Looks like George Clooney isn’t the only hot Hollywood dude using his celebrity for good. In an interview set to air on Ellen today, Ellen DeGeneres catches up with Brad Pitt in her home town of New Orleans, Louisiana where he — and tons of others, he wants to point out — are making a difference to the survivors of hurricane Katrina.
His organization, called Make it Right, has set out to refine the reconstruction of homes in New Orleans’ devastated Ninth Ward so that they “make more energy than they use” and so they can withstand another Katrina-like storm. Pitt says,
…the levy break, should have never happened, it shouldn’t have collapsed, if they’d just made it right the first time…thousands of people wouldn’t have died.
That’s where the title of the project arose from. If you watch the video, the houses are not only sustainable but also beautiful. And I couldn’t help welling up a few times seeing families who have probably been living there for generations, happy to be back in their old neighborhoods, feeling safe and secure for the first time since 2005. Ellen makes a great point to Brad near the end of the interview. Brad begins by saying,
I’m getting far too much credit for this. This took a lot of very smart people coming in and attacking the situation. It took the families determined to come back and their resilience, and they’re defining what this thing was going to be. I get far too much credit for bringing some really smart people together.
to which Ellen points out that, without his visibility as such a huge celebrity, the project would never have garnered the amount of attention it has, and maybe not seen such enormous success. Brad says the homes are now being built to a high standard at an affordable price in just three months each. Celebrities might live in some surreal level of the stratosphere compared to you and me, but in this case the money is going where it’s needed, and for that I have to hand it to Brad Pitt and the rest of the people working and volunteering for the Make it Right project. [via JustJared]
Check out some of the finished homes in the gallery! They’re pretty incredible, right?
What do you think of Brad Pitt’s Make it Right campaign? Do you think projects like this need celebrity visibility to really get off the ground?








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This Brad Pitt dude is amazing. Sexy and kind *drools*
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I mean, good for him and all and im glad hes doing good with his fame/money but i feel like he’s also doing this to one-up his friend George Clooney and be like “oh look im a good person too!!!” whatever though.
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Call me a commie, but I think with great riches comes great responsibility. I’m glad he is owning up to that. Angelina has been a good influence on him.
Why does he insist on looking like a bum, though? Cut your goddamn hair, hippie.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - Brad Pitt has been doing charity work over there for years.
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@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - ok so why does he all of the sudden need publicity for it
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - This isn’t all of a sudden. It’s always been talked about but not as often. And Ellen is the one interviewing him about this so you’re asking the wrong person, sweetie.
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@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - it was a simple fucking question, no need for the rude sarcasm.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - I wasn’t being rude. You’re the one cursing at me
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - @HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - MUD WRESTLE FIGHT! DOOO EEET!!!!
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@QuantumStorm@xanga - No! I want to naked mud wrestle Bianca, that other bish can fuck off!
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@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - Haha I mean, you cant even own up to the fact that you were being rude by using sarcasm, “sweetie”. At least if you’re gonna be a bitch, own up to it. I dont know you in real life or even on here so your opinion/comments are so invalid to me. Get over it, i had my opinion and you decided to make a big deal out of nothing.
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - would never wanna mud wrestle you anyway, ever.
@razielv.xanga.com WHO ARE YOU? like seriously hahaha get out of here. your comment came up on my homepage but apparently you were a pussy and deleted your comment towards me on here. no one asked your opinion, smh. people these days
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - He probably got his comment deleted by Lovelyish editors.
daffodil / 1579 posts
@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - get over it? I’m not upset. There is nothing to get over, sweetie. And I call people sweetie. It’s not my fault you took that as sarcasm
I didn’t make a big deal out of anything
@QuantumStorm@xanga Nah I’d rather mud wrestle @ShimmerBodyCream@xanga ;) Nataly, that chick is missing out. Oh well, gives me more sexy time with you, sweetie
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@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - allllllll right then. taking your word for it
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - Because of you I now have a chance to naked wrestle with Bianca. Whoever you are, thank you. Your present will be in the mail.
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@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - o0o0o0o what a loser
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@DrummingMediocrity@xanga - You sound like spiderman. Spiderman is not a commie.
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@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - hahahaaha. oh my gosh I love you so much
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - Actually I deleted nothing. You can blame the idiots “moderating” this site (poorly, I might add). I’ll be more than happy to say it again: You’re a cunt. This is a public forum and I will comment as I see fit; so I couldn’t care less how you feel about my opinion, I’m going to post it anyway. Now kindly take a heaping dose of go fuck yourself. Kay? Kay. <3
As for who I am, that’s up to you to find out. Now go write in your little pansy blog about the big bad “pussy” who told you to shove a fork in it. Twice.
Cunt.
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@RazielV@xanga - Just let her be butt hurt over Brad Pitt taking the spotlight from George Clooney ahaha
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i like the simple house designs.
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@islandgypsygirl@xanga - I like your simple comment after all the others… O geeze that had me laughing so hard.
Yeah I like the house designs too!
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@DrummingMediocrity@xanga - Hey, hey now!!!!!! I like that hippy hair!!!! lol
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@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - @HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - I get to watch! Preeeze
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@MommyMarty22@xanga - He’s all yours
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@RazielV@xanga - Why you gotta be so mean to little kids?
For content: Lovelyish is suddenly TMZ? Next thing you know Perez Hilton will be editor and we’ll all collectively hope he gets punched in the goddamn face again.
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@RazielV@xanga - hahaha im a cunt for saying a curse word? thats hilarious. You must think everyone is a cunt then, including yourself.
By the way, i don’t use xanga for blogging, i use it to comment on sites like lovelyish, idiot.
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@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - i dont care about either therefore im not “butthurt” as you said.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - I didn’t say you’re a cunt for using a curse-word, you brainless twat. You’re a cunt because you have a shitty attitude towards other people, and a distinct lack of understanding what people are saying. You’re quick to jump down people’s throats with a holier-than-thou attitude and very quick to get all puffed up when someone calls you on being a cunt.
Seriously though, you’re quite honestly one dumb little girl. Perhaps your parents would do well with a few beatings to get some sense of civility and social graces knocked into you. Brats today, sheesh.
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@RazielV@xanga - Thanks for the great paragraph trying to make me feel bad about myself by spewing all the negative nouns you could think of, but the fact is, you dont know me. If you did, calling me a cunt would be the last thing you’d think of calling me, therefore everything you just said is invalid. Also, calling a complete stranger a cunt says a lot about someone. But i guess people that hide behind their computers calling people names don’t seem to think there is anything wrong with it since they’re so used to it. Be my guest, keep wasting your precious time writing long paragraphs about what you think i am because at the end of the day, i know none of it is true. Its like you saying i have blue skin, makes no sense whatsoever, just like everything you’re saying and it doesnt affect me. Maybe if i knew you in real life i’d care just a little, but i dont so its whatever
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - The only reason you’re being called a cunt is because of your crappy attitude. You’re the one who got all bent out of shape over someone else without even knowing who she was before passing your snotty little judgments on her. So yes, it does say quite a lot about you. You’re bitchy and obnoxious. Essentially just a little cunt hiding behind a computer screen.
You just don’t like being called out on your poor behaviour, so you project your own failings as a person onto others while hiding behind that ridiculous cliché, “YOU DON’T KNOW ME!” Please. If you act in person like you do on here then it’s safe to say you’re just a cunt. And if you don’t, then you’re just another one of those morons who feel that being on the internet entitles them to being a dick.
Here’s a news flash: It doesn’t.
P.S. You obviously cared enough to write a WOT response, so I think it’s a safe bet you’re full of shit on the “Oh I don’t care what you say lolololol” front. Methinks you doth protest too much. Peace kiddo.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - You have blue skin!? OMG AVATAR
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@RazielV@xanga - That awkward moment when a complete stranger on the internet thinks you actually care about their opinion. Haha but really thoughhhh… it was a misunderstanding. I mistook her “sweetie” comment for being sarcasm, so i got pissed because I was asking her a simple question. I understand I made it a bigger deal than it actually was because I jumped to conclusions because on the internet sometimes you cant tell if someone is being sarcastic or not. You came out of nowhere calling me a cunt… get over yourself.
You act like you’re so much more superior than me, but in reality you calling me a cunt and whatever else you called me (i kinda just skimmed, i mean skipped most of what you said) just makes you look so much worse and really immature.
By the way, you also sound like a 12 year old who has just learned the word “cunt” so you throw it around without actually knowing the meaning of it.
PS. Im simply responding to let you know that everything you’re saying is invalid, not because I actually care about your opinion, smh. -__-
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - Your attempts at insults are deeply amusing, particularly the “12 year-old” comment. Let’s look at some of your comments.
“Haha but really thoughhhhh” –Yeah, this looks like it wasn’t written by a freshman in high-school.
” –Oh geez, we’re dealing with someone purely qualified to call others “immature” through inference here.
“Maybe if i knew you in real life i’d care just a little, but i dont so its whatever
“o0o0o0o what a loser” –Oouuuhhh, -shakes head-
And the kicker:
“Haha I mean, you cant even own up to the fact that you were being rude by using sarcasm, “sweetie”. At least if you’re gonna be a bitch, own up to it. I dont know you in real life or even on here so your opinion/comments are so invalid to me. Get over it, i had my opinion and you decided to make a big deal out of nothing.” –You accuse Bianca of over-reacting, yet here you are writing this nice little paragraph in which you not only talk like someone who just barely grasps how to use the English language, but someone so deeply removed from reality or basic socializing that she’s lucky someone’s nice enough to even bother with a response.
“allllllll right then. taking your word for it” –Yep, real mature and just a good show of taking responsibility for your mistake. -slow clap-
You had a little tantrum over a misunderstanding and instead of being mature and talking it out, you got defensive and pissy. Then when you got called on it, you became even pissier and more defensive, breaking out hypocritical ad hominems in a desperate attempt to pull the spotlight away from your fuckup.
And at no point did you apologize for your callous and bitchy behaviour, but justified and excused it. That makes you a cunt. If you’re still having a hard time getting the definition, I can always smack you upside the head with Urban Dictionary. So not only are you in no place to be calling anyone “immature” or calling anyone else out on their behaviour, you’re also either a liar, or a cunt. Isn’t it nice how that works out?
P.S. You care enough to refute what you think is invalid. It’s still caring, kiddo. You care far more about this than you really should. After all, “[I] don’t know [you],” right, jelly?
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@RazielV@xanga - I know everything I said, it happened yesterday. BUT THANKS for refreshing my memory hahaha. Its kind of sad that you care so much… I mean, usually when people are arguing online I just sit back and watch, not jump into it. Which shows you must be really bored with your own boring life so you need to get into other people’s business to have some type of excitement in your life. How old are you anyway? Oh wait, i dont care.
PS. your long paragraphs analyzing everything we’ve have already gone over a million times are really entertaining. Do you have short-term memory?
o0o0o its also really entertaining how you keep adding more fluff to your already long paragraphs to make it seem like you have so much to say. You say so much but you never actually say anything.
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I couldn’t get past the ellen pic, sorry
she is so damn cute. i’ll mud wrestle with ellen.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - I must say from all I’ve read you and raziel are both acting very childish.
But I understand what you are saying. Though it may be that it has been talked about for a long time(I don’t know if that is true. Don’t pay attention to anything that has to do with the stupid Pitt) it does make one wonder why he really needs to make all the world know about his charity work. It is better to do it without anyone knowing. It makes it sound more sincere.
P.S. I don’t like being called “sweetie” either but she wasn’t being rude. You were though by getting mad at her and cursing. Caio.
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@StrawberrySunrises@xanga - Exactly! You phrased nicely what I was trying to say. I get what you’re saying, when she called me “sweetie” I took it as sarcasm and jumped to conclusions. I admitted my mistake there though, it was just a big misunderstanding, which that guy (whoever he is), doesn’t seem to GET even though I have been writing it over and over again. I dont understand why random people need to get involved into an argument though.. that was just a misunderstanding all along. Blowing this whole thing out of proportion, so unnecessary.
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@zzzzzulavalle@xanga - Yeah, that happened a lot to me before. I learned just have to keep a cool head and learn when to back off.
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@StrawberrySunrises@xanga - Thanks for the advice!
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@RazielV@xanga - Little kids have feelings too you douchetard.
sunflower / 332 posts
Nice to know that there are celebrities that do care.