Comments on: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go shopping at Toys ‘R Us

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:18:16 +0000

This is hilarious. I did an advanced google search for “angelina jolie” AND/OR “brad pitt” AND “toys ‘r us” OR “toy store” and found no other pictures of either of these two at any branch of this chain store before this. (Granted I really didn’t put a lot of effort in. I just wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed some previous massive event regarding toy stores) So how do you guys know where they buys all their childrens toys? Maybe they normally shop at different toy stores but now that they’re not “at home” they stopped in somewhere they knew they could look for whatever they needed and if found, could then grab it and get in and out. I don’t like shopping in stores that are crowded (let alone now full of photogs!) so if you followed me around all day and took pictures of me in a crowded supermarket I’d probably be making much worse faces. It’s absolutely true if she was shopping at some expensive-ass boutique (regardless of global location) it would be snobby BUT if she shops at Toys ‘R Us like the rest of us, it’s slumming and short-changing her kids! How do you know she’s simply “staying American” by shopping there rather than making a once in a while stop to buy some stuff for your kids when travelling? I’m not saying I know one way or the other but why so quick to judge? The idea of what your life would be like if you earned as much as they did for what you perceive they do (e.g., “making millions for looking pretty and getting your picture taken”) is PROBABLY a whole lot different from the way things are for them. I’ve never been able to seriously contemplate my life combined with the amount of money they have or have the potential to earn, therefore judging their actions (especially with parenting) from my point of view isn’t really fair. I love how the whole “do unto others” principle just dies in the ass once people get online or talk about celebrities.

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By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:22:24 +0000

i like looking and reading about Brad and Angelina to those people complaining about Brad & Angelina threads don’t look if you dont like them, just like i’m not interested in any Jennifer Aniston picture/news so i never so i don’t go to her thread. Indifference is the best if you don’t like a certain person/celebrity. It’s so easy but NO haters are all DRAMA QUEENS.

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By: jennifer

jennifer — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:18:00 +0000

lola-yeah 5 people make 777172366 hits?
please !!you can be a brangelina fan and have a life

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By: lola

lola — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:26:52 +0000

Indie, if they are in their fourth year, then they got together when Brad was married proper. I thought you fans never thought they committed adultery. Besides, he was 7 years with his ex and look how he treated her. I don’t mind splits they happen all the time but Pitt is a wimp and a cad for the way he treated his ex wife. Yes it is over and done with, I just don’t like it when fans want to believe that these two losers are saints. They are not.

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By: lola

lola — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:22:48 +0000

Of course there is a Brangelina burn out, there had to be one if any one is that over exposed. It is just that now there is nothing new about them. We have seen it all. Adoptions, charity, rumours truths etc. They can no longer pull rabbits out of the hat.

The traffic on their threads is caused by the same people about 5 people. Their fans drove most people off the site anyway. It is like that JustJared site. The same people write all those posts which are the same all the time. I guess her brother is one of them and a couple of people hired by their PR machine.

Don’t know many people outside the internet who like them or can stand them. I guess three years from now we won’t even hear about them. That is how this business works.

That one thread idea is brilliant. Even when you don’t want to see them, they kind of ruin a site, just their over oiled pictures.

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By: K

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:11:15 +0000

The idea of having one main story and then providing a link to more stories can keep every one happy.

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By: Indie

Indie — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:09:14 +0000

If Brangelina is overexposed, whose fault is it? Like Celebitchy explained, she gets a lot of traffic when she posts their pictures or stories about them, so if those who claim to be sick of them stop clicking on their links, the blog owners will get the message.

I have never liked Jennifer Anniston, always thought she was a fraud, so I don’t click on any posts about her because she truly bores me, and since I have no interest in her, I don’t read about her and as such have no need to bitch about her posts.

The comparison between Brangelina( I hate that moniker)and Bennifer does not exist. Brad and Angelina seem to have their priorities straight and have more in common. For two megastars with megawatt careers, can you imagine the planning and communication that go on for them to always be together and not one being away for months working while one is off somewhere else. Give credit where it is due, they have put in the work into their relationship, none of the gossip hags gave them longer than 6months, now they are in their 4th year.

Celebitchy, it is your site, do what works for you. Brad and Angelina are really the only celebrities that I am interested in and don’t go from blog to blog complaining about celebrities because every click shows interest, I am indifferent to most of them and don’t waste my time, so for those complaining, you don’t like a celebrity, skip their posts that is the best way to register your indifference.

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By: Diva

Diva — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:38:24 +0000

I could be in the minority here, but the interest in the posts about Brad and Angelina, and many others, isn’t in the content of them shopping, or in a pool, or pushing a stroller across a street, it’s in the pictures. Do I care Brad and Angelina are in Toys R Us? No, I shop at Toys R Us, it doesn’t matter to me where they shop. But I like to look at pictures of them. Do I care that Britney Spears decided to take a dip in the ocean? No, I go swimming when the weather is right so why shouldn’t she. But I like to look at the pictures. I’m not going to argue that’s the reason the paparazzi do the shit they do, but the fact is, we like to look at celebrities, that’s why we’re here. That’s why cb has a site. That’s why those posts get the traffic they do.
Maybe, if you don’t like the posts, and the reason they’re so prolific is because of the traffic and number of comments they generate, you STOP clicking on them, STOP commenting on them.

And cb… don’t forget, there are a huge number of us that DO like the Brad and Angelina posts. Please don’t leave us behind.

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By: countrybabe

countrybabe — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:31 +0000

h, I agree with you 100 percent. I found a website the other day in which you can give a girl medical care in the Sudan for 25 dollars for a whole year. I think as these sites become more common, celebrities won’t be needed to draw attention to any cause.

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By: mercedes

mercedes — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:45:29 +0000

I’ve been reading all your comments above about whether or not C.B. should cover Brad and Angelina so much and as much as I get your point that they are over-exposed, if this annoys any of you, why don´t you just skip the posts about them? Why don’t you just read the posts about those celebs that you are most interested in?
I personally don’t mind reading about them since I’m spanish and in Spain we don’t get to hear about them a lot, but as someone said, I just don’t stand Britney so I don’t bother to read anything concernig her.But I understand CB’s work and respect that she has to attract as many readers as possible.

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