Beaming Angelina Jolie braves the rain as she films scenes for fashion drama Stitches in Paris
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2024 10:02
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Angelina Jolie braved the rain with a smile as she wrapped up in a black raincoat while filming her upcoming film Sitches in Paris.The Maleficient star, 49, was snapped bundling up in the hooded garment - although the rainy weather didn't seem to bother her too much.The actress grinned from ear to ear while shooting outdoors in the French capital as she slipped into her new role in Alice Winocour's upcoming project.Angelina stars as American filmmaker Maxine, who arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey, facing challenges and self-discovery. The French movie is 'set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris,' according to Variety.The fashion drama film is written and directed by the Proxima director and stars Louis Garrell, Ella Rumpf, Garance Marillier. The hotly-anticipated film doesn't have a release date yet, but the publication reported it will be filmed in both French and English.The outing comes after Angelina revealed she 'nearly fainted' during filming for for her latest film Maria. The actress recently immersed herself in the world of famed opera singer Maria Callas, taking Italian lessons and studying footage to perfect her graceful posture and lyrical speaking voice.In the film, Angelina’s opera vocals are blended with real recordings of Callas.'When I first started singing, I was faint after almost every time I sang,' she told USA Today: 'I just couldn't quite grasp that my body wasn't strong enough. 'It's like an athlete – it's one of the most physically demanding things you can do.'Maria was directed by Pablo Larrain - who is behind other projects such as Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021).Along with Jolie, other stars that have been cast in the film include Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.In August, the biopic first premiered during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion.The movie had limited theatrical release in the United States beginning on November 27 - before it dropped on Netflix the following month on December 11.The premise of the film is: 'Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life,' per an IMDB synopsis.During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Angelina opened up about portraying Callas and taking singing lessons for the film.'It took many months of singing classes. Months of just getting the singing down and then the Italian classes and then the voice and doing all these things like her. You try to be precise,' she explained.'I would recommend almost every human being take an opera class. To exist and never have sung with your full body as loud as you could possibly sing...'
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Angelina Jolie looks chic in a black velvet co-ord as she attends the screening for her new film Maria in London... after revealing she nearly fainted during filming
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- Published on Sunday, 15 December 2024 09:47
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Angelina Jolie put on a chic display as she attended a screening of her new film, Maria, in London on Saturday.The Maleficent actress, 49 - who has been promoting the biographical psychological drama film based on opera singer Maria Callas - looked youthful as she discussed her latest project on stage at The Ham Yard Hotel. Maria - which has already generated Oscars buzz following the trailer's release - dropped on Netflix on December 11. For the screening, Angelina dazzled in a black velvet two-piece, featuring trousers and a long-sleeve top. She paired the look with sleek black court heels and kept her accessories understated.The star appeared in high spirits as she joined Guy Hendrix Dyas, Massimo Cantini Parrini and Steven Knight on stage.Also at the screening was Game Of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Nathalie Emmanuel.Kit looked dapper in a navy suit, while Nathalie wowed in a pale blue embroidered satin two-piece.It comes after Angelina revealed she 'nearly fainted' during filming for Maria. The actress fully immersed herself in the world of Callas before shooting, taking Italian lessons and studying footage of the iconic opera singer to perfect her graceful posture and lyrical speaking voice.In the film, Angelina’s opera vocals are blended with real recordings of Callas.'When I first started singing, I was faint after almost Everly time I sang,' she told USA Today: 'I just couldn't quite grasp that my body wasn't strong enough. 'It's like an athlete – it's one of the most physically demanding things you can do.'Maria was directed by Pablo Larrain - who is behind other projects such as Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021).Along with Jolie, other stars that have been cast in the film include Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.In August, the biopic first premiered during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion.
The movie had limited theatrical release in the United States beginning on November 27 - before it dropped on Netflix the following month on December 11.The premise of the film is: 'Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life,' per an IMDB synopsis.During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Angelina opened up about portraying Callas and taking singing lessons for the film.'It took many months of singing classes. Months of just getting the singing down and then the Italian classes and then the voice and doing all these things like her. You try to be precise,' she explained.'I would recommend almost every human being take an opera class. To exist and never have sung with your full body as loud as you could possibly sing...'Jolie continued, 'It's something I think we should all feel. It's scary, and it is rarely asked of us. It's rarely asked of us in life to be all that we can be or feel all that we feel.' Two of her children, Maddox, 23, and Pax, 20 - whom she shares with ex Brad Pitt - also helped out on the production.'Mad and Pax were on this one. Doing AD [assistant directing] work. They've done that quite a few times, and I think that's good for them.''Pax tends to do stills and he gets brought in, and [director] Pablo was wonderful and recognized that he was good at it,' she added.Angelina also revealed the reason why she decided to step back in front of the camera - and explained that she didn't need to be home as much for her kids.'They're a bit older, getting more independent. I'm less needed and so able to go away for different periods of time.'She added, 'And they're old enough to join me at work. It's a new season in our lives. I'm very excited for them to be coming into their own more and more every day.'
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Angelina Jolie flashes her chest tattoo as she makes the rare move of discussing her insecurities
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- Published on Friday, 13 December 2024 06:27
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Angelina Jolie is talking about the insecurities she faced when starring as opera singer Maria Callas in the film Maria.This week the Oscar-winning wonder was seen on the cover of Variety's Actors On Actors issue with Wicked star Cynthia Erivo.They discussed how singing opera in Maria helped Jolie find her voice as the siren admitted that for many years she believed she could not sing.That made her feel she was perhaps not good enough to belt out a song in a film, said the star as she wore an ivory suit with her honey blonde hair down. She also flashed her new bird tattoo on her chest.Erivo wore a black top and large white skirt with stylish white pumps in images taken by Alexi Lubomirski as she talked about singing in Wicked.Angelina was candid about her insecurities over singing opera.'I was terrified. But I think it's a gift as an artist—and I know you felt this going into your film as well—when you're just not sure you're able to do it,' she said. 'You're not sure you're good enough. The task, the challenge, is set, and you feel small. It's a gift for an artist…'People keep quoting me because I made, not the mistake—I admitted it was like a therapy. But it really is. 'Because I didn't realize the practice of it and the learning of it is one thing, but it was finding my voice and letting my voice out that was really hard for me. 'And I was really emotional about it. I didn't know how much I had lost my voice. 'Maybe when I lost my mother, maybe when someone hurt me—whatever it was, the different things that had made it smaller and locked it away.;The Mr And Mrs Smith actress said in an earlier interview that someone she was in a relationship with told her she had no voice. 'So finding it and letting it come out was very emotional, and such a feeling that I wish for everybody to have. I wish everybody could know what you feel when you sing at the top of your beautiful voice, and you know what can come out of your body.'And it's not just what you can do for an audience or how you tell a story, it's that you can make that sound. Maria said something—she said she doesn't like to hear records, because they're perfect.'
Jolie also touched on taking her daughter to see Wicked.'I can't not talk about some of the joy of this film that you've made,' said the ex of Brad Pitt.'I remember taking my daughter—a few of my children, but my one daughter—who, when she watched Defying Gravity, I remember that moment. Because as a mom, we want art to have an influence. 'I felt that feeling of "Oh, she needs this—she's feeling this desire to know that there's endless possibility and something within her she hasn't discovered yet."'This was how I was feeling about it in that moment. I loved seeing it live. I loved, loved when it came at the end of this film.'Erivo revealed what it was like singing live for Wicked.'With Broadway, you have to perform to the back of the house. You want them to see everything, you want them to be able to read the emotions, so you have to send it out. When on camera, Jon Chu, our director, took us off track. There were no tracks; we just agreed to sing live on set…When we were doing a song like 'For Good' [for 'Wicked: Part Two'], there'd be silence in my ears, and he'd say, 'You start, and the pianist will come in.' 'We could even include all the breaks in the voice; if it turns into a whisper, then it turns into a whisper, and then you can build from there. That was really the joy of being able to do all of that on set, because you could really connect in the moment, change your mind in the moment.' Erivo on Defying Gravity: 'There was this huge responsibility, because it's such a well-known song. 'And people know it; people love it. I really wanted to mean it. The physical work of it was hard, because I'm in a harness: I'm flying and I'm singing at the same time—so many things are happening. That was new for me, to figure out how my body, my brain, my voice, would all come together to work as one. I felt really proud of being able to figure that physical, practical side of it. But I think in order to get to a point where I could rule the words, I really thought of all of the journey of getting to that moment. 'Not just in the making of this particular project, but the journey I've taken to get to here: being at drama school at 20, putting myself through, finishing at 23, not getting jobs and not really being seen and not really feeling accepted—feeling very odd, very different. And having to figure out how to make my own way through this, because this business is hard, and this business is very hard when you're a Black girl who's singing.'Maria has already been released in movie theaters. It will appear on Netflix on December 11.
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Angelina Jolie admits 'no one has ever taken me seriously as an actress' in heartbreaking admission and thanks her new movie Maria for 'rediscovering her love for acting'
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2024 06:55
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She's one of the most famous actresses in the world, winning multiple accolades for her work.But Angelina Jolie, 49, says she feels she has never been taken seriously in her acting career.Speaking about her new film, where she stars as opera singer Maria Callas, Angelina told the Radio Times: ‘It was a challenge.‘As artists you want to take on something that you are afraid of, that you’re not sure you can do.‘You think about the old interviews there was a fuller conversation that was able to be had.‘I watched Callas’s really old interviews and they spent hours talking to her about her craft.‘Nobody’s ever done that for me. She was taken seriously.‘I haven’t allowed myself to just enjoy [being an artist], because things become about celebrity or business.‘It is a gift to be allowed to live a life as an artist, and this role has helped make me rediscover art and being an artist. I am rediscovering that through Maria.’Angelina said she spent months learning to sing opera to play Maria Callas and in the film, her voice is mixed with Callas’s own.On Monday, she was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her role as Maria.Talking about the training, she said: ‘You really can’t fake opera. It doesn’t work. It has to be like a full-body thing for it to happen.The thing with opera is you have to sing it pretty loud. I’ve had my moments when everybody’s gone out, because then I get to be loud.‘I was not sure I was ready to visit that level of truth and pain. I can see her (Maria’s) love of her work, but I can see also that there was a level of pressure and pain.’ She added that she found singing opera to be a form of therapy.‘I would recommend it for anybody. When people go through things in their life it stores in their body. It gets in your stomach and your posture changes - but to sing opera you have to unlock all those parts.‘I became very emotional because when you start to let it out it’s very, very primal.’Angelina has starred in the likes of Maleficent, Mr & Mrs Smith and last month it was revealed that the Oscar-winning actress will star in the film Stitches that is ‘set in the world of high fashion’ in Europe.She shares three biological children with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 60 - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19.It has been reported that Maddox and Pax do not talk to their father while Shiloh has gone so far as to have Pitt removed from her last name. Zahara does not seem to use Pitt either.Brad’s ex Angelina filed divorce from him in 2016 after she claimed that he acted inappropriately on a flight to the US.The two are still battling over custody issues to this day as they war over their Chateau Miraval property in France.
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Angelina Jolie steps out in Paris after receiving her ninth Golden Globe nomination as she takes a break from filming new movie Stitches
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2024 17:51
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Angelina Jolie cut a stylish figure in a long wool camel coat as she stepped out in Paris on Monday, taking a break from filming her new film Stitches.The actress, 49, looked incredible as she opted for a coordinated midi skirt beneath her coat and kept comfortable in a pair of black ballet pumps. Angelina toted her belongings in a large tan handbag and carried a reusable coffee flask. Leaving her long blonde tresses loose, the American star wore a large pair of aviator sunglasses as she explored the French capital. Her outing comes hours after Angelina was nominated for a Golden Globe for a ninth time.The actress landed a Best Performance By A Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama nod for playing opera singer Maria Callas in the movie titled Maria. Angelina will compete with Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl, Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, Tilda Swinton for The Girl Next Door, Fernanda Torres for I'm Still Here and Kate Winslet for Lee.Other projects Angelina was nominated for were George Wallace, Gia, Girl Interrupted, A Mighty Heart, Changeling, The Tourist, In The Land Of Blood And Honey and First They Killed My Father.She won for the first three.The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 5, 2025.It comes after Angelina went barefoot on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week after suffering a painful accident the day before.She made her first late-night appearance in more than a decade to talk about her new Netflix movie Maria and her Tony award-winning production of The Outsiders: A New Musical.
As she made her grand entrance into the studio to a revised version of Dolly Parton's Jolene, it was immediately noticeable that Angelina wasn't wearing any shoes.And host Jimmy, 50, was quick to point out her naked feet soon after she took a seat.'I noticed that you're barefoot,' he observed. 'Did you forget your shoes?' Explaining her outfit choice, Angelina revealed: 'I broke my toe yesterday and I tried to find a comfortable shoe, but I just decided not to.''No, you don't have to wear shoes!' Jimmy exclaimed. 'Just be comfortable. We're just happy you're here.' Last month it was revealed that the Oscar-winning actress will star in the film that is 'set in the world of high fashion' in Europe. The French film is from director Alice Winocour and it will shoot in both French and English, according to Variety.Angelina 'stars in the movie as a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week.'The film is under Charles Gillibert's Paris-based banner CG Cinema. They will produce in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media.Angelina was last in Paris for the filming of Maria, in which she played the iconic Greek opera singer Maria Callas during her final days in the 1970s.The movie world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was celebrated by a eight-minute standing ovation.The thespian is tipped to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar her role in the film.She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted, with the star last nominated in 2009 for The Changeling.Angelina recently admitted winning an Oscar for Maria would be a bonus.
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