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The story of the Tower of Babel turns up in Hebrew and Muslim texts, as well as the Bible, but the basic gist is that men tried to build a stairway to heaven and God subverted them by giving them different languages. They could no longer understand each other, so the whole construction fell apart. It's a powerful myth because it carries so many ideas: that there are two worlds and we got the lesser one; that God is spiteful; that cultural differences are the root of all our woes since then; even that crossing a border without permission will get you in a whole world of trouble. Some scholars believe the tower was in southern Iraq, or in Babylon itself. The tragedy of modern Iraq is never mentioned in this superb new film but I'm sure that's one of the things on the minds of the filmmakers, the same Mexican writer and director team behind Amores Perros and 21 Grams . The story of the tower works so well for what the film is about, which is that the relationship between rich...

[An update on the twins' weights: 10 Grams of Baby Fat] The BBC, People, and Agence France-Presse all report that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the proud parents of a new boy and girl. The children are named Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, according to Nice Matin, the local paper which broke the story. Knox seems to be following in the X-name tradition of brothers Maddux (b. 2001) and Pax (b. 2003). The other two daughters in the Jolie-Pitt clan are Zahara (b. 2005) and Shiloh (b. 2006). The new twins were born by Caesarian section on Saturday night at the Hospital Lenval in Nice, France, where Jolie has been awaiting the birth for the last few weeks. Nice Matin calls them "Les bébés les plus célebres du monde" and further describes them as "Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt, un petit garçon de 2 kg 270 et Vivienne Marcheline, une petite fille de 2 kg 280." That would be about 5.00 and 5.03 pounds, respectively. The Associated Press calls them ...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to Adopt a Child from Burma Looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be adding a new child to their family. Insiders have reported that Angelina is planning to adopt a child from Burma and Angie is said to be desperate to offer help to troubled nations, and feels the repressive Republic of Myanmar, or Burma, is the ideal place to adopt another child – preferably, a girl. The couple already has four children and she believes that adopting another girl would balance her family out. According to the source, Angelina’s frustration at not doing enough to help the Third World is exacerbated by her sense that she and Pitt spend too much time in Hollywood.Angelina has spoken in the past of her desire to start a “rainbow” family of children adopted from nations all over the world.She recently said: “Ever since I was about 12, I’ve always wanted to adopt – I don’t know why. We want to have a big, big family.” Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to Adopt a Child from Burm...

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt open an Ethiopian hospital for Zahara Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Foundation has made a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee to establish a health center to help children who are affected by tuberculosis and HIV in Ethiopia. The center is set to be modeled after the Cambodian Health Committee’s Maddox Chivan’s Children’s Center in Cambodia. The Jolie-Pitts are setting up shop at each of the countries that their children are from, naming hospitals after them in each of the countries. Angelina Jolie said in a statement, “Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease.” Brad Pitt said in a statement, “It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission. The fact that poor people continue to die in our world today of TB, a curable disease, because of lack of access...

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt want to adopt a Chinese baby? Can you believe that the adoption rumors are already starting up again? Jeez, give the woman a break. Angelina Jolie just gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline last month. Reportedly, she is so touched by footage of the recent earthquake in China, that she’s looking to adopt a Chinese orphan. A source says, “Angelina is devastated over the earthquake that occurred in China in May. She has been in constant touch with relief workers as part of her UN involvement, and even got her hands on photos of a few orphaned kids. She’s made overtures offering a home to one earthquake orphan, or even two if they are siblings.” I mean, Brad did say that they’d crap out like eight or nine kids before they’re done. They’ve got six now, so it’s not unconceivable to think that they’d adopt some more children. Hey Chinese kids, try to look really sad for your Brad and Angelina scholarship fund pictures. Also, it’ll help if your n...

The wonder twins, Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt will be making their debut appearances on Monday in issues of Hello! and People magazines. Sources say that the two publications split the $10-$15 million asking price for the photos, so that they could be the first to showcase the new Brangelina twins. The Brangelina twins, Knox & Vivienne, will be making their debut in Hello & People magazines Monday Note to self, the magazines won’t be allowed to use the term Brangelina, so I’m feeling the need to use it as much as possible here. I’m rotten like that. The generous couple are said to be donating the proceeds from the sale of the pictures to charity again. I never get tired of celebs actually doing good. Hello! and People are probably going to be recouping their hefty price tag for the photos in sales, so everybody wins. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Fight club Brad Pitt Fight Club Director: David Fincher Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Grenier, Jared Leto, Meat Loaf (20th Century Fox) Fight Club's Utopian Dick by Jonathan L. Beller PopMatters Film Critic Does capitalism have you by the balls? If you're feeling a little limp lately, a little flaccid, emasculated, or impotent, then David Fincher's Fight Club may just have your number. This film kicks butt, and in doing so it also manages to suggest that your need for it and for other butt-kicking films is a late capitalist symptom of contemporary psychosis. In the universe of Fight Club, there are two options. Either you become an Ikea-Boy seeking your erotic gratification in the Horchow collection, or you seek out alternative male community. In this respect the film reminded me of Nicolas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause — its creation of intense relationships and of a hero critical of the social order depends upon its delimitation of homoeroti...

Brad Pitt in troy Here's a gallery of photos from the Warner Bros. Pictures' movie, "Troy," which stars Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger and Rose Byrne. Brad Pitt in troy