Angelina Jolie admits she fell into acting to pay her mother's bills
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- Published on Saturday, 09 December 2017 11:13
- Written by EWN
Jolie says despite the success she's enjoyed during her career, she has never truly felt at home in front of the camera. Award-winning star Angelina Jolie has confessed she turned to acting simply to help her late mother Marcheline Bertrand pay her bills.The Academy Award-winning star says despite the success she's enjoyed during her career, she has never truly felt at home in front of the camera.She explained: "There's a lot that's not in my nature to be an actor."I'm very happy that I was able to be one - I'm very lucky and very fortunate - but I realised how much it was for my mother when she passed away, because I felt very differently about it as soon as she was gone."I think, when I started acting, it was a good means to an end. It was a job, and I wanted to help my mom with bills."It was a creative job, something where you get to explore different times in history, different people, different sides of yourself, learn different skills, so it's a wonderful job to have as you grow and as you learn as a person. But you also are not those people."Jolie, 42, conceded she's struggled to cope with the pressures of fame during her time in Hollywood.The actress-turned-director said that when she first emerged on the scene, she was too inexperienced in life to deal with the scrutiny she faced.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Jolie reflected: "You're young and you don't know exactly who you are, yet you also get a microphone in front of your face, and you're 17, 18, and people are asking you your opinions, and you haven't formed them yet."In the late 90s, Jolie even briefly turned away from the movie business, as she attended New York University.Of that experience, she recalled: "I was ready to kind of have a different life ... I'd done what everybody said you should do - become an actor. This is what should make you happy, right ...? I was miserable. I was completely unhappy."
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Hitting a fashion high note! Angelina Jolie cuts effortlessly sophisticated figure in loose grey blouse and black skirt as she heads to panel
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 November 2017 12:22
- Written by Daily mail
She routinely excels in the fashion department.And Angelina Jolie did not disappoint when she arrived to a Q&A at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Monday night.The actress, 42, looked effortlessly sophisticated in a chic grey blouse, tight black skirt, and ankle boots.She had her brunette tresses styled into flowing waves that cascaded down her shoulders. And her hazel eyes popped with ample amounts of mascara and eye liner.Accessorizing the look with a pair of sparkling diamond earrings and a ring, the starlet had a black leather purse slung over her shoulder. Angelina has been busy as usual, having directed the recently released drama, First They Killed My Father.The film was based on the memoir of the same name by Loung, which was published in 2000 and is about her childhood under the Khymer Rouge regime.First They Killed My Father stars Sareum Srey Moch as Loung. The accomplished actress-turned-director will be releasing another film soon later this month.Angelina's next film, The Breadwinner, follows a young girl in Afghanistan who turns to disguising herself as a boy in order to provide for her family after her father is arrested.The animated movie will be released on November 17 and features the voices of Saara Chaudry and Laara Sadiq.
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She means business! Angelina Jolie oozes glamour in a black blazer and cocktail dress in Los Angeles
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- Published on Monday, 13 November 2017 07:19
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie dripped chic when she was glimpsed in Los Angeles on Sunday, having a chat with a couple of male pals.The 42-year-old superstar wrapped a charcoal blazer over a sleek black cocktail dress, adding a splash of contrast via nude stilettos.A polka-dotted purse hung from her left shoulder, and she wore her elegantly wavy hair down, resting her right hand in her jacket pocket.Angelina - the scion of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand - spent Saturday night at the Governors Awards, which the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences threw at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.She danced onstage with Ixelles-born director Agnès Varda, whose work formed part of the French New Wave and whom Angie presented with an Honorary Oscar.Agnès had said during her acceptance speech: 'And so, the Governors gave me this award. It just – I took it as recognition of my body of work, over the more than 60 years, and it, how you say, enlight- it gives light on me, as well as French cinema.' The 89-year-old icon closed: 'And I feel I’m dancing the dance of cinema,' before actually breaking into movement and being joined by Angelina as the band played.After 11 years as half of Brangelina, one of Hollywood's premier power couples, Angelina filed for divorce from Brad Pitt last September.Though they had publicly been a couple since 2005 - when Brad infamously left his first wife Jennifer Aniston for Angelina - Brangie had waited to marry until 2014, holding the ceremony at their Château Miraval in the South Of France.They are the parents of six children, three of whom are adopted and three of whom Brad and Angelina conceived together.When she split from Brad last year, Angelina enlisted the services of divorce-lawyer-to-the-stars Laura Wasser, as TMZ had reported at the time.ast month saw the stateside release of First They Killed My Father, the fifth and latest movie Angelina has directed.Set in Cambodia under the brutal Khmer Rouge, the movie is based on a memoir by Loung Ung, who co-wrote the script with Angelina.The country concerned - where the film was shot on location - has a family significance to Angelina, whose 16-year-old son Maddox was born in Cambodia.
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Angelina Jolie dances and embraces Agnès Varda as she presents legendary director with Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
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- Published on Monday, 13 November 2017 04:49
- Written by Daily mail
Director Agnès Varda was presented with an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards by Angelina Jolie on Saturday.The actress pulled the accomplished director in for a warm embrace on stage of the star-studded ceremony.Angelina, 42, looked incredible in a beige colored frock featuring gold and silver detailing.While on stage, the mother of six and Agnes began dancing together.The pair no doubt charmed and delighted audiences as they began dancing with each other on stage. Angeline looked overjoyed as she danced on stage, swaying from side to side alongside Agnès.The Tomb Raider actress was exquisitely dressed for the occasion in a flowing cream frock with an array of sequins.She wore her brunette tresses down and had bold red lipstick on.Agnès looked proud as she was presented with the award, wearing a floral print dress and multi-colored scarf. The director released her first film in 1955, called La Pointe Courte. Her most recent work is the movie, Faces Places; it was awarded Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.She spoke about her honorary Oscar to Variety: 'I never thought that people of Hollywood would like my work.'Adding: 'I really love making films,' she told the website.
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Making headlines again! Angelina Jolie cuts a slim figure in well-tailored LBD after secret meeting at Los Angeles Times newspaper
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- Published on Sunday, 12 November 2017 11:28
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie is no stranger to making headlines.The 42-year-old starlet looked like she meant business on Friday as she was seen leaving the building of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.At the downtown Los Angeles office, the actress/activist appeared as elegant as ever in a well-tailored black frock which highlighted her long, lithe body.The Los Angeles native looked timeless in the all black ensemble which made her porcelain skin appear snow-white by contrast.Angie, who shares six kids with ex Brad Pitt, rounded out the look with a jacket and towering stilettos, elongating her already thin 5foot7 form.The Academy Award winner accessorized with a studded handbag, square sunglasses, and diamond earrings.The working mom's dark brown locks were blow dried smooth while Angie kept her face at a natural glow.It was unclear why the superstar actress was stopping by her hometown's newspaper. While Angelina looked stunning and statuesque during the outing, some close to the star are said to be worried about how thin she's become following her split from ex Brad Pitt last year, according to The Inquisitr.An insider told the site that Jolie frequently forgets means and regularly consumes 'just a few hundred calories a day.' The source also described the star's intake, revealing her died consists of 'just of hot water with lemon, grapefruit, and strawberries.'While Angelina does appear on the slimmer side, Gossip Cop rebuffed rumors about a dangerously thin Jolie.A 'mutual pal' of the actress and site said there was no truth to stories about the starlet 'barely eating,' adding that close friends have 'no fears for her health.'Angelina has been an open book regarding her health struggles in the past.In 2013 the star went underwent preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a defective BRCA1 gene which gave her an 87% chance of developing breast cancer.She wrote about her experience in an Op-Ed for the New York Times titled My Medical Choice.
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