Jon Stewart Imagines Life If He'd Ended Up with Angelina Jolie
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- Published on Friday, 05 December 2014 14:51
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It's been a long time since Jon Stewart worked with Angelina Jolie on a 1998 film called Playing by Heart, but the Oscar winner left a lasting impression on him."Ever since I met you about 20 years ago on set, I thought, 'This person has talent coming out of everywhere,' " Stewart told the actress and director, who stopped by The Daily Show on Thursday. "You meet certain people and you go, 'This person embodies something different, special.' I've always thought that about you."In fact, he even came up with a Brangelina-like name for himself and Jolie, 39."If you'd ended up with me instead of Brad Pitt, our portmanteau – Stewart and Jolie – would have been 'Stolie,' " he told the newlywed. "We could have been a vodka brand!" Stewart, 52, was also full of praise for Jolie's new film, Unbroken (out Dec. 25), which marks her second outing as a director. He described the big-budget film about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and World War II prisoner of war who survived 47 days lost at sea, as "epic" and asked his former rom-com costar if she felt daunted by undertaking a film of such scope.
"It took me off-guard," Jolie admitted. "I remember waking up in the middle of the night thinking, 'I don't know how to film a shark attack.' ""You convince the studio, you say, 'You should give me this job, I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm so sure of it.' And then you get the job and you go, 'Oh my, I'm not sure that I do.' So every day was a challenge," she added.Jolie, who directed In the Land of Blood and Honey in 2011, a film she also wrote, told Stewart that she enjoyed the "huge responsibility" of helming a film."I love directing," Jolie said. "You're there from the beginning until the end, shepherding every tiny detail."When Stewart asked if her interest in directing came from acting in films where she felt that maybe the director could have gone a different way with a scene, Jolie admitted that there were a few of her movies that she hadn't seen "because I couldn't sit through them."That prompted an adoring Stewart to lean forward, and as they batted eyes at each other he said, "Do you want to talk to me about them, because I've seen them all."But when Jolie returned the compliment and told the host that she and her husband watched The Daily Show at home, Stewart's interest in her quickly evaporated.What does the former PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive wear when he watches the show, Stewart wanted to know. Just pajama pants and no top? "Sometimes," Jolie said with a smile."That feels right," Stewart responded.
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Angelina Jolie Recalls Emotional Experience of Showing 'Unbroken' to Louis Zamperini on His Death Bed
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- Published on Thursday, 04 December 2014 05:51
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Angelina Jolie wears a white coat and waves to the cameras while arriving at the Directors Guild Theatre for a screening of Unbroken on Wednesday evening (December 3) in New York City.The 39-year-old actress/director spoke with press to recall the emotional moment she showed the movie to its subject Louis Zamperini on his death bed earlier this year.“Louie was a part of the journey from the beginning. We’d call him sometimes and say ‘Does the raft look right,’ or, ‘Did you or did you not have a screwdriver?’ So he was always aware of it. But I hadn’t shown him the film. I was saving it,” Angelina said (via Vanity Fair). “But I found out that he’d gone into the hospital, so I had it downloaded on my laptop and I drove to the hospital and held it over him, like this, so he could see it.” “And it’s hard to explain. How do you explain that moment? It wasn’t a judgment on a film and how well-acted or well-crafted it was. It was a man watching his life. It was a man at the end of his life, his extraordinary life—this mountain of a man, with his physical strength, at 97 years old . . . I had to help him a glass of water, his legs were very, very thin—watching himself run and win in the Olympics, watching his brother, watching his mother make gnocchi, watching all that he accomplished, all that he survived. And because he was a man of such strong faith, I think he was preparing himself, I know he was, preparing himself to die. And so he was also preparing himself to see his mother, and Phil, and Mac, and everybody. So it was hard to explain what it was. It was watching somebody relive all their experiences and prepare for that great, powerful, extraordinary, inspiring, long life to end.”
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Angelina Jolie Can Make 200 Men 'Shut Up & Stand Still'
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2014 05:04
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Angelina Jolie heads out of a screening of her movie Unbroken and immediately greets her fans on Tuesday (December 2) at Lighthouse International in New York City.The 39-year-old actress/director had a major effect on the people on the set of the film, according to actor Jai Courtney.“She just has this command,” Jai told KIIS 1065′s Kyle & Jackie O Show. “Everyone was getting very restless and she just walked out to have a chat to everyone and it was like… they’d never seen two hundred men shut up and stand still.”
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Angelina Jolie Supports Her Cast at a Special 'Unbroken' Luncheon
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2014 05:02
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Angelina Jolie supports her cast at a special luncheon for her film Unbroken on Tuesday (December 2) in New York City.The 39-year-old actress and director was surrounded by Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Miyavi, and Finn Wittrock at the big event.Unbroken‘s reviews are just coming in after screenings in Los Angeles earlier in the week and the critics are enjoying it! You can catch Unbroken when it hits theaters on December 25 in just a few weeks!
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Angelina Jolie Reportedly Involved in Scary Car Accident
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- Published on Monday, 01 December 2014 20:41
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Angelina Jolie was reportedly involved in a scary car accident after leaving a screening of her movie Unbroken on Sunday night (November 30) in Los Angeles.The 39-year-old actress/director got into a black SUV after the screening and the driver lost control of the car on a wet road, according to X17.“The car slammed into the curb at a significant speed. Angelina must have wondered if they hit another car. It was pretty bad — the tire exploded and it’s amazing nothing worse happened to the car. I wouldn’t be surprised if she has whiplash,” a source told the site.The accident happened at 6:45pm PT and Angelina was reportedly picked up by another driver shortly after. We hope she is okay!
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