People Denies Bowing To Jolie Pressure

(CBS)  You see her image everywhere - fawning cover stories about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the couple known as Brangelina for short.

Jolie is among the most photographed celebrities out there, observes Early Show National Correspondent Hattie Kauffman.

So it was no wonder that publications fell all over themselves, offering Brangelina oodles of money for the first photos of their kids.

People magazine is said to have paid $14 million dollars for the photo spread of her newborn twins. The cover of Baby Shiloh reportedly fetched more than $6 million.

But, according to The New York Times, the magazine also had to promise positive coverage of the star family.

People Deputy Managing Editor Peter Castro flatly denies it, saying it's "absolutely not true. People magazine never promises good publicity or any kind of editorial control. ... I guarantee you that, if Angelina Jolie screwed up, People magazine, along with a lot of other magazines, would be all over that story."

Still, Kauffman points out, Jolie has managed to completely change her image, from the offbeat wife of Billy Bob Thorton and woman who stole Pitt from Jennifer Anniston, to United Nations goodwill ambassador and supermother.

"People at the U.N. think of her almost like a diety," says Hollywood image expert Michael Levine. "She's almost like a beautiful Mother Teresa."

What advice would Levine give Jolie?

"I'd ask her for some advice, because I think she may well be the greatest publicist of all time!" he replied.
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[eferrell2]

I am as sick of seeing Angelina''s face plastered everywhere just like everyone else but, for the record, you cannot steal somebody that does not want to leave! If Brad had been happy with Jennifer, he would never have left her. So stop faulting Angelina for that whole fiasco. Brad is a grown man and Angelina did not make him do anything he did not want do to!

[sly_64]

I can''t find what people see in her. She ana average girl with average beauty. Nothing special there to me.

[ggm1957]

LeftisVile, I wonder if you live your life as decently as many atheists?

[ozonmojo]

Why blame Jolie and "People " alone? Most of the media is in the pocket of the celebraties for its livlihood.

[susanpew]

Yeah, I saw the $14 million dollar pictures and they didn''t bother to bathe the kids for the shoot. I couldn''t believe it! Shiloh had broken off nail polish on a couple of fingers and Pax''s hair was just plain dirty. I think these people are way over exposed and totally full of themselves. I don''t care for either one of them frankly. I see the kids getting therapy in their future as the family can''t seem to stay in one place for very long.

[truthislife1]

The real life of celebrities is only portrayed by media. Most of them are not really happy or fulfilled at all.

[newslady4]

Ha ha! This piece is hilarious and fiction! read the recent publicity on Aniston''s biting comments about the woman who helped destroy her marriage on people.com, then read the same "news" piece elsewhere and you''ll see the bias for yourselves.

[czmdm]

Angelina is an idiot with a lot of "weight" in her past, but LeftisVile you are a moron. Please take your crazy religious BS and go jump off a bridge.

[aupouvoir]

Gatefeo - I''m glad I''m not the only one that has noticed the "journalism" trend. I can''t read an article today that has any creedence. Not just printed press either CBS!

[gatofeo]

Today, while waiting in the bank, I watched CNN go on endlessly about a Quaker school that Obama''s children will attend. Then, a report came on about a bank robber and a plea for help identifying him.
Before the robber''s face could be shown, they cut to commercial.
I guess I know which news was more important!
I was a newspaper reporter for 12 years. The c-rap that passes for news today would have prompted my journalism prof to give an F.
Journalism is nothing but showbiz. Witness the blatant favoritism of Obama over McCain. Objectivity in journalism died en masse 20 years ago.