The 'Angelina Effect' Has Doubled Preventative Mastectomy Procedures In The U.K
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November 2015 12:59
- Written by Huffington post
Two years after the actress Angelina Jolie went public about having a gene mutation linked to breast cancer and her preventative double mastectomy, a new U.K. study has shown that the number of preventative operations of this kind has risen.Angelina Jolie's announcement in May 2013 that she had had a double mastectomy caused a media storm. The American actress carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, as did her mother, who died of breast cancer. She explained that she decided to have the operation to eliminate the 87 per cent risk that she would one day develop breast cancer.Her decision led to renewed interest in breast cancer genetic research which a research team at a breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester in the U.K. decided to investigate.In their study, which was published in the journal Breast Cancer on November 25, the researchers noted that the number of double mastectomies carried out in their clinic had more than doubled between January 2014 and June 2015, reaching a total of 83 procedures, whereas only 29 preventive mastectomies had been performed there between January 2011 and June 2012.While they did not question the patients about their underlying reasons for having the operation, professor of clinical genetics Gareth Evans and his team believe that the "Angelina Jolie effect" did much to encourage them.At the breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester, the number of operations performed on women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations increased from 17 between January 2011 and June 2012, to 31 from January 2014 to June 2015.The researchers noted that there was even an increase in the number of procedures on high-risk women without the BRCA1/2 gene mutation (up from 12 to 52 over the same period).The researchers pointed out that there is normally a period of 9 to 12 months between the initial consultation and the operation. This could explain the rise in preventative mastectomies at the beginning of 2014, some 9 months after Angelina Jolie made her announcement.The study's authors say the effect has been prolonged. They would be interested to see whether other hospitals, in the UK and elsewhere, have noted similar results.
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Brad Takes The Thanksgiving Reins
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- Published on Thursday, 26 November 2015 17:57
- Written by Vogue
WITH six children looking forward to Thanksgiving, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a tough task of keeping everyone happy, but when it comes to the food, Pitt has revealed that he has it covered. "I'll get in there, I'll mess it up a little bit," he enthused to Extra of his cooking skills, adding: "I'm all over that turkey!" Angelina And Brad: "We're Very Stable" Angelina And Brad: "We're Very Stable".Naturally the holiday season brings with it the opportunity to spend quality time with Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne, not to mention Jolie - life with whom he gave a rare insight in to last week."All my kids are so warm and they take on more than anyone could understand, more than I could ever understand," he told US Weekly. "They absorb so much, and I love watching all my children grow and learn. And of course my wife is amazing, and I love watching her teach and grow with our kids as well, I really mean that."
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Angelina Jolie accepts honourary post at Cambodian film festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 11:43
- Written by Bangkok post
The little-known Cambodia International Film Festival is getting a star-powered boost this year from Angelina Jolie Pitt.Organisers said in a statement Wednesday that Jolie, who is in Cambodia filming her latest movie, will serve as president of the festival's honourary committee.The festival, which is in its 6th year, runs from Dec 4 to 10. It is screening 130 films from 34 countries.Jolie is currently in the Southeast Asian country filming an adaptation of a Khmer Rouge biography, "First They Killed My Father,'' based on a 2000 memoir by Cambodian author and human rights activist Luong Ung.
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Angelina Jolie Could Play A Famous Movie Monster For Universal
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 04:57
- Written by Cinemablend
For all the heroes Angelina Jolie has portrayed over the years, she has developed just as strong of a knack for creating iconic monsters. From Grendel’s mother in Beowulf to Maleficent, the actress’ beauty and gravitas have always endowed her with the ability to dominate a scene in a frightening way. Now, if rumors are to be believed, she may soon bring that skill to an iconic Universal monster: the Bride of Frankenstein.THR reports that Universal is currently eyeing Jolie to portray the venerable cinematic monster for producer Brian Grazer. The report indicates that the studio’s decision to back her recent passion project, By the Sea, was so that she will now return the favor by lending her household name to a likely more profitable project. It remains entirely plausible that Universal will use this leverage to get Jolie involved in a long-awaited sequel to the 2008 action film Wanted, but as of now it seems that getting her involved in the Bride of Frankenstein is the more likely scenario.Fans of classic movie monsters will undoubtedly remember that the Bride of Frankenstein debuted in the 1935 film of the same name. She was created by Doctor Septimus Pretorius – Dr. Frankenstein’s former mentor – to exist as a bride for Frankenstein’s original monster. In the years since the film’s release, she has become arguably as iconic as her male counterpart – especially her tall black and white hairstyle.
If Jolie does indeed sign on to the project, it seems likely that it will be a long term investment for both her and the studio. Universal has had plans to create their own "Universal Monster Universe" in the same vain as the Marvel Cinematic Universe for quite some time. Instead of Iron Man and Captain America, characters such as Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon will inhabit this realm and interact with one another across films and storylines. Universal began this endeavor back in 2014 with Dracula Untold. Starring Luke Evans, the film experienced moderate success at best, but it got the ball rolling on this universe – albeit with shaky footing. Bringing Jolie and her star power into the fold may have the effect of stabilizing everything – similar to Warner Bros. decision to cast established star Ben Affleck as Batman opposite relative Hollywood newcomer Henry Cavill in the DC Extended Universe.It’s worth noting that, as of now, these are all just rumors. Until we know for sure that Jolie has signed on the dotted line, nothing can be confirmed. We here at Cinema Blend will keep you informed on all updates regarding Angelina Jolie, her role as the Bride of Frankenstein, and the Universal Monster Universe at large. Stay tuned.
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Angelina Jolie wanted by Universal for Wanted 2
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- Published on Monday, 23 November 2015 20:29
- Written by Superhero Hype
After two weeks of release, director/star Angelina Jolie’s relationship drama By the Sea has yet to cross the million dollar mark at the worldwide box office, but in spite of its perceived failure-to-launch, it could still prove a boon to Universal Pictures. In an article from The Hollywood Reporter about the studio’s tactics in greenlighting the art house film, it supposedly did so because they want Jolie to return to their long-in-development sequel Wanted 2.A sequel or, given the death of certain main characters, prequel to the Chris Morgan-scripted 2008 action hit Wanted has been batting around the studio for some time with little movement. Ultimately, Jolie is rumored to favor in-development sequels to more recent hits like Maleficent or Salt if she wanted to go the franchise route, a path she has avoided since the failure of 2003’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.“Being dead makes it difficult,” Jolie stated to us in 2010 about the return of her deceased character Fox. “They were (trying to bring me back) but I kind of feel like if I die in a movie, I should die actually. I’m that way, and that character is not as complex as Salt. It would just be doing the exact same thing in another movie, so it’s not that interesting to me.” We got to talk to Marc Platt last year, who explained where the new Wanted installment was headed at that time, with a screenplay being worked on by the likes of Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Evan Spiliotopoulos.“We have a script that’s getting pretty good,” Platt explained. “To do a sequel when it wasn’t really set up for a sequel–one of our main characters dies in it. You don’t want to just retread a similar story, but when we get the script to a certain bar, there will be a sequel. It’s taken a while because it’s challenging, as I said, because we lost a main, main character, so where that James McAvoy character goes now… we have good ideas though. It’s coming along.” Based on the comic book by Marc Millar and J.G. Jones, the original Wanted was helmed by Timur Bekmambetov and concerned a young man named Wesley (James McAvoy) who learns he’s part of a secret society of assassins with superhuman killing abilities. It grossed over $340 million worldwide.
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