Archives for March 2009

Octomom Nadya Suleman is said to be receiving a donation from A-list star Angelina Jolie, who is mothering six children of her own. According to Star Magazine.

The 33-year-old actress - who shares six kids with partner Brad Pitt - will be shelling out a few thousand pounds to the controversial mother of 14 to help her with the kids' daily expenses.

The website quotes a source, saying, "Angelina is worried about the best interests of the kids. As a mom of six, she knows how chaotic and costly raising a big family can be. She doesn't necessarily approve of Nadya, and she doesn't want to turn the situation into even more of a circus."

Jolie is a mother to Maddox, 7; Pax, 5; Zahara, 4; Shiloh, 2; and 8-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne. Suleman, meanwhile, came to fame when she gave birth to an octuplet in January. She is already a mother of six before the birth. She is currently leaving on public assistance programs as she is unemployed.

Actress Angelina Jolie confessed to her close friends that she wants to have two more babies, one natural and one adopted. She already has three natural babies and three adopted. Jolie will adopt a baby when she completes the shooting of the movie “Salt”. She wants the fourth adopted child to have the same background as her adopted Ethiopian daughter Zahara.

She also wants a fourth natural child with her partner Brad Pitt, . A friend said: “Angelina is absolutely loving the joys of motherhood and is keen to expand her family this year. At the moment she is renting a house in Long Island while shooting ‘Salt’.

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Three weeks ago, the cast and crew of Angelina Jolie’s latest movie Salt finally got their first sighting of Brad Pitt since filming began. The 45-year-old actor was visiting Angelina on set for the first time, but sources say it was hardly an affectionate greeting.

‘Brad came to pick her up, but he looked miserable,’ one co-star reveals to Now. ‘He had his arms folded and was scowling.’ What’s more, Angelina, 34, didn’t look particularly happy, with the same source telling us: ‘She didn’t even kiss him hello.

The sombre mood should come as no surprise, given what insiders say about the tension that’s fizzled between them in recent months.

Balancing work with the needs of six children is taking its toll according to those in the know, especially as one of their nannies was recently dismissed for getting too close to Brad.

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Angelina Jolie has reportedly sparked new health fears by embarking on a liquid diet. The stunning actress is apparently aiming to slim down and lose 21lb, in just 21 days for her performance in new movie, Salt.

The diet, which she is allegedly following, involves living on a mixture of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. It's reportedly leaving Angelina very weak, according to on-set leaks from the movie, where she plays a CIA agent, who is later unmasked as a Russian spy. A source said: "She does all her own stunts but we worry she could injure herself due to the weight loss," reports Marie Claire.

The man has filed a lawsuit against the Lili Claire Foundation, a children's charity, claiming that he paid a winning bid of $30,000 to meet Angelina Jolie - but the event never happened.  TMZ reports that two years have passed and the man has neither met the movie star, nor has the payment been returned. The main is suing for the return of his money, in addition to damages.

The news of Jolie reportedly standing up the man comes as The Sun reports Jolie dropped 21 pounds in just 21 days.  A source said: “She does all her own stunts but we worry she could injure herself due to the weight loss.”

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A television advert for the Angelina Jolie action film ‘Wanted’ has been banned after the industry watchdog ruled it glamorises violence.

The ad showed Jolie kissing co-star James McAvoy during a high-speed car chase, and both firing guns towards the viewer, reports Sky News.

The advert quoted press reviews of the film describing the actress’ performance as “blazingly sexy” and has a voice-over describing ‘Wanted’ as ‘the coolest movie of the year’.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the advert gave the overall impression “that using guns was sexy and glamorous” and breached the code for television.

The advert for the DVD release of ‘Wanted’ had been restricted from being shown at times when young children were likely to be watching but the ASA concluded that was “insufficient”. Universal Pictures was told the advert must not be broadcast again in its current form.

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Nearly securing a role in "Casino Royale", Angelina Jolie has been linked once again to a future James Bond movie. According to The Insider, the 33-year-old could be reuniting with her "Tomb Raider" co-star Daniel Craig in "Bond 23" as she has met with the action movie producers over the weekend.

Having expressed her interest in getting involved in the next Bond film after "Quantum of Solace", the "Wanted (2008)" actress reportedly may obtain a recurring character.

In the feature series, instead of just appearing in one movie since producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are eager to have her on-board.

Nonetheless, it is still unclear what particular part she is linked to at the moment. Back in 2006, Jolie has been reported to be offered the role of Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale", which eventually was portrayed by Eva Green.

At the time, she was reported to accept the role if Vesper "toughened up", noting that she'd "rather play a baddie than eye candy."

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ANGELINA JOLIE's first movie role in a forgotten 1982 comedy is set for release - 17 years after it was made. Jolie was just four when she appeared alongside her actor father Jon Voight in cult Shampoo and Being There director Hal Ashby's Lookin’ To Get Out, but her part was cut and the film only had a limited release.

Ashby re-cut the film before his death in 1988 and his family and Voight, who starred in the director's Coming Home, have worked tirelessly to get the new film a release.

Voight, who also co-wrote the film, says, "We had all sorts of drama in the making of it and in the final stages, Hal was not able to finish the film, so there was some damage done to the film and it came out in a crippled form. Unfortunately, nobody saw the film in a proper state."

The actor had no idea Ashby had re-cut the film - and handed the finished product to film archivists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Voight only learned of the existence of the director's cut when he was approached by Ashby's biographer Nick Dawson two years ago (07).

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Having your lips analysed by a biometrics expert is a daunting prospect, especially when you have Angelina Jolie's results to compare them to. Unsurpisingly I didn't come close to the heights of Jolie's famous lips but I did walk away with some serious bragging rights.

Dr Kendra Schmid, a biometrics specialist from the University of Nebraska Medical Centre, is in town to talk about the lip attractiveness software she developed for Baileys. She used this to analyse the lips of 40 celebrities with surprising results.

Angelina Jolie's full lips may be one of her most striking features but with a score of 7.89, they were outranked by the likes of Scarlett Johansson (9.66), Halle Berry (9.61) and Beyonce Knowles (8.65). Taking the top spot with a perfect 10 was Italian actress Monica Belluci. Unsurpisingly she has also modelled for Dior lipstick.

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A TV ad showing actress Angelina Jolie firing weapons must not be shown because it could be seen as condoning gun violence, Britain's advertising watchdog said Wednesday.

The Advertising Standards Authority said the ad for the DVD version of Universal Pictures' 2008 action flick "Wanted" breached ad codes and should not be broadcast.

The film follows the initiation of an office drudge Wesley Gibson (played by James McAvoy) into a mythical group of super-powered assassins.

The ad for the DVD release shows McAvoy and co-star Jolie wielding pistols, a shotgun, and generally spraying scene after scene with bullets.

The authority said the ad — which juxtaposes images of gun violence with Jolie showing off her bare back  "could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorizing the use of guns." It was unclear what practical effect, if any, the ruling would have. The "Wanted" DVD was released in Britain nearly six months ago.

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