Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt only agreed to sell the pictures of their newborn twins to People last August in exchange for $14 million AND positive coverage of the family for the rest of eternity. Jolie had them sign off on a very detailed editorial plan for the family now and into the future as reports by the New York Times.

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While People denies this, the Times has an amazing amount of evidence that Jolie has gone to great lengths to shape her public image by pretending as if she hates the media, but then secretly calling the paparazzi and inviting magazine editors to different events. When she stole away Brad Pitt, for example, she tried (pretty unsuccessfully) to switch the focus to her charity work by quickly jetting off to Pakistan.

We’re torn on this. While it would be much more admirable (and interesting) to read about her humanitarian work in Cambodia, than her spotty, selfish romantic impulses, it’s pretty audacious to expect complete control of a national magazine’s editorial content. 

I think People should prove this is all bull-hooey by being the first to break the dirty, dark lives to be of all her children 15 years from now. I’ll be shocked (shocked!) if all 30 of them grow up healthily and happy. I’m counting the days for the E! True Hollywood Story of the Jolie-Pitt clan. Grease up those printers People!

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