Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie at the Writer’s Guild Theater in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night. We had these photos yesterday, but I just didn’t get a chance to post them because of the giant clusterwhoops with the Sony hack story. It’s worth noting that this little black dress has a cape!! YAY! It’s like a casual cape, I think. A cape for every day. Anyway, more interviews and quotes from Angelina’s press machine. We’ll find out later today if Unbroken got any Golden Globe nominations! The way she’s hustling, I’ve got to think they nominate the film for something. Here’s Angelina talking about tattoos and her kids with the Radio Times:
Both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt boast a collection of tattoos, but the director of upcoming WWII film Unbroken has revealed her new husband is against their kids sharing their love of body art. Of the couple’s children – Vivienne and Knox, both six, Shiloh, eight, and their adopted siblings Zahara, nine, Pax, 11, and Maddox, 13 – the actress has already turned down her eldest’s request, but now Zahara is getting inquisitive, a prospect that is horrifying her father.
“They’re already asking me about tattoos,” Jolie tells Radio Times. “How do I say ‘No’? It’s especially hard for dads and girls. For some reason men get a little more sensitive when the daughter gets a tattoo. And Brad thinks the girls can do no wrong. He’s mush in their hands!”
The couple also have strong opinions on whether or not their brood will follow their famous parents into the acting profession. “We’ve always said, if they want to act, we won’t let them only act, because it’s not enough. They’ll have to find a real job at the same time. But I’m hoping that when they see all the other things in the world, they’ll be inspired to be writers, politicians, activists. They’re very individual people. So I imagine they’re not going to follow their mum and dad.”
Jolie and Pitt’s next project is By the Sea, a film penned and directed by the actress who will star opposite her real-life husband. It will mark the first time the pair have acted on screen together since 2005’s Mr and Mrs Smith, when, as Pitt’s marriage to Jennifer Aniston fell apart, they fell in love.
“It feels a little daunting,” says Jolie. “We haven’t worked together for ten years. But all of the reasons why people say we should be scared of it, we feel that’s exactly why we have to do this – because we can. So we’re going to go boldly.”
Is Jolie anxious about the prospect of being Pitt’s boss on set? “He’s a pretty strong actor! It’s going to be interesting. He’s a really great artist, such an interesting artist, and of course he’s the man I love, so I think we’re going to have a great time.”
“For some reason men get a little more sensitive when the daughter gets a tattoo. And Brad thinks the girls can do no wrong.” Ha, that’s adorable. Angelina used to let Maddox have temporary tattoos, so that’s not a surprise to me that the kids are interested in tatts.
Also, in Angelina’s People Mag interview this week, she talks about her lack of technological awareness, and how she and Brad had to hire someone to do all of the online monitoring of the kids:
Jolie calls herself “old-school” (she doesn’t use social media), although she understands that her kids are growing up in a more technologically advanced era than she did. As such, she’s made using the internet as safe as possible. “For the kids, we have someone who monitors that,” she explained. “It’s so beyond what we understand. We wouldn’t even know what to look for. It’s a scary new world. I can only imagine the trouble I would’ve gotten into. I got in enough trouble. It just would have been very documented.”
Yes, she would have gotten into SO much trouble if she had come up in the digital age and been more social media-savvy. She would have been posting kissy-selfies with Jenny Shimizu and she would have posted photos of a knife on a bed with the message “#DateNight”. It would have been a glorious mess.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Oh how I wiiiiish she responded to the Sony hack ala Megan Ellis. Pretty gossip gods. I wanna know what this “Minimally talented spoiled brat” will say. Or my personally favorite, “180 million ego bath” and “celebrity camp event”
I love Angie, but Scott Rudin is such a mean girl. He is allegedly the inspiration of Tom Cruise’s Les Grossman character in Tropic Thunder. I can see why. I hope she’s really snarky, and shades the hell outta him.
I would love to see her comment in that whole mess. But most likely she won’t even dignify the mess with a response.
yeah, i’d like to be a fly on the wall, yesterday they all attended THR’s 100 Powerful Women of Entertainment or some such bash. everyone was there (Pascal was 4th, Langley was 5th and Angelina was 9th on the list, so i guess they must be seated real close to one another).
i don’t doubt that all the conversation there would be comprised of a lot of political correctness, sidestepping, polite support, and civil smiles.
Now we know why Angelina and Brad did not have any Hollywood friends, at their wedding. They knew those people are a bunch of back stabbers. The only HW friend at their wedding was David F. I remember about 10 years ago Brad was being interviewed by Diana Sawyers, sp. and he told her Angelina is not what the gossip makes her out to be. I’m a Brad and Angelina’s fan and I don’t believe she’s a spoiled Brat. I also believes she’s a damn good actor but everyone is entitled to their opinion. Angelina should just keep her mouth closed and hold her head up high because she’s in a class by herself.
@BNAFAN everybody that describes working with her always uses the same words to describe her: genuine, warm, level headed, down to earth. It was been so consistent for so many years that I tend to believe it. One that sticks out in my mind is Patricia Cornwall calling her pithy and having some really nice things to say about meeting her.
Mind you, I believe she has had to fight for things but that is the reason she has what she does. If she can play the “brat” I’m sure it’s usually getting in the face of producers like Rudin who want to run everyone.
That’s just not her. She won’t respond to any of it.
Although she did attend a lunch and was in the same room as Amy Pascal yesterday maybe some gossip will come out of that.
The thing I love about Angelina is that she never bitches or snarks anyone (in public).
She will do what she has always done – ignore the hater and let them dig their hole deeper and deeper.
Having said that – I would really love it if she just once will say something about Rudin.
She doesn’t generally deign to respond to attacks, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she stays mum about this one too. If Chelsea Handler couldn’t get her to bite on those disgusting remarks about herself and her children, I doubt this will make her speak up.
How glorious would a Brad Pitt Twitter be?
It would be all durrr and umm and haahahahahahah, with a little cultivating and stuff thrown in. Amirite?
In my mind, he’d get high and live Tweet Gypsy Sisters or something.
I think there would have to be a smattering of ‘hey man’ too.
This. In 140 characters or less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGs4CjeJiJQ
@Farah, But Les Grossman has the best dance moves ever.
How do you say no? You just do, until they reach the age of majority.
Yep. My 15 year old daughter wants a small one, and I told her when she’s 18 she can do what she wants. Not before then.
Minx…I did the same…told my son when he was 18 he could decide for himself…He is 25 now and just the other told me, “I’m so glad I never got a tatoo”…
Yeah, I agree – I think that’s something you can pretty easily say “no, you’re too young” to.
It’s worth mentioning that this function she attended (with head of Universal & Amy Pascal) is for the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Despite what the media, haters & dislikers say – Angelina is one of the most powerful women in the world. And she is also well respected and liked amongst Hollywood – her close friends are influential people like Coen brothers, Roger Deakins, David Fincher, Kathryn Bigelow, George Lucas, Cate Blanchett, female head of Universal (sorry forgot her name) etc.
Why is why men like Rudin calls her names because he cannot intimidate Angelina into doing things his way.
Not only some men – there are also other women who cannot stand it if a woman who is talented, beautiful and successful in whatever field she works in. Those women will backstab, bitch and do anything to put that successful woman in a negative light.
Before anyone attacks me – this is from personal experiences. My manager is an MD and she is a very strong and powerful woman who won’t suffer fools. But by some male and female colleagues- she is labelled bitch, bossy and brat. But another male MD who is the same is called he is strong and wonderful and standing up for himself and his team.
PS: Unbroken is steadily rising with the critics score and most importantly the public who have seen it are raving about the movie. Hopefully this movie with get nominated and win lots of awards but it will difinitely be a blockbuster.
My office showed a training video for supervisors and managers. It was a man supervisor confronting a group of employees hanging out by the water cooler telling them to get back to work. Then they showed a woman supervisor doing and saying the exact same thing. Then they asked for feedback from the staff. Almost all the staff, women included, said the man was authoritative and a competent manager, and the woman was a bitch.
We have a long way to go.
I was called a bitch throughout 2 years of grad school. There were 3 women in the program for every 10 men and if you wanted to be heard you had to be tough. I actually came to see it as a compliment, although it was certainly not meant that way. Same at work (very male dominated industry). If you pushed back on a project, stood behind your team/budget/proposal… You were called every name in the book as a woman. A man would be “decisive” and “promotion material”.
And when I negotiated every salary offer, I could tell the (always male) vp on the other side of the table was surprised and shocked. On the plus side, if you do that, they eventually, grudgingly, despite themselves… Grant you the respect you deserve. Mostly. Then Evangeline L. opens her mouth about not being a feminist because she doesn’t want to be a man, and we go back three steps.
You go Angie. No need to dignify with a response.
“Why is why men like Rudin calls her names because he cannot intimidate Angelina into doing things his way.”
I think you just summed it up perfectly.
Are you talking about the THR event? That was the most powerful women in entertainment, not in the world.
But I agree that authoritative men and women are treated very differently. Still a long way to go for true equality.
As for Rudin though, it’s pretty well known that he’s a giant ass to everyone, so I don’t know if it’s him saying that because she’s a woman, or because that just how he talks about anyone who causes problems for him.
wow she looks beautiful and radiant. and love the cape.
My mom has a few tattoos (like three), AND she wants to get a big dragon to cover her back AND a pink breast cancer ribbon behind her ear–I always thought hers looked cool. I did want some, but I am a total sissy when it comes to pain, and I can’t handle that…haha.
Ofcourse Unbroken will be on the golden globes list! Or have we forgotten about the Tourist debacle?
I think her “rep” already said she would not be commenting yesterday but she does tend to answer everything in an interview unless interviewees are warned off the topic ahead of time. And if she comments it will be very careful and measured. The snark will happen behind the scenes.
I think there will be far more fall out than just snark. My understanding is that Rudin owns the Cleopatra project. His misgivings over it are already well known now so even if differences were patched up, it would require some public red-face for all the parties. Plus I bet it affects other subsidiary financing and distribution deals when the ideas inceptor is on record as not believing it can make money.
Angie on the other hand is obsessed with it and has been for over four years. Not even the many articles on what a racial landmine it would be or how shes far too old for the role or even the bombing potential,have stopped her. Shes like a dog with a bone.
So shes probably going to try to buy Scott Rudin out and move on without him. Either that or she’ll create a rival Cleo project with a completely different team. I actually think Rudin will be happy to bow out if only because it allows him gloating rights when hes proven right.
Fact- Cleo was Greek, so there is no drama. What is the evidence that Angie is obsessed over Cleo? …she’s always upbeat & polite when asked about projects or anything else and never says anything bad about anyone (so rare, so admirable) . She MAY have been a little obsessed over Unbroken, but she seems to have able to successfully complete it and still do a myriad of tasks, including being a Mom, wife, and humanitarian. She probably let the wine business slack a bit, but I’m sure Brad was able to fill in when needed 🙂
@mccora96
I think the OP said Angelina was obsessed with the role, because even I’ve been hearing about this movie for YEARS. From at least five years ago….maybe even longer.
I do think she’s too old to play Cleopatra (unless it’s going to be like the last year of her life or something), but it would be cool for her to direct or produce….
I can hear Brad now if the Empress says she wants a tattoo. Braying “no daughter of mine, etc. etc.” at the top of his lungs.
(Some of those 3-D tattoos are really cool, though.)
Lol I’m picturing Brad as my mom.
Mom didn’t want me to get my eyebrow pieced or get tattoos. So I called dad up from college one day and was like “heads up, getting my brow pierced” partially so he wasn’t surprised when he picked me up that weekend, and partially because if he tried to pull the ‘I didn’t know she was going to do it!” to mom, that I could take him down with me haha. Mom of course was horrified – dad was just worried about it getting infected.
He tried to bribe me to go to Florida with them by telling me he’d get me a tattoo at the Hart and Huntington place in Universal or wherever it was.
I got one (small writing on the inside of my left forearm) a year or so ago, and told him well before I told mom. Now he’s considering one.
Really – dad’s only rules were no ‘tramp stamps’, no tongue rings, and nothing before I was 18.
Erinn, my mom was the same way–and she had piercings and tattoos. My older sister wanted to get her nose pierced when she was 17, and where we live, if you’re underage (16/17), then you have to bring a parent. My mom wouldn’t (for whatever reason), and told my sister that if our dad brought her, then she could get it. And he did. And my mom was SHOCKED because my dad was uber religious. So yeah. She was pissed. I have no clue why……maybe because of my sister’s general attitude (crappy).
“They are already asking me about tattoos. How do I say no?” It’s easy, Angie. They are kids, not adults, and you are the parent. You were 18 or 19 when you got your first tattoo, not a kid.
I’m hoping she means ‘no’ in a ‘you should never get one’ kind of way. I mean, no tattoo artist worth their salt is going to tattoo a minor. Then again – who knows with celebrity tattoo artists. Some will allow with parental consent depending on the state I think.
Buy the kids some henna tattoo kits, and call it a day.
If Pimp Momma Kris thought she could make money tattooing her daughters, age would not stand in her way.
the “how do you say no”, i reckon, is not a matter of her not being capable of saying no, as she stated she told mad no already, but probably just a matter of how to explain that despite the fact mom and dad have some that they have to wait. some parents are very sensitive to being hypocritical and i imagine those kids would have zero problem pulling the “well, you have them” card, without considering that their parents had to wait until they were of an appropriate age. i have similar problems with my 13 year old sometimes, and always try my best to get through to him without having to resort to “because i am the adult and i said so”. sometimes you do have to whip that one out, but it is last resort.
Hope she meant tattoos for kids when they older, like after 18!! But how do you say NO? Just say N..O..! They will listen, believe me. They, both parents ,both have tons of tattoos,so what’s the problems with kids getting some!
They have no other option but to listen. It’s not like Zahara or Maddox can go out and get a tattoo. What’s the worry? They’ll have YEARS to decide plus both of their parents are covered in tattoos, especially Jolie so again, why the worry?
It was Zahara, according to other sites. All the kids have been sporting temp tattoos at times sinces they were little…pretty common, even when I was a kid. This is an old or cobbled together and/or foreign translated/retranslated interview since the movie with Brad was shot months ago. I’m not sure anybody from Angie’s camp commented directly. She & Brad have no PR & I doubt their managers or lawyers would comment on this…since they’re promoting films, PR reps for Universal (Unbroken) or Fury (Sony) may have said something, but that would probably be uncool. Like they do with so much of the lies & trash thrown their way, they will likely ignore it, smart & dignified.
I like the Swarovski crystal stick-on tattoos. They’re really pretty and fun for girls as well as grown-ups.
the jewelry tattoos like the ones Beyonce got, looked cool too
Angelina looks nice.
That “she’s a camp event” comment is still killing me.
That’s exactly how I feel about my daughter getting a tattoo, I like them on other people but I don’t want my little girl to ever get one. Her body is a “clean canvas” so to speak, I’d like it to stay that way!
My 18 yr old niece just got a huge one on her back a few weeks ago and I literally cringed when I saw the pics. She started with just getting a tattoo of her mom’s name (she passed away 12 yrs ago) on her back shoulder area. It’s nice, not too big or anything but then she added this big humungous thing (I think its supposed to be a flower) on her back.
the thing takes of most her upper back since she’s a real slim, small boned girl. I didnt have the heart to say anything b/c I knew it was her way of honoring her mom but I could feel her mom cringing inside b/c I know she wasnt into tattoos, especially not the big ones like she got. Looks basically like one of those tramp stamps even tho the sentiment was nice, its not what you think about when you see it, its just that big. I just told her to make sure she chooses them carefully b/c they will not look the same when she is my age. I really didnt know what to say but inside I was cringing. Now she’s gonna be stuck with it but at least she really likes it, I guess thats what really matters.
Kind of up to her don’t you think? It’s her body, she gets to decide, no matter how you feel about it.
Of course it’s her body and her choice! I’m not seeing where I said anything about it not being her decision? I’ll love and support her no matter what she decides in life!
I am a woman with four older brothers (and an older sister) and my dad couldn’t have cared less when I got my first tattoo. There was none of this, “But you’re a GIRL! Don’t besmirch your body!” business. My dad actually created more of a stink when brother #4 got his first tattoo, but I think that’s just because it was ugly. 😉 My mom firmly stated that I couldn’t get any tattoos/body piercings until I was 18, and I’m glad she did. I took my time to decide what I wanted, and then Mum and I went together to get our first tattoos for our birthdays (which are 4 days apart) when I turned 20 & she turned 60.
When I got my first tattoo (early 20’s), my mom told me I’d be sorry when I was an 80 year old grandma in the nursing home. She was horrified that a nice girl from a good family would get a tattoo. I told my kids that they had to wait until they were 18 to get tattoos, and to make sure they first thought carefully about what they were getting and where it was placed. (Some body parts are less forgiving with age and gravity, lol!) My daughter and I once went together to get matching tatts.
That’s what my mum said, too! LoL I wanted my first tattoo to be a mosaic design around my navel, but she told me that pregnancy would ruin it. So, I got my first one on my hip bone–far enough away from my tummy to avoid the inevitable pregnancy stretch marks. I’m SO glad that my mum made me wait! And, because I was in the military I was limited to where on my body I’ve been able to get them, which I also appreciate. My kids are still little so they haven’t asked for permanent tattoos yet, but they think mine are pretty cool and they enjoy getting temp ones, and will have the “Not until you’re 18” rule, too. My mum and I just turned 35 & 75 this year–we should get matching ink!!
I am so far ink-free (but tempted, just to put the highest mountains I’ve climbed on myself permanently). It is so touching to hear these stories of people going with their moms, especially because two of the posters have moms who are 40 years older than they are. I was 40 when I had my youngest, and I have always assumed that I will not live to have fun times with them when they are adults. You give me hope. : )
This might have already been said (lots of comment too lazy to read) but can we stop qualifying the older children as adopted. They are her children. They are the older siblings. Why does every news article feel the need to remind us they are not her biological offspring? a) it’s brangalina. Who the eff doesn’t know that and b) these kids are kids. You adopt or squeeze one out. Either way it’s still your kid.