Angelina Jolie holds hands with daughter Zahara, 17, as they pick up some bargains in Zara during time off from directing Without Blood in Rome
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2022 10:59
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She is currently in Rome directing her new upcoming film, Without Blood.And Angelina Jolie enjoyed a well-earned day off from filming the movie with her daughter Zahara, 17, as they were spotted doing some retail therapy in the Italian city on Sunday afternoon.The actress and director, 47, held hands with Zahara as they strolled the paved streets, before picking up some items in high street favourite Zara during their shopping spree.Angelina kept cool in an effortlessly chic ensemble, which consisted of a loose-fitting white top and wide-legged trousers, with tan slip on Valentino sandals with gold detailing.Her top's low-cut back revealed her extensive array of tattoos.The mother of six wore her brunette tresses swept up into a clip and sported a pair of stylish sunglasses, while toting a giant Yves Saint Laurent bag on her shoulder, which retails for £3,150 online.Inside the store, Angelina could be seen eyeing up a series of items, including a pair of neutrally toned loose-fitting trousers and a sweatshirt in the same shade.On the street, Angelina and Zahara appeared in jubilant spirits as they laughed and joked during their girly out together on one of Angelina's days off.Zahara was wearing an eye-catching geometric print midi skirt with a cropped black top and a pair of Converse trainers, accessorised with some silver hoop earrings.Her black hair was styled in braids and she covered her face with a mask. Angelina and Zahara were every inch the typical mother-daughter duo as they help up items in Zara to show each other, with Angelina admiring a cream and black polka dot top.According to onlookers, they also paid a trip to Valentino and TECH IT EASY interior store, where Angelina is said to have bought a rabbit lamp.Following their shopping spree, they were seen getting into a black taxi with a large Zara carrier bag, full of items from their high street haul.Angelina will no doubt be back on set this week as she continues to shoot Without Blood, which is based on the international-bestselling novel of the same name by Italian writer Alessandro Baricc.Angelina set to write, direct and produce the harrowing thriller.While the detailed plot of the film has not been revealed, the book focuses on the brutality of war, and a young girl's search for healing after an act of violence occurs. Mexican actor Demián Bichir is also set to star in the film alongside Salma.Speaking after the film was announced, Angelina said: 'I'm honoured to be here in Italy to bring this very special material to film, and to have been entrusted by Alessandro Baricco with the adaptation of his book — with its unique poetry and emotion and way of looking at war, and the questions it poses about what we search for after trauma or loss or injustice'.
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Angelina Jolie takes charge while directing new movie Without Blood in Rome - while star Salma Hayek takes time out from filming the tense war-themed scenes to smoke
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- Published on Friday, 24 June 2022 11:40
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They touched down in Rome recently to being filming for new film Without Blood.And while director Angelina Jolie was spotted making herself comfortable behind the camera on Thursday, Salma Hayek took a time out from the seemingly tense filming as she lit up a cigarette.47-year-old Angelina, who is taking a step back acting and focusing on filmmaking, appeared in her element as she got into work mode.While Salma, 55, had a cigarette by her trailer - before heading on set for a pre-scene talk with Angelina.Clad with headphones and a radio, Angelina sported a casual look for the working day - with a pair of wide leg trousers and a cream cami top.She appeared bare faced, covering her eyes with a pair of dark sunglasses, as a face covering hung on her elbow.Angelina appeared busy as she chatted with staff and organised the set, swarmed by the movie's crew while she took charge.Over at her trailer, Salma prepared to film - with her hair tucked away in pin curls as they set.She sported a casual loungewear co-ord in khaki, as the actress lit up a cigarette outside of the trailer.After an outfit change into a taupe tapered coat, Salma was in character and headed to the set, where she appeared stern faced during a conversation with Angelina.The pair faced each other, as a makeup artist performed touch ups on Salma's face while they chatted. Without Blood is based on the international-bestselling novel of the same name by Italian writer Alessandro Baricc - with Angelina set to write, direct and produce it. While the detailed plot of the film has not been revealed, the book focuses on the brutality of war, and a young girl's search for healing after an act of violence occurs. Mexican actor Demián Bichir is also set to star in the film alongside Salma.Speaking after the film was announced, Angelina said: 'I'm honoured to be here in Italy to bring this very special material to film, and to have been entrusted by Alessandro Baricco with the adaptation of his book — with its unique poetry and emotion and way of looking at war, and the questions it poses about what we search for after trauma or loss or injustice'.
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Angelina Jolie gets back in the director's chair for her new drama Without Blood with Salma Hayek in Rome - after her ex Brad Pitt mused on his life since their split
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2022 09:55
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Angelina Jolie got back in the director's chair for her latest film Without Blood in Rome on Wednesday.The actress, 47, who is stepping behind the camera for the first time in five years, was seen offering her guidance for star Salma Hayek as filming kicked off for the period drama in an area close to the iconic Colosseum.It comes as Angelina's ex-husband Brad Pitt revealed he has embraced a life of abstinence and sobriety after the couple's surprise divorce in 2016.Dressed for the warm Italian weather, Angelina cut an elegant figure in a relaxed white vest top and flared trousers as she arrived on set for filming.The star donned a straw hat as she directed the film's cast for the dramatic scenes.Meanwhile Salma donned a black velvet A-line dress with a white overcoat as she prepared to film the scenes on a flight of stairs in the city. The star later changed into a more revealing black velvet dress with buttons along the bodice, teamed with an elegant pearl necklace. Without Blood is based on the novel by Italian writer Alessandro Baricco and is set in the aftermath of an unidentified conflict. The film is billed as exploring 'universal truths about war, trauma, memory and healing.' Speaking after the film was announced, Angelina said: 'I'm honoured to be here in Italy to bring this very special material to film, and to have been entrusted by Alessandro Baricco with the adaptation of his book — with its unique poetry and emotion and way of looking at war, and the questions it poses about what we search for after trauma or loss or injustice,' It comes as Angelina's ex-husband Brad revealed he has embraced a life of abstinence that began shortly after their divorce was finalised in 2016. Speaking to the latest edition of British GQ, Pitt, 58, insisted emotional turmoil and deep sadness are an inevitable part of growth. 'I think all our hearts are broken,' he said. 'I always felt very alone in my life, alone growing up as a kid, alone even out here, and it's really not till recently that I have had a greater embrace of my friends and family. 'What's that line, it was either Rilke or Einstein, believe it or not, but it was something about when you can walk with the paradox, when you carry real pain and real joy simultaneously, this is maturity, this is growth.' Newly divorced, the actor spent 18-months attending regular Alcoholics Anonymous meetings while embracing the group's core principles of abstinence from all mind altering substances, and honesty regarding the nature of addiction. 'I had a really cool men's group here that was really private and selective, so it was safe,' he explained. 'Because I'd seen things of other people who had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and that's just atrocious to me.' Pitt, a lifelong smoker, also made the decision to cut cigarettes out of his life, opting instead to substitute tobacco with nicotine flavoured gum. The actor has moved on following his divorce and has since been romantically linked with Nicole Poturalski, while winning plaudits - and awards - for his role as hapless stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
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Angelina Jolie dons a black face mask and gauzy white ensemble as she directs her upcoming film Without Blood on location in Italy
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 June 2022 03:33
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Angelina Jolie was spotted on the set of her next directorial outing Without Blood on Monday.The 47-year-old actress donned a gauzy white ensemble and covered her face with a black mask as she mingled with production crew at a fortified farmhouse in Crispiano, Italy. The Academy Award winner's airy outfit was comprised of a sleeveless long top that featured a sheer-paneled collar and wide-legged pants.The brunette beauty wore her long locks tied back into a low topknot underneath a straw hat that had a black ribbon.The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star accessorized with a delicate gold necklace and a gold watch.The Eternals performer was surrounded by production staff as she walked around the grounds of the fortified farmhouse, which known as a 'masseria' in the Puglia region of Italy. She was seen standing next to an older actor who appeared to have bloody makeup on his forehead. Last week, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed that production on the movie was underway.Per THR, Angelina is writing and producing the project with filming taking place in the Puglia and Basilicata regions of southern Italy. The three-time Golden Globe winner also wrote the screenplay which is based the best-selling novel of the same name by Italian author Alessandro Baricco.Angelina's Eternals costar Salma Hayek Pinault and Mexican actor Demián Bichir are set to star in the film, which is described as 'the story of a girl's quest for revenge and healing during a time of conflict.'In a statement, the Salt star said 'I'm honored to be here in Italy to bring this very special material to film, and to have been entrusted by Alessandro Baricco with the adaptation of his book — with its unique poetry and emotion and way of looking at war, and the questions it poses about what we search for after trauma or loss or injustice.'Without Blood will be produced by Freemantle, Jolie Productions, The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, and De Maio Entertainment with Freemantle handling distribution.The movie is the first project of a three-year deal that Angelina struck with Freemantle to star in and produce multiple films, TV shows and documentaries. In a statement, the Maleficent star said the 'freedom to tell important stories and bring them to a global audience' is at the heart of the deal. She added: 'I am excited to be working with such a passionate and forward-looking team that has an international perspective.'According to Deadline, the projects handed to Jolie in the deal will be decided on a 'case-by-case basis' as she 'seeks to tell stories that are sophisticated, powerful and internationally focused, including local language projects.' Fremantle's Global CEO Jennifer Mullin said: 'Fremantle and Angelina share the passion and ambition of telling compelling stories from everywhere in the world, for everyone in the world.''We embrace and support the creative independence of our partners and look forward to working with Angelina to bring powerful and unique stories to a global audience.'
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Outraged Brad Pitt accuses Angelina Jolie of selling her half of his beloved Miraval French winery to Russian oligarch with 'poisonous associations' and 'cutthroat business tactics' to 'inflict harm' on him in retaliation over custody fight
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 June 2022 04:32
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The battle of the exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has taken a dark new turn.Pitt, 58, has accused the Maleficent actress of trying to damage him by secretly selling her stake in his French vineyard to 'a Russian oligarch' with 'poisonous intentions' - which allegedly include a plan to take complete control of the multi-million dollar business - according to legal documents exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com.Jolie, 47, sold half of the thriving Chateau Miraval winery to a company run by Yuri Shefler, the owner of the company that makes the flagship Russian vodka Stolichnaya - renamed Stoli. Having made 'desperate attempts to disassociate himself from the Putin regime, the Stoli brand is now a massive international liability,' the papers allege, citing Putin's invasion of Ukraine.'Stolichnaya has been the object of boycotts throughout the world. 'The US Treasury Department designated Shefler as an "oligarch in the Russian Federation" in an unclassified report to Congress made pursuant to the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017,' according to the documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 3.The South of France chateau, where the couple wed in 2014, became Pitt's 'passion' and under his guidance has become one of the world's most highly-regarded producers of rosé wine, according to the court papers.But in October 2021, Jolie 'purported to sell her interest to Tenute del Mondo, a hostile third-party competitor bent on taking control of Miraval', the papers filed by Pitt's attorneys claim.Jolie's motivation for the sale was to 'inflict harm on Pitt,' the papers allege.And sources point out that the timing of the sale was linked to a judge's decision to issue a tentative ruling giving Pitt 50/50 custody in the couple's bitter custody battle over their five minor children at the time.'Jolie was livid,' one source told DailyMail.com, 'and vindictive.' The company is a subsidiary of Stoli Group, meaning it is 'indirectly owned' by Shefler, who is based in the United Kingdom. 'Jolie pursued and then consummated the purported sale in secret, purposely keeping Pitt in the dark, and knowingly violating Pitt's contractual rights,' the star's attorneys continue.'By doing so, Jolie sought to seize profits she had not earned and returns on an investment she did not make. Also through the purported sale, Jolie sought to inflict harm on Pitt.'Jolie knew and intended that Shefler and his affiliates would try to control the business Pitt had built and to undermine Pitt's investment in Miraval.'The Fight Club star's attorneys say those fears were immediately realized.'And just as Jolie envisioned, that is exactly what Shefler has done,' they outline in their first amended complaint document.'Since claiming to acquire Jolie's interest in Miraval, Shefler has launched a hostile takeover of the wine business, destabilizing Miraval's operations and seeking access to Miraval's confidential and proprietary information for the benefit of his competing enterprise.'At the same time, Miraval's association with Shefler—who has gained notoriety through cutthroat business tactics and dubious professional associations—jeopardizes the reputation of the brand Pitt so carefully built,' the documents state.'All of this is the direct result of Jolie's unlawful and tortious conduct. In violation of the parties' agreement, Jolie has sought to force Pitt into partnership with a stranger, and worse yet, a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions.'
The filing also claims the sale violates an agreement the couple made at the outset of their partnership in the 1,000-acre Chateau Miraval estate, which they bought in 2008 and is in Correns, near Aix-en-Provence. It gave Pitt first refusal to buy her stake if she wanted to sell, the judge has been told.And this latest legal battle between the warring exes is further complicated by a dispute over the size of Jolie's stake.Miraval is owned by Quimicum, a company in which Pitt originally held a 60 per cent share through his entity Mondo Bongo while Jolie held 40 per cent through her company Nouvel.Three years before he and Jolie split in 2016, Pitt transferred ten per cent of Mondo Bongo's shares to Nouvel, making them 50/50 stakeholders in Quimicum.But according to the lawsuit, the ten per cent transfer is void as the shares were 'sold' for only 1 Euro and not a 'serious' amount as required by Luxembourg law.Pitt has also hit out at the timing of Jolie's sale of Nouvel, linking it with a judge's decision to issue a tentative ruling giving him 50/50 custody in the couple's bitter custody battle over their five minor children at the time.His attorneys say that originally, buyout negotiations for Miraval, worth $164million, had begun between the stars and were proceeding in April 2021.'The negotiations progressed to a very advanced stage, and the parties even reached an agreement on price,' they write.'In May 2021, however, the judge appointed to preside over the couple's custody proceedings issued a detailed tentative ruling—following a weeks-long trial—finding that Jolie was not credible and that the existing custody order required modification, at Pitt's request, in the best interests of Pitt and Jolie's children.'They add that 'in the wake of that ruling, and notwithstanding that the parties were on the cusp of striking a deal on a buyout of Jolie's stake, Jolie's representatives abruptly informed Pitt' a month later that talks were at an end.The reps also 'disingenuously accused Pitt of having no intent of finalizing an agreement'.'As one of Jolie's letters summed it up', write the lawyers, 'we consider ourselves free from any negotiations with you,' and 'free to pursue any other transactions that we would deem appropriate to undertake'.'The famous couple, dubbed Brangelina, bought the chateau as a home to share with their six children as well as a vineyard to run as a family business, the papers say.However, the estate was in dire straits and leaking money due to its previous owner. Pitt then formed an association with renowned winemaker Marc Perrin to reinvent it into a world-class enterprise.'The vineyard became Pitt's passion—and a profitable one, as Miraval, under Pitt's stewardship, has grown into a multimillion-dollar global business and one of the world's most highly regarded producers of rosé wine,' say the papers. Jolie, on the other hand, was a bystander, claim the lawyers.
The Maleficent star 'meanwhile contributed nothing to Miraval's success,' they write.'Instead, she allowed Pitt to pour money and sweat equity into the business in reliance on the consent right she owed him and a right of first refusal her business entity owed his.' The first wine by the joint venture, Miraval Rosé 2012, 'was an instant success'. Its first 6,000 bottles sold out online within five hours. Expert publication Wine Spectator awarded it a coveted spot on its Top 100 of 2013 list—the first rosé to ever appear on the list, said the paperwork.Miraval's sales rocketed and merchants resorted to being on waiting lists for its latest wines.Though she benefitted from Miraval's success, Jolie had no involvement in these efforts,' say Pitt's lawyers.'As she herself stated in court documents, 'I regarded the house as my home, and I used it for meetings related to my international work.' She did not contribute to the growth of the business.'By 2019, three years after the couple split, Miraval wines were being sold in 65 countries and success has continued, say Pitt's lawyers.'Pitt—through significant financial investment and years of sweat equity—has built a highly successful family-owned business,' the legal papers state. 'Miraval has correspondingly grown massively in value since 2008 and is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.'Meanwhile, Jolie has not returned to Miraval since filing for divorce in 2016. She did nothing to drive the growth of its business. Instead, she allowed Pitt to make these investments and devote himself to the business in reliance on the consent right she owed him…'Miraval's success and associated rise in value offered Jolie an opportunity to capitalize on Pitt's success and cash out, without contributing anything at all to the enterprise…. Pitt was prepared to buy Jolie out, either in whole or in part, on reasonable terms.Shefler, Soviet-born and with British and Israeli citizenship, was watching that success from afar.And the owner of the SPI Group, which sells alcohol in 160 countries, seized on the Brangelina divorce news in 2016 to make a 60 million euro bid for Miraval, the papers say. He also offered a 'bizarre sweetener' for Pitt of a 50 million euro private jet on 'very attractive terms'.The offer was rebuffed, but in early 2021 Shefler's associates came back and had a meeting with Pitt. However, the star confirmed he had no interest in a deal.'Jolie had thus sold Nouvel not just to a stranger but to the very stranger with whom Pitt and Miraval had refused to deal,' write the attorneys.'No one affiliated with Stoli or Tenute del Mondo ever contacted Pitt before the announcement of the purported sale. Nor did Jolie seek Pitt's consent to the transaction or even offer to sell Nouvel to Pitt on the same terms as she purportedly sold to Tenute del Mondo.'To the contrary, Jolie and Shefler hid the discussions and declined to disclose the terms of the contemplated deal to Pitt at all. Pitt still does not know what those terms are.' Pitt's attorneys have also linked Shefler in their document to Putin, whose February invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of innocent civilians. 'Shefler also maintains personal and professional relationships with individuals in Vladimir Putin's inner circle,' they allege in court documents.
But the vodka the tycoon publicly criticized the Putin regime following the invasion of Ukraine – and said he was exiled from his homeland.He was changing the name of his vodka from Stolichnaya to Stoli in direct response to Moscow's war, he said in a media release.'While I have been exiled from Russia since 2000 due to my opposition to Putin, I have remained proud of the Stolichnaya brand,' he said.Pitt accuses Jolie, Shefler, Oliynik, SPI Group and Tenute del Mundo in the law suit of two counts of breach of contract, breaching good faith, and tortious interference with contractual relations. He is demanding a jury trial.The once feted showbiz couple have six children – Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16 and twins Knox and Vivienne, 13.Despite Pitt's 50/50 custody victory just before Jolie decided to sell her stake in Marival, he was later stripped of having joint parental control. And in October 2021, a judge denied his petition to review that ruling.
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