Angelina Jolie Archives

Angelina Jolie takes her oldest son Maddox, 7, to pick up a few trinkets at Little Toy Shop on Jackson Square’s Ann Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Little Toy Shop is known for stocking tiny collectible figurines and die-cast miniatures, toys and puzzles.

It looks like Angie and Mad received a little special VIP treatment–the store owner closed down the shop so the mother-son pair could do a little private shopping.

15+ pictures inside of Little Toy Shop smiley Angelina Jolie… More Here! »

USA Today has a great new article on Brad Pitt and David Fincher, the director for their upcoming age-reversing film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Here are two of the most interesting paragraphs from said piece:

“To play Button as a senior citizen, [Brad] had to be caked in makeup and wear prosthetic noses and scalps. For much of the movie, he abandons his own body entirely, providing a face and voice that are digitally imposed on other actors including a dwarf, a disabled man and children of all ages.”

“The [Button] set was placed on ‘Pitt Patrol.’ There were body doubles and decoy cars. Pitt’s driver never crossed an intersection when it turned green. He waited for it to turn yellow to leave law-abiding photographers at the red light, though few obeyed the signal.”

Check out the full article at USAToday.com. Button opens on Christmas Day.

Today is Pax Jolie-Pitt’s 5th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAX!!!

Larry Hackett, managing editor for People magazine, just sent this email to staffers to address the recent NYTimes piece titled “Angelina Jolie’s Carefully Orchestrated Image”:

“I don’t normally address press stories about how we do our business here at People. But today’s New York Times pg. 1 story about Angelina Jolie requires a response. In the lede, the story strongly suggests that People, while negotiating for the twins pictures, had explicit conversations about our “editorial plan” and made ‘a promise’ that coverage would be positive.

“These sorts of stories have appeared in media gossip columns before. I have ignored them in the past as the unfortunate fallout of competition and sour grapes. But today’s story, in a much different venue, takes these rumors to a new level, so let me be absolutely clear: The suggestion that we have ever made any promise of positive coverage, or have submitted an editorial plan, is completely false. That I or anyone else would promise, on paper or verbally, to purposely slant coverage as condition for acquiring pictures, is insulting to all of us.

“Here’s what is true: Celebrities-and senators and business executives and athletes-are always trying to bend stories their way. We deal with that pressure every single day and engage in many conversations regarding all elements of coverage. Angelina Jolie is very candid about wanting attention for her charitable efforts, and we have covered many of them because we believe they are interesting stories. But in doing so, we have never relinquished editorial control. There have been occasions when her goals and our needs could not be reconciled, and we have walked away, as we have with countless other story subjects.

“In our coverage of both celebrities and everyday people, People certainly often celebrates their accomplishments and milestones. To say that our coverage of Angelina Jolie has not been admiring would be disingenuous. But the suggestion in today’s Times that this ‘positive’ coverage is codified and promised is totally bogus, and needs to be rejected.”

Suri Cruise (daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) has made a comeback from last year and now tops the 2008 Forbes.com list of Hollywood’s 10 Hottest Tots!

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) finished #1 last year, but dropped to #2 this year.

The list ranks the top celebrity children five years old and younger based on media attention and parents’ popularity.

The Jolie-Pitts finished strong with three kids in the top 5! Zahara Jolie-Pitt finished 3rd and Pax Jolie-Pitt finished 4th. (The twins were too young to be included.)

Sam Alexis Woods, Cruz Beckham, Matilda Rose Ledger, David Banda, Sean Preston Federline, and Sam Sheen rounded out the top 10.

WHO DO YOU THINK belongs at the top of the Hottest Tots list — SURI or SHILOH?

Please don’t shoot the messenger!

Us Weekly’s latest cover story goes in-depth on how Angelina Jolie supposedly tortures her current partner’s ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston.

The headline bullet points read:

– What she says about Jen behind her back
– NEW DETAILS: How she got naked on set to seduce a married Brad
– Why Jen refuses to blame Brad for her pain

Other top stories in this issue: Reese Witherspoon opening up about her love for Jake Gyllenhaal, the war going on behind Taylor Swift and ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas as well as why singer Brandy lied.

Dun dun dun.

Angelina Jolie happily gazes at partner Brad Pitt as they leave their London hotel on Monday. (She carried around a fabulous black lambskin leather Ferragamo maxi clutch.)

The couple headed to a photocall for her new film Changeling at the Curzon Cinema Mayfair (pictured below).

It was recently reported that Angie’s 2008 gross total in box office revenue has reached over $1 billion, according to BoxOfficeMojo. Angie, our billion dollar box office champ!

WATCH THIS CLIP! Angie tears up talking about her character in Changeling. Sniff, sniff.

Also check out the clip below of Angie chatting about Changeling with UK’s “Five Live” radio program from BBC.

10+ pictures inside of Brad & Angie at the Changeling photocall…

More Here! »

Angelina Jolie recently gave Australia’s Herald Sun a heartwarming interview:

Has Brad seemed particularly taken with the twins? He’s just so happy and having twins is something neither of us ever expected and I think that makes it all the more special for us both. When I see how much love is in Brad’s eyes for the twins and for all our children — it’s a very moving experience for me. I never wanted to become pregnant and have children that way unless I had come to know Brad and see how loving he was with Maddox and Pax. So that was a big step for me.

How do you stay so positive? By doing the things which are important and meaningful to you and not worrying about the rest. How can I complain about anything when I wake up in the morning and I’m surrounded by so much love with Brad and our children and the feeling that comes from sharing my life with them?

What about teaching your kids about religion and culture? I want to teach them about all religions, and I’m trying to find a way to do that. And when it comes to the subject of adoption, like when my daughter, who’s African, wants her hair to look straight like mummy’s . . . and I look for a Barbie that’s African, and the African Barbie has straight hair! And you know, why has Disney never made a film with an African-American princess?

Read the full interview at news.com.au.

Kung Fu Panda star Angelina Jolie recently had an interview with the BBC and 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. I’m not so worried that I want to keep this pace up and try to be something and be a celebrity.”

Speaking of her family, she continued, “I like being home a lot. First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they’re growing right and they’ve got us there for them.”

But don’t worry - she won’t be completely going away! She added, “I don’t think I’ll ever say I’m never, ever gonna work because maybe there’s that interesting project where I feel creative.”

Check out Angie’s interview with the BBC HERE!