Angelina Jolie pregnant?

Los Angeles - Angelina Jolie is reportedly pregnant.

The Changeling star has sparked rumours she is expecting another child with partner Brad Pitt after she asked for daring stunt scenes in her forthcoming movie Salt to be cut back.

"There is still some exciting action stuff - most notably when Angelina's character is chased by snipers over the rooftops," a source said.

"But there's no back-flips on speeding trains and it's all more face close-ups than action sequences.

"Early versions of Salt could not be shot with a woman in the early stages of pregnancy, but the draft they're shooting now can."

Refused a stunt double

Fuelling the baby rumours is the fact Angelina - who already has six children with Brad, including three adopted kids - usually does her own stunts.

In Wanted, Tomb Raider and Mr and Mrs Smith she refused to use a stunt double for the more extreme action sequences.

"It doesn't look as real. I think the best stunts are when an audience watches it and can understand everything that's going on and feel like they're in the middle of the action. I love practicing stunts to get them right," said the 33-year-old actor.

Angelina's role in Salt has already been dramatically altered since the first scripts were written.

Her part as Eveline Salt - a CIA agent who must evade capture after being framed as a Russian spy - was originally set to be played by Tom Cruise, but the role was changed to suit a woman when the Valkyrie star pulled out

Source:http://www.news24.com/News24

The Brad Pitt Defense: Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston

Despite the very public split with Jennifer Aniston for Brad Pitt, over the past few years, Brad and Angelina Jolie have cultivated an image as loving parents. In fact, during a Jan. 10 photo shoot at LA's Smashbox Studios, Brad told Life & Style about his 6-month twins, Vivienne and Knox, according to a report in the magazine. "They're doing just great," he said. "They're getting bigger every day. We're just amazed by how quickly they are growing!"

But Angelina's recent admission that she and Brad fell in love while he was still married to Jennifer Aniston seemed to remind people that Angie may have split up America's onetime golden couple. The implication upset Brad, who's now leaped to Angie's defense, the report notes.

The report follows up with the interview in February's W magazine, Brad, 45, and claims "clearly attempts to backtrack, claiming that he filmed Mr & Mrs. Smith with Angie, 33, for a whole year, which meant the cameras were still rolling after he and Jen called it quits."

Brad, say an insider, felt he had no choice to speak out. "He's exasperated - he was touched by Angelina's interview when she talked about falling in love with him, and he was surprised by the backlash," the insider says. "Brad says he's weary of the whole drama, but he can't stand by and let Angie get bashed.

Source:http://www.nationalledger.com/artman

Angelina Jolie 'Honored' to Receive Golden Globe nomination

Angelina Jolie says she feels "honored" to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Clint Eastwood's Changeling.

In the film, Jolie plays Christine Collins - a single mother who returns home one day to discover her nine-year-old son, Walter, is missing.

The 1920s drama also stars John Malkovich and Jeffrey Donovan.

And Jolie is thrilled that her hard work is being recognized.

She says, "I am honored to be nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press in a category with so many extraordinary women.

"What an amazing experience, having the opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood on a film I care so deeply about."

The Tomb Raider star is up against Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married; Meryl Streep for Doubt; Kristin Scott Thomas for I've Loved You So Long; and Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road.

Angelina's partner, Brad Pitt, also earned an acting nod for his role in the David Fincher-directed fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Says Pitt, "I am pleased to be nominated for this award and would like to also congratulate David, Eric [Roth] and Alexandre [Desplat] on their nominations.

"We're all very proud of the film and thankful to the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognizing our work."

Source:http://www.showbizspy.com/

'Dark Knight' Fans Want Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie in Next Batman Movie, Says Blockbuster Survey

DALLAS, --The Riddler & Harley Quinn Are Top Picks for Villains

As the Dec. 9 DVD release of "The Dark Knight" approaches, fans have casting picks for director Christopher Nolan should he create another Batman film. According to a survey conducted by Blockbuster Inc., movie fans are hoping to see Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie play starring roles. The villains that fans would most like to see Batman take on are The Riddler and The Joker's therapist turned girlfriend Harley Quinn.
"Both Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie are actors who can bring a Batman villain to life in the complex, realistic style that have made Nolan's films so popular," said Keith Leopard, director of film product for Blockbuster Inc. "It would be exciting to see what they could do with The Riddler's compulsive clue-giving and Harley Quinn's transformation from brilliant therapist to psychotic criminal."
Other top picks from movie lovers for the next Batman film's villains were Cat Woman, The Penguin and tough guy Bane. Favorite actors to play roles like these included Natalie Portman, Edward Norton and Keira Knightley.
Until a new movie is created, fans can get their Batman fix by heading to a local BLOCKBUSTER(R) store or visiting Blockbuster.com to rent or buy the "Dark Knight" DVD on Tuesday, Dec. 9. "The Dark Knight" is currently the highest grossing movie of 2008 in North America and worldwide, and it is the second highest grossing movie of all time domestically.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dark-Knight-Fans

Angelina Jolie’s mother 'mess'

The 33-year-old beauty - whose French-Canadian mom passed away in January 2007 – is still struggling to come to terms with life without Marcheline Bertrand, and is worried she will never be as close to anyone else again.

A source said: "She has to keep it together for the sake of her kids, but she is only human and falls apart from time to time. She is still a mess over Marcheline's departure, believing no one understands her the way her mother did. They had a very strong bond that she feels she will never have with another person."

Angelina depends on partner Brad Pitt for support during her darkest times, and also relies on her children – adopted Maddox, seven, Pax, four, and Zahara, three, biological daughter Shiloh, two, and four-month-old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline – to raise her spirits.

The source added: "Brad has been her rock, and he will always be there for her. Without his love, she would never have been able to cope.

"Maddox tries to cheer her up and makes her laugh and smile. She feels like she is the most privileged woman to have such an incredible family and has said her mother is a guardian angel over her household."

Earlier this month, Angelina broke down in tears while talking about her mom while promoting new film 'Changeling'.

She said: "She was really sweet and was never angry - she couldn't swear to save her life. But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this is very much her, her story.

"She was the woman I related to, who had that elegance and strength through just knowing what was right."

Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Plans Foreign Christmas

After recently admitting that traveling with six kids is difficult, Brad Pitt has revealed that he and Angelina plan to do just that for Christmas. The actor says he and Jolie want to spend the holidays in one of their three adopted children’s countries.

The couple’s son Maddox is from Cambodia, son Pax is from Vietnam and daughter Zahara is from Ethiopia. Biological daughter Shiloh was born in Namibia while Jolie gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne in France in July.

“We wanna go to one of the kids’ places of origin and spend time there,” Pitt says.

Jolie and Pitt recently admitted that they want to adopt another child soon.

Source:http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx

Angelina Jolie Next to Quit Acting.. “I Like Being at Home”

The four rarest words in the English language are .. “I love my job.” Name your dream job and you’ll find someone who has that job and can’t stand it. Early this month, Joaquin Phoenix quit acting to become a musician. Now, Angelina Jolie says she is leaving Hollywood too.

Last Thursday, in an interview with the BBC, Angelina Jolie said..
“I don’t plan to keep acting very long, I’m ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma one day. So maybe it will be once a year and then maybe it will be once every three years, and then just naturally *poof* - I like being home a lot these days.” That *poof* was a creative touch..

In 2009, Angelina Jolie will star in the movie adaptation of the Ayn Rand classic Atlas Shrugged and one other film, The Mercenary, when they wrap, the fade begins.

Don’t think Brad Pitt is going to join Angelina on that couch; somebody has to keep those seven
teen kids above the poverty level.

Source: http://www.whudat.com/newsblurbs/more

Angelina Jolie Still a Punk at Heart

NEW YORK — Angelina Jolie may be seen as one of the most beautiful women in the world, but in her mind, she's "just a punk kid with tattoos."

The "Changeling" actress claims becoming a mother has not tamed her rebellious streak in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar.

She told the magazine: "I don't walk around feeling I need to apologize or explain myself. I am still, at heart — and always will be — just a punk kid with tattoos."

The 33-year-old actress — who is adamant she will never hide things from her children — has already spoken about the world's conflicts to her young brood.

Jolie said: "Listen, my kids play video games. I let them play with toy soldiers. We don't take war and violence lightly, but we don't hide it from anybody."

Source:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447211,00.html

Angelina Jolie: For Your Viewing Pleasure

Choosing not to release any part of its Angelina Jolie interview before the magazine hits newsstands on Thursday, Harper's Bazaar UK has opted to simply unveil the cover shot instead.

Which is certainly OK with us since, given the stunning nature of this pic, they may have put out the best part of the issue anyway.

Sure, we're kind of intrigued by what Angie has to reveal in the upcoming story, but we doubt it'll be as good as what we imagine she's saying right now with that come-hither stare.


SOURCE http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b66880_angelina_jolie_

Angelina Jolie Makes Humanitarian Trip to Afghanistan

Angelina Jolie has returned from a two-day humanitarian trip to Afghanistan this week, visiting poverty-stricken families, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The actress traveled Wednesday and Thursday to regions where thousands of former refugees have returned to the country to face crowded, squalid conditions.

"The courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best," Jolie said.

Jolie, 33, is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, which reported the trip on its Web site.

She has called for more international support for the returnees as winter approaches.

According to the UN, more than 5 million Afghans have returned home since the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001. Another 3 million registered Afghans are still in exile in Pakistan and Iran.

Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235794,00.html

Angelina: Thrilling to Work With Clint

As a mother of six, Angelina Jolie says she was tempted to turn down the role of Christine Collins in Changeling, a movie about a woman who loses her son to kidnappers, because of her own fears as a mom.

"I read it in one sitting," Angelina says in an interview for ABC News Now's "Popcorn With Peter Travers."

"And I was so angry as a mother that I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to touch it, I didn't want to think about anyone kidnapping my children. I didn't want to go near it," she confesses. "But I couldn't forget it and I couldn't stop thinking about her and I kept telling people about this amazing woman and so I realized that her story and the story of what she overcame and that she fought the system and who she was and I really wanted to tell it.

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However when legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood called to offer her the part, Angie just couldn't say no.

"I got the phone call that he was, he was definitely going to do it and was OK with me doing it and I was jumping around the house," she reveals. "It was like getting my first job, I was thrilled. And it was everything and more that I hoped it would be as an experience."


The two Hollywood heavyhitters have big families in common – Clint is a father of seven – and Angie and partner Brad Pitt are almost as famous for their growing family as their movie roles.

"The important thing is you can only censor so much," she says of the constant attention globetrotters Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne attract.

"They'll find things. They'll find it at a friend's house. You've got to make sure they get enough good stuff and nice stories and good messages at home and got some purity to it. But I think it's also making sure they have a life outside all that pop culture and making sure they travel and see the world, they go outside enough and play dress up, and do all those things children should be doing so they get balance, so their mind is balanced," she said.


Source:http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9716

Jolie remains stylish despite being a mom!

She might be spending all her days nursing her new-born twins plus caring for her existing brood of four kids, but Angelina Jolie still manages to take out time for one of her biggest passion — fashion.

In a recent interview, Jen Rade, Angelina’s longtime stylist, revealed that despite being fully engaged in motherly duties, the ‘Tomb Raider’ star takes out time on the phone to discuss her sartorial options. “No, [it''s not tough], but she’s definitely got a lot going on. Any time you talk to her there’s a lot of kids in the background, that’s for sure,” People quoted Rade, as saying.

Currently, Rade is styling Angelina for the Changeling junket due later this month, as well as the film’s premiere on October 4. “It’ll be her first big US appearance since having the babies. I feel some pressure, but I think I can do it. We’ve been doing it for five years together,” said Rade.

When asked if it was difficult to find clothes that go with the new mum’s post-pregnancy body, Rade said: “Not really. It’s going to be fun. I’m looking forward to it.”

Rade described Angelina’s style as “kind of classic with a rock and roll edge” and says she loves working with Angelina because “she’s funny and smart.” And to add on to that, Rade claimed that the actress is a fab mom: “She loves it — or else she wouldn’t do it.”

Source :http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

A Jolie good show

A FEW years back, when the whole Lara Croft thing took off, video gamers all over the world had a real dilemma. Here was a computer-animated character so beautiful, so alluring and so damned sexy that, when they played the game, they weren’t sure which joystick to use. For me, this merely proved a long-held opinion — that people who played video games should get out more and experience the real world. Things took on a more sinister edge when my wife ended up doing the styling and costume for the “real-life”, public appearance version of Lara Croft, and would regale me with horror stories of spotty computer freaks at gaming exhibitions.

Apparently they would just stand, glazed over, their hands moving suspiciously in their pockets, staring at the incarnation of their heroine. God knows what they were thinking and by all accounts security had to be on their toes. With all this in mind, I could have been forgiven for not really looking forward to the second Lara Croft movie — especially when I hadn’t even seen the first. Not for the first time in my life, I was to be proved wrong.

So, so wrong.

And it’s all down to Angelina Jolie, who has a screen presence like no other actress around today. Seriously, the moment I saw her looking like she’d been poured into a silver wetsuit, I was hooked. And things just got better. A few highlights. Lara taking a conference call on her earpiece while riding a black stallion, blasting the s*** out of targets with a pump-action shotgun and clad in leather coat and jodhpurs. Lara ignoring the clamours of inmates as she strides along the landing of an Eastern European jail, clad in a white fur coat. Lara surveying an array of weapons, casually playing with a butterfly knife while issuing orders down a phone. When asked what she is doing, she replies in the perfect cut-glass accent of an English private girls’ school: “Accessorising.”

The plot, if you’re interested — and frankly I wasn’t — involves Lara saving the world from a mad scientist (Ciarán Hinds), who steals a supernatural orb. Croft teams up with ex-agent Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler) and their trip to track down the elusive doctor takes them to Hong Kong, Tanzania, Greece and The Great Wall Of China. Along the way they find time for a bit of love and plenty of action. There are some great stunts (especially the leap from Hong Kong’s International Financial Centre) and the movie cracks along at a fairly wicked pace. Everyone and everything, though, plays second fiddle to Angelina Jolie. I can’t remember the last time I saw a film so dominated by the extraordinary beauty and screen presence of the lead actress. See it for her alone.

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Holy Jolie! Those baby names are so…well…normal

You could almost hear the collective groan from reporters and commentators the world over when they learned the names of Angelina Jolie’s twins. Pencils, mine included, were sharpened for stories of outlandish celebrity baby names. OK, Jolie and partner Brad Pitt didn’t go for “Jack and Jill” exactly, but Vivienne Marcheline was remarkably restrained for the bizarre-baby-name age, and Knox Leon was only slightly more whacky.

Nicole Kidman had got people nicely warmed up with “Sunday Rose” for her recently-arrived daughter, who, incidentally, was born on a Monday. The Daily Telegraph caught the mood with a tongue-in-cheek commentary saying Jolie had “failed the name game”, calling her choices “shockingly conventional.”

Celebrity baby name lists remind us of glories past, for which many of us secretly pine. Remember Princess Tiaamii (daughter of model Jordan and Peter Andre)? Or Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence) and Jermajesty (Jermaine Jackson and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza)? Angelina, we deserved better.

news source : http://blogs.reuters.com/

Angelina Jolie leaves hospital with new twins

NICE, France (AFP) — Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie checked out of a maternity clinic in the south of France on Saturday a week after giving birth to twins, according to a statement. Jolie, 33, left before dawn on Saturday, avoiding photographers who have been massed outside the Fondation Lenval clinic in Nice. The Oscar-winning American actress and her children Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, a boy and a girl, "were doing perfectly well," said the statement issued by the clinic.

The twins, born last Saturday, brought the number of Jolie's children with 44-year-old American film star Brad Pitt to six. Dubbed "Brangelina" in the press, Hollywood's golden couple have adopted three children: Maddox, six, born in Cambodia; four-year-old Pax, born in Vietnam; and Zahara, three, born in Ethiopia. Their first biological child, Shiloh, was born May 2006 in Namibia. In May, the pair set up home in a chateau they rented from an American acquaintance in France's southern Provence region.

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Angelina Jolie to leave hospital this weekend?

July 17, 2008 (Sawf News) - While there is no definitive word on it, Angelina Jolie will leave Lenval hospital and return home with her newborn twins this weekend, according to current speculation. A spokeswoman for the hospital, Nadine Bauer, told E!online, "After a C-section, the normal stay for a mother in the Lenval hospital is between eight and 10 days." Jolie gave birth to twins Knox Leon.

One reason why her doctor, Michel Sussmann, is in no hurry to release Jolie, though doing so will get rid of the media circus outside the hospital, is because he feels that Jolie will not get the rest she needs to recover completely. "Angelina has four young and lively children at home, and he suspects the temptation to get up out of bed and play with them will overwhelm her," the source said. "He knows how much she misses the other children, but he feels that she will benefit from a few extra days' rest. They're being very well cared for." Meanwhile, the twins got their first visit from uncle James Haven, Jolie's brother, on Thursday, July 17.

news source : http://news.sawf.org/

Angie's Tatoos Inspired by Winston Churchill

Actress Angelina Jolie says two of the tattoos she sports in the action thriller Wanted were inspired by late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In the film, Jolie, 33, plays an assassin striving to make the world a better place. For her role, she got two temporary tattoos inspired by a speech Churchill made during his first day of office in 1940.

"We tried to focus the tattoos on themes that would be related to this sense of justice," says Jolie. "From Churchill's speech, 'We have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat,' I had 'Toil' and 'Tears' [tattooed on me]." Jolie has other (permanent) tattoos she has acquired over the years. "I have 'Strength of Will' in one language, and we added it in four other languages on my arm," she says. "'Know Your Rights' is printed in English on the back of my neck, and also in Latin."

For the moment, the Oscar winner is in Lenval Hospital in Nice, France, awaiting the birth of twins with partner Brad Pitt, 44. The entire Jolie-Pitt clan is settled in a sprawling 880-acre, $70 million wine estate the couple has leased for the next three years.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's neighbours lie to paparazzi

Locals in the French village beset with photographers since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie moved in are taking their revenge by feeding the paparazzi lies. For every fictitious story picked up by the insatiable appetite of the world's media the instigator gets a free glass of pastis. Since 'Brangelina' arrived the Provençal village of Correns has been anything but the peaceful bolthole the couple had so desired. "They came here to find some peace and instead there are paparazzi at the gate day and night, it's really unbearable," said Christine, a local winemaker.

"There are always five or six motorbikes and cars ready to launch into a chase." The couple have tried to flummox the press by sending out decoy limousines with blacked out windows, while escaping by helicopter, but the 'paps' show no signs of giving up. Some villagers are happy with the extra cash flowing through the local economy. "It's bringing business because people are a little curious," said Onno Stijl, a chef at the Auberge du Parc hotel and restaurant. "For now there's a lot of hype, it's going to be good for the next few weeks and after that we'll see." But other locals fed up with the constant intrusion into their lives are getting their revenge.

Wily villagers are feeding reporters more and more elaborate lies. Reports last month that Mrs Jolie had given birth to twins three months earlier than expected were said to have originated with the imaginative villagers.

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

Trust - Angelina Jolie

One half of the much reported about - or should we say ‘hounded’ - celebrity couple Branjolina celebrates their birthday. Clue: it’s not Brad.Angelina Jolie is 33 years old today. Undoubtedly a beautiful woman, she does have her rather interesting moments though. Bunch - you all read Heat magazine. Tell us about one or two of the more interesting Angelina moments:

a. (Brad) …she once had her butt cheek pierced

b. (Seema) …she once wanted to become a funeral director

c. (TG) …she once tattooed her cat

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Angelina Jolie: I'm Taking Off Completely For Children

Angelina Jolie says she is “taking off completely” from her acting career so she can spend more time with her children. She and her partner Brad Pitt have four children and are expecting twins this summer. Jolie has spoken out about her life as a working mom. The 32-year-old says she feels “very lucky” because her job allows her to spend a lot of time with her family. “I’m very, very lucky. A lot of mothers don’t have a job where they can just work a few months in a year and then come out for two says for a press conference,” Jolie says. “My schedule is very small in comparison when it comes to hours so I can afford to spend as much time as possible with my children.”

She also reveals that she and Pitt have nannies but either she or Pitt are at home at all times. “When I’m working, Brad’s home with the children and vice versa. We do have nannies that help us, but nobody spends the night,” she said. “We also spend a lot of time completely alone with out children. We’ve kind of found a balance. And this year I’m taking off completely for the family,” she added.

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