Business of Hollywood Angelina Jolie PR Page Six reported last night that Angelina Jolie has quietly been making calls to top Hollywood publicists to add to her team. Since her shock divorce filing in September, Jolie’s circle of advisers has not included a traditional celebrity p.r. rep. Instead Jolie retained Washington, DC, crisis specialist By Lainey • Feb 14, 2017 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina’s latest op-ed The New York Times published a new piece by Angelina Jolie yesterday with her response to Donald Trump’s immigration ban. She does not mention him by name. But it’s clear what she’s addressing as an American, a mother and UNHCR Special Envoy. A few people have written By Lainey • Feb 03, 2017 01:04 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy World War Brange: the new game It was a game we watched for a decade: Coincidence or Conspiracy, Brange and Jennifer Aniston – when one side did something, conveniently, the other side would show up with something else. Brange had a premiere, Jennifer Aniston gets papped, Jennifer Aniston has a movie, Brange gets papped. Their timing was By Lainey • Jan 25, 2017 01:02 pm
Media Manipulation Angelina’s fragrance Guerlain announced yesterday that Angelina Jolie will be the global “icon” of their new fragrance for women, Mon Guerlain. It’s her first beauty campaign in almost a decade – a deal with Shiseido for ads that ran only in Asia. The partnership with Guerlain started when she was directing First By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 11:42 am
Golden Globes 2017 Brad Pitt’s warm Globes reception Brad Pitt was not announced as a presenter at the Golden Globes. They either wanted it to be a surprise or he specifically requested that it not be reported. Since there’s no way the Globes wouldn’t want to maximise hype around Brad’s appearance, to me it’s By Lainey • Jan 09, 2017 12:38 pm
Break Ups World War Brange 2017 Angelina Jolie and the children were in Crested Butte, Colorado for NYE. Here she is with Shiloh and Knox out for ice cream. The Daily Mail has other photos of her with Vivienne and in some of the shots you can see that Mariane Pearl is with them. Mariane Pearl By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 03:45 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: the legal letters As posted yesterday, a judge denied Brad Pitt’s application to seal the divorce documents after Angelina Jolie formally filed their temporary custody agreement with the court last Friday. He claimed that she was compromising the privacy of their children. Her side argued in court documents that “his request is By Lainey • Dec 08, 2016 11:03 am
Break Ups World War Brange: sealing the documents Several updates on World War Brange this week. So I wanted to wait to have it all in today’s post. To recap, let’s go back a few weeks. The LA Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI closed their investigations on Brad Pitt last month. The By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 05:36 pm
Douchebags Billy Bob Thornton’s tiny pants The last time I mentioned Taffy Brodesser-Akner it was in September, when she wrote about Christian Slater for GQ. Taffy is so good at her job she, along with Caity Weaver, is making GQ a much better magazine. This month Taffy profiled Billy Bob Thornton for GQ. And, once again, By Lainey • Nov 11, 2016 10:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession World War Brange: Brad’s impeccable timing Brad Pitt at the Allied premiere in Hollywood last night, his first red carpet since Brange got broken. Sometimes I still can’t believe it, you know? Like I’ll wake up in the morning and take a shower and grab my sh-t and remind myself to pack my daily By Lainey • Nov 10, 2016 10:01 am
Break Ups World War Brange: on the record/off the record Seven weeks ago today, September 20, 2016, at 10:30am ET, a major date in gossip history – that was when news broke that Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Seven weeks later, it’s another Tuesday, and once again, Brange is making headlines, although taking up a By Lainey • Nov 08, 2016 09:46 am
Break Ups World War Brange: Brad files back Late Friday afternoon TMZ reported that Brad Pitt had filed a response to Angelina Jolie’s divorce petition. You’ll recall – how could you forget? – that she asked for sole custody of their 6 children. And that they’re both currently cooperating with the Los Angeles Department of Children and By Lainey • Nov 07, 2016 12:05 pm
Break Ups The Brange extension The temporary custody agreement recommended to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, stipulating full custody for now to Angelina, by the LA Department of Children and Family Services expired last week, on October 20th. When it was initially reported that Brange had agreed to the recommendation, sources close to Brad revealed By Lainey • Oct 26, 2016 11:11 am
Break Ups World War Brange: Angelina’s messy PR Last week it was giving Melissa Etheridge an extension on her take on the Brange divorce, this week Angelina Jolie’s getting into it with Perez Hilton who received a letter from lawyers representing Angelina over his coverage of World War Brange. He responded by making public his return letter By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 03:33 pm
BFFs World War Brange: baiting Angelina Melissa Etheridge has been sh-t-talking Angelina Jolie for years. She was friends with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they were together. And when Brad and Jennifer divorced and he ended up with Angelina, Melissa was down with the MiniVan Majority’s condemnation of the alleged infidelity. Interestingly enough, she By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 11:59 am
Break Ups World War Brange: legal teams It was a pretty quiet weekend in World War Brange after it was reported on Friday that they’ve reached a temporary custody agreement. Sources on Brad Pitt’s side continue to portray him as a “shattered man”, overcome by sadness, caring only for the welfare of his children, while By Lainey • Oct 04, 2016 10:57 am