Angelina Jolie's son Maddox, 23, lands a major job on her new film Stitches shooting in Paris
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2024 10:01
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Angelina Jolie is filming her new movie Stitches in Paris this month.And it is a family affair as her 23-year-old son Maddox Jolie-Pitt has been hired as the third assistant director on the film set in the world of high fashion, DailyMail.com has learned.He has already been on set with his Oscar-winning mom aiding her as she does night shoots in the rain. The son of Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt has worked on films before.He was involved with his mother's projects Maria, Without Blood, By The Sea and First They Killed My Father.Maddox had enrolled in Yonsei University but appears to be spending most of his time working on films now. Maddox worked as an assistant director on this film, which is about opera singer Maria Callas's final days in 1970s Paris.Jolie, 49, is getting Oscar buzz for her role as she learned how to sing opera for the part. On 2025's Without Blood, Maddox worked as an assistant director. Jolie wrote and directed the film starring Salma Hayek.On 2017's First They Killed My Father Maddox served as an executive producer.It was based on his mother's friend Loung Ung's book about the Cambodian genocide. Maddox said he was excited to work with his mom and learn more about his birth country. Maddox worked as a trainee on the 2015 film By The Sea directed by his mother.Maddox has said that he enjoys working with his mom and that she's 'fun, funny, and easy to work with'. He's also said that he pitched in on meetings, prepped for shoots, and helped review dailies.Several of Angelina's other children have worked with her.Pax has several as a photographer on Maria. And Vivienne was a big part of bringing The Outsiders to Broadway this year. She was also in Maleficent.Zahara has also been on the set of Stitches. In the past she has worked on projects for Angie's shop Atelier Jolie. The movie Stitches is about American filmmaker Maxine (played by Jolie) who arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey.Her costar is Louis Garrel.Stitches is from director Alice Winocour and it will shoot in both French and English.It is 'set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris,' according to Variety.This ties in nicely with the fashion design businesses the actress is supporting under her banner Atelier Jolie.It is under Charles Gillibert's Paris-based banner CG Cinema.
They will produce in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media. Jolie was last in Paris for the filming of Maria.In that movie she played the iconic Greek opera singer 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.Jolie in being talked up to be nominated for Best Actress Oscar.She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted. She was last nominated in 2009 for The Changeling. Jolie has admitted winning an Oscar for Maria would be a bonus.The actress had the 'experience of a lifetime' starring in Pablo Larraín's biographical psychological drama about diva Maria, and although the Oscar hype is 'very nice', she feels like she has already been given 'the greatest gift' of making a movie with an 'extraordinary team of people' and anything else is a 'dream'.Asked about the Oscar buzz surrounding her film, she laughed to Best UK magazine: 'It means a lot that somebody thinks you did a good job. Right? That means everything to me.'That kind of stuff is exciting and very, very nice. But I'm just so happy we were able to do this film. I'm genuinely so happy.'I know it sounds like people say this, but really, this was an experience of a lifetime. I learned to sing and I embodied a woman that I respect. I was able to work with this extraordinary team of people. I feel like I've already been given the greatest gift.'The audience seemed to respond well to it. So, anything else is a dream, but I'm so grateful already.'
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Angelina Jolie, 49, looks chic in a long black coat as she departs the set of her latest film Stitches with son Pax, 21, and daughter Zahara, 19, in Paris
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- Published on Friday, 13 December 2024 06:18
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Angelina Jolie looked chic in a long black coat as she departed the set of her latest film Stitches with her son Pax and daughter Zahara in Paris on Tuesday. The Oscar-winning actress, 49, spent some quality time with her two adoptive children Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19. The actress and her former partner Brad Pitt share three biological children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax and Zahara.Zahara, who is currently studying at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, dressed casually to accompany her mother, wearing a pair of blue jeans and white trainers underneath a short brown coat. Pax looked well following his horrific e-bike accident in Los Angeles back in late July. Angelina filed divorce from Brad in 2016 after she claimed that he had acted inappropriately on a flight to the US. The two are still battling over custody issues as well as working through issues around their Chateau Miraval property in France. Angelina's outing comes after the Girl interrupted star 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.Her return to filming in Paris also comes after the star took a break, appearing 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.
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Angelina Jolie, 49, arrives at the set of her latest film Stitches in Paris with her daughter Zahara, 19
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2024 17:43
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Angelina Jolie looked chic as she stepped out with her daughter Zahara in Paris on Tuesday. The actress, 49, wrapped up warm in a long tailored black coat with flared sleeves and a wide collar. She accentuated her waist with a tie belt and buttons and added inches to her height with a pair of open toed black platform clogs. The Maleficent star finished off her look with a brown tote bag and covered her eyes with dark sunglasses as she stepped on to the set of her latest film Stitches in the French capital. And The Tourist star turned the outing in to a family affair as she brought along her adopted daughter Zahara, 19. Zahara, who is currently studying at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, dressed casually to accompany her mother, wearing a pair of blue jeans and white trainers underneath a short brown coat. The student added a warm brown Longchamp bag to her look and styled her hair into loose curls. The actress and her former partner Brad Pitt share three biological children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19. Angelina filed divorce from Brad in 2016 after she claimed that he had acted inappropriately on a flight to the US. The two are still battling over custody issues as well as working through issues around their Chateau Miraval property in France. Angelina's outing comes after the Girl interrupted star 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.Her return to filming in Paris also comes after the star took a break, appearing 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.
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Angelina Jolie shares she 'never cries or acts scared' in front of her 6 kids amid 8-year Brad Pitt divorce battle
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 December 2024 21:13
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Angelina Jolie is very careful with what she shows her six children. When at the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards on Monday she told Extra's Mona Kosar Abdi that her children saw her as a vulnerable woman when she filmed Maria. But it turns out that is a very rare thing, added the 49-year-old Oscar-winning actress. 'I was so happy to be with them [on Maria], and definitely they saw me terrified, which is also a thing,' she said. 'You don't usually share so much vulnerability in front of your children, even really crying in front of them or being scared in front of them, so they were very protective.' The Gia actress shares Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox with ex Brad Pitt, whom she has battling through a nasty divorce for eight years. Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on September 20, 2016. In the past she has said when she felt pain over her Pitt split she cried only when she was alone in the shower. Angelina added in her Extra interview that playing Maria Callas allowed her to face her fears. 'I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it's a gift.' She also said, 'Ever since I was young, I think it's a real gift to be an artist. 'We're very lucky that we get to explore, within a safe place with other artists, our emotional life and our pain and what a lot of people feel alone, and they don't have the chance to kind of express it, so I've always felt very lucky.' Jolie also shared what she is most thankful for after Thanksgiving, saying, 'Health of my family.' And her kids are proud of the hard work she put into Maria. She commented, 'They did say they were proud of how hard I worked. You know, when they say, they don't talk about winning an award, they don't talk about anything, I'll hear them say, "She works so hard." 'So I think that that makes me very happy that they see that I work hard and it's just nice,' added the By The Sea director. Angelina previously revealed that she spent 'months' preparing to sing in Maria. The salt actress said at the Telluride Film Festival: 'I had seven months of opera classes, great teachers and Italian classes, and a supportive team that were going to help me.' Despite this, Angelina still felt anxious about singing when the time came to do it. She said: 'I was so nervous that morning I was out of my mind.' Angelina also revealed that she relished the experience of working with director Pablo Larrain. She said: 'I knew that as long as I gave my best, Pablo would be okay with it and somehow make it work. I knew I needed to do my best to try to help solve the puzzle, but I knew that he was a kind person and he was supportive and that helped.'
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Angelina Jolie's lookalike daughter Shiloh, 18, pictured in high spirits with her female dancer pal in LA
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- Published on Thursday, 28 November 2024 07:00
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh was spotted laughing and chatting with a fellow member of her dance studio in Los Angeles, California on Monday. As the duo headed into class together, the 18-year-old, who legally dropped her 60-year-old father's surname in August, and her pal, Keoni Rose, giggled in the parking lot. The pair appeared lost in conversation while holding their gym bags outside, before preparing to work on some new choreography.At one point, Shiloh covered her smile behind her hand as Keoni said something that made her laugh while sweetly holding onto her arm. The genetically blessed teen was dressed in a black graphic sweatshirt, Puma sweatpants and sneakers, and carried the rest of her belongings in a Nike backpack. Her resemblance to her mom was undeniable as they have the same plump pout, striking blue eyes and flawless complexion. Shiloh and Keoni, who is represented by The Movement Talent Agency, appear to have a close relationship and have been spotted out together before. As they seemingly parted ways after class, Keoni was seen playfully tugging on Shiloh's sleeve.Shiloh's recent sightings come just days after her mom revealed during an interview with Good Morning America that she's 'extremely private', as are her siblings. Angelina stated: 'None of my children want to be in front of the camera [at] this time.' While Shiloh has spent the majority of her childhood out of the spotlight, she made her acting debut at age two in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, alongside her dad, and had a few lines in her mother's animated film, Kung Fu Panda 3, in 2016. At age eight, she turned down the opportunity to be in her mom's 2014 film Maleficent. 'I asked Shiloh about being Aurora, and she laughed in my face,' Jolie told Elle at the time. 'She said she'd be a horned creature.' Her younger sister, Vivienne, ultimately took on the role and Shiloh has reportedly spent the past few years focusing on a career in dance. Back in 2022, a source told HollywoodLife that 'Angelina has made a huge effort to nurture her kids’ interests in all kinds of things' and 'enrolled them in everything from art classes to computer programming to martial arts and, at one point or another, all the kids have tried out dance lessons.' After seeing that Shiloh was a natural at dance, the performer made a 'big point to nurture that.' 'Shiloh started out with private lessons before she joined a small studio near their house and then all through the pandemic, she was doing zoom classes. She’s very committed to it,' the insider revealed. 'Angelina‘s amazed by how talented Shiloh is, but more than that she loves to see how happy Shiloh is when she’s dancing.' Shiloh, or 'Shi' to her friends and family, first wowed the world with her dance skills in 2021, when a video of her performing went viral. Shiloh has been a member of Millennium Dance Complex for many years and has gone viral for her moves a number of times. In May, her longtime choreographer, Keelan Carter, revealed to DailyMail.com that the teenager could not be further from the stereotypical Hollywood 'nepo baby.' 'Shiloh is an exceptionally talented dancer, demonstrating dedication and hard work,' the accomplished choreographer, actor and fashion designer continued. 'She is a sincere and straightforward person who never uses her celebrity status to her advantage.' 'Shi does not rely on her famous name to achieve her goals. Honestly, I didn't even know who she was at first and I don't think this matters, especially in a dance studio. 'I understand that it can be difficult to see the person beyond her celebrity status, but I urge you to make an effort for her. Believe me, it is worth it.' Keelan told DailyMail.com that his recent dance videos featuring Shiloh 'were made in the same way I post any dancer who comes to my sessions or classes and whom I believe deserves to be featured.'
Keelan has posted numerous videos featuring Shiloh, as have several of her other dance class colleagues, but the famous daughter is rarely tagged in any of the videos, as they all respect her privacy, DailyMail.com was told. Although Angelina - who worked with the the UN Refugee Agency for more than two decades, visiting camps in Cambodia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Pakistan with all of her kids in tow at times - has not commented specifically on Shiloh's dance, she has spoken out about fostering the unique talents of all of her children. 'Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth,' she once said in an interview with Reuters. In 2022, Shiloh's dad, Brad, gushed about his daughter's dance ability to Entertainment Tonight while promoting his film Bullet Train. He called Shiloh 'very beautiful' and said that her talent 'brings a tear the eye.' 'I don't know where she got it from. I'm Mr. Two-Left-Feet here,' Brad told ET at time. Shiloh's parents tied the knot in August 2014 during a secret ceremony in the south of France, and welcomed three children together during their romance - Shiloh in 2006, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 15, in 2008. They also adopted two more kids - Zahara, now 18, and Pax, now 20 - and Brad also legally adopted son Maddox, now 22, who became part of Angelina's brood before they got together. But in 2016, it came to an explosive end after the pair got into an alleged physical altercation while on a private flight with their six kids.Despite all six kids growing up as Hollywood royalty, the Jolie-Pitt brood are all very unique. In a 2010 interview with Vanity Fair, Angelina said, 'Mad's a real intellectual, which I can take no credit for genetically. He's great at school, great at history. He feels like he could be a writer or travel the world and learn about places and things. 'Zahara's got an extraordinary voice and is just so elegant and well spoken. Shiloh's hysterically funny, one of the goofiest, most playful people you'll ever meet.' 'Knox and Viv are classic boy and girl. She's really female. And he's really a little dude,' the actress added. She continued: 'Shiloh dresses like a little dude. She likes to dress like a boy. She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys' everything. She thinks she's one of the brothers.' Shiloh's dance talent has been recognized since 2021 when a video of her dancing to Vegas by Rihanna was shared on YouTube by LA-based choreographer Hamilton Evans.
She took center stage at Millennium Dance Complex in Studio City to perform an energetic one-minute routine while flanked by two other girls. Another video saw Shiloh busting her best moves to Lizzo's About Damn Time, while the rest of her dance troupe watched on from behind. 'Shiloh loves dancing. She's seriously talented and has been going to these classes for a few years now,' an insider told Us Weekly at the time. 'She's made some good friends through the dancing community too, and they're all in chat groups and share their favorite playlists and that type of stuff. 'The teachers are all very impressed with her and say the sky's the limit if she wants to take it to the next level, and Shiloh may just do that.' The source added: 'Brad and Angie are both very proud. They'd have no issue if she wants to turn pro, but they're not pushing it on her by any means.'
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