There are times where there were rumours saying that Angelina Jolie was offered to direct Fifty Shades of Grey.
When Jolie was asked about these rumours, Jolie laughed, saying, "I—I was just,".
"I came very clear out of the gate: after Blood and Honey, if I ever directed again, it would have to be a certain kind of film. You know, I'm looking forward to seeing what Sam [Taylor-Johnson] does with Fifty Shades and she's amazing."
She added, "I—I think they're just … it's funny, I think with directing, you just think: I'm better at telling some stories than others but um, who knows?".
In fact, Mark Walhberg was interested to direct this movie and when that didn’t happen, he almost fired his agent, Ari.
Angelina Jolie spotted at the Washington airport with son Maddox. Jolie wore a trench coat with black top and pants. Son Maddox wore black long sleeve top with jeans and wear a cap.
They attended dinner at the White House on Wednesday.
Jolie came from French word, which means "pretty". Angelina Jolie's original name was Angelina JolieVoight. She legally remove her surname, Voight. Voight is her father's surname. Thus, Jolie became her surname.
Jolie's father left her mother when Jolie was only less than a year old. They didn't speak for years. Three years after Jolie's mother death, they reconcilled.
Below are the meaning behind her six kids's name:
1.Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Jolie explained, "It was a name my parents almost named their first child — there was a miscarriage: Shiloh Baptist".
2. Maddox Jolie-Pitt
Maddox means "good fortune" and originally from Welsh.
3. Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt
Zahara means "to shine" and originally from Swahili.
4. Pax Jolie-Pit
Pax Thien means "peaceful sky." Pax is originally from Latin word while Thien is originally from Vietnamese word
5. Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt
Vivienne came from the word Vivian, in French, means "life, alive". Marcheline is from Angelina Jolie's late mother name.
6. Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt
Knox came from the middle name of Brad’s grandfather, Hal Knox Hillhouse. Léon is taken from the name of Angelina’s great-great grandfather.
A state dinner was held at the White House where President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
Angelina Jolie and son Maddox were among the guest. She was asked what was her next plan after leaving her longtime post at the United Nations, she just smiled while her son Maddox was asked about Seoul where he is studying at Yonsei University, he replied 'great'.
Jolie wore all white, with dress and jacket.
Singer Lea Salonga was also there. She was the voice for both Princess Jasmine and Mulan.
Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox will be attending White House dinner. There will be 200 guests attending the dinner.
Back in 2021, Jolie was at the White House to talk about reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Then she also went there agan in March 2022 to see President Biden sign the reauthorization into law. She brought along her daughter Zahara.
For the upcoming dinner, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden host the dinner to honor South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
The food serve will be mixture of American food and Korean and take place in the East Room of the White House.
Chef Edward Lee is in charged with the menu. He is a Korean-American chef and during a preview of the dinner, he said ice cream is President Joe Biden's favorite dessert, 'That was the first thing I was told - ice cream'.
Ice cream is President Joe Biden's favorite dessert.
Angelina Jolie didn't plan to get pregnant again after the birth of her daughter Shiloh. But her ex husband Brad Pitt finds pregnancy very sexy. She said, “Also, I’m fortunate. I think some women have a different experience depending on their partner. I think that affects it. I happen to be with somebody who finds pregnancy very sexy. So that makes me feel very sexy".
When she was filming Changeling, she got pregnant with twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline. She explained, "I got pregnant right in the middle of it and I think partially because of it. I was so emotional about children that I think something in me kicked into gear."
Changeling talks about a single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) searching for her son Walter (Gattlin Griffith)because he went missing and calls the L.A.P.D. to initiate a search.
Paparazzi photographer James Ambler was working as a paparazzi agency in New York City. There is one time where he was given tips on where Angelina Jolie was staying and he followed around the city by bicycle for several days and he got to know her drivers and bodyguards.
Before James published first photos of Jolie, Jolie's team had a deal with him where he would be offered some exclusive photos of Jolie if he can manage to distract other paparazzi to stop following them.
One day as he was doing his paparazzi thing, his bike's tire got punctured and hence, he unable to chase her car as usual. To his surprise, Jolie's car stopped next to him and Jolie rolled down the window and ask him whether he needs a ride.
James took her offer and he recalled, 'It was bizarre being in the car. When you're in it it's just like being in a fishbowl, and watching the cars and paps going wild on the outside, I can see how annoying that would be, endlessly.'
Handwriting expert Sheila Lowe tells UsMagazine.com about Angelina Jolie's signature. If you ever notice, in her signature, the long extended final stroke means the feeling pressured, with a need to protect oneself.
Lowe continued, "Hers has always been an extremely simplified signature, and this one is even more so. It’s like shorthand. It could be a result of stress, the need to keep things on the surface and simple. The extremely long, rightward ending stroke is symbolic of holding others at bay. Think of an outstretched arm: Stand back!".
Creator of the Handwriting Wizard, Bart Baggett, tells his opinion about Jolie's signature that it pertains "large beginning letters, which indicates confidence and a healthy ego."
When Angelina Jolie goes to event/function, she must have these makeup. She revealed, "I do either dark eyes or red lips. I have very full, big features, so if I did everything, I’d look a bit like a clown. It’d be just… a lot."
Angelina doesn't depend on makeup artist. She sometimes do on her own. She said, “I don’t want to have to depend on a makeup artist. I’m much more comfortable with just a little concealer for my dark circles. That’s my main thing."
Angelina Jolie cause internet viral when she wore a high slit dress (Atelier Versace dress) at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in 2012.
When she was studying El Rodeo School in Beverly Hills, Angelina Jolie and her friend Chris Landon, (who is the son of Little House on the Prairie star Michael Landon), were voted for best legs by their fellow classmates.
Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry will act together in Maude v Maude. Producer will be Berry, Berry’s producing partner Holly Jeter, Jolie as well as Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth. Executive producers will be Mosier and Liang.
No details about the movie yet but it will be an action thriller.
Currently Berry is filming the Lionsgate pic Never Let Go with her and Jeter exec producing while Jolie will act in the biopic Maria centering opera singer Maria Callas to be directed by Pablo Larrain.
Angelina Jolie was filming Tomb Raider in Cambodia in 2000 and she fell in love with the place. That makes her why she wanted to adopt a baby from there.
Angelina Jolie's former right-hand man in Cambodia, Sarath, who helped Jolie through Maddox's adoption, tells DailyMail.com on why Jolie choose Maddox, "There are a lot of children in the world that need good care, need a better life. By that time, she wanted to be a mother, but thought it was better to be a mother to some baby who desperately needs good care".
"That's why she decided on Maddox rather than a biological baby. That's what I heard from her, we talked about everything".
"He was clever, sharp, smart, a lovely kid, who smiled at people more than any of the other babies. I always remember his smiley face".
"As far as I understand from her, when she visited the place [orphanage] and saw Maddox, he smiled at her and got up, instead of crying like all the other babies".
"He was smiling right at her, it touched her heart, that's why she chose Maddox."
Then he continue, "Cambodian people, we were proud and happy for him growing up in such a high class life. Many others in the population don't get that chance. We'd love him to go back and understand his culture".
"She was planning to return as much as possible, it was going to be the second home for Maddox".
"He grew up in a modern life, if he could make a contribution back to his own people, that would be very nice. If he could learn about his heritage and culture, how he came to be in the orphanage - a horrifying part to his early life".
"He could have turned out to be a street kid, a lot of them fall through the net and go out into drug addiction, glue sniffing. The orphanage system in Cambodia is not well managed, a lot of the kids are not protected, donor money only goes so far, and the government doesn't do anything".
"He is a lucky boy compared to many, many in Cambodia. It would be nice for him to come back and help the community".
Angelina Jolie has been single since her divorce with Brad Pitt in 2016. She has a long list before she decides to start to date. She told E! News' Daily Pop, "I probably have a very long list. I've been alone for a long time now."
An insider revealed, "She will focus only on their children and being with them. She has no interest in dating at all.”
Angelina Jolie slapped co-star, Jason Butler Harner for unplanned kiss while filming Changeling in 2008.
Harner wanted to add some intensity of a scene in Changeling by kissing Jolie, without her consent. Earlier he had discussed his purpose with director Clint Eastwood and Clint approved it where Jolie doesn't have any clue of it.
Harner revealed, “She slapped me, and she held me, and she hit me, and it was great. She totally went with it. She’s really smart. She’s beautiful, but she’s really smart, and she’s a great actress".
Angelina Jolie kissed her brother on the lips when she won her Oscar for her performance in Girl Interrupted in 2000.
The incident created a lot of controversies.
Angelina Jolie's late mother Marcheline's close friend Cis Rundle, who helped take care of her explained that it was brother and sister love.
She told Radar Online, "The day she kissed Jamie at the Oscars, it was the first day Marcheline was treated for cancer. They left the hospital together and got ready together".
"Nobody in the world knew that they spent the day in the hospital. It was like, ‘Look where we’re at now.’ But the world saw something incestual. It was meant to be ‘Here we are.’ They only ever had each other. They had a very tight relationship with each other and their mother."
Later James told Daily Mail on 2007, "I did not give Angie a French kiss. It was something simple and lovely".
"She was about to go off to Mexico to finish filming Original Sin with Antonio Banderas. I congratulated her on the Oscar win and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. It was snapped and became a big thing."
Angelina Jolie won her first Academy Award for this movie, "Girl, Interrupted".
Winona Ryder was initially offered for Angelina Jolie's character Lisa but she rejected, saying, "At one point they asked if I wanted to play Lisa and I said, 'No, I want to be Susanna.'"
"There was no resentment. When it came out, people almost felt bad for me. But I expected it all along. I was really happy with the film and really proud of it."
"At the time I worked with her, she was battling her looks because she's so beautiful. She wanted very much to be taken seriously and not just judged on her looks. And she conquered that."
Ryder was not happy because of Jolie's coldness towards her. Ryder explained, "I remember thinking, 'Oh we're going to turn out to be great friends."
"But I think she needed to be able to look at me just as the character Susanna, not as Winona, so in a very respectful way she just kind of kept her distance."
Angelina Jolie was a bit skeptical before accepted the role for Lara Croft. She explained, "I thought it was the craziest thing I ever heard. I mean, I was flattered, but I thought it was ridiculous. I don't like video games. My ex husband (Trainspotting(1996)'s Jonny Lee Miller) used to play 'Tomb Raider. ' I would walk by him and say, 'Oh, look at her bre*asts. '"
"But then I met with the director and he told me it wouldn't be campy or stupid. I realized it was a real movie with a solid character."
It wasn't easy for her to build muscle. She explained, "Getting some solid muscle mass wasn't easy".
"It was two and a half months of tough training. I had just wrapped a period piece (August's Original Sin (2000)) and I was drinking wine and smoking cigarettes and having a great time."
"Then I got to the 'Tomb Raider' set and the great adventure began. They had me on bunjis. I'm dog sledding. They had me up at seven each morning and handed me a protein shake. Suddenly, a nutritionist was giving me five meals a day."
"But you had to do these things to maintain your energy. And I liked the intense training because there is only one way to do something and for me it's in extremes."
Angelina Jolie's natural hair color is dark blonde. Her mother dye her hair when she was small.
She explained, "My natural color is dark blonde. But when I was 4 or 5, my mother dyed my hair dark brown, and she decided to keep it that way. And I stuck with that".
Jolie claims her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand didn't like the light color on her, so she turned to dye.
Angelina Jolie's 2010 movie Salt was originally written for Tom Cruise where he supposed to play as CIA agent name Edwin Salt and was wanted after being accused of being a Russian spy. Tom rejected it because he felt the character was almost like Mission: Impossible's Ethan Hunt.
Then Angelina Jolie took the role as Evelyn Salt. She enjoys being on the set and it stopped her from feeling soft after gave birth to her twins, Knox and Vivienne in July 2008.
She said, "It was difficult to switch to being an action hero for a minute. But it was so nice to have an excuse to get out of bed and get back in action and not feel so soft with the pregnancy and all that comes with it after."
"I did have a moment where I found myself thinking, 'I am somebody's mom, I don't belong here. I was on the freeway with somebody chasing me and two weeks before I was at home feeding the babies. I felt like, 'Oh, they've got the wrong person.'"
The One Show host Alex Jones dumped her ex Steve Jones after he stole her gig with Angelina Jolie.
During a discussion with Dish podcast hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on Monday, she shared her previous personal thing.
She shared, "Normally they would call in the morning and ask to come and do an interview or a junket".
"I was staying in his flat at the time when I was working in London and he picked up the landline and said "Al's not here. She's not feeling well, she's had to go back to Cardiff", I was in Topshop."
"So he did the interview".
"And so I got back to the flat and was like, where is he? Hours went past, nobody answering their phones and in the end thought, right I'm going to drive back to Cardiff, because I don't know where you are, you've probably gone to the pub".
"And then the production company called, and they were like, we've got bit of a situation. Tomorrow morning your boyfriend is going to the premiere with Angelina Jolie and it it would be really funny if you came on the line, live on the show and surprise him and said that you know exactly what he's been up to".
'So again, I said "ye"s, so on live telly I'm like," you lied to me, where have you been? So yeah, not surprisingly, we split up live on telly!".
After Steve's interview with Angelina Jolie, he got a presenting job on weekend show T4.
Sandra Bullock's movie Gravity was originally written for Angelina Jolie. Jolie didn't take the offer and was later offered to Scarlett Johansson, then Blake Lively and later Natalie Portman.
Sandra Bullock was later offered for the role and got nominated for Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.. The movie was released in 2013. Gravity was written by the duo of Alfonso and Jonas Cuaron.
Angelina Jolie freaked out when she received several admiring letters from octuplets mother Nadya Suleman.
Suleman wrote to Jolie and praise her support of children but Jolie was not thrilled and felt annoyed because rumours claimed that Suleman had facial surgery to make her look more like her.
Suleman has denied that she had her lips plumped up and surgery on her nose.
Source said, 'It is clear this woman needs psychological help'.
'It's one thing to clip out a celebrity's photo from a magazine and ask your hair stylist to copy that cut. Who hasn't done that?'.
'But to have a nose job, have collagen injections in your lips and start talking like Angelina - that's over the top.'
How did Jacqueline Bisset become Angelina Jolie's godmother? Bisset first know Jolie’s late mother, Marcheline Bertrand when Bisset and Jolie's dad Jon were acting in the 1975 film “End of the Game.”
Bisset said, “I met her around 1971 when I was making a movie with director Maximilian Schell and Jon Voight, who [Bertrand] was married to at the time. We became friends, and she asked me to be her godmother when Angie was in the tummy.”
“I find [Jolie] rather extraordinary.Her whole aura is breathtaking, and it’s amazing how much she’s changed in different stages [of life]. She’s evolved so much.”
Salma Hayek has worked with directors like Julie Taymor, and Steven Soderbergh and others but she perceived Angelina Jolie as her favourite director.
Jolie directed her in the movie Without Blood. Jolie has directed movies like In the Land of Blood and Honey, Unbroken in the past.
Hayek said, "Angelina is the best director I’ve ever worked with. I absolutely loved working with her; enjoyed every second of it. It’s a tough piece but it was so delicious to come to work every single day. She is a genius and I think this might be her best movie yet. She did an amazing job, really."
"I was completely blown away by her mind, her dedication, her technical knowledge, and her control of every aspect, as well as her vision which is so clear. She is so good with the actors, so passionate, and so focused. But most of all, I was blown away by her kindness to every single person on the set. I talked about this with my co-star Demián Bichir and we were saying, ‘Wow, she’s really something."
Angelina Jolie considers Hackers as her first movie. In this movie, it was where she met her first husband Johnny Lee Miller. He was her co-star. They got married from 1996 to 2000.
Her first role was when she was six years old in 1982 where her father Jon Voight was also in this movie, Lookin to Get Out.
In a 2020 interview with Collider, Softley said that Jolie considered Hackers as her first movie, he said, “Well, she calls it her first role. That’s how she describes it. Certainly her first lead role. I met her at the Berlin Film Festival a few years ago, when she was premiering one of her films, and she introduced me to the cast who were there as the person who gave her her first film and her first husband.”
Both Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler acted in 2010 comedy movie The Bounty Hunter while both Angelina Jolie and Gerard Butler acted in 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Wednesday night, he was asked who was a better kisser between Aniston and Jolie.
Angelina Jolie adopted Maddox from Cambodia in 2002. Maddox was her first child whom she adopted when she was single.
Her adopted Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005 and she adopted Pax from Vietnam in 2007.
She almost didn't adopt son Pax. She explained, “I did originally think not to adopt from Vietnam because Mad was Cambodian and the two countries have a complex history.”
Then she changed her mind. She said, “I was reading a book on human rights and found myself staring at an image of a Vietnamese fighter held captive by Americans. I thought of my own country and our involvement in south-east Asia,” Jolie said. “I thought of focusing on a future where we were all family. I am very blessed to have been allowed to be their mom. I am grateful every day.”
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