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Monday, September 9, 2019

Q: How do you train for action roles? 
"It's hard, but I try to find time to train.  I'm acting a bit more now because I can't be what my family needs me to be while I'm directing -- it takes a lot more time and effort to direct and I look forward to being able to do that again when things are better."
"But as an actor, you have a good excuse: you have to demand some time to exercise.  Some of the reasons why I chose my recent roles were to push myself, because I knew in order to do them I had to find my strength again.  For Those Who Wish Me Dead  my character is very capable, so I was chopping wood and starting fires."

-- To put the last part in context, recall what she had said in VF two years ago:
"Sometimes women in families put themselves last, until it manifests itself in their own health.”
The necessary training for her acting roles compel her to be give more time for herself, her own health and needs.


Q: As a working mum what does self-care mean to you?
"For most women, it's the thing we don't do or it's the last thing we do.  We almost feel guilty taking time for ourselves.  My mother passed away many years ago and I'm alone as a woman but life still has many lovely moments."

If you read the above carefully, understanding her trend of thought, an explanation is not necessary.

-- She and her Mom were two women caring for themselves.  With her Mom's passing she lost that.  She's alone as a woman  -- she's not alone period.  She is surrounded by her family who cares for her, but none of them are women.  Not yet.  Brad was with her when her Mom passed away which is why she was never alone, then and now, in the absolute sense, and of course Brad is not a woman. 

She told Elle two years ago on the subject of her mother:
"I would give anything for her to be with me at this time. I’ve needed her. I talk to her often in my mind and try to think what she might say and how she might guide me."
As for the man in her life, Brad, she has alluded to him a number of times in other Mon Guerlain promos:
"I wear perfume every day, unless I'm in a country where there is malaria and mosquitoes. It's nice for a woman to have a scent that her lover remembers, who identifies it with her." -- for those times when they couldn't be together.
"I think it is not said enough how much we need the men in our lives to be strong and capable and the best they can be.” "we’re all human and very flawed"
"a full acceptance of yourself... peace comes from that. And makes me better with the people I love."
"I think more vulnerability, more getting you arms around your successes and your failures, makes for a better partner, a better dad, a better son."
Recall also that the longest scene in her video for Mon Guerlain Bloom of Rose shot in the Louvre showed her admiring "Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss" from different angles -- the depiction of the mythical love story where love endures against all odds is described as "a gorgeous rendition of true love." -- their love.

It is also noteworthy that not only does Angelina have a bee conservation project now being aided by Guerlain, but Guerlain's emblem is a bee.


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"On Mother's Day my children make me breakfast and pick me flowers – they treat me like a lady," she revealed. "When I do take time for myself, I rediscover that softness I speak of... I also realise I have more fight and resilience in me than I knew. But at my core I'm soft and vulnerable - it's not my dream just to be strong. I want to be allowed to be soft and I don’t want to be harmed or feel unsupported when I am."

HELLO! sat down with the actress and humanitarian while she was in Paris with her godmother, the British actress Jacqueline Bisset. The duo were in town for the launch of Mon Guerlain's Eau de Parfum Intense, which has notes of vanilla as the star ingredient."It's wonderful to be back in Paris. It reminds me that I don't spend nearly enough time here," she said. "Sometimes we're somewhere in our lives and can't really imagine something different – we don't take ourselves out of a place. But when I'm in Paris, I feel like a different person – and I’m curious about that side of myself. It’s enlightening here."

"When I first started working with Guerlain in 2017, we spoke about how perfume commercials often capture a fantasy life – and we wanted to deliver something that was a little heightened but still real. The first Mon Guerlain film was shot at my home in France. For this new perfume, given its strength and our conversations around femininity, freedom and making bold choices, my new home in Cambodia seemed like the natural setting. My [Maddox Jolie-Pitt] Foundation has been based in Cambodia for 17 years and it has been a dream of mine to live in that part of the world. The film is set in the home that I’ve finally built there."

"When your children are little you feel more 'mommy'. When they are teenagers you start to remember yourself as a teenager. You see them going to punk clubs and you wonder why you can't go. I'm in this fun moment where I’m rediscovering myself."

"Kindness – to others and themselves. It's important to be humble – know the freedoms you have and what you've been blessed with and make sure you help others. And always remember your place – we’re all human and very flawed. We're tiny pieces in a much bigger world.  As they grow up, I find my children are strong individuals but still open-minded. I try to lead by example and be kind and gracious, as my mother was – and loving and tolerant. But when there's a fight that needs to be had, get in there. We need to prepare the next generation because there’s so much happening in the world – they’re up against it. I'm working on a programme for children with the BBC. We're counting on our children so we must give them the right knowledge and support."

"I like them all differently," she said when asked how this scent compares to the others. "I just had them all out in the hotel room and I tried to pick a favourite, but I couldn’t. It’s an embarrassment of riches to have these different versions; you don’t know which to wear for day or at night. The new one does seem stronger, though."


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Tuesday, January 29, 2019


Random Fuzzy

Nov. 30:  "It is not permanent but rather a temporary agreement in place, for now, to keep things moving along in the right direction.”  She “is very pleased to be entering the next stage and relieved with progress for the health of their family.”

In an interview with the BBC that aired Dec 28, she gave clear, unequivocal confirmation that she and Brad and the children were living together at home.

They came back from Aspen Jan 4 or 5.

Since Jan. 5 she has consistently and exclusively worn gold ring bands on her right hand.  She has not worn any rings on her left hand since September 2016.

Since Jan. 13 she has been constantly seen wearing a distinctive wide gold band on her right ring finger with either one or two thinner gold bands.  At the same Jan.13 outing, Knox dressed as Brad's mini-me.  Brad hosted the reception for If Beale Street Could Talk on Jan. 12 wherein he was seen briefly wearing a square-octagonal band.  He has refrained from publicly wearing any rings since September 2016.  The necklace he started wearing at the start of the Summer effort in June 2018 was the first piece of jewelry he wore since the plane incident.  He was first seen wearing a second, thicker necklace at the December 1, 2018 reception hosted by Amazon head Jeff Bezos for Beautiful Boy.  The octagonal pendant hanging from one of the necklaces was first discernible on Dec. 14. 

Over the past few weeks, Angelina has worn the gold bands constantly.  Brad has worn the gold necklaces constantly.

Over the past few weeks, further normalization of relations between Brad and the kids has allowed them to be more relaxed and comfortable with public displays of their commitment to each other and to their family.




Clockwise from top left: Jan 5 at Michael's craft store, Jan. 8 at Fred Segal, Jan. 13 at Century City, Jan. 14 to Vivienne's karate class, Jan 19 to California Fire Foundation, Jan. 20 rock climbing, Jan 26 at Petco, Jan 27 at Staples and Kabuki, Jan 28 to karate class.
"In the United States (and many other Western countries), the custom is to wear wedding rings on the fourth finger of the left hand. But in many other countries, it’s traditional to place wedding ring sets on the right hand instead.
"In many Northern and Eastern European countries, including Denmark, Norway, Russia, Poland, and Bulgaria, it is more common to wear the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. In Portugal, Spain, and Greece, the right hand is also customary."

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It had been their practice to wear other bands with or in lieu of their wedding bands.





left, Cornell tribute, right 2015 AFI Award luncheon
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Saturday, June 16, 2018



Random Fuzzy


"In front of the house he is renting in Windsor," no date.

The leak forced him to move out of the hotel where the children's visits were already ongoing.  They were half-way through the initial 10-day period during which the children have one-on-one or two-on-one time with him for four hours each day. They spent a long time studying how the visits would proceed in that hotel including recreational activities for the children and the leaked forced them to move to an alternate location that was less ideal.

Brad was photographed biking on the hotel grounds on Wednesday, shortly after the first leak and then he was seen emerging from this house on his bike on Friday. They will have to move the venue again for the 2nd phase now that the paps have this location staked out.

On a scale of 1 to 10, their anger over this leak would be at least 11. It disrupted critical visits that were meticulously and thoroughly planned.  The psychiatrist or the psychologist talks to the children &/or Angelina before and after each visit to make sure they achieve the goals they set out for that visit and the children feel good about their time with Brad.  Every detail of this effort was very thoroughly studied to make sure it succeeds. 

So it is very significant that Brad is again wearing one of his gold necklaces.  He was not wearing it during the OUATIH table read in L.A. on June 7.  The visits started June 8.  We first caught a glimpse of the necklace when he was out biking in Windsor on Friday, June 15.  That he put it back on while in the middle of this sensitive effort is a strong sign that the visits have gone well and they've already made substantial progress.  It means the children are happy to see him wear the necklace and with what that represents to them.  It means the barriers between them have come down and the family is coming back together.

As noted previously, they gave the children a powerful incentive to open up to their father -- by dangling the possibility that their time with their mother may be reduced or primary custody may be transferred to him if they don't.  The children have no medical condition that impedes their ability to do so, they just need to have sufficient desire and motivation. 

- The older gentlemen pictured may be the psychiatrist who is monitoring the first phase of the visits.

- The leak is not reflected in their faces or demeanor.  They both look sanguine -- another sign that the visits are going very well.

- Dr Katz will make the expert determination that this effort has succeeded and the family is healthy.  The evaluation should be completed around the week of August 13 or sometime after.  Given that they already appear to be well on their way after just the first phase, there seems little doubt about its success.

- We obviously can't see what, if any, pendant is attached to the necklace.  The broad v on his chest in the top right photo is the crease of his shirt.  If it was large pendant, it would be pressing harder against his shirt when he is leaning over his bike (lower right photo below) and would be more discernible.  There is nothing visible pressing against his shirt.  A large pendant would bulge out when viewed from the side.  His side view (lower left) shows his shirt is flat, there is nothing protruding from his chest.  If there was a large dangling pendant, there would be a large vertical crease marking it, parallel to his earphone cables -- there is nothing of the sort.   If there is a pendant, it is likely small.  Like the pendants he had worn before.  And as noted above, whatever it is, it is something he believes is helping restore his relationship with the kids.

caption:  "Brad Pitt seen standing outside his rented UK house after a black Mercedes arrived with what is believe to be his children inside. 13 Jun 2018"






-- Fussy 

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Below, an old photo just posted by a fan account.  Chloe Dalton is on the right.  As noted previously, there has been a sharp diminution in their contact and work from those days when they even accompanied the family on vacation.
Angelina mentioned the problem of sexual violence on her trip to Iraq and Kurdistan -- around which their work with her is now largely confined. 


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