Angelina Jolie Covers 'Vogue,' Full Family Joins the Photo Shoot!
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- Published on Friday, 16 October 2015 19:33
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie takes a walk on the beach looking absolutely stunning for the cover of Vogue‘s November 2015 issue.The 40-year-old By the Sea actress and director was joined by her full family – husband Brad Pitt and kids Maddox, 14, Pax, 11, Zahara, 10, Shiloh, 9, and seven-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – for the photo shoot. Here is what she had to share with the mag:
On her marriage: “Brad and I have our issues, but if the characters were even remotely close to our problems we couldn’t have made the film… As artists we wanted something that took us out of our comfort zones. Just being raw actors. It’s not the safest idea. But life is short.”
On the “brutal” double mastectomy surgeries: “It’s hard. They are not easy surgeries. The ovaries are an easy surgery, but the hormone changes”—she laughs, nods her head—“interesting. We did joke that I had my Monday edit. Tuesday surgery. Wednesday go into menopause. Thursday come back to edit, a little funky with my steps.”
On going through menopause: “I feel grounded as a woman. I know others do too. Both of the women in my family, my mother and my grandmother started dying in their 40s. I’m 40. I can’t wait to hit 50 and know I made it.”
For more from Angelina, visit Vogue.com!
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Turning Your Child into Angelina Jolie Will Only Cost $2 Million
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 October 2015 18:54
- Written by Vanity Fair
This is tough to talk about, maybe even taboo, but we’re in a safe space, where you can be honest. So, I’m just going to ask you: Is your kid a little disappointing? Like, maybe not all that smart, or talented, or interesting? And, if you’re honest—again, this is a safe place—is your child maybe a little less than good-looking, dismayingly so, perhaps? If that is something that worries you—and I suspect that there are many out there who quietly, secretly feel this way—fear not. You don’t have to be saddled with some homely dullard for the rest of your life. There is a way to fix this. And it will only cost you a little over $2 million.You see, there is a home for sale, 20 miles north of New York City, that can turn your child into something . . . wonderful. The home, in Palisades, Rockland County, New York, U.S.A., once belonged to Marcheline Bertrand, the mother of none other than Angelina Jolie. What’s more, Jolie spent five formative years living there as a child. So the house must be doing something right, it must possess some kind of power, to raise a person like Angelina Jolie.Talent? Check. Smarts? Check. Mysterious allure? Yup. Beauty? Duh. Angelina Jolie’s the real deal, and that all started to coalesce in this house, in Palisades. Sure, you might say, it actually happened at some point during her conception, but that’s just the basics of the recipe. The spice and flavoring comes later, as spongelike children absorb their surroundings. So there has to be something about this house, this lovely, secluded home that’s listed with Sotheby’s International, that helped turn her into a star.
And some lucky parent can buy it! They can move their kid in and watch as he or she goes from Joe Schmo or Plain Jane to Ange-freakin’-lina Jolie. One day, the kid, all heavy of brow and under of bite, will be stomping around in the mud and eating caterpillars. The next, it’ll be wearing satin cigarette pants and learning French. Before you move into the home in Palisades—also known as Snedens Landing—your kid will have bug eyes and stringy hair, always sticky with juice and snot, belching and banging on pots. But once you’re in the Magic House of Rockland County? That same kid, the very one, will be a radiant angel who’s concerned about the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Isn’t that worth $2.049 million? I say it is.Sure, at some point you’ll have to endure your child dating a few sketchy characters, and there may be one or two professional fumbles here and there. But the kid will eventually end up with Brad Pitt, and make lots of interesting career moves, whatever he or she chooses to do. And all the while he or she will remain, of course, strikingly beautiful. All because you, proud and conscientious parent, stopped living in a cave of inadequacy and moved into a palace of excellence. A temple of perfection conveniently located in the New York City metro area! One that is, I think, reasonably priced. We are talking about the future of your child here, after all.So what will it be? Who will your child become? Some buck-toothed ghoul who rides A.T.V.s and works for the cable company? Or, a fine-boned knockout who jet sets and speaks at the U.N.? It’s your choice to make. I’d urge you to choose wisely, though. And soon. This house—this nexus of exceptionalism in Snedens Landing—won’t be on the market forever.
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Angelina Jolie undergoes further preventive surgery
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- Published on Sunday, 04 October 2015 08:44
- Written by News10
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone more preventive surgery, having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in hopes of reducing her risk of cancer.Writing in The New York Times, the filmmaker and philanthropist said a recent blood test showed a possible early sign of cancer. The news was a blow to the star who had already had a double mastectomy.“I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt,” she wrote. “I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.”Jolie, 39, revealed two years ago that she carries a defective breast cancer gene that puts her at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Her mother died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate.Only a small percentage of women inherit the same faulty gene, known as BRCA1 — the name stands for breast cancer susceptibility gene. These mutations are most commonly found in women of Eastern European Jewish descent, though other groups, including the Norwegian, Dutch and Icelandic, also have slightly higher rates of these mutations.The average woman has a 12 percent risk of developing breast cancer sometime during her life. Women who have inherited a faulty BRCA gene are about five times more likely to get breast cancer.Jolie said that while having the gene mutation alone was not a reason to resort to surgery — other medical options were possible — her family history influenced her decision to have further surgery now. The surgery puts a woman in menopause and Jolie wrote she’s now taking hormones.
Her courageous decision to publicly announce her double mastectomy was praised as a watershed moment in efforts to persuade women to get breast cancer screening — and to raise awareness of the need for early detection. The same sense of mission led her to write about her follow-up care, although she said her decision wasn’t necessarily the right one for everyone.“There is more than one way to deal with any health issue,” she wrote. “The most important thing is to learn about the options and choose what is right for you personally.”Coming forward to tell her story will play a vital role in raising awareness, those who work for cancer charities say. They hope other women at risk will be encouraged to speak with their doctors.“Angelina Jolie has made a really brave decision,” Katherine Taylor, acting chief executive of Ovarian Cancer Action. “It immediately puts the person into surgical menopause so it is not a decision to take lightly.”Jolie’s article makes plain the anguish the results of the new blood tests brought. She said she immediately called her husband, the actor Brad Pitt, who flew home from France within hours.“The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity,” she wrote. “You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarizing, and it is peaceful.”
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Angelina Jolie Covers First ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Print Magazine: ‘Before They Were Famous’
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 September 2015 04:03
- Written by The Wrap
Series of glossies kicks off with 100-page edition featuring young Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence.“Entertainment Tonight” is getting into the print business, launching a series of collectible glossy magazines to hit newsstands nationwide.The inaugural edition, a 100-page retrospective titled “ET: Before They Were Stars,” will feature cover girl Angelina Jolie with additional stories other A-listers before they made it big including Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Perry and more.Topix Media Lab will distribute the series, each devoted to a single topic, and will be sold at over 50,000 newsstands nationwide and online at Onnewsstandsnow.com and ETonline.com.“Entertainment Tonight” will also keep its day job as a multi-platform news magazine show — including a broadcast that averages 5 million viewers daily, as well as web and social channels.Produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, “ET” is hosted by Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier with executive producer Brad Bessey.
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'It felt pretty good' : Angelina Jolie cries and rages in newly unearthed footage from an acting class when she was just 25
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- Published on Saturday, 05 September 2015 10:09
- Written by Daily mail
In today's world of instant celebrity young wannabes can find fame by posting a few YouTube videos.But just two decades ago it still took years of hard work to make it into the public eye.And Angelina Jolie was no different, as a newly unearthed video reveals.Showing the actress in an acting class at the age of 25, she works with two other budding actors as she performs a scene.Working through a series of intense emotions the young actress shows her huge range.'I need to hurt you. I want to hurt you,' she states, with an evil smile playing on her lips, as tears begin to fall.With her naturally bee-stung lips, ruffled hair and make-up free skin, Angelina is an unpolished youthful version of the star we know today.While her acting seems somewhat rough around the edges at times, the talent that would make her a star is obviously there. But when the scene ends it is clear she has yet to develop the poise and ease in the spotlight that would help her become one of the world's biggest stars.Suddenly shy, she mutters her responses to her coach's questions and looks uncomfortable accepting praise.The coach tells Angelina: 'I thought your eyes were wonderful. I especially liked the movement in the scene for you. Something was really connected.'I felt for you a real sense of style. You didn't allow it to just keep going there, you changed it lots of times. You found the humour and you found that and you took the scene in different directions.'As her fellow actors wordily express their satisfaction with the rehearsal, Angelina brushes off the attention.'It felt pretty good, different and funny. It was interesting,' she eventually mumbles.
Slumped in her chair, her long limbs cast out in front of her, Angelina looks as if she is yet to fully feel at ease in her body.As the daughter of two actors, Angelina made her screen debut as a child in 1982's Lookin' To Get Out alongside her father Jon Voight.She then began studying acting while in her early teens but found it hard to pass auditions, often being told she was 'too dark'.After two years at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute Angelina dropped out to study embalming, planning to become a funeral director.She went back to acting after a period away, but found her first paid work as a model, appearing in a series of music videos, before landing a role in 1993's straight-to-video Cyborg 2. Six years later she won an Oscar for Girl, Interrupted, establishing herself as arguably the biggest star of her generation.At 40, mother-of-six Angelina is now a force for good, using her huge fame as an ambassador for the United Nations.
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