Show Under Pressure in Jolie Birth Story

Five days after “Entertainment Tonight” reported that Angelina Jolie had given birth to twins, it is starting to look more and more as if the syndicated show — which is on every weeknight, primarily on CBS affiliates — made a serious mistake. A law firm representing Ms. Jolie says that an impostor claiming to be the actress’s assistant misled some news organizations. According to Ms. Jolie’s camp, the birth report was false. The law firm, Lavely & Singer, sent a letter of warning to roughly two dozen news media outlets on Monday.

“A random individual has engaged in a scheme to intentionally harm my client and deceive her fans, the public and the media through illegal and tortuous impersonation of Ms. Jolie’s longtime assistant, Holly,” the letter said. The letter did not specifically mention “Entertainment Tonight,” but it seemed to be a response to its report. For news organizations, many millions of dollars hinge on the pregnancy of Ms. Jolie, whose partner is the actor Brad Pitt. As most people know — or perhaps cannot avoid knowing — the couple has four children, three of them adopted, and is expecting twins this summer.

The first photographs of the twins will undoubtedly sell for seven figures, and online reports say that the bidding war is already well under way. News about the newborns will also drive viewers and readers to entertainment television shows, Web sites and magazines (as it apparently has already). On Friday morning, after seeing a spike in Google search traffic about Ms. Jolie’s pregnancy, an “Entertainment Tonight” producer e-mailed a person she believed to be Ms. Jolie’s assistant. The person responded by BlackBerry, saying she had been in the room for the birth. The ensuing “Entertainment Tonight” report, published online just before noon on Friday, was quickly picked up by The Associated Press and myriad other outlets, large and small. Publicists for the show circulated the story widely, complete with a requirement that other outlets must mention “tune in to ‘Entertainment Tonight.’ ”

Part of the surprise came from the fact that Ms. Jolie’s due date has widely been reported as Aug. 19, so the twins’ arrival, if true, would have meant that they were born very early. The report prompted swift denials from Ms. Jolie’s representatives. Despite everything, “Entertainment Tonight” is sticking to its story. “We are waiting to see how this story plays out,” Linda Bell Blue, the show’s veteran executive producer, said in a statement on Monday, which was repeated on Tuesday. But sometime before Monday, the article was removed from the “Entertainment Tonight” Web site. The show’s spokeswoman would not comment on the decision to delete the record, and the show has not acknowledged the denials.

Although “Entertainment Tonight” pumps out light fare, it does have a respected place in the world of infotainment, so the apparent mistake left some analysts wondering about a risk to its reputation. Many tabloids have a history of rushing to press with flimsy stories that turn out to be fake, but “Entertainment Tonight” has historically acted with caution.

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Jolie Video Surfaces

Hot on the heels of a video of a young Angelina Jolie partying, a more recent secret video of the actress has surfaced. Taking place in a nameless restaurant that could only be identified by a pair of golden arches, the sloppy camera work eventually settles on the unsuspecting actress as she blurts out, "Oh, yea! Oooooh, yeeeaaah! I love noodles! With lots of cheese on them!" The camera is steadied, and films her looking around her table, gradually getting more and more frantic, until she angerily demands, "Where's my coke? Who's got my coke?"

Minutes later, a frustrated Jolie stands up and yells, "Dick! I want dick!" A fat, ugly, bald guy quickly appears, holding a drink, which Jolie angerily takes out of his hand, and with her free hand punches the fat man out with a single right cross. Her final words on the tape are, "Dick Cheney, if you ever steal my Coca Cola like that again, I'll throw you in front of a bus!" Asked to comment, the restaurant manager said, "Cheney should have known better; Angelina's eatting for three people!" Considering Cheney's flabby gut, one could say the same for him.

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Jolie shops for children's clothes in Cannes

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have made the most of their time in Cannes this year. The couple have been spotted shopping at children's superstore Toys R Us this week, reportedly browsing the girl's section. As their daughter Shiloh is due to turn two at the end of the month, they may well have been searching for birthday presents.

However, as the pair also have three adopted children between them they could have been buying for any one of their offspring. Dressed in a black maternity frock and shades, this is not the first time Jolie has been children's clothes shopping this week.

She was photographed buying items for toddler Shiloh in upmarket boutique Bonpoint. Jolie, who is in Cannes for the premiere of new film Kung Fu Panda, has confirmed she is currently pregnant with twins.

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Angelina Expecting Twins

Angelina Jolie may have hoped to keep the fact that she was expecting twins a secret, but her latest co-star put an end to that. The actress was being interviewed by the movie show Access Hollywood yesterday with her Kung-Fu Panda co-star Jack Black, when he let slip the fact that Jolie was pregnant with twins.

The moment came when Jack looked at Angelina’s stomach and said 'You're gonna have as many as the Brady Bunch when you have these.' At that point the interviewer asked the actress whether – as had been heavily rumoured – she was expecting twins. Jolie's response was: 'Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already. Well, Jack's just confirmed it, actually. We're out. We're fine. I'm very happy. Like most women, I love being pregnant ... You just feel like everything about your body is there for your baby.'

Having been forced to admit she was expecting twins, Jolie refused to be drawn on whether she and husband Brad Pitt knew whether they were expecting boys, girls or both. 'We would like to keep that private,' she said. The arrival of twins will bring the total number of children in the Jolie-Pitt household to six.

news source : http://www.raisingkids.co.uk/

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go tourist in France

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took to the skies this weekend, whisking daughter Zahara off for a helicopter ride around France on Saturday. The couple, who are hunkering down in St. Jean Cap Ferrat at the historic villa owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, appeared to be house hunting, according to reports.

The next day, the expectant parents and their entire brood – daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 1, and sons Maddox, 6, and Pax, 4 – stayed closer to home, visiting Bono's waterfront home at Eze, France, about 15 minutes from Mr. Allen's compound. While their weekend may sound glamorous, one local source insists they're just like any other family on vacation: "Eating, taking naps and swimming in the pool."

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Jolie chaser in Pune gets an award

MUMBAI: Thirty-year old Saurav Dey is not paparazzi but two years ago he trailed Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie when she was filming A Mighty Heart in Pune and made a documentary Chasing Angelina Jolie that won him an Indian Documentary Producers' Association (IDPA) award held in Mumbai last Saturday.

A third year student of the Films & Television Institute of India (FTII), Saurav received the best student documentary (Golden Trophy) award for his unique project, which was a part of his second year academic project. His project coincided with Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt's visit to India. It was not pre-planned but the idea of chasing Brangelina on their Indian sojourn clicked when he read about it in the newspapers. "She had absolutely shut out the media and so making a documentary on her visit seemed even more relevant."

Recounting his experience he said, "Made in English (with a smattering of Hindi in it), the film is about our steps in trying to get her. But we could not interact with her or Brad, at all. However, we made sure not to cross the ethical boundary during the making of the film. It's a reality documentary showing everything that happened on our way. " Saurav picked up scraps of information as best as he could from a couple of senior film directors as well as the journalists who were chasing the Hollywood hot shot couple.

On the day Brad and Angelina decided to take the now famous auto rickshaw ride Saurav was luckier than most in getting close to the couple. Later, he learned from the auto driver that he had been asked to take a few foreigners (Brangelina and their son) around the city and that he would be paid for it. The driver was asked to take his celebrity passengers out from a safe entrance but he missed it and went ahead in the direction of the entrance where the rest of the media had assembled. "I had a hunch that they would come out of the basement side so I was already there and was one of the first few to get so close to them."

The auto driver had no clue who the celebrities were so Saurav couldn't get any information from him. Due to the language barrier he did not communicate with them at all. "I think he told me something like Brad Pitt complimenting him as a "good driver" after the ride. But it was not very clear because he did not understand English so well." Terming it as a "fun documentary film" Saurav says he knew that it would be a hit with the youth but did not expect to receive an award for it. In fact, he was a tad skeptical about the manner in which his documentary would be received. "It's an adventure reality documentary and in that's sense not conventional. That's why I didn't expect to get an award for it, even though in an earlier showing at the FTII it had been well received," says the young filmmaker who will send his award winning assignment to the forthcoming Kerala International Video Festival to be held next month in Trivandrum.This was Saurav's second documentary film and his first one The Last Hoarding Painters was shown at the Jeevika Film Festival.

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Bridal Bumps

Angelina Jolie may be prepared, apparently, to wait until after the birth of her latest child to wed Brad Pitt. But many celebrities are so impatient to marry, they will walk down the aisle complete with bridal bump. Ulrika Jonsson, 40, the television presenter, was five months pregnant with her fourth child, when she married advertising executive, Brian Monet, 39, in March.

Actress, Julianna Margulies, the former ER star, was seven months pregnant when she wed her lawyer husband Keith Lieberthal in November. Statistics show as many as twenty percent of all brides this year will be expectant mums. The figure pales in comparison to the mid-19th century when, it is estimated, up to 60 % of brides in rural England were with child. Today’s bride-with-a-bump, however, at least has the chance of wearing a wedding dress which has been specially designed for both occasions.

news source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Jolie-Pitt kids scarfing down junk food

While some celebrity parents insist on only the finest foods for their little ones, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie let their kids dive into whatever candy and snacks their wee ones’ hearts’ desire. According to Life & Style, the Jolie-Pitt kids have turned into a pack of junk-food junkies.

“If Zahara wants ice cream for breakfast, she’ll get it,” an insider told the magazine. And Cheetos, too, if photos of Zahara and her three siblings, each munching on their own bag of yummies, is any indication.

Seems one reason for all the fast-food fixes is that Brad and Angie don’t want nannies and chefs taking care of their brood. “They like to take care of the kids on their own,” the source revealed. “But they can’t cook, so they look for food that comes out of a box and doesn’t have to be cooked — and the kids just love fried foods.”

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Clooney 'joking' about Pitt and Jolie godfather reports

Clooney has laughed off reports he has been named godfather to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's unborn offspring. The 'Michael Clayton' star sparked rumours earlier this week, when he joked to paparazzi outside a Los Angeles restaurant that he had been asked by the Hollywood couple to take on the role.

But Clooney's longtime representative Stan Rosenfield has been forced to publicly dismiss the reports, after some gossip websites reported the actor's passing comments as fact. Rosenfield said: "He was just having a joke." This is not the first time Clooney has quashed speculation he has been signed up to be an A-List star's godparent - he denied being godfather to Nicole Kidman's unborn child just last month.

Jolie is currently pregnant with what would be the couple's fifth and sixth kids, if reports she is expecting twins are true. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children together, as well as their biological daughter Shiloh.

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Jennifer Aniston & Angelina Jolie got beef. Still.

Ding ding. It seems to be round seventy-two in the Jolie - Aniston fiasco. Strike One: Jen was apparently rudely snubbed by Brangelina at the long-awaited glitzy Oscars fundraiser they were due to co-host together.

Strike Two: Earlier in the day, Ange rocked up to the Independent Spirit Awards, looking smug and sporting this super-tight, baby-bump revealing (and otherwise painfully dull) black number. Result? A sartorial *raspberry noise* 'Ya-boo-sucks-to-you-I'm-preggers' message to Jen. Ouch.

Not one to go down without a fight, sounds like Jen's managed to play the powerful ex-mother-in-law card in getting Jane Pitt on side. Jane's rumoured to have helpfully suggested that Jen be invited to Brangelina wedding (some say to be a, GASP, bridesmaid! Er, what? How dysfunctional can you get?!).

I say she shows up to the nuptials wearing a crop top circa series one of Friends, or at the very least a body-con Alaia and some spindly Louboutins. What a style-off that would be! And by the by, is anyone else starting to feel sorry for Pitters? Being henpecked by three women? No wonder he's let himself go a bit..

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Angelina: 'I have low self-esteem'

With looks like these, surely anyone would find it difficult to find fault with Angelina Jolie.

The Oscar-winning actress, who oozes confidence, appears to have it all – a successful career, a beautiful family and Brad Pitt by her side.

However, in next week's issue of OK! magazine, she admits: 'I struggle with low self-esteem all the time. I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable.' Jolie, 32, who recently starred in A Mighty Heart, has lately been pictured showing off her unmistakable bump in figure-hugging clothes.

She was out in Austin, Texas, where Pitt, 44, is filming his movie, Tree Of Life. They are rumoured to be expecting twins.

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Angelina Jolie beats up McAvoy

London (ANI): While James McAvoy might be thanking his stars to have landed a role opposite Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood beauty made him see stars in broad daylight by beating him up on the sets of their new movie. The Atonement star himself revealed his awful experience of starring with the Tomb Raider beauty.

"Angelina kicked seven colours of poo out of me but, thankfully, I'm still in one piece," British tabloid Daily Mirror quoted him as saying. In Wanted, James plays Wesley Gibson, a 25-year-old employee who works in a cubicle. His character is offered the opportunity to avenge the death of his father, who was an assassin.

He is then trained by his father's partner, Sloan (Morgan Freeman), and by Sloan's second-in-command, played by Angelina Jolie. The film is set to be released on June 27.

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Angelina Jolie for St John

Angelina Jolie stars in another season of advertisements for US luxury brand St. John. The actress has been a spokeswoman and model for the brand since September 2005, and has also been involved with the company's charity, which helps children's causes.

At the time she commented on her new role, 'I am a working mother who has set goals to accomplish a lot in this world. I want my wardrobe to be beautiful, sexy and comfortable — all at the same time. St. John is all of those things.' The black and white images show a demure Angelina in a series of classic little black dresses. The photographs were taken before her pregnancy bump started to show.

Jolie is currently pregnant with her second biological child, adding to her family of three adopted children with partner Brad Pitt. The Daily Mail is today reporting that the actress is due to have twins, with a source revealing, 'They're having twins, Angelina is healthy, and he's thrilled that he's going to be a father once again. Brad's telling everybody close to him, because he's having to change around his work schedule to get ready for the birth.'

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Angelina Jolie's Power Play With Jennifer Aniston

An 'expert' on human power play is putting a sinister spin on Angelina Jolie’s last minute decision to back out of coming face-to-face with Jennifer Aniston at the weekend.

As we reported earlier this week, the highly-anticipated pre-Oscar showdown at Warner's Night Before bash failed to materialize when Angie and Brad didn't show.

Jen was reportedly eager for the meeting to take place but, just hours before the party, Angie opted to show off her blossoming baby bump across town at the Independent Spirit Awards instead.

U.S. Weekly has called in the author of The 48 Laws of Power, who speculates that Angie is deliberately messing with Jen’s head.

According to Robert Greene, the A Mighty Heart actress is possibly "being either very Machiavellian or very passive-aggressive."

"If Angelina is trying to get under Jen's skin – push her buttons – this is a clever way to do it. "Imagine you're in Jen's shoes. You're worried about Angelina showing up. And she never does. It's infuriating. If intentional, it's definitely a power move."

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Jolie's Baghdad visit goes A-list

BAGHDAD - Note to world leaders: Next time you need instant access to foreign dignitaries and top military brass, forget the usual protocols. Just send in Angelina Jolie. Hollywood's globe-trotting leading lady swooped into Baghdad on Thursday to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees, gaining an audience with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the American Embassy said.

On her mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador, Jolie also met with Iraqi migration officials to stress that there needs to be a coherent plan for the more than 2 million internally displaced Iraqis who are beginning to trickle back to their homes amid a recent lull in violence. "There's lots of goodwill and lots of discussion, but there seems to be just a lot of talk at the moment," Jolie said in excerpts of an interview aired on CNN.

Jolie mingled with American troops during lunch at a dining facility in the heavily guarded Green Zone, which houses the embassy and Iraqi government offices. She grabbed a red plastic tray at the mess hall, collected her lunch and sat at a long banquet table to eat — her fork tines down, of course — as flashbulbs from soldiers' digital cameras lit up the wall behind her.

During the CNN interview, Jolie said the fate of Iraq will have an impact on the Middle East for years to come. "And a big part of what it's going to affect," she said, "is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like."

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Angelina Jolie ready to wed Brad Pitt?

Angelina Jolie's pregnancy may have mellowed Angelina Jolie into accepting yet another proposal from partner Brad Pitt that they get married. According to the National Enquirer Jolie, who is yet to confirm her pregnancy despite having adjusted her attire to hide a baby bump, has finally relented.

"In the past when Brad pressed her to get married, Angelina always said no because she was happy with the way things were," a source close to the couple told the Enquirer (via MSNBC). "But when Brad proposed again after they discovered they were having twins, she decided to follow her heart. With the babies on the way, they just felt the time was right."

The wedding is expected to take at the couple's beachfront Santa Barbara home in the spring, well before Jolie's due date. "…it will be a very quiet, private affair with a few friends and close family," the insider revealed. "Brad's folks will be there and, of course, Angelina's brother. But the most important guests will be the children."

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Angelina Jolie: "I don't really know how to turn on a computer"

The last time we featured Angelina Jolie on Shiny Shiny it was largely because she was a naked gold lizard. This news is definitely a bit more disappointing, as it turns out La Jolie is a great big technophobe.

Well, alright, what she actually said is: "As Brad knows, I don't really know how to turn on a computer." This from the woman who famously packed her enormous chest into a very tight t-shirt to play Lara Croft. Admittedly the role required athleticism and an enormous chest acting ability, not gaming skillz, but how much better a headline "Angelina Jolie: Kicks arse at Tomb Raider" would be.

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Jon Voight: it would be wonderful if Angelina Jolie is pregnant

Angelina Jolie’s dad Jon Voight has said he hopes that there is truth in the rumours that his daughter is pregnant again.

Rumours started last week that Angelina is pregnant with twins and her figure-concealing dress at the weekend’s SAG Awards further fuelled suggestions that she’s hiding a baby bump.

Jon, who has been largely estranged from his daughter since 2002 and yet to meet his four current grandchildren, told the New York Observer: “It’s wonderful news that she’s having another child, if that’s true.”

But he isn’t going to be rushing out to buy booties and babygrows on the strength of the rumours: “I can’t count on anything the press says about her because there is so much said but she has certainly captured the imagination of the press.”

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Angelina Jolie Sweetie Brad Pitt Now a Bobblehead

No wonder the significant other of Angelina Jolie won't do any American commercials. Brad Pitt, who just turned 44 years old, is all over the Internet with his new ad for Edwin jeans in Japan and the doctored photo is so bad that he looks like they have changed the rugged American star into a Bobblehead doll.

I wish I were kidding. The photo has been cropped and shopped and is being distributed all over the World Wide Web for Bloggers to lampoon with Pitt's monster noggin that appears to be just as big around as his slimmed down waist. Are they really that stupid in Tokyo?

Pitt still looks pretty good for a 44-year old with the baggage he has but they bring back the 'Billy Idol' Brad and the Brad of about twenty-four for the ad campaign. The jeans look bad and Pitt looks even worse. I'm not certain what they are looking for with the ad but a rugged American male apparently isn't it.

Michael K has the photos of the ads here along with a lengthy discussion on exactly why the photoshop job is so bad. Stars have long looked overseas for a quick buck with advertisements but now those ads can no longer remain off the radar as Bloggers grab them and post them online very quickly.

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Jolie Ends Rift with Voight

Angelina Jolie reportedly ended her rift with her estranged father Jon Voight on Christmas Day by reaching out with a telephone call. The pair hadn't spoken since Voight told a television show in June 2002 that he hoped Jolie sought help for her "serious emotional problems."

Voight, 69, has since attempted to patch things up with his daughter, and last month said, "I'm very impressed with Angelina's work, with some of the humanitarian things, and she's a great actress. "I am always thinking of Brad and the kids. I'm sending my love that way."

A source tells the National Enquirer that Jolie called her father while spending Christmas in New Orleans with partner Brad Pitt and their four children. The friend reveals, "It was a short call, but it meant the world to both of them. It was something for them to build on, and Jon couldn't say enough good things about the way his daughter is conducting her life."

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Angelina Jolie wants two more children in 2008

Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed she wants to adopt another child, and have another child of her own in 2008. But first, the ‘Tomb Raider’ star needs to come to terms with the death of her mom, Marcheline Bertrand who died in January this year. Last week, Jolie’s older brother James, 34, said: “When we lost our mom neither of us could stop crying. “She fought it [cancer] for a very long time, 8 years on and off, but she got to see her grandchildren. That was the best – seeing her with Angelina’s children.”

Now Angelina, 32, & ‘Ocean’s 11′ star Brad Pitt, 44, have told close friends and family that they want to add to their family - which consists of three adopted children – Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 2 – and 17-month-old baby daughter Shiloh. A close family friend told Britain’s Now Magazine: “They’re adopting another child within the next three months. Pax and Mad are both from Asia, but Brad and Ange want Zee to have a companion from Africa.

“Ange is also going to try for another baby. She did have a movie role lined up, but that’s been delayed, so she’s trying to get pregnant straight away.” Angelina is also planning to visit a grief counselor as she continues to struggle with the loss of her mother, almost a year on, she’s still breaking down in tears and having trouble sleeping.

Her weight has plummeted and she’s become haunted by a fear of dying. Plagued by grim thoughts about her own mortality, she’s been forced to look long and hard at her life. A close friend says: “Angelina’s so down right now and in a really dark place. We’re worried that she’s suffering from depression. She’s showing all the classic symptoms. Brad is aware of the problem and has persuaded her to get help.”

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Angelina Jolie's deathly weight loss

Angelina Jolie says her dramatic weight loss was triggered by the death of her mother. The 32-year-old actress - whose mother Marcheline Bertrand passed away after losing her battle with ovarian cancer in January - claims the emotional turmoil she went through caused the pounds to fall off and is adamant it had nothing to do with a desire to "look thin". She said: "I have always been lean and this year I lost my mother and I've gone through a lot.

"The thing that's disturbing is that instead of people saying, 'This looks like a person that's actually dealing with something, probably from emotions.' They say, 'Does she fit into skinny jeans and look thin?' "I want people to understand who I am as a person is not somebody that's trying to look thin, but just trying to work through a very difficult year."

Angelina also revealed her partner Brad Pitt was "extraordinary" when her mother died. She added to Grazia magazine: "He is just a great friend and when my mother passed he was so great. He sat with me and held her hand. After she passed away he spend the night asking me and my brother about our mother and got us to tell funny stories about her. He focused on all the love and joy we were fortunate enough to have had. He was extraordinary."

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Jolie 'would not knowingly adopt a non-orphan'

Angelina Jolie would have never adopted her Ethiopian daughter Zahara if she had known her mother was alive, according to the actress' brother. James Haven insists his superstar sister was unaware Zahara's birth mother Mentewab Dawit Lebiso was still alive when she adopted the child in 2005 - because paperwork stated the girl was an orphan.

And Jolie would have adopted another child if she had been made aware Lebiso was not dead, her brother says. Haven tells British magazine Grazia: "Angelina has a rule that she adopts children only when they are orphans. I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive."

Lebiso recently dismissed reports she wanted her child back, insisting she is glad Zahara is growing up in the care of Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt. Lebiso said: "I have never disputed the adoption… I have no ill feelings towards her (Jolie). I think my daughter is a very fortunate human being to be adopted by a world-famous lady. I wish them all the success they both deserve.

news source : http://breakingnews.iol.ie/

Angelina Jolie Leads Eccentric Hollywood Foreign Press Nods for Globes

She may not be as dark and eccentric as she was when she grabbed her previous golden Globes but Angelina Jolie is still getting some love from the Hollywood Foreign Press. She captured a "Best Actress in a Drama" nomination for her role as Marianne Pearl in the box office bomb 'A Mighty Heart.' She wasn't the only one thrown a bit of love by the notoriously unconventional body for a film flop.

George Clooney grabbed a nomination for his role in "Michael Clayton." It always seems to go this way with the Globes and this year was no different. They loved "Charlie Wilson's War" as it grabbed five nominations, including ones for Best Picture and Best Actor (Tom Hanks) in the musical/comedy categories. The film opens December 21.

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Angelina Jolie's kids' Xmas wishes

Angelina - who has three adopted children, six-year-old Maddox, four-year-old Pax, two-year-old Zahara and 18-month-old daughter Shiloh with long-term partner Brad Pitt - was thrilled when Maddox decided to pen a Christmas wish list of presents for himself and his younger siblings. A source told America's OK! magazine: "Maddox asked for an 'Elf' DVD and remote-controlled cars for Pax because his brother loves cars. Shiloh is getting a doll and a couple of books.

"Zahara wants princess dresses and a crying doll. Maddox has no idea why Z would want her toy to cry. "Maddox really wanted a remote-controlled dinosaur. He asked Grandma Jane (Pitt) for one, but he isn't sure if she is going to buy it for him." Earlier this week, it was revealed Brad and Angelina are planning to spend the festive season in their $3.5 million New Orleans mansion.Angelina, 32, said: "I am working on my film 'The Changeling' in Los Angeles, but we will be back here in New Orleans for Christmastime. We'll be here throughout the festive period."

news source : http://people.monstersandcritics.com/

Angelina Jolie, Lead Actress: 'A Mighty Heart'

Adapting the story of Daniel and Mariane Pearl for the film "A Mighty Heart" in a truthful and respectful manner was difficult enough, and Angelina Jolie soon discovered that director Michael Winterbottom's style would make it particularly challenging. "The way Michael shoots, I had no rehearsal," says Jolie, who shot the Pearls' wedding her first day on set. "I was in my room getting ready and they said, 'OK, come down the stairs.' So that was it. "I walked into the wedding and we said our vows. I had looked at Danny and Mariane's wedding footage just before, and it made me terribly sad. They loved each other so much, and you can see it in the wedding. It was hard not to cry."

The melancholy was inescapable. Daniel Pearl was executed in 2002 by Islamic terrorists while investigating a story in Karachi, Pakistan, about shoe bomber Richard Reid. It happened while Mariane was pregnant with their son. Jolie and husband Brad Pitt, with the film produced under his Plan B Entertainment shingle, had to focus on the story of Mariane's determination to find the killers, while also dealing with a potentially ominous climate during the pic's shooting in Pakistan and India.

"We talked about the risks before we started filming," Jolie says, "the security concerns and what it would mean politically if we got it wrong. We could anger more people and make it worse. But, if by some small chance we get it right, maybe we can do a little something toward bringing people back together, or at least looking at each other in another light." True to Winterbottom's style of filming, with little rehearsal and much improvisation in striving for realism, many of the roles were filled with people not from central casting but from that region.

"It was a very connected group," Jolie says. "I didn't even know who was a non-actor because it all just felt right." Of all the many roles Jolie has done in her career, this one carried a special burden. "Mariane has suffered the ugliest side of all that is going on in the world today and came out of it believing we can't just be angry and blinded by hate, but must continue to have a dialogue," Jolie says. "If I don't represent her right, and people don't see what a beautiful, strong, open-minded, loving woman she is, then I've done a disservice and hurt a really great woman."

news source : http://www.variety.com/

Angelina eyes buff bodyguard

Angelina Jolie’s relationship with Brad Pitt may be under strain over claims that she’s fallen for her British bodyguard. Now magazine in the UK reports that the actress has forged such a close friendship with her security guard , known only as Billy, that she even calls him by the pet name “Chisel” because of his toned torso.

Until recently, Billy, 35, was part of the Special Air Service . As an ex-commando, he is super-fit and lifts weights and runs for at least an hour a day. “Brad and Angie trust him with their lives and the lives of their children,” an insider told Now. “But Brad worries that Angie could be developing too close a bond with the new security guy.” When the 32-year-old mother of four fainted on the set of The Changeling last month, it was Billy — not Pitt — who was there for her.

Two and a half weeks ago, Billy escorted Jolie to a screening of her movie A Mighty Heart in Los Angeles. Body language expert Glenn Wilson told Now that while there was no evidence of anything improper, pictures showed the pair are very relaxed and happy in each other’s company. “Billy’s not behaving like a minion or an employee, so it’s clear that they’re on very good terms and find each other interesting,” he said.

news source : http://www.thetimes.co.za/

Jolie, Brolin, Norton and 'G.I. Joe' in Today's Casting Bites

As I said in my intro to RopeofSilicon 3.0 I am going to be cutting back on all the casting articles, but when four rather interesting updates are announced as they are today who would I be not to inform?

First off, Angelina Jolie is going to take on a rather interesting film for Paramount Pictures based on the life of intelligence operative Kathi Lynn Austin. Austin's life of arms trafficking and terrorism will serve as the inspiration for an action/thriller for Jolie. Variety reports that Austin, who has most recently worked on contract for the U.N. Security Council, has undertaken field missions in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and Central America. The drama will focus on a fictional arms dealer inspired by Victor Bout, the shadowy Russian who is considered one of the world's most prolific dealers in illegal munitions.

The real kicker to this story is that they are looking at it in terms of a franchise for Jolie. I am thinking it sounds something like a Bourne series just with a female protag, which sounds great to me. Goal is to get started on a script as soon as the strike ends.

news source : http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/

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Angelina Jolie dismisses pregnancy rumors

Angelina Jolie has dismissed rumors that she and beau Brad Pitt will soon be on diaper duty again. Jolie laughed off rumors that she and Brad were expecting their second biological child, but is not ruling out adding to the family sometime in the future. "No, there's always a rumor but not at this moment. But at some point we will (have another child)," she told MTV News.

The couple are already parents to four kids - Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh. Jolie adopted Maddox in March 2002 while still married to actor Billy Bob Thornton, however when the two split she got custody. She later revealed that Pitt had been the one to encourage her to adopt Zahara in July 2005.

After Pitt and she got together, the actor adopted both the children, and Jolie requested their names be officially
changed to 'Jolie-Pitt' in January 2006. Next came the couple's first biological child Shiloh, who was born in Namibia in May 2006. Jolie then added a second son to the family by adopting Pax Thien in March this year.

news source : http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

Angelina Jolie Tops Hayden Panettiere's Girl-on-girl List

Actress Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she would love to have a lesbian affair with Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie. The Heroes star recently confessed to a secret lesbian crush on Jolie, adding that she lusts after girl-on-girl action with the Tomb Raider star.

"You want to make me a lesbian? That's fine with me. I'd love to have an affair with Angelina! "Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. The 18-year-old also named other female stars, whom she likes. “And there are other beautiful girls I like too - including Charlize Theron, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Alba!" she said.

news source : http://www.medindia.net/

Jolie shy about Beowulf body

LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie's head peers out from luminous, turquoise water in a dark cavern littered with decaying bodies and skeletons. She is moving slowly toward her prey. Trailing Jolie is a long, thin, twisting gold tail. "I love my tail," Jolie laughs during an interview in Los Angeles recently.The water scene is the first time audiences of her new, ground-breaking digitally-enhanced live action film, Beowulf, see Jolie's face. he other lead actors in Beowulf, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, John Malkovich and Robin Wright Penn, are not so easily recognisable, thanks to new generation motion capture technology Beowulf director Robert Zemeckis used to make the film.

Zemeckis believed Jolie's exotic beauty, except for the tail, did not need touching up to play the demonic, lizard-like mother of Grendel, a half-decaying monster who also lives in the cavern. Winstone, the East London-born actor with a booming Cockney accent, was not so fortunate. Zemeckis, who used similar Hollywood technical magic to create 2004's The Polar Express with Tom Hanks, cast Winstone to play the movie's hero, Beowulf, a Viking warrior with legendary, dragon-slaying fighting skills. In a traditional Hollywood action adventure film, the casting decision would be deemed ridiculous. Beowulf stands almost two metres tall, has blond, flowing hair and a muscular body similar to a professional wrestler. Winstone is just 178cm tall, has black hair, a pot belly and chubby arms used to lifting pints in a pub.

Beowulf is in in the physical prime of his life, aged in his latest 20s. Winstone celebrated his 50th birthday this year. When Zemeckis first contacted Winstone about playing Beowulf, a story set in Denmark in the 6th century and based on the oldest known English language poem, believed to have been written in the 7th century, the English actor thought the director was kidding.

When they met and Zemeckis showed Winstone images of what Beowulf would look like in the film, he thought the director was insane. Zemeckis, however, was convinced the portly Pom was the man for the job. He was blown away by Winstone's performance as Henry VIII in a 2003 TV movie about the British monarch, but not by the actor's physical appearance. It was Winstone's voice."My wife was watching Henry VIII and I heard Ray's voice and thought 'That's Beowulf'," Zemeckis said.

news source : http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/

Geri Halliwell invites Angelina Jolie to all the Spice Girls’ concerts

Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell has reportedly invited actress & fellow UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and her family to all of the Spice Girls reunion gigs - in the hope that her 18-month-old daughter, Bluebell will become friends with Angelina’s children.

Since moving to LA, Victoria Beckham’s three sons have been mixing with the children of Tom Cruise & Snoop Dogg; so Geri wants some celebrity pals for her child, too - and feels that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s children - Maddox, Zahara & Shiloh - are perfect.

An insider told Britain’s Mirror newspaper: “Geri dotes on Bluebell and only wants the very best for her. Geri has sent personal invites to Angelina. She has a lot of respect for her, as a fellow UN ambassador and for the charity work she does. “She also thinks she is an amazing mum, and believes it would be lovely for Bluebell to meet her children.”

Geri, who’s been a Goodwill Ambassador for nine years, has also sent out personal invites to Nicole Kidman and Roger Federer. But she is so keen to get to know the Jolie-Pitts that she has given them options to attend all of the Spice’s 40 dates around the world. Last night a source close to Brad and Angelina said they would love to attend.

news source : http://www.showbizspy.com/

DID ANGELINA JOLIE HAVE A MISCARRIAGE?

Good evening boys & girls! below is the latest cover of national enquirer which is back to ragging on my angelina jolie after taking a break last week by featuring tom cruise & katie holmes (i find that story to be a lot more interesting) this time around they're claiming angelina lost a baby - plus her weight is still diminishing as she's still in a depressed state of mind - there were rumors a few months ago that she was pregnant again but i doubt she is - either she wasn't preggers at all or perhaps she had a miscarriage which is obviously a very personal & private issue - right now i think their family is a decent size but i'm sure we'll be seeing more kids added to the jolie-pitt clan by adoption or plain ol' human nature!

My martha stewart also nabbed a spot on the cover - who supposedly collapsed after dealing with some kind of family tragedy - i hope everything is ok with ms. stewart - i know a lot of people don't care for her very much but she just trips me out - i'd go hang out with her anytime! there's also a lot featured up front concerning that missing girl - her way older hubby drew peterson isn't acting right - i hate to jump to conclusions but she's probably dead - and he probably killed her! too bad nancy grace isn't feeling so hot at the moment - this is the type of stories that lady lives for - she'd be totally all over this one! i'm not following the details all that much - it's too depressing but i hope the truth comes out about what really happened to stacy peterson! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!

news source : http://popbytes.com/

Goodwill in the Land of Smiles

BANGKOK, Thailand (UNHCR) – Braving monsoon showers, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited the Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand on May 19. This day-long visit marked her first visit to a refugee camp in Southeast Asia.

Accompanied by the UN refugee agency's Regional Representative, Jahanshah Assadi, she toured the camp and was briefed by the Thai authorities in the camp as well as the refugee committee and refugee elders. She visited the clinic, spoke with medics and health workers and met many refugees.

At the camp school, Jolie was welcomed by a traditional Karen dance performed by refugee children. Later, at a simple ceremony in the school, she donated a television set, video player and generator for educational and vocational training purposes, along with sports equipment. She also donated a sarong to every refugee woman in the camp.

In return, the refugee community presented Jolie with an embroidered traditional ethnic Karen dress, which she wore, much to the delight of the group. Sitting on floor mats, she distributed soccer balls to the throngs of excited children.

news source : http://www.unhcr.org/news/

Angelina Jolie meets with estranged dad Jon Voight

Angelina Jolie has reportedly made the first steps to reconcile with her father Jon Voight after meeting him in New York this weekend. Angelina stopped speaking to her dad after he said she had “serious mental problems” on Access Hollywood in 2002. However, she made suggestions earlier this year that she was going to try to patch things up with him but as of August, he hadn’t heard anything from her.

According to reports, the Midnight Cowboy star was spotted leaving the Waldorf Astoria hotel yesterday - when Angelina and her family are currently based - and he smiled for the waiting cameras but refused to give any details about why he was there.

An inside source revealed that after years of deadlock, things have started moving slowly between the estranged pair: “Jon wanted to meet the children but that didn’t happen.”
“It was just a one-on-one with Angie but he thinks at least that’s a start.”

news source : http://fametastic.co.uk/