MBI Blog → Are the Brangelina Twins’ Pics worth $15-20 Million?
Hello All-
Ok, so my wife showed me this article today regarding how the first pictures of the Brangelina Twins will be worth $15-20 Million! Is this a joke? Seriously, our country is in the midst of recession and a company, which has yet to be named, is offering Brangelina how much money? I wonder how many people this company has laid-off this year? To me this is rediculous… especially seeing that these kids will have millions of photos taken of them in their lives!
But, there is a positive here… Brad and Angelina are planning on giving this money to charity! This is an incredible act of selflessness, in my opinion. My hope is that they plan on keeping this donation, or a large percentage, in the hands of the U.S. Citizens who are struggling in these trying times. Either way, if they make this donation, it is a true testiment to their generosity and personal commitment of making the world a better place. My hat is tipped to them!
Also, one more thing, I remember a while back another set of celebrity twins being born and the family getting paid a big sum (no where near this amount) of money and the people kept the check. I will not say their names on this blog, but it sounds like Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony!
Have fun!
BrAdFeRd
July 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Of course I agree… However, I must add that our society today has it’s prioritites backwards… Let me clarify. The magazine company who is paying for the pictures assumes that over 5M people ($4 issue x$5M =$20M, just to break even) will buy this magazine at the news stands just to get a “glimpse” at the twins. That means that 1 out of every 60 people in the US (to be on the light side, http://www.census.gov) gives a s*** and also means that the
$20M given to charity is only about 1.6%. If 10% of the US buys a magazine to view the twins then the magazine company will make an additional $100M. Not bad for a few pics…
How much does it cost for cancer research????