Angelina Jolie Watch

During this morning’s Today show appearance talked about adoption, the Changeling and the nomad lifestyle they live. Here are a few snippets.

They will adopt again:
“Yeah. I have something in mind.”

They’ll weigh when the time is right:
“It depends…you can’t even start the process until any new children are six-months-old. It’s a smart thing…to understand when to bring another child in.”

The family handles new additions with ease these days:
“We have so many children that they’re not really stunned anymore when kids come home.”

We also have new scenes from the Changeling. This is going to be an amazing movie.  I’m guessing that Angelina is in New York for a very short time to do Changeling press.  Do you think the twins are with her?  What about the other kids? I thought Brad had started filming.

Angelina Jolie and Clint Eastwood gave an exclusive interview to MTV. Looks like Angelina’s presence was a surprise to the interviewer.

Hollywood is already buzzing that Changeling might be nab another Oscar for Angelina Jolie.

The Hollywood Reporters says:

“Jolie completely shuns her movie star image to play a woman whose confidence in everything she thinks she knows is shaken to its very core. She can appear vulnerable and steadfast in the same moment. This woman has a depth she herself has never explored.”

Emanuel Levy says:

“The collaboration of Eastwood with his long-time crew of cinematographer Tom Stern and editor Joel Cox, screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski (who comes from journalism and TV) and actress Angelina Jolie, who gives a strong dramatic performance, results in one of the more enjoyable films to be seen in Cannes Fest. The world premiere I attended was greeted with lengthy standing ovation and hearty applause.”

Dave Karger EW wonders if this scene will be the one Universal submits for Angie’s Oscar.

There are lots of rumors floating around that Angelina did not attend Thursday’s Changeling press conference.  She actually did.

The belief that she’d be present had been fueled by comments from a spokesman for the Toronto International Film Festival, who suggested last month that TIFF passed on showcasing “Changeling” because Jolie couldn’t be present for the gala premiere.

Clint Eastwood responded that there was never a plan for Angelina to attend the press event but she did manage to make it.

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Debunking all the postpartum depression rumors, Angelina has looked radiant and happy at every New York sighting this weekend. “Everybody’s great,” she told People at last night’s Changeling premier. . “The babies are getting big and healthy and developing personalities.”    Here’s what else she had to say at the red carpet premier.

About C-Section recovery:
“I run around with all the other kids, and I’m breastfeeding, which I think is a part of your body’s recovery,” Jolie said. “I feel great [and] feel very happy that they’re healthy.”

How they manage to take of six kids:
“We are a little bit [sleep deprived]. We have some help a couple of nights a week, so on those nights we catch up on our sleep.”

On adopting more children:
“I think we’re going to wait a little while.”

The family is having a grand old time in the Big Apple. Friday, Angelina took the three oldest kids to Lee’s Art Shop. Angie and kids always hit up Lee’s when they are in New York.   Lee’s is a four story Manhattan landmark that features every art supply under the sun.  They’ve even got a remodeled toy department on the second floor. Click on the pics below to make them larger.

Friday night Angelina attended a Changeling Dinner at Il Bucco. For the occasion she rocked out a gray trench that matched her eyes. I really like her hair a bit longer with just a hint of curl.

Il Bucco is a well known Italian restaurant that was actually started by and independent filmmaker. Though Angie attended solo she was joined by the rest of the Changeling cast.

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The family landed in New York today for Angelina’s October 4th Changeling premier.  Angelina, Brad and the kids flew from Berlin where they set up house while Brad films the World War II thriller Inglorious Bastards. This marks the first spontaneous sighting since Angie gave birth to the twins. (I’ll have to remember that I really love her because no one should look this good after giving birth to three children.)

According to Angie’s stylist Jen Rade, Angie is ready to unveil a post pregnancy look.  Rade wouldn’t give any details but said that Angelina is going for “kind of classic with a rock and roll edge”.

Meanwhile, Brad is already getting praise from his Bastards co-stars.

Brad already impressed me at the first rehearsal,” gushed Bastards costar Christian Berkel.

“He’s very funny and an extremely likeable person who acts totally normal, not at all like a huge star.” Added said costar Gedeon Burkhard: “Brad is an extremely cool guy and the best actor in the world.”

No word on the family’s lodgings.    I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.

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ET just released an exclusive sneak peak of Changeling. The clip includes short interview with Angelina Jolie and director Clint Eastwood. We’ve seen most of these clips but there a few new portions.

Angelina’s Changeling poster is out.  It features Angelina’s face in shadow and the shadowed face of a a little boy. We can expect Angelina to make her first post-twins red carpet appearance on October 4th when Changeling premiers a the New York Film Festival.

Changeling will premier at 9:15 p.m. on October 4th.  It’ll show again,this time with no Angie, at 11:00 a.m. Tickets are $35-$40.  I probably won’t be able to swing another jaunt for a few months but I’d love to hear from any our readers and fans that were able to make it.  (Hint:  Pics would be even more awesome.)

Note:I’ve been out of town for a bit of vacation so there haven’t been any posts nearly a week. Thanks for your patience.  On to the news…..

This list movies looks deeply disturbing. Remember folks the film is based on a true story. Angelina plays the mom of a missing boy that has supposedly been returned but Mom has her doubts. In the movie, Collins is made to look like an unift mother and eventually committed to an asylum. Christine’s insistence that this wasn’t her son eventually helped expose corruption in the LAPD.

Angelina has said that she pulled on characteristics of her own mother for the roll. She talked about taking on the roll shortly after her mothers death, “I lost my mother a few months before (shooting) the film,” she said. “To me she’s very much like my mother — my mother was very passive in many ways and very, very sweet but when it came to her children she was a lion.

“It was a way to kind of revisit my mother after (her) passing, spend time with her.”

The Changeling opens on Friday, October 24. You can watch the HD trailer at Yahoo! Movies.

This film looks like it might be an Oscar contender.
Will you be the first in line?

Fans don’t have to wait much longer for Angelina to make her first post twins public appearance.  Our stylish star will unveil a fresh look at the October 4th premier of the Changeling.  Even though she a busy mom, Angelina has made time to confer with Jen Rade, her longtime stylist.

“Any time you talk to her there’s a lot of kids in the background, that’s for sure,” Rand told People magazine. “It’ll be her first big US appearance since having the babies,” Rade said. “I feel some pressure, but I think I can do it. We’ve been doing it for five years together.”

She isn’t having trouble fitting Angelina’s post pregnancy body. “She’s breastfeeding so the boobs are bigger, but no. It’s going to be fun. I’m looking forward to it.”

Rade describes Jolie’s premier look as “kind of classic with a rock and roll edge”.

Angelina’s has been so low key lately I didn’t realize that The US Changeling premier was so near. Can’t wait.

This is a longer look at the Changeling. I cannot wait until this hits theaters. According to IMBD, the movie will debut in US theaters on November 7th. That date sound a long way out to me. Cannes debuts usually premier in theaters in in the summer or(at the latest) the early fall. More terrific reviews are pouring in for Angelina.

From the UK’s Independent:

“Thanks to her media profile, Jolie cuts such an absurd figure it is easy to forget how accomplished she can be. This is a performance of subtlety and power.” (Not sure how I feel about the absurd part. The writer seems to equate her personality with her media persona. Still it’s a good review) .

I’m hearing rumblings that the movie’s name has been changed to The Exchange. I haven’t had time to verify that but that’s how this AP video from today’s photocall has it listed  previously had it listed as that.  It may be plausible. This video gives us our first glimpse of Angelina doing her thing in the movie. (At least it’s new to me). Angelina says some nice things about Eastwood. Enjoy.

Angelina blinged it up at the Changeling premier in her Remy Acra gown. The gray/taupe gown featured a bejeweled neckline and comfy fit for our mommy to be. She also glammed up the hair for her last public event at Cannes. The moves is getting some terrific reviews.

The Hollywood Reporters says:

“Jolie completely shuns her movie star image to play a woman whose confidence in everything she thinks she knows is shaken to its very core. She can appear vulnerable and steadfast in the same moment. This woman has a depth she herself has never explored.”

Variety added their own praise:

“As she did in A Mighty Heart, Jolie plays a woman abruptly and agonizingly deprived of the person closest to her. But impressive as she may have been as the wife of Danny Pearl, her performance here hits home more directly due to the lack of affectation — no accent, frizzed hair or darkened complexion, and no attempt to consciously rein in emotion. There are inevitable one-note aspects to her Christine Collins, as she must exasperatedly repeat her positions to the authorities again and again. But Jolie makes it clear Christine maintains a grip on her sanity in the face of many assaults on its stability.

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Angelina reverted to her classic black earlier today at the Changeling photocall at the Palais des Festivals at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. The movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, is based on a real case involving a missing child and a serial killer.

Angelina plays the mom of a missing boy that has supposedly been returned but Mom has her doubts about it. Angelina’s character is Christie Collins whose son Walter went missing March 10, 1928. Serial killer Gordon Northcott and his accomplice mother were held responsible for the boy’s killing. Who knows if the film will stay true to real life events. There’s a bit of Oscar buzz surrounding this film. We’ll see if the critics agree after tonight’s debut. Actually it’s more like an hour or so for us in the States.

Angelina looks like she’s wearing a man’s jacket. Maybe Brad’s?

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