Angelina Jolie breaks down in tears as she pays tribute to her late mother while accepting the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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- Published on Saturday, 08 February 2025 07:44
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Angelina Jolie broke down in tears as she paid tribute to her late mother Marcheline Bertrand at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday night.The Hollywood star, 49, received the event's highest honour, the Maltin Modern Master Award, for her incredible accomplishments in the film industry.She took to the stage to accept the prestigious gong and became overwhelmed with emotion when discussing her beloved mother Marcheline during her speech.Angelina choked back tears as she praised Marcheline for always supporting her acting career after she gave up her own dreams of becoming a creative.She also moved the audience when she revealed Marcheline used to write letters to all of her characters, something she misses since her mother's death in 2007.'I'm very thankful to be a part of this community, many people go through life without a creative outlet,' Angelina shared.'I think of my mother, she had to give up her dreams of a creative life but she embraced that side of mine.'My mother would write letters to my characters - Dear Gia, Dear Lisa Rowe, Dear Lara Croft - and for the last 16 years, I haven't had those letters.'Angelina said she wonders what her mother would write to her latest character, real life opera singer Maria Callas, who she portrayed in the 2024 musical biopic, Maria.'I try to imagine sometimes what she would write, and she would probably have told Maria that she loved her because Maria had many things but she never had a mother's love,' she went on.'I would be absolutely nothing without mine. She passed away many years ago at this time of year, so it's always this weather that reminds me of her.'And that feeling and that sensibility that makes that actually hard for me is part of what is my work and what connects many artists to their work, and I know I'm not alone in this.'Marcheline died at the age of 56 on January 27, 2007, after an eight-year battle with ovarian and breast cancer.As well as Angelina, Marcheline also shared a son, James Haven, with her ex-husband, actor Jon Voight.Marcheline pursued her own career in the movie industry, auditioning tirelessly for theatre roles in Chicago and film gigs in Los Angeles before stepping back to raise her two children.
Angelina has previously told how she originally pursued acting as a career to achieve her mother's dreams, making she doesn't recall 'making the choice' herself.'I did it in the beginning because... it was my mother's dream,' she told W Magazine. 'But by the time my mom was 25, she was divorced with two kids and she decided she would focus her life solely on motherhood.'She loved being being a stay-at-home mom, but she really wanted me to be an actress so I don't remember making the choice to be an actress. I remembered it made my mom happy.'In 1982, then six-year-old Angelina made her acting debut alongside her father in Lookin' to Get Out and she has since carved out a hugely successful career in Hollywood.On Wednesday night, Angelina was honoured for her impressive work as an actress and filmmaker at the 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.She was the 2025 recipient of the Maltin Modern Master Award, which is the festival's most prestigious honour.Named after film critic Leonard Maltin, the award goes to actors who have 'enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry'.For the occasion, Angelina showed off her incredible figure in a simple white silk gown as she stormed the red carpet ahead of accepting the top gong. She gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of black stiletto heels and accessorised with a silver thumb ring.Her huge win comes after she was snubbed in the 2025 Oscar nominations, failing to receive a Best Actress nod for Maria despite soaring to critical acclaim in the role.The celebratory night proved to be a star-studded affair as the likes of Kathy Ireland and Ava DuVernay also showed up in support of Angelina. Leonard Maltin was also on hand for the award festivities, which were renamed after him in 201
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son Pax, 21, involved in ANOTHER e-bike crash after riding around with no hands
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2025 04:34
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son Pax, 21, has been involved in another e-bike crash after riding hands free. The budding photographer was riding his purple-and-black two-wheeler when he smashed into a white hatch-back car in Hollywood on Friday morning just before noon. The nepo child was alone and riding an e-bike with a motorcycle helmet on as he was dressed in a mauve hoodie and dark slacks with white sneakers.The e-bike looked just like the one he used when he crashed in July in a nearby area. The e-bike seemed to sustain damage like a wheel that would not roll straight. Pax struggled to move it properly as he closely inspected it. It is not known if the Maria photographer was physically hurt but he did not appear to be in pain as he walked around easily after the incident. After talking to the male driver and female passenger of the white dented car for a while, the two parties exchanged phone numbers and their separate ways. Before the accident took place, Pax was seen riding his e-bike without holding onto the handlebars. At one point he rested his gloved hands in his lap. Pax's July e-bike accident was pretty serious as it left him with cuts on his face. He suffered 'complex trauma' in the collision with a car on July 29 in Los Angeles and sported an arm cast soon after. Angelina has been by Pax's side at the hospital since he crashed into a car in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, TMZ claimed. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. A source told the site that witnesses initially believed Pax had died in the crash as he laid lifeless on the ground. Pax regained consciousness after paramedics arrived on the scene. Page Six reported that this was not the first time the young man has been involved in incidents involving two and four wheeled vehicles. Two months before the July e-bike accident he wrecked his Tesla. Just before midnight on May 19, he reportedly drove his car into a box truck outside of RED Studios in Hollywood.The incident was uncovered via the studio's accident report and while Pax wasn't hurt in the crash, his car was seemingly 'totaled.'
Officers on the scene reported that Pax wasn't under the influence and no report was taken. 'His friends are concerned about him,' an insider told TMZ last year alleging, 'He's being reckless. They're worried. 'He has had a string of car crashes,' the source asserted. 'It's not great. Pax is a troubled kid, and Angelina is doing her best to help him.'In recent months, Pax has been spotted around Los Angeles riding on a Talaria Sting R MX4 electric bike, which costs around $3,000, though it's not known if that was the same bike he crashed. He is regularly seen not wearing a helmet when he is spotted out riding the bike in public. California state laws require all bike and motorcycle riders under 18 to wear helmets, but it's unclear if the type of bike Pax was riding at the time would have required him to wear a helmet. This comes after Jolie was reportedly been left 'devastated' after failing to secure an Oscar nomination for her role in the Maria biopic. The 49-year-old has won huge critical praise and a Golden Globe nod for portraying opera legend Maria Callas as she spent months learning to sing for the performance. But she was left out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2025 best actress nominees announced on Thursday, despite huge expectations she would be included.An Oscars source told Page Six: 'Angelina will be devastated… look at all the press she did for the film – she wanted to get nominated. 'She did Jimmy Fallon, her first late-night show in over a decade. She even went to the Gotham Awards. She did all these magazine covers.' A second Hollywood awards insider suggested the snub could have wider implications. They added: 'It wasn't great for Angelina – or Netflix.' Another source tied the decision to leave Angelina out of the Oscar nominations to her public divorce from Pitt, which was finalized in December after years of legal disputes between the pair. The insider added to Page Six: 'This just shows that Hollywood is Team Brad. Nobody was going to go against Brad and give Angelina a vote … people just love Brad.' Maria, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, focuses on Maria Callas' final days before her death in 1977. Angelina has spoken of making the singer's anguish 'personal to me' – with her sons Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, working as production assistants on the project. The actress has reflected on the emotional toll of playing Maria Callas, telling the BBC: 'The character has a lot of pain and (my sons) have of course seen me go through a lot of things, but they hadn't experienced me expressing a lot of the pain that usually a parent hides from a child.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh, 18, attends dance class after parents finalized divorce
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- Published on Thursday, 23 January 2025 04:44
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh cut a casual figure as she was seen leaving dance class in LA this week.Shiloh, 18, who has previously wowed with her dance moves, wore a blue hoodie and grey joggers and Air Jordans.She carried a rucksack and her keys, with her blonde locks pulled back from her face. The teenager was the spitting image of her famous parents as she made her way to her car. The sighting comes just weeks after her parents finalized their divorce at the end of this year. Angelina filed for divorce from Brad in September 2016 – after just two years of marriage. Angelina and Brad later released a joint statement declaring that they would keep all divorce proceedings private for the sake of their children.They said: 'The parties and their counsel have signed agreements to preserve the privacy rights of their children and family by keeping all court documents confidential and engaging a private judge to make any necessary legal decisions and to facilitate the expeditious resolution of any remaining issues.'The parents are committed to act as a united front to effectuate recovery and reunification.'They were declared legally single in 2019 but were locked in a lengthy battle over custody and legal issues over their French estate and winery, Château Miraval, following their split.The former couple also share Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.Now Angelina is set to walk away $80 million richer after dragging Brad 'through the ringer' in their eight-year divorce battle.A source told DailyMail.com that Brad, 61, is 'relieved that this weight is finally lifted from him. He is no longer bound in any way to his marriage with Angelina. She has really put him through the ringer and he is just glad this portion is done.'Brad - who makes $20 to $30 million per movie, has several multi-million business ventures and sponsorship deals, a vast real estate portfolio, and other lucrative investments - has a net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Angelina, 49, is still one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, earning between $20 million and $35 million per film, Cosmopolitan reported.She also launched her own arts and fashion collective, Atelier Jolie, last year, but little is known about the company's finances.The former spouses signed a prenuptial agreement prior to their 2014 marriage that stated in the event of a divorce, they agreed to keep the individual assets that they each had prior to their marriage and split their joint capital. In August 2024 Shiloh legally dropped her father's surname.Shiloh, who hired and paid for her own lawyer when she filed to drop the Pitt name on her 18th birthday in May, filed to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.There have been long custody battles which ended eventually in a victory for Pitt, who got 50-50 custody in 2021 only to have it overturned on appeal.He’s had a judge intervene to tell Angelina she mustn’t listen in on his mobile phone calls with the children. The judge has also ordered ‘reunification therapy’ for Pitt and the kids.The actor set up a skate park in his home for Shiloh, and more recently an art studio to reflect their common interest in art.He’s sent cars and security to ferry the children from her home to his whenever there is an allotted custody visit. Sadly, none of it has brought them closer.In fact son Pax said in an Instagram post in 2016 that all four of the youngest children – that’s including Shiloh – ‘tremble with fear in his presence.’ The two elder ones were at that point already declining point blank to see him.
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Angelina Jolie looks like an average mom as she gets organic groceries with Knox, only her outfit costs $5K
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 04:51
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Angeline Jolie went on a big grocery run with one of her sons on Sunday in Los Angeles. The actress, 49, who was seen quietly visiting a World Central Kitchen site amid the recent fires in the region, was spotted taking several bags of food out to her car at the Lazy Acres market in the Los Feliz area. The Oscar winner was seen in one of her go-to chic looks, wearing a black coat over a black dress with black ballet flats and carrying a purse. Every piece was from a high-end fashion designer and the total price tag hovers around $5,000.Her long, highlighted hair was pulled back in a loose chignon, and she appeared to be wearing little makeup behind her dark designer sunglasses. The Maria star accompanied by her son Knox, 16, who looked casual in a pair of khaki shorts, a white T-shirt and sneakers. Jolie welcomed friends who were forced to evacuate in the wake of the deadly LA fires. In a video obtained January 10 by DailyMail.com she said, 'We're having people at our house.'When asked if she planned to donate towards fire relief efforts, she said: 'Yeah I will, right now I'm taking care of people close to me and having them at my house.'The actress lives in the Hollywood compound once owned by famed director Cecil B. DeMille. She bought the 11,000-square-foot Beaux-Arts estate in 2017, shortly after her split from Brad Pitt. Their rocky divorce was finalized last month.Jolie has spent much of her life in service to others. She served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations from 2001-2012, and as a Special Envoy from 2012-2022.She stepped down from the post some two years ago to focus on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues, including the plight of refugees and forced displacement. As she approaches 50, the timeless beauty said she looks forward to marking another turn around the sun. In an interview with British Vogue in 2021, she said, 'I do like being older. I feel much more comfortable in my 40s than I did when I was younger.'Maybe because … I don’t know … maybe because my mom didn't live very long, so there’s something about age that feels like a victory instead of a sadness for me.' Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died in 2007 at age 56 from breast and ovarian cancer.The actress, announced she had undergone a double mastectomy in 2013, revealing she had chosen to do so because DNA testing revealed she carried the BRCA1 gene, which increases the risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer.With the Hollywood awards season in full swing, Jolie has been nominated for multiple awards for her performance in Maria.She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as the late opera star Maria Callas, but lost to Fernanda Torres for her work in I'm Still Here.Jolie has been nominated for a Best Actress Critics Choice Award. The ceremony, which was scheduled for January 12, was pushed back due to the dangers from the fires and was set to take place January 26. The actress was not nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, but she could be up for another Oscar. The Academy Awards nominations were scheduled to take place Thursday.
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Angelina Jolie's son Knox towers over her on grocery store trip after her $80million Brad Pitt divorce victory
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 January 2025 12:10
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Angelina Jolie's son Knox towered over his mother during a family grocery run on Tuesday.The 16-year-old, whose father is Brad Pitt, was a good head taller than his mother while shopping at Lazy Acres with Jolie and his twin sister Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 16. he trio were seen arriving to the health food store before emerging carrying bags of groceries. Knox clutched a watermelon in addition to a grocery bag.As usual, Angelina, 49, exuded sophistication in a tan coat paired with ankle-length black dress and matching flats. The Tomb Raider star worked her usual pair of large sunglasses and let her blonde hair cascaded down in a straight style. Her essentials were fashionably toted about in a quilted black clutch.It comes after just weeks after Angelina and Brad finalized their divorce at the end of last year.As usual, Angelina, 49, exuded sophistication in a tan coat paired with ankle-length black dress and matching flats.Now Angelina is set to walk away $80 million richer after dragging Brad 'through the ringer' in their eight-year divorce battle.The A-list stars, who met while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004, finalized their divorce this week despite their bitter court battle over Chateau Miraval - the French chateau and vineyard they once jointly owned - still ongoing.A source told DailyMail.com that Brad, 61, is 'relieved that this weight is finally lifted from him. He is no longer bound in any way to his marriage with Angelina. She has really put him through the ringer and he is just glad this portion is done.' rad - who makes $20 to $30 million per movie, has several multi-million business ventures and sponsorship deals, a vast real estate portfolio, and other lucrative investments - has a net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Angelina, 49, is still one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, earning between $20 million and $35 million per film, Cosmopolitan reported. She also launched her own arts and fashion collective, Atelier Jolie, last year, but little is known about the company's finances. The former spouses signed a prenuptial agreement prior to their 2014 marriage that stated in the event of a divorce, they agreed to keep the individual assets that they each had prior to their marriage and split their joint capital. However, it appears that the divorce itself has proved to be quite lucrative for the Maria actress. Two years after their split, in 2018, Brad loaned Angelina $8 million to buy the Los Angeles mansion that she currently lives in. At the time he had paid over $1.3 million in bills for her and their six kids - Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16. A source has since told DailyMail.com: 'Jolie will be repaying the $8 million house loan by January 31.'
In 2021, Angelina sold a Winston Churchill painting for $11.5 million at an auction for Christie's. The painting, titled Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque, was a gift to Angelina by Brad and is believed to be Churchill's only World War II-era landscape.The bulk of her post-divorce earnings came in 2021, when she sold 50 percent of the Château Miraval estate to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division the Stoli Group, for $64 million.'They purchased Miraval with the intent of keeping it 100 percent in the family,' a source close to Brad said. 'They were going to hand this down for their children so that one day they could run the business, and it would provide all of them a lucrative and stable future.' Angelina's attorney told DailyMail.com of the divorce: 'More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. 'She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family. 'This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.' Brad and Angelina did purchase a home together in the New Orleans French quarter in 2007 for $3.5 million, but according to velvetropers.com sold it after their divorce for $4.9 million. The couple also reportedly shared a superyacht, which they purchased for $323 million in 2014, the Mirror reported at the time. The name of the vessel was not released publicly and it is unclear if the pair ever sold it. The former couple, best known as 'Brangelina', share three biological children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne - as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19. Since their parents' bitter split, Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne has all dropped Pitt from their last name. It has been reported that Maddox and Pax do not talk to their father - while it is believed that Knox and Vivienne still speak with the Fight Club star, though they have not been pictured with him in several years. Their bitter custody battle over their six children ended with Angelina retaining primary physical custody of their brood. Brad was granted visitation rights. The actor had originally sought a 50/50 arrangement relating to their six kids, but an insider told DailyMail.com in March this year that he was no longer contesting the matter.
Court documents filed in 2018 showed that Brad has paid Angelina at least $9 million in child support.The children have reportedly not had any contact with Brad's wider family either, including his parents - William, 84, and Jane Pitt, 83. 'Brad Pitt's parents have not been able to see their beloved grandchildren for around eight years amid the ongoing divorce and legal battle between Brad and Angelina,' an insider previously told DailyMail.com.The doting grandparents had been a very present fixture in the children's lives before Brad's marriage broke down, with the duo often pictured enjoying quality time with them. 'Prior to the separation, they were a part of the kids' lives and they all spent a lot of time together,' the source continued. 'It is just heartbreaking to see that this is no longer the case.' Brad and Angelina's fairytale marriage came to an end in 2016. It has since been alleged that the couple and their six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, had taken a private plane days prior to her filing in which Pitt had become physically abusive. Jolie claimed in court filings that Pitt's 'history of physical abuse' started 'well before' the plane incident. The Maleficent actress also said her ex tried to force her to sign a $8.5 million NDA to cover up his 'years of abuse'. Pitt has always denied the claims of abuse and was cleared by law enforcement following an investigation. According to a source, 'Brad has come clean about what happened on the plane and he has worked hard on himself, getting sober and becoming a better man.' Brad has since got into a serious relationship with Ines de Ramon who he has been romantically linked to since 2022.
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