Angelina Jolie - EW’s 25 Top Stars of 2007
Entertainment Weekly has released their 25 Top Stars of 2007 and Angelina Jolie is among them. In fact, EW refers to her as 2007’s Valedictorian.
Here’s what the publication had to say about her:
Angelina Jolie is currently fulfilling fanboy fantasies in Beowulf with her role as Grendel’s mom. Grendel’s naked mom. In digital 3-D, no less. But energizing her base is hardly the 32-year-old actress’ only accomplishment this year. In A Mighty Heart, Jolie strapped on a prosthetic pregnancy belly, donned a curly wig, and delivered the sort of heart-wrenching turn that reminded audiences why she won that Academy Award (for 1999’s Girl, Interrupted ) in the first place. In other words, she acted.
”The belly just slid right on, and a wig is a lot easier than getting your hair done, but learning her French-Cuban accent was difficult,” Jolie says, describing her preparations for playing Mariane Pearl, widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter slain in Pakistan in 2002. During the five weeks she shot the picture with director Michael Winterbottom in India — mostly in one house, with a camera following her from room to room as she sometimes improvised dialogue — Jolie was hounded by paparazzi, and a terrorist group reportedly declared a fatwa against her during production. ”It wasn’t like a code red or anything,” she says, ”but we did have a few moments…”
Whatever happened in India — and whatever she’s wearing in Beowulf — her performances in 2007 were far more interesting than her private life. A nice change of pace.
I like what they said at the end. It’s not that they mean her life is boring, but rather that her movie roles were dramatic but in her real life she’s just mom to her kids and girlfriend to Brad Pitt, and life goes on, as normal as it can be for a celebrity family. And of course, her home life is certainly of interest to us, right?
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45 opinions for Angelina Jolie - EW’s 25 Top Stars of 2007
BlessBrangelina
Nov 26, 2007 at 12:54 pm
*”— her performances in 2007 were far more interesting than her private life. A nice change of pace.”*
Totally agree. The tabloids have created this other world with their inventive writings and it’s getting boring. She has given some terrific performances recently and has looked great also.
Chae
Nov 26, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Good for Angie. Too bad the tabs will continue with their negative spews. Still, this woman is just incredible and it’s nice to know she is above all the negative gossips and delusions by the haters.
Passerby
Nov 26, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Congratz Angie!
“her performances in 2007 were far more interesting than her private life. A nice change of pace.”
Quote definitely worth quoting again!
I was looking through pass pictures of Brad & Angie and the kids and gawd I miss them as a family. And I especially miss Brad’s hair!! His hair is so nice!! =]
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I too love EW’s ending to their writeup about Angelina. Congratulations, Angelina - Valedictorian, Entertainer of the Year J.K. Rowling, and the other 23.
And congrats to EW on not sinking low and sensationalizing Angelina - for taking the high road.
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:31 pm
People is polling readers for the 2007 Besties. We have 22 days in which to vote.
http://www.people.com/people/package/bestof2007/0,,20160055_20160291,00.html#flashpolls
–“Who was the best dressed celebrity baby?” It had Zahara & Shiloh competing against Maddox & Pax! (I agonized and then chose Mad & Pax; I’ll keep voting for them too, because if I alternate voting between the brothers & the sisters, I’ll just dilute the vote and none of them will get high numbers.)
–“Who was most talked about?” Angelina & Brad are listed separately. (Wait a minute, is there a pattern here of splitting the vote?)
–“Which couple is most likely to make it to 2017?”
–“What was the best 10 bucks you spent at the movies?”
And 2 crimes: Angie wasn’t named in “Best Red Carpet Moment.” What about that chartreuse dress in Cannes!?! And she wasn’t included in “Who looked the best every day this year?”
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:36 pm
We have 9 days, 6 hours, and 7 minutes to vote for the People’s Choice Awards. http://www.pcavote.com/pca/
A Mighty Heart is up for Best Independent Movie and Brad & George are up for Best Matchup.
Sherry
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I wish it was possible to vote for more than one at a time because frankly I have more than one choice on the who will make it to 2017 question. I voted for Brad & Angie but I can also see Demi & Ashton and Ben & Jennifer making it too.
Demi & Ashton were the weirdest couple EVER and I never expected it to last, but look at them go!
gena
Nov 26, 2007 at 5:03 pm
HELLO EVERYONE. GOD BLESS ANGELINA FOR WINNING THIS TITLE ,SHE TRULY DESERVE IT.THANK YOU SHERRY FOR THIS UPDATE.
Passerby
Nov 26, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I know this a Brad and Angie fan site but I can’t help but congratulate J.K. Rowling too. She’s accomplished a huge feat and is also very charitable like Angie and Brad.
I had to vote for mad/max tooo and sorry brad but I voted for Angie.
I agree with ligaya that Angie should be in the best dress everyday and best dress red carpet. Cannes was awesome!
Kari
Nov 26, 2007 at 7:13 pm
“her performances in 2007 were far more interesting than her private life. A nice change of pace.”
I think the comment is a sly reference to Angelina’s allegedly eccentric behaviors in the past… It’s a bit of a jab but the overall tone of the piece is overall very respectful and congratultory.
I have to say I find myself in the completely contradictory state of on one hand, cursing at the paparazzi for hounding Brad and Angie and on the other hand, complaining when I can’t see any pictures of them…. Speaking of which, I wish there were more pictures of them and the family around now…
BlessBrangelina
Nov 26, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Passerby
Yes! What’s with that??? She had four great red carpet moments and they totally ignore all???
Some of the one’s they chose are laughable.
Passerby
Nov 26, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I still remember all the Cannes pictures clearly, especially with the yellow dress. And Brad looked really good there too. Clean shave and no hat!
Gawd I really miss Brad’s hair! Angie always looks good.
Some nice pics I’ve enjoyed.
Look of love!
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/0017s8q2
They look so Content and in sync in this pic.
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/0001kxfc
Yes ANgie Brad’s hair is nice!
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/0005z7s3/g7
The look of love once again!
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/000hpr7z/g17
Free dancing
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/000xywgg/g17
Or ballroom dancing
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/000xz3qz/g17
kiss anyone?
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/0012556w/g22
and another pic from the AMH photocall. The pictures from that day are one of my favorites because Angie isn’t red carpet dress up but casual dress up and Brad is not wearing a hat. Sorry for those who like the hat but I’m not liking it.
http://pics.livejournal.com/pittimpression6/pic/00027bsq/g6
Kari
Nov 26, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Wow ! I am shocked at the level of censorship on this site. The comment I made was not a negative comment at all. So is all you accept ADULATORY comments? This is just too strange to believe.
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 11:40 pm
People’s Sexiest Man Alive! issue (12/3/07) has a small article on “Angelina Jolie: Political Pundit.” It talks about Angelina writing for The Economist.
“The Economist’s executive editor, Daniel Franklin, tells [People's] Scoop, ‘Her piece was remarkably easy to edit! I thought she might have something interesting to say. It turns out, she did.’ “
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I hope Angelina, Brad, A Mighty Heart and Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford are nominated.
2008 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW
Point your web browser to SpiritAwards.com first thing Tuesday morning to watch a live online broadcast of the 2008 Spirit Awards Nominations Announcement Press Conference. The nominations will be presented by Zach Braff and Lisa Kudrow, both past Spirit Awards nominees themselves.
Find out what films and filmmakers represent the best of independent cinema over the past year in categories including The John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500,000), Best First Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, and Best Feature.
In addition, we’ll be announcing the team being honored with our inaugural Robert Altman Award, given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast.
Watch the press conference live on SpiritAwards.com at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Tuesday, November 27!
ligaya
Nov 26, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Variety, By Dave McNary:
TOP STORY
‘Beowulf’ wins overseas box office
The animated re-telling of the epic poem, handled by Warner Bros. internationally, has cumed $48.5 million overseas for a combined worldwide total of $105 million. With little competition on the action front until “I Am Legend” opens in mid-December, “Beowulf” should remain a decent draw for several more weeks with openings next frame in Australia, Brazil and Japan.
“Beowulf” easily conquered the foreign box office, dominating the weekend with $26 million at 5,400 playdates in 43 markets for its second straight international victory.
“Beowulf,” which more than doubled its foreign run, scored best in its Russian launch with a first-place $4.3 million, 20% better than “Van Helsing.”
In a French frame held down by a public transport strike, “Beowulf” put the bite on $2 million in its launch. It won in Mexico with a $1.9 million opening, stayed in first in South Korea with $1.4 million.
irma
Nov 27, 2007 at 7:49 am
I was also looking for her canary yellow dress in Cannes as her best red carpet ever & it is not on their list. I was surprised that they ignored how beautiful Angie in Cannes this year. I voted for Angie as much talked about, sorry Brad. I voted for them as the couple who will last till year 2017.
Congrats again Angie, 2007 is Angie’s year for so many recognitions & awards. Bless the Jolie-Pitt’s.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 8:56 am
3 posts in the same thread under moderation - my personal record ;-). One was about Beowulf’s B.O., another The Economist’s executive editor said about Angie, and one about my hopes that our fave actors & movies are nominated this morning for the Independent Spirit Awards (aka Indie Oscars).
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 9:22 am
Oops - that’s 4 posts under moderation! ;-)
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:26 am
OK, I’m very excited because I just watched Lisa Kudrow & Zach Braff announce the Independent Spirit Awards nominees. I can’t 100% vouch for what I’m reporting because I don’t know shorthand, didn’t have a tape, and am relying only on my scribbles.
First, I learned last year (when I was following Half Nelson) that nominations are almost as good as wins, and that every kudos/awards - festival, critics, award shows from the smallest to the Golden Globes - are important. Yes, the talent in a movie counts. Also, the box office. And the Award Buzz among peers, insiders, criitcs, bloggers, and the general public. And the campaigning with “For Your Consideration” ads in the trades, screenings, schmoozings, etc.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:38 am
Awards recognition is also good for the movie because they make people want to see it, and hopefully get the message.
The bad news: no love for Brad & AOJJ - maybe because of the over $20million budget cap? Likely.
ANGELINA JOLIE - woohoo! - for Best Female Performance. Other nominees: the female lead in “Lust, Caution,” Ellen(?) Page (Juno), Parker Posey, Sienna Miller.
BEST FEATURE (woohoo!): A Mighty Heart, Diving Bell & Butterfly, the many-Dylans movie, Juno, and Paranoid Park.
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY (booyah!): A Mighty Heart and 4 others.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:48 am
OT: I’m also cheering for JP friend Don Cheadle, Best Male Performance ISA-nominated for his star turn in based-on-true-story “Talk to Me.” He’s long overdue - he should have won the Best Actor Oscar for Hotel Rwanda - which is where he became aware of Darfur.
And Chiwetel Eijiofor, ISA-nominated for Best Supporting Male Performance (can’t remember movie’s name). People know him most for Denzel Washington’s 2nd-in-command in Inside Man & American Gangster.
And IRFAN KHAN (The Captain) is nominated in the same category as Eijiofor - not for AMH but for The Namesake, a really strong performance.
I hope they tie.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:55 am
OT: Last but no least, JP friends awarded special prize. (People Daily [people@people.chtah.com])
George Clooney and Don Cheadle will be sharing a prestigious honor for their efforts to bring peace to Africa’s war-torn Darfur region, awarded by a collection of Nobel laureates.
The 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – a group that includes former Soviet President Michael Gorbachev, former President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu – will present the actors with the 2007 Peace Summit Award at its annual meeting in Rome next month.
Clooney and Cheadle are being honored for promoting peace in Darfur and “for their commitment to saving human lives and alleviating the suffering of civilian victims of the conflict,” the World Summit announced Monday. Gorbachev and Walter Veroni, the mayor of Rome, will present the award to the actors at the summit Dec. 13.
[Archbishop Tutu quote]
Over the past two years Clooney and Cheadle have both traveled to the African nation to bring attention to the plight of war refugees there, spoken to government leaders about the ongoing ethnic and tribal conflict in the region and appeared in the 2007 documentary Darfur Now.
angel
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:57 am
congrats to brad angie mariane and the entire cast of AMH
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:57 am
OT - according to People:
George Clooney and Don Cheadle will be sharing a prestigious honor for their efforts to bring peace to Africa’s war-torn Darfur region, awarded by a collection of Nobel laureates.
The 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – a group that includes former Soviet President Michael Gorbachev, former President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu – will present the actors with the 2007 Peace Summit Award at its annual meeting in Rome next month.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:00 am
Current under moderation count = 6. ;-)
JM
Nov 27, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Please also vote for the People’s Choice Awards at http://www.pcavote.com
You can vote for Favorite Independant Movie, A Mighty Heart, also if you go through the whole list you can vote for Brad and George as Favorite On Screen Match-Up.
Brad and Angie did a fantastic job with A Mighty Heart, they deserve to win, this is one we can make a difference on by voting every day til the cut-off. It can be the peoples choice if we give our voices by voting!
I wish Brad, Angie and the kids all the best!
Stuart Heritage
Nov 27, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Angelina Jolie has previously been honored by her peers and awarded the prestigious Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her feisty role in the film Girl, Interrupted.
Now, the thespian and humanitarian seems likely to take home another Academy Award.
Jolie has just been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress, a good Oscar precursor.
Ange is being honored for her role in the Brad Pitt-produced A Mighty Heart. She played the wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl in the biopic.
The movie also scored a nod for Best Film.
Congrats to both Angie and Bradley!
Lili May
Nov 27, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Thank you Ligaya for the Beowulf reviews and the Independent Spirit Award news. I am so glad that Angie got the recognition she deserves as one of EW entertainers of the year.
Thank you Sherry and all the wonderful fans that visit this site!
Passerby
Nov 27, 2007 at 6:23 pm
hahaha Ligaya! You should stop posting so much negative comments and then they won’t be under moderation. Haha I’m kidding of course. I enjoy your post and you bring good info with your post.
I actually have 1 comment under moderation on this thread but I think its because I posted like seven links to great Brad and Angie pics.
And awards do make movies more noticeable. I hoping Angie and Brad win a OSCAR this year for A mighty Heart. Angie for best actress and Brad for producer aka best picture.
I’m guilty to say that I enjoyed Enchanted more than Beowulf. (Amy Adams performance was awesome!)
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Hehe, I’ve got 3 more posts under moderation in other threads for a grand total of 9! ;-) Someday I’ll understand what triggers moderation and what doesn’t.
Sherry
Nov 27, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Ligaya - heck, I write here and even *I* don’t always know what triggers moderation! ;)
Sorry for the delay today to anyone waiting for their comment to come through. I got to babysit my friend’s one-month-old baby today and didn’t get a chance to do anything other than melt over how cute he is and then melt over how my toddler was so in love with him. :D
irma
Nov 27, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Thanks Ligaya for all the info, it’s always nice to be informed, I hope & pray A Mighty Heart win a lot of awards this coming Oscar night next year. It will be a blessing if Angie wins as best actress & Brad as the best producer, that will be awesome.
Goodnight fans.
BlessBrangelina
Nov 27, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Thanks Ligaya.
Great news about ISA nominations.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Kari, if you check out the different threads, you’ll see that there are negative, non-adulatory posts here in Pittwatch. Look for posts by sunshine & lori, for example.
This isn’t a neutral place. It’s a place Angelina/Brad/JP kids’ fans cherish & relish because for the most part the general caca that’s out there isn’t present here.
And my own opinion is that within the context of being fans, we’re not Stepford wives required to worship the JPs with blind adulation. I think clear-eyed fandom is best. We have a continuum of fandom here, with shades of difference and with the understanding of being able to agree to disagree.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Awww, babies & toddlers. :-) I surrender.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Film Independent/ISA had 45 people on 3 nominating committees (American Feature, Foreign Feature, Documentary) which reviewed 250 films.
I was VERY surprised that Julie Christie (Away from Her) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) weren’t nominated. Some critics and professional award prognosticators called Cotillard a lock. Marion & Julie had stronger reviews from critics, and Angelina was judged to be #3 and even #5 behind others’ performances.
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:37 pm
INDENPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINEES - nothing’s a slam dunk, the competition is very strong.
BEST FEATURE
A Mighty Heart
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I’m Not There
Juno
Paranoid Park
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller, Interview
Ellen Page, Juno
Parker Posey, Broken English
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
John Orloff, A Mighty Heart
Jeffrey Blitz, Rocket Science
Zoe Cassavetes, Broken English
Diablo Cody, Juno
Kelly Masterson, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Irrfan Khan (The Captain), The Namesake
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk to Me
Marcus Carl Franklin, I’m Not There
Kene Holliday, Great World of Sound
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
ligaya
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Please forgive me and bear with me for all my posts :-) - I’m bouncing off the walls I’m so excited.
Something else that counts a lot in the Oscar race is the publicity/promotional budget. Little Miss Sunshine had $10million - remember all those newspaper/tv/billboard ads in yellow? They got a lot of tushes into the theaters, raising its box office, and thereby raising its awards chances.
Half Nelson had a few thousand. If it had one-tenth of Little Miss Sunshine’s promo budget, so many more people would have watched Half Nelson, raising its box office, and making it more likely that Ryan Gosling’s co-star Shareeka Epss would have been nominated for Best Actress in the Golden Globes/Oscars.
Money shouldn’t be a problem for A Mighty Heart, I wouldn’t think. OTOH, people don’t like campaigns where it seems the producers are just buying an award.
Children First
Nov 28, 2007 at 1:51 am
Hi Sherry, A mighty Heart has been nominated for a few Independent Spirit Awards:
http://www.ifc.com/films?aId=21670
Lou
Nov 28, 2007 at 4:39 am
Congrats to Angelina, Brad and everyone else involved with AMH. Too bad Michael was not nominated for best director.
cee
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:39 am
Congrats to Brad and Angie. Be ready for the onslaught of hate from the rags like In Touch, Life & Stlye etc. Any time something good happens for this couple they come out heavy hitting with the break up rumors. Fold do not buy the rags or the lies.
AnOldieButaGoodie
Nov 28, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I thought AMH was amazing and it is deserving of all the awards and recognition
Anik
Dec 9, 2007 at 8:08 am
She look quite this ok
ligaya
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:17 pm
OTOH, Filmstew’s dvd reviewer liked AMH & loved Angie’s performance. It’s very well-written, and reading it was almost the same as watching it again (I’m going to watch the dvd one more time). I can think of 4 moments of poignancy. Which moments were the most moving for you?
Updated figures:
Domestic: $9,176,787 49.0%
+ Foreign: $9,556,086 51.0%
________________________________________
= Worldwide: $18,732,873
+ $22.48 Million dvd rentals = $41,212,873 -$16 Million production budget = $25.2 Million profit
http://www.filmstew.com/showarticle.aspx?ContentID=16089
Fire Walk with Angelina
You’ll read a lot of reviews about Angelina’s prematurely released Oscar hopeful. But we bet this is the only write-up that connects it back to David Lynch.
Monday, October 15, 2007 at 11:15 AM, by Brent Simon
A Mighty Heart is powered, though, by Jolie’s performance, and her portrayal of Mariane is one of mesmerizingly tightened effect and distress - her very soul seems clenched. Two big emotional moments leapt out for me,..
Mariane is asked if there is anything she would say to her husband if he could now hear her. The answer in and of itself is brief and obvious (“I love you”), but the sing-song, knee-jerk reflexivity of Jolie’s line-reading is heartrending, and a reminder that sometimes the most obvious sentiment is still the most poignant..
Having danced along the razor’s edge of doubt, hope and steadfastness for its entire running time, the declaration feels emotionally devastating. But it’s also moving in a genuine way, one tinged with discernment, and the compassion of tact — qualities that, if more greatly understood and embraced, could surely fuel more thoughtful, sympathetic worldviews.
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