Brangelina: Is All That Sweetness Being Staged?

Speculation surfaces that all those cute shots of the Jolie-Pitt family are nothing more than photo ops. Surprised?

By EOL Staff Feb 19, 2010 5:20 PMTags
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We've seen a whole lotta Brad, Angelina and the Jolie-Pitt clan lately enjoying their time in Venice, Italy, where Angie is about to start shooting her new flick, The Tourist.

From ice cream excursions featuring Shiloh wearing a supercute monkey hat to Zahara doing her usual mugging for the camera, the Brangelina brood certainly seems like a tight-knit group. Heck, even the twins are getting in on all the fun! 

But does all this feel-goodness feel, well, false?

"They are usually very shy about being photographed, but now they're making a point of being seen in public as a happy family unit," a so-called spy tells The New York Post. "They're making a statement. They want the world to know the reports are wrong and they are strong."

Given that Brangelina kept the twins successfully outta sight for almost a year there's probably some kernel of truth to this speculation.

But with all the kiddie cuteness on display (even the haters gotta admit it's a sweet sight!) does anyone really care why the pint-size Jolie-Pitt children are suddenly in the press? Besides, at least it gives us something to talk about other than that Tiger Woods sorry speech, right?

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Whether staged or not, the pics in our Brad & Angelina Family Album are still nice to look at!