Angelina Jolie Dropping Hard Truths on Her Those Who Wish Me Dead Press Tour
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- Published on Friday, 23 April 2021 04:52
- Written by Vanity Fair
If parents everywhere had a mantra, it could be, “You gotta do what you gotta do.” In other words, whatever is the kids’ best interest goes, and in this way, the stars are just like us. Take Angelina Jolie. For a time, she had to give up directing, which she loves, in favor of acting, specifically for the upcoming film Those Who Wish Me Dead, an action thriller in which she plays a firefighter. She made the change from director back to acting because she “needed to be home,” as she told Entertainment Weekly while on a press tour for the film. As recently as 2017, Jolie was on a directing kick, with films like Unbroken and First They Killed My Father, but says that she hasn’t been able to take on another such project due to her “family situation,” likely referring to her drawn-out divorce from Brad Pitt. “I love directing, but I had a change in my family situation that’s not made it possible for me to direct for a few years,” she told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Tuesday. “I needed to just do shorter jobs and be home more, so I kind of went back to doing a few acting jobs. That’s really the truth of it.” Jolie and Pitt’s divorce has now extended nearly five years; she first filed in September 2016. Though they have a private judge, select moments from the case have leaked, usually details in the tussles over custody of their six children. Most recently, Jolie volunteered to testify about domestic violence claims. A source familiar with the case told V.F. at the time that the accusations of domestic violence “were reported to the authorities and thoroughly investigated before concluding no wrongdoing, and therefore, no action was taken. These have been the same attacks repeated for the past four and a half years.” After it leaked that Jolie might testify, a source close to Pitt told Page Six that he felt the leak was intentional to sway trial outcomes and that he was feeling “more and more isolated from his children, and he’s devastated about it.” Neither Jolie nor Pitt’s camp has confirmed whether the judge ever called her to testify.
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'A change in my family situation made it impossible': Angelina Jolie details why she took a step back from directing to return to acting... as custody battle with Brad Pitt rages on
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 17:01
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie has stated that she stepped back from directing to return to acting due to 'a change in her family situation'. After establishing herself as one of the most bankable box office stars in the early 2000s, she largely devoted the 2010s to directing, although she has now insisted that a continued pursuit of directing has become 'impossible'.The star made her directing debut in 2011's In the Land of Blood and Honey, followed by 2014's Unbroken, By the Sea in 2015 and First They Killed My Father in 2017.While she did not specifically detail what the 'change' is, Angelina, 45, has been engaged in a lengthy custody battle with ex-husband Brad Pitt since 2016, following their split after more than a decade together and over two years of marriage. When asked about her shift towards acting in favor of directing, Angelina said the move was due to her family, but directing is still a passion for her.She candidly told Entertainment Weekly: 'I love directing, but I had a change in my family situation that's not made it possible for me to direct for a few years.'I needed to just do shorter jobs and be home more, so I kind of went back to doing a few acting jobs. That's really the truth of it.'19:00:46and Brad have been at war over their kids for five years, Brad striving for 50/50 custody with Angelina wanting full physical custody. They announced their split in 2016 and were legally divorced in 2019, but things are far from amicable between the pair as she continues to allege abuse. She has six children, three of which - Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, and Zahara, 16 - were adopted, and three with Brad - Shiloh, 14 and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12. As kids Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne, are minors, both Brad and Angelina would need to grant permission for them to testify but Maddox, Zahara and Pax are all over 18 so would be free to make statements. The By the Sea filmmaker previously admitted she thinks she's 'lacking' in the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home parent.She said in February: 'I was never very good at sitting still. I feel like I'm lacking in all the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home mom.'Even though I wanted to have many children and be a mom, I always imagined it kind of like Jane Goodall, traveling in the middle of the jungle somewhere. I didn't imagine it in that true, traditional sense.'The actress has two live-action movies coming out this year - the first time that has happened for her since 2010, when she had Salt and The Tourist. Those Who Wish Me Dead debuts in theaters and on HBO Max on May 14, with her highly-anticipated debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Eternals arriving November 5. Angelina's new film First They Killed My Father also marks her return to stunt work, adding how much she admired writer-director (and former actor) Taylor Sheridan's voice, which drew her to the film. She said: 'He has a unique voice when it comes to characters within America, which had not been a prior focus of my work. I wanted to be in this world with him.She added that her experience as a director has also changed her approach as an actor as well.Angelina added: 'In very technical terms, I'm more aware of what the director needs, and what other challenges they're facing, and how many different pieces are moving...'Maybe when you're younger and you're having a huge day where you have to be cold and wet and emotional and crying, you're thinking about those things...'Now you've directed and you're older, and you realize that while you are going to be freezing and crying, there's also pyrotechnics going on, or multiple other situations. It pulls you out of yourself'.
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source : Daily mail 
'I get pretty beaten up': Angelina Jolie, 45, drops the glam to wear a 70lb firefighter suit while battling a blaze in the survival thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 16:59
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie relished getting 'pretty beaten up' while making Those Who Wish Me Dead.The 45-year-old actress plays no-nonsense firefighter Hannah in the survival thriller and despite being best known for action movies, she enjoyed the fact her character was much grittier and more down-to-earth than the roles she has played in the past.'There's nothing about this character that trained in martial arts or did anything special. I get pretty beaten up through this,' the Oscar winner explained. In the film she has to wear a 70lb firefighter suit at times.And playing an expert smoke jumper - the name given to specially-trained firefighters who parachute into the blazing wilderness - gave the brunette beauty more respect for firefighters the longer filming went on.She told Entertainment Weekly magazine: 'The first day we were in the fire, [I noticed] the heat and how quickly the winds would change and how quickly the fire would suddenly take to a tree that you weren't expecting.'Our respect just grew day after day for these people on the front lines and how difficult this work is.'While Angelina has been acting since she was just seven years old, she believes her decision to turn to directing in recent years has improved her performance by giving her a new perspective.She explained: 'In very technical terms, I'm more aware of what the director needs, and what other challenges they're facing, and how many different pieces are moving.' And as a result, she had a lot more patience and appreciation for the difficult stunts and set pieces in the movie.She added: 'Maybe when you're younger and you're having a huge day where you have to be cold and wet and emotional and crying, you're thinking about those things.'Now you've directed and you're older, and you realize that while you are going to be freezing and crying, there's also pyrotechnics going on, or multiple other situations. It pulls you out of yourself.' In the same interview she insisted it was 'not possible' for her to direct after getting divorced.Th star - who has Maddox, 18, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with former husband Brad Pitt - 'loves' working behind the camera but has found the shorter schedule of acting projects has been better for her family life since her marriage came to an end in 2016.She told Entertainment Weekly magazine: 'I love directing, but I had a change in my family situation that's not made it possible for me to direct for a few years.' 'I needed to just do shorter jobs and be home more, so I kind of went back to doing a few acting jobs. That's really the truth of it.'And Angelina couldn't suppress her maternal instinct on her latest job, playing no-nonsense firefighter Hannah in thriller 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' as director Taylor Sheridan had to call her out for being too nice on camera to Finn Little's character, Connor Casserly, who her alter ego was tasked with protecting.Angelina said: 'My character is not maternal by nature. Sometimes Taylor would correct me because my behaviour towards a child was different from [Hannah's] behaviour towards a child. It took me a little bit to treat [Little] badly, but I got there!'The By The Sea filmmaker previously admitted she thinks she's 'lacking' in the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home parent.She said in February: 'I was never very good at sitting still. I feel like I'm lacking in all the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home mom. Even though I wanted to have many children and be a mom, I always imagined it kind of like Jane Goodall, traveling in the middle of the jungle somewhere. I didn't imagine it in that true, traditional sense.' The film hits theaters and HBO on May 14.
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Angelina Jolie walks with arm wrapped around daughter Vivienne as the duo go flower shopping in Los Angeles
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- Published on Sunday, 18 April 2021 08:57
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie put on a loving display with daughter Vivienne, 12, while out shopping on Thursday afternoon.The Academy Award-winning actress, 45, stopped by a flower shop in the trendy Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.Angelina and Vivienne had their arms wrapped around one another as they approached the storefront.Jolie looked undeniably chic in an oversized black blazer that she layered over a black, sleeveless maxi dress.She showcased her fresh pedicure in a pair of black leather sandals and carried her essential belongings in a beige crossbody bag.The Changeling actress wore her brunette hair down and parted neatly to one side.Meanwhile, Vivienne kept casual in a white crewneck sweatshirt, black shorts, and a pair of Nike trainers.The mother-daughter duo exited the Los Feliz flower shop with numerous bagged items, including a gorgeous bouquet.A store employee trailed behind the pair with a cart full of goodies, which Angelina was seen loading into the back of her black SUV.Angelina shares Vivienne, as well as daughters Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and sons Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, and Knox, 12, with ex husband and fellow actor Brad Pitt.She famously split from the 57-year-old in 2016, after two years of marriage and a decade together.The former couple's divorce was mostly finalized in late 2019, but many of the details surrounding their children and assets are still being dealt with in court. Jolie's outing on Thursday comes a week after the heart-pounding trailer for her upcoming Western drama Those Who Wish Me Dead debuted online.The former spouse of Brad Pitt plays a survival expert in a forest who comes along a blood-spattered boy (Finn Little) whose father has just been murdered.She becomes the child's protector as his father's murderers attempt to hunt him down - eventually starting a raging wildfire to smoke him out.The murderers who are related to each other are played by Tolkien actor Nicholas Hoult and Aiden Gillen who played Littlefinger on Game Of Thrones. Directed by Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan the movie is slated for release on theaters and for a month on HBO Max beginning May 14.In addition to writing such films as Hell Or High Water he has acted on Sons Of Anarchy and directed the acclaimed 2017 crime drama Wind River.The movie is adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name whose author Michael Koryta adapted the script with Taylor and Blood Diamond writer Charles Leavitt. In a recent People interview Angelina said Hannah 'carries a lot of guilt, and is quite broken. She's a smoke jumper, and a bit of an adrenaline junkie, but she's also somebody that has experienced tragedy, and she feels responsible for it.'Angelina, who has six children, said that 'I had so much fun with Finn' and added that 'He can become very emotional and weep about something, and he can also jump over a building and dodge bullets and love it.'Meanwhile Finn gushed: 'Angelina is great! She's fun on set and very easy to work with. She is nurturer on and off set. She's lovely. I was so lucky!'
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Rose Leslie Worried Angelina Jolie Wants To ‘Steal’ Kit Harrington?
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- Published on Saturday, 10 April 2021 17:13
- Written by Gossip Cop
Is Rose Leslie concerned Kit Harrington is getting too close to Angelina Jolie? That’s what one tabloid was claiming this time last year. Gossip Cop wants to check back in on the rumor.Has Angelina Jolie Set Her Sights On Harrington? Twelve months ago, the National Enquirer reported that Kit Harrington and Angelina Jolie were getting cozy on the set of their new movie, The Eternals. According to the article, Jolie had been on the prowl, and Harrington was “just her type.” Of course, the alleged flirtation was causing problems for Harrington’s wife, Rose Leslie. The article claimed Jolie and Harington were spending too much time on the road to promote their new film, and the whole ordeal was making Leslie uncomfortable. Not because Leslie didn’t trust Harrington, but rather because Jolie concerned her. The article spoke at length about Jolie’s reputation as a man-eater, drawing back on the old story of Jolie stealing Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston. According to the piece, now that she and Pitt were separated, she was looking to wreck a new marriage. This time, she had set her sights on Harrington.
Jolie Is Not Pursuing Harrington.So, was Jolie really causing problems in Harrington and Leslie’s marriage? Absolutely not. The claims were obviously a work of fiction. Besides the source being exclusive to an unverifiable “insider,” it omitted the fact that covid struck, delaying the release of the film. Harrington and Jolie have done no press tours because the film isn’t slated to release until November of this year. Filming wrapped up a year ago, and there have been no reports connecting Jolie or Harrington since.Furthermore, Harrington and Leslie have not been having problems. On the contrary, Leslie recently gave birth to a baby boy, and the Game of Thrones alums seem happy as ever. It seems this is another of the tabloids’ attempts to assassinate Jolie’s character and is not based in fact at all.
The Tabloids On Jolie.The tabloids have made ridiculous claims about Jolie before. The tabloids love to go after Jolie’s divorce from Brad Pitt. They’ve made claims that Jolie is using her kids to torment Pitt. Furthermore, they love to characterize her entire love life as a homewrecker struggling to catch a man. Clearly, the tabloids get tired of the facts when reporting on Jolie, and like to spice things up with lies.
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