Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography (61 page)
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Authors: Andrew Morton
Tags: #General, #Biography & Autobiography, #Biography, #Women, #United States, #Film & Video, #Performing Arts, #Entertainment & Performing Arts, #Rich & Famous, #Motion Picture Actors and Actresses, #Motion Picture Actors and Actresses - United States, #Jolie; Angelina
A brand, a corporation, and a charity powerhouse, Brad and Angie are considered one of the most influential couples on the planet. Restless, competitive, and volatile, they endeavor to juggle a family of six children, film careers, and a smorgasbord of charitable works. At the London premiere of
Beowulf
in November 2007, their union is neatly captured by photographer Rune Hellestad.
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A star is born. Maddox shows off his sunglasses during a visit to Central Park, in New York City, while Angie shows off her second adopted child, Ethiopian-born Zahara, known as Zee. Each child has a nanny who speaks his or her native tongue, though inside Château Jolie-Pitt the
lingua franca
is French.
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Angie, out shopping with Shiloh and Zahara at a New York art shop, always wanted to adopt. She emulated dancer Josephine Baker, who famously had a rainbow family of twelve children who lived with her in a French château.
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When she was younger, Angie complained about endlessly moving around to different apartments. Actually she lived most of her young life on the same street, whereas her nomadic tribe of six children is fortunate to spend a week in one place, the couple determined to take the children along as they frenetically jet from red carpet premiere to refugee camp and film shoot. Here they are at the Chiba airport in Japan in January 2009, taking what Brad calls “the platoon” home to Los Angeles.
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When she was a teenage goth, Angie had a crush on Johnny Depp, who starred in the cult movie
Edward Scissorhands
, about a weird outsider with scissors for hands. In
The Tourist
, shot in Paris and Venice in the spring of 2010, Angie had the chance to play alongside her idol. These days Angie is very much an insider, though still intriguing. The pose is reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn, but Angelina Jolie is unmistakably herself.
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