Angelina Jolie comes out as free speech warrior as she claims she 'doesn't recognize' the US anymore
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- Published on Monday, 22 September 2025 04:29
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Angelina Jolie has come out in defense of free speech and lamented that she does not 'recognize' the United States anymore.The actress, 50, made the remarks while promoting her new film Couture at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.'Anything, anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms, I think, is very dangerous,' Jolie said. Speaking about the political turmoil in the US, Jolie said that these are, 'very, very heavy times'.'I don’t, at this time, recognize my country,' she said. I’ve always lived internationally. My family is international . My life, my world view, is equal [and] united.'I think these are such serious times that we have to be careful not to say things casually. So I’ll be careful in a press conference… But these are very, very heavy time.'Jolie turned heads in a black plunging gown as she posed on the red carpet during the Couture photocall.The actress has long been outspoken about political and international issues, but her latest take about the US rapidly sparked passionate reactions on the internet.One X user wrote: 'I'm so glad she's not a part of this country since she lives internationally away from it.'Another disagreed: 'She's absolutely correct.'A third said: 'Nobody of intelligence cares what she thinks or feels. She's shown her true self.'Jolie was previously a special envoy for the United Nations' refugee aid agency between 2012-2022 and worked with the organization since 2001.In 2018, the actress hinted at a move into politics - saying that she would 'always go where I am needed.'Jolie said: 'I don't know if I'm fit for politics ... but then I've also joked that I don't know if I have a skeleton left in my closet.'She pointed to her work with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner.'I'm also able to work with governments,' Jolie added. 'So I sit in a very interesting place of being able to get a lot done, without a title and without it being about myself or my policies.'The 50-year-old visited the White House in September 2021 to support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.Two years later, the Oscar winner joined then-US president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for a state dinner honoring the president of South Korea.Jolie had denounced Donald Trump's policies during his first administration.She wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times: 'We must never allow our values to become the collateral damage of a search for greater security.'Shutting our door to refugees or discriminating among them is not our way, and does not make us safer.'Jolie's father, Jon Voight, is known as one of Trump's biggest supporters in Hollywood.He was captured celebrating Trump's election win against Kamala Harris at a party alongside Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.Trump awarded Voight with the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal in his first presidency.Voight previously criticized his daughter's support for Palestine in comments to Variety: 'She has been exposed to propaganda.'She's been influenced by antisemitic people. Angie has a connection to the UN, and she's enjoyed speaking out for refugees. But these people are not refugees.'
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Angelina Jolie stuns in an elegant black velvet gown as she attends the Couture photocall at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain
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- Published on Monday, 22 September 2025 04:26
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Angelina Jolie turned heads in a black plunging gown as she posed on the red carpet during the Couture photocall at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain on Sunday.The Hollywood actress, 50, looked sensational in the elegant velvet number which showed off her amazing figure. Angelina elevated her frame in a pair of towering heels and accessorised with a pair of dazzling drop earrings. She flashed her gorgeous smile as she waved to the crowds of people lining the red carpet. As the Maleficent star arrived, she donned a chic black velvet blazer as she fixed her long brunette tresses. Braving the rain while sheltering under an umbrella, Angelina met a number of fans and posed for selfies. Angeline interrupted her filming duties for her new film drama Anxious People - which see Aimee Lou Wood starring next to her - to attend the photocall. It comes after Angelina's next career move was revealed as she prepares to be the latest A-lister to flee Hollywood.The Maria actress is reuniting with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for another spy thriller.She is starring in the upcoming film titled The Initiative with Liman directing and F. Scott Frazier writing the script, per The Hollywood Reporter. She last worked with the director on the set of the 2005 action-comedy, where she met her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Angelina will portray a rogue master spy named Bright in the movie, which has been described as 'Training Day set in the world spycraft.' The story follows Bright as a new agent named Charlie joins her team and finds himself in concerning situations — 'where he isn't sure whether his new boss is trying to kill him or simply is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect the free world.' Angelina is reportedly looking to sell her historic Los Angeles home and move abroad as the latest A-lister to pack up to leave Hollywood behind.She is reportedly 'eyeing several locations abroad,' according to People. The mum-of-six wants to 'put the house up for sale' and move when her youngest kids, twins Knox and Vivienne, turn 18 next year. She shares the twins as well as Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 19, with ex-husband Brad, 61. The Oscar winner 'never wanted to live in L.A. full time' but she 'didn't have a choice because of the custody arrangement with Brad,' a source told the publication. The exes reached a settlement in their ugly divorce in December 2024 after an eight-year legal battle.'She'll be very happy when she's able to leave Los Angeles,' the insider added. DailyMail reached out to Angelina's representatives for comment.
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Angelina Jolie breaks down in tears as she recalls her late mother's heartbreaking struggle with cancer
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 September 2025 04:54
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Angelina Jolie cried as she recalled her late mother's struggle with cancer at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.The Oscar winner, 50, stars as a woman diagnosed with the disease just as she arrives at Paris Fashion Week in new movie Couture, which debuted on Sunday. In a Q&A session following the screening, one person revealed she had recently lost a friend to cancer, and asked the star for advice for 'anyone who recently lost someone' to the disease. In a video shared by Entertainment Weekly, the Girl, Interrupted star was seen holding her hand over her mouth as she tried to get a hold of herself. Jolie lost her own mother, Marcheline Bertrand, after a decade-long battle with breast and ovarian cancer in 2007. She was only 56. 'I’m very sorry for your loss,' Jolie said, dabbing her eyes while director Alice Winocour and co-star Anyier Anei comforted her. 'One thing I remember my mother saying when she had cancer… we’d had a dinner and people were asking her how she was doing. She said, "All people ever ask me about is cancer." 'I would say, if you know someone who’s going through something, ask them about everything else in their life as well. They’re a whole person. And they’re still living.'In 2010, after completing her family, the mother of six underwent a complete hysterectomy as a precaution against ovarian cancer. She shares Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17, with ex-husband Brad Pitt, 61.
After testing positive for a mutation on the BRCA1 gene, which indicated a genetic link to breast cancer, the Eternals actress underwent a double mastectomy and reconstruction as a precaution in 2013.In an essay for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, one of the members of her surgical team commended the actress for her example in getting tested and making a decision that was right for her. 'I have personally seen women whose lives were likely saved as a result of the public awareness that has resulted from the "Angelina Jolie effect,"' wrote Dr. Jay Orringer in 2018. Jolie opened up about her mother in February at the Santa Barbara Film Festival where she received the Maltin Modern Master Award for her efforts to change the movie industry through significant contributions and impact.Accepting the honor, she spoke of her mother, who walked away from acting in the early 1980s.'I think of my mother,' Jolie said. 'She had to give up her dreams of a creative life but she embraced that side of mine.' The Maleficent star shared that when Bertrand was alive, she would write letters to Jolie's characters. 'Dear Gia, Dear Lisa Rowe, Dear Lara Croft' she said, referring to some of her earliest characters, including the Girl, Interrupted role for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.'And for the last 16 years, I haven’t had those letters.' Speaking of her portrayal of opera great Maria Callas in Maria, the star explained: 'I try to imagine sometimes what she would write, and she would probably have told Maria that she loved her because Maria had many things but she never had a mother’s love.'As her voice cracked, the emotional actress admitted: 'I would be absolutely nothing without mine. She passed away many years ago at this time of year, so it’s always this weather that reminds me of her.'She continued: 'That feeling, that sensibility that makes that actually hard for me is part of what is my work, and what connects me and many artists to their work, and I know I'm not alone in this.' A release date for Couture has not been announced.
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Angelina Jolie recreates THAT iconic Oscars pose as she flashes her leg at Toronto Film Festival
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- Published on Monday, 08 September 2025 06:54
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Angelina Jolie flashed her endless legs in a chic brown maxi coat split while attending the Couture world premiere during the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday.The Girl, Interrupted legend, 50, was the epitome of elegance in the stunning number which featured a racy thigh-high split. She wore a similarly sexy look at the 2012 Oscars Awards, arriving in a strapless black Versace gown and flashing her right leg. The limb quickly became a trending topic on Twitter (now X) at the time, with users debating over her enviably trim thigh and her zealous pose.Wearing glossy tights, Angelina completed the head-turning outfit with black stiletto heels as she was quite the star of the evening at the Princess of Wales Theatre.The Maleficient actress looked visibly moved by the fans' warm welcome, and was captured waving to onlookers.The Hollywood favourite stars alongside Louis Garrel, Ella Rumpf and Garance Marillier in Alice Winocour's drama, with Angelina behind the production as well.The star interrupted her filming duties for her new film drama Anxious People - which see Aimee Lou Wood starring next to her - to join the star-studded Canadian film festival.It comes after Angelina's next career move was revealed as she prepares to be the latest A-lister to flee Hollywood.The Maria actress is reuniting with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for another spy thriller.She is starring in the upcoming film titled The Initiative with Liman directing and F. Scott Frazier writing the script, per The Hollywood Reporter. She last worked with the director on the set of the 2005 action-comedy, where she met her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Angelina will portray a rogue master spy named Bright in the movie, which has been described as 'Training Day set in the world spycraft.' The story follows Bright as a new agent named Charlie joins her team and finds himself in concerning situations — 'where he isn't sure whether his new boss is trying to kill him or simply is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect the free world.' Angelina is reportedly looking to sell her historic Los Angeles home and move abroad as the latest A-lister to pack up to leave Hollywood behind.She is reportedly 'eyeing several locations abroad,' according to People. The mum-of-six wants to 'put the house up for sale' and move when her youngest kids, twins Knox and Vivienne, turn 18 next year. She shares the twins as well as Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 19, with ex-husband Brad, 61. The Oscar winner 'never wanted to live in L.A. full time' but she 'didn't have a choice because of the custody arrangement with Brad,' a source told the publication. The exes reached a settlement in their ugly divorce in December 2024 after an eight-year legal battle.'She'll be very happy when she's able to leave Los Angeles,' the insider added. DailyMail reached out to Angelina's representatives for comment.Elsewhere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, Jason Bateman and Jude Law attended the premiere of their anticipated film Black Rabbit, whilst Russell Crowe and Rami Malek presented their ensemble drama Nuremberg at Roy Thomson Hall.Guillermo del Toro and Idris Elba were also on the red carpet for the festival's Tribute Awards.Idris, who stars in in Kathryn Bigelow’s Thrilling A House of Dynamite, had a warm hug for director del Toro, who is presenting his Frankenstein adaptation at the festival.
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Angelina Jolie debuts striking blonde bob as she's seen filming Scandi drama Anxious People for the first time in London alongside son Maddox, 24
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- Published on Monday, 08 September 2025 06:48
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Angelina Jolie debuted a striking blonde wig as she was seen filming drama Anxious People for the first time alongside her son Maddox, 24.The Academy Award-winner, 50, will star in the film adaptation of Scandinavian novel Anxious People, directed by Marc Forster. Based on author Fredrik Backman's novel, the film - set on the day before Christmas Eve - will see Angelina play investment banker Zara. Zara begrudgingly finds herself mingling with a group of strangers at an open house before a reluctant bank robber takes the group hostage. And on Thursday, Angelina was seen filming scenes for the movie for the first time as she was pictured on set.Angelina looked unrecognisable as she debuted a completely new hairstyle, ditching her iconic dark locks for a platinum blonde bob. While in character, Angelina donned a white wrap belt poncho laid over a cream silk midi-dress with a scarf feature. She finished off her ensemble with a pair of cream stilettos, a huge gold brooch and sported a bright red lipstick. The Girl Interrupted star will be joined in the film by How I Met Your Mother actor Jason Segel and Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood. It comes after Angelina's next career move was revealed as she prepares to be the latest A-lister to flee Hollywood.The Maria actress is reuniting with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for another spy thriller.She is starring in the upcoming film titled The Initiative with Liman directing and F. Scott Frazier writing the script, per The Hollywood Reporter. She last worked with the director on the set of the 2005 action-comedy, where she met her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Angelina will portray a rogue master spy named Bright in the movie, which has been described as 'Training Day set in the world spycraft.' The story follows Bright as a new agent named Charlie joins her team and finds himself in concerning situations — 'where he isn't sure whether his new boss is trying to kill him or simply is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect the free world.' Angelina is reportedly looking to sell her historic Los Angeles home and move abroad as the latest A-lister to pack up to leave Hollywood behind.She is reportedly 'eyeing several locations abroad,' according to People. The mum-of-six wants to 'put the house up for sale' and move when her youngest kids, twins Knox and Vivienne, turn 18 next year. She shares the twins as well as Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 19, with ex-husband Brad, 61. The Oscar winner 'never wanted to live in L.A. full time' but she 'didn't have a choice because of the custody arrangement with Brad,' a source told the publication. The exes reached a settlement in their ugly divorce in December 2024 after an eight-year legal battle.'She'll be very happy when she's able to leave Los Angeles,' the insider added. DailyMail reached out to Angelina's representatives for comment.
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