Angelina Jolie teams up with the Coen brothers
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:20
- Written by Entertainment Wise
Joel and Ethan Coen have signed on to work on Angelina Jolie’s next project, EW confirmed Monday. The Oscar-winning screenwriters (Adapted for No Country For Old Men, and Original for Fargo), have agreed to rewrite the script for a film about Lou Zamperini, a former Olympian who was captured by the Japanese Navy while serving as an Air Force pilot in World War II. Jolie will direct. The script will be based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling 2010 novel Unbroken, but the idea of a Zamperini project has been in the works for decades, with versions by screenwriters such as William Nicholson (Gladiator) and Richard LaGravanese (The Bridges of Madison County). After Zamperini’s B-24 crashed in the Pacific, he and two crew mates (one died at sea) survived on a tiny raft for 47 days, only to be taken prisoner and held in a Japanese internment camp for two and a half years. Assumed to be dead, Zamperini received a hero’s welcome upon his return to the United States and later returned to Japan to carry the Olympic torch at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, not far from where he had been imprisoned during WWII. This will be Jolie’s first narrative feature since In The Land of Blood And Honey, her directorial debut. The Coen brothers, meanwhile, are best known for their success writing and directing their own projects – though they have written scripts for other directors, including Michael Hoffman’s Gambit, with Alan Rickman and Cameron Diaz, which should be released in the United States sometime in 2013. Regardless, this is an interesting, high-profile partnership on a story that seems to have awards potential written all over it.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Romantic Night Away from the Kids
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- Published on Monday, 25 February 2013 05:51
- Written by Life & Style
Sometimes parents need a night away from their kids to enjoy themselves - and that's exactly what Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently did!Life & Style has learned that Brad and his fiancée put an A-list spin on a tried-and-true date -- dinner and a movie -- earlier this month.First, the stars popped up at Sony Pictures Studio in LA for an ultra-exclusive screening of a not yet-released film, Inside Llewyn Davis, a folk-music drama. “They held hands and stuck close to each other as they mingled,” an eyewitness tells this week’s issue of Life & Style, on stands now. “They looked so solid together.”After the credits rolled, Brad, 49, whisked Angie, 37, to Mr. Chow, where the couple got flirty over a feast of high-end Chinese fare.“He pulled out her chair for her,” recalls a fellow diner, “and they held hands at the table.”And calorie-counting wasn’t on the menu for the lovebirds. “They sipped wine and munched on dumplings,” continues the diner. “He ordered the Drunken Fish and green beans, and Angie had the Crispy Beef!”Though the couple, who are parents to Maddox, 11, Pax, 9, Zahara, 8, Shiloh, 6, and 4-year-old twins, Vivienne and Knox, got engaged in December 2011, they've yet to set a wedding date."I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds," Angie's said about their engagement. "It's like my children. Especially when you adopt in some countries. All my other children were just, 'This is the child that's been chosen for you."
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Angelina Jolie mentoring Elle Fanning
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- Published on Monday, 25 February 2013 05:48
- Written by Contact Music
Angelina Jolie has allegedly decided to take young rising star Elle Fanning under her wing on the Maleficent set and the pair are hoping to develop a project together in the future.Angelina Jolie is mentoring Elle Fanning.The 37-year-old actress was so impressed with her 14-year-old 'Maleficent' co-star that she has decided to take her under her wing and hopes to work with her in the future.A source told Star magazine: ''They became firm friends on the set of 'Maleficent' and Angie's decided to take Elle under her wing.''In this film Elle really comes into her own and they're looking for another project to develop together.''Angelina has also been looking after her own daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt - who she has with fiancé Brad Pitt - and reportedly ensured her four-year-old tot received a hefty salary for her small role in the film.Vivienne plays a younger version Elle's character Princess Aurora in the live-action film.Her older siblings Pax, nine, and eight-year-old Zahara have also won roles.A source close to the set previously said: ''They have smaller parts.''
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Angelina Jolie gets Brad Pitt an X-rated Valentine's Day gift
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2013 12:14
- Written by Zap2it
It seems Angelina Jolie was a lot more thoughtful than her baby daddy Brad Pitt when it came to Valentine's Day. Apparently there is a running joke between the pair about Angie's halitosis, so Brad gave her breath mints in lieu of a romantic gift.Angelina, who's notorious for splurging on pricey gifts for Brad, also went the understated route this time. But she got her man something he may be a little more excited about than a package of mints. According to the National Enquirer, Angie ordered Brad an X-rated coffee table book, "Suicide Girls: Hard Girls, Soft Light."The Suicide Girls are legendary for their "DIY" brand of erotica, and their new book features hundreds of tough, tattooed punk-rock types baring it all under the angelic glow of daylight. The book purports to portray young women who are "more brazen than the girl-next-door," and the company calls itself the "most dangerous collection of outsider women in the world." Hmm ... sound like anyone we know? The mag's insider says Angelina thought the girls featured in the book were reminiscent of her own younger days. Well, she didn't have the tattoos yet, but what do you think -- could Angie have made it as a Suicide Girl?
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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Photos: Angelina Jolie's Daughter Grabs Ice Cream In LA
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:05
- Written by Huffington Post
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is all grown up! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 6-year-old daughter was photographed getting a frozen treat with sister Zahara in Los Angeles Monday, wearing an all-black ensemble and what appears to be a yellow bandaid (?) on her forehead.And while siblings Zahara, Pax and Vivienne were all cast alongside their famous mom in Disney's upcoming production of "Maleficent," Shiloh won't be appearing on the big screen anytime soon. A source told Us Weekly in October that "Shiloh was supposed to be in [the movie], too, but she was bored and not in the mood during the day her part was supposed to happen, so she ended up not being in the film."
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