Angelina Jolie's stunt double sues News Corp. for alleged hacking
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:36
- Written by Cnet News
Eunice Huthart, Jolie's body double in "Tomb Raider 2," claims that News Corp. hacked her phone and wrote stories based on information gleaned from her voice mails. This is the first U.S. claim in the hacking saga.There has long been a tendency for some media to publish all the news that's fit to be found out through any means possible.One of those means is the hacking of voice mails. Indeed, News Corp. has settled hundreds of claims from famous people and those temporarily in the news for reasons that might be as sad as they might be trifling.Now a woman who stood in for Angelina Jolie in dangerous times (but not in sex scenes with Brad Pitt in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") says that her voice mails were allegedly hacked too.Eunice Huthart, who performed as La Jolie's body double in movies such as "Tomb Raider 2" and "Salt," is suing News Corp., as she believes that information from her voice mails was gleaned and polished into sensational news stories.As The Wrap reports, these included the mere notion that Jolie would stop making movies, as well as the even more controversial idea that she wanted to master off-road biking with Brad Pitt.Reuters reports that this is the first hacking action (and one imagines that Huthart can perform a very powerful hacking action) against News Corp. in the U.S.One common method for intercepting voice mails was simply to guess the passcode (some people simply left theirs with very standard combinations) and then change it for their own nefarious benefit.Huthart claims that her family and friends began to frequently complain that their messages weren't being returned.Moreover, says the lawsuit: "During one period when the plaintiff was in Los Angeles working on the film Mr & Mrs Smith, her daughter called several times to report that she was being bullied in school in Liverpool, England. Although plaintiff's daughter left messages asking her mother to call her back, plaintiff did not receive those messages and could not console her daughter."There was even allegedly an occasion, says the Guardian, when Jolie had left a voice mail saying that she had checked into a hotel as "Pocahontas." Huthart had no idea whom to ask for.
Huthart says she discovered this all might have been because her passcode had mysteriously -- and allegedly -- changed. The legal papers claim that "illegal activities were undertaken ... principally through the two newspapers, the Sun and the News of the World." It is extremely difficult to imagine that these fine papers -- only one of which is now defunct -- would stoop to such behavior.Still, Huthart is not to be trifled with. She is a former winner of "Gladiators," which would suggest she might be at least as fearsome an opponent as Wendi Deng.Those of an extremely twisted nature might wonder whether greater ingenuity might have been used to gain information to excite the British masses.Would anyone have thought of hacking into, say, George Clooney's aftershave supplier? How about Simon Cowell's T-shirt manufacturer?Surely, surely someone might have considered listening to the voice mails of Vladimir Putin's personal trainer, Kim Kardashian's acting coach, or Zach Galifianakis' barber?As Edward Snowden recently intimated, the possibilities are endless.Especially when our need for the minutest details of famous lives is completely insatiable
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's Daughters Shiloh and Zahara Go Shopping in NYC
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 04:35
- Written by US Magazine
While their parents are away, Shiloh and Zahara will shop! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughters were spotted out shopping together in New York City on Monday, June 17.Zahara, 8, looked adorable in tiny pink shorts, a zebra-print tank top and a loose-fitting black t-shirt with a bedazzled heart on the front. She accessorized the look with a matching pink bow headband and blue sparkly flip flops. Sister Shiloh, 7, stuck to her signature tomboy style for the outing, wearing a white polo shirt, black shorts and loafers.Dad Pitt, 49, is currently in the Big Apple promoting his new film, World War Z. The actor made an appearance on Good Morning America Monday, and opened up about how fiancee Jolie is doing after undergoing a preventative double mastectomy."Business as usual," he said. "She's doing great."The 38-year-old actress and mother of six -- Maddox, 11, Pax, 8, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox, 4 -- wrote a New York Times Op-Ed piece last month, revealing her decision to undergo the surgery in April."When she wrote her piece, we had already come out the other end and we're feeling really good about it," Pitt explained. "We're really surprised and moved by how many people are dealing with the same issue, or wondering about the same issue."
Melissa Etheridge calls Angelina Jolie's mastectomy a 'fearful choice'
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 04:40
- Written by Entertainment Wise
In a recent interview with the Washington Blade, breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge called Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy “the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer.”While many hailed Jolie’s decision as brave, Etheridge said she thinks cancer is something that comes from within and is determined by the general health of your body, not genetics alone. “Plenty of people have the gene mutation and everything but it never comes to cancer so I would say to anybody faced with that, that choice is way down the line on the spectrum of what you can do and to really consider the advancements we’ve made in things like nutrition and stress levels. I’ve been cancer-free for nine years now and looking back, I completely understand why I got cancer. There was so much acidity in everything.”She said she would encourage anyone facing the same choice to wait it out before a mastectomy. “I really encourage people to go a lot longer and further before coming to that conclusion.”Jolie’s decision has been lauded as “absolutely heroic” by fiancé Brad Pitt and “courageous” by Sheryl Crow — another vicim of breast cancer. In her New York Times op-ed, Jolie wrote that her decision was a difficult one, but ultimately the preventative measure proved to be the best option for her.“On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman,” she wrote in the piece. “I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt's Wedding: Details Of Guest List Revealed
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- Published on Saturday, 15 June 2013 07:49
- Written by Marie Claire
Angelina Jolie has reportedly 'banned' Brad Pitt's friends Quentin Tarantino, Jonah Hill, and Philip Seymour Hoffman from the couple's impending wedding, according to new reports in Hollywood today.Angelina and Brad's wedding guest list just got shorter by three with the famous actress apparently saying 'no way' to Pitt's pals.A so-called 'insider' has reportedly spilled the beans on the showbiz wedding of the century to the National Enquirer, saying: 'Angie wants her wedding to be perfect, and that applies to the guest list as much as anything else. She respects Brad’s right to be friends with whoever he wants, but there’s no way she’s allowing any of these guys to attend their wedding.'According to the Enquirer source, 'The official line she’s giving is that this is an ‘intimate celebration for only the closest friends and family.’ But the brutal truth is that she considers these three to be bad influences on Brad.'But alas, there won't be any bad vibes in the household of our favourite couple. 'Brad’s not willing to upset her considering everything she’s been through lately,' says the mag’s supposed insider. 'He worships Angie and wants this day to be perfect for her and the kids. That means she gets her way on everything, including the guest list.'Praise The Lord.Whether or not the reports are true, one thing's for sure – this is going to be one heck of a wedding.
Dane DeHaan in the running for Angelina Jolie-directed 'Unbroken'
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 10:47
- Written by Digital Spy
Deadline reports that DeHaan is among the frontrunners for the role of Zamperini, along with Jack O'Connell (300: Rise of an Empire) and Alexander Dreymon (best known from BBC film Christopher and His Kind).The Coen brothers rewrote the script for Unbroken earlier this year, which is based on the novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit).DeHaan will next be seen alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Beat poet drama Kill Your Darlings, and also plays Harry Osborn in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2.