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Jolie: My next major role is playing mum; Parenthood: Miss Jolie with Brad Pitt.

Article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Article date: November 14, 2008

Byline: Simon Cable

SHE can command up to [pounds sterling]13million for a film and has a host of awards.

But Angelina Jolie has revealed she is ready to turn her back on acting to focus on a different role - that of mother.

The 33-year-old says she wants to cut down the number of films she makes from as early as February to spend more time with her six children.

The Oscar-winning actress, whose partner is 44-year-old Brad Pitt, gave birth to twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon in July.

The couple also have a two-and-a-half -yearold daughter, Shiloh, and ...

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Angelina: Woman, Uninterrupted

Posted Jun 2, 08 11:56 AM CDT in Arts & Living, Glossies, Gossip

Source: AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant

(Newser) – The every mood and move of "Brangelina" results in frantic flashbulbs and screaming headlines, but when Rich Cohen sat down with Angelina Jolie for Vanity Fair, he found a complete woman whose life perhaps imitates her art. The "ultimate avatar of fantasies," her onscreen roles have reflected her personal evolution: from wild child to crusader to Brad Pitt's "wife."

"Angelina is a new kind of movie star in just the way Barack Obama is a new kind of politician," writes Cohen, declaring her an "archetype" on the level of "Elizabeth Taylor in 1951." Jolie dishes on how she and Pitt "feel married," the loss of her mother, and how she's giving her nontraditional family "the childhood I always wished I had."

Source: Vanity Fair

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Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers

Actress gives scoop on 2 very diverse roles

Entertainment Weekly Jun 12, 08 12:33 PM CDT

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie was shocked to learn she and Brad Pitt were expecting twins but also, perhaps unnecessarily, tells Entertainment Weekly that pregnancy can be good for the sex life. She also discusses talking politics with Clint Eastwood, the challenges of getting ready to have six kids under 8, Billy Bob Thornton’s blood, and two recent onscreen roles—as an assassin and a mom. More »

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Brad: Angie's No Homewrecker

Star addresses rumors in interview

W Jan 7, 09 12:20 PM CST

(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't engage in a “dastardly affair,” Pitt tells W magazine: “What people don’t understand is that we were still filming Mr and Mrs Smith after Jen and I split up.” More from the wide-ranging interview: On Jennifer Aniston’s “uncool” comment: “Listen, man, Jen is a sweetheart. I think she got dragged into that one, and then there’s a second round to all of that Angie versus Jen. It’s so created.” More »

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Docs to Angelina: No More!

Mother of six has had too many complications

OK! Dec 31, 08 10:29 AM CST

(Newser) - All those Brangelina pregnancy rumors can be disregarded, according to the unimpeachable sources at OK! —Angelina Jolie has reportedly been warned by doctors that another pregnancy could be dangerous. “She should not get pregnant for a year after her last delivery, and it would be safer if she did not get pregnant, ever,” says an insider. The good news for the pair? They can still adopt, and are reportedly in the process of doing so—from Ethiopia. More »

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Posted Jun 2, 08 11:56 AM CDT in Arts & Living, Glossies, Gossip

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