Angelina Jolie puts on an understated display in oversized cape as she attends Faces Places premiere in LA... after revealing she was one of sex predator Harvey Weinstein's victims
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- Published on Friday, 13 October 2017 10:55
- Written by Daily mail
She recently disclosed a bad experience with disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.But the ugly allegations against the powerful movie executive seemed far from Angelina Jolie's mind as she attended a film premiere in LA on Wednesday night, dressed in an oversized cape.The 42-year-old looked carefree as she posed with the directors of Faces Places, Agnes Varda and JR, at the Pacific Design Center.The actress put on a relaxed display in a floor-length black gown, wrapped in a beige fringed cloak.She posed up a storm with her fellow directors, and cosied up to 89-year-old Agnes while JR, 34, snapped away.The French documentary, which currently holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, sees the duo travel around rural France creating portraits of the people they come across.The light nature of the film screening was in start contrast to the dark cloud cast over Hollywood this week with the revelations of mega producer Weinstein's sordid past.Dozens of women have been coming forward recounting their sexual abuse at the hands of the 65-year-old since the New York Times' grim expose last week.Jolie disclosed this week that she was but one of his many intended victims, although she appeared to have escaped unscathed.She revealed was promoting her film Playing By Heart in 1998 when Weinstein made unwanted advances on the then 23-year-old in a hotel room.'I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did,' Jolie told the New York Times.'This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable.'
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'My children look up to her!' Angelina Jolie and kids join primatologist Jane Goodall at documentary premiere
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- Published on Thursday, 12 October 2017 03:24
- Written by Daily mail
Jane Goodall was a 26-year-old secretary with just a high school education when she was sent to Africa to study chimpanzees in their native habitat.Nearly sixty years later, newly uncovered original footage of the English scientist's years in the African bush has been turned into a fascinating new documentary by Brett Morgen.And Angelina Jolie and her children were there to support her longtime friend, as the film about the famed primatologist premiered at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday night.Never one to miss an educational opportunity, the well connected actress turned director brought along her four youngest children to meet Dame Goodall.Shiloh, Zahara, Knox and Vivien looked delighted to meet the 83-year-old, who remains a committed activist and spends her life travelling the world to educate people about the importance of conservation.Speaking at the event, Angelina said Jane was an inspiration to her six children.'I am so happy to be here to support my friend, and the cause that she has given her whole adult life to — helping us understand nature and our place in it,' Angelina told People magazine.'And now calling on us all to really grasp that we don’t have unlimited time to save wildlife and the environment. When someone with all Jane’s wealth of experience and knowledge and wisdom tells us that, we really have to take notice.'The two met eight years ago when Angelina was cast as the primatologist in the film Jane's Journey, about her life. Both UN Ambassadors, they bonded and became firm friends.The new documentary, narrated by Jane herself, was created from 100 hours of newly discovered 16MM film footage, filmed back in 1962 by Hugo van Lawick.Van Lawick was employed by National Geographic to create the film record. He went on to marry Jane, and the two had one son before divorcing, but stayed close until his death in 2002. Speaking to the sell-out crowd at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, Jane shared the message she has spent her life promoting.'I have a very important message to take around the world. Which is that we are destroying this planet. And we need to get together to try and make change,' she told the audience, who gave her a standing ovation.'The National Geographic has been helping me to spread this message around the world ever since 1962 when they sent Hugo van Lawick to Gombe [National Park in Tanzania] and he was the one whose films and still photographs took the story of Jane and the chimps into homes around America and then around the world.'She said she initially rolled her eyes at the idea of another movie about her life. 'I was persuaded. "Well Jane never mind, it's going to be another film but it will help spread the message." So I agreed.'She said she was told her involvement would require just three hours of interviews.'We met for the first time out in Tanzania and it didn't work out quite like that. I met him [director Brett] and he started this interview. It lasted for two, two and a half days.'Brett, known for films such as Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck, interjected: 'The first thing I asked Jane was "Do you get tired of telling your story."'And she looked at me and said "It depends who's asking the questions."' To laughter, the pair introduced the film.
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Hoping for a Happy Halloween! Angelina Jolie spends $1k on dead birds, bloody machete and straightjacket to amuse kids one year after Brad Pitt split
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- Published on Thursday, 12 October 2017 03:31
- Written by Daily mail
Single mom Angelina Jolie sure likes to make Halloween fun for her six kids.The 42-year-old Oscar winner was seen picking up fun supplies for her little ones as she strolled a store in Glendale, California over the weekend. The First They Killed My Father director spent $1,000 on supplies like a dead bird, a straightjacket and a bleeding machete, according to TMZ.The also snapped up a Ninja weapon set, big baby costume prop, rainbow tutu, and pumpkin teeth, it was claimed.The stunner can be seen in a long light beige sweater coat over a dark beige dress as she strolls the aisles with Zahara and another child, which looks like Vivienne.The Maleficent star is also seen carrying a large beige purse and she has her brown locks in a high ponytail as she wore sunglasses.The site also reported that she was seen last week at Hollywood Toys And Costumes buying Halloween items as well.It's been one year since she split from Brad Pitt. Reps for both parties maintain they are not getting back together and are still working through the terms of their divorce. These photos have surfaced on the same day Jolie was featured on the cover of the 150th anniversary issue of Harper's Bazaar.She did not just pose for idyllic snaps at a nature reserve in Namibia's Namib desert but she also penned a powerful essay. With the piece she touched on several subjects including what the country means to her, the impact of humans on the environment, the link between that environment and women's rights, and ultimately what her life experiences have taught her. In the powerful essay she opened up about what the desert means to her as she wrote: 'For me, Namibia represents not only ties of family and friendship but also the effort to the balance between humans and the environment so crucial to our future' In it she also explains that the reserve where the photoshoot took place - which is ran by the N/a’an ku sê Foundation - works with Namibia's San people.She even quotes the members of the Khoisan-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer people while reflecting on her life as a whole.Angelina wrote: 'If my life experience has taught me anything, it is that what you stand for, and what you choose to stand against, is what defines you.'As the San people say, "You are never lost if you can see your path to the horizon."'As she is very passionate about the environment, the A-list star wrote about our individual and collective impacts on it as she explains that we could all be making much more conscious decisions when it comes to clothing and consumption choices.Angelina said: 'Fashion was once a major factor in encouraging the demands for clothes, jewelry or objects made from wildlife parts. But magazines can now send a different message: that wild animals belong in the wild, and ivory is not beautiful unless on the tusk of a living animal.'Each of us has the power to make an impact through our everyday choices. For instance, we can commit to never buying illegal wildlife products such as ivory and rhino horn. We can end the demand for wild animals as pets.' As women's rights are currently a hot-button issue, the star suggests that the environment actually goes hand-in-hand with the treatment of females.She said: 'Women make up most of the world’s poor...when the environment is damaged—for example when fishing stocks are destroyed, wildlife is killed by poachers, or tropical forests are bulldozed—it deepens their poverty. Women’s education and health are the first things to suffer.'Meanwhile Jolie is one of the many accusers of Harvey Weinstein, the powerful movie executive accused of sexual harassment, assault and rape. She told the New York Times in an email: 'I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did. This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable.'
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Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow say they both endured harassment by Harvey Weinstein
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 06:28
- Written by Metro
Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow have both alleged that they suffered sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein in the 1990s.Paltrow starred in the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love which was a Miramax Films production, produced by Weinstein. She claimed that after being asked to attend a meeting in his hotel room he suggested they enter the bedroom for a massage.‘I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified,’ Paltrow told the New York Times.She rejected the offer and reportedly told her then-boyfriend Brad Pitt who at a party approached Weinstein ands told him to never touch Paltrow again.Representatives for Pitt confirmed the story.'I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth,’ added Angelina Jolie in an email to the publication, which broke the story of decades of harassment by Weinstein.‘And as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did. This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable,’ she added.In the past week dozens of other women have spoken out and alleged assault and harassment by Weinstein.Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, claimed that Weinstein ‘forcibly performed oral sex on her’ but that she refused to speak out because ‘he has crushed a lot of people’.‘That’s why this story—in my case, it’s twenty years old, some of them are older—has never come out,’ she added.‘The thing with being a victim is I felt responsible,’ she said. ‘Because if I were a strong woman, I would have kicked him in the balls and run away. But I didn’t. And so I felt responsible.’ An audio recording made by a Filipina-Italian model named Ambra Battilana Gutierrez features Weinstein pleading with her to enter a bathroom and watch him have a shower.As she continues to say no he gets angrier, and when she asks why he groped her breasts the day before he apologises and admits it is simply behavior he is ‘used to’.That recording was made with the NYPD as part of a sting after Gutierrez went to the police about Weinstein’s behaviour.The District Attorney later decided to drop the case.
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Angelina Jolie poses in Africa for Harper’s Bazaar
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 18:28
- Written by Page Six
For Harper’s Bazaar’s November issue — a 150th anniversary collector’s edition — Angelina Jolie has penned a letter from Namibia.We hear she’s also featured in a shoot at a wildlife sanctuary owned by her friends, in which the star poses with three orphaned rescue cheetahs sponsored since they were cubs by Jolie and her family foundation.Jolie writes: “Namibia represents not only ties of family and friendship but also the effort to the balance between humans and the environment so crucial to our future.”Jolie’s children were all there during the shoot, including Namibian-born Shiloh, who, with Jolie, opened the Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary for wounded and orphaned elephants and rhinos.While Jolie posed for pics, her kids were “sandboarding nearby.”
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