Hollywood Rickshaw Rides.

Pune is finally on the world map. Thanks to Brangelina. That's right! Brad and Angie and little Maddox are camping out (in Le swanky Meridien of course) in "downtown" Pune (someone tell the media that Pune does not have a downtown. It has a "city" and a "camp". Thanks) shooting the new Daniel Pearl movie, A Mighty Heart, that Brad's (and ex-wife's) film company is producing. Interesting .
Pakistan refused to let them shoot the movie there so Pune it was (?) ...wonder why they picked Pune of all the non-Pakistan places?
Oh well. Good for my sleepy yet crazy little city except naturally the media and locals are going nuts.

So Brangelina decide to escape the papparazzi outside the hotel and dash out in a rickshaw. I love rickshaws (see picture on my profile). But let me tell you something about rickshaws-no windows, no doors = no privacy and lots of pollution. The average hottie in a rickshaw (I'm drawing from personal experience here :) has an average of 2-3 bikes chasing her so I really don't know what Brad and Jolie were thinking! No hats, no headscarfs, no weird masks...just plain old sunglasses (Brad where were your sunglasses?) and 5-yr old sunglassless Maddox sitting between mommy and daddy. Tres inconspicuous. Not. Of course it was going to get crazy! Cute but not so clever idea.

The only famous gora (white dude) who has managed to pull off the whole rickshaw deal was Richard Branson who drove around Delhi in a Virgin branded rickshaw to promote the airline's new London-Delhi route. Mighty famous but old bearded dude is not so fun to chase.

So anyway Brad & Angie's rickshaw ride didn't really work out for too long and they zipped back to the hotel 20 minutes later. I heard that the rickshaw driver was interviewed on the radio this morning...he must be so famous in the rickshaw scene right now.

The American media is making the whole mob slash papparazzi 'enthusiasm' sound so evil which is really pissing me off. "Brangelina attacked in India". Attacked? Oh please. The only person being attacked was some Brit Papparazzi dude who was almost strangled by the sexy couple's security guard (one of many) when he tried to snap a pic after being told not to. Yawn. Tell me something new.

Brangelina (can someone ban this conjoined naming system?) plan to be in Pune for a while shooting this movie..will keep you posted on the inside gossip!