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| | Angelina Jolie confirms there's 'still another surgery to have, which I haven't yet' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Entertainment Weekly published the full Angelina Jolie cover story/Q&A online a few days ago, and I would recommend it to every Brangeloonie who loves to obsess over every little Jolie detail. It?s actually a really nice Q&A and you can tell that the interviewer (Anthony Breznican) was fan-girling like crazy over Angelina (who wouldn?t?). Angelina and Anthony actually do a fist-bump at one point. Fist-bump and an explosion. Angelina fist-bumps. This is news to me! You can read the full Q&A here (it?s lengthy), and here are some more highlights:
Malficent?s darkness: ?She has a darkness. And how do you make a film about someone who curses a baby and make them relatable? It?s like the worst thing you could possibly do! But I think the script that Linda [Woolverton (The Lion King)] wrote, has quite a deep understanding. The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain? It was: what turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel. What could have possibly happened to her that would get her to that moment in the christening? She wasn?t invited, so she?s pissed off??
Malficent?s elegance: ?Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She?s bigger than me. She?s on a different level of performance that I have never done. She?s very still. She?s very sure of herself, but I couldn?t figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier. I was giving my kids a bath, and I started making up other stories about Maleficent ? and they weren?t really paying attention to me, as children often do. You can bore them to death, until I started to mess around with this playful [sing-songy] voice.
On Elle Fanning (she plays Aurora): ?I think she is magic. You can?t take your eyes off her on screen. I?d like to think that I?m a calm and sweet person. I tend to be very playful at home with my children, but in life ? we have to fight our battles. Our work battles, our political battles, our personal battles, and we?re focused. So I tend to be someone who can be very private and in my space, not in any way trying to be rude, that?s just how I walk my way though life. When I?m outside my home, I can be somewhat serious. Elle, the first time we met each other, she ran across the hallway and hugged me and jumped on me and we joked later like it was like being attacked by a thousand cute gorgeous bunnies. I was just frozen. I never had someone see me like that. When she sees me, I?m like a mom, a friend, a girl, and she just wants to be another girl. She?s just full of love and happiness and cuteness and belief and sweetness and when I was her age, I was the complete polar opposite ? quite dark at that age. So, it?s kind of a perfect match. It?s a part of the film that?s interesting, the struggle to deal with this light and love that she is, because Aurora is so strong in her light that it?s a difficult thing to fight. I adore her.?
The awkward horns: ?It was pretty funny, because I kept on hitting my horns on things, the framing was very strange. They were actually kind of heavy. There had to be [lighter weight] ones that you could ride horses in because if you fall with something [heavy] attached to your head, that?s it ? it could break your neck. There were softer horns for the fights. The harder ones were magnetic so I could actually clip them off and walk around, but then I looked like a little bear. It did not look half as cool. When they weren?t the magnetic ones, I did almost knock myself out quite a few times. It?s not just that you?re a foot taller on top, you?re also in five-inch heels so you are really big. I was out of whack for a bit. Definitely, it took me a while to become graceful with her.?
What Brad thought of Maleficent: ?I don?t know! You know, I never asked him. He thinks she?s cool. I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world. But I did have to take my staff home to practice walking with it in my cloak, and then I would go outside and scream at the bushes to expand my voice and play with my voice. So, mom was a bit nutso for a period.?
She?s due to have one more surgery: ?There?s still another surgery to have, which I haven?t yet. [Jolie is also genetically at risk for ovarian cancer, which is what took her mother?s life at age 56] I?ll, you know, I?ll get advice from all these wonderful people who I?ve been talking to, to get through that next stage.?
[From Entertainment Weekly]
Angelina was also asked about her haters and Hater Culture in general, and she gave a lengthy and interesting answer. She basically said that she doesn?t pay attention to any of it (I don?t believe that) but that if you mean well and your ?choices come from an honest place,? everything will be fine in the end. Then she says that there?s real hate and inhumanity in the world that she sees all the time and she basically doesn?t have time for all of this high school BS.
Does anyone else love the idea of Angelina bringing Maleficent?s staff home so she could practice walking with it while doing that crazy voice? Also: Elle Fanning is now a Jolie-Pitt, basically. Angelina approves! Elle ?jumped on me and we joked later like it was like being attacked by a thousand cute gorgeous bunnies.? That?s so funny.
Photos courtesy of EW/Disney.
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| | Angelina Jolie brings red lips, horn realness in a new 'Maleficent' poster: amazing' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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WOW. This is the best poster Disney has released so far for Maleficent. I understand that Disney didn?t want to Release the Full-Jolie until they got closer to a release date for the film, but I?ve been disappointed with the lack of promotional images and such from the film. Hopefully, more stuff will be coming out soon. Because Maleficent finally has a hard release date ? I thought it wasn?t going to come out until June or July, but the release date is now May 30th. Awesome!
LaineyGossip points out that with a late May release date, there?s a real possibility that Angelina Jolie could end up doing a huge Cannes premiere. Jolie has promoted big-market, non-competition films in Cannes before, most recently when she was promoting Kung Fu Panda 2. So? I really hope this happens. I really hope we get some Angelina in Cannes. I miss her at Cannes. The fashion isn?t always the best, but Angelina is always so ridiculously beautiful in Cannes.
Anyway, this poster doesn?t tell us anything new, but it is an amazing image. I love Angelina bringing the HORN REALNESS. You know a woman is beautiful when she can make horns work. The cheekbone prosthetics are obviously an homage to Lady Gaga and/or Madonna, only Angelina works them better. And the red lips! Damn.
Oh, and Maleficent has a Twitter now. The Twitter launched its first tweet with this poster and the comment, ?Well, well.?
Posters, promotional images courtesy of Disney.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'It's really funny when people say you?d be obvious for a great villain' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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YES. I?m ready for the Jolie Renaissance. I?m ready for 2014 to be The Year of Jolie. Angelina Jolie has been away for too long ? she hasn?t been in front of the camera since 2010?s The Tourist. She hasn?t promoted a project since In the Land of Blood and Honey in 2011. And this year, we?ll be getting two giant projects from Angelina. First, we get Maleficent (this summer) then we get Unbroken (Christmas). As I keep saying, it?s a good time to be a Brangeloonie.
So, Angelina ? in character as Maleficent ? covers the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. YES. Horn Realness, baby. Here?s a preview of the cover story:
When someone says: You would be perfect to play one of the cruelest fantasy villains of all time ? is that a compliment or an insult?
In the case of Disney?s Maleficent (out May 30), the whole world pretty much agreed Angelina Jolie should play the black-horned bad-girl.
?It is really funny when people say you?d be obvious for a great villain,? she says with a laugh (not a cackle).
In this week?s issue of Entertainment Weekly, the actress gives her first in-depth interview about Disney?s revisionist take on Sleeping Beauty, which retells the classic folk tale from the wicked point-of-view.
?The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain?? Jolie says. ?It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her??
In the wide-ranging conversation with EW?s Anthony Breznican, Jolie also discusses Unbroken, the true-life tale of World War II heroism that she directed and is currently editing, and addresses the cancer worries that led her to undergo a preventative double mastectomy last year ? penning a New York Times op-ed afterward about the experience, hoping to inspire and encourage others facing such a choice.
?Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women?s issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. I?ve talked to men about their daughters? and wives? health. It makes me feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wondering about their children,? she says. ?I was very, very moved by all the support and kindness from so many people.?
[From EW]
http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/05/this-weeks-cover-angelina-jolie-maleficent-interview/
?The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain? It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her?? Crap. I?m not interested in seeing Maleficent?s motives! I just want to see her cackle and destroy people. I want to see her scare the crap out of millions of children, just like the cartoon villainess did (and still does). Why does every villain need a backstory? Why can’t some people just be deliciously awful?
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of EW.
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| | Angelina Jolie Shares Details About "Maleficent" in Entertainment Weekly | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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During promotions for "Maleficent," Angelina Jolie garnered herself a little added exposure by covering the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
While dressed as the evil sorceress from the well-known "Sleeping Beauty" tale, the 38-year-old actress opened up about becoming the iconic villain and shared details about her double mastectomy.
"It is really funny when people say you'd be obvious for a good villain," Angelina explained. "The exercise wasn't how can we have fun with a villain? It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her?"
In regards to her cancer worries that led to her preventative surgery last year, Miss Jolie stated, "Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women's issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. I've talked to men about their daughters' and wives' health."
"It makes me feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wondering about their children. I was very, very moved by all the support and kindness from so many people," she added.
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| | Brad Pitt wore diamond cufflinks, a gift from Angelina, when he won his Oscar | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve been trying to find a good angle or a close-up for Oscar-winner Brad Pitt?s sleeve and cuff, but I can?t find one. We?ll just have to take this on faith. Life & Style reports that Brad Pitt wore a very special gift from his Oscar-winning fiance Angelina Jolie when he won his first Oscar: she had given him some cufflinks for Christmas one year, and he wore them on Oscar night. Aw.
Brad Pitt put his love on display — literally — for fiance Angelina Jolie at the Oscars Sunday night. The 50-year-old actor, whose film 12 Years a Slave took home three awards, including Best Picture, decided to wear tuxedo buttons and cufflinks from his beloved’s Style of Jolie line ? with famed jeweler Robert Procop ? to the big show.
It turns out Angie specifically made them for Brad — and even gifted them to him during the holidays.
?Brad?s specially designed cufflinks were a gift from Angelina one year for Christmas,? Procop says in a statement.
The sentimental gift consisted of tablet-cut diamonds set into yellow gold. The father-of-six also rocked a diamond dress set (buttons, cufflinks and a ring) from Procop to the 2012.
But Angie wears a design from Brad every single day. In 2013, he popped the question with a gorgeous 16-carat diamond ring, in which he designed with Procop.
To summarize: it’s very good to be Brangelina.
[From Life & Style]
As much as I teased Angelina about her Style of Jolie jewelry, some of those pieces were very pretty and I liked that she used so many semi-precious stones. She seems to love topazes. I tend to think cufflinks are kind of a silly gift for most men, because most men rarely have occasion to dress up to the point of wearing French cuffs. But most men aren?t Brad Pitt! Brad Pitt wears a tuxedo often enough to need cufflinks. And it was lovely that Brad wore Angelina?s gift as a good luck charm.
I actually wondered why Brad didn?t bring his parents again, like he did when he was nominated in the past. Maybe he didn?t want to jinx it. Or maybe his parents were like, ?Yeah, it?s okay, we?ve already been. You kids go ahead!?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie in sparkly Elie Saab at the Oscars: style vindication after The Leg? | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This was Angelina Jolie?s big Oscars comeback after The Leg. And she delivered. The Leg of Doom did not make an appearance at all. The Leg did not even peek out on the red carpet. The Leg was demure. The Leg was sandwiched in between Brad Pitt and Benedict Cumberbatch during the Oscars. The Leg got to present with living legend Sidney Poitier (and The Leg had to support Mr. Poitier, because he seemed very frail). The Leg got to announce one of the biggest winners of the evening, Best Director. The Leg has been vindicated!
At the end of the day, Angelina Jolie did not go with Saint Laurent (it was widely predicted that she would go with Saint Laurent) or my designer pick, Jenny Packham. She went with this glittery Elie Saab. I mean, if you want to choose a designer who is one of the most Oscar-friendly, you go with Elie Saab. I did predict that Angelina would go with a metallic, and I?m pleased with this. She looks good in this grey/silver. The dress was flattering, it wasn?t a sack dress, but it also wasn?t too pilgrimy or modest. From certain angles and in certain light, Angelina was showing off a lot of cleavage. Which is bold considering she had a double mastectomy one year ago.
As for the styling? I loved it. While Angelina wears her hair down often enough, I feel like she made an effort to get a blowout and have her hair look very full and bouncy. Her makeup was lovely (her skin is fantastic) and the jewelry was to die for. VICTORY.
Obviously, I want to know more about Angelina sitting next to Benedict. Did their legs touch? Did he whisper bitchy observations to her throughout the evening? Did she whisper back? Did her hand linger on his arm as she laughed at one of his jokes? I could seriously go on and on. I?m planning on writing a series of erotic fiction based entirely on where Angelina was sitting at the Oscars.
But fine, let?s talk about Brad and how he?s now an Oscar-winner. Brad Pitt, Oscar winner. Brad Pitt, Oscar winning producer and his beautiful fiance, double-Oscar winner Angelina Jolie. Oh, today is a good day to be a Brangeloonie.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie in black Saint Laurent at the Spirit Awards: sack-fabulous or sack-fug? | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yay! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended last night?s Independent Spirit Awards and Brad won big! 12 Years a Slave ended up with the biggest awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay & Cinematography), and Lupita Nyong?o won Best Supporting Actress. And Brad was there with a new haircut and with his lady. You can see the full winners list here.
Angelina wore this Saint Laurent dress ? we don?t have the typical glamour shots because Brad and Angelina didn?t walk the red carpet, unfortunately. They ?snuck? into the tent, but I don?t really understand the purpose of NOT walking the carpet if every photo agency still managed to get shots of them going into the tent. As for the Saint Laurent dress? I do appreciate how Jolie is impervious to criticism about most things. We can bitch about her sack dresses and how she always wears black and how she still seems to be dressing like Maleficent, but at the end of the day? that?s her style. That?s what she loves. And as far as black, sacky, Maleficent dresses go, this one isn?t so bad. I could have done without the little sleeve-cape, but otherwise, she looks beautiful. I love her hair back like that. And I love the gold heels!
I have to admit? Brad is looking hot in these photos too. Bedhead and I were debating whether Brad?s hair looks Bieber?d of Robin Thicke?d. Now that she made the Thicke comparison, I can?t unsee it. Damn!
PS? Do you think Angie will be wearing Saint Laurent at the Oscars too? Hm?
Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie traveled to Lebanon to visit thousands of Syrian refugee children | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This ^^ is the new interview Angelina Jolie did with Tom Brokaw for the Today show. It’s all about Unbroken and WWII. Angelina and Louis embracing each other… perfection. Tom Brokaw referring to Angelina as Louis’s “girlfriend” is amazing too.
Anyway, Angelina was in Lebanon yesterday to meet with the Lebanese prime minister about the epic Syrian refugee crisis. She?s actually in Lebanon as part of three-day trip in her capacity as UNHCR Special Envoy, and she attempting to draw even more attention to the state of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. You can see some photos of Angelina here, and you can read the UNHCR press release here.
Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lebanon to draw attention to the challenges facing thousands of Syrian refugee children and to highlight the massive displacement Syria’s three-year conflict has created, officials said Monday.
During a three-day visit, U.N. special envoy Jolie visited unaccompanied children living in the eastern Bekaa Valley, where much of the poorest Syrian refugees in Lebanon reside, as the United Nations Refugee Agency Special Envoy. The 3,500 children are those who were orphaned, or separated from their families as they fled into Lebanon.
They form part of the nearly one-third of all Syrians who have been displaced from their homes since an uprising against the President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. About 2.5 million Syrians have become refugees; and another 4.2 million are displaced within Syria, the U.N. estimates – some one-third of the country’s pre-war population.
‘Meeting these children was a heart-rending experience,’ said Jolie in a statement issued via the U.N. ‘They have lost their families and their childhood has been hijacked by war. They are so young, yet they are bearing the burdens of their reality as if they are adults.’
The tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon, which neighbors Syria, has absorbed nearly one million refugees, swelling the country’s population by one-fifth. The concentrated numbers of refugees have overwhelmed Lebanon’s infrastructure, raised rents and flooded the public health and education systems throughout the country. The poorest refugees huddle in tents made out of old billboard advertisements on land they rent out from farmers in the Bekaa Valley; the shelters offer little against the country’s bitter winters and hot summers.
Parents of thousands of Syrian children have pulled them out of schools, because they cannot afford the modest Lebanese school fees, or because they need them to work – often as shoe shiners and car cleaners.
During her visit, Jolie called on the international community to ensure the implementation of a recent U.N. resolution that called for humanitarian assistance to reach Syrian civilians. On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution demanding immediate access everywhere in Syria for humanitarian aid. The resolution, which marked a rare instance of unity on the security council, doesn’t threaten sanctions but it does express the council’s intention to take ‘further steps’ if the resolution isn’t implemented
Jolie said her meeting was also to thank Lebanon for hosting the refugees.
‘The generosity and solidarity shown by Lebanon and Lebanese to its neighbor serves as an example to the world for which we should all be grateful. We all need to help them bear this burden,’ Jolie said.
[From The Daily Mail]
No matter what she does, people will always be critical of Angelina for many parts of her life. But I?ve always had so much admiration for her UNHCR work, and I think she operates as special envoy with a great deal of compassion and intelligence. This is not some charity bandwagon issue ? Angelina?s focus has been consistently on the plight of refugees (often in areas of the world without a lot of media attention) for going on 14 years.
You can donate to the UNHCR here.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's highest paid woman, only woman in 'top ten' earners | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie is on the top of the Hollywood heap once again. Only not really. Women?s Media Center compiled their list of ?highest movie stars? and wouldn?t you know? Angelina is the only woman to crack the Top Ten. It?s a sausage party beyond Angelina, only? the list seems to only be about money made from actual film work. In which case, Robert Downey Jr. with his crazy backend deal for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 was always going to be #1.
The top 10 highest-paid movie stars in Hollywood? A bunch of dudes…and Angelina Jolie. The Oscar winner was the top-earning female actress in 2013 with $33 million, according to figures used in a report compiled by the Women’s Media Center, but her seemingly to-die-for paycheck was only just big enough to put her on par with the, er, lowest-earning (you know, in Hollywood dollars) male actor, Denzel Washington.
Who’s tops? Robert Downey Jr., of course, with a $75 million haul from the Iron Man franchise, per the New York Film Academy.
Liam Neeson was the 10th-highest-paid male star, with $31.5 million, allowing just enough room for Jolie (who, while some of her top-earning male counterparts have been nominated, is the only one other than Washington to have won an Oscar) to squeeze in at No. 10 overall.
The ubiquitous Channing Tatum trailed RDJ last year with $60 million, while Hugh Jackman was next with $55 million, followed by Mark Wahlberg, with $51 million.
Dwayne Johnson is the not-so-surprising sixth-place hunk (his box office was bigger than Downey’s last year), ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise, Washington and Neeson.
As for the ladies who also had what can still be considered a very good 2013, Jennifer Lawrence was second to Jolie with $26 million. Kristen Stewart ($21.5 million), Jennifer Aniston ($20 million) and Emma Stone ($16 million) rounded out the top five.
[From E! News]
I don?t doubt that Aniston has made $20 million off of film projects in the past year, but I would think that if we were counting money made from endorsement deals, modeling projects and SmartWater percentages, Aniston would be bumped up Jolie-level. Aniston?s side projects are very, very lucrative. Of course, Angelina has some lucrative side projects too ? the Chateau Miraval wine, the Louis Vuitton endorsement, The Style of Jolie jewelry. The thing about Angelina?s endorsements though is that I think a lot of that money goes to charity.
As for the dudes? as I said, I?m not surprised by RDJ. I?m also not surprised by Channing Tatum, Mark Wahlberg (he?s become a huge producer) or Leonardo DiCaprio. I?m a little bit surprised that Tom Cruise still cracks the top ten. I?m also surprised that The Rock is on there too.
PS… Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are both going to present at the Oscars. YAY! They’ve made the list compiled by EW – see the full list here.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie has been carrying the $425 Everlane Portfolio bag: cute or basic? | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt arriving at LAX on Monday. They must have flown out of London in the wee hours Monday, right? Like, they just slept on the plane, because they were allegedly partying all night after the BAFTAs
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