Angelina Jolie says she has a 'soft and emotional side' she hides from the world... after crying at Maria premiere
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- Published on Saturday, 31 August 2024 16:00
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Angelina Jolie has played a lot of tough characters on the big screen, such as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider and Evelyn Salt in Salt.But in real life, the 49-year-old Oscar winning actress is actually soft, she said while at the Venice Film Festival.When asked by a reporter how she related to opera singer Maria Callas, whom Jolie is playing in a new Netflix movie titled Maria, she explained.'I think the way I related to her may be a surprise — [it was] probably the part of her that's extremely soft,' said Jolie at a panel on Thursday, according to People.The star continued, 'And she doesn't have room in the world to be as soft as she truly was, and as emotionally open as she truly was.'Jolie was hinting that she has hidden her soft side due to her enormous fame. This comes after Jolie shed tears when she received an eight minute standing ovation for her film Maria.The mother of six was seen wiping away tears as the claps continued. Jolie also said during her panel that she worked very hard to star as Callas in a movie.She said she spent almost seven months training her voice so she could sing opera because she does not want to 'disappoint' Maria's fans.And she was asked about the word diva, which is what Callas was called.'I think it's often come with a lot of negative connotations,' said Jolie.'I think I've re-learned that word through Maria... and I have a new relationship to it.'I think it is often other people's perception of a woman that defines, sometimes too much, who she is and who she was, or what she intended,' she added.'And I actually think [Maria] was one of the hardest-working people, who didn't hurt anybody.'So I suppose it's everybody in this room that makes that definition sometimes, but the true definition may be [that] the great composers define it differently,' Jolie said.
Netflix has acquired the rights to Maria, but a release date has not yet been announced. Earlier Jolie said she got her sons to block the door of her rehearsal room when she was training to sing like Maria Callas.The Maleficent actress said: 'Everybody here knows I was terribly nervous about the singing. 'I spent almost seven months training because when you work with (director) Pablo (Larrain) you can't do anything by half.'He demands in a most wonderful way that that you really do the work and really learn and train.'My first time singing I was so nervous that my sons were there and they helped to block the door so that nobody else was coming in.'And I was shaky. Pablo in his decency started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala.'So he gave me a time to grow. I was frightened to live up to her and you know I had not sung in public.'Angelina plays Maria when the singing icon was nearing death and losing her voice.The opera legend is still idolized as the greatest voice in the history of opera and died in 1977 aged 53 after a spell of illness and isolation.Angelina's grueling role comes as she continues to battle her Fight Club ex-husband Brad Pitt, 60, over the custody of their six children and over the shares she sold in their Château Miraval winery in France.The actress filed for divorce from Brad in 2016 and the pair were awarded joint custody of their kids by a judge in May 2021.After the ruling, Angelina decided to sell her chunk of her and Brad's vineyard, which has plunged them into an epic and complex legal battle.A source has told Page Six Brad is refusing to let go of the fight over the business as he sees it as an asset for his children.The insider added: 'It's important that people realize that Brad's motivation is to ensure that his kids can maximize the benefit of this asset.'Once it was sold, that's no longer the case and it significantly decreased their inheritance.'
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Angelina Jolie declines to speak about Brad Pitt divorce in new interview: 'I'm trying to get used to what to share'
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- Published on Saturday, 31 August 2024 15:57
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Angelina Jolie politely declined to answer a question about her and Brad Pitt's ongoing divorce in a new sit-down interview with The Hollywood Reporter. While speaking with reporter Rebecca Keegan, at her $25 million Los Feliz home, the Oscar winner, 49, drew 'firm boundaries' around a number of subjects, including her split from Pitt and their 20-year-old son Pax's recent, near-fatal e-bike accident.The Maleficent star explained to the publication that years ago in Hollywood 'you could have this messy private process and the work spoke.' 'Now, the audience's relationship is different. I'm trying to get used to what to share,' she admitted after taking a long hiatus from the industry.When asked by Keegan if it would be okay to 'ask what the status of' her divorce is, the actress replied: 'No.' Later, she opened up about having to remain in California until her and Pitt's six children all turn 18. The former couple share Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18 and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.'I grew up in this town [Los Angeles]. I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as they're 18, I'll be able to leave,' she told THR.The mother-of-six continued: 'When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety. I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here.' After her youngest two children become legal adults, Jolie says she plans on spending 'a lot of time in Cambodia' and visiting her 'family members wherever they may be in the world.'When asked who are her close friends and who she would call at 3 a.m., the performer said she doesn't 'really have those kinds of relationships.''Maybe it's losing your parent young. Maybe it's working. Maybe it's being somebody who's been betrayed a lot. I don't have a lot of those warm, close relationships as much that I lean on,' she said. 'But I have a few, and a few is enough.' Jolie listed Loung Ung as one of her 'closest friends' and her late mom, Marcheline Bertrand, who passed away in 2007.'My mother was very close to me. I lost her. I've had a few friends over the years not be there for my family in their hour of need. I have a couple of people that I trust.'
In 2016, Jolie began doing less film work and only agreeing to take jobs that didn't require long shoots as she focused on 'healing' and the end of her marriage.While reflecting on why she waited 'so long' since she last acted or directed, the star explained she 'needed to be home more' with her kids.'They're a bit older, getting more independent. I'm less needed and so able to go away for different periods of time. And they're old enough to join me at work. It's a new season in our lives. I'm very excited for them to be coming into their own more and more every day,' she said of what made her feel ready to return to work. As for whether she has any writing rituals, Jolie noted that she usually writes 'when everyone is asleep' so she can focus.Although she has a tendency to keep her personal life out of the spotlight, Jolie said 'one of the nicest things — maybe the only nice thing — about being a public person' is connecting with 'other people.''I realized when I came into this business, doing things like Gia or Girl, Interrupted, and I expressed so much of my madness and my pain. When people connected to it, I felt less alone. So if somebody were to talk to me about having gone through breast cancer or losing their parent, then I feel more deeply connected with another human being,' the actress explained.Jolie added: 'To go into a room full of people you don't know, and have a lot in common very quickly because somehow you've been in their home on the television or you made their children laugh or they know something personal, that's really nice.' Jolie and Pitt have been hashing out the details of their divorce for the past eight years.On Friday, a source close to Pitt told People that it's 'pretty shocking' that the pair still 'can't find a resolution and finalize the divorce.' 'A major reason for their unhappiness before Angelina filed for divorce was their frequent clashes over parenting their kids,' the insider claimed. The source pointed out that the stars 'always had different approaches to life just in general' as she grew up in Hollywood as the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand and he had a normal childhood in Springfield, Missouri.'This applied to the kids too,' the source explained. 'Brad wanted a structured life for them with a set education curriculum. Angie wanted them all to find themselves and to figure out what excited them and sparked passion.' Ultimately, Jolie's parenting approach 'won' and 'the kids are free-spirited, super smart and artsy.' 'Brad is very proud though,' the source made clear.
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Angelina Jolie cuts a chic figure in a beige trench coat as she leaves the Venice Film Festival just hours after receiving an eight-minute standing ovation for Maria Callas biopic
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2024 16:15
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After receiving a rapturous reception for her performance in the biopic Maria, it was no surprise that Angelina Jolie was in high spirits as she headed home from the Venice Film Festival.The actress, 49, has received critical praise for her performance in Pablo Larraín film, but opted against staying in the city for any further events as she prepared to leave Italy on Friday.Showing off her chic sense of style, Angelina opted for a stylish short-sleeved trench coat over loose white trousers as she boarded a water taxi.The star had made a glamorous appearance at Maria's premiere the evening before, where the film received an eight-minute standing ovation.It was a reception akin to that of Brendan Fraser's comeback performance in The Whale, which eventually won him the Oscar for Best Actor. Angelina was visibly emotional in the wake of the response, wiping away tears and turning her face away from the cheering. Following the premiere, several fans declared the film has kickstarted Angelina's campaign to win her second Academy Award in 2025, exactly 25 years after she was awarded the Supporting Actress prize for Girl, Interrupted.Posts on X included: 'Looks like its gonna be a cate blanchett vs angelina jolie best actress race in the oscars;'I'm so sorry for Amy Adams and Soairse Ronan, but Angelina Jolie will take the Oscar. Maybe this is still not the right time yet for both of them to win an Oscar;''The angelina jolie oscar campaign begins now.'Maria was hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, and the biopic depicts her during the final week of her life, before her death in 1977.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances. Maria battled ill health during her final years, and the film shines a light on her deteriorating mental state as she dreams of the prospect of performing once again, with her marriage to Ari Onassis at the forefront.Despite the film's positive reception, reviews have been more mixed, with many, including The Daily Mail's Brian Viner casting doubt over the film itself, while praising Angelina's performance.Branding her character a 'whining, self-pitying, endlessly needy victim,' he nonetheless noted: 'All that said, Jolie gives one of the performances of her career. 'This might be a flawed depiction of Callas but not by her; wearing enough mascara to sink one of Onassis's ships she is completely believable in the role and even does some of her own warbling alongside some top-class lip-synching to the real Callas, having reportedly trained for seven months until she was ready to perform in public for the first time. Admittedly I'm no expert but I couldn't tell the difference.'
Kevin Maher from The Times agreed, awarding the film two stars, and writing: 'This is a film fed by, and consistently cutting to, the operas that defined its subject. Yet there is not a single moment that is emotionally operatic. It is wilfully, wearily flat.' Awarding the film three stars, BBC's Nicholas Barber said: 'The film is also too adoring and reverential to let us sympathise with its supposedly fragile heroine. 'Unusually for someone who is drug-addled and terminally ill, Jolie's Callas never looks anything less than magnificent, and she is always supremely dignified, poised and confident, out-quipping everyone who crosses her path.'The Telegraph's Robbie Collin gave the film four stars, writing: 'Jolie is given ample space to dazzle, but less to surprise. 'Dazzle she does though, with a fine understanding of just how camp she can go without proceedings becoming too operatic for their own good. Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson said that even with Angelina's performance, the film 'struggles to hit the high notes.'He said: 'With a few details removed, Maria could be about any grand diva, this blurry picture of a woman swanning through the final week of her life.' However, Deadline critic Stephanie Bunbury described Angelina, as 'an almost magical match for the real diva.' 'The actor's commitment to this creation is obvious at every turn,' she said 'Knowing that Callas was only happy when on stage, she learned to sing for the role; the voice we hear is a blend of Callas and Jolie's own.'The Guardian critic Xan Brooks awarded the film four stars, writing: 'Midway through, I was all set to file this as a posturing distraction, destined for a life as a high-camp curio. But it ground me down, won me over and by the closing credits, God help us, I was hoping for an encore.' The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey also praised Angelina's performance writing: 'It's a career-defining bit of synchronicity, bolstered by one of Jolie's very best performances. Her work has always been about that immaculate sense of control over posture and tone.'Variety's Owen Gleiberman wrote that Angelina 'seizes our attention, playing Maria as woman of wiles who is imperious, mysterious, fusing the life force of a genius diva with the downbeat emotional fire of a femme fatale.'Jolie, for the first time in years, reminds you that she can be a deadly serious actor of commanding subtlety and power.'
Angelina spent seven months training how to sing for her role in the film, and she performs as Maria Callas at the point when she was close to death and losing her voice. Producers have indicated that they blended Angelina's voice with Callas.Detailing her unease at singing publicly for the first time, she said: 'Everybody here knows I was terribly nervous about the singing. I spent almost seven months training because when you work with (director) Pablo (Larrain) you cant do anything by half. 'He demands in a most wonderful way that that you really do the work and really learn and train.'My first time singing I was so nervous that my sons were there and they helped to block the door so that nobody else was coming in.''And I was shaky. Pablo in his decency started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala. So he gave me a time to grow. I was frightened to live up to her and you know I had not sung in public.'Pablo Larrain said that the film was a celebration of Callas' life and Jolie added that she hoped that the singer had known at the end of her life how loved she was.Callas, hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, died aged only 53 in 1977 after a period of ill health and isolation. She had been heartbroken after husband Ari Onassis abandoned her for JFK's widow Jackie Kennedy.Angelina has played famous people before: In 1998 she starred as tragic supermodel Gia Carangi in Gia and in 2007 she starred as Mariana Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart.The director, who is best known for the bio pictures Jackie (about Jackie Kennedy, played by Natalie Portman) and Spencer (about Princess Diana, played by Kristen Stewart), said: 'Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,' Larraín said. 'To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.'Maria was written by Steven Knight prior to Hollywood's WGA strike and granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.Callas lived from 1923 until 1977. She was born in American of Greek heritage and then trained in Greece as well as Italy.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances.
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Angelina Jolie is tipped by fans to win her second Oscar as Maria receives an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival - despite lacklustre reviews from critics
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2024 16:10
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Angelina Jolie has been tipped to win her second Academy Award, after her biopic Maria received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, despite lacklustre reviews from critics.The actress, 49, has taken on the role of revered opera singer Maria Callas in the film, and following its premiere, some fans were to quick to predict she'll be battling it out for Best Actress at next year's ceremony.Following its release, the drama, which concludes Pablo Larraín's trilogy of pictures about embattled women of wealth, was greeted with a rapturous reception and eight minutes of applause.It was a reception akin to that of Brendan Fraser's comeback performance in The Whale, which eventually won him the Oscar for Best Actor. Angelina was visibly emotional in the wake of the response, wiping away tears and turning her face away from the cheering.Following the premiere, several fans declared that it's kickstarted her campaign to win her second Academy Award in 2025, exactly 25 years after she was awarded the Supporting Actress prize for Girl, Interrupted.Posts on X included: 'Looks like its gonna be a cate blanchett vs angelina jolie best actress race in the oscars;'I'm so sorry for Amy Adams and Soairse Ronan, but Angelina Jolie will take the Oscar. Maybe this is still not the right time yet for both of them to win an Oscar;''The angelina jolie oscar campaign begins now.' Maria was hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, and the biopic depicts her during the final week of her life, before her death in 1977.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances. Maria battled ill health during her final years, and the film shines a light on her deteriorating mental state as she dreams of the prospect of performing once again, with her marriage to Ari Onassis at the forefront.Despite the film's positive reception, reviews have been more mixed, with many, including The Daily Mail's Brian Viner casting doubt over the film itself, while praising Angelina's performance.Branding her character a 'whining, self-pitying, endlessly needy victim,' he nonetheless noted: 'All that said, Jolie gives one of the performances of her career. 'This might be a flawed depiction of Callas but not by her; wearing enough mascara to sink one of Onassis's ships she is completely believable in the role and even does some of her own warbling alongside some top-class lip-synching to the real Callas, having reportedly trained for seven months until she was ready to perform in public for the first time. Admittedly I'm no expert but I couldn't tell the difference.'Kevin Maher from The Times agreed, awarding the film two stars, and writing: 'This is a film fed by, and consistently cutting to, the operas that defined its subject. Yet there is not a single moment that is emotionally operatic. It is wilfully, wearily flat.' Awarding the film three stars, BBC's Nicholas Barber said: 'The film is also too adoring and reverential to let us sympathise with its supposedly fragile heroine. 'Unusually for someone who is drug-addled and terminally ill, Jolie's Callas never looks anything less than magnificent, and she is always supremely dignified, poised and confident, out-quipping everyone who crosses her path.'The Telegraph's Robbie Collin gave the film four stars, writing: 'Jolie is given ample space to dazzle, but less to surprise.
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Angelina Jolie is spotted with a new man sparking romance rumours as they leave hotel in Venice together - so do you recognise him... or his famous sister?
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2024 06:27
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Angelina Jolie has sparked romance rumors with British rapper and political activist Akala.The duo were spotted leaving a hotel in Venice, Italy together on Wednesday during Venice International Film Festival. In Touch has claimed that Jolie, 49, has been 'casually' seeing the journalist and author, 40, for over a year. The publication reports that Akala joined Jolie and her daughters Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18, at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica in May of last year. An eyewitness shared at the time that Akala was 'very protective of them as he shepherded them around.' They enjoyed dinner together in Milan six months later, the publication also claims. An insider shared with In Touch that a primary component of Jolie's attraction to Akala has been seeing how he relates to her children. In addition to Zahara and Shiloh, Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt share sons Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. 'I think a large part of her attraction to Akala, beyond the physical, is seeing him interact with her kids because that is so important to her,' the insider said. The source further explained that Jolie and Akala have 'connected' over their shared interests of activism, travel, and learning about different ways of life. 'They connect over their interest in activism and share a passion for travel and discovering different cultures. It’s been a long time since she’s felt this kind of attraction,' they said. Akala, 40, - born Kingslee James McLean Daley - started out as a rapper before moving into political activism, endorsing former Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election. His older sister is also the famous singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite. Ms. Dynamite, 43 - real name Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley - enjoyed a string of hits in the early 2000s with her debut album A Little Deeper, which won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.The publication has also claimed that the Maleficent star has been seeing another man, Broadway composer Justin Levine. 'Angelina has been seeing two different men over the past year or so,' a source claimed to the outlet. Tony-award winner Levine was a part of the Broadway production of The Outsiders, the musical Jolie produced. In Touch reports he co-wrote the book and score for the play. Jolie's daughter Vivienne also worked as a producer's assistant on the program. 'Angie just adores Justin, and they’ve been spending so much time together that a lot of people think the relationship could turn romantic,' the source said. An insider also shared with the site that the men are 'totally different' but Jolie is 'falling for both of them.' The new romance rumors comes five years after Jolie was declared legally single from Pitt. Jolie split from her film star husband after a disputed incident on a plane in 2016. She has said in court documents that he assaulted her and some of their six children and poured wine and beer on the family in a rage. He has always denied being violent towards her or the family. Akala and Justin are not the first two men Jolie has been linked to since her divorce. Several years ago, she was linked to musician The Weekend.
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