Angelina Jolie's vocal coach tells why she was suitable to act in Maria

Angelina Jolie's vocal coach Eric Vetro tells why she was suitable to act in Maria. 

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He explained to PEOPLE, "She started from ground zero. She had never sung before. I don't think I've ever seen someone make such a huge difference from the first day to the last day."

"Her desire to do a great job overrode anything that might stop her."

Eric explained that training someone to sing opera is a unique experience, as there's rarely a steady beat to follow. He tells, "It ebbs and it flows. It goes a little faster here, a little slower there. So to do that, I mean, you have to really be musical."

"It was the most thrilling day of all of our time spent together. I was like, 'This is it. She can do it. She's the perfect person to play this role.' And I'm someone who loved Maria Callas — I really did. She was one of my favorite opera singers, and so it really touched me that she was able to do it like this."

"I feel like anything she decided to do, she probably could do. She's a remarkable human being. She really inspired me to always give 150% every minute of the day, because she does."

Angelina Jolie is nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance By A Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama

Angelina Jolie is nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance By A Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for her role as Maria Callas in the movie "Maria".

Other nominees are Pamela Anderson for "The Last Showgirl", Nicole Kidman for "Babygirl", Tilda Swinton for "The Room Next Door", Fernanda Torres for "I'm Still Here" and Kate Winslet for "Lee".

Nikki Glaser will be hosting the event.

You can watch the 82nd GoldenGlobes, Live on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 5 PT | 8 ET on CBSTV and Paramountplus.

Brad Pitt wants two of his kids to celebrate his 61st birthday

Brad Pitt wants two of his kids to celebrate his 61st birthday, which falls on December 18. 

Maddox and Pax remained distance from him while twins Knox and Vivienne still keep in touch with him.

In July, a source told People that Pitt had “virtually no contact” with his adult kids. The insider continues, “[Angelina] has the kids most of the time, but per their agreement, he has visitation with the younger kids.”

A source told PageSix, "Brad is missing his kids and wishes he had a closer relationship with them, particularly with celebrating the holidays and his birthday this month".

Angelina Jolie revealed that her late mother used to keep books in the oven

During Angelina Jolie's acceptance for Performer Tribute Award for playing opera singer Maria Callas, she tells how her late mother Marcheline Bertrand influence her in the past. 

She shared, "[My mom] took me to the theater. She told me about meeting Tennessee Williams, and she introduced me to the Lee Strasberg Institute, where I would later study. And I now experience the joy of seeing my own daughter love theater and get involved."

Then she tells that her childhood house was filled with many books, saying, "I grew up with a mother who kept books inside the oven because there were more books in our house than shelves in the apartment we had".

"And it was how she solved the problem, while still making sure we were fed. But it was her priority."

Angelina Jolie's son Maddox has become a trained pilot

Angelina Jolie's son Maddox has become a trained pilot. She shared during her appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", "I am a pilot. And my son Maddox is training to be a pilot too. He, actually, he is a pilot now."

Jolie, herself, started to learn flying because of Maddox because he is amazed everytime he sees a plane. She got her pilot's license in 2004.

Maddox started his flying lessons in 2017. In 2017, she shared, "He’s quite capable and always takes me by surprise. He’s been practicing flying, then they called me the other day and said, ‘so Mad can go solo,’ and I nearly dropped the phone!".

Jane Fonda has high praise on Angelina Jolie for her role as Maria Callas

Jane Fonda has high praise on Angelina Jolie for her role as Maria Callas. She attended a Los Angeles screening of Netflix's Maria at the Ross House.

She said, "She's fabulous. She's really really talented. She hasn't a chance like this since Girl Interrupted. That she owns Maria Callas. She has Maria Callas in her and I met Maria Callas and Angelina captured the sadness and the playfulness at the same time."

Angelina Jolie was asked where she keeps her awards

Angelina Jolie was asked where she keeps her awards. She told AccessHollywood, "I never put awards out".

Then the interviewer responded, "No?Why not?Any superstitious?".

Jolie replied, "I think, honestly, I never wanted it to be a focus in my house. so, I just. For me, I have a lot of, like I t‌hink I have one thing up, and it's a, it's actually a broken little statue that my kids made when I didn't win something once".

"And they were little, and I came home. There was something for "Unbroken". And I happy to be nominated for anything for directing. And I came home and they had taken this, like old thing and kind of turned it into a little award and gave it to me".

"And that's the one I have up".

The interviewer said, "Thats's so sweet. Proud mama".