Tom & Gisele: We Got Your Pieces of Meat

31. I believe they showed up unannounced to the people at Goodwill, but there was a camera there early enough to catch Tom putting on his apron. I would bet the photog and/or the press knew when and where to go beforehand. While not related to this exact story, below is part of a NY Times story that shows how some of these things go;

"Us magazine asked Ms. Jolie if she would agree to an interview and be photographed. According to two people involved, she declined — but then offered the magazine another photo opportunity. Ms. Jolie informed it what time and place she would be publicly playing with Maddox, essentially creating a paparazzi shot.

The resulting photo, the origin of which was not made public to Us readers, presented Ms. Jolie in a new light — a young mother unsuccessfully trying to have a private moment with her son."

I think it unlikely a photographer stumbled onto Tom and Gisele by accident, or was there as a result of a cellphone. This is a common practice in the P. R. business.

Posted at 3:12AM on Nov 28th 2008 by kan

32. The organizations also may want the publicity when someone reasonably famous shows up to help. That's guaranteed to get a picture in the media, and that's a reminder to other people to volunteer or donate money. So if the celeb's PR people don't clue in the photogs - my guess is that someone at the soup kitchen would. That's actually why many celebs do things like that - if they're going to be photographed with every move they make, might as well help bring attention to somebody who needs the publicity. I remember Princess Diana saying something about that - she was annoyed by all the photogs, but then decided she might as well make the most of it by drawing attention to certain situations she wanted to help.

Posted at 12:03PM on Nov 28th 2008 by jwoolman

33. Wetherver she does is just wrong, if she doesn't talk to paps she's wrong, if she takes care of Tom's Kid, if she wears glove while serving the food and so on, to all bad comments, you guys are ridiculous, including TMZ. GET A LIFE LOSERS.

Posted at 6:25PM on Dec 5th 2008 by POBox