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| | Angelina Jolie's message to girls: 'Find their own power, but respect & learn from men' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie and Disney are on the same page for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Disney seems to love this collaboration because Angelina goes all-in to sell the movies, and because she can talk about feminism while still staying on Disney-message. Disney?s feminism is definitely on the lighter, more consumer-driven side. I mean, little kids still want to be princesses, but maybe they also want to have horns and wings and wear all-black. Disney is giving them that choice = feminism. I have a point here! The point is that I love how Angelina and Elle Fanning put their own spin on Disney?s feminist-lite talking points:
Angelina Jolie has championed the role men can play in shaping the personalities of young girls. The actress, who stars in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, also said female characters in films should not have to be portrayed as physically tough in order to be considered strong.
I think that, so often, when a storys told which says this is a strong woman, she has to beat the man, or she has to be like the man, or she has to somehow not need the man, Jolie told journalists at the films launch.
Referring to her own character in the film and Princess Aurora, played by Elle Fanning, Jolie said: We both very much need and love and learn from the men. And so I think thats also an important message for young girls, to find their own power, but to respect and learn from the men around them. We have strong women, but the character that is wrong in the film and has to be taken out is also a woman. We show very diverse types of women between our characters, but also we have extraordinary men in the film, and I really want to press that point.
Fanning, who reprises her role of Princess Aurora in the film, echoed Jolies comments and said her characters strength is not necessarily physical, unlike many princesses in childrens films.
Auroras strength is her kindness, and she stays very true to herself, which is something I wanted to keep in the film. She is soft and feminine and wants to be a wife and have babies, and thats a beautiful, strong thing that isnt portrayed a lot on screen. A lot of the princesses are like were gonna make her a strong princess! And make her tough, so were gonna make her fight! And its like, is that what being a strong woman means? Like, we just have to have a sword and have armour on and go fight? Aurora can do that in a different way, in a Pink dress, and its beautiful that she keeps her softness and vulnerabilities.
[From BBC]
?She is soft and feminine and wants to be a wife and have babies, and thats a beautiful, strong thing that isnt portrayed a lot on screen.? Can we argue about this? Almost every romance and rom-com is based on the idea that yes, every woman wants a husband, a wedding and babies. Every magazine and every message from the media is that women want those things too. It?s not groundbreaking to portray a young woman wanting those things. It?s not feminist or anti-feminist either (it?s just a neutral choice). That quote is from Elle and I think she?s just trying to defend her character. But this quote from Angelina was just too much as well: ?Thats also an important message for young girls, to find their own power, but to respect and learn from the men around them?? Yeah but when are boys going to get the message to respect and learn from the women around them. Ugh.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'I was feeling pretty broken' two years after leaving Brad Pitt | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As everyone keeps saying, Angelina Jolie is back to feeling good about life and feeling good about herself. It took three years, basically. Angelina has been promoting Maleficent: Mistress of Evil all over the world for weeks, and she?s been making a lot of public comments as she does press for the film. Her quotes, taken together, kind of reveal that Angelina spent 2014-2016 in a bad place. Those were her final years with Brad Pitt, and she was deeply unhappy. In the wake of their split, Jolie says she was not feeling strong, especially not strong enough to play Maleficent again:
Angelina Jolie had to work to find the strength to play Maleficent again in the upcoming sequel. Jolie put the horns back on last summer to shoot Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which comes out this Friday, marking her first acting role in four years.
?It was a tough time,? Jolie tells PEOPLE of returning to the character in this week?s issue. ?I?d been coming off a few years of difficulty, and I was not feeling very strong. In fact, I was feeling pretty broken. It took me a moment to feel the strength of [Maleficent] again.?
Jolie, 44, shares six children with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 55: daughters Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 13, and Vivienne, 11, and sons Maddox, 18, Pax, 15, and Knox, 11. But while her six kids hung around in London with their mom during most of the shoot, Jolie couldn?t get them to appear on screen this time. Even Vivienne, Jolie?s youngest daughter who appeared as a young Aurora in the 2014 original, wasn?t into it.
?I tried,? Jolie says. ?Viv still can?t believe I made her a princess. None of my kids want to be actors. [They?re into] business, humanitarian affairs, things like that. Nobody was interested!?
[From People]
?I was not feeling very strong. In fact, I was feeling pretty broken.? Two years after the Jolie-Pitt split, she still felt broken. Keep in mind that during pre-production and production on Mistress of Evil, Brad and his team continued to smear Angelina because she was? taking care of the kids in London. Anyway, I love that her kids couldn?t care less about being in the movie with her. Vivienne was so cute as Toddler Aurora in the first film! And it made me laugh because Angelina sounded like such a stage parent when she talked about trying to get Vivienne to do ?act? as Aurora. I wish at least one of the kids wanted to be in the second movie!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie in Ralph and Russo at the UK 'Maleficent' premiere: stunning' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are photos from last night?s London premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. The biggest look is Angelina Jolie in Ralph and Russo, a gown which was likely customized for this very premiere, and obviously tailored for her body. There is basically a gold ?harness? with the bodice of this dress, and the fabric seems like silk tulle with sequins or beading. There?s also a pointed shoulder detail and what amounts to a cape. All in all? I like that it?s a BIG look and that she went all-out. But this dress isn?t my favorite? The back of the dress looks like a curtain valance and I find the dress with the hair to be too matronly.
Speaking of Matron Jolie, four of her kids joined her at the premiere everybody but Pax and Maddox (who is in college). Zahara in particular has been outdoing her mom with her (Z?s) premiere looks. Did Angelina agree to allowing Zahara to get couture for the promotion too? Also: as Angelina walked the carpet, her lawyers and Brad Pitt?s lawyers were basically filing an extension on their never-ending divorce negotiations. They have everything worked out except for the financials, and they?re asking a private judge to help them work through the financial stuff. The court agreed as long as they pay for the private judge themselves. More than three years! Three times as long as the marriage!
For some reason, Michelle Pfeiffer wasn?t at the premiere, but Elle Fanning was there and she and Angelina coordinated their looks Elle wore Armani Prive and Sutra Jewel opal earrings. She?s so beautiful. I?m adding some bonus Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie wore slinky black Versace for the Rome 'Maleficent' premiere | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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One of my favorite things this week is that Disney sent Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer to Europe to promote Maleficent: Mistress of Evil by themselves. No Sam Riley, no Chiwetel Ejiofor, no Elle Fanning. Just mature vampire goddesses looking magnificent together. Yesterday, we saw the amazing pics from the Rome photocall, where Angelina wore COLOR (Givenchy) and she and Michelle looked like they were maybe thinking of making out. Hours later, they did the Rome premiere and it was also amazing? even though Angelina went back to black.
Angelina?s dress is Versace, big surprise! I actually love this dress? yes, we?ve seen her in a million glittery black dresses, but this is slinky and sexy and it looks great on her. I actually thought her hair looked way better at the photocall though. Michelle wore Monique Lhuillier a long-sleeved velvet-looking gown which looked great on her, and looked great beside Angelina?s Versace. Did they coordinate their looks on their girls? trip to Europe?
Someone said yesterday that Angelina?s kids (minus Maddox) made the trip to Rome too, so it?s not *just* a vampire-girls trip. Shiloh and Zahara walked the Rome red carpet with their mom for a bit too I love how Zahara is getting all dressed up for these premieres! Shiloh did not really dress up though? that looks like an ?80s style windbreaker. *gasps in Versace*
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie on her separation from Brad: 'I didn't recognize myself anymore' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Angelina Jolie wears Givenchy, looks gorgeous with Michelle Pfeiffer in Rome | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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What happens when two regal goddesses meet up in Rome? They pose together for some of the cheekboniest photos I?ve ever seen in my life. These photos are MAGNIFICENT. Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer are doing the European swing of the promotional tour for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. They attended the photocall today, using Rome as a backdrop for their beauty. It was an incredible sight and I home the Roman Tourism Board cuts them a check.
Angelina?s ensemble here is Givenchy. She hasn?t worn a lot of Givenchy in her life, especially not when Riccardo Tisci was the head designer. But now that Clare Waight Keller is in charge? I guess maybe Angelina is giving Givenchy another chance. Or maybe a styist somewhere (for the studio?) decided that Angelina needed to wear some color for the promotion. In any case, it?s sort of a new silhouette for our sack-dress lover.
Both Michelle and Angelina have the BEST makeup in these photos. It helps that they?re both vampires who devour men to enhance their power and beauty. Meanwhile, did you know that Angelina used to have a crush on Michelle? Jolie spoke about that during a joint interview last week, telling Michelle that she loved her in Grease 2 and Scarface. And Angelina did use the word ?crush? to describe her feelings for Michelle. We stan a ?90s bisexual icon.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Angelina Jolie 'will never get married again,' she felt Brad 'pressured' her into marrying | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Considering that Angelina Jolie is currently in her Maleficent: Mistress of Evil press tour, she has no issue with speaking on her own behalf. She?s already spoken about how there were times where she did not feel ?safe,? and did not feel ?free of harm.? Which I took to mean that Angelina is speaking in general terms about her last marriage, to Brad Pitt. The marriage that ended up with Angelina grabbing her children and ghosting Brad and never looking back. After that kind of experience which still isn?t over, the divorce hasn?t been finalized of course she?s probably done with marriage entirely.
Angelina Jolie has no plans to ever walk down the aisle again, a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
The 44-year-old actress ?will never get married again,? the source says, claiming she never wanted to tie the knot in the first place. ?She felt that Brad pressured her.?
Jolie and Brad Pitt exchanged vows in France in 2014 after a decade together. The twosome, who share Maddox, 18, Pax, 15, Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 13, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 11, called it quits two years later. While they have yet to finalize their divorce, they reached a custody agreement in November 2018. In April, they became legally single amid the ongoing divorce proceedings. According to the source, the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil star is enjoying being on her own.
[From Us Weekly]
Do you think Brad pressured her? The story at the time was that the KIDS pressured both of them, that as they got older, the Jolie-Pitt kids wanted them to get married. Maybe the kids thought that if they got married, their relationship would improve. But their relationship seemed to fall off the fking cliff once they got married. My theory for years was that Brad actually wanted to marry Angelina back when she was pregnant with Shiloh and Angelina was like ?nah, I don?t need that.? So Brad made up that story about how they wouldn?t marry until everyone could (meaning gay marriage). Anyway? will Angelina ever remarry? Fourth time?s the charm? Probably not. While I?m fine with Jolie being done with marriage, I hope she?s not done with romance. I would love for her to find love/joy/hot sex again.
And now Im sad that this was the last wedding gown shell ever wear. It was so bad!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie: There are times where 'I have not felt safe, I have not felt free of harm' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie has spent the past five days promoting Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and her interviews are still coming out and they are GOOD. She must have done the whole rope line, and done every junket interview. I mean? Disney is paying her and they want this film to be a big success, just like the last one. So of course Angelina is talking a lot. This is what we all hoped for! As part of the junket, Angelina spoke to E! News about how she hasn?t always felt ?free.? These quotes are interesting:
On love: The real truest love pulls out your best self. Its what you value, what youre loyal to and what youre willing to fight for. So I think that truest love does that, and I think for Maleficient?its the surprise that she didnt realize that she had it in her.
On Maleficent: I think Maleficent is wild, I think there is that thing in all of us that is just not safe and not fine, that wants to just have fun and be our best self.
She feels not fine & not safe sometimes too: There have been times in my life where I have felt ? and maybe Ive hidden them well from the public ? where I have not felt free, I have not felt safe, I have not felt like free of harm. I have felt small. I have felt cornered. And it has taken a lot to find that again, probably more of that today than I was in the last four years.?
[From E! News]
?I have not felt free, I have not felt safe, I have not felt like free of harm. I have felt small. I have felt cornered.? Yep. Whatever went down on the plane in 2016 wasn?t ONLY about whatever happened between Brad Pitt and Maddox. Most of the variations on the story said that Maddox actually got in between Angelina and Brad, because he was defending his mom. I really wonder if Angelina is going to talk more about this in the years to come, or if she?ll only speak about it in more general or cryptic ways.
Here?s something slightly more fun Angelina talking on the red carpet about her infamous 2012 Oscar dress, which introduced us to the Leg of Doom (my favorite villain). Seven years later, Angelina?s like ?fk a leg of doom.? No, she gets into the backstory of the dress and she told Extra: There?s a whole longer story behind that ? I had a more complicated dress and I wore the more comfortable dress, which was that one, and I think I was just so comfortable that I think when you feel comfortable, when you feel yourself ? which is very much the theme of the film, and we know this in life ? you embrace it. And sometimes, maybe it appears to be a thing, I don?t know. The Leg of Doom came out because she was super-comfortable in her dress.
#Maleficent star Angelina Jolie on *that* famous Oscar dress, plus rediscovering herself in the latest chapter of her life. ?? https://t.co/QKq8Y8aKql pic.twitter.com/wDSOHx59Ii
ExtraTV (@extratv) October 1, 2019
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| | Angelina Jolie wore Versace, brought five kids to the 'Maleficent' premiere | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are photos from the big LA premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, the sequel to the wildly successful live-action Maleficent. Disney was very happy with the first Maleficent movie, and Angelina Jolie loved the process too, so everyone was eager to make a sequel. Jolie?s Mistress of Evil is still united with her surrogate daughter Aurora (Elle Fanning), and Aurora is about to marry a prince and have a mother-in-law from hell, played by Michelle Pfeiffer.
For the premiere, Angelina brought out the five youngest kids Maddox is in college in South Korea, but the rest of the brood wanted to come out to support their mom. They all sort of coordinated Angelina must have suggested that everyone needed to wear something black. Vivienne in her overalls, Zahara in her gown, Shiloh in a leather jacket, Knox in a Versace suit, Pax looking like he?s about to head out to a Grammy party. Angelina wore Versace and a scorpion brooch on her hip. Magnificent.
Elle Fanning wore an on-theme Gucci dress, like she lives in the forest with Maleficent. She even styled the look with flowers and butterflies in her hair. My thought: Vivienne will look like Elle as she grows up.
Michelle Pfeiffer in custom Giorgio Armani, looking regal AF.
Sam Reilly and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Sam and Angelina got along well in the first film and I?m glad he?s back as Diaval the Raven. Chiwetel is part of the same winged-sorceress species as Maleficent. I love that Disney hired Chitwel for this!!
Photos courtesy of WENN and WENN/Avalon.
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| | Angelina Jolie: 'At my core I?m soft & vulnerable, it's not my dream just to be strong' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie will be promoting Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in the weeks to come. I?m looking forward to seeing those interviews. But she?s also promoting her contract with Mon Guerlain too she?s the face of Mon Guerlain?s perfumes, including the new fragrance, Intense. To shill for her perfume contract, Angelina chatted with Hello Magazine about Mother?s Day in her house, what she tries to teach her kids, and what it?s like to have so many teenagers right now. You can read the full piece here this interview was conducted in Paris back in July, when Angelina seemed to want to be photographed around the city with her godmother Jacqueline Bisset. Some highlights:
On Mother?s Day: On Mothers Day my children make me breakfast and pick me flowers ? they treat me like a lady. When I do take time for myself, I rediscover that softness I speak of I also realise I have more fight and resilience in me than I knew. But at my core Im soft and vulnerable its not my dream just to be strong. I want to be allowed to be soft and I don?t want to be harmed or feel unsupported when I am.
She loves Paris: Its wonderful to be back in Paris. It reminds me that I dont spend nearly enough time here. Sometimes were somewhere in our lives and cant really imagine something different ? we dont take ourselves out of a place. But when Im in Paris, I feel like a different person ? and I?m curious about that side of myself. It?s enlightening here.
How the latest Mon Guerlain Intense ad was shot in Cambodia: When I first started working with Guerlain in 2017, we spoke about how perfume commercials often capture a fantasy life ? and we wanted to deliver something that was a little heightened but still real. The first Mon Guerlain film was shot at my home in France. For this new perfume, given its strength and our conversations around femininity, freedom and making bold choices, my new home in Cambodia seemed like the natural setting. My [Maddox Jolie-Pitt] Foundation has been based in Cambodia for 17 years and it has been a dream of mine to live in that part of the world. The film is set in the home that I?ve finally built there.
Mother of teenagers: When your children are little you feel more mommy. When they are teenagers you start to remember yourself as a teenager. You see them going to punk clubs and you wonder why you cant go. Im in this fun moment where I?m rediscovering myself.
The values she tries to teach her kids: Kindness ? to others and themselves. Its important to be humble ? know the freedoms you have and what youve been blessed with and make sure you help others. And always remember your place ? we?re all human and very flawed. Were tiny pieces in a much bigger world. As they grow up, I find my children are strong individuals but still open-minded. I try to lead by example and be kind and gracious, as my mother was ? and loving and tolerant. But when theres a fight that needs to be had, get in there. We need to prepare the next generation because there?s so much happening in the world ? they?re up against it. Im working on a programme for children with the BBC. Were counting on our children so we must give them the right knowledge and support.
[From Hello Magazine]
?You see them going to punk clubs and you wonder why you cant go?? DO IT. I?m here for Angelina rediscovering her youthful wild side by going to punk clubs with her kids. Someone break out a new pair of leather pants! And no, I?m not talking about those stupid leather joggers.
What do you make of this: ?At my core Im soft and vulnerable its not my dream just to be strong. I want to be allowed to be soft and I don?t want to be harmed or feel unsupported when I am. I? don?t know what to think? I think she?s saying that she?s not always tough as nails, she?s rarely tough as nails, and she?s not actually not some ballbuster who makes men cry. But? in the context of the Mother?s Day answer, it?s weird.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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