Thursday, August 28, 2014

Keeping It Secret

When John Kennedy Jr. pulled off his secret wedding back in 1996, someone, whose name I don't remember, was quoted as saying, admiringly, "John Kennedy could run the CIA." I have somewhat the same feeling this morning about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

They got married in France on Saturday and the world didn't find out until this morning, a very impressive act of secret-keeping for one of the world's most famous couples. Between Twitter, the morning news shows and the tabloid covers I read at the supermarket, not to mention people.com, I keep a pretty close eye on mainstream entertainment gossip and there was nothing, absolutely nothing about this anywhere until it was officially announced this morning by a publicist. So far I haven't seen any pictures from the wedding, although I'm assuming a few will be released eventually. In the meantime, this picture of Brad wearing his wedding ring, taken in England today, will have to do.

Brad Pitt Wedding Ring Spotted at Fury Photo Call

So congrats to Brad and Angie, not so much for the wedding as for the private low-key way they pulled it off. They're not really as important or as wonderful as their press coverage makes it seem, but still. This very private wedding is a nice classy contrast to that other Americans-in-Europe wedding that happened in Italy a few weeks ago.

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