OlderAngelina Jolie Covers Germany’s Comopolitan
Angelina Jolie takes the January 2009 cover of Germany’s Comopolitan. Interview highlights as follows:
On finding time for her family, acting career and commitment as a UN ambassador: “Well, I do take my time outs. And most of all I do receive support from Brad [Pitt]. We are a good team. That is important to me and gives me strength… I cannot sit quietly while others die of hunger and children. My commitment for the United Nations I do not want to abandon. The play has no greater priority. In February, I still turn a movie, then I suppose one years off.”
On surviving each day without a nervous breakdown: “I’m very disciplined. I have a balanced diet and among other things I do Pilates. If I’m fit I feel more comfortable and I do have a lot more energy.”
On playing the role of a mother in Changeling, whose son disappears without a trace: “Just the idea of such a possibility made me go completely crazy. Initially, I wanted to cancel it. But the strength and self abandonment of this woman made be accept the role.”
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Jared –
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That interview makes NO sense - it’s a FAKE.
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I am REALLY disappointed in you. Number one, that is the WORST translation of German ever. Furthermore, it’s a complete hodge podge of press conference interviews, made up sh*t, and actual interviews — it’s like they put every tabloid, rumor and actual interview in a blender, then transcribed it into German, then back into English.
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That picture is a REAL picture - but it’s old, done around the time of Lara Croft or Original Sin - she wore a very long dark wig - but apparently for this cover they made her red dress blue, and made the brown hair, black. All in all, considering all of the amazing pics of Angelina new and old - why they went with this one, is beyond me.
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But that’s the least if the travesty, the worst is that lying FAKE interview.
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Cosmo and other legit rags, should not let these overseas versions just bastardized their product, to sell issues. We’re in a global society now with the web, so it’s not like you can lend other foreign entities your brain name and have them pull sh*t outta their asses for THEIR countrywomen, and no one else will see it.
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We all get to see it now. I’m really inclined to stay in the old Button thread. Anyone else with me??I don’t think we should tolerate this bullsh*t.
It’s amazing how Angelina in a gown is 10-times more sexy without even trying than ANY OTHER actress out there. To think that some actresses must try so desperately hard to be sexy, even posing naked with only a tie, but nope, they still don’t have even one quarter of the sexiness that Angelina exudes.
Vow, she’s a true beauty.
OMG! why do people keep going back and forth about Angelina going after a married man? it’s not news! There isn’t physical evidence to know that they physically cheated but we know that they emotionally cheated. It’s a given. Brad was still married at the time and WE ALL WENT THROUGH THE TIME LINES to know when Brad and Jennifer officially separated and it wasn’t before the filming of MAMS. We all know Angelina got pregnant before the divorce was final. We get it now PEOPLE!
Brad fell in love. Angelina fell in love. Brad just should have been more man about his business. He ruined one of my favorite celeb’s (not actresses) image due to his rubbish.
OMG, what a wonderful picture!
Wow Angelina looks sexy and she did not have to take off her clothes. It’s all in the face and eyes. X face is fugly so she had take of some clothes. LMAO
This is an old picture and a poorly translated mishmash of old quotes and misinformation. Jared are you nuts for posting this?? Give us a break.
This interview just doesnt seem like her. And I am an Angelina expert practically.
Angelina doesn’t exercise..She would say cancel it..She doesnt diet.. She doesnt worry about being fit..etc..
Geez go cry a river somewhere else. I am sure your favorite actress will survive with her millions and lame romantic comedies. I am amazed at the faithful hens who have done in-depth studies and time lines on a Hollywood divorce that was not their own. Hopefully, they will put this much effort in their personal lives and keep their man from running off with the Secretary or Betty next door, if they are not too busy investigating the demise of the Golden Couple.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013494348
n theaters December 25, 2008
Rating: PG-13, Drama
It’s about time. Literally.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a large-scale romantic drama loosely based on a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward.
In New Orleans, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born “under unusual circumstances” on the final day of World War I in 1918. His mother dies in childbirth and he’s abandoned by his wealthy, button-manufacturing father. He arrives in the the world with a bizarre condition: he’s an infant but he has an elderly man’s wrinkled, infirm body. He’s taken in by Queenie, played by Taraji P. Henson, an African-American caretaker at an assisted-living facility for the (actual) elderly.
Pitt stars as Benjamin throughout his odd life, aided by digital special effects, with the motion-capture process grafting Pitt’s face over other actors’ bodies to portray the title character at different stages.
Because he is aging in reverse, when he meets Daisy (Cate Blanchett), the woman he loves — and has always loved, since childhood — played by Cate Blanchett, they would appear to be at very different stages of their lives. These soulmates are aging in opposite directions. They cannot grow old together — or young together.
The screenplay by Eric Roth, from a story by Robin Swicord and Roth, in outline recalls another twentieth-century-odyssey epic, Forrest Gump — this film’s cinematic first cousin, which won an Oscar for Roth. In contrast, TCCOBB is burdened with a protagonist who is on the passive side in such an extended narrative (an over-two-and-a-half-hours running time), so it occasionally meanders. But, detailing all of Benjamin’s adventures from cradle to grave, it eventually leaves an impression that overcomes the built-in limitations.
Even the film’s framing device — elderly Daisy (Blanchett) on her deathbed in a hospital in New Orleans sharing a memoir with her grown daughter (Julia Ormond) — reminds us of our inability to stop or reverse time when we want or need to as ineluctable Hurricane Katrina rages outside.
This project is, in a way, a curious choice for director David Fincher, whose films tend to be extravagantly dark and downbeat (Zodiac, Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, Alien 3). In contrast, this sprawling fable, brave enough to teeter on the edge of ridiculousness without ever falling in and to include several literary flourishes, is still ultimately about mortality and aging and death.
Fincher does a splendid job with visual perspective, altering it so that we eventually take Benjamin’s gimmicky reverse-aging process for granted. Mostly, though, the film makes us aware of time going by, in one direction or the other. And perhaps sometimes it seems to stand still, which can be good or bad. But just when you think it might start to drag, the remarkable Cate Blanchett shows up and the film levitates.
Pitt and Blanchett, who co-starred in Babel, have an easy chemistry. Their love affair is certainly crucial, but is not as prominent as you might think. While Blanchett shines, however, the feeling persists that a more aggressive, skilled actor might have done more with the central character than does Pitt, who is certainly at least adequate. As for Henson, in the film’s best turn, she gives yet another electrifying performance as Benjamin’s adoptive mother, an inner light seeming to make her every screen moment shine.
But it is the moments of magical realism and emotionally haunting imagery that gives Fincher’s film its kick. And it is Fitzgerald’s central conceit — of examining a life lived backward, thus affording us a fresh look at the way time works on us — that remains as the film’s arresting metaphoric backbone.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is more than just curious. It’s also bittersweet, tender, earnest, melancholic, and atmospheric. If it’s not on the button, it’s close.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013494348
This project is, in a way, a curious choice for director David Fincher, whose films tend to be extravagantly dark and downbeat (Zodiac, Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, Alien 3). In contrast, this sprawling fable, brave enough to teeter on the edge of ridiculousness without ever falling in and to include several literary flourishes, is still ultimately about mortality and aging and death.
Fincher does a splendid job with visual perspective, altering it so that we eventually take Benjamin’s gimmicky reverse-aging process for granted. Mostly, though, the film makes us aware of time going by, in one direction or the other. And perhaps sometimes it seems to stand still, which can be good or bad. But just when you think it might start to drag, the remarkable Cate Blanchett shows up and the film levitates.
Pitt and Blanchett, who co-starred in Babel, have an easy chemistry. Their love affair is certainly crucial, but is not as prominent as you might think. While Blanchett shines, however, the feeling persists that a more aggressive, skilled actor might have done more with the central character than does Pitt, who is certainly at least adequate. As for Henson, in the film’s best turn, she gives yet another electrifying performance as Benjamin’s adoptive mother, an inner light seeming to make her every screen moment shine.
But it is the moments of magical realism and emotionally haunting imagery that gives Fincher’s film its kick. And it is Fitzgerald’s central conceit — of examining a life lived backward, thus affording us a fresh look at the way time works on us — that remains as the film’s arresting metaphoric backbone.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is more than just curious. It’s also bittersweet, tender, earnest, melancholic, and atmospheric. If it’s not on the button, it’s close.
awe I wish they used a new picture for the cover, she posed for that one in 2003!
http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc501&image=62288_cosmo_122_501lo.jpg
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15086798/review/24991089/curious_case_of_benjamin_button
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng
Directed by: David Fincher
RS: 3of 4 Stars Average User Rating: 2of 4 Stars
2008 Paramount Comedy
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Saddled out of the gate as the presumptive winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Picture, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is top-heavy with expectations. The nearly three-hour film is expanded from a very short story by literary god F. Scott Fitzgerald. Script duties fell to Eric Roth, who crafted the Academy-lauded life odyssey of Forrest Gump, which Ben Button structurally resembles. Gump had Tom Hanks as the title character, and Button has Brad Pitt. Believe me, Pitt has the more daunting task. He plays Ben from infanthood, a baby born with the wizened, room-clearing face of a man in his 80s. How’d they do that? Digital face painting, baby, which means slapping Pitt’s computer-aged mug on tiny bodies as Ben ages backward till he reaches full growth. Digital kicks in again when Pitt, 44, has to look way younger.
Intrigued? How could you not be? The movie looks amazing. And for the first hour, when storytelling and special effects bond like lovers, it plays even better. You get a rush like Hollywood has discovered a brave new world. The technical wizardry sweeps you away, as baby Ben, abandoned by his appalled father (Jason Flemyng), is taken in by Queenie (the superb Taraji P. Henson), a black attendant at a New Orleans old-age home where death is never a stranger. Fitzgerald’s 1921 story is likewise abandoned as Roth and co-writer Robin Swicord invent their own series of misadventures, starting in 1918 and moving ahead to the present. Ben lifts his fragile bones out of a wheelchair at a revival meeting and walks!
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” What Button shows is that Ben is ultimately not the hero of his own life or his own movie. He gets inside our head, that’s for sure, but, frustratingly, we never get inside his.
P.S.: The Academy won’t mind a bit.
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2008-12-19-voa52.cfm
‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ ‘Valkyrie’ and Others in Theaters This Holiday
By Penelope Poulou
Washington
19 December 2008
Every year at this time, Hollywood releases the Christmas and holiday blockbusters, counting on family audiences to fill the theaters. As long as a film’s character in the seasonal red costume makes one funny blunder after another, the holiday spirit lives on.
This is also the season when movie heavyweights shine. A number of expensive productions with mega-stars are coming out these days. Some have already been released. The champions will take the road to February’s Oscars.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
One of the most impressive films this season is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This adaptation of a 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man who ages backwards.
Visually and conceptually, David Finch’s film is magical.
****Brad Pitt delivers a powerful performance as a man whose life story transcends time. *******
Benjamin, as a child, has the wrinkled face of an 80-year-old, but brimming with innocence. As he gets older, his face turns youthful but it carries the weariness of age.
The younger Benjamin becomes, the older those close to him get. One by one, they die. The only thing that transcends life is love and its memory. Benjamin’s and Daisy’s relationship embodies that message. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for best picture, making it an Oscar contender.
Julia @ 12/22/2008 at 2:55 pm No Kate I choose to believe Angelina and now Brad has admitted. Now if you are calling them liars go right ahead.
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Since you believe Angelina she also said it took the end of the shoot to realise there was more between them.
I’m answering this lame, IN BOLD.
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# 80 Halo @ 12/22/2008 at 3:02 pm OMG! why do people keep going back and forth about Angelina going after a married man? it’s not news! There isn’t physical evidence to know that they physically cheated but we know that they emotionally cheated. It’s a given. Brad was still married at the time and WE ALL WENT THROUGH THE TIME LINES to know when Brad and Jennifer officially separated and it wasn’t before the filming of MAMS. We all know Angelina got pregnant before the divorce was final. We get it now PEOPLE!
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Shut the f*ck up you idiot, you don’t know JACK! Maniston and Pitt split in Jan of 2005 (releasing a statement at that time, announcing their ‘OFFICIAL SEPARATION,’) the filming on Smith continued to April of 2005. Do the math you lying hater. Brad and Angelina did not contemplate a relationship BEFORE his separation b*tch. You can dream, fantasize, and lie all you want - it will not make it so. That said, once a couple ‘OFFICIALLY SEPARATES,’ it can several months and up to years for a couple’s divorce to FINALIZE. So saying Brad was ’still married,’ (after his separation was announced) is BOGUS, you c*nt. Maniston was ’still married,’ too when she was PORKING that HUGE SWEATY SWINE Vince Vaughn, so STFU with your nonsense. You know damn well after a couple officially separates, files for divorce and then awaits finalization - they are FREE to date and start anew with others, see Resse and Jake, see Ryan and Abbie Cornish, see Vince and your UGLY tv sit-com HACK!
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Brad fell in love. Angelina fell in love. Brad just should have been more man about his business. He ruined one of my favorite celeb’s (not actresses) image due to his rubbish.
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No. Maniston should have been more honest, and not tried to hide behind Pitt to preserve an ‘image.’ She should have been willing to state FACTS - which was that their marriage had been long dead, and OVER - even BEFORE they ‘officially,’ called it quits in Jan. 2005. Brad told all the facts - they released a statement that said NO THIRD PARTY caused their SPLIT, Maniston even told you that NO ONE cheated, Brad said NO ONE cheated, Angelina said NO ONE cheated - Aniston playing coy and passive aggressive, decided to make them into the bad guys anyway - NOT for cheating, but for getting the F*CK on with LIVING LIFE. Aniston decided to enlist asssholes like YOU to feel sorry for her ugly mug, and tried to paint Pitt as the bad guy, and Jolie as the automatic bad girl. She’s less than WORTHLESS and you know it.
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Brad, like Angelina has ALWAYS told the truth - it’s your FAKE NO-talent Sh*t-com HACK that lies, and gets caught red-handed. Her latest round of press for her crapola DOG sh*t movie, is evidence of that. B*tch is as shifty as the wind.
OMG SHE’S NOT WEARING BLACK!!!!
God, you people are f***ing scary!
she looks stunning as always. You guys, have you seen these amazing plates they’re making in honor of this amazing family???? Its all I want uner my tree this year!!
http://www.galleryoftheabsurd.com/2008/12/for-the-brangel.html
God Bless The Jolie-Pitts!
She’s Gorgeous…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPt1H2VrIM
She looks so much better when she doesn’t smile.
Thank you JJ. Angie is gorgeous beyond words. She can be quoted in different interviews because she is an international star. And anybody can start to exercise at any time whether they are preparing for a movie or not, celebrity or not. What is the big deal here? Actually she can do anything she wants. She can exercise because it is good for her health like anybody else. Fake or not, this interview was meant for Germany’s audience and the translation proves that. Please do not include the articles from the tabs. (examples, US Weekly, OK, Life & Style, Star, Inquirer, Glove, etc. Tabloids, do not get the real interviews anyway.
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Looks more like her brother in a blue dress and bag wig.
http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Elist-1924.113117-3871.113117_The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button.html
Starring: Brad Pitt, Taraji P. Henson, Cate Blanchett
Rating: R
for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Grade: A
Reviewer: Kent Tentschert
THE PLOT:
Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born a wizened old man, suffering from arthritis and rheumatism. Abandoned by his father, Benjamin is raised by Queenie (Taraji P. Henson) who runs a New Orleans retirement home.
As those around Benjamin age, he slowly gets younger – experiencing life backwards.
When Daisy (Cate Blanchett) begins visiting her grandmother as a young girl, she and Benjamin become friends and, as they age toward one another, fall in love.
But as Benjamin grows younger and Daisy ages, they realize that although their love is ageless, their relationship cannot continue. What many thought was a unique gift given to Benjamin becomes a burden — a lesson to us all about life, love and a little boy named Benjamin Button.
KENT’s Take:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is one of those films I liken to a good brandy. It goes down smooth and just gets better and better.
As Benjamin gets to know his extended family in the retirement home, we get to know them, and him as well, and we quickly become invested in the story.
Masterfully written by Eric Roth and directed by David Fincher, it becomes a simple task to feel Benjamin’s wool suits, smell Queenie’s home cooking and feel Daisy’s love for Benjamin.
Add the beautiful cinematography and gorgeous lighting to make this a stunningly beautiful film.
****Brad Pitt is underrated as an actor, but this film shows again that he is willing to play a character other than a “pretty boy,” and character unlike any he has played before. His Benjamin Button character stretches Pitt’s acting skills. With Benjamin’s smoky southern drawl we find ourselves charmed by his innocence as he wheels, limps, shuffles, walks, runs and crawls his way into our hearts.
Gather up your Daisy or Benjamin for an evening of adventure, romance, laughs and tears. The movie poster states that life is best lived backwards. “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” is worth seeing any way you can.***
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