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| | Angelina Jolie says she & Brad Pitt 'have fights & problems like any other couple' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie?s By the Sea got a limited release this weekend, and once all of the reviews were in, I can sort of understand why she didn?t want to do a wider release. Even the Daily Beast branded the film ?boring as f?k? and ?the most depressing two-hour luxury perfume ad of all time.? Vulture made a half-hearted attempt to claim that the film might be an Oscar contender, but even they couldn?t keep up the ruse. Still, with these two, the hustle never dies. The Daily Mail has some exclusive photos of the Jolie-Pitt clan at the airport ? go here to see. And Angelina gave another wordy interview to The Telegraph. Some highlights:
The working honeymoon filming ?By the Sea?: ?There were a few days when we thought it wasn?t the best idea. There were days during filming last year when we were really worried and it was hard. If we had married and were just starting a relationship it would have been a disaster, but because we have been together so long we wanted to see how far we could push our relationship and our love and see if we can work together under very intense circumstances and with very complex issues and see if it would make us better. But at the end we came out of it thinking, ‘This was the best honeymoon,? because the film says, ‘Whatever you go through, weather the storm and stick together.? So it was kind of a message to each other that we are going to stick together whatever comes.?
She & Brad have issues? ?Brad and I have our issues, but if the characters were even remotely close to our problems we couldn?t have made the film. To be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple. We have days when we drive each other absolutely mad and want space, but the problems in the movie aren?t our specific problems.?
Working on Mr. & Mrs. Smith: ?When we first worked together it was very different because we didn?t really know each other and we were young and, it was really a fun film, so we thought, maybe By the Sea was going to be that kind of fun, but realised very quickly that it wasn?t. Then we joked that this is what happens after 10 years of marriage.?
She knows Brad?s triggers: ?Our first few days were quite tricky because no matter what I say, he knows me so well and knows every little gesture when I get impatient, or when I am not really happy. And I was nervous about not being able to have the right direction for him, to see him stuck and not being able to push him. So it was challenging, but we made a private pact that we were going to try to be as open and honest and emotive as possible and give to each other as much as we could and, succeed or fail, we would just lay it bare. These were very sensitive themes and I know Brad?s triggers and what he can do and what he is thinking about so I had to step away and just be very careful in how he was directed. I tried to give him a safe space and tell him to trust me and I would do my best to protect him in the editing room if he would be as open and give me as much of himself and his emotions and his honesty, and he did. I think he worked very hard.?
Turning 40: ?I turned 40 this year and I am so happy. Most women in my family start to get sick and start dying in their 40s and I am going to be very happy to become 50 and 60. I love getting older.?
Taking the kids to Cambodia: ?Maddox is working with me in production so when I have my production meeting he is sitting right next to me and we go though our notes. Pax is going through the photography and Shiloh is sketching the sets. It has to be with family and they have to be a part of it now.?
She hopes she keeps getting directing work: ?I love directing and I would love to be allowed to do more films and I hope I?m a good enough director to keep getting jobs. Most of my films are based on a history that?s important to me. I don?t have the same connection with By the Sea although it?s important because humanity in life is important. But I think I am more comfortable making war films, to be honest. Not that marriage can?t be a little bit like that.?
[From The Telegraph]
I?m not sure what to make of ?I think I am more comfortable making war films.? Like, maybe By the Sea proved that Angelina?s strength isn?t ?moody domestic films.? But I?ve seen Unbroken and while she had moments of genius in directing that film, I wouldn?t say that her strength is directing war movies. Maybe it?s just going to be one of those ?try and try again? things. And why shouldn?t it be? Mediocre male directors gets tons of opportunities to peddle their mediocre visions. Why shouldn?t women?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie Covers WSJ Magazine for November 2015 | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Given all that she?s accomplished, both personally and professionally, it?s only natural that Angelina Jolie is the honored recipient of WSJ Magazine?s Entertainment/Film Innovator of the Year award.
In her cover story for the November 2015 issue, the ?Girl, Interrupted? gal chats about her new movie ?By the Sea? in which she starred alongside husband Brad Pitt as well as served as director- ?It was not easy. We just had to be brave and say, ?OK, honey, we?re strong enough to do this; let?s somehow use this to make us stronger.??
Angelina also noted that her relationship dynamic with Pitt had to change while they were on the set- ?We had to stay in our corners, like boxers, and not be husband and wife. It was very hard to do those scenes without Brad and I taking care of each other. Normally in between takes, you?d make sure that the other?s OK, but we had to be able to really get ugly.?
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| | Angelina Jolie in Tom Ford at the WSJ. Magazine event: stunning or tired? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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OMG. Here are photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the WSJ. Magazine 2015 Innovator Awards in NYC last night. They are wearing his-and-hers Tom Ford. Is this the first time Angelina has worn Tom Ford? Maybe. Update: she’s worn Tom Ford at least once before. Even though she has about a million black dresses and gowns, I really like this one. It?s flattering, I like the velvet and the back detail and her skin looks great. She doesn?t look so tired here. But Brad still looks exhausted! Jewelry note: Angelina?s earrings are 30 CARAT Lorraine Schwartz diamonds with a ?rose cut.? Do you think she borrowed those or does she own them?
Angelina was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as their ?2015 Entertainment/Film Innovator.? The WSJ. Magazine just released their cover story too, but I?ll be covering the quotes and photos in a separate post because OMG. At the WSJ event, Angelina reunited with her Good Shepherd director, Robert DeNiro. They greeted each other with kisses and DeNiro actually looked pleased to see her.
During Brad and Angelina?s Q&A session two nights ago, Brad was asked about what it was like being directed by Angelina. He said, in part: ?Angie and I have such history now ? 10 years ? we?ve been through many things .?.?. She doesn?t have to say anything for me to know what she?s feeling. I certainly know when she doesn?t like a take.?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt step out for NYC screening of 'By the Sea?: lovely' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This is a surprise! At least to me. I heard something about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt doing a Q&A for By the Sea in NYC, but I didn?t realize there would be photos from outside the event/screening. So here you go ? the Brangelunacy is upon us! So many new Jolie-Pitt photos! Huzzah!
I cannot find the ID on Angelina?s dress. Everyone is describing it as ?vintage style,? but could it possibly be real vintage? Anyway, it?s got that baggy, slightly sacky vibe that I know she likes and it?s got a ?70s vibe too, which fits with the movie. I?m surprised to see her in a real color! She does black and neutrals too often. I enjoy her hair this dark, but my one complaint is that she looks pretty tired. She and Brad need to take a good nap together.
As for Brad? I?m still grateful that he?s in a relatively clean-shaven phase these days. I honestly don?t mind Brad?s scarves, because unlike Johnny ?Scarfy? Depp, Brad?s scarves are not attached to five necklaces, ten rings, a rat-chewed hat, metal chains on his pants and an emergency scarf in the back pants pocket. Brad?s occasional scarves seem more like ?he?s being dressed personally by Tom Ford.?
Also: Brad and Angelina cover the new issue of Vanity Fair Italia.
Angelina #Jolie e Brad #Pitt: "Felici di amare". La cover del numero 44 di Vanity Fair #ByTheSea @ByTheSeaMovie pic.twitter.com/rs2qAgMlla
— Vanity Fair Italia (@VanityFairIt) November 4, 2015
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| | Brad Pitt: 'It's surprising how much I enjoy the direction of my wife' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Has Brad Pitt given any major interviews since he married Angelina Jolie last year? I don?t really remember him sitting down with a magazine or doing some in-depth 60 Minutes piece at all. So? I?m prepared to say that Brad probably gave a mega-exclusive to the as-yet-unreleased new issue of V Magazine. Is it a cover story? Apparently, at least according to Entertainment Tonight ? you can see some screenshots here. All we really know is that the piece will be released mid-November and that Brad is talking about what it?s like being directed by his lover/wife/mother of his children.
More than a year after saying “I do,” Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are still crazy about each other. The Oscar-winning actor opens up to V Magazine about working under the direction of his Oscar-winning wife on the romance drama By the Sea, opening Nov. 13.
“It’s surprising how much I enjoy the direction of my wife,” he tells V. “She’s decisive, incredibly intuitive, and might I say sexy at her post. I trust her with my life.”
The couple play spouses in the movie with Angelina taking the role of Vanessa, a former dancer in mid-1970s France, who travels the country with her husband Roland, an American writer, played by Brad. In real life, the couple spends a good amount of time at home raising their six children, and Brad gave one more reason for what makes him a hot dad.
“At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth,” Brad says.
[From Entertainment Tonight]
Brad Pitt thinks it?s sexy when Angelina orders him around, basically. He enjoys a woman in charge. He likes to watch her work. I really do wonder what that says about their sex life. Everyone always believes that Angelina is a vamp, a man-eater, a dominant. Is she really like that though? Is Brad happy enough to let Angelina take charge EVERYWHERE?
Photos courtesy of WENN, PCN.
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| | Brad Pitt admits that he made some early mistakes with Make It Right NOLA | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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God, I just realized that we?re coming up on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Time flies. Because the tenth anniversary is coming up so quickly (within days), Brad Pitt sat down for an exclusive interview with the New Orleans Times-Picayune/Nola.com. Pitt started Make It Right NOLA a few years after half of New Orleans was decimated by both Katrina and bureaucratic catastrophe and now, seven years later, Pitt?s MIR NOLA has built 109 homes in the Lower Ninth Ward. These homes are designed by architects like Shigeru Ban, Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry, they are all eco-friendly and they all have solar panels. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:
Pitt on working with world-famous architects: “Listen, we were very fortunate that they would come in, but they felt the need as well. Actually, this is the definition of architecture: It is solving problems through design. And, again, we’re not talking about aesthetics; we’re talking about function, and that is the holy grail of architecture.?
The Lower 9th: “I think it first became a 21st-century disaster attraction, unfortunately. This became the icon of the place that was hit the hardest and suffered the most, certainly in one condensed area. It certainly seemed to illustrate man’s failure in this particular area. The message (of Make It Right) was to take this spot that was emblematic of such human failure and to make it a human success story on how we can build in the future, how we can build for families, how we can build with quality, and how we can build with the community under their guidelines.”
Early mistakes: ?We went into it incredibly nave, just thinking we can build homes — how hard is that? — and not understanding forgivable loan structures and family financial counseling and getting the rights to lots and HUD grants and so on and so forth. So it’s been a big learning curve.”
Interesting details about the money: According to figures provided by Make It Right, Pitt’s visionary recovery neighborhood has cost $26.8 million. The houses have been sold at a loss, as was always part of the plan, for an average of roughly $150,000 each, with financial assistance to make the mortgages affordable. In exact terms, Make It Right reports that it has provided $5.2 million in supplementary loans that needn’t be repaid and another half-million to cover up-front mortgage costs (closing costs). The cash to fuel the project has come mainly from donations and federal grants. In the first year of the project, $12.3 million came in. In 2011, when the banking crisis deadened the economy, donations dropped to one-sixth that much. Last year, the figure was back up to roughly $6 million, a respectable amount considering that time has naturally dimmed the public’s interest in New Orleans’ ongoing recovery.
Filming in NOLA: “We bring a lot of films down there, our production company. New Orleans is such a great place to shoot and the rebates are phenomenal, so it’s not a big fight with the studios. They’re more than happy for us to get back down there. It’s a very rich place to shoot. It’s my excuse to get back there.”
He?s not going to be in NOLA for the 10-year anniversary: “We’re doing a satirical piece on war, a satirical piece on the decisions that bring about war. That’s the best I can do at the moment.?
[From NOLA.com]
It?s an interesting piece because Pitt addresses some of the criticisms lodged at MIR NOLA directly, like the idea of building affordable, sustainable, environmentally sound homes on a budget is a total pipe dream? which the figures sort of prove. But Pitt?s defense is interesting, because he basically says that MIR NOLA wasn?t just about the immediate need for quality lower-income housing in the 9th Ward, it was about figuring out the prototypes that would function all over the country, that MIR NOLA was always meant to be a larger experiment. While I think that?s fine to have larger goals and an eye on the bigger picture for the future of low-income sustainable housing, I also sort of believe that there was some false advertising in how Pitt originally began MIR NOLA. People gave money because they believed Pitt was working towards making homes for New Orleans families only to see the mission statement change mid-stream. Still? it?s an interesting project and I do admire the fact that he stuck with it.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.
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| | Brad Pitt steps out with a clean shave, sheer t-shirt: would you hit it? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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How old is ?too old to wear a sheer t-shirt?? That?s my question. Brad is 51 years old and he loves this style of very, very thin t-shirts. At this point, it?s not about the camera flash making the shirts look more transparent. Brad just likes to show off his body. For comparison: George Clooney is 54, Tom Cruise is 53 and Johnny Depp is 52. I would be really grossed out if any of them attempted this look. But on Brad? I don?t know, I guess I?ve grown to accept it. Brad likes a breeze to graze his man-nips. Brad likes to air it out. Can you even imagine what Clooney would look like if he wandered around LA in a sheer t-shirt?
If you can tear your eyes away from Brad?s keeping-it-tight body, you might notice that he looks somewhat cleaned up in these photos. He had been growing out his goatee and keeping his hair a bit longer, but he recently got a haircut and a shave. I don?t know why, or if it?s for a movie or something. He?s in LAX in these photos and he?s already arrived in London. IMDB says that his next project is probably going to be War Machine, for Netflix. That?s the film that?s loosely based on General Stanley McChrystal?s work (and career demise) in Afghanistan. Angelina is also going to be heading to Cambodia at some point, so I tend to believe the whole family will probably be spending several months in Cambodia later this year or next year.
Brad and Angelina?s By the Sea comes out in November. I?m looking forward to the press around the film, but not the film itself. We?ll see.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Brad Pitt, 51, steps out at LAX with a salt & pepper beard: would you hit it? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I was sitting here, trying to figure out why Brad Pitt looks so hot in these photos. What is it? I think it?s because he?s actually wearing clothes that fit his still-lean frame, which means he doesn?t look like he?s dressed in Hobo Chic (which has been his style for too long). The all-black looks good on him. And what else? Is it the grey beard? Y?all know I enjoy some facial hair, so that might be what makes Brad so sexy in these photos. That beard looks nice on him. Mm. I could do without the hat though.
These pics are of Brad arriving at LAX to take a flight to France. It feels like we haven?t even seen Brad in months and months, but that?s mostly because Brad and Angelina were nowhere to be seen during the awards season. Which, incidentally, was one of the most boring awards seasons in recent memory. I?m not saying that Brangelina have to put in appearances to make it interesting, but if we don?t get Brangelina, you better give us Julia Roberts, George Clooney and some other major A-listers.
So, what?s Brad up to these days? It?s still believed that Brad will be playing the lead in Africa, the Angelina Jolie-directed bio-pic of Richard Leakey. Before then, Brad will likely start production on The Big Short, with Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Steve Carrel. Apparently, that?s supposed to start this month in New Orleans. The premise of the film is very interesting ? it?s about the handful of people who successfully predicted the market crash of 2008 and ended up shorting the market for a major profit. Brad has also signed on to a ?romantic thriller? set during World War II, which will be directed by Robert Zemeckis. God knows when that will start.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt had a civil wedding in LA before their French wedding | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from Friday?s AFI luncheon celebrating the top 11 films of the year. One of the top AFI films? Unbroken! Another top AFI film? Selma! So Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came out for the event, which was nice. That was a really fast trip they made to Rome and Vatican City, wasn?t it? When Angelina was asked about meeting Pope Francis earlier in the week, she told Deadline it was ?very cool.? Come on, Angie! Tell us more! Oh, and Angelina?s suit is YSL (or Saint Laurent, as I think we?re supposed to call it now).
Interesting enough, in some random European publication, Angelina actually confirmed an old rumor that I had completely forgotten about. Brad and Angelina did their French wedding at the end of August, but there was some rumor that they had actually done a small civil service in LA beforehand. Angelina confirmed that.
That was one well-kept secret! Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were officially husband and wife long before they tied the knot last summer, she recently revealed to Italian magazine Io Donna.
“Before the wedding in France with the kids, Brad and I were already married in California,” Jolie, 39, revealed to the mag, which accompanies the Saturday, Jan. 10 edition of the Corriere della Sera. “As Americans, we couldn’t marry legally in France.”
The Unbroken director — who was in Italy on Thursday to meet the Pope at the Vatican — explained how the no-fuss nuptials went down.
“One day I said to Brad, ‘Let’s meet up at 4:30 pm?’” she told Io Donna. “I called a justice of the peace and we signed the documents.” (As reported by Us Weekly, the couple obtained a marriage license from a California judge prior to exchanging vows at Chateau Miraval last August. The same judge also conducted their nondenominational civil ceremony.)
Before the couple of 10 years publicly confirmed their wedding news, a source told Us last March that Jolie claimed she was already married. “Every time I ask, she says she is already married,” the insider said to Us at the time. Still, the pair wanted to hold a formal ceremony for the sake of their six kids — Maddox, 13, Pax, 11, Zahara, 10, Shiloh, 8, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 6.
“It was very much a family affair,” their rep later told Us about the wedding, which included designated roles for each Jolie-Pitt kid. (Eldest sons Maddox and Pax walked their mom down the aisle, Shiloh and Knox were ring bearers, and Zahara and Vivienne “threw petals from the garden.”)
As for life as a wife? Jolie told Us Weekly last month: “It’s been an amazing year. I married my love. My son [Maddox] became a teenager. And, I got to bring [Unbroken] to the world.”
[From Us Weekly]
That?s so business-like! ?Let me email my fiance to see if he?d like to meet at 4:30 pm today so that we can get married and sign the paperwork.? I hope she at least carried a bouquet of flowers to her civil service. What did she wear? It was either a pansuit or a sack dress, I’m sure. We don?t get any more detail than that?
Oh, and looking through the photos of the AFI event? Brad and Angelina were very popular. They were mingling with everybody. Angelina got to spend some time with her good friend Clint Eastwood and Oprah wanted some photos with Brangelina too.
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Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
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| | Brad Pitt brings his parents, Maddox, Shiloh & Pax to 'Unbroken' premiere | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from last night?s LA premiere of Unbroken. No Angelina Jolie, obviously. She has chicken pox, so she was probably at home, fighting the urge to scratch and maybe eating some soup with Vivienne, Knox and Zahara. Do you think Zahara makes soup for her mom when La Jolie is feeling itchy? I do. So last night, in Angelina?s place, Brad Pitt walked the carpet with Maddox, Pax and Shiloh. They all wore suits and looked very snazzy. Brad?s parents were there too ? apparently, they were already coming in for the premiere (and perhaps to stay through Christmas?) and they just decided to attend the premiere in Angelina?s place.
As for how Angelina is doing, Brad told E! News, ?Her spirits are high. A little spotted and a little itchy, but her spirits are high.” God, I hope so. I hope she rallies. I hope she manages to make all of the h8rs crazy with how much she wins at life.
I?m also including some photos of the Unbroken stars at the premiere, including Jack O?Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney and Miyavi. Miyavi?s style is amazing! And Garrett brought his girlfriend Kirsten Dunst, who looks great in that Vivienne Westwood dress.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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