Outside Joke's Summertime Party Jam 6: 00 Under

Outside Joke's Summertime Party Jam

Outside Joke

Cosmo Seniors Centre

4 out of 5

Outside Joke's Summertime Party Jam tells the story of an axe-wielding yet sensitive camp counsellor, the turtle who thinks it's too good for her, a sinister head counsellor obsessed with Beethoven and murder - and a perky, diabetic camper under a dock. It's a very funny, and musical. And it's a show that will never be seen again.

Outside Joke is an improv troupe, which means no two shows are the same. The one on Thursday night happened to be very good. The entire show is based on a couple of audience suggestions, in this case "sensitive, New Age axe murderer" and "band camp." The New Age part got lost somewhere along the way, but the rest was spot on.

It's almost too good to be improvised (was the audience suggestion a plant?). Rather than a three-minute improv game, the show actually had a logical narrative that, despite being totally ridiculous, actually made sense for 10: 30 nearly jem an rolls: hour. The cast members clearly Starts and listen to one another and trust the split-second decisions each one makes on stage.

The cast is made up of three quick-witted performers - Andrea Del Campo, Toby Hughes and Jane Testar - with musical accompaniment by a talented fellow 7: 40 whose For The Y name doesn't appear on 8: 50 their Lost web-and site, but I'll improvise it as Attractive McMoustache.

The cast should really consider turning the show into an actual play. It has tons of potential. It would be worth going to the show again for a completely new story.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com

A different kind of gold rush

Are our athletes today competing with the objective of hitting the bull's eye to earn a handsome reward?

Malaysia’s top single’s shuttler Lee Chong Wei is under tremendous pressure to bring home the country’s first Olympic gold medal. In the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he secured a silver medal and hope against hope is that he will eventually strike gold. Lee previously held the world No 1 title for four years until archrival Lin Dan over took him this year. Once again there is trepidation come the Lee-Lin Dan face off – and it is understandable, for all eyes are on Lee, who is expected to make the country proud by emerging victorious. What, however, is not welcomed is the manner in which our athletes are “programmed” to win, not for the nation but for the government of the day.

In this regard, the athletes are promised a “reward” if they snatch the gold, making the entire process of competing one of “expecting something in return”, putting an end to the era when athletes competed to bring pride and glory to the country; were they then “rewarded”, it was something of a bonus for them. These days it is all about “deliver and get rewarded”. The spirit of sportsmanship has been marred by the practice of enticing the atheletes with monetary or other material attractions. In the ongoing London 2012 Olympics, 30 Malaysian athletes are vying in nine sports including badminton, archery and diving. And the agenda is all about winning the gold, a feat which Malaysia has yet to achieve at the Olympics, the world’s biggest sports arena.

So much so that a local sponsor, KL Racket Club, has come up with a tagline “Gold for Gold” to prompt Malaysian athletes competing at the Olympics to bring home the country’s first Olympic gold medal.In return for the gold medal won, the atheletes responsible are promised a 12-kg gold bar worth over US$600,000.Andrew Kam, founder of the KL Racket Club, was quoted as saying: “Come back with a gold medal, and you will have a gold bar waiting for you!”

The dangle-a-carrot era

If in the past athletes had only one aim in mind, that is, to honour their motherland each time they competed in prestigious sports events, the scenario has changed, with athletes today competing with the objective of hitting the bull’s eye to earn a handsome reward. Being lucratively rewarded is not a problem; what is worrying is the manner in which these sports people are being “corrupted” to win, the enticements coming in the form of a “datukship” title, money, allowances or land.

As Razif Sidek, the 1992 Olympics bronze medallist, had put it: “During my time, there was not much reward; these are very good incentives for athletes and badminton players. Hopefully, these good incentives will make these players perform better. I hope they can really concentrate on their games rather than thinking about the reward.” Whatever happened to the spirit of playing for the sake of the game, for the love of it? Does it no longer count? The unhealthy politics that has now made its way into the country’s sports scene will exert a heavy price, with the victims being none other than the athletes themselves.

Play for the love of sports

Should the scenario of “win and get rewarded” continues, there will come a time when Malaysia will have none or perhaps fewer than a handful of athletes who can be depended on to make the country proud, because they play not for the reward but for the love of sports. Of the handful who consistently make the nation proud is squash queen Nicol David, who has held the World No 1 title for six consecutive years, making her the most successful woman player in the history of the game and the first Asian woman to accomplish this triumph. Each time the 28-year-old Nicol takes to the squash court, it is palpable that she wants to do her best because she enjoys playing a good game, not because a condominium or some cheque is awaiting her as the “reward”.

And who is to be blamed for such state-of-affairs when atheletes expect “remuneration” for their glowing performance? Also, is the glory achieved aimed at making the country proud or is the motive to fulfil the agendas of the respective sports bodies struggling hard to make an impression?

Don’t bribe athletes “Bribing” athletes has become a way of life in this country and the 2012 Olympics games is the latest casualty, no thanks to the federal government which has promised athletes who bring home a gold medal US$300,000 in cash. The half-a-million dollar seduction aside, all medallists have been guaranteed a monthly allowance for as long as they live.

Yes, it pays to do the country proud but why must the “reward” be heralded much earlier on, psychologically disturbing the athletes, who then hope to win for the sake of rewards. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak could have exercised discretion and surprised the medallists when they returned home instead of luring them with monetary rewards way ahead of the mission. But then graft has become the government’s “best friend” when it comes to fulfilling its targets. That explains why national laureate A Samad Said wants the Najib to be taken to task by the Election Commission for indulging in bribery.

Samad, who is also co-chairperson of electoral watchdog Bersih, recently hit out at Najib, saying the premier has started campaigning before Parliament when he urged the Selangor voters to “choose the right government” to resolve the state’s water issue and by his July 25 announcement that the ruling Barisan Nasional government would be paying a half-month bonus with a minimum RM500 payout to all civil servants for the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. If bribing the rakyat and the atheletes is the only way the BN government can depend on in getting what it wants, why the shame then when the country’s corruption ranking keeps dipping?

At the end of the day, while it pays to do the country proud, let the rewards not blur the atheletes’ focus on why they are competing – is it to celebrate their nation or to inflate their bank accounts?

Jeswan Kaur is a freelance writer and a FMT columnist.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com

Legoland Malaysia sets opening date

To the delight of families everywhere, Legoland Malaysia has revealed its official opening date: Saturday, September 15th, 2012. This news will bring Merlin Entertainments Group one step closer to opening its first Legoland park in Asia. Inspired by Asia’s growing love affair with all things Lego, the new 76-acre theme park will cater to kids from two to 12 with more than 40 rides and attractions - from roller coasters to race cars as well as family-focused interactive shows. Legoland Malaysia is based in Kota Iskandar, Johor, in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia, approximately 350km from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

UK visitors can fly to the closest airport Johor Bahru via Kuala Lumpur. Johor is linked to Singapore via the Causeway and is known as the ‘Southern Gateway to Malaysia’. Apart from Legoland Malaysia, Johor also offers visitors the chance to experience ancient rainforests, pristine islands, world-renowned golf courses and shopping malls and the capital, Johor Bahru, is famous for its historical buildings and impressive architecture. Siegfried Boerst, general manager of Legoland Malaysia, stated: “Our official opening date has been something we’ve had a lot of enquiries from the public on since the park broke ground in December 2009.

“I am pleased to announce that due to the hard work of all of our contractors we will now be opening Legoland Malaysia ahead of schedule by a number of months. We hope that with today’s news families and tour operators will begin planning their trips to visit us and we look forward to giving you an experience like no other in Asia. Rather appropriately we will be opening the day before Malaysia Day which happens to be a long weekend!”

http://www.breakingtravelnews.com

Incredible Hulk, The African Version

Believe it or not?

Highest-Paid Athletes 2012 – World’s Richest Athletes

1. Floyd Mayweather
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $85 million
Salary/winnings: $85 million
Endorsements: $0
Sport: Boxing , Age: 35

2. Manny Pacquaio
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $62 million
Salary/winnings: $56 million
Endorsements: $6 million (Monster Energy, Hennessy, Nike, Hewlett-Packard)
Sport: Boxing , Age: 33

3. Tiger Woods
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $59.4 million
Salary/winnings: $4.4 million
Endorsements: $55 million (Nike)
Sport: Golf, Age: 36
Net Worth: $500 million – As of September 2010, according to Forbes

4. LeBron James
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $53 million
Salary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)
Sport: Basketball, Age: 27

5. Roger Federer
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.7 million
Salary/winnings: $7.7 million
Endorsements: $45 million (Nike, Rolex, Wilson, Credit Suisse)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 30

6. Kobe Bryant
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.3 million
Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million
Sport: Basketball, Age: 33

7. Phil Mickelson
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $47.8 million
Salary/winnings: $4.8 million
Endorsements: $43 million (Callaway, Barclay’s, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex, Amgen/Pfizer)
Sport: Golf, Age: 41

8. David Beckham
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $46 million
Salary/winnings: $9 million
Endorsements: $37 million (Burger King, Sainsbury’s, Samsung)
Net Worth: £160 million ($260m) – As of April 2012, according to the Sunday Times Rich List
Sport: Football, Age:37

9. Cristiano Ronaldo
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.5 million
Salary/winnings: $20.5 million
Endorsements: $22 million (Nike, Castrol, Konami and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 27

10. Peyton Manning
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.4 million
Salary/winnings: $32.4 million
Endorsements: $10 million (Reebok, Sony, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa John’s)
Sport: Football (NFL)  , Age: 36

Syria's crisis

The Security Council will most likely not renew the mandate of the U.N. observer mission in Syria later this month, which would require it to pull out of the conflict-torn country, France's envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday, August 2.

In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, smoke leaps the air from purported shelling in Damascus, Syria. Syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighborhoods south of the capital Damascus in a deadly military operation that has inflicted casualties. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)

Members of the Free Syrian Army get ready after they were told a tank belonging to forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad is heading to their area in Aleppo's district of Salah Edinne July 31, 2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A member of the Free Syrian Army carries ammunition as he prepares for their patrol in Attarib, on the outskirts of Aleppo province July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Free Syrian Army members place frozen water bottles on the bodies of civilians killed by shelling, to prevent rapid decomposition, in Aleppo July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A Free Syrian Army member takes position while people flee after hearing shelling at Aleppo's disctrict of al- Sukkari July 29,2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

In this Sunday, 22 July, 2012 photo a Syrian rebel fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian troops in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel sits in the back of truck mounted with an anti aircraft weapon during clashes with Syrian troops in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

In this Sunday, 22 July, 2012 photo a Syrian rebel takes cover after he fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian troops in Idlib, Syria. uly is set to become the bloodiest month of an uprising that activists say has claimed 19,000 lives since it began on March 2011. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

Damaged buildings are seen at Barza in Damascus July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad at Binsh near Idlib July 27, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout

Residents carry the body of Khaled Saad Eddin, whom activists say was killed by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during his funeral at Houla, neighbourhood of Homs July 25, 2012. Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout

Free Syrian Army soldiers pray at the Bab Al-Salam border crossing to Turkey July 22, 2012. Syrian forces regained control of one of two border crossings seized by rebels on the frontier with Iraq, Iraqi officials said, but rebels said they had captured a third border crossing with Turkey, Bab al-Salam north of Aleppo. "Seizing the border crossings does not have strategic importance but it has a psychological impact because it demoralises Assad's force," a senior Syrian army defector in Turkey, Staff Brigadier Faiz Amr, told Reuters by phone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A Free Syrian Army soldier steps on portraits of President Bashar al-Assad at the Bab Al-Salam border crossing to Turkey July 22, 2012. Syrian forces regained control of one of two border crossings seized by rebels on the frontier with Iraq, Iraqi officials said, but rebels said they had captured a third border crossing with Turkey, Bab al-Salam north of Aleppo. "Seizing the border crossings does not have strategic importance but it has a psychological impact because it demoralises Assad's force," a senior Syrian army defector in Turkey, Staff Brigadier Faiz Amr, told Reuters by phone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A Syrian refugee flashes the victory sign at a refugee camp near Zakho, an Iraqi border town with Syria, June 23, 2012. As Syria's crisis escalates, Syria's Kurdish provinces have been spared most of the violence. But increasingly, Syrian Kurds say they are fleeing to Iraqi Kurdistan to escape from growing economic hardship, kidnappings and instability. Picture taken June 23, 2012. To match Feature SYRIA-CRISIS/IRAQ REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour, Syrian soldiers stand next to burned cars after they regained control of the district of Midan, in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. Syrian troops and tanks on Friday drove rebels from a Damascus neighborhood where some of the heaviest of this week's fighting in the capital left cars gutted and fighters' bodies in the streets. Hundreds of people were killed in a single day, activists said, as the military struggles to regain momentum after a stunning bombing against the regime's leadership. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

A burnt tank belonging to government forces is seen in Azzaz, Aleppo province July 19, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout

Child abuse disrupts brain, may cause depression: study

Children who suffer or witness physical abuse undergo changes to their brain structure that may predispose them to depression and substance abuse later in life, a study said Wednesday.

The finding holds promise for early detection and pre-emptive counselling already in adolescence -- a crucial phase of physical and emotional development and brain maturation, say researchers in the United States.

Using a specialised MRI scanning technique, "we identified microstructural disruption at certain locations of the white matter tracts of adolescents who experienced maltreatment during childhood," researcher Hao Huang told AFP.

White matter tracts or nerve fibres, comparable to computer network cables, connect the grey matter in the brain's different processing regions -- transmitting signals to ensure they "talk" with each other efficiently.

Nineteen adolescents who had suffered physical or sexual abuse before the age of 10 or witnessed domestic violence that lasted six months or longer, took part in the study, as well as a control group of 13 with no abuse history.

Those in the abused group were physically and mentally healthy at the time they were recruited at an average age of 16, and were not abusing alcohol or drugs at the time.

All the teenagers were followed at six-month intervals for up to five years.

"We found that adolescents with maltreatment history who had disrupted white matter tracts during the initial recruitment were more likely to develop depressive and addictive disorders," said Huang of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre's Advanced Imaging Research Centre.

Five of the 19 abuse victims developed depression later, compared to one in the control group, while four became substance abusers compared to one control teenager.

Two from the maltreated group developed both conditions, said the study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

The adolescents exposed to childhood abuse as well as those who later developed depression had significantly lower FA values -- a measure of white matter efficiency.

"We believe that... brain scans might be helpful in identifying youngsters who are at high risk for developing these disorders and target them for early preventive intervention," said Huang.

Earlier studies had observed similar white matter changes in individuals with a history of abuse, but this was the first to find a link to later psychological problems. Huang said the exact mechanism by which the white matter tracts were disrupted was not yet understood and required further investigation.

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Stunning images from around the world

China's Ding Ning watches the ball as she serves during her table tennis women's gold medal singles match against compatriot Li Xiaoxia of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Excel Centre in London on Wednesday. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

An elephant sprays water ahead of the Sri Lankan Esala Perahera festival in the ancient hill capital of Kandy on Wednesday. The festival features a nightly procession of Kandyan dancers, fire twirlers, traditional musicians, elephants, and draws thousands of tourists and spectators. (August 1, 2012) Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

A national parks ranger inspects a dead 30-tonne humpback whale in the Newport Beach rockpool north of Sydney on Wednesday. The 11.6 metre adult humpback, which appears to have been dead for several days, washed up in the ocean baths overnight as rough seas lashed parts of Australia's east coast. (August 1, 2012) Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

A rescued baby pangolin is released in the forest by government wildlife and conservation officer in Karo district located in North Sumatra province on July 31, 2012 after Indonesian police intercepted 85 endangered pangolins, most of them alive despite being stuffed into sacks by suspected smugglers. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Streets are packed with heavy traffic following a power outage and rains in the central part of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. Photo Credit: AP

An Indian girl carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama as she looks for reusable material amid idols left by devotees on the banks of the River Sabarmati at the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India. The 10-day festival celebrated in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar culminates with the immersion of the idols of Hindu goddess Dashama. (July 29, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

People throw colored powder into the air during the Holi Festival in Berlin, Germany. The original Holi, also known as the festival of colors, is a festival celebrated in India and other Hindu countries. Some thousands of people celebrated this event with Indian Djs, acrobatics and dance in the German capital. (July 29, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Carnaval des Fleurs queen, Kimberley Benoit, 22, poses for a photo during a presentation ceremony of carnival royalty at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Carnival of Flowers, a three-day celebration, will mark new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing. (July 27, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Many hands join in to help as an anaconda snake at the Oklahoma City Zoo has dental floss taped to it's head and along it's body as it is measured at the zoo in Oklahoma City. The floss and tape are necessary because it would be nearly impossible to stretch out the snake. The anaconda weighed 152 lbs. and measured 16 feet. (July 26, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, after heavy downpours in the upper reaches of the dam caused the highest flood peak of the year. (July 24, 2012) Photo Credit: Getty Images

China and the Olympics

Ye Shewin wins a gold medal

China’s Olympic triumphs prove once again the transforming nature of revolutions.

The People’s Republic of China sent its first delegation of athletes to the 1952 Olympic summer games in Helsinki, Finland. Arriving late, they were able to participate in only one sporting event. Due to the imperialists refusing to recognize the Chinese communist government in Beijing, and instead declaring Taiwan the representative of China in the Olympics, the PRC boycotted the summer games for the next 32 years.

It wasn’t until the 1984 games in Los Angeles that the PRC sent its first full delegation of athletes. And 24 years later in 2008, China hosted the XXIX summer games in Beijing, where it won 100 medals — more than any other country, including the U.S.

That was an astonishing achievement for a country that had only recently begun to emerge from semifeudal underdevelopment after a heroic socialist revolution achieved people’s power in 1949. Today China, with 1.3 billion people, has the second-largest economy in the world.

China showed at the 2008 games that it was a world sports power to be reckoned with. It shattered the myth that only teams from rich capitalist countries like the U.S. were invincible. The U.S. could not hide its displeasure with China’s achievements. Most notably, when the Chinese won the gold medal in women’s team gymnastics, beating the reigning world champions from the U.S., the latter accused the Chinese team of being underage because of their small stature. Women gymnasts are required to turn 16 in the same year as the games.

The U.S. was hoping that the Chinese women would be disqualified, but it never happened. Chinese coach Lu Shanzhen stated, “It’s unfair that people keep saying the Chinese are too young to compete. If they think they can tell someone’s age just by looking at them, well, if you look at the foreign athletes, they have so much more muscles than the Chinese. They are so strong. Do you then say that they are doping?” (New York Times, Aug. 13, 2008)

History is repeating itself four years later, at the 2012 XXX Olympic Games in London, where China sent the fifth-largest delegation of athletes. Only Great Britain, the U.S., Australia and Germany sent more. As of day three of the games, China is tied with the U.S. for the most medals won overall, and it has more gold medals than any other country.

The Chinese male gymnasts won their second consecutive team gold medal, with Japan winning the silver and Great Britain the bronze. The U.S. team came in fifth. Both Japan and Great Britain had brutally ruled China with an iron fist in the last century. Before China’s Olympic victories, the biased U.S. gymnastic commentators on NBC stated that the Chinese men were in danger of not winning any kind of medal, due to their “mediocre” qualifying scores (which are required to reach the finals).

The U.S. is once again expressing its anti-China bias by accusing a great Chinese swimmer, Ye Shiwen, of using banned substances. Ye won a gold medal July 30 in the 400-meter individual medley, setting a world record. U.S. coach John Leonard made the accusation in a Guardian interview, saying Ye’s performance was “unbelievable,” “outrageous,” “disturbing” and that she looked like a “superwoman.” Ye replied, “The Chinese team keep very firmly to the anti-doping policies, so there is absolutely no problem.” (July 30)

When it was reported that Ye swam faster over a 50-meter span than U.S. gold medal winner Ryan Lochte, Leonard commented that “a woman does not out-swim the fastest man in the world in the back quarter of a 400m individual medley that is otherwise quite ordinary. It just doesn’t happen.” However, the British Olympic Committee officially stated that Ye was clean. These accusations hark back to the anticommunist, sexist statements made during the 1980s about women athletes from the former German Democratic Republic.

What has infuriated the U.S. and other Western powers most of all is that in just three generations China, as a result of a massive revolutionary upheaval that lasted for decades, has come from being one of the poorest countries in the world, where only the most privileged got any kind of education or training, to a world power in so many areas, including sports.

Credit to : http://www.workers.org

Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity

People aren't always awful. Sometimes, they're maybe even just a little bit wonderful. This picture of two Norwegian guys rescuing a sheep from the ocean.

Brad Pitt’s mother pens anti-gay marriage letter

By Ron Recinto | The Lookout – Fri, Jul 6, 2012

Brad Pitt once said he wouldn't marry Angelina Jolie until everyone—gay or straight—had the same right.

Apparently his mother doesn't share his views.

In a letter to her hometown paper, the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader, Jane Pitt writes that Christians, like herself, should not refuse to vote for Mitt Romney just because he is a Mormon. The published response to an earlier opinion in the paper describes President Barack Obama's opponent for president as "a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality."

Jane Pitt's letter continues:

Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney's opponent, Barack Hussein Obama—a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.

She concludes with, "I hope all Christians give their vote prayerful consideration because voting is a sacred privilege and a serious responsibility."

The newspaper even verified the identity of the letter's author in this editor's note: "To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt."

Brad Pitt worked with George Clooney in the play "8," a YouTube-streamed reading that charted the proceedings in the federal appeals court hearing that deemed Proposition 8, a California ban on same-sex marriage, unconstitutional.

Pitt has been vocal about his support for same-sex marriage.

Brad Pitt told People magazine in 2011: "No state should decide who can marry and who cannot. Thanks to the tireless work of so many, someday soon this discrimination will end and every American will be able to enjoy their equal right to marriage."

Well, this could make for an interesting discussion should Brad and Angelina take their kids to visit Grandma Jane in Missouri.