I’ve noticed something really funny this summer. Suddenly, Jennifer Aniston has a new boyfriend and she’s giving him an old-school media rollout. And for various reasons, Angelina Jolie has been making news for her personal and professional life too. Like, there was gossip about Angelina selling her home and moving abroad, and Jolie has been making news about future projects and film festivals. This used to happen all the time, back when Angelina and Brad Pitt were together – Jolie and Aniston were always stepping on each other’s gossip cycles and releasing confirmations about various things when the other woman was in the news. It’s so vintage! I love it. Well, this week, Aniston was seen out with her new boyfriend. Not so fast, says Angelina. Behold, a People Mag exclusive about whether Jolie will write a tell-all memoir:
Angelina Jolie is not planning on putting her private life on the page. Despite a recent report claiming the actress, 50, was working on a tell-all memoir about her legal battles with ex-husband Brad Pitt, a source tells PEOPLE that “there’s no truth to this.”
“There is no way she would do this,” the insider adds. The Oscar winner has not authorized any book project tied to her personal life.
Pitt, 61, and Jolie share six kids: Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16. They separated in 2016 after 12 years together and two years of marriage. They finalized their divorce in December 2024. Their dispute over the French winery Château Miraval, however, continues.
Angelina has written books before – she wrote Notes From My Travels and she coauthored Know Your Rights and Claim Them. I would love it if she wrote a memoir, but it’s not her style. Plus, I don’t think she would write anything personal before all of the legal stuff is over, and Pitt is still suing her over her sale of her half of Chateau Miraval. Maybe when the dust settles, she’ll write something.
There was also an interesting piece of professional news for Jolie, and this came out last week. She’s reteaming with her Mr. & Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for The Initiative, which will have her playing a “rogue master spy” who is training a new agent. It’s apparently like Training Day in the world of spycraft.
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- New York, NY – Angelina Jolie, accompanied by her children, attends the “Maria” premiere at Alice Tully Hall during the New York Film Festival. The family arrived in style for the highly anticipated screening in NYC. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 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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- Beverly Hills, CA – Actress Angelina Jolie receives a warm welcome from fans in Beverly Hills, stopping to sign autographs and share a moment with admirers. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 28 OCTOBER 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: Roger / 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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- New York, NY – Actress Angelina Jolie steps out of her hotel to head to a screening of her new film ‘Maria’ in New York. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 13 NOVEMBER 2024 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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- New York, NY – Angelina Jolie was seen stepping out of her art store, exuding an air of creativity. The actress and philanthropist appeared focused and radiant as she embraced her artistic pursuits. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 3 DECEMBER 2024 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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- Celebrities attend the ‘Maria’ premiere and headline gala during the 68th BFI London Film Festival Featuring: Angelina Jolie Where: London, United Kingdom When: 18 Oct 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- 68th BFI London Film Festival ‘Maria’ premiere at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Featuring: Angelina Jolie Where: London, United Kingdom When: 18 Oct 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- 42nd Torino Film Festival 2024 ‘Without Blood’ photocalll Featuring: Angelina Jolie Where: Turin, Italy When: 24 Nov 2024 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Angelina Jolie with the Stella della Mole award during the 42nd Torino Film Festival 2024 Featuring: Angelina Jolie Where: Turin, Italy When: 24 Nov 2024 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Is it wrong that I don’t want Angie to write a memoir? I just think it’s beneath her. She’s better than that and there’s no sense in her rehashing traumatic memories of being with that abuser.
Im with you on this. Angie will never do that and she doesn’t even hung out with a lot of celebrities on a ship like most Hollywood ppl.
Whenever she is not filming, she will just fly to somewhere to do her humanitarian work. That’s how she is and some ppl will still hate her.
I don’t think Angelina is talking about upcoming projects and festivals because Jennifer found a boyfriend. I also don’t think she’s the one spreading the rumors about this book.
Same. These two women are just living their lives and don’t need to be tied together in the media forever. If we could post memes here, I’d do the Titanic “It’s been 84 years…” one lol.
LOL! This is coming from People mag. “A source” or “insider” is their code for we came up with this bullshit idea and made the interns do the write-up.
It’s wonderful about her upcoming project in a genre she is electrifying ✨️💖✨️ in…I wanted a sequel to “Salt” so this is great❣️ And I TOO hope she writes a memoir…when the children are grown & she’s done with the legal BS from her trifling AF Ex😡
Yes! Angelina is so good with this genre, and I’ve also always wanted a Salt sequel. Get this woman some action scenes!
Yes, I’m going to add to this list of things I want from Angie. I want a Salt sequel, a couple of Marvel movies with Thena included, and some Star Wars prequel, sequel, or series that has Angie wielding a light saber. That’s all I really want from her.
The film described sounds fun but I’m still salty about the lack of Salt 2.
Good to hear.👍👍👍
Seems Jolie personal life has completely dominated the narrative about her for close to a decade.
The fact that she’s been acting since she was a wee lass has been tossed to the back burner!
You would think she was famous as an influencer or a reality TV starlet!!😕
I’m more excited about her Anxious People role, a change of pace for AJ.
(Plus Liman is a hack who hasn’t done a good movie since American Made!)
Didn’t Liman once complain about working with her or was that the Maleficent director?
Yeah Jolie and Liman famously butted heads.😉😉
Hopefully it means this project is shelved, cause Liman has lost his way!.
Liman complained because Angelina dared to have an opinion about something, Instead of working as a team liman wants to be the boss about everything. I hope she doesn’t do this film.
It was Jolie might sell the house and live abroad – maybe NY for Atelier, and then, well Jen might consider selling her house and leaving to NY with the BF. That’s gonna be fun.
Aniston has bought a new house in California. She never like living in NYC when with Theroux.
Angelina’s life isn’t exactly all positivies, is it? She’s like Madonna in the sense, that her “people” guard a lot of that crap she did way back when. No way is she or Madonna ever coming out with completely accurate biopics or biographies. Also, what’s with the totally unnecessary pitting her against Aniston? Again? After two decades. Oof.
I for one would LOVE for her to write a memoir, but I’m a trashy little gossip piggy. I’d snatch that thing up in a New York minute.
Am I crazy for wanting Aniston and Jolie to do a movie together? Or maybe Jolie could do a multi-episode arc on The Morning Show. She could play some meta version of herself, or maybe even a photojournalist in the field. Maybe win an Emmy, get closer to an EGOT…
A boy can dream!