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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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Depart Germany with the Kids!
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 June 2013 17:20
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie helps her children get onto a private jet while getting ready to leave the country on Wednesday (June 5) in Berlin, Germany.The 38-year-old actress and her kids – Maddox, 11, Pax, 9 Shiloh, 7, Zahara, 8, Vivienne, 4, and Knox, 4 – got onto the jet while papa Brad Pitt boarded a World War Z branded helicopter to head to his next destination.Earlier in the day, Angie was spotted out and about in town with some of the kids.FYI: Angelina is carrying the Saint Laurent Sac de Jour bag.
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Angelina Jolie: Coffee House Stop in Berlin!
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 June 2013 17:16
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie stops off at the Cafe Einstein coffee house with daughter Shiloh, 7, on Wednesday (June 5) in Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany.The 38-year-old actress’ kiddos Vivienne, 4, and Pax, 9, were spotted out at the Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design, which is just around the corner from the coffee shop.The day before, Angelina celebrated her birthday by going out to dinner with her family – happy belated birthday, Angelina! Angelina and fiance Brad Pitt are currently on a world tour to promote his film World War Z, which hits theaters on June 21.
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Angelina Jolie to miss aunt's funeral to promote beau Brad Pitt's new film
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- Published on Saturday, 01 June 2013 18:50
- Written by DNA India
Angelina Jolie will be promoting Brad Pitt’s 260 million dollars movie World War Z in London instead of attending her aunt Debbie Martin’s funeral on Sunday.The 37-year-old star’s aunt, who was the sister of the actress’ mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died of breast cancer last week, aged 61.Debbie’s husband, Ron, told E! News that the funeral is set to be held at noon at El Camino Memorial in Sorrento Valley near her home, the Mirror reported.Ron said that Jolie will be in London on Sunday and will be unable to attend the funeral but she has been in touch with the bereaved family and with various other members of the family.
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Angelina Jolie's aunt dies of breast cancer days after actress' mastectomy op-ed
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- Published on Monday, 27 May 2013 04:39
- Written by FOX News
Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she'd had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, her aunt died from the disease Sunday.Debbie Martin died at age 61 at a hospital in Escondido, Calif. near San Diego, her husband, Ron Martin, told The Associated Press.Debbie Martin was the younger sister of Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, whose own death from ovarian cancer in 2007 inspired the surgery that Jolie described in a May 14 op-ed in the New York Times.According to her husband, Debbie Martin had the same defective BRCA1 gene that Jolie does, but didn't know it until after her 2004 cancer diagnosis."Had we known, we certainly would have done exactly what Angelina did," Ron Martin said in a phone interview.Debbie Martin's death was first reported by E! News.Ron Martin said after getting breast cancer, Debbie Martin had her ovaries removed preventively because she was also at very high genetic risk for ovarian cancer, which has killed several women in her family.The 37-year-old Jolie said in her op-ed that her doctors estimated that she had a 50 percent risk of getting ovarian cancer but an 87 percent risk of breast cancer so she had her breasts removed first, reducing her likelihood to a mere 5 percent.She described the three-step surgical process in detail in the op-ed "because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience."The story, a surprise to most save those closest to Jolie, spurred a broad discussion of genetic testing and pre-emptive surgery.
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