Archives for April 2008

Thirty-year old Saurav Dey is not paparazzi but two years ago he trailed Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie when she was filming A Mighty Heart in Pune and made a documentary Chasing Angelina Jolie that won him an Indian Documentary Producers' Association (IDPA) award held in Mumbai last Saturday.

A third year student of the Films & Television Institute of India (FTII), Saurav received the best student documentary (Golden Trophy) award for his unique project, which was a part of his second year academic project.

His project coincided with Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt's visit to India. It was not pre-planned but the idea of chasing Brangelina on their Indian sojourn clicked when he read about it in the newspapers. "She had absolutely shut out the media and so making a documentary on her visit seemed even more relevant."

Recounting his experience he said, "Made in English (with a smattering of Hindi in it), the film is about our steps in trying to get her. But we could not interact with her or Brad, at all. However, we made sure not to cross the ethical boundary during the making of the film. It's a reality documentary showing everything that happened on our way. "

Saurav picked up scraps of information as best as he could from a couple of senior film directors as well as the journalists who were chasing the Hollywood hot shot couple.

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As the trend for adopting third-world children wanes, superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have decided to return their three adopted children to their respective countries. “Just like Kababalah, Ugg boots, and trucker hats, all trends come to an end in Hollywood, and it seems Brad and Angelina simply grew tired of those kids,” said Celebritytrend.com writer Stephen Henderson.

According to insiders, all four children cried hysterically and begged their parents to stay as they were told the heartbreaking news and sent back to their native countries.

“Having their assistants put these kids on flights at LAX airport all by themselves was a bit harsh,” said TMZ.com supervising producer Gillian Sheldon. “But what makes this situation even worse is that those poor kids had to fly commercial. After all the months they had to get used to living in luxury, it’s sickening.”

Five year-old Maddox is already back in Cambodia and in custody of the government.

“We knew Maddox would be back soon,” said Cambodian Interior Minister Naruth Bopha. “I mean, we all knew that Angelina couldn’t make a long commitment. How long did her marriage with Billy Bob Thorton last? How long before her sexual relationship with her brother came to an end? I actually won 300,000 dong ($20) in the office pool.”

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Angelina Jolie is more of a celebrity than an actress. She sells more magazines and newspapers than she does movie tickets - it's true. Has she ever been in a hit movie, a movie that had bums on seats because she was the lead?

The first Tomb Raider would have made bank... even if I was the star, and Mr and Mrs Smith was a hit because of the tabloid stories about Miss Jolie and Brad Pitt.

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Expectant mother Angelina Jolie showed off her colorful side while dining out solo at Italian eatery Marino Ristorante in Beverly Hills on Thursday (April 24).

Looking in fine form, the Tomb Raider actress looks be well on the way to recuperating after a reported emergency doctor’s appointment for leg swelling after an ankle injury.

 While in Texas for partner Brad Pitt’s filming of “Tree of Life” - Jolie allegedly decided to fly home to Los Angeles to have her own doctor check the swelling.

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Angelina Jolie's younger look-a-like Megan Fox has been named FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World. The men's mag listed Hollywood's top 100 hotties, and the Transformers star, who is also engaged to 90210's David Silver (aka Brian Green), beat out Angie and Scarlett Johansson to take the top spot.

"Megan is the deserving winner of this year's FHM title," said FHM Online U.S. Editor JR Futrell. "She's young, she's hot, she's a rising star and her sex appeal has definitely transformed this year's list. She's got a great future ahead of her."

The actress has made an impressive leap on the list, originally premiering on it in 2006 at No. 68, and inching up three places to 65 last year and now she's No.1!

The full list is here but I'll save you some trouble. Britney Spears ranked at 100 (at least she made it) and, I know this is really what you want to know, Angelina came in at No. 12, with Jennifer Aniston at 42.

Her animated film, "Kung Fu Panda," from Paramount, will be premiering at the film festival. Now it's been announced that Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," a 1920s-period mystery about a missing child that stars Jolie,  her "Beowulf" co-star John Malkovich, Amy Ryan and Colm Feore, will be part of the competition slate.

This lends further credence to the rumors that Brad Pitt and Angelina -- and their expanding brood will be relocating to France for the impending birth of their twins, perhaps to a spiffy castle/chateau in the South of France they may have just purchased. Buzz is it's the most expensive home they've yet acquired.

Another reason to do Cannes: to do good! Surely Angelina won't want to miss Madonna at the big AIDS awareness event at Cannes. Their combined star wattage could make the amFAR fund-raiser on May 22 the biggest ever. And there's also another fund-raiser screening of Madonna's documentary film on Malawi AIDS orphans "I Am Because You Are" the night before.

However, although Angie was with Brad at Cannes last year for "A Mighty Heart" and "Ocean's 13," she didn't show at amFAR. Will she change her mind this year? Or is there a rift? Are Angie and Madonna both mega-active in helping children sort of in competition, what with Madonna adopting her very own African orphan?  Hey, it could be the A-list activist version of wearing the same dress  to a party. Just saying...

However, there are also rumblings that Jolie is experiencing gestational diabetes. So health issues could keep her off the carpets, away from fund-raisers and at home in their new Franco-digs. Angie looked about four months along or more at the SAG awards in late January. So she could actually be due in June or July!

Having kids really cuts into your time (and I know about cutting, trust me), so I haven't indulged my real passion lately, getting tattooed. I want to get a tattoo that represents my commitment to humanitarianism and the third world. The tricky thing is picking a country to represent. After all, I'll have it on my body for my entire life until I decide to get it removed in three years.

Brad suggested Darfur but it just seems like a one-genocide-wonder. I thought about doing a full chest piece of the Central African Republic with the Ubangi river running right between my boobs but then Brad would get the wrong idea.  I definitely want a country that will be around later. I don't want to end up like my aunt, who got  East and West Germany tattooed on her butt. Once that wall came down she had to stop wearing g-strings so people wouldn't accuse her of being "geographically incorrect."

So many decisions! And I need to figure out who I'll get the tattoo from. Maybe a elder or a shaman of some tribe could do it. I'll ask Barack about that.

Rumour has it that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be getting married this June in an "intimate, non-religious ceremony". I'm sure people like People magazine and Hello are crapping themselves as they're hoping to get the first pictures and will get to spend the next two months speculating what Angelina's dress will look like, but I personally sort of wish they wouldn't get married.Female First

While Angelina Jolie may be getting married, it looks like Amy Winehouse may be headed for divorce. Amy apparently missed her Blakey's birthday and has been avoiding visiting him in jail. A source tells Cosmopolitan, ""Amy does everything she can not to visit. She forgets she is married half the time. There are a few men she is close to and Blake can't stand it."Cosmopolitan

Remember that whole Jena 6 scandal from last year? It still hasn't gotten any better. While most mainstream media outlets have stopped reporting on it, blogs like Feministing are on it. Feministing

Cate Blanchett has introduced her son, Ignatius Martin Upton, to the world - but not on the cover of Hello or US magazine! What a concept! Perez Hilton

Despite being happily paired up with real estate agent boyfriend Matt Robinson, Bedingfield confesses the stunning pair cause her to question her sexuality. She says, “I have a girl crush on Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie.”

And it’s not just Johansson’s looks the British star admires Bedingfield’s a big fan of the Lost In Translation star’s singing too, and can’t wait to get her hands on the actress’ forthcoming album, a collection of Tom Waits covers. She adds, “I heard it was really cool and very folkie. I am excited for her and to hear it.”

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is making the new movie The Changeling as a treat for her young sons.

Contactmusic.com reports that she has taken on the role of a professional killer in the movie directed by Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood to make her adopted sons Maddox and Pax happy, though they are too young to watch the movie in theatres.

She said: "In the film I am an assassin, who trains assassins. The boys are very happy about it. It's fun to do action movies when you have boys."