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| | Angelina Jolie: 'I actually love being in menopause, I don't want to be young again' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie is still talking. Bless her heart. By the Sea?s terrible box office run continued unabated this weekend, even as the film expanded to more theaters. The film made $185,000, or $1,470 per theater ($310,000 in two weeks). Compare that to other limited releases, like Carol, which made $62,037 per theater, or Legend, which made $20,721 per theater. Yeah. BTS is a bomb. To her credit, Angelina is still hustling though. She?s talking about how the Leg of Doom is always fighting with The Goatee of Despair, and how Brad peed on her during an improvised scene that didn?t make it into the movie. In a new interview with an Australian outlet, she?s now talking about how she loves going into early-onset menopause.
She loves menopause: ?I actually love being in menopause. I haven?t had a terrible reaction to it, so I?m very fortunate. I feel older, and I feel settled being older. I feel happy that I?ve grown up. I don?t want to be young again.?
She was wearing ?a rope of pea-sized diamonds sparkling at her throat?: ?They?re Tiffany. Just something I?m having fun with at the moment.?
She shy about writing: ?This film was a test for me in a way ? of all the things I do, I?m most shy about writing.?
Whether getting married changed anything: ?I don?t think so. If anything, it challenges you because you really start to think about the rest of your life. You feel very tied. It?s interesting for me having his last name. Everything you do becomes as ?wife of?? which is an interesting transition.? The biggest step for the couple, she goes on, ?was when he adopted the kids. That was something. Because you can always get divorced, but you can?t walk away from parenting. That was a big, not a hard, thing, but I really wanted to make sure that nothing would go wrong for the kids.?
Being thought of as an ?earth mother?: ?My kids would all find that funny! My mother?s whole life was motherhood, and she was very soft and sweet. Obviously, I?m very affectionate with my kids, but I don?t know if I take care of them or they take care of me. I feel like Mad and I have grown up together, and he kind of taught me how to raise him.?
Whether she always wanted to be a mother: ?I was never one of those people. I never played with dolls, I never babysat. I had no natural instinct or curiosity [about motherhood]. If anything, I wanted to become a parent because I felt a real connection to Mad?s country, and I felt very much for orphan children who didn?t have a home.?
[From News.com.au]
Well, in that Monica Bellucci post several weeks ago, I did dare American actresses to talk about menopause in a similar way. Bellucci said she was looking forward to menopause and now here we have Angelina saying that she?s totally fine with it. She seems fine with it too, although I think how she feels about menopause in the first year will probably be different from how she feels about it in the fourth year. But hey, maybe I?m wrong. Maybe she?s totally fine.
As for the pea-sized diamonds from Tiffany?s? sigh. I want to know more about her jewelry. She wore some really great pieces during the By the Sea promotion.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie says she & Brad Pitt 'have fights & problems like any other couple' | | Added 8 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?
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| | Angelina Jolie in Versace at the AFI Fest premiere of 'By the Sea?: stunning' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Now I?m sad that we?re at the end of Brangelina Week. Hopefully, there will be more interviews, red carpets and photo-ops from Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in the coming weeks, but they definitely ended The Week of Brangelina on a high note. They walked the AFI Fest red carpet last night for the premiere of By the Sea. Apparently, the Brangelina Bat-signal went out over LA, and all of the super-fans came out to cheer on Brad & Angie. At the premiere, Brad told USA Today: “We thought we were making an itty-bitty art film, and here we are.?
Angelina pulled out her best look of the week too: she wore this show-stopping, curve-hugging Versace gown in cream and gold. She looked surprisingly well-rested and refreshed. Surprising, because she looked pretty tired promoting the movie in NYC earlier this week. Anyway, I love the gown. I?m sure there will be some concern about the size of her implants, and enough time has passed where we can no longer use the excuse of ?maybe they just need time to settle.? No. She really did go up a cup size after her mastectomy. I?m not sure how I feel about that! I?ll also say this ? I think this Versace has a built-in corset/bustier that makes her waist look smaller and makes her breasts ?stand up? more, which is also throwing off her proportions.
The early reviews are in for By the Sea and man, they are not good. The Wrap basically says that the best part of the movie is Angelina?s on-point makeup (although THR actually says her makeup is distracting). This line from The Wrap?s review is great: ?In one scene, she showers before bed and still manages to wake up with a smoky eye.? The Wrap also identifies the problem I had with the first trailer: that if the film was being played for camp, if there was a wink and comedic self-awareness to two beautiful people being silently distraught in Europe, maybe the film would be decent. But no. The Wrap writes: ?If ?By the Sea? weren?t so aggressively humorless, it might almost qualify as camp, so unsuccessful is its pursuit of weighty drama. Unintentional laughs are hard to come by here; instead, there are yawns aplenty.? The Hollywood Reporter’s review was even harsher ? go here to read.
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| | Angelina Jolie Covers WSJ Magazine for November 2015 | | Added 8 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 covers WSJ. Mag: 'so many times, people divorce very quickly' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve just spent way too much time reading Angelina Jolie?s WSJ. Magazine cover story. It?s a good piece, but not the best. Like, there?s a lot of stuff that I already knew, and there were a lot of quotes that are variations on stuff Angelina has said time and time again. But I did learn some new things. Like, Brad & Angie own a ?lakeside retreat? near Springfield, Missouri and the Jolie-Pitt clan vacations there with Brad?s extended family. I also learned something new about By the Sea, as in? I think this is the plot of the film? I think Angelina?s character is dying and Brad?s character is trying to figure out a way to let her go. Some highlights:
What Brad hates: ?Brad hates that I always scratch my glasses.?
Growing up in LA: ?I grew up in L.A., where focus is very inward. I didn?t know why I was so destructive and miserable. I didn?t appreciate or understand my life. I was raised in a place where if you have fame and money and you?re decent-looking and have the ability to work in this industry, you have everything in the world. Then you attain those things and realize you still couldn?t be more empty. I didn?t know where to put myself.?
What Marie-Noelle Little-Boyer, a U.N. officer says about Angelina: ?The trips are never about her; it?s about what she sees and how she uses it, how it feeds her advocacy work. She has the rare ability to sit down and spend hours with refugees, but she has an equally deft touch when she advocates for them with political leaders. I sometimes think she spends more time in the field than a lot of my colleagues.? And certainly more time than the great majority of her fellow actors. Little-Boyer speaks with barely disguised disdain of the ?massive circus groups? organized for Hollywood stars. ?They stop at one tent and hold a baby,? she says. ?That?s precisely not what these trips are with [Jolie Pitt]. It?s just refugees and her in this intimate space. There?s no place for anything Hollywood or celebrity.?
She?s sparse about what she says on the record about the UN: ?I don?t want to speak up just to be on record. I?m not somebody who believes that just to criticize is going to make a difference.?
Brad on his wife?s surgeries: ?She?s never been a person who hides. She?s utterly forthcoming and sincere about who she is? I?ll tell you this about her surgeries: Once the decision was made, she was on the operating table two weeks later. You have to understand that this is a woman who never knew she?d make it to 40. This is a woman who had watched her mother, aunt and grandmother become sick and eventually succumb, all at an early age. Her drive, her absolute value in herself, is defined by the impact she can have during her time here?for her kids and for the underprivileged and those suffering injustices.?
Angie on the reminders of her wild-child past: ?I don?t mind. I mean, I think you just have to look at whether or not you can still be effective with what you want to do. And if anything gets in the way of that, then you have a problem. But I don?t.?
An amazing story about Hamsters of Doom. Equally comical is the image of Jolie Pitt, still in costume as her character Vanessa, joining the kids at the local pet store to acquire what ended up being ?quite a few? hamsters. Pitt was out of town, and Jolie Pitt had been charmed by the sight of some chipmunks in the window, so she met the children there after work. ?So I was Vanessa in the pet store, which was already a whole bunch of weird. And then I put my finger near a chipmunk, and it nearly bit it off. Then we saw these tiny little miniature hamsters, and somehow everybody wanted one or two. By the time Dad got home, they were running everywhere. And there are cats all over Malta, so we had the cats going after the hamsters and the hamsters escaping and it was hysterical.?
What she wants for her kids: ?I want to make sure my kids are never worried about me. Even if I?m going through something, I make sure they are very aware that I?m totally fine. I?ll stop and make a joke, I talk to them. I never, ever want them to have that secret worry and feel that they have to take care of me.?
On divorce: ?When something happens in your life that?s a dramatic thing, you either pull together or you go into your own. So many times, people divorce very quickly. To me, if this film has a message, it?s that you have to try to weather the storm together no matter what. And that?s a beautiful thing.?
[From WSJ. Magazine]
While I proudly wear my Brangeloonie Badge, I have to say that I think it?s a bit rich for Angelina to say ?So many times, people divorce very quickly.? Gurl, you were divorced twice before you were 30. You couldn?t get out of the marriage to Billy Bob Thornton fast enough. I get that she?s now coming from a perspective of being in a solid relationship for a decade, but a little less judgment for those people with ?starter marriages? under their belts, please. Oh, and Angelina also told WSJ. Magazine that the kids have three teachers on staff for home-schooling, but that no one stays overnight, it?s just Brad and Angie taking care of the kids in the evenings. Do you believe that?
Photos courtesy of WSJ. Magazine.
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| | Angelina Jolie discusses the Sony Hack, marriage & more with the NY Times | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?m pretty excited that the Brangelina Drought is over. I was Brangelina-Parched. Angelina has a new interview with The New York Times, the paper of record and one of her favorite outlets. It?s funny to me that Angelina truly saved her best quotes for the NYT, as opposed to Vogue. Vogue would have bent over backwards to accommodate Angelina?s every wish to frame certain issues in certain ways, but maybe that?s the point ? Angelina doesn?t need a media outlet to ?frame? any issue for her. She can speak for herself. And while she wouldn?t say one word about Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin to Vogue, she actually discusses the whole situation with the NYT, the paper of record. You can read the full NYT piece here. Highlights:
Her expectations for ?By the Sea?: ?I know some people are going to hate it. Some are going to like it. But it was important to me to feel like an artist again.?
Whether getting married changed anything: ?It was just a nice thing. For me, the big moment was when [we] signed the [joint adoption] papers for Maddox and Zahara. That was a decision to parent together, to commit to being a part of each other?s lives for the rest of my life. So [marriage] wasn?t close in comparison. In a way, it was very casual? The ceremony was in France, but we had to do things legally in California. One day I was in the edit room, and [Brad] was doing something and an assistant said, ?You have to sign some papers.? So we came back and between meetings we were told, ?Here?s your license.? Then someone said, ?The judge is outside.? We both said, ?What do you mean, the judge is outside?? Then the judge came in, this lovely guy, and at some point, Brad said, ?Shouldn?t we be standing up?? The judge said, ?No.? Then suddenly we realized we were married, in the most unceremonial way possible.?
At first, she didn?t want to star in ?By the Sea?: ?There were lots of scenes I wanted to change or cut. I realized it was going to be me [naked] in that bathtub. But I told myself, put all of that aside. Like, you can?t change or cut this scene because you?ve had a mastectomy, or because we?re married and people are going to analyze this or that. That would be cheating.?
On sexism & being one of the few prominent female directors: ?I just think that sometimes people in the business focus on the fact that you?re a minority. I don?t want people saying, ?Should we get a female director?? I want to hear, ?Should we get a great director for this movie?? But I?m the first female director that Brad?s ever worked with. That doesn?t seem right when you think about it?Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring. I want to support other women because of the opportunities I?ve had ? and I?ve had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and in the meantime bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can. Right now I am producing ?The Breadwinner,? an animated film about Afghanistan. Nora Twomey is the director.?
On Brad?s experience being directed by a woman/his wife: ?I?m not just a woman, but a writer-director. We?re also husband and wife. I think it was doubly hard. We know certain things about each other. At first it was a little uncomfortable. You want to be careful what button you press and what you don?t. At the same time, he later said he felt like he could be the most open in his acting, because he trusted I was genuinely there to help him give the best performance.?
The Sony Hack emails: ?I didn?t read any of them?.Someone told me. There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don?t. Personal attacks on me? I think I?m just so used to it. Honestly, my first instinct was that I was worried about Amy. I had someone call her and ask if she was O.K. Not because I?m a saint, but because I think we have to look at the bigger picture. She?s got kids. I knew it was going to unravel for her.?
Whether she would ever do a rom-com: ?I love comedies. But I?m never asked to do anything even self-mocking. I tried to do comedy when I was younger. It didn?t work. I don?t think I?m very funny.?
[From The NYT]
The Sony Hack answer is? whoa. She loaded a lot into just a few sentences. I think my favorite quote now is ?Not because I?m a saint, but because I think we have to look at the bigger picture.? Damn, Angie! Way to give your detractors a wink. But I love that Angelina heard about the emails and Angie ?had someone call? Pascal. As in, Angelina wasn?t going to call Pascal herself. Because the emails really were that bad.
At the end of the interview, she?s asked if she?s worried that the audience will think By the Sea is a self-portrait, and Angelina says that she and Brad don?t share the particular ?issues? with their characters but it is ?true? that ?we have terrible fights, are imperfect, have insecurities and can be depressed and emotional? We have problems, arguments. We are two very human, flawed people.? Which means that at least one time, in real life, Brad really has cried and stormed out of the house while the Leg of Doom cackled at the window.
PS… The ID on the blue dress is Luisa Beccaria. We have even more photos of Brangelina for another post, so no threadjacking!
View image | gettyimages.com
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| | Angelina Jolie in Tom Ford at the WSJ. Magazine event: stunning or tired? | | Added 8 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.?
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| | Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt step out for NYC screening of 'By the Sea?: lovely' | | Added 8 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 8 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?
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| | Angelina Jolie still won't say one word about the Sony Hack or Scott Rudin | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we discussed on Friday, Angelina Jolie covers the November issue of Vogue Magazine. I didn?t call this at all, because I honestly forgot about By the Sea and I kind of thought it was such a small film that the Jolie-Pitts wouldn?t be promoting it that much. But even for a tiny little film that will only get a limited release, Angelina still scored a Vogue cover. This probably means she won?t get a Vanity Fair cover, or maybe they?re saving that for Brad for the December issue (you never know!). Now that I know the Jolie-Pitts are going big for By the Sea, I do wonder what other covers Angelina will do. Marie Claire? Elle? W Magazine?
Anyway, now that I?ve gotten a chance to really sit and enjoy the entire Vogue interview, I have additional thoughts. There?s a lot of cute stuff about the kids in there, like how Pax was really nervous to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, and how Angelina always refers to Zahara as ?Z? (some of Angelina?s friends and colleagues at the United Nations refer to Jolie as ?AJ? too). There?s a story about Angelina taking Shiloh to meet refugees and seeing her 9-year-old on the floor, taking her own notes as she met refuge kids. There?s stuff about how she came to write By the Sea, which is described as a tale of grief and bereavement. Jolie wrote it after her mother passed away in 2007. And of course there?s a lot about her humanitarian work, with most of the quotes coming from other people about how dedicated she is, how smart, how focused. And here?s a significant part about her future film projects, including some details about Cleopatra:
She has also been trying to develop a film about the Kenya-based wildlife conservationist Richard Leakey. Here, you see how the worlds she straddles offer her different routes to the same end. If the project doesn?t pan out, she says, ?I can work with Leakey and do just as much good.? And then there?s Cleopatra, based on Stacy Schiff?s 2010 history. It was the movie at the center of the scandal of the hacked Sony emails, in which it was described as a ?$180m ego bath? for Angelina. (?I was enraged,? says Eric Roth, the screenwriter on the project, ?but she has enough confidence that she didn?t engage in any of it.?) As Jolie Pitt says, ?It?s a hard one to get right. It needs to be about something other than sex and jewelry. She was a very complicated leader of a country.? She?s interested in Cleopatra as an astute politician, says Roth, in her humanity, how she relates to her children and the people of Egypt; you can see why Angelina would want this role.
[From Vogue]
While Angelina?s idea of Cleopatra sounds interesting and something that would be great-on-film, I still don?t think it should or will be made. Not after the Sony Hack. Not after all of the sh-t that was said. And I love that Angelina still isn?t saying a word about the Sony Hack emails. Bless her.
And finally, here?s Vogue?s video, which is basically ?behind the scenes of By the Sea.? Lots of Brad in this one. And g-ddamn he looks sexy.
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