Dane DeHaan in the running for Angelina Jolie-directed 'Unbroken'
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 10:47
- Written by Digital Spy
Deadline reports that DeHaan is among the frontrunners for the role of Zamperini, along with Jack O'Connell (300: Rise of an Empire) and Alexander Dreymon (best known from BBC film Christopher and His Kind).The Coen brothers rewrote the script for Unbroken earlier this year, which is based on the novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit).DeHaan will next be seen alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Beat poet drama Kill Your Darlings, and also plays Harry Osborn in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Brad Pitt on Angelina Jolie surgery: "It's onwards and upwards"
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- Published on Thursday, 13 June 2013 04:32
- Written by Digital Spy
Brad Pitt has suggested that he and Angelina Jolie are moving forward with their lives in the wake of her double mastectomy.Jolie was called heroic by Pitt following her announcement in May that she had undergone the surgery as a precaution because she carries the cancer-linked BRCA1 gene.Pitt has now commented that he and Jolie are hoping to get back to "business as usual" in the months ahead."It's onwards and upwards... but I'm really touched. The whole thing's heroic to my mind," he told ET Online."How many people are also battling with the same decision and she's just a great example of that - it doesn't have to be a scary thing. You can take control of it."Jon Voight also recently called his daughter Jolie "very brave" for making the decision to reveal her surgery.Jolie made her first public appearance since the surgery at the recent London premiere of Pitt's zombie movie World War Z.
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Angelina Jolie directing 'Unbroken' to inspire sons
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- Published on Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:39
- Written by My News 4
Actress Angelina Jolie decided to step behind the camera once again to direct a biopic of Olympian-turned-World War II prisoner Louis Zamperini to inspire her three sons.The Salt star has six children with her partner Brad Pitt and hopes her new project Unbroken will be a positive influence on her sons Maddox, 12, Pax, nine, and Knox, who turns five next month.The movie is based on Laura Hillenbrand's book about Zamperini, an American long distance runner who competed at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.After World War II broke out, Zamperini enlisted in the U.S. Army, only to be captured by the Japanese and held prisoner.Jolie tells the Daily Mail, "(Zamperini) was captured during World War II and held by the Japanese. His family and the authorities thought he was dead, but he survived."It's a story of courage and I want to make it for my sons because it's an example of sacrifice and survival against all odds. They'll learn something from it."The actress added she is currently working on the script and casting for the movie but shooting in Hawaii will not take place until the end of the year.Jolie previously directed the hardhitting 2011 movie In the Land of Blood and Honey.
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Joan Rivers Finds Angelina Jolie "Very Brave"—but Now She Can't Joke About "That Dumb Bitch"
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 07:01
- Written by E online
Joan Rivers has an opinion on just about everything—and Angelina Jolie's recent admission that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy is no exception."I think what she did is absolutely, incredibly brave and wonderful for women and women's self-image," the 80-year-old entertainer and Fashion Police host said in an exclusive sit-down with E! News."For all these women that are going through this and going, 'Oh my God, I am not a woman anymore,' here is one of the most beautiful women in the world saying, 'This is what I have done, and I am still Angelina Jolie,'" Rivers gushed about the Oscar winner."She is someone every woman can look up to, saying, 'If she can do it, I can do it,'" the usually far-more-critical comedian continued.But then the Joan we rely on for our weekly dose of starlet-skewering reappeared."It affected me so much I took three jokes out about her in my act. Do you understand how upsetting that is?" she groaned. "That dumb bitch. Those big, stupid vagina lips. And now I can't say anything!" But, on a more serious note, Rivers acknowledges that having one's health is pretty much the thing to be grateful for."I am very, very lucky," she said. "I am 80 years old and I have—big deal—a bad knee, but that goes back to hockey in elementary school...But I am very lucky, very healthy."So I walk out of here and I drop dead, this would be my last interview," she cracked. "You could sell it for a fortune."
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Jon Voight Sends Love To Angelina Jolie After Her Double Mastectomy
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- Published on Sunday, 09 June 2013 10:37
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Jon Voight Sends Love To Angelina Jolie After Her Double Mastectomy: 'I'm Always Going To Be At Her Side'.Jon Voight has praised his daughter Angelina Jolie for publicly revealing that she has had a double mastectomy, with the proud dad sending his daughter a whole lot of love.Angelina announced in May that she had undergone the surgery after learning that she carried the cancer-linked BRCA1 gene that had led to both her mum and aunt dying from breast cancer.Voight opened up about his daughter Jolie's decision to go public on her surgery in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight. "She's a very brave person and I love her deeply. I'm always going to be at her side," Voight gushed."She handles herself very well. She says what she wants to say now."The actor, who has had a difficult relationship with his daughter in the past, went on to praise his daughter's fiance Brad Pitt for always being so supportive of Jolie. "You want your children to be surrounded by love and I like Brad very much," Voight explained.The 74-year-old recently revealed in another interview that he only found out about Angie's surgery after reading it in the papers. “My love and admiration for my daughter can't be explained in words. I saw her two days ago with my son Jamie," he told the New York Daily News last month."We all got together for his birthday, with her and Brad (Pitt). But I didn't know. It wasn't obvious at all. I found out (Tuesday) morning.”“I was as surprised as anyone and deeply moved by the way she’s handled this."
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