Brad Pitt The Celebrity “Who Make America Great”

This week’s Newsweek magazine features the “15 People Who Make America Great” which includes important contributers from the different parts of life such as artists, charity, celebrity, etc…

The celebrity leading the pack this year is no other but Brad Pitt stating “He lured the paparazzi to Africa, where people really needed the attention.”

The article proceeds and writes:

If it wasn’t for Brad Pitt, most Americans would never have heard of Namibia. They might not know about AIDS orphans in South Africa, or the plight of children in Haiti, or what transpired at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Pitt, 42, has been a movie star for 15 years—and a paparazzi target for nearly as long. Celebrity mags have made millions reporting on his love life, and the obsession only intensified when he began romancing Angelina Jolie. So he started fighting back—but not by punching photographers. If paparazzi were going to follow the couple everywhere, Pitt figured they might as well drag them somewhere that desperately needed the world’s attention. “It’s the first time I’ve actually felt like we have some degree of control over it,” says Pitt, from his home in Malibu. “I can’t describe what an immense relief it is for me.” The splashiest example of his new strategy unfolded just last month.

The entire article, which can be found here, also includes a video of Brad Pitt at a One press conference.

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