Angelina Jolie almost didn't adopt son Pax

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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Brad Pitt sold his Los Feliz, California home where he was staying with ex-wife Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt sold his Los Feliz, California home where he was staying with ex-wife Angelina Jolie for $39 million.

When he bought the house back in 1994, he paid for $1.7 million according to TMZ.

The house was listed for $45million in January. Brad stayed in this house for many years after his split with ex wife Angelina Jolie.

He will move to small beach city of Carmel in Northern California.

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Angelina Jolie wants to venture into clothing line

 Angelina Jolie wants to venture into clothing line according to The Sun report on Wednesday.

According to source, she had already applied for a global trademark under the name Atelier Jolie.

The source claimed, "Angelina has been working on this project for well over a year and she hopes the trademark will be approved so she can move forward in her new venture."

The new plan will covers everything from custom-made jewelry to couture clothing and tailoring.'

"She is a huge advocate for sustainable fashion and this is something the brand will have a major focus on".

"The plan is still very much in its infancy but the wheels are in motion,' the source noted".

Apart from clothing and jewelry, Jolie also wants to include bedding and other household supplies. 

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Angelina Jolie’s most memorable costar in Alexander was not Colin Farrell nor Val Kilmer

Angelina Jolie acted as Alexander’s mother Olympias and her most memorable costar in Alexander was not Colin Farrell nor Val Kilmer. In fact, it was the snake she held in her hands and slither around her shoulders. She has a snake most of the scene.

About Jolie's views about the snake, she said, “I love ‘em. I suppose I like the thing that everybody doesn’t. I think they’re magnificent creatures, and I think it’s interesting in the film. It’s something that people are afraid of, to conquer it and to be at one with it. I believe in conquering our fears immediately or getting over anything you hesitate with.”

There was no snake repellant or standby antidotes for any accidental bites. “They weren’t defanged or anything. They fed them the day before so they wouldn’t be hungry. I mean, really, that’s what it was. And I just tried to get to know a lot of them and spend days with them so they’d hang on me. I’d spend a lot of days just walking around Pinewood studios with snakes attached to me, trying to get them, so I could have that comfort that she has. [The snake handlers] kind of said to me, ‘At worst, they bite you.’ But I don't think they were highly poisonous. It would be more like they bite, they aim for your face, they bite your face and the worst that’s going to happen is you’re going to have a bite mark and you’ll live.”

Angelina Jolie initially didn't want to act as Gia Carangi in Gia because of their similarities

Angelina Jolie initially didn't want to act in Gia because of their similarities. She explained in one of the issue in Entertainment Weekly, "Gia has enough similarities to me that I figured this would either be a purge of all my demons, or it was gonna really mess with me".

"I hate heroin because I have been fascinated with it. I’m not immune, but I won’t do it now, at all, because luckily I’ve found something that replaces that high, which is my work."

Gia was based on real-life Gia Carangi, who died in 1986 at the age of 26 due to  AIDS-related complications.

Gia was drug user as well as Jolie when she was young. Gia was a model and Jolie was also a model, who being told to lose weight eventhough she was already thin.

Gia's mother had extramarital affairs while Jolie's father too was having affairs when Jolie's late mother was with him.

Both may have similarities but Jolie had turned 360 and having a healthy lifestyle and doing humanitarian work.

Why did Angelina Jolie's marriage to Billy Bob Thornton didn't last?

Angelina Jolie met Billy Bob Thornton in 1999 where both of them acted on the set of Pushing Tin. They were married from 2000 to 2003. That time Jolie was Thornton’s fifth wife.

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Both of them are still friends until now despite that they have divorced after three years of marriage. Angelina Jolie even send presents to Thornton's son on Christmas day every year.

He told this during an interview for HFPA in Conversation about their friendship, “I look at that time as a great time. Angie is still a friend of mine and she’s a great person and she’s done so much.”

Why did they split? Thornton explained, "We just had different lifestyles. Hers is a global lifestyle and mine is an agoraphobic lifestyle. So, that’s really—that’s the only reason we’re probably not still together, maybe, because of a different path in life we wanted to take.”

About the blood vial necklaces, Thornton claimed that the media make it a big deal out of it.It sounds like they are like vampires.

He explained, “The necklaces were a very simple thing, ‘Hey, let’s poke our fingers with a pen and smear a little blood on there, and when we’re away from each other we’ll wear the necklace.’ It was that easy. But by the time it came out in the press, it sounded like we were wearing a bucket of blood around our necks.”

“The movies she makes are still things that are important to her. Whether they succeed or fail, she still does what she believes in. And I’ll always respect her for that.”

Angelina Jolie had lunch date with Mayer de Rothschild

 Angelina Jolie had lunch date with Mayer de Rothschild in Malibu on Thursday, March 23rd.

They had lunch at Nobu and it was 3 hour lunch. They could have been discussing about work-related matter since both of them have interests in activism.

Mayer de Rothschild is an advocate for environmentalism and has worked as an ambassador for the Hyundai IONIQ, the first automobile built from the ground up and specifically available as a hybrid or electric-powered car. Per his Instagram bio, he also wants to “warn and inform people about global warming.”

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