124-526: The Robert Roe Blacker House , often referred to as the Blacker House or Robert R. Blacker House , is a residence in Pasadena, California , United States, which is now on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . It was built in 1907 for Robert Roe Blacker and Nellie Canfield Blacker. It was designed by Henry and Charles Greene of the renowned Pasadena firm of Greene and Greene . This house
248-528: A Primetime Emmy Award . One of the most influential celebrities, Pitt appeared on Forbes ' annual Celebrity 100 list from 2006 to 2008, and the Time 100 list in 2007. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the Ridley Scott road film Thelma & Louise (1991). Pitt emerged as a star taking on leading man roles in films such as the drama A River Runs Through It (1992),
372-535: A backyard , a front yard or both, which serve as additional areas where inhabitants can relax, eat, or exercise. The English word house derives directly from the Old English word hus, meaning "dwelling, shelter, home, house," which in turn derives from Proto-Germanic husan (reconstructed by etymological analysis) which is of unknown origin. The term house itself gave rise to the letter 'B' through an early Proto-Semitic hieroglyphic symbol depicting
496-489: A personification of death inhabiting the body of a young man to learn what it is like to be human. The film received mixed reviews, and many were critical of Pitt's performance. According to Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle , Pitt was unable to "make an audience believe that he knows all the mysteries of death and eternity." Roger Ebert remarked, "Pitt is a fine actor, but this performance
620-416: A rooming house , unconnected individuals, that typically use a house as their home . Some houses only have a dwelling space for one family or similar-sized group; larger houses called townhouses or row houses may contain numerous family dwellings in the same structure. A house may be accompanied by outbuildings, such as a garage for vehicles or a shed for gardening equipment and tools. A house may have
744-422: A February 2009 interview that he and Aniston "check in with each other", adding that they were both big parts of each other's lives. During Pitt's divorce proceedings, his involvement with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie attracted media attention. Jolie and Pitt stated that they fell in love on the set and that there was no infidelity. In April 2005, one month after Aniston filed for divorce,
868-589: A Namibian passport. The couple sold the first pictures of their daughter through the distributor Getty Images ; the North American rights were purchased by People for over $ 4.1 million, while Hello! obtained the British rights for approximately $ 3.5 million. The proceeds from the sale were donated to charities serving African children. Madame Tussauds in New York unveiled a wax figure of
992-616: A PBS television series focused on worldwide efforts to build environmentally friendly structures through sustainable architecture and design. In 2000, he co-authored an architectural book on the Blacker House with the architects Thomas A. Heinz and Randell Makinson. In 2006, he founded the Make It Right Foundation , organizing housing professionals in New Orleans to finance and construct 150 sustainable, affordable new houses in New Orleans's Ninth Ward following
1116-691: A Time in Hollywood , reuniting with DiCaprio after The Departed , which Pitt produced and DiCaprio starred in. For his performance in the film, he received awards for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards , Screen Actors Guild Awards , and Critics' Choice Movie Awards . This is the second Academy Award for Brad Pitt, his first that he received for acting. In 2019, he also starred in James Gray 's deep space epic Ad Astra , in which he played Roy McBride,
1240-636: A Time in Hollywood co-star Margot Robbie in Babylon , directed by Damien Chazelle . On January 5, 2022, he signed on to star in and produce a racing film on Formula One , directed by Joseph Kosinski , for which he will earn $ 30 million. He reteamed with George Clooney in Wolfs , a comedy-thriller written and directed by Jon Watts , which was released in September 2024. Over his career Pitt has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards (as
1364-648: A brief appearance in the cult hit True Romance as a stoner named Floyd, providing comic relief to the action film. He capped the year by winning a ShoWest Award for Male Star of Tomorrow. In 1994, Pitt portrayed the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles , based on Anne Rice 's 1976 novel of the same name . He was part of an ensemble cast that included Tom Cruise , Kirsten Dunst , Christian Slater , and Antonio Banderas . Despite his winning two MTV Movie Awards at
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#17327806156391488-435: A career-making performance, proving that Pitt could be more than a "cowboy-hatted hunk." He has admitted to feeling under pressure when making the film and thought it was one of his "weakest performances ... It's so weird that it ended up being the one that I got the most attention for." Pitt believed that he benefited from working with such a talented cast and crew. He compared working with Redford to playing tennis with
1612-615: A charitable organization, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes around the world. The foundation made initial donations of $ 1 million each to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders , followed by an October 2006 donation of $ 100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, an organization created in memory of the late American journalist Daniel Pearl . According to federal filings, Pitt and Jolie invested $ 8.5 million into
1736-578: A committee of the Planning Commission. Conservation-minded citizens guarded the Blacker house day and night to keep further fixtures from being removed. Several of the chandeliers sold for approximately $ 250,000 and many of the lamps fetched $ 100,000 each. As Mr. English paid only $ 1 million for the home, he quickly recouped his investment on the sale of the fixtures. He sold the home in 1988, for $ 1.2 million, having never lived in it. When
1860-517: A common measure of prosperity in economics . Contrast the importance of house-destruction, tent dwelling and house rebuilding in the wake of many natural disasters . Building Functions Types Economics Miscellaneous Institutions Lists Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades , including two Academy Awards , two British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , and
1984-415: A countersuit against Pitt during a legal battle over their formerly co-owned vineyard. Jolie's lawyers stated that during negotiations, Pitt had asked Jolie to sign "a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting her from speaking outside of court about his abuse of her and their children." Her complaint stated that he grabbed and shook her during the plane ride, strangled one of their children, and struck another in
2108-436: A demanding role. Troy was the first film produced by Plan B Entertainment , a film production company he had founded two years earlier with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Grey , CEO of Paramount Pictures . Ocean's Twelve earned $ 362 million worldwide, and Pitt and Clooney's dynamic was described by CNN's Paul Clinton as "the best male chemistry since Paul Newman and Robert Redford." In 2005, Pitt starred as John Smith in
2232-892: A foundation. The garbage-sand mixture is also used to protect the house from flooding. In the United States, modern house construction techniques include light-frame construction (in areas with access to supplies of wood) and adobe or sometimes rammed-earth construction (in arid regions with scarce wood-resources). Some areas use brick almost exclusively, and quarried stone has long provided foundations and walls. To some extent, aluminum and steel have displaced some traditional building materials . Increasingly popular alternative construction materials include insulating concrete forms (foam forms filled with concrete), structural insulated panels (foam panels faced with oriented strand board or fiber cement), light-gauge steel , and steel framing . More generally, people often build houses out of
2356-721: A guest appearance on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street . In the same year, the Yugoslavian–U.S. co-production The Dark Side of the Sun (1988) was his first leading film role, starring as a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a skin condition. The film was shelved at the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence , and was not released until 1997. Pitt made two motion picture appearances in 1989:
2480-514: A half years after proceedings began. However, in July, Los Angeles superior court judge John W. Ouderkirk was removed from the case due to concerns over his impartiality as he did not sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt's lawyers. This resulted in the custody arrangement reverting to a previous November 2018 agreement where Jolie has primary physical custody while Pitt has "custodial time" with their minor children. In September 2016,
2604-439: A historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup . The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture . Also in 2013, Pitt had a supporting role in Ridley Scott 's The Counselor . Plan B Entertainment landed its first television series on the 2013–2014 schedule, as their joint venture with ABC Studios , the sci-fi/fantasy drama Resurrection ,
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#17327806156392728-728: A house. The symbol was called "bayt", "bet" or "beth" in various related languages, and became beta , the Greek letter, before it was used by the Romans. Beit in Arabic means house, while in Maltese bejt refers to the roof of the house. Ideally, architects of houses design rooms to meet the needs of the people who will live in the house. Feng shui , originally a Chinese method of moving houses according to such factors as rain and micro-climates, has recently expanded its scope to address
2852-646: A jewelry designer. In July 2005, Pitt accompanied Jolie to Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , where she adopted her second child, a girl. On December 3, 2005, Pitt was in the process of becoming the adoptive father of Jolie's daughter, and Jolie's first adopted child, a boy. On January 19, 2006, a California judge granted Jolie's request to change the children's surnames from "Jolie" to "Jolie-Pitt". The adoptions were finalized soon after. Jolie gave birth to their daughter in Swakopmund , Namibia , on May 27, 2006. Pitt confirmed that their newborn daughter would qualify for
2976-400: A living/eating area, a sleeping area, and (if suitable facilities and services exist) separate or combined washing and lavatory areas. Some larger properties may also feature rooms such as a spa room, indoor pool, indoor basketball court, and other 'non-essential' facilities. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as chickens or larger livestock often share part of
3100-505: A loosely adapted version of a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald . The story follows a man who is born an octogenarian and ages in reverse, with Pitt's "sensitive" performance making Benjamin Button a "timeless masterpiece", according to Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun . The performance earned Pitt his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, as well as a fourth Golden Globe and second Academy Award nomination, all in
3224-723: A lot of lakes." Pitt attended Kickapoo High School , where he was a member of the golf, swimming, and tennis teams. He participated in the school's Key and Forensics clubs, in school debates, and in musicals. Following his graduation from high school, Pitt enrolled in the University of Missouri in 1982, majoring in journalism with a focus on advertising. As graduation approached, Pitt did not feel ready to settle down. He loved films—"a portal into different worlds for me"—and, since films were not made in Missouri, he decided to go to where they were made. Two weeks short of completing
3348-680: A lumber mill based in Manistee, Michigan . Blacker was a member of several lumbering firms in Manistee, including R.R. Blacker & Company; Davies, Blacker & Company and the State Lumber Company. Among other interests, he was also president of the Michigan Steamship Company , original owners of the ill-fated SS Eastland . Robert Blacker preceded his wife in death in 1931. Upon Nellie's death in 1946,
3472-531: A private wedding ceremony in Malibu on July 29, 2000. In January 2005, Pitt and Aniston announced they had decided to separate. Two months later, Aniston filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Pitt and Aniston's divorce was finalized by the Los Angeles Superior Court on October 2, 2005. Despite media reports that Pitt and Aniston had an acrimonious relationship, Pitt said in
3596-586: A producer and actor), two BAFTA Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , a Primetime Emmy Award , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . Over his career he has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances: Pitt visited the University of Missouri campus in October 2004 to encourage students to vote in the 2004 U.S. presidential election , in which he supported John Kerry . Later in October, he publicly supported
3720-491: A recurring role as a weatherman on the late-night talk show The Jim Jefferies Show throughout 2017. A 2017 sequel to World War Z was in announced in 2016, before the film was briefly delayed, then confirmed to be directed by David Fincher, and then ultimately shelved due to budget issues. Pitt starred as Cliff Booth, a stunt double, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio , in Quentin Tarantino 's 2019 film Once Upon
3844-435: A result, the "private becomes ever more public, [and] the desire for a protective home life increases, fuelled by the very media that undermine it," writes Jonathan Hill . Work has been altered by the increase of communications. The "deluge of information" has expressed the efforts of work conveniently gaining access inside the house. Although commuting is reduced, the desire to separate working and living remains apparent. On
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3968-433: A role for which he was required to learn an Irish accent. Critical opinion was divided on his accent; "Pitt finds the right tone of moral ambiguity, but at times his Irish brogue is too convincing – it's hard to understand what he's saying", wrote the San Francisco Chronicle . The Charleston Gazette opined that it had favored Pitt's accent over the movie. The Devil's Own grossed $ 140 million worldwide, but
4092-519: A set of paparazzi photographs emerged showing Pitt, Jolie, and her son Maddox at a beach in Kenya ; the press interpreted the pictures as evidence of a relationship between Pitt and Jolie. Throughout 2005, the two were seen together with increasing frequency, and the entertainment media dubbed the couple " Brangelina ". On January 11, 2006, Jolie confirmed to People that she was pregnant with Pitt's child, thereby publicly acknowledging their relationship for
4216-426: A space engineer searching the galaxy for his father. Pitt's performance was praised as one of his career-best turn, delivering a performance "that weaponizes passivity into a lethal form of self-defense". On April 25, 2020 , Pitt portrayed Dr. Anthony Fauci in the cold open on Saturday Night Live earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. In 2021, Pitt entered
4340-439: A superior player, saying "when you play with somebody better than you, your game gets better." In 1993, Pitt reunited with Juliette Lewis for the road film Kalifornia . He played Early Grayce, a serial killer and the abusive husband of Lewis' character, in a performance described by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone as "outstanding, all boyish charm and then a snort that exudes pure menace." Pitt also garnered attention for
4464-553: A two-episode role on the NBC soap opera Another World . In November of the same year, Pitt had a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom Trial and Error and the ABC sitcom Growing Pains . He appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime series Dallas between December 1987 and February 1988 as Randy, the boyfriend of Charlie Wade (played by Shalane McCall ). Later in 1988, Pitt made
4588-465: A vast and elaborate house may serve as a sign of conspicuous wealth whereas a low-profile house built of recycled materials may indicate support of energy conservation. Houses of particular historical significance (former residences of the famous, for example, or even just very old houses) may gain a protected status in town planning as examples of built heritage or of streetscape. Commemorative plaques may mark such structures. Home ownership provides
4712-503: A weird magnetism that becomes important later in the film." He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor . The following year, he appeared in the legal drama Sleepers (1996), based on Lorenzo Carcaterra 's novel of the same name. The film received mixed reviews. In the 1997 film The Devil's Own Pitt starred, opposite Harrison Ford , as Irish Republican Army terrorist Rory Devany,
4836-465: A well known local studio to produce exact reproductions of the doors and windows that were to be removed. Many of the original pieces were sold on the art market. This incident has been referred to as the "Rape of the Blacker House". National media attention to this sequence of events was facilitated through the efforts of Pasadena Heritage executive director Claire Bogaard. Articles appeared in
4960-557: A worse-than-expected box office performance, Fight Club became a cult classic after its DVD release in 2000. Pitt was cast as an Irish Traveller boxer with a barely intelligible accent in Guy Ritchie 's 2000 gangster film Snatch . Several reviewers were critical of Snatch ; however, most praised Pitt. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said Pitt was "ideally cast as an Irishman whose accent
5084-468: A yard sale fashion. Furniture built for the Blacker House is now in museums and in the hands of wealthy collectors and Hollywood luminaries. One family, the Andersons, lived down the street and were able to buy a large lot of furniture. In 1990, an Anderson family member offered the then-owners of the Blacker House the ability to purchase the breakfast room table for the remarkable sum of $ 390,000.00;
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5208-406: A young runaway (played by Juliette Lewis ) in the 1990 NBC television movie Too Young to Die? , the story of an abused teenager sentenced to death for a murder. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Pitt is a magnificent slimeball as her hoody boyfriend; looking and sounding like a malevolent John Cougar Mellencamp , he's really scary." The same year, Pitt co-starred in six episodes of
5332-485: Is a miscalculation." In 1999, Pitt portrayed Tyler Durden in Fight Club , a film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk 's novel of the same name , directed by David Fincher . Pitt prepared for the part with lessons in boxing , taekwondo , and grappling . To look the part, Pitt consented to the removal of pieces of his front teeth which were restored when filming ended. While promoting Fight Club , Pitt said that
5456-430: Is so thick even Brits can't understand him", going on to say that, before Snatch , Pitt had been "shackled by roles that called for brooding introspection, but recently he has found his calling in black comic outrageousness and flashy extroversion;" while Amy Taubin of The Village Voice claimed that "Pitt gets maximum comic mileage out of a one-joke role". The following year Pitt starred opposite Julia Roberts in
5580-555: The Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post and The New York Times . Pasadena enacted an emergency ordinance, known as the Blacker Ordinance, which attempted to limit the ability of people owning homes designed by Greene and Greene to dismantle or otherwise destroy artifacts therein. Although not a direct prohibition, the ordinance delayed for up to one year any changes or alterations, subject to review of
5704-483: The 17th Century Dutch house was smaller, and was only inhabited by up to four to five members. This was because they embraced "self-reliance" in contrast to the dependence on servants, and a design for a lifestyle centered on the family. It was important for the Dutch to separate work from domesticity, as the home became an escape and a place of comfort . This way of living and the home has been noted as highly similar to
5828-473: The 1995 ceremony , his performance was poorly received. According to the Dallas Observer , "Brad Pitt [...] is a large part of the problem [in the film]. When directors play up his cocky, hunkish, folksy side [...] he's a joy to watch. But there's nothing about him that suggests inner torment or even self-awareness, which makes him a boring Louis." Following the release of Interview with
5952-463: The 2007 Venice Film Festival , with Pitt playing a "scary and charismatic" role, according to Lewis Beale of Film Journal International , and earning Pitt the Volpi Cup award for Best Actor at the 64th Venice International Film Festival . He eventually collected the award one year later at the 2008 festival . As of January 2019, it was his own favorite of his films. Pitt's next appearance
6076-610: The Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe. That same year, Pitt's company Plan B Entertainment produced The Departed , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture . Pitt was credited on-screen as a producer; however, only Graham King was ruled eligible for the Oscar win. Reprising his role as Rusty Ryan in a third picture, Pitt starred in 2007's Ocean's Thirteen . While less lucrative than
6200-501: The Doug Liman -directed action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith , in which a bored married couple discover that each is an assassin sent to kill the other. The feature received reasonable reviews but was generally lauded for the chemistry between Pitt and Angelina Jolie , who played his character's wife Jane Smith. The Star Tribune noted that "while the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and
6324-675: The FBI and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services investigated Pitt for child abuse following an incident on a plane, where Pitt was accused by an anonymous person of being "verbally abusive" and "physical" towards one of his children. Pitt was not criminally charged for the incident by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, or by the FBI. In 2022, Jolie filed
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#17327806156396448-552: The Haiti earthquake . Pitt is a supporter of same-sex marriage . In an October 2006 interview with Esquire , Pitt said that he would marry Jolie when everyone in America is legally able to marry. In September 2008, he donated $ 100,000 to the campaign against California's 2008 ballot proposition Proposition 8 , an initiative to overturn the state Supreme Court decision that had legalized same-sex marriage . In March 2012, Pitt
6572-664: The Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . In a performance that attracted strong praise, he portrayed the Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in the drama Moneyball , which is based on the 2003 book of the same name written by Michael Lewis . Moneyball received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Pitt. His next role was as mob hitman Jackie Cogan in Andrew Dominik 's 2012 Killing Them Softly , based on
6696-583: The autonomous buildings , the super insulated houses and houses built to the Passivhaus standard. Buildings with historical importance have legal restrictions. New houses in the UK are not covered by the Sale of Goods Act . When purchasing a new house, the buyer has different legal protection than when buying other products. New houses in the UK are covered by a National House Building Council guarantee. With
6820-552: The contemporary family and their dwellings. By the end of the 17th century, the house layout was transformed to become employment-free, enforcing these ideas for the future. This came in favour for the Industrial Revolution , gaining large-scale factory production and workers. The house layout of the Dutch and its functions are still relevant today. In the American context, some professions, such as doctors, in
6944-524: The kitchen or another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room . In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as chickens or larger livestock (like cattle) may share part of the house with humans. The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household . Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, although households may also have other social groups , such as roommates or, in
7068-512: The romantic comedy The Mexican , a film that garnered a range of reviews but enjoyed box office success. Pitt's next role, in 2001's $ 143 million-grossing Cold War thriller Spy Game , was as Tom Bishop, an operative of the CIA 's Special Activities Division , mentored by Robert Redford 's character. Mark Holcomb of Salon.com enjoyed the film, although he noted that neither Pitt nor Redford provided "much of an emotional connection for
7192-446: The 1991 film Johnny Suede , a low-budget picture about an aspiring rock star, and the 1992 live-action/animated fantasy film Cool World , although neither furthered his career, having poor reviews and box office performance. Pitt took on the role of Paul Maclean in the 1992 biographical film A River Runs Through It , directed by Robert Redford . His portrayal of the character was described by People ' s Janet Mock as
7316-572: The 19th and early 20th century typically operated out of the front room or parlor or had a two-room office on their property, which was detached from the house. By the mid 20th century, the increase in high-tech equipment created a marked shift whereby the contemporary doctor typically worked from an office or hospital . Technology and electronic systems has caused privacy issues and issues with segregating personal life from remote work . Technological advances of surveillance and communications allow insight of personal habits and private lives. As
7440-429: The 2005 film Rumor Has It . House A house is a single-unit residential building . It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood , masonry , concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing , electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into
7564-545: The Coward Robert Ford (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), and The Big Short (2015). In 2001, Pitt co-founded the production company Plan B Entertainment . As a producer he won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 12 Years a Slave (2013) and was nominated for Moneyball (2011) and The Big Short (2015). Pitt was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1995 and 2000. William Bradley Pitt
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#17327806156397688-540: The Sea , a romantic drama about a marriage in crisis, based on her screenplay. The film was their first collaboration since 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith . Pitt's next role came with the biographical comedy-drama The Big Short , which he also produced and also co-starred alongside Christian Bale , Steve Carell , and Ryan Gosling . The film was a commercial and critical success. It went on to gross over $ 102 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics. The film
7812-738: The Vampire , Pitt starred in Legends of the Fall (1994), based on a novel by the same name by Jim Harrison , set in the American West during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Portraying Tristan Ludlow, son of Colonel William Ludlow ( Anthony Hopkins ) a Cornish immigrant, Pitt received his first Golden Globe Award nomination, in the Best Actor category. Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas co-starred as Pitt's brothers. Although
7936-616: The animated television series King of the Hill . Pitt had two major film roles in 2004, starring as Achilles in Troy , and reprising his role, Rusty Ryan , in the sequel Ocean's Twelve . He spent six months sword training before the filming of Troy , based on the Iliad . An on-set injury to his Achilles tendon delayed production on the picture for several weeks. Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post stated that Pitt excelled at such
8060-420: The audience". On November 22, 2001, Pitt made a guest appearance in the eighth season of the television series Friends , playing a man with a grudge against Rachel Green , played by Jennifer Aniston , to whom Pitt was married at the time. For this performance he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series . In December 2001, Pitt played Rusty Ryan in
8184-432: The background. After years of supporting roles in film and frequent television guest appearances, Pitt attracted wider recognition in his supporting role in Ridley Scott 's 1991 road film Thelma & Louise . He played J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma ( Geena Davis ). His love scene with Davis has been cited as the event that defined Pitt as a sex symbol . After Thelma & Louise , Pitt starred in
8308-505: The category for Best Actor. The film received thirteen Academy Award nominations, and grossed $ 329 million at the box office worldwide. Pitt's next leading role came in 2009 with the Quentin Tarantino -directed war film Inglourious Basterds , which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival . Pitt played Lieutenant Aldo Raine, an American resistance fighter battling Nazis in German-occupied France. The film
8432-473: The construction process. They include: In the developed world, energy-conservation has grown in importance in house design. Housing produces a major proportion of carbon emissions (studies have shown that it is 30% of the total in the United Kingdom ). Development of a number of low-energy building types and techniques continues. They include the zero-energy house , the passive solar house ,
8556-583: The coursework for a degree, Pitt left the university and moved to Los Angeles, where he took acting lessons and worked odd jobs. He has named Gary Oldman , Sean Penn , and Mickey Rourke as his early acting heroes. While struggling to establish himself in Los Angeles , Pitt took lessons from acting coach Roy London . His acting career began in 1987, with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out (1987), No Man's Land (1987) and Less than Zero (1987). In May 1987, he made his television debut in
8680-488: The crime thriller Seven , playing a detective on the trail of a serial killer who preys on people he considers guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins . Pitt called it a great movie and declared the part would expand his acting horizons. He expressed his intent to move on from "this 'pretty boy' thing [...] and play someone with flaws." His performance was critically well received, with Variety saying that it
8804-559: The crisis in the Darfur region. Along with Clooney, Damon, Don Cheadle , David Pressman , and Jerry Weintraub , Pitt is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention on stopping "mass atrocities". Pitt has a sustained interest in architecture, even taking time away from film to study computer-aided design at the Los Angeles offices of renowned architect Frank Gehry . He narrated e2 design ,
8928-410: The design of interior spaces, with a view to promoting harmonious effects on the people living inside the house, although no actual effect has ever been demonstrated. Feng shui can also mean the "aura" in or around a dwelling, making it comparable to the real estate sales concept of "indoor-outdoor flow". The square footage of a house in the United States reports the area of "living space", excluding
9052-406: The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina . The project involves 13 architectural firms and the environmental organization Global Green USA , with several of the firms donating their services. Pitt and philanthropist Steve Bing have each committed $ 5 million in donations. The first six homes were completed in October 2008, and in September 2009 Pitt received an award in recognition of
9176-517: The developing world. He narrated the 2005 PBS public television series Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge , which discusses current global health issues. The following year Pitt and Jolie flew to Haiti , where they visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean . In May 2007, Pitt and Jolie donated $ 1 million to three organizations in Chad and Sudan dedicated to those affected by
9300-463: The dwelling space. Houses generally have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms , a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room . A house may have a separate dining room , or the eating area may be integrated into
9424-454: The fifth millennium BC and with its contents still preserved was for example excavated at Tell Madhur in Iraq . Roman architect Vitruvius ' theories have claimed the first form of architecture as a frame of timber branches finished in mud, also known as the primitive hut . Philip Tabor later states the contribution of 17th century Dutch houses as the foundation of houses today. As far as
9548-637: The film explored not taking one's aggressions out on someone else but to "have an experience, take a punch more and see how you come out on the other end." Fight Club premiered at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival . Despite divided critical opinion on the film as a whole, Pitt's performance was widely praised. Paul Clinton of CNN noted the risky yet successful nature of the film, while Variety remarked upon Pitt's ability to be "cool, charismatic and more dynamically physical, perhaps than [...] his breakthrough role in Thelma and Louise ". In spite of
9672-483: The film visibility. Pitt later said he regarded taking the part as one of the best decisions of his career. The film was screened at a special presentation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was later featured at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival . Babel received seven Academy and Golden Globe award nominations, winning the Best Drama Golden Globe, and earned Pitt a nomination for
9796-519: The film's reception was mixed, many film critics praised Pitt's performance. Janet Maslin of The New York Times said, "Pitt's diffident mix of acting and attitude works to such heartthrob perfection it's a shame the film's superficiality gets in his way." The Deseret News predicted that Legends of the Fall would solidify Pitt's reputation as a lead actor. In 1995, Pitt starred alongside Morgan Freeman , Gwyneth Paltrow , and Kevin Spacey in
9920-431: The first images of the twins were jointly sold to People and Hello! for $ 14 million— the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken . The couple donated the proceeds to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Since Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on September 19, 2016, they have been embroiled in a custody battle over their children. Jolie had full custody until May 2021 when Pitt was granted joint custody, over four and
10044-455: The first in a supporting role in the comedy Happy Together ; the second a featured role in the horror film Cutting Class , the first of Pitt's films to reach theaters. He made guest appearances on television series Head of the Class , Freddy's Nightmares , Thirtysomething , and (for a second time) Growing Pains . Pitt was cast as Billy Canton, a drug addict who takes advantage of
10168-553: The first time. Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement in April 2012 after seven years together. They were legally married on August 14, 2014, and had their wedding in a private ceremony at the Château Miraval , France on August 23, 2014. On September 19, 2016, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. On April 12, 2019, the divorce became legal. In 2022, he began dating Ines de Ramon (b. 1992),
10292-406: The first two films, this sequel earned $ 311 million at the international box office. Pitt's next film role was as American outlaw Jesse James in the 2007 Western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford , adapted from Ron Hansen 's 1983 novel of the same name . Directed by Andrew Dominik and produced by Pitt's company Plan B Entertainment, the film premiered at
10416-401: The foundation in 2006; it gave away $ 2.4 million in 2006 and $ 3.4 million in 2007. In June 2009, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $ 1 million to a U.N. refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants. In January 2010, the foundation donated $ 1 million to Doctors Without Borders for emergency medical assistance to help victims of
10540-768: The garage and other non-living spaces. The "square metres" figure of a house in Europe reports the area of the walls enclosing the home, and thus includes any attached garage and non-living spaces. The number of floors or levels making up the house can affect the square footage of a home. Humans often build houses for domestic or wild animals , often resembling smaller versions of human domiciles. Familiar animal houses built by humans include birdhouses , hen houses and dog houses , while housed agricultural animals more often live in barns and stables . Many houses have several large rooms with specialized functions and several very small rooms for other various reasons. These may include
10664-825: The general public in 1908. Prefab techniques became popular after World War II . First small inside rooms framing, then later, whole walls were prefabricated and carried to the construction site . The original impetus was to use the labor force inside a shelter during inclement weather. More recently, builders have begun to collaborate with structural engineers who use finite element analysis to design prefabricated steel-framed homes with known resistance to high wind loads and seismic forces . These newer products provide labor savings, more consistent quality, and possibly accelerated construction processes. Lesser-used construction methods have gained (or regained) popularity in recent years. Though not in wide use, these methods frequently appeal to homeowners who may become actively involved in
10788-432: The growth of dense settlement, humans designed ways of identifying houses and parcels of land. Individual houses sometimes acquire proper names , and those names may acquire in their turn considerable emotional connotations. A more systematic and general approach to identifying houses may use various methods of house numbering . Houses may express the circumstances or opinions of their builders or their inhabitants. Thus,
10912-466: The heist film Ocean's Eleven , a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack original . He joined an ensemble cast including George Clooney , Matt Damon , Andy García , and Julia Roberts. Well received by critics, Ocean's Eleven was highly successful at the box office, earning $ 450 million worldwide. Pitt appeared in two episodes of MTV's reality series Jackass in February 2002, first running through
11036-544: The home was offered for sale in 1994 it was purchased by Harvey and Ellen Knell. At the time the couple were in escrow on another Greene and Greene house, however, they backed out of that purchase in order to obtain the Blacker house. The Knells worked with Randall Makinson, a restoration architect with a specialty in Greene and Greene, and James Ipekjian, a master craftsman, along with an entire team of like minded mastercraftsmen that were specialists in their fields. The building
11160-554: The horror film World War Z (2013), and the action film Bullet Train (2022). Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino 's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in the science fiction drama 12 Monkeys (1995), the fantasy romance The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and the sports drama Moneyball (2011). He also starred in acclaimed films such as Fight Club (1999), Babel (2006), The Assassination of Jesse James by
11284-438: The house with humans. Most conventional modern houses will at least contain a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. The names of parts of a house often echo the names of parts of other buildings, but could typically include: Little is known about the earliest origin of the house and its interior; however, it can be traced back to the simplest form of shelters. An exceptionally well-preserved house dating to
11408-591: The houses accommodated numerous people, including family, relatives, employees, servants and their guests. Their lifestyles were largely communal, as areas such as the Great Hall enforced the custom of dining and meetings and the Solar intended for shared sleeping beds. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Italian Renaissance Palazzo consisted of plentiful rooms of connectivity. Unlike
11532-656: The idea of the home is concerned, the home of the home is the Netherlands . This idea's crystallization might be dated to the first three-quarters of the 17th century, when the Dutch Netherlands amassed the unprecedented and unrivalled accumulation of capital, and emptied their purses into domestic space. In the Middle Ages , the Manor Houses facilitated different activities and events. Furthermore,
11656-561: The late 1980s to early 1990s, Pitt was romantically involved with several of his co-stars, including Robin Givens ( Head of the Class ), Jill Schoelen ( Cutting Class ), and Juliette Lewis ( Too Young to Die? and Kalifornia ). Pitt was 27 and Lewis was 17 at the time of their relationship. Subsequently, Pitt had a much-publicized romance and engagement to his Seven co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow , whom he dated from 1994 to 1997. Pitt met actress Jennifer Aniston in 1998; they married in
11780-480: The nearest available material, and often tradition or culture govern construction-materials, so whole towns, areas, counties or even states/countries may be built out of one main type of material. For example, a large portion of American houses use wood, while most British and many European houses use stone, brick, or mud. In the early 20th century, some house designers started using prefabrication . Sears, Roebuck & Co. first marketed their Sears Catalog Homes to
11904-459: The novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins . In 2013, Pitt starred in World War Z , a thriller about a zombie apocalypse , based on Max Brooks 's novel of the same name . Pitt also produced the film. World War Z grossed $ 540 million at the box office worldwide, becoming Pitt's highest grossing picture. Next in 2013, he produced, and played a small role in, 12 Years a Slave ,
12028-429: The other hand, some architects have designed homes in which eating, working and living are brought together. In many parts of the world, houses are constructed using scavenged materials. In Manila 's Payatas neighborhood, slum houses are often made of material sourced from a nearby garbage dump. In Dakar , it is common to see houses made of recycled materials standing atop a mixture of garbage and sand which serves as
12152-526: The physical integration of the corridor into housing by the 19th century. Sociologist Witold Rybczynski wrote, "the subdivision of the house into day and night uses, and into formal and informal areas, had begun." Rooms were changed from public to private as single entryways forced notions of entering a room with a specific purpose. Compared to the large scaled houses in England and the Renaissance,
12276-460: The principle of public funding for embryonic stem-cell research . "We have to make sure that we open up these avenues so that our best and our brightest can go find these cures that they believe they will find", he said. In support of this he endorsed Proposition 71 , a California ballot initiative intended to provide state government funding for stem-cell research. Pitt supports One Campaign , an organization aimed at combating AIDS and poverty in
12400-547: The project from the U.S. Green Building Council , a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built and operated. Pitt met with U.S. President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in March 2009 to promote his concept of green housing as a national model and to discuss federal funding possibilities. In September 2006, Pitt and Jolie established
12524-431: The property to Barton English, a Princeton graduate and rancher from Texas, and Michael Carey, a prominent dealer of Arts and Crafts era antiques from New York City. Shortly after the close of escrow , Mr. English hired a well known local antique dealer to remove more than forty-eight original lighting fixtures for him. Later, he also removed some of the leaded art glass doors, windows, and transom panels, after commissioning
12648-486: The property went into probate as the Blackers did not identify any heirs. In her Last Will and Testament, Nellie specified the house, land, and its furnishings were to be sold as a whole and not parceled off. Unfortunately, the representative of Nellie Blacker's estate decided to maximize the value of the assets instead. As a result, the seven acre (2.8 hectare) estate was sold without its furnishings, then subdivided by
12772-410: The purchaser into smaller parcels, destroying the gardens in the process. The main residence ended up on just one acre (0.4 hectare). The garage became a separate residence, as did the caretaker's cottage. The remainder of the gardens were subdivided into separate lots. More notable, though, was the infamous "yard sale" conducted shortly after the sale in probate where the furnishing were sold off, in
12896-512: The qualities and uses of the Manor Houses, most rooms of the palazzo contained no purpose, yet were given several doors. These doors adjoined rooms in which Robin Evans describes as a "matrix of discrete but thoroughly interconnected chambers." The layout allowed occupants to freely walk room to room from one door to another, thus breaking the boundaries of privacy . An early example of
13020-728: The recording business by creating a company with French record producer Damien Quintard . Set in Pitt's Chateau Miraval in South of France, Miraval Studios will re-open in 2022 after two decades of inactivity. The previous version of the studio was one of the most iconic studios in the world, producing the records for Pink Floyd , the Cranberries , AC/DC , Sade and Muse , among others. In 2022, Pitt starred in Bullet Train , directed by David Leitch , and reunited with his Once Upon
13144-574: The same corridor. English architect Sir Roger Pratt states "the common way in the middle through the whole length of the house, [avoids] the offices from one molesting the other by continual passing through them." Social hierarchies within the 17th century were highly regarded, as architecture was able to epitomize the servants and the upper class. More privacy is offered to the occupant as Pratt further claims, "the ordinary servants may never publicly appear in passing to and fro for their occasions there." This social divide between rich and poor favored
13268-580: The segregation of rooms and consequent enhancement of privacy may be found in 1597 at the Beaufort House built in Chelsea, London . It was designed by English architect John Thorpe who wrote on his plans, "A Long Entry through all". The separation of the passageway from the room developed the function of the corridor . This new extension was revolutionary at the time, allowing the integration of one door per room, in which all universally connected to
13392-502: The short-lived Fox drama Glory Days and took a supporting role in the HBO television film The Image . His next appearance came in the 1991 film Across the Tracks ; Pitt portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner with a criminal brother, played by Rick Schroder . The same year he featured in a Levi's jeans TV commercial based around the song " 20th Century Boy " which played in
13516-566: The stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry". Mr. & Mrs. Smith earned $ 478 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest hits of 2005. For his next film, Pitt starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Alejandro González Iñárritu 's multi-narrative drama Babel (2006). Pitt's performance was critically well-received, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that he was credible and gave
13640-656: The streets of Los Angeles with several cast members in gorilla suits, and in a subsequent episode participating in his own staged abduction. In the same year, Pitt had a cameo role in George Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . He took on his first voice-acting roles in 2003, speaking as the titular character of the DreamWorks animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and playing Boomhauer 's brother, Patch , in an episode of
13764-423: The table was later sold at auction for approximately $ 70,000. On 19 June 2007, the following Greene and Greene items; living room chair, bedroom chair, and bedroom andirons were sold at Sotheby's fetching prices, including Buyer's premium and New York sales tax, of $ 913,600, $ 396,000, and $ 66,000 respectively. The house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Max Hill in the 1950s. In 1985, recently widowed, Mrs. Hill sold
13888-530: The tail rafters cantilevering beyond the roof line needed to be replaced. After four years of restoration, a benefit dinner hosted by actor Brad Pitt celebrated the completion of the project. In the movie Back to the Future , interior shots of Dr. Brown's house were taken inside the Blacker House; the exterior shots were of the Blacker House's "smaller brother", the Gamble House . It is briefly seen in
14012-682: The two-month-old; it marked the first time an infant had been honoured with a statue in the museum. On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam. Pitt adopted the boy in the United States on February 21, 2008. At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008, Jolie confirmed that she was expecting twins. She gave birth to son and daughter on July 12, 2008 in Nice , France. The rights for
14136-520: The western Legends of the Fall (1994), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the crime thriller Seven (1995). Pitt found greater commercial success starring in Steven Soderbergh 's heist film Ocean's Eleven (2001), and reprised his role in its sequels. He cemented his leading man status starring in blockbusters such as the historical epic Troy (2004), the romantic crime film Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),
14260-566: Was a box office hit, taking $ 311 million worldwide, and garnered generally favorable reviews. The film received multiple awards and nominations , including eight Academy Award nominations and seven MTV Movie Award nominations, including Best Male Performance for Pitt. He next voiced the superhero character Metro Man in the 2010 animated feature Megamind . Pitt produced and appeared in Terrence Malick 's experimental drama The Tree of Life , co-starring Sean Penn , which won
14384-687: Was a critical failure. Later that year, he led as Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in the Jean-Jacques Annaud film Seven Years in Tibet . Pitt trained for months for the role, which demanded significant mountain climbing and trekking practice, including rock climbing in California and the European Alps with his co-star David Thewlis . Pitt had the lead role in 1998's fantasy romance film Meet Joe Black . He portrayed
14508-462: Was a lavish project for the Greene brothers, costing in excess of US$ 100,000.00 ($ 3.27 million today). Everything for the house was custom designed, down to the teak escutcheon plates of the upstairs mahogany panel doors to the linen closets with their ebony cloud adorned keys. Robert R. Blacker (1845–1931) was a retired Michigan lumberman . Nellie Canfield Blacker was the daughter of John Canfield, owner-operator of Canfield & Wheeler,
14632-698: Was born on December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma , to William Alvin Pitt, the proprietor of a trucking company, and Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), a school counselor. The family soon moved to Springfield, Missouri , where he lived together with his younger siblings, Douglas Pitt (b. 1966) and Julie (née Pitt) Neal (b. 1969). Born into a conservative Christian household, he was raised as Southern Baptist and later "oscillate[d] between agnosticism and atheism ." He later reconciled his belief in spirituality. Pitt has described Springfield as " Mark Twain country, Jesse James country," having grown up with "a lot of hills,
14756-516: Was featured in a performance of Dustin Lance Black 's play, 8 – a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage – as Judge Vaughn Walker . In September 2012, Pitt reaffirmed his support for Obama, saying, "I am an Obama supporter and I'm backing his U.S. election campaign ." In October 2020, he narrated an advertisement for Joe Biden 's 2020 presidential campaign . From
14880-524: Was in the 2008 black comedy Burn After Reading , his first collaboration with the Coen brothers . The film received a positive reception from critics, with The Guardian calling it "a tightly wound, slickly plotted spy comedy", noting that Pitt's performance was one of the funniest. He was later cast as Benjamin Button, the lead in David Fincher 's 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ,
15004-650: Was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, earning Pitt his third Academy Award nomination as producer. In 2016, Pitt starred in Robert Zemeckis 's romantic thriller Allied , in which he plays an assassin who falls in love with a French spy (played by Marion Cotillard ) during a mission to kill a German official in World War II . In 2017, he starred in the Netflix satirical war comedy War Machine , which he also produced. Pitt played
15128-574: Was picked up by ABC . Pitt starred in Fury , a World War II film directed and written by David Ayer , and co-starring Shia LaBeouf , Logan Lerman , Jon Bernthal , Michael Peña , and Jason Isaacs . The film was released on October 17, 2014. By the end of its run, Fury proved to be a commercial and critical success; it grossed more than $ 211 million worldwide and received highly positive reviews from critics. In 2015, Pitt starred opposite his wife, Jolie, in her third directorial effort, By
15252-462: Was restored inside and out. Ipekjian was responsible for re-creating the wood work of the lamps and other fixtures; he even traveled to see one of the original pieces in order to make a correct copy. The house was entirely re-wired and re-plumbed, the structure upgraded to withstand earthquakes, and discreet ventilation ducts were installed. Every shingle was removed and either restored or replaced, all timbers were stripped and refinished, and nearly all
15376-686: Was screen acting at its best, further remarking on Pitt's ability to turn in a "determined, energetic, creditable job" as the detective. Seven earned $ 327 million at the international box office. Following the success of Seven , Pitt played psychotic anarchist Jeffrey Goines in Terry Gilliam 's 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys . The movie received predominantly positive reviews, with Pitt praised in particular. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called Twelve Monkeys "fierce and disturbing" and remarked on Pitt's "startlingly frenzied performance", concluding that he "electrifies Jeffrey with
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