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| | Angelina Jolie's First Public Appearance Since the Mastectomy | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Here’s Angelina Jolie in her first appearance post-mastectomy. She was with Brad Pitt celebrating the premiere ofWorld War Z. In other words, here are her new boobs. They, uh, look like boobs. They got the same shape and everything. I don’t know. Were you expecting something different like a lumpy bag of coal?
Anyway, Angelina probably made the right decision as her aunt, Debbie Martin, also died from breast cancer last week. ThoughI’d like to think the decision was made easier when the doctor assured her, “We can rebuild it. We have the technology.”
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| | Esquire: Brad Pitt & Angelina make out all the time, he calls her 'the best person' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Brad Pitt covers the June/July issue of Esquire to promote World War Z. The interview was released last night and I’ll be covering it later today. The interview was done by Tom Junod around the beginning of April, when Angelina was in the midst of her multiple mastectomy and reconstruction surgeries. Brad didn?t give Junod any clue into what was going on. And so after Angelina?s announcement (one week ago today), Junod published an addendum (consider it a ?reimagining?) to his yet-to-released Esquire cover story. It?s just his basic thoughts on Brad and Angelina?s relationship and Brad talking about how much he loves his girl. It?s really nice:
Tom Junod’s profile of Brad Pitt will appear in the June/July issue, which is on newsstands at the end of the month.
When I met Brad Pitt the day after Easter, he was so tired that he was perhaps more reflective than usual. He had just finished a week of spring break with his family. He had camped out with them the night before on his property north of Santa Barbara, and he had woken up, he said, too early, as well as too wet. They had slept in tents, four of his six children, along with two of their friends, and then he had gotten all of them in a van and driven them down to LA.
?Angie too?? I asked.
?Yeah,? he said. ?Angie too.?
I told him that I?d met her a few years before, when I profiled her for Esquire. She was making a movie about the wife of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, and the thesis of my story was that while 9/11 was supposed to make us all better — a better country and a better people — it only worked for Angelina Jolie. The story has won a kind of immortality as ?The Worst Celebrity Profile Ever Written,? and when I told that to Angelina Jolie?s partner, he at first laughed and said that he hoped Esquire would use that as the title of the profile I was writing about him. Then he got serious. ?But you were right,? he said. ?You were right, you were right. Angie is….the best person…..?
I remembered meeting Angelina Jolie — how thin she was, how much steak she ate and wine she drank, and above all her utter self-possession. She answered every question I asked, but she was the kind of person who responded without ever simply reacting. Brad Pitt was different. He was, like a lot of men, stuck between family and work, and the day he came back to LA from spring break was the day he began the push to finish his summer zombie movie, World War Z. And so, although he was Brad Pitt, he was also a big guy, dressed in black, stained around the eyes by stress and exhaustion, who spoke leaning forward, bent at the waist, with his hands folded between his legs, and was in the habit of repeating himself between long pauses. ?I?m a crap interview,? he?d warned me, but when he began talking about his family, he said twice, ?I haven?t known life to be any happier,? and he said it in such a way that I never once thought to doubt him.
This was April 1. I didn?t know then what I know now — that a month earlier, his partner, Angelina Jolie, commenced the series of surgeries that would end, a month later, with her pre-emptive double mastectomy. Over the next few weeks, I talked to several of Pitt?s close friends. They must have known what the couple was enduring, but of course they never told me. One of them, however, called me back after our first interview. His name was Frank Pollaro, and he?d spoken about the furniture business he?d started with Brad Pitt, and about Pitt?s excellent eye. But he wanted to say something else, so he called Brad, and asked if he was at liberty to speak about Brad?s relationship with Angelina. He was, and so when he called back, he told me what he?d seen at Brad?s house — ?once I walked in and Angie was standing there and Zahara walked up and said, ?Daddy, you?re not going to start making out with Mommy again, are you?? And it?s like that. This is a guy who has tried not to do any sexy scenes with other women since he?s met Angelinia. He?s crazy about her, and she?s the same way about him. No matter how hard he?s working, if one of those kids runs by the window he?ll get out of his chair and give them a kiss. And I don?t think I?ve ever seen Angie without one of those children in her arms.?
It?s the nature of marriage — or, in the case Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a committed relationship — to both invite and repel scrutiny. We have no idea how any two people make a life together, much less two people as professionally exhibitionistic and privately enigmatic as the two combined in the public mind as ?Brangelina.? But I will say this: a long time ago, Brad Pitt left college in Missouri to come to LA and act in movies. He insists that he wasn?t looking for stardom, only a sense of life and possibility larger than what he left behind. He insists that he was searching the chimera of Hollywood for something real. This morning, the mother of his children revealed in the New York Times that he was ?at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries.?
You do not have to be a celebrity, only a father and a man in love with a woman, to know that life doesn?t get any more real than that.
[From Esquire]
Does Junod sound like a fan-boy? Sure. But that doesn?t mean I didn?t enjoy this piece immensely. Junod infamously profiled Angelina several years ago ? he references that in this piece, and you can read the old story here. It?s not a particularly revealing interview for Angelina, but again, it sounds like it was written by a fan-boy. And why not? Why can?t a celebrity journalist admit that he or she believes that Brad and Angelina are in love and in it for the long haul? That despite all of the glitz and bulls?t that comes with their jobs, they actually managed to make something real and lasting together? *adjusts Brangeloonie tin foil hat*
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| | Angelina Jolie Taking Out Her Ovaries Next | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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PEOPLE reports that despite undergoing apreventativedouble mastectomy and lowering her chance of developing breast cancer to 8%, the faulty BRCA1 gene Angelina Jolie carries still increases her chances of getting ovarian cancer (50%), the same type of cancer her mom died from. That’s why she’s taking her ovaries out too.
Some doctors recommend patients undergo the surgery by age 40 or when a woman is done having children, though it may trigger early menopause.
No word on when that’s going to happen but you’ll probably know once you see an eBay auction that says, “Angelina Jolie’s ovaries! Start $5,000,000! Buy it now: $15,000,000!”
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| | Angelina Jolie had a Double Mastectomy and Other News | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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In a New York Times op-ed piece called “My Medical Choice,” Angelina Jolie revealed she underwent a double mastectomy after genetic tests showed she had an 87% risk of developing the breast cancer that killed her mother at age 56. People Magazine says:
The 37-year-old actress had the surgery in February and completed the last of the follow-up procedures in April.
“I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy,” says Jolie in the column appearing Tuesday. “But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.”
Jolie, who has six children with Brad Pitt, says the actor was at her side every step of the way.
“I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive,” she writes. “So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition.”
Pitt was with her “for every minute of the surgeries,” and even during the difficult times, “We managed to find moments to laugh together.”
“We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has,” she writes.
Jolie describes in detail her surgery and follow-up procedures, including receiving implants, and that now her children “see nothing that makes them uncomfortable.”
“They can see my small scars and that’s it,” she writes. “Everything else is just Mommy, the same as she always was. And they know that I love them and will do anything to be with them as long as I can.
“On a personal note,” she continues, “I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”
I just hoped they kept a tight reign on whoever cleaned up after the surgeries, because I have a feeling genuine Angelina Jolie breast tissue would make a mint on eBay. I know the fake Angelina Jolie breast tissue I put up last week broke twenty bucks before the jerks made me take it down.
In other news…
Selena Gomez does tribal print in a triangle bikini. (Celeb Slam)
Will Smith said he lets his kids “make their own decisions” and that he “doesn’t pull the parent card,” and that brilliant method of parenting and now has his fifteen year old son seeking legal emancipation. (Celebitchy)
Is Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby just Moulin Rouge with a hip-hop soundtrack? (Huffington Post)
If the answer is “Tom Arnold and Kevin Federline,” I don’t think I really even want to know the question. (Mandatory)
Video of Kanye West walking headlong into a sign and then freaking out and trying to accuse the paparazzi of making it happen. (Hollywood Rag)
Rihanna got a new lame tattoo of a lion head on her index finger. (Hollywood PQ)
This is why you NEVER stick your genitals into a hornet’s nest. Boy, if I had a nickel… (COED Magazine)
SI swimsuit model Cintia Dicker for Hope Lingerie. (DS)
Which actress was devastated after she found out a co-star she was obsessed with had started a relationship with another performer? (Blind Gossip)
After Angelina Jolie’s revelation this morning, a CNN anchor reveals her decision to undergo a double mastectomy, too. (Jezebel)
Telling portraits of soldiers before, during, and after deployment. (The Stir)
RIP Dr Joyce Brothers. (Seriously? OMG)
Hayden Panettiere’s purple fringed bikini — love it, or leave it? (Socialite Life)
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| | Angelina Jolie: I Had a Double Mastectomy | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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She?s been laying low as of late, and it turns out Angelina Jolie has been recovering from a double mastectomy she underwent earlier this year.
The ?Mr. and Mrs. Smith? star explained in a New York Times op-ed that there wasn?t anything medically pressing that led to the decision, but rather her genetic predisposition to developing breast cancer.
Jolie shared, "My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."
"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don?t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Angelina continued, "My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a 'nipple delay,' which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area."
Jolie also noted that she still feels plenty of girl power- "I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."
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| | Angelina Jolie reveals she had a double mastectomy in a moving NYT op-ed | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed, published in today?s New York Times, in which she discusses her medical decision to have a double-mastectomy. Angelina?s mother Marcheline battled cancer for a decade ? Marcheline was diagnosed when Angelina was in her early 20s. I think Marcheline?s cancer battle and death in 2007 was one of the most devastating things that has ever happened to Angelina, and it gave Angelina the sense that she would probably die young like her mother. She?s always said variations of ?The women in my family die young? and that?s why she always said she chose to have so many kids so fast ? she wanted to be able to enjoy motherhood while she could. Well, Angelina?s doctors told her that she has/had a very high risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer, so she underwent the double mastectomy over the past three months. Here?s her NYT op-ed:
MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.
We often speak of ?Mommy?s mommy,? and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me. I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a ?faulty? gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average.
Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.
On April 27, I finished the three months of medical procedures that the mastectomies involved. During that time I have been able to keep this private and to carry on with my work.
But I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people?s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.
My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a ?nipple delay,? which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area. This causes some pain and a lot of bruising, but it increases the chance of saving the nipple.
Two weeks later I had the major surgery, where the breast tissue is removed and temporary fillers are put in place. The operation can take eight hours. You wake up with drain tubes and expanders in your breasts. It does feel like a scene out of a science-fiction film. But days after surgery you can be back to a normal life.
Nine weeks later, the final surgery is completed with the reconstruction of the breasts with an implant. There have been many advances in this procedure in the last few years, and the results can be beautiful.
I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don?t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.
It is reassuring that they see nothing that makes them uncomfortable. They can see my small scars and that?s it. Everything else is just Mommy, the same as she always was. And they know that I love them and will do anything to be with them as long as I can. On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.
I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive. So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition. Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has.
For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.
I acknowledge that there are many wonderful holistic doctors working on alternatives to surgery. My own regimen will be posted in due course on the Web site of the Pink Lotus Breast Center. I hope that this will be helpful to other women.
Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live. The cost of testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2, at more than $3,000 in the United States, remains an obstacle for many women.
I choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer. It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
[From The NY Times]
Damn, she made me get all teary first thing in the morning. Man. I think this is beautifully written and beautifully thought-out. Angelina has always feared that she would not be around to see her children grow up, and I think this will give her peace of mind for a while. She makes it sound like she?s going to undergo some preventative measures for her ovarian cancer risk as well ? what would that involve? A partial or total hysterectomy? I think it?s lovely that Brad was there to support her every step of the way, and I like how she explained the surgeries (because I didn?t realize that it was such a multi-stage process). God bless her.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie & Maddox go matchy-matchy for an LAX appearance: cute or try-hard? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie! Maddox! God, he?s getting so big. These are some photos of Angelina and her oldest kid at LAX on Friday. I?m not sure if they were coming or going, but if I had to guess, I would say they were arriving at LA from London? Did Madd get to go with his mom to the G8 conference? Does Maddox think London is cool? Does he have cool London friends? So many questions.
I?m kind of obsessed with Angelina?s outfit here ? it?s like she?s wearing her Catwoman suit under that sweater. At first I thought she was wearing some kind of new-fangled leather pants-boots, like it was all one thing and you slide into your leather pants and there are boots attached. But she?s wearing leather pants and leather boots with some kind of high heel (as opposed to the leather riding boots which she wears often). Think about that ? Angelina is wearing heels and Maddox is still THAT tall. Without the heels, he must be just a few inches shorter than his mom now. Also note the presence of the Louis Vuitton bag, the only spot of color in an otherwise goth mother-and-son photo-op. Is LV still paying her?!
As for Maddox?s style? he reminds me of both of his parents. He gets his love of black clothing, skulls and the macabre from his mom. He gets his laid-back swagger from his dad. I feel like Madd is even walking like Brad!
PS? According to Us Weekly, Angelina was wearing her engagement ring for this appearance. I forgot to look. I always forget to look. Because I loathe Ring Watch. It?s the worst.
PPS? Brad is supposed to present an award at tonight?s MTV Movie Awards. That should be interesting.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie and Maddox Return from London | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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After a trip Across the Pond to speak at the G8 Foreign Ministers Summit in London, Angelina Jolie and Maddox arrived at LAX Airport on Friday (April 12).
Both clad in black, the "Tomb Raider" star wore a long-sleeved top, knee-high boots, and leather pants, while her eldest son wore a matching Misfits cap and sweatshirt, with black pants.
At the meeting of powerful world leaders, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the 37-year-old actress advocated efforts to prevent rape in war zones.
Speaking about the atrocities, the Goodwill ambassador for the United Nations said, "Hundreds of thousands of women and children have been sexually assaulted, tortured or forced into sexual slavery in the wars of our generation. Wartime rape is not inevitable. This violence can be prevented, and it must be confronted. Today I believe their voices have been heard and that we finally have some hope to offer them. I welcome the long overdue stand that the G8 has taken."
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| | Angelina Jolie took sons Pax & Knox to FAO Schwarz on Friday: adorable? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we learned last week, Angelina Jolie flew to New York City to make an appearance at the annual Women In the World Summit. She gave a moving speech about Malala Yousafzai and she was the first to pledge money to the newly formed Malala?s Fund, committed to providing education for Pakistani girls. What I didn?t know was that Angelina had brought her sons Pax and Knox to NYC too, and on Friday, she took them to FAO Schwarz.
First, can we have a word about Pax?s amazing goggles? I always get the impression that Angelina and Brad are the kinds of parents who are like, ?You want to wear that? In public? Sure. Why not?? Like, they?re not obsessed with how their kids ?look? in public, their focus is just on letting the kids be kids, and if the kid wants to wear goggles (snow goggles, maybe?) in New York in April, why not?
As for Angelina?s outfit? I think she?s worn most of this stuff before. Like, Jennifer Garner almost always wears jeans and a flannel when she?s out with her kids, and Angelina?s default style is ?modern witch?. I think the flared coat is throwing me off and giving me such a witchy vibe. The boots aren?t helping either. But the belt thing is kind of awesome, right?
As for Knox? I look at him and he just reminds me so much of Brad, even though I can see some Angelina in his face. Even though Knox is only four-and-a-half, he just carries himself like his dad. He seems so laid-back, like a little dude. I also believe Knox is close to being a ginger ? his hair seems reddish-brown. I want to believe he?ll grow up and look like Michael Fassbender. PS? his gold shoes are amazing. I wouldn?t mind having an adult pair just like those.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie gives emotional tribute to Malala Yousafzai at Women's Summit | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie at the 4th Annual Women in the World Summit in New York City last night. Her Lord of the Rings ensemble is Saint Laurent Spring 2013. It?s very much ?the style of Jolie? which is to say Angelina loves a baggy sack dress, she loves black and muddy, unflattering, boring colors, and she loves an insane amount of layers. When she was at the Women in the World Summit last year, she wore a lovely black-and-white suit, so it?s not like she didn?t know that a suit would have been perfectly acceptable. I don?t understand this. Ugh. It?s like she?s still in character as Maleficent.
During her appearance at the summit, Angelina gave a speech about Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani girl who was targeted by the Taliban because she spoke out about the state of girls? education. The Taliban shot Malala point-blank in the head last year, but Malala was taken to England for treatment, and she survived. Here?s Angelina?s speech (this made me cry, just FYI, so if you need to get your tissue ready, go ahead).
Angelina says in part, “Here’s what the gunman and the Taliban accomplished on that day. They shot her at point-blank range in the head ? and made her stronger. The brutal attempt to silence her voice made it stronger.? Then Malala appeared, via video link-up, to say: “Today I’m going to announce the happiest moment of my life,” she said, revealing that money from the charity fund set up in her name would go towards building a school for 40 girls in Pakistan. “Let us turn the education of 40 girls into 40 million girls.? Angelina committed $200,000 to the new ?Malala?s Fund? for Pakistani girls? education.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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