Big easy love - Brad Pitt to build 150 green houses in New Orleans

We wouldn't mind if this construction worker whistled at us. At all.

Actor and hottie Brad Pitt has partnered with film producer Steve Bing to build 150 eco-friendly houses in New Orleans' lower 9th ward.  Pitt and Bing have each committed $5 million to the project. Watch Pitt make the announcement at a news conference on Monday here.

The new houses are draped in pink tarps as they are constructed.  Pitt speculated that this reminds some people of John Mellankamp's patriotic tune Pink Houses, and makes others think of the New Orleans housing problem as the "pink elephant" in the room.

"To build those 150 homes, we need the help of the American people," Pitt said. "We need to all join together to do this. There is no reason why we can't do a thousand homes."

Pitt isn't the only celebrity builing homes in New Orleans.  New Orleans natives and recording artists Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. are building a "Musician's Village" of homes with Habitat for Humanity.

Ain't that America.