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It’s a story about a woman who lived from the ’20s to the ’70s, burning her voice and her life by doing what she loved. This is the third portrait of a famous woman as seen through Larraín’s lens, following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer, both of which also premiered in Venice. On Wednesday, Netflix snapped up U.S. rights to the film. Larrain said he’d been “a big Maria Callas fan,” but that he was especially intrigued by the fact that there are “almost no movies about opera and opera singers.” Callas had “the greatest voice in history who had a very beautiful and difficult life.” The filmmaker noted that while “90% of the stories she sang end with death on the stage,” he didn’t set out to make a “dark movie.” Rather, one “more about a woman who spent her life singing for others, taking care of others, worrying about relationships… Now she’s ready to take care of herself and find her own destiny.” He added, “Of course, this movie wouldn’t exist without Angelina.” Asked how she related to Callas beautiful but tragic journey, Jolie smiled, “Well, there’s a lot I won’t say in this room that you probably know or assume.” She continued, “I think the way I related to her was probably the part of her that is extremely soft and doesn’t have room in the world to be as soft as she was, as emotionally open as she truly was… I share her vulnerability more than anything.” While there’s already awards buzz surrounding Jolie, she told the press that the bar for her to know “if I did good enough are the Maria fans and those who love opera. My fear would be to disappoint them… I didn’t want to do a disservice to this woman.” Jolie, who says she never sang in public before Maria, trained for seven months and was “terribly nervous.” The first time she sang on set, her sons “blocked the door so that no one else could come in because I was so nervous.” She credited Larrain who “in his decency, started me in a small room and ended me in La Scala.” She noted when she was younger she was into punk, “I loved all music, but I probably listened to The Clash more than most. As I’ve gotten older, classical music, opera — I still love the same music as when I was young… When you’ve felt a certain level of despair, of pain, of love… at a certain point there is only certain sounds that can match that feeling. To me, the immensity of feeling encapsulated in sounds of opera — there’s nothing like it.” Oscar nominee Steven Knight (Spencer) wrote the script; Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach produce. The project hails from The Apartment, a Fremantle Company, as well as Fabula, Komplizen and Fremantle. Others in the cast include Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valeria Golino. Following its Venice premiere, Maria will go on to screen at the New York Film Festival. Venice Says Brava To ‘Maria’ With 10-Minute Ovation For Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas Biopic (8/29/24) Pablo Larraín’s Angelina Jolie-starring Maria was met with a 10-minute ovation following its Venice Film Festival world premiere Thursday night. The biopic of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, which is playing in Competition here in Venice, is a story about a woman who burned her voice and her life by doing what she loved. The film takes place near the end of her life. On Wednesday, Netflix acquired U.S. rights to the Steven Knight-penned film. This evening, Larraín and Jolie were in attendance alongside cast members Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher. After the screening, the crowd inside the Sala Grande was emotional and was even chanting Jolie’s name. The two-time Oscar nominee also got emotional, shedding a tear as she walked down from the gallery to wave at the audience. The team had all attended a press conference earlier in the day, during which Larraín said Callas was “the greatest voice in history who had a very beautiful and difficult life.” He added, “Of course, this movie wouldn’t exist without Angelina.” Jolie, who said she’d never sang in public before Maria, trained for seven months and was “terribly nervous.” Asked how she related to Callas’ beautiful, but tragic journey, Jolie responded, “I think the way I related to her was probably the part of her that is extremely soft and doesn’t have room in the world to be as soft as she was, as emotionally open as she truly was… I share her vulnerability more than anything.” This is the third portrait of a famous woman as seen through Larraín’s lens, following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer, both of which also premiered in Venice. Oscar nominee Knight (Spencer) wrote the script, with Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach producing. The project hails from The Apartment as well as Fabula, Komplizen and Fremantle. Others in the cast include Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee and Valeria Golino. Following its Venice premiere, Maria will go on to screen at the New York Film Festival. Angelina Jolie Set For TIFF Tribute Award In Impact Media (8/27/24) Academy Award–winning actor-turned-filmmaker Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced on Tuesday. Jolie will receive the award at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards, taking place at Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Sunday, September 8, while in town for the world premiere of her latest directorial effort, Without Blood, a war drama based on the book of the same name by Alessandro Baricco, which stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bechir. Previously bestowed upon the likes of Pedro Almodóvar, Mira Nair, and Alanis Obomsawin, the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media is presented by Anne-Marie Canning and recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema. Other honorees set for the TIFF fundraising gala, for which Sandra Oh is serving as the inaugural Honorary Chair, include Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Durga Chew-Bose, David Cronenberg, Clément Ducol and Camille, Jharrel Jerome, Mike Leigh, and Zhao Tao. “Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted talent who has entertained audiences for decades while consistently using her platform to champion important causes. We’re honoured to present her with the 2024 TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media,” Bailey said today. “This award recognizes her exceptional achievements in filmmaking, and her unwavering commitment for positive change, solidifying her status as a veritable humanitarian and global force to be reckoned with.” Lauded by TIFF for her long history of humanitarian work and her dedication to social justice, on display in works like Unbroken and In the Land of Blood and Honey, Jolie returns to TIFF after stopping in to screen her 2017 film First They Killed My Father. Prior to that, she’d been on hand with The Breadwinner, the Oscar-nominated animated feature from Nora Twomey, which she exec produced. A Tony Award–winning producer, Jolie is best known on the acting front for turns in films like Girl, Interrupted, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Maleficent and Changeling. Most recently seen in titles like Eternals and Those Who Wish Me Dead, she’ll next be seen starring in Pablo Larraín’s Maria, a biopic of opera singer Maria Callas, which premieres at the New York Film Festival later this year. This morning, it was also announced that Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker behind the Dune franchise, will also be on hand at TIFF for a conversation on his creative process in adapting the Frank Herbert saga, following IMAX screenings of Dune and Dune: Part Two. Public tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 28 at 10AM on the TIFF website. The 49th edition of the festival runs from September 5–15. Angeline Jolie Just Won Her First Tony Award & Owes It All To Daughter Viv (6/16/24) Good thing Angelina Jolie listened to an urgent recommendation by her daughter, Vivienne: The Oscar-winning actress just took home her first Tony for producing The Outsiders: A New Musical. Jolie took the stage Sunday at the Tony Awards ceremony with her 15-year-old daughter, who was the one who encouraged her mom to see a staging of the musical in La Jolla, CA. Vivienne Jolie-Pitt also contributed notes on the hit Broadway version, as did Jolie. Producer Matthew Rego gave a specific shout-out to Jolie, one of several who made the musical a reality, when he accepted the Tony. He also name-checked The Outsiders author S.E. Hinton, who was in the audience. Set in Tulsa in 1967, The Outsiders is the story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, his two brothers and best friend Johnny – the Greasers – as they struggle to get by and stand tall against the affluent rival group the Socs. “Susie Hinton wrote The Outsiders 60 years ago and she has received accolades ever since. But she often says that she still gets overwhelmed when told that The Outsiders changed someone’s life because she’ll say, who might have changed anyone’s life? It’s the book. It’s not the author. It’s the message, not the messenger. Well Susie, I’m here to tell you that your story and its eternal message of love and family and staying gold has forever changed all of our lives. We love you.” Jolie did not speak on stage, nor was she present backstage for reporters after the Tonys. Bummer. In a recent discussion with Deadline, Jolie explained how she first became involved with the musical. “My daughter Viv loves theater. She appreciates all theater but she certainly knows what she feels close to and what she responds to. She went to see The Outsiders at La Jolla about five times and was telling me about it, and I had read the book, and I’d seen the film years ago. Then she asked me to come see it with her, and I thought it was just a…you know, Danya speaks of how important it is to teenagers, how it was written by somebody who’s the age of my daughter, right? So, really, as a mother, as a person, I was watching it, but I was really watching the effect it was having on my young daughter and what she was telling me about herself, and I was learning what about it was important to her and why it connected so deeply to her.” “So, it was a very different experience of understanding, of how this is having a significant effect on her as a young person right now, and she’s communicating something to me, and that is the power of this material, which was in really good shape even by then,” Jolie continued. “And then I had the privilege of watching everyone work over this last year to make it into what it is, and Vivienne has been there the whole way.” Outsiders director Danya Taymor added that “Angelina was in the room a lot, a lot, and providing not just support, but also incredible feedback, not just to me, although definitely to me and like, a real champion of keeping the vision potent and courageous and brutal like the book, but she also was there for the actors.” “You know, we had a lot of people making their Broadway debuts, a lot of people entering the spotlight for the first time, and she was incredibly generous in sharing her experience,” Taymor continued. “And you know, technical rehearsals in the theater are not for the faint of heart. They’re long days, and it moved me so much that Angelina was there, because that’s how you earn people’s trust, and she gave us that. She had so much skin in the game and so much curiosity about it all, and same thing with Vivienne. Vivienne would watch the show and give me the most amazing notes. Like, incredible eye. So, it was a wonderful, wonderful support, and also, obviously, made the work better.” STARS FROM STAGE, SCREEN AND SPORTS SET TO PRESENT AT “THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS®,” AIRING LIVE SUNDAY, JUNE 16, ON CBS (6/12/24) Some of the biggest stars from stage, screen and sports are set to present at THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® on Sunday, June 16 (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs)*. Airing live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the talented lineup of stars includes Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nate Burleson, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Josh Gad, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sean Hayes, Taraji P. Henson, Julianne Hough, Jennifer Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Nick Jonas, Idina Menzel, Ashley Park, Jim Parsons, Wendell Pierce, Ben Platt, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Rannells, Solomon Thomas, Taylor Tomlinson, Pete Townshend, Tamara Tunie, Adrienne Warren, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright. Additionally, the cast of “Stereophonic” has been added to the list of star-studded performances, joining previously announced performances from “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Illinoise,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Suffs,” “The Outsiders,” “The Who’s Tommy” and “Water for Elephants.” The 77th celebration will recognize and honor the incredible artistry of the 2023-2024 season. The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards, which honor theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing and have been broadcast on CBS since 1978. They are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are showrunners and executive producers for White Cherry Entertainment, and Weiss will serve as director. Jack Sussman is also an executive producer. Brad Pitt security guard alleges Angelina Jolie told couple’s kids to ‘avoid’ dad during custody visits (5/9/24) The legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over Chateau Miraval continues to divulge details of the warring couple’s personal lives. In the latest filing in the winery war, a former guard for the couple alleges in a declaration that Jolie was “overheard” by security staffers telling the couple’s kids to avoid Pitt during custody visits with their dad. Tony Webb — a veteran of the UK’s Royal Marines and British Army’s Special Air Service who later went into private security — says in court documents filed on Thursday by Pitt’s lawyers that, “Between 2000 and 2020, I provided varying degrees of personal security for Angelina Jolie and her family, and I currently provide services for Brad Pitt.” Webb alleges that his job when he worked for the couple included, “running security for [Jolie] and the family whenever they left the United States,” as well as getting people to sign NDAs for Jolie, including hotel staffers. After Pitt and Jolie split in 2016, Webb’s firm, SRS Global, continued to provide security for the “Maleficent” star and her children. (The stars were in a nearly five year legal battle for custody of their six kids.) Webb recalls that after Pitt and Jolie broke up, his business relationship with Jolie went south when Webb was told by Jolie’s assistant, Michael Vieira, that two independent contractors for his security firm “might be testifying in the family court case.” Webb says in the court docs that Jolie’s assistant then, “asked me to stop these two individuals from testifying. I understood that Mr. Viera was making this request on behalf of Ms. Jolie.” Webb adds that, “I explained to Mr. Vieira that I had no power to stop them because they were independent contractors and not employees of SRS Global. Mr. Vieira then told me that his call should serve as a reminder that those individuals had entered into non-disclosure agreements with Ms. Jolie and that I should remind them of that and tell them that if they testified in the family law case, Ms. Jolie would sue them.” Webb further states in LA Superior Court papers filed by Pitt’s lawyers, “I communicated this message to the two individuals over the phone and they both told me that they planned to testify. One of the two individuals, Ross Foster, specified that he intended to testify regardless of the NDA, if he received a court subpoena. When Mr. Foster told me this, he also told me that if asked, he would testify about statements he overheard that Ms. Jolie made to the children, encouraging them to avoid spending time with Mr. Pitt during custody visits.” He says that in the end, “I understand that Mr. Foster and the other individual mentioned above were, in fact, subpoenaed, and that both did, in fact, testify in the Jolie/Pitt family law case.” The latest allegations stem from the couple’s battle over NDAs. Last month Jolie’s side argued in court papers that she shouldn’t have to turn over all her past NDAs to her ex in their epic war over their $500 million winery. She claimed that Pitt wanted her to sign an unfairly “onerous” and “expansive” NDA, “covering Pitt’s personal misconduct, whether related to Miraval or not,” in order for her to sell her stake to him. The exes’ deal fell through over the NDA, she claims, before Jolie then instead sold her shares to a Stoli subsidiary. She has also alleged that he he was trying to silence her from speaking about allegations he was abusive to her and their family. But Pitt alleges she unfairly sold the stake out from under him. As part of their ongoing legal war, Pitt, 60, wants Jolie, 48, to hand over all her past NDAs — which she has argued against in court docs. Pitt’s side says in their latest court papers that Jolie has hatched a “ploy to turn this business dispute into a sideshow about family court matters.” And that, “Her hook is to allege that she was justified in terminating an imminent deal for Pitt to purchase her interest in Château Miraval, and in doing so breach her obligations not to sell to a stranger without his consent, because Pitt’s lawyers asked for an NDA to be included in the deal papers.” His side further says that, “Jolie then uses Pitt’s NDA proposal as an excuse to introduce into this case the unfortunate circumstances related to the dissolution of the couple’s marriage, claiming that the proposal engendered an ’emotionally devastating’ reaction in her that caused her to back out of the deal and sell to Stoli because it would have purportedly silenced her ability to speak about the personal matters.” Pitt’s legal filing by John Berlinski of Bird Marella argues that, “Jolie apparently thinks she can gain a tactical litigation advantage if she makes this case about family issues, so she has turned the NDA proposal into the very heart of this case.” Jolie’s reps did not immediately comment. Pitt is asking the court to unwind Jolie’s 2021 sale of her stake in Chateau Miraval to Stoli billionaire Yuri Shefler claiming it breached an agreement the pair had in place for her to sell to him. A hearing in the LA case is taking place on May 16, we’ve reported. A full trial is not expected this year. The Miraval case is also playing out in a Luxembourg court as well. The Hollywood exes have been fighting over the vineyard they purchased in 2008 ever since Jolie filed for divorce in 2016. The duo was married at the same French estate, but Jolie and the kids have not gone back since 2016. Angelina Jolie rips Brad Pitt for ‘abusive’ NDA request as $500M winery war escalates (4/26/24) Angelina Jolie says she shouldn’t have to turn over all her past NDAs to her ex, Brad Pitt, in their epic war over their $500 million winery. Jolie’s lawyers claim in newly filed court docs obtained by Page Six that a recent motion by Pitt asking to see Jolie’s NDAs with any third parties is “expensive,” “wasteful,” “unreasonable” — and even “abusive.” Jolie, 48, has argued in court docs that Pitt, 60, asked her to sign an expansive NDA in their scuttled Miraval deal because he was trying to silence her from speaking about allegations he was abusive to Jolie and their family, including on a flight from France to California in 2016. Jolie has alleged previously: “While Pitt’s history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well. Jolie then immediately left him.” The “Maleficent” star is also claiming in new court papers that turning over other NDAs she has signed would be an invasion of privacy for the other parties — presumably including movie studios, brands and employees — revealing “contracts that include Jolie’s compensation or compensation she paid to third parties.” Jolie’s side has claimed Pitt wanted Jolie to sign an unfairly “onerous” and “expansive” NDA, “covering Pitt’s personal misconduct, whether related to Miraval or not,” in order for her to sell her stake to him. The exes’ deal fell through — over the unfair NDA, she claims — and Jolie then sold her shares to a Stoli Group subsidiary. Pitt has opposed the Stoli deal and alleged she unfairly sold the stake out from under him. Earlier this month, Pitt’s team filed documents in LA Superior Court stating Jolie should disclose other NDAs she has entered into with third parties, including her own personal staff. The “Fight Club” actor’s side has said these other NDAs will shed light on whether Jolie truly found Pitt’s non-disclosure agreement request to be “the deal-ender she subsequently alleged it to be.” But in the new court papers, Jolie’s lawyers respond: “Pitt apparently intends to argue that, over the past two decades, Jolie had or at least considered other NDAs with other people and entities, about other matters not in any way connected with Pitt’s abuse. He says he wants to argue that since Jolie considered and/or entered other NDAs over her lengthy career, his proposed NDA covering his spousal and child abuse couldn’t possibly have been the reason the deal collapsed.” Jolie’s lawyers further state: “To effectuate this plan, Pitt now demands that Jolie review every contract she has ever considered or entered over the last two decades to see if any contained any form of NDA (both non-disparagement and non-disclosure).” Jolie’s side argues turning over such exhaustive documents would also reveal private info on others, violating their rights. “By their nature, Pitt’s Requests seek to intrude on Jolie’s privacy,” says Jolie’s new filing. “The Requests seek contracts between Jolie (or any of her entities) and any other person or entity. Most, if not all, of these agreements will be employment-related contracts that include Jolie’s compensation or compensation she paid to third parties.” The documents also argue, “These third parties have their own privacy rights, and Pitt is not giving them any notice whatsoever to allow them to protect their rights.” The papers say that Pitt’s latest NDA request is “simply not relevant to this case.” Jolie’s lawyers also say that, “Forcing Jolie to spend the time and expense of gathering and producing all of this documentation is expensive, wasteful, and unreasonable — and the latest manifestation of Pitt’s abusive conduct toward Jolie. The Court should not allow it.” A hearing is taking place on May 16, we’ve reported. A full trial is not expected this year. The Hollywood exes have been fighting over the vineyard they purchased in 2008 ever since Jolie filed for divorce in 2016. A legal war over the estate has been playing out in courts in California and Luxembourg. Jolie’s team further states in their arguments that: “Pitt’s motion illustrates the harm and humiliation victims of domestic violence face in Court. Because Jolie dares to raise the issue as a defense in this case, Pitt seeks to dig up nearly two decades of contractual relationships to supposedly ‘impeach’ her reaction to Pitt’s attempt to cover up his abuse.” The papers also state: “Pitt wants to argue that Jolie entered NDAs with others, so there was no harm in Pitt demanding an NDA to cover his abuse. But there is a fundamental and obvious difference: In none of those other NDAs was Pitt trying to silence abuse of his own family. The Court should not validate this dangerous argument. This case will be decided by evidence concerning Miraval and the dealings between Pitt and Jolie — not by Jolie’s dealings with third parties on topics having nothing to do with Miraval’s sale. Pitt’s motion should be denied.” Jolie has said in legal filings that she and her family have never returned to the chateau since 2016, days before she filed for divorce. The duo — who wed in 2014 — share kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox. Paul Murphy, an attorney for Angelina Jolie, told us, “For Pitt to equate common NDAs covering confidential information employees learn at work, with him attempting to cover up his history of abuse, is shameful. This case is not about NDAs in general, but is about power and privilege. All Angelina wanted was separation and health. He seems to always insist on a continuance of a fight. She deserves peace after all these years.” Per documents previously obtained by Page Six in 2023, Pitt previously alleged his “vindictive” ex-wife sold her shares of Château Miraval in spite of him after he was granted joint custody of their six children, though the decision was later overturned. A rep for Pitt did not comment. A source familiar with the “Moneyball” star told us of Jolie’s most recent filing, “This is a basic business dispute over Miraval into which she has repeatedly injected personal matters that have nothing to do with the case and are detrimental to the family.” The source added: “All that Brad requested was a totally limited standard non-disparagement agreement to protect the value of Miraval, for which he was ready to spend tens of millions of to keep in the family.” Brad Pitt Calls BS on Angelina Jolie's Restrictive NDA Argument in Winery War (4/5/24) Angelina Jolie is unnecessarily making a big fuss over a non-disclosure agreement Brad Pitt wanted her to sign ... at least according to Brad who says she, and all celebs, sign these all the time. The exes are still warring over Miraval, the French winery they co-own, and Brad just filed docs in that dispute ... refuting Angie's claim she walked away from an agreement to sell her share of the winery to Brad, because he insisted she sign a strict NDA. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Brad doesn't deny wanting her to sign one, but he says there's nothing onerous or broad about the NDA he presented her. In fact, he says it's pretty rich for Angelina to complain, because her lawyer "proposed an even broader, mutual non-disparagement clause" to Brad in connection with their divorce. As for why he wanted her to sign one for the Miraval deal -- he says it's just good business sense. According to the docs, they both agreed an NDA was necessary to "protect the reputation of the Miraval brand." Translation: Brad didn't want to buy her half of Miraval, and then have her trash him in public, thereby, hurting the business. In these new docs, filed Thursday in L.A., Brad asks the judge to force Angie to hand over other NDAs she's signed, plus the ones she's asked other people to sign -- all to prove there's nothing especially bad about the one he proposed. As we reported, Angelina filed docs of her own on Thursday ... accusing Brad of physical abuse during their marriage -- and before the infamous 2016 private jet altercation with their kids. Brad has denied that allegation. Angelina Jolie's Lawyers Claim Brad Pitt's 'Physical Abuse of Jolie' Started Before Their 2016 Plane Incident (4/4/24) Angelina Jolie alleges, via lawyers in a new court filing, that ex Brad Pitt was abusive toward her prior to the 2016 plane incident that led her to filing for divorce. As part of the former couple's ongoing legal battle over their French winery Château Miraval, on April 4, the actress's legal team filed a motion seeking to release communications they say would prove Pitt, 60, would not let Jolie, 48, sell her share of the winery to him unless she agreed to a "more onerous" and "expansive" NDA. Within the new filing, Jolie's lawyers make the claim: "While Pitt's history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well. Jolie then immediately left him." A rep for Pitt declined to comment to PEOPLE. "This is a pattern of behavior — whenever there is a decision that goes against the other side they consistently choose to introduce misleading, inaccurate and/or irrelevant information as a distraction," a friend of Pitt familiar with the litigation over the years tells PEOPLE. "There was a lengthy custody trial that involved the entire history of their relationship and a judge who heard all the evidence still granted him 50/50 custody." According to Jolie's side, the winery lawsuit would not have happened if Pitt had purchased Jolie's share when she made the offer. However, Jolie's lawyers claim Pitt refused the deal unless it came with the NDA and suggest the actor feared that sealed documents included in their separate, years-long custody battle could be made public without the NDA. "Jolie’s sealed filing, which included emails, summaries of the family’s expected testimony and other evidence, caused Pitt to fear that the information could eventually become public," her lawyers write, adding that Pitt wanted Jolie to "contractually bind herself to that silence" about his alleged "personal misconduct, whether related to Miraval or not." A June 2023 filing from Pitt's legal team, however, claims Jolie was the one who suggested an “even broader non-disparagement clause” as part of the deal, and Pitt’s team presented a “narrower” one “intended to protect the business.” “The clause also made clear that there would be no limitation on Jolie’s ability to speak in connection with Pitt and Jolie’s divorce or custody proceedings. It specifically provided: This commitment shall however not limit the ability, for any Party, to make any claims, filings or testimony in any legal proceedings.” The topic of the NDA came up last year in the court back-and-forth. A source on Pitt's side said in June 2023 that "the non-disparagement clause in the contract" was a "totally standard" business transaction; meanwhile, a Jolie source claimed Pitt "refused to complete the Miraval sale with Jolie unless she agreed to being silenced about the abuse." Jolie's attorney Paul Murphy said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE April 4, "Mr. Pitt refused to purchase Ms. Jolie’s interest when she would not be silenced by his NDA. By refusing to buy her interest but then suing her, Mr. Pitt put directly at issue why that NDA was so important to him and what he hoped it would bury: his abuse of Ms. Jolie and their family. After eight months of delays, this motion asks the Court to force Mr. Pitt to finally produce that evidence." Separately, another source maintains to PEOPLE that Jolie "does not want to be raising any of these facts, and she is doing it only because Pitt’s lawsuit against her is forcing her to defend herself." The source adds that "if this does go to trial, [Jolie] will be forced to use that evidence in the trial whether she wants to or not." In 2022, Pitt sued Jolie and her former company Nouvel for selling her half of the winery and going against an agreement he said they'd made about not selling without getting approval from the other. Pitt has accused Jolie of intentionally keeping him in the dark about her sale to Tenute del Mondo, whose parent company is spirits manufacturer Stoli Group, owned by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler. He said that sale "jeopardizes the reputation of the business that Pitt so carefully built." Back when Jolie's legal team brought up the 2016 plane allegations in a response filed in October 2022 for the winery case, a source close to Pitt said, "It's incredibly sad that she continues to rehash, revise and reimagine her description of an event that happened six years ago, adding in completely untrue information to try to get additional attention for herself at the expense of their family." Pitt was never charged following an investigation into allegations of abuse on the Sept. 14, 2016, flight. In the latest filing, Jolie's lawyers write that the actress "never pressed charges as she believed the best course was for Pitt to accept responsibility and help the family recover from the post-traumatic stress he caused." Pitt and Jolie, who were declared legally single by a judge back in 2019, share six kids: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.hs Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Divorce May Be Wrapping Up ... Major Step Takes Place (2/9/24) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's contentious divorce could be close to coming to an end ... with each star taking one of the last key final steps on the path to a divorce settlement. According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, both Pitt and Jolie are serving their final financial disclosures on the other party ... which is noteworthy considering there hasn't been much movement on their divorce case for at least a couple years now. The final terms of any overall settlement of the divorce haven't been filed yet ... but Thursday's filings indicate that one of the most legendary marriages and acrimonious divorces in recent Hollywood history is finally coming to an end. Whenever dueling parties in a divorce submit financial docs ... it means the end is near. Remember ... Brad and Angelina first met on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" back in 2004 while BP was still married to Jennifer Aniston. The onscreen couple remained just friends through shooting though Brad separated from Jennifer about a year later. Brad and Angelina quickly shacked up together after his separation was announced, and they built a big family over the next few years -- with six children in their brood. Brangelina got engaged in 2012 and married in 2014 ... but Angelina filed for divorce just two years later in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. In the same year, Pitt was accused of physically abusing at least one of his children -- even though he was cleared by authorities after an investigation ... and he denied the claims too. The divorce proceedings continued to stretch out well after that ... and a judge eventually ruled Brad and Angelina were legally single back in 2019. Other elements of the divorce have been playing out behind the scenes since then ... and now, in '24, the finish line approaches. Matters have gotten more complicated between Brand and Angie -- remember, in 2021, Angelina sold her portion of a winery she owned with Pitt ... a move that eventually led to Pitt suing her for allegedly not getting his signoff before selling to a Russian oligarch's company. That lawsuit is still ongoing ... and separate from their divorce case. While other legal battles may still be lingering ... it seems like the divorce is nearly a done deal -- and now, it's just a matter of time before it becomes official. Stay tuned ... Angelina Jolie On Plans To Leave L.A.: “Hollywood Is Not A Healthy Place” (12/5/23) Angelina Jolie is opening up about her perspective on Hollywood now and saying she wouldn’t choose to be an actress if she were starting out in this era. “I wouldn’t be an actress today,” Jolie said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that she would probably do theater but not Hollywood. “When I was starting out, it wasn’t as much of an expectation to be as public, to share so much.” She continued, “Because I grew up around Hollywood, I was never very impressed with it. I never bought into it as significant or important.” Jolie also mentioned that she plans on leaving L.A. at some point and relocating to her home in Cambodia, saying, “It’s part of what happened after my divorce. I lost the ability to live and travel as freely. I will move when I can. I grew up in quite a shallow place. Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place. So you seek authenticity.” The Oscar-winning star says that she is not dating and doesn’t really have a social life, saying that her “closest friends are refugees.” Jolie also mentioned the closeness she has with her children, adding, “They are the closest people to me and my life, and they’re my close friends,” she says. “We’re seven very different people, which is our strength.” Aside from shooting the Maria Callas biopic, Jolie is launching a fashion venture called Atelier Jolie and opening up a physical space in NYC. Angelina Jolie Takes Strong Stance on Israel-Palestine ... Gaza Bombing Not Justified (10/29/23) Angelina Jolie is drawing a line in the sand on the Israel-Palestine issue -- and considering her well-documented humanitarian work worldwide ... her position here is interesting. The actress -- who's moved into more of a public service role over the past decade or so -- posted a lengthy statement this weekend addressing the war in the Middle East ... and she says quite clearly, the ongoing offensive that Israel's undertaking in Gaza isn't right. She starts by sympathizing with Israelis that were victimized in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack carried out by Hamas -- saying, like millions of others, she too was sickened/angry about all those who were killed, especially kids ... adding she prays for the safe return of hostages. However, she then writes this ... "What happened in Israel is an act of terror. But that cannot justify the innocent lives lost in bombing a civilian population in Gaza that has nowhere to go, no access to food or water, no possibility of evacuation, and not even the basic human right to cross a border to seek refuge." AJ cites her many years of experience in this field, saying that there is a desperate need for aid in the area -- and that Israel's response is only making matters worse. She adds, " The denial of aid, fuel and water is collectively punishing a people. Humanity demands an immediate ceasefire. Palestinian and Israeli lives -- and the lives of all people globally -- matter equally. Anything that can prevent civilian casualties and save lives must be done." Angelina goes on to say she's donated to medical relief efforts for Gaza, and spotlighted Doctors Without Borders as an org she's supporting and following at this time. As far as how Israel's proceeding at this point ... it looks like it's full steam ahead. Their ground operation into Gaza is intensifying -- and PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said this now marks the "second stage" of what he says is going to be a long and difficult war. Gaza is in a blackout at the moment -- with no lines of communication to the outside world -- something Elon Musk says he'll help fix with Internet access ... albeit, only to internationally recognized humanitarian groups in the area ... something Israel strongly objects to. The U.S. certainly feels divided on this conflict -- and there have been fierce protests and demonstrations on both sides ... with a notable pro-Palestine sentiment in the streets. As for Angelina ... she's taken a firm stance. Basically, she's telling Israel to stand down. ‘Maria’: First-Look Images Revealed Of Angelina Jolie As Opera Singer Maria Callas (10/9/23) (Photo1, Photo2) Pablo Larraín (Jackie) has revealed two first photos of Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in his new film that will explore the life of the legendary singer, often described as the original diva. Based on true accounts, Maria will tell the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Shoot is underway and taking place over eight weeks in Paris, Greece, Budapest and Milan. Also starring in the movie, which has a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, will be Pierfrancesco Favino (The Hummingbird), Alba Rohrwacher (La Chimera), Haluk Bilginer (Winter Sleep), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) and Valeria Golino (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). The script, which was completed prior to the WGA strike, comes from Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). Producers are Juan de Dios Larraín for Fabula, Jonas Dornbach for Komplizen Film and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment. Sales are handled by FilmNation Entertainment. Said Larraín today: “I am incredibly excited to start production on Maria, which I hope will bring Maria Callas’s remarkable life and work to audiences all around the world, thanks to the magnificent script by Steven Knight, the work of the entire cast and crew, and especially, Angelina’s brilliant work and extraordinary preparation.” Jolie’s costumes in the film are based on original garments worn by Callas. The production has consulted with animal rights groups including PETA regarding the use of vintage fur items worn in the film from costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini’s archive collection. A conscious decision was made not to use or source any new fur. Angelina Jolie Talks About Why She Hasn’t Acted Much Since 2016 (9/28/23) Angelina Jolie doesn’t want to get into specifics on the “why” of her somewhat sporadic acting output. But in an interview with Vogue to promote her Atelier Jolie fashion line, she alluded to being “a bit down these days. I don’t feel like I’ve been myself for a decade, in a way,” she said, adding: “Which I don’t want to get into.” Jolie said she started doing less film work “seven years ago, only taking jobs that didn’t require long shoots. We had a lot of healing to do. We’re still finding our footing.” She divorced Brad Pitt in 2016, and their legal battles are ongoing. Atelier Jolie is part of that healing process. “I think part of this has also been therapeutic for me—to work in a creative space with people you trust and to rediscover yourself,” she said. “I’m hoping to change many aspects of my life. And this is the forward-facing one.” The 48-year-old Jolie said she believes people perceive her based on the clothes she wears. Thus, she’s still trying to figure out what her style is, wanting to look “soft” after being “hurt” in the past. “Sometimes the way you dress says: ‘Don’t mess with me – I’ve got my armour on,’” she said. “But I want a woman to feel safe enough that she can be soft.” Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical ‘The Outsiders’ (7/10/23) Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities lately dipping their toes into producing on Broadway. The Oscar-winning “Girl, Interrupted” actor has become a lead producer on the Broadway-bound new musical “The Outsiders,” a show based on S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 coming-of-age crime drama. “The Outsiders” had its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse earlier this year. The Broadway cast and dates have not been revealed yet. “I hope to be able to contribute while continuing to learn from this amazing team, who I have been working with since my daughter brought me to see the show at La Jolla Playhouse,” Jolie said in a statement. “I can’t begin to express how excited I am for this musical to make its Broadway debut and look forward to sharing this new adaptation of ‘The Outsiders’ with the world.” Other celebs who have signed up to produce Broadway shows include Mariah Carey on the current hit “Some Like It Hot.” Dwyane Wade, actor Gabrielle Union and RuPaul joined the producing team of the closed show “Ain’t No Mo,’” and Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas joined the producing team of last season’s “Chicken & Biscuits.” Jennifer Hudson, Don Cheadle, Mindy Kaling and RuPaul were also among the producers of 2022’s Tony-winner “A Strange Loop” while the current “Here Lies Love” boasts H.E.R., Jo Koy and Apl.de.Ap as producers. “The Outsiders” musical features a story by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine, music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Levine. It will be directed by Danya Taymor. Angelina Jolie mercilessly mocks Brad Pitt’s ‘ludicrous’ winemaker affectations (7/10/23) Somewhere, Brad Pitt is weeping into a dusty beret. Ex-wife Angelina Jolie filed court papers Monday that merciless mock the “Ad Astra” star for his claims to have “built” their French wine business, painting him as a Hollywood dilettante who — despite his claims — has at most “visited the vineyards to admire the work of the French laborers who actually made the business.” The superstar has styled himself as something of a gentleman farmer in recent years, more concerned with the terroir of their Château Miraval estate than the foibles of Tinsel Town. “I’m a farmer now,” Pitt, 59, told Wine Spectator back in 2014, “I love learning about the land and which field is most suitable for which grape, the drama of September and October: Are we picking today? Where are the sugar levels? How is the acidity? Is it going to rain? It’s been a schooling for me.” He added that in the off-months after the harvest, “I enjoy cleaning the forest and walking the land.” But on Friday, attorneys for Jolie, 48, lodged a cross-complaint in the endless legal battle over the winery, which they bought together in 2011. The papers lay into claims, previously made by Pitt’s attorneys, that Jolie’s decision to sell off her share in the business has threatened to ruin the project that Pitt has poured so much of himself into, calling the idea that Pitt “built” the business “ludicrous.” “Pitt is an actor, not a winemaker,” it scoffs. “He deals in illusions, not dirt and grapes.” It goes on: “During the years that he allegedly ‘built’ the business, he filmed and appeared in dozens of movies, not to mention making countless promotional appearances, jetting-setting [sic] around the world for movie premieres, and attending Hollywood parties.” It somewhat savagely added: “While he no doubt visited the vineyards to admire the work of the French laborers who actually made the business successful, Pitt is no vigneron.” As the French say: Ouch. The complaint claims that Pitt “looted” the business, spending millions of dollars in profits on frivolous projects, including renovating a recording studio. Jolie’s attorneys says Pitt’s business owes her own holding company $350 million. He has accused her of selling off her share in the company, contrary to an agreement they made while married, to spite him after their marriage collapsed. The pair separated in 2016. A rep for Pitt didn’t respond to our request for comment.. News Archive