The $14 Million Smile - Posted August 5, 2008
Notice anything strange about this week's People magazine cover of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's golden children? Vivienne Marcheline appears to be smiling even though she is only three weeks old. Babies don't smile until they reach two to four months. Hmm. A case of photoshop perhaps?... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Tarantino Pleas with Universal to Take 'Bastards' - Posted July 30, 2008
Quentin Tarantino's first period piece about World War II, called "Inglorious Bastards," may end up at Universal Pictures, according to Variety. The studio has been negotiating with Weinstein Co. co-chair Harvey Weinstein to see if they can secure the film. Harvey met with five different studios about finding co-financing and it boiled... [FishBowlLA]

Dig Your Baby Teeth Into This New Site - Posted July 30, 2008
We're a bit beyond babies at this juncture in life, but we couldn't help but be a bit amused by this new site, Kidmondo, an online baby journal and organizer for overwhelmed parents who are still all too eager to share every step, tooth and hair on their newborn with... [UnBeige]

Dig Your Baby Teeth Into This New Site - Posted July 30, 2008
We're a bit beyond babies at this juncture in life, but we couldn't help but be a bit amused by this new site, Kidmondo, an online baby journal and organizer for overwhelmed parents who are still all too eager to share every step, tooth and hair on their newborn with... [UnBeige]

Brangelina Finally Proves Up on Entertainment Tonight Story - Posted July 13, 2008
The second coming of the Brangelina twins has finally taken place. The AP is reporting that Angelina Jolie gave birth at a seaside hospital in Nice yesterday to a boy and a girl named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, respectively. You may recall that last month Entertainment Tonight reported... [FishBowlNY]

Brangelina Finally Proves Up on Entertainment Tonight Story - Posted July 13, 2008
The second coming of the Brangelina twins has finally taken place. The AP is reporting that Angelina Jolie gave birth at a seaside hospital in Nice yesterday to a boy and a girl named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, respectively. You may recall that last month Entertainment Tonight reported... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 2, 2008
Best Story Of The Day: We don't know when John M. Glionna was sent to China, but he dug up a great story there: a profile of the founder of Rural Women magazine, a women's rights activist with an amazing tale. Premature Speculation: The guys at The Envelope apparently don't know what... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 28, 2007
Lil' Meat Pie In The Oven: Reporter Mark Salisbury is a lot less grossed-out than we are that Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter conceived their newborn daughter while filming Sweeney Todd, a movie in which she plays a baker who stuffs meat pies with human flesh. Oprah-In-Chief: Columnist Tina Daunt has... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 5, 2007
Handicapping Grammy Noms: The Envelope reports that Fergie and Vince Gill will be on hand to announce the Grammy nominations on Thursday, noting that it'd be a creepy kind of awful to have them wake up for the press conference only to send them home with nothing. Why Not? Everyone Else Has:... [FishBowlLA]

Brad Pitt Builds Little Pink Houses For New Orleans - Posted December 4, 2007
When the Sexiest Architecture Fan Alive Brad Pitt put on his cute little hard hat in New Orleans back in August, we had no idea he was going to actually build houses. But the word is out that he's not only given $5 million of his own money to help rebuild... [UnBeige]

Brad Pitt Returns As the Hunky Disembodied Voice of Sustainable Design - Posted October 25, 2007
Be still our hearts! We just got word from the peeps at Design: e2 that Brad Pitt will indeed be making another turn as narrator when the second part of the series premieres on November 30. Morgan Freeman is currently fulfilling Energy:e2 duties, check your local listings, or grab the webcast... [UnBeige]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 26, 2007 - Posted September 26, 2007
CASTING ROUND-UP Universal Pictures is back in business with Jennifer Aniston, signing the actress to star opposite Aaron Eckhart in Traveling, Variety reports. Pic will be the directing debut of Brandon Camp who wrote the script with Mike Thompson. You guessed it - it's a romantic dramedy that stars Aniston as a... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 26, 2007 - Posted September 26, 2007
CASTING ROUND-UP Universal Pictures is back in business with Jennifer Aniston, signing the actress to star opposite Aaron Eckhart in Traveling, Variety reports. Pic will be the directing debut of Brandon Camp who wrote the script with Mike Thompson. You guessed it - it's a romantic dramedy that stars Aniston as a... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: September 21, 2007 - Posted September 21, 2007
Pitt to Punch on Film, Again Brad Pitt is going back to work again, this time opposite Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter for Paramount Pictures. Variety reports that it's a drama about Boston boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his path to becoming world lightweight champion. Darren Aronofsky will direct. Bening Bows Out... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: September 21, 2007 - Posted September 21, 2007
Pitt to Punch on Film, Again Brad Pitt is going back to work again, this time opposite Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter for Paramount Pictures. Variety reports that it's a drama about Boston boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his path to becoming world lightweight champion. Darren Aronofsky will direct. Bening Bows Out... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 12, 2007 - Posted September 12, 2007
Stewart Tapped for Academy Awards He's baaaack! Jon Stewart has signed on to front next year's Oscarcast, bringing him back to the Kodak Theatre stage for the second year in a row. And even though it's his second outing, Stewart says in today's Variety, "I'm thrilled to be asked to host the... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 12, 2007 - Posted September 12, 2007
Stewart Tapped for Academy Awards He's baaaack! Jon Stewart has signed on to front next year's Oscarcast, bringing him back to the Kodak Theatre stage for the second year in a row. And even though it's his second outing, Stewart says in today's Variety, "I'm thrilled to be asked to host the... [FishBowlLA]

Frank Lloyd Wright's Evil Plan to Make Families Get Along - Posted August 27, 2007
Choosing an easy target is important in an architectural review, and the Boston Globe's Ken Johnson chooses perhaps the easiest one of all to shred this week, taking issue with the elder and more deceased Brad Pitt favorite in his piece "The flaws in Frank Lloyd Wright's design for living." Johnson... [UnBeige]

Brad Pitt Dons a Hard Hat For Global Green - Posted August 21, 2007
We know, we know, Paris Hilton buying architecture books and now this? But our dear Brad Pitt, lover of this Frank and that Frank has long been a fixture in our UnBeige pages. A few months ago we alluded to the fact that Brangelina would be moving to New Orleans to... [UnBeige]

And After All, You're My Water Wall - Posted July 13, 2007
Here's a great example of where our priorities are when it comes to architecture. Design a green building and Brad Pitt will get all the credit. But design a building with waterfall walls and you'll get your work plastered all over the web. For the International Expo Zaragoza 2008 in Spain a... [UnBeige]

Tina Brown: 'We're All So OD'd On Lifestyle' - Posted July 11, 2007
The first-time author and former editor of the failed Talk talked to us about her The Diana Chronicles ("Q: What would Diana be doing now if she's lived? Brown: Aside from having her first facelift?"), Brad Pitt intrigue and her own kaleidoscopic career trajectory: What's been your biggest disappointment? Well, obviously, I was... [FishBowlNY]

Christopher Hawthorne Wishes He Could Find Some Green Designers to Write About For Once - Posted July 5, 2007
With Philip Nobel lighting the way for architecture critics to speak their tainted little minds, critics everywhere are now making pointed attempts at abrasiveness. But sometimes it just doesn't fly. When Christopher Hawthorne at the LA Times finally makes it out to NY to review the "Design for the Other 90%"... [UnBeige]

Annie Leibovitz Captures the African Conversation for Vanity Fair - Posted June 6, 2007
In an unprecedented effort by Vanity Fair, 20 different covers of the July issue hit newsstands today for their Africa issue, featuring famous peeps having a "conversation" about the continent as shot by Annie Leibovitz. Feast your eyes on the slideshow: Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Queen Rania of Jordan, Bono,... [UnBeige]

Ann Curry Makes Angelina Jolie Cry - Posted May 23, 2007
Yesterday, NBC announced that Stone Phillips would be leaving the network — a cost-cutting move that, according to USA Today, favors more versatile on-air talent than the one-dimensional Stone. Versatile, like Ann Curry, who showed some of that versatility today on Today: she made Angelina Jolie cry. Maybe if Stone Phillips had... [FishBowlNY]

Frank Gehry's $100M West Side IAC Building: 'Oddly Tame' - Posted March 27, 2007
If you've driven along the West Side Highway lately, chances are you've seen the nearly-complete IAC Building, architect Frank Gehry's first New York structure and $100 million home to Barry Diller's IAC empire, a 10-story glassy outcropping between 18th and 19th streets. The project has architecture critics and Gehry heads — like... [FishBowlNY]

"Design:e2 Part II" Preview - Posted March 21, 2007
We just got a super sneak preview of the next season of "Design:e2: The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious," the sustainable design series that premiered on PBS last summer. While you can still catch the first season in reruns, the folks at kontent>real are knee deep in production on part II... [UnBeige]

Barn Again: the Japanese Way - Posted March 6, 2007
A growing number of architects and preservationists in Japan are trying to salvage Japanese "minka" farmhouses and bring them into the new millenium. "A lot of wisdom, good thinking and good materials went into making these homes," says architect Yoshihiro Takishita, who disassembled a farmhouse in Japan's Gifu prefecture, and rebuilt... [UnBeige]

Barn Again: the Japanese Way - Posted March 6, 2007
A growing number of architects and preservationists in Japan are trying to salvage Japanese "minka" farmhouses and bring them into the new millenium. "A lot of wisdom, good thinking and good materials went into making these homes," says architect Yoshihiro Takishita, who disassembled a farmhouse in Japan's Gifu prefecture, and rebuilt... [UnBeige]

Fashion Bloggers' Favorite Topic: What Should the Jennifers Wear to the Oscars? - Posted February 22, 2007
We're talking Jennifer Aniston, Garner or Lopez. Take your pick. They're all likely to show up on the red carpet. Let's just hope Aniston doesn't bump into her ex-husband, Brad Pitt. Anyhow. Back to the topic of conversation for many fashion bloggers, including Erin McKean (who by the way, writes... [UnBeige]

Fashion Bloggers' Favorite Topic: What Should the Jennifers Wear to the Oscars? - Posted February 22, 2007
We're talking Jennifer Aniston, Garner or Lopez. Take your pick. They're all likely to show up on the red carpet. Let's just hope Aniston doesn't bump into her ex-husband, Brad Pitt. Anyhow. Back to the topic of conversation for many fashion bloggers, including Erin McKean (who by the way, writes... [UnBeige]

Brad Pitt Actually Moving To New Orleans For Construction Job - Posted January 18, 2007
New Orleans & Brangelina, yeah, at first it seemed like a match made in humanitarian effort heaven. But they're not just going there to help. Or for the crawfish etouffee. Brad Pitt's gonna be building some houses, remember? According to Us Weekly, construction is set to start this month on 20 environment-friendly... [UnBeige]