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| | Angelina Jolie attends a session at The Hague for Trust Fund for Victims | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie at The Hague, in the Netherlands. And no, she did NOT get called into The Hague to stand trial at International Tribunal for crimes against sack dresses. I don?t even know if that could happen, but maybe her stylist would start taking things more seriously if it did. Anyway, Angelina was at The Hague this week to attend a meeting for Trust Fund for Victims, which is a trust fund set up by the UN to help survivors of war crimes as they rebuild their lives.
Angelina Jolie Pitt has moved her humanitarian efforts to the Netherlands, visiting The Hague to lend support to an organization that provides relief aid to victims of war crimes. During the International Criminal Court meeting ? Jolie Pitt’s fifth ? the United Nations special envoy discussed the plight of survivors with the court’s Trust Fund for Victims, the organization announced Thursday. The Trust Fund aids survivors of war crimes with health services, as well as vocational training, trauma counseling and reconciliation workshops.
“There can be no complete justice without consideration for the victims of the war crimes themselves, and the practical assistance they need to move on with their lives and overcome the harm they have suffered,” Jolie Pitt said in a statement. “That is why the work of the Trust Fund is important and must be supported and strengthened over time.”
Jolie Pitt, 40, spoke with Trust Fund executive director Pieter de Baan, noting the importance of “practical assistance” for victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
“On behalf of the Trust Fund Board of Directors, I greatly appreciate the interest and support of Ms. Jolie Pitt to highlight the importance of justice to be meaningful for victim survivors,” Motoo Noguchi, the board’s chair, said.
[From People]
Haters are always going to hate, but I consider myself a pretty well-informed person and this is literally the first time I?ve ever heard about Trust Fund for Victims, which means Angelina?s presence is doing exactly what it?s supposed to do: raise awareness for the fund and raise the visibility of these important issues. The only unpleasant thing I have to say is that I think they could use a new name for the fund? Trust Fund for Victims sounds? I don?t know, purposefully vague, and like something most people would be against. That?s probably because ?trust fund? has become a de facto pejorative in our society, a short-hand for entitled elitists who never work. Why not call it The Survivors? Fund or The War Crimes Survivors? Fund? I?m just saying, there?s a branding issue with the name.
Meanwhile, this is sort of old news, but it?s still an upcoming event for Angelina ? she will be delivering a keynote speech as part of a day-long programming event on the BBC. The BBC is dedicating May 16 to the global refugee crisis, with wall-to-wall programming centered around refugee issues. Angelina?s keynote address ?will be heard in a session hosted by the Today programme’s Mishal Husain which will be broadcast live on Radio 4, BBC World Service and BBC World News.?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie's LAX airport style involves boots & a slinky dress: fab or meh' | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie and three of her kids returning to LA after three months spent in Cambodia. I have no idea where Maddox, Knox and Vivienne are, because only Shiloh, Pax and Zahara got to return to LA with Angelina. I suspect that Brad has the other three? Or maybe Maddox stayed behind in Cambodia for a little bit longer? He?s getting to that age where he can be left alone, perhaps? I have no idea.
Actually, while the photo agency says that Angelina and the kids were returning from Cambodia, the Daily Mail says they were actually flying in from London, where they stopped and visited Brad Pitt on the set of the World War Z sequel, which? isn?t filming yet? I?m not even sure they have a script for the sequel yet. IMDB says that Brad is actually working on that untitled WWII romantic drama with Marion Cotillard.
Apparently, it was a short visit between Brad and Angelina. Which bugs me. The tabloids have been claiming for weeks/months that Brad and Angelina are having problems, and I don?t want to believe it. Except that they?ve spent a lot of time apart in the past six to eight months. While I know ? I mean I KNOW ? that the tabloids are always going to claim that Brad and Angelina?s relationship/marriage is hyper-dramatic, I?m starting to get the feeling that there might be some genuine drama between them.
Anyway, they?re coming off an awards season where they barely engaged with any of the hoopla. Brad came out for the Golden Globes, but his ?date? for the evening was Ryan Gosling, and neither of them did the red carpet. Despite the fact that Brad was a producer (and he had an on-screen role) for Oscar-nominated The Big Short, he did not attend the Oscars. Even Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic were announcing Brad and Angelina?s imminent arrival on various red carpets, trying to pretend that Brangelina would grace everyone with their presence. I was feeling it too ? there was so little big-time glamour this awards season. I missed Brangelina.
PS? I really like Angelina?s boots. I like her whole ensemble, if I?m being honest.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'I never wanted to have a baby. I never wanted to be pregnant' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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One of the impossible ?what if? scenarios of Angelina Jolie?s life involves her decision to sign on to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. At the time, it seemed like a strange decision ? she was mostly known as a self-destructive dramatic actress, not an action heroine. And she wasn?t British, like the character. So people weren?t expecting much. But Angelina threw herself into the role, bulking up, building muscle, and opening her mind. The film took her to Cambodia, and that trip ended up being the turning point in her life. No more drugs, no more self-destruction. She became a UNHCR ambassador and then adopted Maddox. In interviews, she?s always cited that first trip to Cambodia as the one that changed her life.
Angelina is currently in Cambodia again (where she?s an honorary citizen, btw), filming First They Killed My Father. She gave an interview to the AP, and she talked about how Cambodia changed her life and changed the way she thought about motherhood.
That first trip: ?When I first came to Cambodia, it changed me. It changed my perspective. I realized there was so much about history that I had not been taught in school, and so much about life that I needed to understand, and I was very humbled by it? [I had felt] a real emptiness. That trip triggered my realization of how little I knew and the beginning of my search for that knowledge.?
Motherhood: ?It’s strange, I never wanted to have a baby. I never wanted to be pregnant. I never babysat. I never thought of myself as a mother. It was suddenly very clear to me that my son was in the country, somewhere.”
Being in Cambodia now: “For me, this is the moment, where finally my life is kind of in line, and I feel I’m finally where I should be.”
[From the AP via E! News]
While this is nothing new for the Brangeloonies ? she?s made variations on these statements for years ? I do think it?s interesting that she says ?I never thought of myself as a mother.? Well, she was what? She was 25 years old when she was filming Lara Croft. Many 25-year-olds don?t see themselves as mothers, it doesn?t mean anything because people change their minds often. But Angelina isn?t allowed to, I guess. I remember how she used to say that she just wanted adopted children too, but then she met Brad and BAM, she got pregnant with Shiloh. So that?s for all the 25-year-olds who say that they?re not into the whole baby thing: in 15 years, you?ll probably have six kids!
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| | Angelina Jolie in Saint Laurent at the 'Kung Fu Panda 3' premiere: simple & chic' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Saturday?s big LA premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3. Angelina Jolie has done voice work for the franchise since the beginning, which I always thought was pretty cool. She must love the fact that she gets to take part in a fun cartoon that all of her kids can watch. And for this one, Knox, Shiloh, Pax and Zahara got to do some voice work too, despite the fact that they don?t want to be actors.
We haven?t seen Angelina on a red carpet in what feels like FOREVER. Honestly, though, she and Brad were working red carpets throughout the fall on behalf of By the Sea, but I guess I just put that sh-t out of my memory (the less said about it, the better). For this red carpet, Angelina wore this simple Saint Laurent sheath dress that only works on a slender woman. Speaking of slender? since I haven?t seen photos of Angelina in so long, I was startled by how thin she looks here. I?m not trying to be concern-trolly because she?s honestly been very slender for years now. But it looks like she?s lost more weight recently and I hope she?s taking care of herself. Her face is still perfect though. Is she even wearing makeup?
I?m also including some photos of two of Angelina?s costars, Lucy Liu and Kate Hudson. Kate is new to this franchise ? she plays a female panda obsessed with Jack Black?s Po ? while Lucy has been with the franchise since the start. Kung Fu Panda 3 also features voice acting by Black (obviously), Dustin Hoffman, Bryan Cranston and JK Simmons. Oh, and Kate Hudson brought her son Ryder as her date.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'Brad has never seen what I?m like when he's left me' after we fight | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As I previewed on Friday, Angelina Jolie covers the new issue of Elle France. Elle France did not jack this photoshoot and interview from another source, Angelina actually did a new editorial and interview just for them. On Thursday, I looked around for translated quotes from the Elle story, but I couldn?t find any by the time I posted the preview. But finally, People Magazine came through on some quotes and whoa! Angelina is really talking during this promotional tour. Since I?m a long-time follower of Angelina?s press, I have to say? it?s very interesting to see her talking openly about how she and Brad fight. In the early years of their relationship, Angelina made sure to push a more lovey-dovey image of their partnership. But after 10 years and some very gossipy Gerbils of Doom, Angelina is finally admitting the obvious: they fight like every other couple. And after they fight, Angelina sobs.
What happens after their fights: “Brad has never seen what I’m like when he’s left me after one of our fights. Sometimes I’m strong. But as soon as he leaves the room, I melt into tears. With this film, he sees it. And I see into his private moments.”
She gets that she frustrates Brad: “I filmed it and I discovered his expressions. So I better understand his frustrations over certain aspects in me.”
What happens when Brad sees her cry: “The most difficult scenes were the most drawn-out fights: normally if Brad sees me cry, it ends by his taking care of me. But here, in the film he had to stay angry, and I couldn’t take it personally. It was so strange and interesting.”
[From People]
What I keep coming back to is this idea that the tabloids had a morsel of truth this whole time. Obviously, the tabloids would have us believe that Brad is constantly storming out of the house and sobbing as he drives his motorcycle through the lonely Hollywood Hills, whilst contemplating divorce. But the truth is that? Brad actually does storm out of the house after they fight. He doesn?t see her cry after their fights, that?s what she?s saying. So he DOES storm out. So he can cry too! THE TABLOIDS WERE RIGHT (about one small part of their relationship).
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie covers Elle France to promote box office bomb 'By the Sea' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here is the new cover for Elle France, with Angelina Jolie looking rather lovely. She covers the issue to promote her Euro-centric vanity project, By the Sea. BTS has made a little more than $1.5 million domestically and internationally combined. For a film that reportedly cost $10-25 million to make and promote, it really does not seem like the studio will be making any money off of BTS. Sad. Well, at least the studio won?t be able to say that Angelina refused to promote it. She has been promoting it, exhaustively. Probably to the detriment of Brad Pitt?s actual Oscar-bait film, The Big Short.
Speaking of The Big Short, THR asked Brad Pitt if he was interested in following in Angelina?s footsteps and trying his hand at directing. Brad answered quickly: ?No, not at all. I have no desire whatsoever. I like my corner of the field.” I bet Brad would actually have a pretty good eye as a director. I dare say he would have a better feel for good scripts too, judging by how he operates as a producer.
Meanwhile, this week?s National Enquirer is all about how Brad and Angelina are about to go through a ?$480 million divorce.? Sources claim that Brad caught Angelina carrying on with ?an unidentified crew member? while at work in Cambodia. Brad ran away and cried, and one of his friends tells the mag: ?To Brad, it?s emotional cheating. He got word from sources on the set and he exploded! The close nature of Angelina?s relationship with the man quickly became the talk of cast and crew, who note how she hangs on his every word? Angelina looks positively enamored with this man!? Gossip Cop says the story is ?made up.? Which? sure. Where is Brad, by the way? I know Angelina is in Cambodia, working on another film that absolutely no one will see. But where?s Brad?
Photos courtesy of Elle France.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'I actually love being in menopause, I don't want to be young again' | | Added 9 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 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 in Versace at the AFI Fest premiere of 'By the Sea?: stunning' | | Added 9 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 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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