Brangelina Baby Already Worth $4 Million Plus & Spawning Lawsuits

Jake - I am as bewildered as you are. They are people just like you and I and our fellow Gatherites and thier families and friends and everyone else in the world. Although Brangelina donated thier earnings from the photos to charity, many celebrities probably do not. For those who do not, that money could be going to much more important causes then to someone who already has millions of dollars and a plethora of real estate. Good thoughts, Jake. I like your thinking.

So Jake, is this another great contribution to the "Nothing" series? Or is this out of the "You've Got To Be Freakin' Kidding Me!" files? LOL!

Hey what about the idea I told you about, now that beats the Brangelina baby any day! ( ;

You're right Bonnie. I spaced on it. Maybe tonight.

Yes, it is unbelievable what the stars get paid for pictures but even more troublesome that people are that desperate to see them. I feel like this should go in the "get a life" file!

First off, I do respect Branjolina for donating that money - that's the only responsible thing to do IMHO. It's a cryin shame that more celebs don't donate their copious unnecessary bucks in a similiar manner.

OTOH, I couldn't care less about them and their offspring, even if they named it Pineapple.

Actually these days I think people care so much about celebs so they don't have to focus on the current state of our country, the planet, and on their own narrow lives .... at least that's true for me ;')

Mind blowing how useless yet important these people are to our society as a whole.
My mom watches entertainment tonight and reads people. I've long tried to understand what the hell interests her so deeply in the lives of people she will never meet, but she just can't explain it to me.

I am so glad I stopped watching television. This kind of stuff is one of the main reasons why.

Jayne, weirdly, I read that shit too. I tell myself it's because I'm fascinated by the crap that goes on and what they have to write about it (in other words, it's not that I believe a word they're saying or care, but I think it's interesting see WHAT they're saying). But maybe I'm full of shit.

Some of the stuff is pretty funny. LIke Denise Richards hooking up with ex-best friend Heather Locklear's estranged husband, Richie Sambora. I can't help it, I think it's funny. I'm sure it's hurtful for those involved but I mean, come on. Then . . . when you throw Charlie Sheen into the mix, it really gets fascinating.

I think it's good and fitting (knowing Angelina's volunteer work) that they license out their baby's photos and donate the monye raised to charity. It could also, but midly, help with the demand for paparazzi to snap that "first" shot of their child. It does suck, being a celeb and going through life under a microscope. It's sadder that we care so much. We must be truly empty.

Maybe it's because these people are living your dreams Jakey!

Or maybe you're so amazed at their sleezy, slutty, shitty behavior that you just can't stop marvelling at what they'll do to make a buck and keep their name/face in the public eye.

Hey, Tommy Lee sold his body to go back to college (lol) for some bucks.

Well, DD, Richie Sambora has evidently "done" a couple of things I wouldn't mind "doing."

If I weren't happily married, of course.

I've read this far and still don't have a strong opinion about it. I don't care how much entertainers or sports figures make, because what they offer is not a necessity. We can all choose if we think what they do is worth what they charge us. Apparently, enough people believe it is worth it to them, because they continue to support them. What I do care about is that gas prices doubled this year and many people lived in cold homes because they couldn't afford heat. And food prices increased enough that more people needed assistance, but the funds were cut so the new people didn't get assistance and some of those already qualified were cut off. What I have seemed to notice is that many of the entertainers DO donate a lot to charity and also support Democrats who want to use the taxes they've paid on their outrageous earnings to help others in need.

Sandy, what are you trying to do? Get Yes Man over here?

A lot of entertainers and celebs do donate alot.
But
even more of them don't.

They use their copious bucks to live lifestlyes offensive to many people. They use their power to limit the opportunities of others. They use their name and pix to make even more bucks. Then they form production companies to produce more pix that star and benefit them. Then they do PSA's asking all to donate $ to their favorite charities and to influence our behavior..

Hmmm..... maybe I'm in the wrong line of work....

Jake -

Well, the ONLY thing about this article that hit me as good, was the giving of the 4 million to charity - if true. Now, if we could just manage to pay our teachers and police officers what they are worth, what a wonderful country this could be!

Self confessed celeb junkie, here, too.

That would be cool if he (she?) sued Brangelina.

crazy. i can't get over this.

Justine, what does that mean?

Justine, the baby has 2 masculine names,shiloh is a hebrew masculine name of my son ,by the way..he was thrilled that a famous baby has his name, don't tell him the baby is a girl!
i find it amusing that at times when lots of people choose to live the moment and stay alone or just enjoy their partner..hollywood stars in role reversals choose to raise children like the masses..

I guess a lot of people have been saying that "shiloh" means saviour (or something like it) and nouvel means new. So Shiloh Nouvel = New Savior. Nothing like nice, simple anassuming name.

Wait a sec -- people magazine? I thought it was Hello! whose version was released..... but then I read the article to which you referred and it mentioned both magazines. Funny, how the US reports it as being people and Hello! while the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5055240.stm) only said Hello!'s pix were released. oh, how I love gossip rags!

Actually, given their situation, I think they did the most responsible thing. First of all, you know the paparazzi would have made their life, and the babies, hell, trying to get that picture - so better to sell the rights and get that over with. Now anyone disturbing their privacy can legally be sued for it and not even by Brangelina but by People mag. Second - they are donating the money to charity. They don't have to do that, and it is a nice gesture. So, basically, I think they've done a smart and good thing.

I think we have to take responsibility ourselves for putting them in the situation by purchasing the magazines that paid the money for the rights, and would have paid any free-lance annoyance to invade their privacy to get the photos in any way possible. If this bizarre society of ours didn't spend a fortune on magazines full of photos of celebs and stories about celebs, then the magazines would be unprofitable and would go out of business.

Sandy makes some interesting points to which I'd like to add, in a way of musing, that the last time Hollywood magazines and celeb were all the rage was during the depression. Now it is celebs and "reality show" "celebs" who make us all believe that WE could be chosen for Mtv House Party and be instantly famous, too. Not to mention millionaires. It is on a par with poor folk buying lottery tickets and joining the military when they can't get a job - it is the only way out of povery and despair that they can find. It gives them a little hope.

Summer, I agree with a lot of what you had to say. Thanks for sharing your views.

On the other hand, I think it's kind of funny that Brangelina took over Namibia to have the New Savior (aka Shiloh Nouvel).