Vaginal Cream Davis ([info]teen_rex) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-05-15 19:47:00
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Baby Selling: More Than Trendy, Now Serious Business

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There’s no shortage of sleazy surprises in the world of baby picture pimping. Today, TMZ reports that soon-to-be-dad Matthew McConaughey and his model girlfriend Camila Alves have hired an actual agent to auction off photos of their upcoming newborn’s visage to the major glossies. And the “brand agent” in question, Todd Shemarya, has quite a record — he’s the man behind Brangelina’s record-setting deal with People, and Christina Aguilera’s far less pricey cover with the same weekly.

As disturbed as we are that such a man exists, we’re more saddened to learn that former nude bongo player and hairy beach hippie McConaughey would cash in on his first kid. We're actually starting to miss the hobo doing push-ups outside a trailer we'd grown accustomed to. Then again, the $1MM that he's reportedly been offered by three separate spawn-obsessed mags can buy a lot of t-shirts.

[via Defamer]

There were rumors going around that Brad & Angie might get $10 million for photos of the twins. No wonder Angelina looks so happy to be pregnant!


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[info]asouthernthing
2008-05-16 02:19 am UTC (link)
No reason to think they won't give the money to charity like they did with Shiloh.

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[info]sasa418
2008-05-16 02:38 am UTC (link)
Exactly, they will no doubt donate it. I feel like some of it is going to go toward Hurricane Katrina charities

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[info]grammariscool
2008-05-16 02:48 am UTC (link)
or like. china. and myanmar (sp?)
'cause, you know. UN goodwill and such.

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[info]sasa418
2008-05-16 03:10 am UTC (link)
oh shit yeah, i completely forgot about those. for sure!

i was thinking of all the stuff brad has been doing in new orleans and how they're so into france and all things french now

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[info]chibi
2008-05-16 02:21 am UTC (link)
if bradgelina gets 10m, i hope they donate it all charity again. it's absolutely disgusting people are this interested in a bunch of squishy, old man faced, celebrity babies.

it's not fucking baby jesus, it's a future rumer willis.

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[info]hawaii_bombay
2008-05-16 02:22 am UTC (link)
it's a future rumer willis
*Shudders*

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[info]diablosblood
2008-05-16 02:22 am UTC (link)
its not like anyone cares enough to make it a magazine cover or anything
they're really full of themselves

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[info]simplychristina
2008-05-16 02:22 am UTC (link)
They'll donate it.

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[info]simplychristina
2008-05-16 02:22 am UTC (link)
Brad & Angelina, that is.

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[info]poison____
2008-05-16 02:25 am UTC (link)
hairy beach hippie

i totally read that as "hairy beach nipple". i think it's bedtime.

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[info]clevermonikerr
2008-05-16 02:25 am UTC (link)
I thought that was Doctor Cox at first tbh

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[info]obvious82
2008-05-16 02:31 am UTC (link)
There were rumors going around that Brad & Angie might get $10 million for photos of the twins. No wonder Angelina looks so happy to be pregnant!

whoever said this didn't do their research. They would donate it. She is happy cus she Angelina fucking Jolie

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[info]teen_rex
2008-05-16 02:42 am UTC (link)
i read it on jossip and i know all about them donating their baby photo money to charity. they donated more than $8 million in 2006. i was just teasing jolie.

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[info]obvious82
2008-05-16 02:43 am UTC (link)
gotcha.

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[info]spareohs
2008-05-16 02:32 am UTC (link)
Brangelina donated their money AFAIK so as far as I'm concerned I'm totally down with them getting the highest possible fee.

On one hand I can understand the common argument that they do it so the paps don't stalk them obsessively to get kid pictures, but in this day an age I can't really see 'magazine exclusives' stopping them either - you just know some rival magazine is going to want to get pictures out first, no matter how grainy/stalkeresque they are. And even if I were famous, I really can't see cashing in on my kid like that if I were already wealthy enough to do without the money.

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[info]_girllyzilla
2008-05-16 02:33 am UTC (link)
What charity got all that money from the Shiloh pics?

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[info]sasa418
2008-05-16 02:36 am UTC (link)
I believe they split it up between different ones

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[info]aiyana77
2008-05-16 06:12 am UTC (link)
The CEO of UNICEF issued a press release at the time thanking them for the "very generous donation." I don't know if there were others.

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[info]sasa418
2008-05-16 02:36 am UTC (link)
I hope Brad and Angelina get more than JLo's $6 million

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[info]mini83
2008-05-16 02:37 am UTC (link)
2 words: tax deductible

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[info]jaded_lady
2008-05-16 02:37 am UTC (link)
Angelina and Brad don't really NEED 10 million bucks though, and they donated the money they got for Shiloh's pictures to charity.

Honestly though? I was never that interested in seeing celeb baby pictures. I don't think they're that amazing - especially not ten million dollars worth of amazing.

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[info]maryjaneparker
2008-05-16 02:44 am UTC (link)
I'm so sick of all the "baby unveiling" magazine covers. Christ. It' not really THAT fascinating.

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[info]sunshine1676
2008-05-16 02:46 am UTC (link)
i forgot she was pregnant
guess im not their target market for those photos

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[info]paris_hilt0nxx
2008-05-16 02:52 am UTC (link)
yeah but if Angie and Brad do get ten mil for their baby pics it'd be worth it cause they'd give it to a good cause like they did with Shilohs pics. they actually CARE

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[info]sparkfactory
2008-05-16 03:06 am UTC (link)
Brad and Angelina are going to donate all their money like they did last time, probably.

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[info]watermeloncholy
2008-05-16 03:15 am UTC (link)
Yeah, the Brangelina money is definitely going to China and Myanmar or something.

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[info]rutalking2me
2008-05-16 03:18 am UTC (link)
i think that brad and angie will donate the money to charity. but not every celebrity actually gets money for their baby pics. suri's first pics were for free and halle berry has said that she and gabriel are not comfortable putting their baby in the media.

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[info]preciosatt
2008-05-16 12:45 pm UTC (link)
Which is why she can't take her baby out the house. That's the alternative. If you sell them the interest is waned and if you don't? Better get ready to be a hermit or get really good security.

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[info]dazedpuckbunny
2008-05-17 06:50 am UTC (link)
Exactly. The more you hide and protect your baby, the hungrier and more intrusive those photogs get.

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[info]itzjrock
2008-05-16 03:40 am UTC (link)
Brad and Angie gave the money from the white kid's photo shoot to some charity.. i think.

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[info]scared_money
2008-05-16 03:40 am UTC (link)
lmao

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[info]britneyshears
2008-05-16 03:57 am UTC (link)
I wouldn't even pay to see pictures of them let alone their baby.

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[info]eppard_love
2008-05-16 04:51 am UTC (link)
the problem is..noone cares if you're having a baby with a NOONE. 2 celebs having a baby together = more $.

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[info]twisted_angel20
2008-05-16 07:57 am UTC (link)
esp. if they're both as famous as these two

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[info]eppard_love
2008-05-16 09:48 am UTC (link)
maybe i worded that wrong. my opinion on it is that matthew probably wouldn't get as much moolah for baby pics because the woman he's having it with isn't really known by joe schmo of the general public. therefore people won't really give a crap. 2 big named celebs on the other hand, would be a different story.

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[info]piscesvstaurus
2008-05-16 05:06 am UTC (link)
$10 million to charity?

It's nice to hear that, but I don't think I can do that. Does that make me a bad person?

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[info]watermeloncholy
2008-05-16 05:21 am UTC (link)
It's basically like winning money. If you were filthy rich, why would you need it?

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[info]erraneous
2008-05-16 07:15 am UTC (link)
that looked more like matthew perry than mcconaughey

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[info]megandjim
2008-05-16 07:21 am UTC (link)
Does anyone really give that much of a shit about these people?

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[info]carrie1982
2008-05-16 12:02 pm UTC (link)
There were rumors going around that Brad & Angie might get $10 million for photos of the twins. No wonder Angelina looks so happy to be pregnant!

I called that as soon as the twin rumors started. But you know the two of them will give it to charity.

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[info]lokisapunk
2008-05-16 07:27 pm UTC (link)
imagine the emotional scarring: "I just had you because I wanted the publicity!"

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[info]dazedpuckbunny
2008-05-17 06:49 am UTC (link)
So what if they sell baby pictures? It's not like the infant even knows or cares, and when they get older they can just brag about it. *shrug*

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