Angelina Jolie has been in Paris for more than a week. Some of her kids are with her, possibly all six kids, although we’ve only seen Zahara and Pax in some paparazzi photos. In these pics, she was apparently leaving the set of Stitches, and I would guess that these are her real clothes and not a costume. Remember, she broke her toe a few weeks ago. I think that probably explains those horrid shoes. The sweater is so… beige. I almost wish she would bring back her goth-girl vibes and just wear all-black all the time.
She’s currently working on Alice Winocour’s Stitches, which is set during Paris Fashion Week. Jolie is apparently part of a triptych of interconnected stories? Honestly, I don’t know much about the film, but I’m glad she’s working. After she filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in 2016, Jolie spent most of the past eight years doing the most random movies. That was mostly about not wanting to be out of LA for too long, and wanting to just pick up some paychecks here and there. Many of us old-school Jolie fans have hoped that Pablo Larrain’s Maria would bring Jolie back to acting and picking up some bigger paychecks. She’s well-liked at Disney, she’s well-liked by a lot of important directors and power-brokers. Please let this be a new era for Angelina’s career!
Meanwhile, the Sun claims that they did an exclusive interview with Jolie, which I’m not sure I believe. It’s possible that these quotes came from a press conference and were just repurposed, but I can’t tell because Jolie has been repeating similar talking points in many of her interviews. She apparently told the Sun that she related to Maria Callas’s loneliness: “I have my children I love but as an adult I’m often alone. I find myself identifying with the solitude and loneliness she has. I also haven’t quite figured out how to live life in a way where I’m on my own.” She has companionship with her children, but yeah… she’s missing that best friend or partner. But I think a certain amount of solitude and loneliness is good, but maybe that’s just me.
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- Paris, FRANCE – Actress Angelina Jolie steps out wearing a simple brown cardigan while exiting her hotel in Paris. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 15 DECEMBER 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: Aissaoui Nacer / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Paris, FRANCE – Actress Angelina Jolie steps out wearing a simple brown cardigan while exiting her hotel in Paris. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 15 DECEMBER 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: Aissaoui Nacer / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Paris, FRANCE – Actress Angelina Jolie steps out wearing a simple brown cardigan while exiting her hotel in Paris. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 15 DECEMBER 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: Aissaoui Nacer / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
I love those shoes. She’s been wearing them everywhere. Celine platform black velvet mules. $1,100. Wish I could afford them. Probably for the best; I would likely break my ankle in them.
She also must not have many friends. You dont need a partner if you have great friendships.
Umm, huh? You can have great friendships with other moms or just busy people or people that live far away. Especially when your job is in film and you’re going to sets in other countries. There can be a lot of alone time that isn’t indicative of whether a person has great friendships or not. And for the record I like the cozy beige sweater😂
She does have quite a few friends but they don’t live in LA. Most live in England, NYC. Her best friend Loung ung lives in Ohio. That’s one reason why she wants out of LA so bad. It’s a hollow place that she is sick of being stuck in.
You can’t achieve the same level of intimacy even with a large group of great friends as you can in a romantic relationship. And you don’t spend as much time with your friends as you do with your partner, especially if you live together. I know that for some people a group of friends is enough to not feel lonely, but Angelina may not be one of those. Finally, when it comes to friendship, it’s not the quantity that counts, it’s the quality.
I get the vibe that Brad drained a lot of confidence and boldness that she previously had from her. Abusers do that. I feel like he also isolated her a fair bit.
She is so much quieter and more reserved now, so shy.
Sure, she also mellowed with age and motherhood; but having supported friends out of abusive relationships, they all lost pieces of who they used to be to their exes and it takes time to grow back into confidence and boldness.
Although she left Brad 8 years ago, he is still abusing her financially, through the courts and via PR smears.
I think it would be really hard to trust people and let them in. I think there are people who have long been her friends (Marianne Pearl, Jonny Lee Miller, William Hague, etc) and people who want to be her close friends (Salma Hayek, etc) but that she likely finds it hard to really let people in because she has been burnt.
I also think she expends so much energy being strong for her kids and protecting them that she probably doesn’t leave much for rebuilding herself and the community around her.
Some people thrive with lots of solo time, and Angie might be one of those people; but I also think she’d benefit from allowing some more well-chosen people in to become a close community for her.
She also said some “Friends” weren’t there for her family during their moment of need. And from what she has been alluding in her interviews it seems to me those “Friends” took Brad Pitt side and didn’t believe her.
And yeah Kaiser solitude isn’t a bad thing she said as such in an interview for Extra
I want her to find peace and happiness. And hopefully a good partner worthy of her when she will feel ready for it
Angelina never seemed like she had girlfriends or the type of women to have strong female friendships (maybe she was besties with her mom and now with her daughters but non-family women IDK she just never vibed as having those around)
and have all the kids you want, but ultimately having children never means you’re not going to end up being alone or lonely (Angelina isn’t implying that but I do feel a lot of people, men and women, have children b/c they’re afraid of being alone and they believe having kids will solve for that…which it really does not no matter how close you remain to your children as they grow)
I think Angelina is friends with Salma Hayek. Just because she doesn’t flaunt her friends like most celebrities do doesn’t mean she doesn’t have any.
A patient at a senior’s home always talked about her eight children. Not once in three years, did any of her children visit her. She had one daughter who did paperwork once every two years for her, but did not see her mother.
I also hope Jolie will do more acting in the very near future. Maria was good but not great — some of its art-film moves did not pay off and Jolie only half-succeeded at giving the impression that she was an opera diva. What Maria really achieved was showcasing Jolie’s extraordinary beauty. The camera LOVES her!!!!!! And of course she has as much charisma as beauty, that’s why she’s such a compelling presence on screen. There aren’t many left who bring that old-school movie-star glamour like AJ.
I am an AJ fan. I hope this means she will act in more movies. The big hope is Angie nabs that Oscar and shoves it (metaphorically, in BP’s face). Karma is a bitch. I really hope this next year will end the financial abuse and court cases so that her family can finish healing.
I dont know her personally obviously, and while I don’t doubt she misses her mother and Brad was/is a huge POS, am I the only one thinking this press cycle is really pushing a sad mysterious narrative a la Maria Callas?
I love her outfit. It is chic, and the jacket is patterned. I am so happy to see her in fitted, nice looking clothes. I got so tired of her mumus and huge ugly clothing. I started Maria, but haven’t finished and probably won’t. I love Angie and wish her the best, but the Director/writer’s dream like style just isn’t my cup of tea. It’s fine, I don’t have to like it, I’m just glad it is bring her so many accolades. WHY IS SHE NOT MAKING SALT 2?