Brad Pitt As Mayor of New Orleans: Will He Help Brees Age Backwards?
“,”body”:” Brad Pitt as Mayor of New Orleans?\r\n Don’t laugh. The prospect may not as far-fetched as you think.\r\n Tulane professor Thomas Bayer hatched the idea as a gag. A local businessman printed a batch of \”Brad Pitt for Mayor\” T-shirts and it turned into an international story. The rumor continued to pick up steam when the local newspaper, The Times-Picayune, featured it as a Cover Story in Sunday’s Lifestyle section.\r\n Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie moved to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina as part of their off-screen devotion to humanitarian causes, hoping to focus national attention on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.\r\n Pitt immediately pledged $3.5 million to construct eco-friendly houses for the homeless—including many former radio announcers—in the city’s Ninth Ward. The first six of the 150 homes planned opened this year.\r\n Pitt said, \”You have no idea what a high it is for me to see the delight on these people’s faces when they see how these homes work.\”
SATIRE Brad Pitt as Mayor of New Orleans? Don’t laugh. The prospect may not as far-fetched as you think. Tulane professor Thomas Bayer hatched the idea as a gag. A local businessman printed a batch of “Brad Pitt for Mayor” T-shirts and it turned into an international story. The rumor continued to pick up steam when the local newspaper, The Times-Picayune, featured it as a Cover Story in Sunday’s Lifestyle section. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie moved to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina as part of their off-screen devotion to humanitarian causes, hoping to focus national attention on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. Pitt immediately pledged $3.5 million to construct eco-friendly houses for the homeless—including many former radio announcers—in the city’s Ninth Ward. The first six of the 150 homes planned opened this year. Pitt said, “You have no idea what a high it is for me to see the delight on these people’s faces when they see how these homes work.” If Pitt’s intention is to r
