Angelina Jolie has to live in Los Angeles because of her nasty Brad Pitt divorce but when the twins turn 18 she'll move 8K miles away
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Angelina Jolie would like to leave Los Angeles, where the daughter of Jon Voight grew up with single mom Marcheline Bertrand in the Beverly Hills area.The 49-year-old Oscar-winner told the September 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine on Friday that she would prefer to live in a country like Cambodia, where there is more privacy.That is where the Maleficent actress finds more 'humanity.'But the star - whose next film is about Maria Callas - cannot pack up and go because she is still struggling with her divorce from Brad Pitt which is going on eight years.Because they are continuing to hammer out the custody agreement with their two minor children, Vivienne and Knox, Jolie is not able to settle somewhere else.Vivienne and Knox become adults when they turn 18-years-old on July 12, 2026.Jolie also co-parented four other children with Pitt, but they are now adults and free to move about the globe as they wish. They are Maddox, 18, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18.Jolie currently lives at a historic residence in Los Feliz, California. It is a beaux arts mansion built for Cecil B. DeMille that she bought after her 2016 separation from Brad.Pitt is in the Los Angeles area. He has been busy making movies, his next is Wolfs with George Clooney. And he dates jewelry executive Ines de Ramon.'I grew up in this town. I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as they’re 18, I’ll be able to leave,' Jolie told The Hollywood Reporter.'When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety.'I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be… that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here. '[After Los Angeles,] I’ll spend a lot of time in Cambodia. I’ll spend time visiting my family members wherever they may be in the world.'The artist also spoke about how she loves to have people around her.'I like to be with people I love. I’m not somebody begging to be alone. I’m not that person that feels like, “Oh, I wish I could just be alone so I could have my guilty pleasures.” 'Because usually my guilty pleasure is being with somebody. I love doing something that makes them happy. That really does make me happy.'
And she doesn't have a lot of Hollywood pals as she brings up 'betrayal.''I don’t really have those kinds of relationships,' added the Gia actress.'Maybe it’s losing your parent young. Maybe it’s working. Maybe it’s being somebody who’s been betrayed a lot.'I don’t have a lot of those warm, close relationships as much that I lean on. But I have a few, and a few is enough. Loung [Ung, the Cambodian American human rights activist] is one of my closest friends. 'My mother was very close to me. I lost her. I’ve had a few friends over the years not be there for my family in their hour of need. I have a couple of people that I trust. What did Maria Callas die with? Two trusted people.' Also in her interview, Jolie talked about her feelings toward Hollywood.'I was an artist early to just help my mom pay bills,' she said.'I've had times where I've loved being an artist and I've had times where I felt very, very far away from being comfortable in the business. I'm hoping to be able to have a new relationship with it.' She has two new films. Maria, about opera singer Maria Callas, and Without Blood, the war drama she wrote and directed from Alessandro Baricco’s 2002 novel.She said her film Maria is very personal to her and it really touched her.And Jolie felt for the singer.'People were quite aggressive when she wasn’t able to be what they wanted her to be. They were very unkind, and she carried a lot of trauma and she worked very, very hard. I just began to really care about her and wanted that aspect of the story to be told,' she told HR. She also said she had an emotional reaction when she was taught to express herself as an opera singer.'My first class, I cried. I was sad, I was scared. It was a strange physical body reaction.'I stood there, and [the instructor] said, “OK, just be in your body. Take a deep breath, let it all out and just open your mouth and just let that sound come from the inside.” 'And that’s when I became really emotional. You discover how much we lock our pain in our bodies. 'Our voice gets tight, our shoulders go high, we get stomach aches, we do all these things, and it’s a protection for us. The hardest thing was feeling again and breathing again and opening again in the way that this film required that I had really not done for quite a while.'
And she is drawn to creating. 'I wish I knew how to be still and calm. I’m propelled forward constantly, and it’s not always the best feeling. For better or for worse, I’m a very deeply feeling person and kind of a raw nerve. So when I feel something deeply, I jump. I feel alive or I connect to something true inside myself.'Angelina said someone in a 'past relationship' told her she could never sing which held her back for years. 'So it took me getting past a lot of things to start singing.'And she was glad sons Maddox and Pax were there for her on the set of Maria to comfort her when a scene got tough. They worked as assistant directors.'You really try to hide from your children how much pain and sadness you carry. And so for them to be with you when you’re expressing it at such a level, I think it was the first time they ever Heard me cry like that. That’s usually for the shower.'Next up? She would to play a real villain, not a mean person who is deep down good like Maleficent, but someone very twisted.
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Angelina Jolie cuts a chic figure in a beige trench coat as she leaves the Venice Film Festival just hours after receiving an eight-minute standing ovation for Maria Callas biopic
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After receiving a rapturous reception for her performance in the biopic Maria, it was no surprise that Angelina Jolie was in high spirits as she headed home from the Venice Film Festival.The actress, 49, has received critical praise for her performance in Pablo Larraín film, but opted against staying in the city for any further events as she prepared to leave Italy on Friday.Showing off her chic sense of style, Angelina opted for a stylish short-sleeved trench coat over loose white trousers as she boarded a water taxi.The star had made a glamorous appearance at Maria's premiere the evening before, where the film received an eight-minute standing ovation.It was a reception akin to that of Brendan Fraser's comeback performance in The Whale, which eventually won him the Oscar for Best Actor. Angelina was visibly emotional in the wake of the response, wiping away tears and turning her face away from the cheering. Following the premiere, several fans declared the film has kickstarted Angelina's campaign to win her second Academy Award in 2025, exactly 25 years after she was awarded the Supporting Actress prize for Girl, Interrupted.Posts on X included: 'Looks like its gonna be a cate blanchett vs angelina jolie best actress race in the oscars;'I'm so sorry for Amy Adams and Soairse Ronan, but Angelina Jolie will take the Oscar. Maybe this is still not the right time yet for both of them to win an Oscar;''The angelina jolie oscar campaign begins now.'Maria was hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, and the biopic depicts her during the final week of her life, before her death in 1977.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances. Maria battled ill health during her final years, and the film shines a light on her deteriorating mental state as she dreams of the prospect of performing once again, with her marriage to Ari Onassis at the forefront.Despite the film's positive reception, reviews have been more mixed, with many, including The Daily Mail's Brian Viner casting doubt over the film itself, while praising Angelina's performance.Branding her character a 'whining, self-pitying, endlessly needy victim,' he nonetheless noted: 'All that said, Jolie gives one of the performances of her career. 'This might be a flawed depiction of Callas but not by her; wearing enough mascara to sink one of Onassis's ships she is completely believable in the role and even does some of her own warbling alongside some top-class lip-synching to the real Callas, having reportedly trained for seven months until she was ready to perform in public for the first time. Admittedly I'm no expert but I couldn't tell the difference.'
Kevin Maher from The Times agreed, awarding the film two stars, and writing: 'This is a film fed by, and consistently cutting to, the operas that defined its subject. Yet there is not a single moment that is emotionally operatic. It is wilfully, wearily flat.' Awarding the film three stars, BBC's Nicholas Barber said: 'The film is also too adoring and reverential to let us sympathise with its supposedly fragile heroine. 'Unusually for someone who is drug-addled and terminally ill, Jolie's Callas never looks anything less than magnificent, and she is always supremely dignified, poised and confident, out-quipping everyone who crosses her path.'The Telegraph's Robbie Collin gave the film four stars, writing: 'Jolie is given ample space to dazzle, but less to surprise. 'Dazzle she does though, with a fine understanding of just how camp she can go without proceedings becoming too operatic for their own good. Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson said that even with Angelina's performance, the film 'struggles to hit the high notes.'He said: 'With a few details removed, Maria could be about any grand diva, this blurry picture of a woman swanning through the final week of her life.' However, Deadline critic Stephanie Bunbury described Angelina, as 'an almost magical match for the real diva.' 'The actor's commitment to this creation is obvious at every turn,' she said 'Knowing that Callas was only happy when on stage, she learned to sing for the role; the voice we hear is a blend of Callas and Jolie's own.'The Guardian critic Xan Brooks awarded the film four stars, writing: 'Midway through, I was all set to file this as a posturing distraction, destined for a life as a high-camp curio. But it ground me down, won me over and by the closing credits, God help us, I was hoping for an encore.' The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey also praised Angelina's performance writing: 'It's a career-defining bit of synchronicity, bolstered by one of Jolie's very best performances. Her work has always been about that immaculate sense of control over posture and tone.'Variety's Owen Gleiberman wrote that Angelina 'seizes our attention, playing Maria as woman of wiles who is imperious, mysterious, fusing the life force of a genius diva with the downbeat emotional fire of a femme fatale.'Jolie, for the first time in years, reminds you that she can be a deadly serious actor of commanding subtlety and power.'
Angelina spent seven months training how to sing for her role in the film, and she performs as Maria Callas at the point when she was close to death and losing her voice. Producers have indicated that they blended Angelina's voice with Callas.Detailing her unease at singing publicly for the first time, she said: 'Everybody here knows I was terribly nervous about the singing. I spent almost seven months training because when you work with (director) Pablo (Larrain) you cant do anything by half. 'He demands in a most wonderful way that that you really do the work and really learn and train.'My first time singing I was so nervous that my sons were there and they helped to block the door so that nobody else was coming in.''And I was shaky. Pablo in his decency started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala. So he gave me a time to grow. I was frightened to live up to her and you know I had not sung in public.'Pablo Larrain said that the film was a celebration of Callas' life and Jolie added that she hoped that the singer had known at the end of her life how loved she was.Callas, hailed as the greatest voice in the history of opera, died aged only 53 in 1977 after a period of ill health and isolation. She had been heartbroken after husband Ari Onassis abandoned her for JFK's widow Jackie Kennedy.Angelina has played famous people before: In 1998 she starred as tragic supermodel Gia Carangi in Gia and in 2007 she starred as Mariana Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart.The director, who is best known for the bio pictures Jackie (about Jackie Kennedy, played by Natalie Portman) and Spencer (about Princess Diana, played by Kristen Stewart), said: 'Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,' Larraín said. 'To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.'Maria was written by Steven Knight prior to Hollywood's WGA strike and granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.Callas lived from 1923 until 1977. She was born in American of Greek heritage and then trained in Greece as well as Italy.She was not just known for her incredible voice, which helped make her one of the top opera singers of the 20th century, but also for her striking beauty which put a spotlight on her many romances.
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Angelina Jolie is spotted with a new man sparking romance rumours as they leave hotel in Venice together - so do you recognise him... or his famous sister?
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Angelina Jolie has sparked romance rumors with British rapper and political activist Akala.The duo were spotted leaving a hotel in Venice, Italy together on Wednesday during Venice International Film Festival. In Touch has claimed that Jolie, 49, has been 'casually' seeing the journalist and author, 40, for over a year. The publication reports that Akala joined Jolie and her daughters Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18, at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica in May of last year. An eyewitness shared at the time that Akala was 'very protective of them as he shepherded them around.' They enjoyed dinner together in Milan six months later, the publication also claims. An insider shared with In Touch that a primary component of Jolie's attraction to Akala has been seeing how he relates to her children. In addition to Zahara and Shiloh, Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt share sons Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. 'I think a large part of her attraction to Akala, beyond the physical, is seeing him interact with her kids because that is so important to her,' the insider said. The source further explained that Jolie and Akala have 'connected' over their shared interests of activism, travel, and learning about different ways of life. 'They connect over their interest in activism and share a passion for travel and discovering different cultures. It’s been a long time since she’s felt this kind of attraction,' they said. Akala, 40, - born Kingslee James McLean Daley - started out as a rapper before moving into political activism, endorsing former Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election. His older sister is also the famous singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite. Ms. Dynamite, 43 - real name Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley - enjoyed a string of hits in the early 2000s with her debut album A Little Deeper, which won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.The publication has also claimed that the Maleficent star has been seeing another man, Broadway composer Justin Levine. 'Angelina has been seeing two different men over the past year or so,' a source claimed to the outlet. Tony-award winner Levine was a part of the Broadway production of The Outsiders, the musical Jolie produced. In Touch reports he co-wrote the book and score for the play. Jolie's daughter Vivienne also worked as a producer's assistant on the program. 'Angie just adores Justin, and they’ve been spending so much time together that a lot of people think the relationship could turn romantic,' the source said. An insider also shared with the site that the men are 'totally different' but Jolie is 'falling for both of them.' The new romance rumors comes five years after Jolie was declared legally single from Pitt. Jolie split from her film star husband after a disputed incident on a plane in 2016. She has said in court documents that he assaulted her and some of their six children and poured wine and beer on the family in a rage. He has always denied being violent towards her or the family. Akala and Justin are not the first two men Jolie has been linked to since her divorce. Several years ago, she was linked to musician The Weekend.
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Angelina Jolie to receive TIFF Award - after estranged dad Jon Voight begged Brad Pitt to end divorce drama
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Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The Oscar winner, 49, who kicked off the Venice Film Festival, will be honored at the city's Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Sunday, September 8, coinciding with the world premiere of her latest directorial project Without Blood, per Deadline on Tuesday.The TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media, previously awarded to filmmakers such as Pedro Almodóvar, honors individuals who bridge social impact and cinema. Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, and David Cronenberg will also be recognized at the 2024 TIFF gala, with Sandra Oh serving as the Honorary Chair. 'Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted talent who has entertained audiences for decades while consistently using her platform to champion important causes,' TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey said in a statement. 'This award recognizes her exceptional achievements in filmmaking, and her unwavering commitment for positive change, solidifying her status as a veritable humanitarian and global force to be reckoned with.'The news follows a recent plea from Angelina Jolie's estranged father Jon Voight, who has urged her ex Brad Pitt to resolve their ongoing eight-year divorce battle for the sake of their children.The 85-year-old actor told Fox News Digital that he wished pair could 'find a way to make peace' - just days after Pitt's daughter Shiloh officially dropped his surname. He said: 'You know, I think the kids need some stability. I love the kids, and I love my daughter. And I want Brad to step up to do, you know, what he has to do. End this nonsense.He added that he 'doesn't talk to his grandchildren as much as [he'd] like.'Angelina and Brad, who share six children together: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15, split in 2016.Voight's plea comes after he praised Angelina and his granddaughter Vivienne after they stole the spotlight at the 2024 Tony Awards with their remarkable victory. The mother-daughter duo produced the musical The Outsiders, which won four trophies, including the top honor of Best Musical. 'I’m very proud of Vivienne,' Voight told TMZ at the time. 'I’m really proud of Angie because she really tries to encourage each of the kids to be what they want to be.''I'm sure Angie contributed with the actors and Angie's a great director,' Voight continued to gush over the Maleficent star.The Midnight Cowboy icon also revealed how Vivienne got her mother involved with the production. 'Vivienne read the book and then went down to see the pre-Broadway play version down close by San Diego and she went down four times and she said "Mom, you got to see this,"' he explained to the outlet.
The accolades follow a history of turbulent moments between Voight and Jolie, which have caused periods of estrangement over the years.They reconnected briefly during the filming of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, but Jolie reportedly cut ties with her father again in the early 2000s. 'We don't really speak that much anymore,' the Changeling star told Vogue in 2002, shortly after starring in the Lara Croft film. Voight's infidelity during his marriage to Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, and their subsequent divorce reportedly were key factors in the father and daughter's estrangement. Although the pair have made up in the past, Voight recently slammed his daughter for her anti-Israel posts, branding them as 'lies' and saying 'the Israeli army must protect thy soil.' Jolie is formerly a special envoy of the UN High Commission for Refugees. She accused Israel of 'deliberately bombing children, women, families, deprived of food, medicine and humanitarian aid' in violation of the international law.In response, Voight said he was 'disappointed' that his daughter did not understand that Hamas' objective was 'to annihilate the land of the Jews.'Meanwhile, Vivienne's appearance at the June 16 Tony Awards came as another blow to Brad on Father's Day shortly after she notably dropped his surname on her Playbill credit. In May, it was also revealed that Vivienne dropped the last name Pitt from her moniker in The Outsiders Playbill.According to People, the former couple's daughter was listed as Vivienne Jolie in the literature, instead of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. It's unknown if she has legally changed her name.The move came shortly after Angelina was ordered by a judge to turn over every NDA agreement that she signed with a third-party over an eight-year period amid the ex spouses' ongoing legal battle.Shiloh and Vivienne's name change comes after her older sister Zahara made a similar choice in public.Last November, when she was inducted into the AKA sorority at Spelman College, she appeared to drop her father's last name as she introduced herself. In a video clip shared by Essence magazine, she stated, 'My name is Zahara Marley Jolie.'Pitt has also faced scorn from his son Pax, 20, who called him a 'world-class a**hole' and a 'despicable person' in an explosive instagram rant revealed by DailyMail.com. Also in May, Brad and Angelina's daughter, Shiloh, 18, officially requested to drop 'Pitt' from her surname in court documents obtained by TMZ. Angelina and Brad began dating after Pitt and then-wife, Jennifer Aniston, announced their divorce in 2005.The two later tied the knot in 2014, with the Maleficent actress filing for divorce in 2016 after only two years of marriage. Three years later in 2019, Brad and Angelina were declared legally single.
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Angelina Jolie lands another high-profile job and it has nothing to do with movies... as divorce fight with Brad Pitt nears 8 years
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- Published on Saturday, 24 August 2024 08:54
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Angelina Jolie is the new face of Tom Ford's beauty brand.The Hollywood actress has become the first ever celebrity ambassador for Tom Ford Beauty after agreeing to star in a new campaign for the fashion mogul's relaunched lipstick line Runway Lip Color which launches in September.Angelina insisted she's a big fan of the brand's Scarlet Rouge shade, which she is seen wearing in the new ads. She told WWD.com: 'It's a beautiful color and texture. A good red lip needs little else. It's worn with intention. That was part of the discussion.' Tom Ford Beauty's president and chief executive officer Guillaume Jesel added of bringing in Jolie: 'She appeals to a broad demographic, and she has global appeal. We are branded very internationally, and are well diversified around the world. And her appeal to Gen Z is very interesting.'He also explained the adverts featuring the actress have an intentional link to the film world, saying: 'In terms of the celebrity aspect, the connection of film is something that's been there naturally.'Tom is a filmmaker and he shot a lot of his own photography. The connection to film and the cinematic aspect of the visual imagery that he created for this brand set it aside from anyone else and has been integral to our DNA.' He added of the revamped lip range: 'Lip is the ultimate fashion accessory, it's a carrier of the brand DNA, and it is at the core of the brand identity.'The new collection replaces the previous Lip Color lipsticks and will boast 18 shades - 10 which are new and eight which have been brought over from the previous range.Runway Lip Color also features Runway Lip Pencils in eight shades. The lipsticks are priced at $62 while the pencils retail for $46.This comes as Jolie's son Pax is said to be 'stable' after his e-bike accident.The mother-of-six 'Maleficent' actress, 49, reportedly raced to be by her boy's side when the 20-year-old was hospitalised following his crash at around 5pm on Monday (29.07.24) when he was on Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles.A source has now told Page Six he is 'stable', adding Angelina 'is by Pax's side at the hospital as he recuperates'.Law enforcement sources told TMZ Pax smashed his electric bicycle into a stopped vehicle at a congested intersection when a traffic light turned red. The driver reportedly hopped out of the car to check on Pax before first responders were called.Pax – said not to have been wearing a helmet at the time of the incident – reportedly suffered a head injury and was left with hip pain and was then rushed to hospital for treatment.Page Six said even though paramedics were worried that Pax was experiencing minor brain bleeding, it is understood he is 'doing better' and 'may be discharged' from hospital later on Tuesday (30.07.24.)Along with Pax, Angelina has five other children with her 60-year-old 'Fight Club' actor ex – Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. Angelina and Brad started dating in 2004 and married 10 years later – but split in 2016 and have been since been embroiled in bitter battles over child custody and ownership deals linked to their French vineyard.Brad initially won a 50-50 custody agreement that was sealed for privacy in 2021 but overturned later the same year.The exes were declared legally single in 2019 but their battles over custody, as well as their Chateau Miraval winery fight, are ongoing.
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