Hollywood producer attacks Angelina Jolie as 'spoiled brat with rampaging ego'
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- Published on Thursday, 11 December 2014 12:24
- Written by Telegraph
In embarrassing emails leaked by Sony hackers Scott Rudin, producer of The Social Network and The Queen, claims the star's planned remake of Cleopatra will be an "ego bath" . An Oscar-winning Hollywood producer reportedly attacked Angelina Jolie as a "spoiled brat with a rampaging ego" in leaked emails.Scott Rudin, who produced films including The Social Network, Notes on a Scandal, Moneyball, and The Queen, made the comments in what appear to be a series of angry exchanges with Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment.The studio has been targeted by Guardians of the Peace, a hacking group with suspected links to North Korea, which has obtained and leaked vast amounts of information from Sony's computers.The studio has not commented on whether the emails, which were dated in February and have been widely reported in the film media, were genuine.According to the messages Rudin and Pascal began swearing at each other because Jolie wanted director David Fincher to oversee her planned remake of Cleopatra instead of a Steve Jobs biopic written by Aaron Sorkin. Rudin, pushing the Jobs movie, wrote to Pascal: "There is no movie of Cleopatra to be made (and how that is a bad thing given the insanity and rampaging spoiled ego of this woman and the cost of the movie is beyond me)...I have zero appetite for the indulgence of spoiled brats and I will tell her this myself if you don't."
He predicted Cleopatra would be an "$180m ego bath and giant bomb" and "career-defining debacle for us both" which would make himself and Pascal the "laughing stock of our industry."According to the emails Rudin added that he was "not destroying my career over a minimally talented spoiled brat" and told Pascal: "You better shut Angie down before she makes it very hard for David to do Jobs."Jolie has previously hinted that Cleopatra may be her last acting role before she moves on to become a full-time director.In the email exchanges Rudin also attacked Megan Ellison, the film producer daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison, calling her a "bipolar 28-year-old lunatic."Jolie has not responded but Ellison said on Twitter: "Bipolar 28-year-old lunatic..? I always thought of myself more as eccentric."Variety, the film industry magazine, called the emails "ugly" and did not question their authenticity.It added: "With all of these explosive comments made public it’s possible that crucial relationships involved could be damaged."In the hunt for who is responsible for the hacking suspicion has centred on North Korea.The country has expressed anger over Sony's upcoming release of The Interview, a comedy starring James Franco and Seth Rogen as television journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jong-un.
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Angelina Jolie Gives Out Scholarship at THR Women in Entertainment Breakfast
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- Published on Thursday, 11 December 2014 05:29
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Angelina Jolie keeps it business chic while attending The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Breakfast held at Milk Studios on Wednesday (December 10) in Los Angeles.At the ceremony, the 39-year-old actress flashed a smile while presenting a scholarship to Loyola Marymount University’s Megan Castillo.The ceremony recognized this year’s 100 most powerful women in the entertainment industry, such as Bonnie Hammer who made #1 this year, and honored TV writer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. FYI: Angelina is wearing Saint Laurent.
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Angelina Jolie Recalls Her Biggest Moments of 2014 for 'People' Mag Cover, Including Marriage to Brad Pitt
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- Published on Thursday, 11 December 2014 05:24
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Angelina Jolie shows off her flawless skin in this close-up cover for the latest issue of People magazine.Here’s what the 39-year-old actress had to share with the mag:
On her 2014 accomplishments: “My son [Maddox] became a teenager. That was a marker in my year. More than anything, like any mom, I’m just happy the kids are healthy. I married their dad. My health is good.”
On the wedding: “They did a really good job! The eight of us celebrated, and Brad and I committed our lives to the children.”
On a potential future in politics: “I do want to make change, so I’m open to whatever role that may take.”
On a lesson she learned from making Unbroken: “We’re not alone in the world. I don’t know if there’s a name for that – religion or faith – just that there’s something greater than all of us, and it’s uniting and beautiful.”
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Angelina Jolie Takes Break From Promoting 'Unbroken' for 'Difret' Variety Series Screening!
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- Published on Thursday, 17 September 2015 11:22
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Angelina Jolie is all smiles while arriving at her special screening for Difret held during the 2014 Variety Screening Series at ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday (December 9) in Hollywood.The 39-year-old actress and executive producer was joined at the event by the stars of the film Meaza Ashenafi and Tizita Hagere, producers Francesca Zampi and Leelai Demoz, as well as director Zeresenay Mehari as they all sat down to chat about the drama. That same day, Angelina and her Unbroken stars Jack O’Connell and Miyavi visited the Today show in New York City.
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Angelina Jolie's second world war biopic Unbroken accused of racism over portrayal of Japanese guards
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 11:24
- Written by Independant
Conservatives in Japan have accused Angelina Jolie’s second world war biopic Unbroken of racism, with some calling for both the film and director to be banned from the country.Nationalist campaigners say the film’s version of Japanese guards is 'deeply misleading', the Daily Telegraph reported, and claim that the details of the treatment of POWs are a "complete fabrication".Unbroken is based on the life story of American Olympic runner and US Air Force second lieutenant Louis Zamperini, which was told in the 2010 book Unbroken: A World War II story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand.Zamperini, portrayed by Jack O’Connell in Jolie’s film, was beaten and mistreated by the Japanese navy between July 1943 and the end of the war in August 1945 after being captured near the Marshall Islands.The book and film both describe how Zamperini was tormented by prison guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe, nicknamed the Bird.Watanabe is said to have once forced a weak and starving Zamperini to hold a heavy piece of wood above his head for 37 minutes before punching him in the stomach. The book also accuses the Japanese of engaging in cannibalism of POWs.Hiromichi Moteki, secretary general of the nationalist pressure group the Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact, told the Telegraph the claims were "pure fabrication".He said: "If there is no verification of the things he said, then anyone can make such claims. This movie has no credibility and is immoral." Mindy Kotler, director of Asia Policy Point, said: "It is outrageous and reprehensible to deny what happened to Louis Zamperini."It will not be something that the US government will be able to ignore. Both the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which is predicated on acceptance of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, and the honour of American veterans need to be defended." Miyavi, the Japanese pop star starring as Matsuhiro Watanabe, has previously spoken about the harrowing experience of working on the film, saying that it left him physically sick and unable to stop crying.
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