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| | Angelina Jolie still won't say one word about the Sony Hack or Scott Rudin | | Added 9 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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| | Angelina Jolie covers Vogue: 'Brad & I have our issues but?' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Ooooooh, I actually forgot that By the Sea is coming out in a month. Angelina Jolie covers the November issue of Vogue to promote the film that she wrote, directed and stars in with Brad Pitt. The Annie Liebovitz editorial also features the whole Jolie-Pitt clan, because AMAZING. You can see the slideshow here and the full interview here. Anna Wintour really loves Jolie, this is like Angelina’s fifth or sixth cover I think.
Doing it all for By the Sea: ?The director was very focused. The actress was unstable. And the writer was deeply confused. This is the only film I?ve done that is completely based on my own crazy mind.” For years, she says, she and Brad called the script for By the Sea ?the crazy one. We even called it ?the worst idea.? ? She laughs again, and covers her face with her hands. ?As artists we wanted something that took us out of our comfort zones,? she explains. ?Just being raw actors. It?s not the safest idea. But life is short.?
Their travel: “We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born. The boys know they?re from Southeast Asia, and they have their food and their music and their friends, and they have a pride particular to them. But I want them to be just as interested in the history of their sisters? countries and Mommy?s country so we don?t start dividing. Instead of taking Z on a special trip, we all go to Africa and we have a great time.?
Angelina & Brad aren’t really as screwed up as their By the Sea characters: ?It?s not autobiographical. Brad and I have our issues but if the characters? were even remotely close to our problems we couldn?t have made the film.?
Having her breasts & ovaries removed: ?It really connected me to other women,? she says of her decision to go public. ?I wish my mom had been able to make those choices.? The procedures themselves were, she says, ?brutal. It?s hard. They are not easy surgeries. The ovaries are an easy surgery, but the hormone changes??she laughs, nods her head??interesting. We did joke that I had my Monday edit. Tuesday surgery. Wednesday go into menopause. Thursday come back to edit, a little funky with my steps. I feel grounded as a woman. I know others do too. Both of the women in my family, my mother and my grandmother started dying in their 40s. I?m 40. I can?t wait to hit 50 and know I made it.?
[From Vogue]
There’s even more, but that’s all I’ll excerpt, mostly because I’m sure we’ll be talking about this interview for days/weeks to come. Enjoy!
Photos courtesy of Annie Liebovitz/VOGUE.
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| | Angelina Jolie took Knox & Vivienne on a birthday book-buying excursion: cute? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The paparazzi literally took a million photos of Angelina Jolie and her two youngest children yesterday. Jolie took twins Knox and Vivienne to BookStar in Studio City yesterday. This book-buying excursion was possibly part of Viv and Knox?s birthday celebrations ? the twins turned 7 YEARS OLD (!!!) on July 12. It seems like only yesterday that Angelina posed with the twins on the cover of People Magazine.
Anyway, because there were so many photographers and fans waiting outside, we basically have every angle of Jolie and the kids leaving the bookstore. It seems like both kids got to pick out a lot of stuff and both are carrying big, heavy-looking bags. I wonder if BookStar is the kind of kid-friendly bookstore that not only sells kids? books, but educational toys and stuffed animals and stuff?
What else? Knox has gotten a haircut since I last saw him, although he seems to prefer to keep his hair kind of surfer-shaggy. Viv still strikes me as a mama?s girl ? she always seems to want to stick close to her mom no matter what. Knox, to me, looks just like a mini-Brad, but Vivienne is an interesting mix of both parents. Both kids are going to be ridiculously good-looking when they grow up.
I still loathe Angelina?s nude flats. I hope she discussed ugly shoewear when she met Duchess Kate, because they both have an affinity for really ugly nude shoes.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie bought the film rights to a Catherine the Great book: ruh-roh? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?m very much an Angelina Jolie fan. I love her. That?s not news to anyone. But even I can admit that Angelina has some faults. One of those faults? She?s really not very good at accent work. I?ll admit that I didn?t think her English accent ? mainly in Lara Croft ? was all that bad, but her accent work in Alexander has probably gone down as one of the worst accents in film history. Part of the problems with that film is that no one really knew what Queen Olympias sounded like, so Angelina sort of made it up as she went along and the result was? very hokey. I bring this up because Angelina has apparently bought the rights to a book about Catherine the Great of Russia, likely because Angelina wants to play Catherine. Now think about Angelina doing some kind of old-timey Russian accent. You just cringed, didn?t you?
Angelina Jolie is set to play the nymphomaniac Catherine the Great in a new drama about the Russian empress?s scandalous love life. The Oscar-winner has bought the rights to British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore?s bestselling book about Catherine?s ?secret? and very open marriage to the flamboyant and ambitious Grigory Potemkin.
The character is something of a dream come true for Jolie, who has made no secret of her quest for meaty female roles. She played Queen Olympias in Oliver Stone?s 2004 Alexander The Great biopic and the title role in last year?s Maleficent ? and has been on the lookout for another regal role ever since. Sebag Montefiore said: ?I am thrilled that Angelina has optioned the book because it was my first book and it was very much a labour of love. Catherine is the ultimate feminist hero. I feel very safe with Angelina in charge of it.?
His book, Catherine The Great And Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair, was published in 2000 and drew on 5,000 previously unpublished love letters between the pair. Catherine ascended the Russian throne in 1762 following a coup in which her husband, Tsar Peter III, was murdered. Potemkin was one of the conspirators and Catherine?s enemies always claimed she was involved in the Tsar?s death. The Empress ? whose 27-year reign is regarded as a golden era in Russian history ? was also a sexually liberated woman who embarked on affairs with countless men. Her enemies used her sexual conquests against her and branded her a nymphomaniac. But the highly educated Catherine was particularly infatuated with Potemkin, with whom she enjoyed secret trysts in the sauna of St Petersburg?s Winter Palace.
The couple, who were alleged to have married in secret, became co-rulers of the Russian Empire.
Sebag Montefiore said: ?Catherine and Potemkin had history?s greatest love affair. They were both brilliant people who were totally equal and totally balanced. They were the great loves of each other?s lives and, in effect, they were one of the most successful political couples in the whole of history. By comparison, Antony and Cleopatra were a disaster whose relationship ended with failure and suicide.?
He added that Potemkin ?was a wild character who ruled like a sultan. He travelled with gardens which were planted every night by thousands of serfs?.
How much Jolie?s production company paid for the rights is being kept a commercial secret, but one source described it as a ?high five-figure sum?.
Jolie was first linked to the role of Catherine the Great in a separate movie mooted more than a decade ago, but that never materialised. And although the actress is being linked to the role in this new production, it is also possible that she might prefer to remain behind the camera as producer. She has already directed two films, including last year?s Unbroken, and she has made no secret of the fact that she is considering giving up acting.
[From The Daily Mail]
So, she might not even star. Although who would play Catherine then? Cate Blanchett? What would it look like to see a Catherine the Great film directed by Angelina and starring La Blanchett? That would be interesting. But if Angelina wants to play Catherine, I suspect she will. I?ve been looking up portraits of Grigory Potemkin to see if I can figure out who I would dream-cast in the role and I?m at a loss. Go here to see what the real Potemkin looked like. Like, Paul Giamatti would play that role in a real-world situation. And yes, I think Giamatti is sexy but I?m obviously very weird. Considering how bloated Leonardo DiCaprio is these days, he could easily play Potemkin. OMG. Jolie and DiCaprio? That would be???????
Photos courtesy of ?Alexander?, WENN.
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| | Taylor Swift admires Angelina Jolie because Jolie is about more than money | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Coming off her successful and swift(y) campaign to change Apple?s music streaming policy, Taylor Swift is riding high. She?s about to kick off the European leg of her tour in England, so she sat down with ITV for an exclusive interview. She ended up chatting about where she sees herself ten years from now, when she?s 35 years old. Apparently, she wants to be like Angelina Jolie when she grows up! Tay-Tay, I feel you.
Taylor tells ITV News that she hopes to have a family by then, but also admits she does worry about protecting her children due to her fame. Swift also said that she’s long admired Angelina Jolie, who is definitely one who knows what it’s like to raise a large brood under the spotlight.
But her admiration stems more for Angelina’s ability to live “her life not just for the purpose of making money or coming up with the most lucrative business deals,” but for what she can give back.
Swift had a slightly different idea in her mind when it came to her future and kids while talking to InStyle last year.
“I don’t know if I’ll have kids,” she told the magazine at the time. “It’s impossible not to picture certain scenarios and how you would try to convince them that they have a normal life when, inevitably, there will be strange men pointing giant cameras at them from the time they are babies.”
[From E! News]
It?s true, Angelina Jolie isn?t playing the game at this point for the money, if it ever was about the money for Angelina. Even when Angelina has taken big modeling contracts (like Louis Vuitton), the money goes to charity. Taylor is pretty charitable too and she gives back in major ways, more than many of her pop star contemporaries, although she?s got a ways to go before she reaches Jolie-like proportions. So? what do you think? Do you like Taylor more because she?s becoming a Brangeloonie? Or is that a dealbreaker?
Meanwhile, following the Apple Music streaming thing, Taylor got blasted by a photographer who claims that Taylor is such a control freak that she demands the rights to all photos taken by tour photographers on her tours. Taylor?s rep responded to those accusations, basically saying that Taylor ? like Beyonce! ? just wants approval over which photos are used/sold. As in, she?s very controlling about her image, but the photographer still has the copyright. I think that whole debate ? whether it?s Beyonce or Swifty or anyone else ? is stupid on so many levels. For one, if you?re a photographer signing on to be a tour photographer, of course you?re going to have to work with the artists, for better or for worse. Secondly, some of these artists are too control-freaky for their own good.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie took Shiloh to Lebanon to meet some Syrian refugees | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie – and daughter Shiloh! – visit refugees in Lebanon #WorldRefugeeDay http://t.co/XLUK3KXx7g pic.twitter.com/KpLoZuAibs
— People magazine (@people) June 20, 2015
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'You still won't be cool to your children no matter what you do' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It feels weird to say this, but if Zahara Jolie-Pitt had a style blog, I would read it. I would aim to dress more like a 10-year-old, if that 10-year-old is specifically Zahara Jolie-Pitt. These are photos of the entire Jolie-Pitt clan at LAX yesterday, Saturday. We haven?t had photos of the entire family together in a while. It?s been months, I?m pretty sure. Usually it?s just one parent traveling with no more than three kids. Usually Vivienne and Knox are sort of the odd kids out, probably because they?re the youngest and they might not be interested in whatever the big kids are doing. But I guess the whole family has picked up to go? somewhere.
What else is there to say? Shiloh?s haircut reminds me of both ?90s skater boys and Kristen Stewart?s current hair. It?s cute as hell! Zahara is ON POINT, as always, rocking a vintage Batman t-shirt, leggings and brown ankle boots with neon laces (so fresh). Vivienne looks a little bit unkempt, like she just woke up from a nap. Knox holding Zahara?s hand? Adorable. Pax looks like he?s trying to avoid the paparazzi. Maddox is a teenager now, so he obviously thinks this big family outing is ridiculously uncool (GAWD, MOM, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND!!).
Incidentally, during her Q&A with Domhnall Gleeson for the current issue of Interview Magazine, Angelina was telling him how cool it is that he?s done a Star Wars movie, and one day he?ll be able to show it to his children, but ?You still won’t be cool to your children no matter what you do. But the Star Wars movies always have these beautiful messages and they are quite profound. And you will have this thing where, wherever you go in the world, you will be an artist and familiar to them.? Angelina?s kids will never think their mom is cool. EVER.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie brought Pax & Knox to Shiloh's LA soccer game: super cute' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It must be Little League soccer season, because here are more photos of Angelina Jolie with some of her kids at another soccer game. Shiloh and possibly Zahara were playing with their soccer team on Saturday in LA, and Angelina brought out Knox and Pax to watch their sisters. Several things are amusing me about these photos. First of all, trust Angelina to basically wear a black suit to watch a kids? soccer game on a weekend. I understand that she believes in staying out of the sun and covering up, but wearing a long-sleeved black suit to a soccer game is a little bit much. Second of all? Knox has the same haircut as Shiloh these days. Which is an adorable shaggy bob. And Knox is such a little strawberry-blonde!! Third of all, Pax?s hair is on point these days. That?s a great haircut!
Incidentally, we recently learned something new about the Jolie-Pitt household, courtesy of Rebel Wilson. Rebel was promoting Pitch Perfect 2 last week and Rebel told Kelly Ripa and Michael Strathan that she was recently at a table reading for a Sacha Baron Cohen film with Brad, and Brad mentioned that his family is sort of obsessed with Pitch Perfect. Rebel said: ?I was sitting next to Brad Pitt and he’s like, ‘Uh, I’ve seen your movie like 20 times. My kids love it.’ And he said, ‘Angelina watches it as well.’” I?m guessing that Shiloh and Zahara probably like Pitch Perfect a lot and they make the whole family sit through repeated viewings.
I wonder if Angelina remembered to bring healthy snacks this time? Probably not. I bet she just bought ice cream and treats at the park again.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie & Maddox fly to LA, meanwhile Brad is mysteriously bruised | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt flying from New York to LA. I guess Maddox was the only kid to join Angelina in New York. Angelina and Maddox seemed to fly into NYC all undercover late last week because Angelina needed to make some appearances at the UN. On Friday, Jolie appeared before the United Nations Security Council to brief them/excoriate them for their inaction on the Syrian refugee crisis. Later that same day, she closed out the Women of the World Summit with a moving (albeit depressing) speech about sexual violence in warfare.
I don?t know what Maddox did while his mom was out at the UN. He?s old enough ? he?s 13 years old ? to amuse himself, I would assume. Did he do some homework? Did he go sightseeing? Did he play videogames? Did he call up his girlfriend? While I have no doubt that Brad Pitt is perfectly capable of being an uncool dad, do the kids ever think Angelina is uncool? Does Maddox ever yell, ?Gawd, mah-OM, you just don?t understand??
And in case you?re wondering about Maddox?s t-shirt? it?s for the band Whitechapel and their song ?The Saw Is the Law,? which you can hear here. I listened to it for a minute and I?m pretty sure the devil just came into the room and punched me in the face. It?s that kind of crazy heavy-metal sound with some crazy person screaming into a microphone. So? typical teenage boy stuff. Angst, ?tude, you just don?t understand, mom. It?s MUSIC. It speaks to ME. No one understands me!!!
Meanwhile, Brad Pitt appeared at an Autism Speaks fundraiser/charity auction on Saturday night and he had a weird bruise/scrape on his face. In case you feared that The Leg sought revenge for some slight, just know that Brad claims the bruise is actually “road rash” (kinky) and it involved him wearing flip-flops and walking with his hands full in the dark. Great story, Brad. Why not just say “dude, I was SO HIGH”?
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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.
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| | Angelina Jolie addresses UN Security Council about the Syrian refugee crisis | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Friday, Angelina Jolie appeared before the United Nations Security Council in her capacity as Special Envoy of the High Commission on Refugees. She ended up scolding the Security Council for their utter inaction on Syria, and their refusal to acknowledge or do anything for the millions of Syrian refugees fleeing their country. The numbers are min-boggling: the UN estimates that 3.8 million refugees have left Syria and more than 7 million Syrians have been displaced in the past four years. She didn?t call out specific countries ? namely, Russia ? but did note that some members of the Security Council refused to impose sanctions and embargos on Syria, moves that could possibly halt at least some of the Syrian diaspora. She also slams the ?lack of political will? to deal with the crisis. Here?s part of her testimony:
You can read the full transcript of her Security Council remarks here. This is what Angelina Jolie looks like when she?s pissed off and frustrated. And she?s right to be pissed off and frustrated ? this is one of the largest humanitarian crises of the past 50 years and no one is really doing anything about it.
After her appearance at the UN, Jolie spoke at the Women of the World Summit, speaking about the sexual violence facing so many female refugees in Iraq and Syria. She said: ?Who among us would have thought we would see, in Iraq and Syria, images of women in cages, sold into sex slavery? Crimes against women are still treated as secondary issues.? She was the closing speaker – here is her speech:
PS… I know this is superficial, but I love her brooch.
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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, Getty.
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