I wish there were something more worthwhile to report about.

get a life

Dear Ligaya—Only an uneducated idiot would make the comment you made!

If you want to blame someone for the loss of jobs, complain to Bush and his corporate cronies - who’ve outsourced almost everything in the U.S., and fired tens of thousands of workers while the CEOs and stock investors pay themselves obscene salaries & profits - while stripping the remaining workers of health insurance. $18,000 is nothing to these people. One of them gifted his secretary a shower curtain costing that much - was it made of diamonds? He wasn’t even sleeping with her.

I’d criticize their spending more than I would the Pitt-Jolies - at least they give back both to U.S. causes like Katrina and to the world community. Angelina Jolie donates 1/3 of her yearly income - about $3 million a year. How many other people - us, other celebrities, CEOs, and politicians do that? Precious few. Even the Bible talks only about donating 1/10.

How about helping hungry kids & adults in America? Have you done your share?The Jolie-Pitts don’t have enough money, nor is it their sole responsibility, to save all of America or the world by themselves.

I’m very glad that they & their friends (Cheadle,Clooney,Damon) are doing what they can to end the Darfur genocide. I’m very glad that their donations makes the difference between life & death in the desert for hundreds of thousands of women & children - providing tents, water, food and basic medical care.

Actually, 18K a year is cheap for a private school - I was expecting it to be twice that at least. The Lycee Francais isn’t that exclusive or expensive a school. I know a lot of professional couples who send their kids to the Lycee. And we have a private Catholic high school whose tuition costs the same.

I don’t think the Jolie-Pitts will live in NYC permanently. They’ve spoken of New Orleans as their home base and as a place they can have a more non-celebrity life. Their family will go location shoots, but home will be N.O.

Angelina & Brad have planned Maddox’s schooling brilliantly. The Lycee Francais is similar to the Montessori schools. Their schools are all over the world but their system of teaching & their subjects are the same. So Maddox first went to an L.A. lycee, then to New Orleans’ lycee, Prague’s, and now Manhattan’s — there’s continuity and stability to Mad’s schooling.

Who cares? How about helping hungry kids in America. People are losing jobs left and right, but we need to know they spend $18,000 a year.