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Angelina One Step Closer to Second Oscar

Friday, December 14th, 2007

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One again, Angelina Jolie has been honored for her work In A Mighty Heart. The Brad-produced project has garnered Angelina a 2007 Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Other nominees are Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away from Her), Jodie Foster(The Brave One)and Keira Knightley (Atonement).

If she wins, this will be Angelina’s fourth Golden Globe. She’s previously won for her supporting roles in George Wallace and Girl Interrupted and her staring role in Gia.

The awards ceremony is set January 13th and will be televised on NBC. To Check out other nominees click below.

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Angelina Nominated for Independent Spirit Award

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

angelinamarianne.jpgAngelina is one step closer to that Oscar nomination everyone has been talking about. Our favorite diva has garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for her role as Marianne Pearl in A Mighty Heart. Angelina will also be honored by the The Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February for her work on the Brad-produced film.

For a complete list of nominations click below. Oh yeah, A Mighty Heart also got a best film nod. Congratulations to the Jolie-Pitts.

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Angelina Jolie Celebrates ‘A Mighty Heart’ DVD Release

Monday, November 5th, 2007

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Yesterday, Angelina Jolie attended a Q&A session moderated by film critic Peter Hammond following a screening of A Mighty Heart. The event celebrated the film’s October 16th DVD release.


A Mighty Heart
has wowed critics.

Angelina Jolie gives a brittle and beautifully contained performance as Mariane Pearl, the journalist wife of a Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and beheaded by terrorists outside of Karachi.
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-Jan Stuart
Newsday

A Mighty Heart is both a harrowing thriller about an imminent threat and a celebration of our resolve in the face of an unspeakable tragedy…
-John Thomason
Orlando Weekly

“A Mighty HEART” has to serve a number of masters — the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael Winterbottom — and it does so remarkably well.
-Kenneth Turan
LA Times

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Angelina Receives Outstanding Performance Award

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced yesterday that Angie will be honored with the festival’s Outstanding Performance of the Year Award for her work in A Mighty Heart. Angie delivered a breathtaking performance as Marianne Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl.

We are honored to celebrate Ms. Jolie in what is arguably one of the most extraordinary female roles of the year,? Festival executive director Roger Durling said in a statement.

There was a lot of controversy when Angelina was give this role because she was not a woman of color. One of the former authors of this blog even voiced concern. Marianne is of Afro-Latino-Cuban and her skin tone is a light caramel color. As a person of color, I was concerned about the casting(despite my love for Angelina) but she pulled it off beautifully(no weird makeup tricks).

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My fears were further waylaid when I learned that Marianne specifically wanted Angelina to play her.

In the film, Jolie portrays her friend, Mariane Pearl, during the two-week period between when her husband, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and when he was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. The movie is based on Mariane Pearl’s memoir.

Angelina will be honored on February 2, 2008. Past recipients include Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger, and Helen Mirren. She’s definately in good company and some are suggesting this may be the start of an Oscar race.

The timing of the announcement and DVD release appear perfectly poised to kick-start a campaign to put Jolie in the Oscar race for best actress.

Congratulations to Angelina on her latest award.

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Angie Shrugs off Failure?

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

This is a though cookie. We all know “A Mighty Heart” did not pull in the numbers expected.

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According to National Ledger:

Angelina Jolie has shrugged off her abysmal numbers and is back to work. The Box Office Guru notes that Paramount Vantage’s “A Mighty Heart” dropped 61% this weekend to an estimated $1.6M giving the Angelina Jolie pic just $7M in ten days. A $10M final seems likely, the report claims. Production was cheap, somewhere just north of $16 million, but they won’t make that back in North America it seems.

Sources are saying this woman is in a little of a career crisis. She needs another movie hit to get her out. Hopefully an Oscar nomination will help her get out of this funk. It was a great movie, I wonder why it did not do great. Could it be her persona? Her casted for this part? Or simply this was not a movie for the summer time blockbusters?

At least Angelina can shrug it off and continue working hard on the set of her new movie Wanted.

Angie and Brad work it!

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

I thought all you fans might enjoy this video of Brangelina at “A Mighty Heart” premier. The paparazzis are talking about how great Angie and Brad are going straight to the fans first at Confessions of a Paparazzi.

They join the ranks of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, that really work the fan line.

Enjoy!

Welcome Back!

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Theres a new sheriff in town.

Well well we have a lot of Angelina Jolie and fab fam to catch up with now don’t we?
Before though, I would like to introduce myself. Im known as Ms.Wobblybits. You can read more about me on my bio page. But on to the important things, I have been obsessed with A. J (Angelina Jolie) and B.P (Brad Pitt) for years. I am exited to bring you up to date with all the good and the bad I can dig up. “Brangeloonie? I think not. Simply admirers of the most powerful, beautiful, squint your eyes so bright, power couple. SO without further ado..

We all remember the georgeous pics of Brangelina at the premier of her movie. “A Mighty Heart?. Wearing her $26 dress…I swear she could wear a potato sack with a little satin ribbon tied around and we would all ask where she bought it….unfortunatly did not so well in the box office.
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According to Newsweek:
Paramount Vantage’s “A Mighty Heart,? starring Angelina Jolie as the wife of kidnapped and slain journalist Daniel Pearl, had a so-so debut, coming in at No. 10 with $4 million.

A so-so debut? C’mon compare it to “Pauly Shore is not dead? or “Gigly? and im sure a better adjitive will describe this movie.
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I found these interesting quotes of her and her role in this amazing movie.

It tells the story of Marianne, who was pregnant at the time of the abduction, and her efforts to find him during the weeks following his disappearance and his eventual murder.

“She is an extraordinary woman and she handles everything with so much dignity and grace,” says Angelina.
“I don’t know where she gets her strength from. She is so full of love.Because I had just been through a pregnancy, I was highly aware of how beautiful that time should be for the mother and father and the family.”

“I clearly remember giving birth to my daughter and looking at Brad and feeling the love in the room and the hope for the future. So to understand what was taken away from Marianne was haunting.”

But when it came to the scene in which Marianne Pearl gives birth, the actress had to call on the British director Michael Winterbottom and other fathers on the crew to help her. “The birth scene was actually very funny because when I gave birth I had a Caesarean and I didn’t scream at all,” she says.

“Michael had to explain how a woman behaves in labour. It was funny that a bunch of men explained what to do.”

She chuckles as she adds: “I had to scream at the top of my lungs and all these men were screaming, showing me how to scream.”

Oh c’mon Im sure Angelina knows how to scream. She is sleeping with Brad Pitt right?

Since then the couple took a romantic 2 day getaway to Hotel Marques de Riscal, Spain on June 23rd, 2007 sans kids.

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Either Angelina is doing the robot or she is making a point, no ring on the ring finger haterz, cause I don’t need it! I gots it like that.

Back to reality while Angelina was doing the drop off pick up thing with Pax, 3, and Zahara, 2, from school at the American Embassy compound on Monday afternoon in Prague, Czech Republic..
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(Notice how Z is telling the paparazzi they are all Loosers)

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.Mr. Pitt was making the money. Brad filmed a commercial for the Japanese cellphone company Softbank. As you know all of Brads Ads are can only be seen in Japan.

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So back to Angie- I have to say all though I love the whole “gothic always wearing black? thing Angie looks fresh and pretty in other light colors.

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She is so thin though. I think she looked better with a few lbs on her ala Mr and Mrs Smith.

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I will also leave you with this sexy tid bit from the National enquirer.

Angelina Jolie took a break from filming her new movie “Wanted? in Prauge to visit a sex shop called “Eurotic City?. She left the store with two purchased items. A black leather garder belt and a black riding crop. HOT. I want to know who is getting whipped. This behavior sounds like they might be on the way to BBB (Biological Brangelina Baby) 2!!

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She did tell John Steward that they are thinking of a number between 7 and 14.
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A couple this beautiful should defenetly pro create more.

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I hope you enjoyed my first post…I promise guys I will get much much better. I am still learning all the bells and whistles. Think of this as my post with training wheels.

Angie and Brad at Cannes

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Angelina and Brad are currently in Cannes promoting A Mighty Heart. Enjoy the pics!

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The post in which all AJ fans will yell at me.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Because I totally agree with this article

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Angelina Jolie has come under fire for wearing what is dubbed as ’semi-blackface’ to play the role of Marianne Pearl in the film ‘A Mighty Heart.’ E! Online’s ‘Reel Girl’ Caroline Kepnes blasts Jolie and her hubby Brad Pitt and ‘Plan B productions in a scathing critique of the decision to allow Jolie to transform her look sop much to play Pearl. The film is a biopic about slain journalist Daniel Pearl and his dignified widow, Marianne Pearl.

Every time I see Angelina Jolie in a shot from A Mighty Heart, with her pin curls and her darkened skin, my skin crawls. It just seems wrong. Like, I want to ask Plan B Productions, Why wouldn’t you hire someone who bears even the slightest natural resemblance? Halle Berry could have rocked it as Marianne Pearl. If not, then you take on your white chick, and let her be. Somehow, a prosthetic nose is fine. A fat suit I can handle. But watching Ms. Holier and Sexier Than Thou and Me and Everyone We Know parade around in semi-blackface makes me think something is wrong with the world.

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Ouch! Bragelina fans will revolt. She adds, “I am so in agreement with Vogue reader Cristina Migliaccio, whose letter ran in the magazine’s April issue: “The only thing I don’t get is why Angelina tries to perpetuate almost virginal awe and surprise at the circumstances of her very calculated life choices.”"

The film will be shown at the 60th annual Cannes Film Festival which opens Wednesday. Jolie and her boyfriend Brad are expected to attend.

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