Oh! Em! Gee!!!!

Is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen:

I stumbled across this picture on the People site recently, I almost died of cuteness!!

Happy Birthday Angelina!

Today is the hottest woman on this planet's birthday. To celebrate I thought I'd post some of my favorite pictures of her. I have to say, she's aging well - not that she's actually 'old' yet - but she's getting more beautiful every year.

Angelina and her mom

One of the best Oscar dresses ever

Goofing around with Maddox in Venice

This picture was taken by Annie Leibovitz

With Zahara and Shiloh in New Orleans

Angelina Jolie *gasp* breastfeeds!!

So I have this completely unscientific theory.


Angelina Jolie is on the November cover of W magazine, with a picture taken by Brad Pitt. When I first heard that a picture of her breastfeeding would be published, I thought 'Bold move'. Then I saw the cover and thought 'That's it?'. Pictures of Angelina like this:

or this or this have been published in magazines throughout the years, so the latest of her breastfeeding is not really gasp-inciting in my book. It is a beautiful picture taken in what I believe is a strong bonding moment between mother and child, but not really worth the fuss.

Here's my theory: Men obviously love womens breasts and have no objections seeing nice ones naked. BUT, when a woman breastfeeds in public, men realize that breasts were not made for them and their pleasure, but that they actually serve a purpose. A pretty amazing purpose, that is. Men realize that breasts feed children and they get jealous. I'm sure there are men out there who feel differently, but this is my much generalized theory. I think it's pretty ridiculous that women are not supposed to breastfeed in public. Babies need to eat and when the mother feels comfortable feeding her child in public, she should be allowed to do so. If you don't want to see her breast, then don't look. It could be that easy!

Wanted: Angelina Jolie

No, seriously! I'd take the six kids and take care of them, no problem. I like kids! ;-) Okay, never gonna happen...

I just came back from watching 'Wanted', which was fun and a lot of cool action, but the plot was a little thin. I loved the action sequences because everything was happening so fast that it was hard to even register all and I felt the way Wesley would feel - I think they did a great job with putting the viewer into the seat of the main character.

I forgot about Bridget McManus being in the movie, so I completely forgot to see whether I would be able to see her on screen. But Sarah Warn said that it would be hard to catch her so I guess I don't have to feel too bad about not seing her.

My Weekend Crush

I’m shamelessly stealing this idea from Dorothy Surrenders, whose weekend crush this weekend is: Summer Glau.

The first movie I saw Angelina Jolie in was Hackers. I was probably about 12 years old and immediately had a crush on her. She looked very soft butch and played a strong character, who was not afraid of competing with the boys, no less in the world of computers. Back then, I wasn't so much into movies and actresses yet and I don't think that I used the internet at all to inform myself about these things, so I somehow lost track of Angie. That was in 1999, when she was not really famous yet.

The next movie I saw was Playing by Heart, which I also really liked and I really liked her character in it as well. Then came Girl, interrupted, which is the movie that made me fall completely in love with Angelina Jolie. Her performance was amazing and earned her an Oscar, the plot and the writing is great and the other actresses in it were pretty damn good too (Clea DuVall! Brittany Murphy! Whoopie Goldberg!). I think I've seen that movie about 10 times already and I still really enjoy watching it, because it gets me thinking every time. My parents thought that it was unhealthy that I like a movie about young women in a mental institution that much, but I could really relate to them on various levels. I feel like there are not that many movies out there that are so honest with the struggles that some women face when they have to grow up.

So, we are probably in the year 2002 right now and I am now seriously obsessed with Angelina. I have yet to see her in a cinema, because all the other movies were on TV when I saw them. But, I have to way till 2004, when Taking Lives comes out. I loved Taking Lives, because until the very end, there is always a certain suspense. Although I have to say that when she showed her belly for the first time, I turned to my dad and said: "Wanna bet that she's not really pregnant?". But still, a great movie with a strong woman who wins in the end.

Obviously, I went to see Shark Tail, mainly because they had created a fish just for her. Unfortunately, I also went and saw the train wreck that was Alexander. Again, my main reason was that Angie was in the movie, so I sat through three hours of that crap for probably around 5 scenes with her. Since Alexander, I have seen all over her movies - Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Good Shepard, A Mighty Heart, Beowulf and Kung Fu Panda. In some, Angie was able to show what a great actress she is (A Mighty Heart), in others, not so much (Mr. and Mrs. Smith).

Picture @ PerezHilton.com

But her acting talent is not the only reason why I love Angelina Jolie so much. She is a humanitarian, a goodwill ambassador for the UNHCR and a mother of six (Maddox, Pax Thien, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline). In her interviews, she seems very real and raw and she doesn't hold back. Especially in earlier years, she would shock reporters with confessions of drug abuse and self-inflicted wounds, but she never pretended to be someone who she's not. And THAT is the main reason why I admire and love her so much.

Update: Shoot! A reader [thanks!] just alerted me to the fact that I didn't mention Gia and I can't believe that I forgot that movie! The reason why I didn't mention it before is because it doesn't fit in my timeline. When I was on vacation in Canada in 2005, I looked in every DVD store for that movie until I finally found it in Vancouver two days before the vacation ended. I took it home and figured out how to play a different regional code on my computer and and the first chance I got at being alone at home I watched the movie. And it pretty much blew my mind. Because Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell together, in bed, make any coherent thoughts pretty impossible. I've also seen Original Sin, the two Lara Croft movies, Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Bone Collector, Pushing Tin and Foxfire on TV.

It's a girl! It's a boy!

Angelina Jolie gave birth to her twins, a boy and a girl, last night! Congratulations to Angie, Brad and the kids! The boy is called Knox Leon and the girl is called Vivienne Marcheline (after Angie's mum).

The media has gone crazy over those babies even before they were born and there were two false announcements that Angelina has given birth. People magazine even has an own little section on their homepage just for the twins! Crazyness!!