anyone would ever want to hire Angie again now that she lost her looks (which honestly was the reason for her career) and shows herself to be crazy and vindictive.

by Anonymousreply 149March 18, 2022 11:57 PM

[quote] update: Well, he lost check the court docs. So what now?

Pitt's challenging the ruling. He has an awful lot of money and he has hired some of the best lawyers in transactional law here and abroad and uncovering money laundering (vis a vis Russian Oligarch Jolie sold to).

by Anonymousreply 150March 20, 2022 12:32 AM

R150, did you see the new court docs The french authorities raided the château back in March and now stoli are suing Brad on fraud for: “ fraudulent concert between MONDO BONGO, MIRAVAL PROVENCE, and FAMILLE PERRIN, as well as their directors, in order to impoverish CHATEAU MIRAVAL, it being specified that the wrongdoing denounced is likely to engage the civil as well as the criminal liability ofthe various protagonists in this fraudulent agreement” so is Brad in big trouble and is he going to jail?

by Anonymousreply 151March 20, 2022 12:55 AM

There's no lawsuit filed yet. In France they denied Stoli's application to serve subpoenas on Miraval, Brad etc. It seems they have pre-lawsuit discovery available for some purposes. You could never do that in the US. So Stoli came back with a deceit which some firms use to get the docs they want - they claim that it is also for purposes of criminal activities - like you might allege your business partners are defrauding you - there doesn't seem to be much in the way of a standard of proof required - just the allegation seems to be enough.

So this time because of the new unproven allegations by Stoli - their new application was approved and they were allowed to serve subpoenas and enforce them on Miraval et al. Stoli is a dirty tricks company that bullies firms in their buy-outs and does hostile takeovers taking the patents and moving them out of the country into Cyprus. That's what he already tried to do and Brad & Perrin refused to cooperate and stopped Stoli. This is reminiscent of the dirty hostile take-overs of the 1980s where companies were laid waste after their assets were essentially raided.

All of this is to be expected when you are dealing with these Russian Oligarchs - Yuri Shefler has ties to various Russian thugs though he has taken pains to pretend he is an exile from Putin. But up until the invasion he has been using Russian resources like ingredients for the vodka etc and still has distilleries throughout Russia today. Something he could not do if he were an enemy of Putin.

Because Pitt and his partner Perrin have challenged the Ex Parte Application for Subpoena, the French government is holding everything seized in what's called Provisional Escrow.

This is the shit that Jolie dumped Pitt into. She is just plain evil.

by Anonymousreply 152March 20, 2022 1:26 AM

R152, thanks! I wonder tho why the courts denied to hold the 10% in a escrow? “Property Renovations With No Apparent Business Purpose. “ is one of the things Stoli accused thr company to be fraudulent and apparently a 2 million bird house ect. What do you think Brad’s lawyer's can do and is it possible for him to win?

by Anonymousreply 153March 20, 2022 2:21 AM

The estate has lots of old outbuildings. There was a 2 or 3 story building they called a pigeon coop or something like that - sounded better in French. I remember there was a story about it a long time ago and that his parents were staying in it while they visited. I thought OMG he put his parents in a chicken coop. Turns out it was converted into this fabulous house for guests. Angelina and Brad both said they dreamed of turning the estate into an artist colony and maybe reopening its famous recording studio. Brad has effectively done that with all the buildings.

Too tired to answer anything else tonight. Just remember Stoli is taking everything and twisting it into something bad so they can loot Brad's company.

by Anonymousreply 154March 20, 2022 8:15 AM

One thing I noticed about Pitt is the women he dated or married were so diverse in appearance and personality. I mean Robin Givens, Juliette Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie could not be more different. Then he was also linked to Christina Applegate (who claimed to have dumped him after the first date) and Sinitta (there are photos of them together with kiss marks on his face). Out of all these women, only Robin Givens and Angelina Jolie were true beauties. He definitely doesn't go for bimbos.

by Anonymousreply 155March 26, 2022 3:42 AM

They were all super skinny and celebrities, R155. He definitely has a type. Plus he tends to morph into whoever he’s with. His three longest and most serious relationships were also with women from Hollywood families.

by Anonymousreply 156March 26, 2022 3:49 AM

[quote] I mean Robin Givens

[quote] Plus he tends to morph into whoever he’s with.

Did he try to morph into Robin Givens? If so how?

by Anonymousreply 157March 26, 2022 3:51 AM

[quote] You guys, these houses look like amateur FLW wannabe cheap, prop-like shit boxes. Basically.

These houses look like cheap shit you get at IKEA - ready to assemble, and fall apart in a couple of months. Shame on you Brad Pitt, shame, shame.

by Anonymousreply 158March 26, 2022 3:55 AM

Would he type be domineering women? Gwyneth, Jennifer and Angelina all seem needy and controlling despite the different personalities. Perhaps that's what he likes

by Anonymousreply 159March 26, 2022 3:57 AM

He likes successful women. I don’t see Jennifer Anniston as being domineering. Not really Paltrow either. She’s just arrogant.

by Anonymousreply 160March 26, 2022 11:31 AM

Paltrow and Aniston were not great beauties either. But both were ambitious and knew how to manipulate the press to keep their fame going on. I think Aniston is self-conscious of her image, her laid-back girl-next-door vibe is a persona. Gwyneth doesn't hide being a rich bitch.

by Anonymousreply 161March 26, 2022 4:15 PM

R157, don’t be obtuse. He is known to adopt traits of his long term partners in both looks and personality. How long did he date Robin Givens for, 2 weeks?

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by Anonymousreply 162March 26, 2022 4:26 PM

One of my nephews does the morphed personality thing with women he dated too. Ive often pondered what in the world would make someone be like that,and I thought maybe insecurity?

by Anonymousreply 163March 26, 2022 4:47 PM

Brad has absolutely no connections in the industry , he worked for almost 8 yrs as an extra , he had to be a houseboy for a gay soap writer to finally break in on tv and dated/married several women who did have connections so he could become who he is today.

by Anonymousreply 164March 26, 2022 5:15 PM

R164, Brad was huge when he was with Paltrow, Aniston and Jolie. He elevated them, not the other way around.

by Anonymousreply 165March 26, 2022 5:49 PM

Brad pitt is successful today because he listened and followed his agents and managers advice to play the game and get his name out there. His first fake PR relationship is underage Shalane McCall who he co-starred in Dallas and their pics were all over the magazines but in truth Shalane was actually dating Trent Valladares at the time and whom she married in 1989 after she legally emancipated her parents.

Here is the vid with Brad were he discussed how Shalane’s mom help him set the PR up with her daughter.

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by Anonymousreply 166March 26, 2022 11:36 PM

He should have run away with his true love.

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by Anonymousreply 167March 27, 2022 12:34 AM

Gwyneth and Angelina were already Hollywood it girls. As was his ex Juliette Lewis Angelina was a popular sex symbol. Jennifer was one of the highest rated sitcoms and among the highest paid TV actresses. Of course he wouldn't want a woman with a bigger film career than him. But all of his exes had names for themselves and they did benefit his image and access to more connections. All of them were still successful without him. Jennifer definitely exploited the breakup for career gains though hence her romcom run throughout the mid to late 2000s.

by Anonymousreply 168March 27, 2022 2:41 AM

Gwyneth was a rising actress but she wasn't an it girl yet. She was his first serious girlfriend since he became HUGE (circa "Legends of the Fall"). That's what turned her into a star.

by Anonymousreply 169March 27, 2022 3:07 AM

His long term relationships are Gwyneth, Jennifer and Angelina and they were similar because they have prominent families in the industry. Juliette Lewis was also his first serious relationship in HW and her father and siblings are actors.

by Anonymousreply 170March 27, 2022 3:12 AM

He was so bad and unlikable in Legends of the Fall, Interview with the Vampire and Se7en that I can't believe he got that far in Hollywood. He's hard to take seriously in any dramatic role. He's too hot to be relatable or buy as honest, heroic and downtrodden. He's better as goofy or crazy like Twelve Monkeys, California or Fight Club. He can pull off larger than life and psychotic because many hot guys are like that.

Juliette, Gwyneth and Angelina can all act at least. Jennifer can carry a sitcom and found a niche in ensemble films, so she has talent. Maybe he's attracted to women with talent to absorb it.

by Anonymousreply 171March 27, 2022 3:19 AM

[quote] they did benefit his image and access to more connections.

This is pretty clueless. None of these women upped his profile or career. He upped both of theirs. While Aniston was a big TV star she became THE star of Friends because of her high profile relationship with him. It was Brad who pushed her to do The Good Girl by his friend Mike White. And access to more connections? Who was more connected or liked in the industry than Brad Pitt? Not either of his ex-wives that's for sure.

Jolie's career had plateaued when she lucked out when Kidman had to drop out and Brad took a shine to her and pushed her for that role in Mr and Mrs Smith. Pitt gave Jolie much credibility - her rep before was weird.

by Anonymousreply 172March 27, 2022 4:27 AM

The poster who keeps claiming Brad has a career from girlfriend connections is ridiculous. He met Juliette Lewis when they co-starred in some TV movie, so that’s pretty even ground. Brad was just hitting it big when when he first hooked up with Paltrow. No one knew who she was before that, he put her on the map as far as public eye. Aniston was popular, but nowhere near Pitts level. Jolie was big, but Brad was also huge when they got together. Brad definitely didn’t need their connections when he was with any of these women and he far exceeded their parents careers, except for maybe Jon Voight.

Brad made it because he got lucky and the timing was right.

by Anonymousreply 173March 27, 2022 1:27 PM

He also fucked the right men in power because it certainly wasn't his acting talent.

by Anonymousreply 174March 27, 2022 2:16 PM

I think out of all the women, Aniston was the most well-matched in terms of talent and personality. He probably feels like a moron that he ditched that easy, low-stress marriage which consisted of smoking pot and partying and going on pap strolls. To dating and marrying Angelina Jolie and adopting hundreds of kids, joining her on her mission to the "save the world" and developing an alcohol problem from all that stress.

by Anonymousreply 175March 27, 2022 6:01 PM

Why are we discussing his women? Won't anyone think of the children in the poor housing?

by Anonymousreply 176March 27, 2022 6:07 PM

[quote] [R164], Brad was huge when he was with Paltrow, Aniston and Jolie. He elevated them, not the other way around.

Paltrow: I don't know.

Aniston: She was definitely already a star. Brad didn't elevate her. But, as a couple, they were elevated.

Jolie: She had tons of potential, but needed to change her image from a brother-kissing man stealer to Mother Theresa. I think Brad was the bigger star, but Jolie definitely created synergy with him, Hollywood-wise.

Angelina Jolie now is turning into Mia Farrow.

by Anonymousreply 177March 27, 2022 6:11 PM

Not buying Jennifer's "innocent girl" schtick but she got the last laugh. Brad was that hot guy who was out of her league and once he ditched her for the hot, younger babe like Angelina who was a rising movie star (not sitcom like Jen). Jennifer got so much sympathy and still makes a lot of money milking it. She was never on the level of Brad or Angelina in terms of box office appeal but Friends is one of the most syndicated and most streamed shows of all time and popular all around the globe. So Jennifer is considered an icon. Angelina's personality disorders have ruined her movie career, she only got away when younger due to her blinding beauty. Brad will still have a career but doing more indie stuff and directing, writing and producing.

by Anonymousreply 178March 27, 2022 6:16 PM

[quote] He's better as goofy or crazy like Twelve Monkeys, California or Fight Club.

Haven't seen any of these movies, but he was good in Snatch, speaking unintelligibly. Also good in King of the Hill as Boomhauer's brother, Patch. (Boomhauer is a character that speaks semi-intelligibly; Patch was also semi-intelligible.)

by Anonymousreply 179March 27, 2022 6:20 PM

R179 He also played a redneck stoner in True Romance.

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by Anonymousreply 180March 27, 2022 6:23 PM

Is Brad Pitt a coward?

by Anonymousreply 181March 27, 2022 6:34 PM

Jennifer most certainly was elevated by the relationship with Brad. She was popular, but it was a time when film stars reigned supreme over tv stars and there was no one bigger than Brad Pitt. People were shocked when they hooked up, but time and the scandal when he dumped her has rewritten history.

Friends has definitely endured and lifted her legacy, but there is a reason Jennifer is still everywhere and other cast members are sort of footnotes.

by Anonymousreply 182March 27, 2022 7:07 PM

Brad and Jennifer are about equal in talent. Serviceable with charisma and marketability. Safe cute white couple that fraus adored. They got replaced by Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.

by Anonymousreply 183March 28, 2022 7:58 PM

[quote] Brad and Jennifer are about equal in talent.

Not even close.

by Anonymousreply 184March 29, 2022 12:58 AM

R152, what are your thoughts on this that Angelina aka “Jane Doe” filed? You just have to scroll a bit.

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by Anonymousreply 185April 19, 2022 11:28 AM

More Is Brad is trouble?

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by Anonymousreply 186April 19, 2022 3:04 PM

Wow! She is one bitter ex-wife.

You know what this is, besides doing whatever she can to smear her ex and the father of her children? IF this is Jolie then she wants access to what her children said to the FBI in the investigation. To give that information to a parent guilty of parental alienation is not only a breach of the children's rights but it endangers them.

She may have been given permission to file as Jane Doe wink wink - did she leak this obscure Order to the press - but she hasn't won the right to see the files or any part of them - redacted or not. The FBI will not want to set a precedent that opens them up to FOIA requests on investigations. There are implications from that involving national security issues as well as potential opening up of Grand Jury transcripts.

I didn't think that she wanted him arrested back then but now I realize she did, and she wants to destroy him and anything he loves. After he had been essentially cleared by both the FBI and child protective services of any abuse that is when she filed in open court private emails discussing private details of the children as well as the temporary custody agreement, she got Brad to sign when he was at his lowest and she had just taken the kids away from him.

Brad had to go to court to get her to stop revealing private info on the children and she opposed that in court. The day after he received a standing ovation at the Golden Globes she switched her position and agreed to seal any matters pertaining to the children.

Damn, Amber Heard has got nothing on this avenging demon.

by Anonymousreply 187April 19, 2022 4:20 PM

R187, Documents/emails leak brad caught in a lie on marival? He actually approved it?

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by Anonymousreply 188May 7, 2022 6:43 PM
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