Posted by Mary Beth, Thursday 04/30/2009, 7:11 am  

BRAD PITT GETS FRIENDLY WITH A SUMO WRESTLER AND A CELL PHONE

Brad Pitt got up close and personal with a sumo wrestler in Manhattan yesterday.  Brad and the wrestler were filming a commercial for Japanese cell phone company Softbank, which included the wrestler being suspended by four cables (apparently when the commercial airs it will look Brad is holding him up).  Sounds like a whacky premise only the Japanese could come up with, can’t wait to see it!



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  • Anonymous

    Well at least the japanese have more imagination that Americans
    and their famous cell phone commercial 200 people following the phone customer around turning around and saying these are my cell phone helpers.!!

    You INF missed the one pix of Brad holding an umbrella as the
    wrestler is getting out of a taxi..

  • Peter

    That guy is a really famous Sumo wrestler. I can’t think of his name but why didn’t you put his name in the article?

  • Anonymous

    The wrestler is the former Yokozuna, Musashimaru.

  • Anonymous

    wow, brad’s lookin’ OLD! rough leathery skin. He does look more and more like Bob Redford…in look and in (accelerated) aging.

  • KNSat

    The sumo wrestler is the former Musashimaru, who is an American born in Samoa but grew up in Hawaii and still has strong ties to the islands. He is not Japanese but of Tongan-German -Samoan-Portuguese extraction and his birth name is Fiamalu Penitani. He obtained Japanese citizenship in 1996 as a sumo wrestler.

  • Bill in Texas

    You’d look old if you were married to Angelina Jolie too!

  • live from Japan

    At least they are stopping with the CMs (commercials) of Brad or Cameron walking down the streets talking into a cellphone — those were so lame and got old fast! Now to bring down the cellphone costs … rather have that than aging Brad on the boobtoob here.

  • Anonymous

    Brad looks gorgeous as always. Not sure why people say he looks old – wonder what they look like??? Pretty easy to criticize others.

  • Anonymous

    Sh&T,
    Brad Pitt looks GOOD!!!

    I’ll take him anyday.

  • jwy

    Yeowza! He really has aged! I’m not a big fan and I’ve always seen his acting as awkward and pointless, but I admired his pretty face. (Who wouldn’t) So this is really stuning. It’s like reverse Dorian Grey. jwy

  • Sumo Lover

    That’s Musashimaru, the one time champion yokozuna. His heyday was back in the 90′s. He is American (Tongan-born).

  • http://xfileseek.com johnny

    to Bill in Texas
    +500 )