Angelina Jolie tried to bar Fox news from covering the premiere of A Mighty Heart, despite the fact, they point out, that they gave the film a positive review after seeing it at Cannes. Fox is pissed and they outline all the ways Angelina has screwed the press in a lengthy article.

Most recently she had journalists sign a contract before granting interviews for the film stating that no personal questions were permitted, and that the interview was in no way to be used for anything else but promoting A Might Heart.

Everything Angelina has said recently has been taken out of context and used to fuel weeks of gossip magazine cover stories smearing her, so you can kind of see where’s she’s coming from with this one, even though it sounds a bit extreme.

Reporters from most major media outlets balked Wednesday when they were presented with an agreement drawn up by Jolie’s Hollywood lawyer Robert Offer. The contract closely dictated the terms of all interviews.

Reporters were asked to agree to “not ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships. In the event Interviewer does ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships, Ms. Jolie will have the right to immediately terminate the interview and leave.”

The agreement also required that “the interview may only be used to promote the Picture. In no event may Interviewer or Media Outlet be entitled to run all or any portion of the interview in connection with any other story. … The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie.”

If that wasn’t enough, Jolie also requires that if any of these things happen, “the tape of the interview will not be released to Interviewer.” Such a violation, the signatory thus agrees, would “cause Jolie irreparable harm” and make it possible for her to sue the interviewer and seek a restraining order.

I am told that USA Today and the Associated Press were among those that canceled interviews, and eventually Jolie scotched all print interviews when she heard the reaction.

[From Fox News]

Angelina also tried to bar Fox News from covering the premiere, but the Fox News Channel was permitted after Paramount intervened.

The article goes on to cite how Angelina and Brad holed up in Namibia in that compound before she was due to give birth while their security goons threatened and beat the shit out of journalists, sometimes having them arrested.

Angelina also scheduled that pro-Namibia press conference after Shiloh was born and Fox News, the bastion of freedom of hate speech, points out that Namibia is run by a dictator who hates reporters.

They note that Namibia also severely restricts freedom of the press. It seems like Angelina would like it that way. She claims to be an open book, but too many people are squinting and reading between the lines lately, and she’s not having that.

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