Angelina Jolie

RTCA Dinner Wrap-Up - Posted June 21, 2009
We think the President said it best- "The jokes may not be as good, but neither is the guest list." There were no TomKat or Ashton and Demi sightings. The biggest star (and highest dress slit) in the room was former Miss California Carrie Prejean, followed in star power by actor Tate... [FishBowlDC]

RTCA Dinner Wrap-Up - Posted June 21, 2009
We think the President said it best- "The jokes may not be as good, but neither is the guest list." There were no TomKat or Ashton and Demi sightings. The biggest star (and highest dress slit) in the room was former Miss California Carrie Prejean, followed in star power by actor Tate... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 06.015.09 - Posted June 15, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Dana Bash! Former Fishbowler Patrick Gavin is filling in for Politico's media blogger Michael Calderone this week- don't read! What we know... [FishBowlDC]

Harper's Brown Loves Making "A Fantastical Idea A Reality" - Posted June 5, 2009
Harper's Bazaar features and special projects director Laura Brown spoke with FishbowlNY contributor Diane Clehane for a "What Do You Do?" article on Mediabistro.com earlier this week. The Australian editor and special judge on Bravo's "Project Runway" spin-off "The Fashion Show" spoke about the challenges of her unique job including celebrity... [FishBowlNY]

Glenn Beck: The 23 Million Dollar Man - Posted June 4, 2009
What list includes Angelina Jolie, Tiger Woods and Glenn Beck? This year's annual "ranking of the world's ultra famous," the Forbes Celebrity 100. Beck was the only TV news personality to make the list. Here's how Forbes broke down the reasoning: Beck's rapidly expanding media empire includes multiple revenue sources: a TV... [TVNewser]

Beck Talks "Twilight," Clooney, Jolie - Posted February 17, 2009
FNC anchor Glenn Beck is profiled in Patricia Sheridan's "Breakfast With..." series, and discusses a variety of issues (and makes a variety of pop culture references). The difference between FNC and CNN: "This is just much more of an entrepreneurial spirit and much less corporate. Do your thing." The economic stimulus: "The government... [TVNewser]

Forbes Has Four Way Tie For Number Two Spot in Top 20 Most Valuable Actors - Posted February 10, 2009
Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp are tied, according to Forbes Magazine in their worth currently. Really? Couldn't figure out a way to rank the top five huh? Seriously? If everyone is equal - it's not a Top 20 list now is it? Wil Smith is number one, according... [FishBowlLA]

Forbes Has Four Way Tie For Number Two Spot in Top 20 Most Valuable Actors - Posted February 10, 2009
Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp are tied, according to Forbes Magazine in their worth currently. Really? Couldn't figure out a way to rank the top five huh? Seriously? If everyone is equal - it's not a Top 20 list now is it? Wil Smith is number one, according... [FishBowlLA]

The Ticker: Super Ratings, Oscar Nominees, Grammy Special... - Posted February 2, 2009
> NBC's broadcast of the Super Bowl averaged a 42.1 household rating and 65 share last night, down 6% from last year's 44.7/66. Last year's Giants/Patriots game was the highest rated Super Bowl in 20 years. Last night's game was on par with the Colts/Bears 2007 Super Bowl. The Cardinals/Steelers... [TVNewser]

Soapblox Hacked -- But Will Be Back...Ack! - Posted January 7, 2009
Soapblox, a publishing platform and community for a grip of progressive and liberal blogs, got hacked. This was posted on the front page this morning: SoapBlox is Dead by: pacified January 07, 2009 at 08:15:46 MST It was a good ride, but it's over. Thanks for all the fish. All these hackers messing with our stuff,... [FishBowlLA]

Complete Golden Globe Nominations - Posted December 11, 2008
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the nominations in the top categories for the 66th Golden Globe Awards, chosen for drama, actor, director, screenplay and score. "Frost/Nixon," "The Reader," "Revolutionary Road" and "Slumdog Millionaire" rounded out the pics in the drama category, chosen by the 80-plus members of The Hollywood Foreign... [FishBowlLA]

People in the Tank for 'Scary Smart' Brangelina? - Posted November 21, 2008
According to the New York Times People — one of the few magazines still doing well in this economy, by the way — agreed to give Angelina Jolie and family positive coverage (no using the term Brangelina!) as part of a package deal that included photos of her newborn twins and... [FishBowlNY]

W Cover Features Angelina Jolie Breastfeeding - Posted October 13, 2008
Remember way back in the early nineties, before the Internet and the end of capitalism, how the world almost ended because Demi Moore posed naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair? Those were the days. The cover of this month's W features Angelina Jolie breastfeeding. The "intimate" photos... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.08 - Posted September 24, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

The $14 Million Smile - Posted August 5, 2008
Notice anything strange about this week's People magazine cover of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's golden children? Vivienne Marcheline appears to be smiling even though she is only three weeks old. Babies don't smile until they reach two to four months. Hmm. A case of photoshop perhaps?... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Dig Your Baby Teeth Into This New Site - Posted July 30, 2008
We're a bit beyond babies at this juncture in life, but we couldn't help but be a bit amused by this new site, Kidmondo, an online baby journal and organizer for overwhelmed parents who are still all too eager to share every step, tooth and hair on their newborn with... [UnBeige]

Dig Your Baby Teeth Into This New Site - Posted July 30, 2008
We're a bit beyond babies at this juncture in life, but we couldn't help but be a bit amused by this new site, Kidmondo, an online baby journal and organizer for overwhelmed parents who are still all too eager to share every step, tooth and hair on their newborn with... [UnBeige]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 24, 2008
Cannes Lineup Announced: Surprises include the Angelina Jolie/Clint Eastwood film Changeling and Steven Soderbergh's back-to-back Che Guevara films. They're also screening Indiana Jones out of competition, so at least one movie there will be fun to watch. Most Surprising Factoid of the Day: Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in Harold and Kumar... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch: Anna Wintour & Coming Soon — The Rolling Stones! - Posted March 26, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE We're guessing that spring break with the kiddies kept more than a few bold face names we've become accustomed to seeing away from 55th and Fifth today. Luckily, some of our favorite regulars were on hand — along with the first ever (at least since I've been at my... [FishBowlNY]

Angelina Jolie Tells CNN: Stay True to Your Tradition - Posted February 7, 2008
Gorgeous, pouting Angelina Jolie (Idle thought: does the name Angelina Pitt sound like a children's book heroine?) is in Iraq, and spoke to CNN's Arwa Damon about the millions of Iraqis displaced by war. Damon, a real pro, tried to sneak in a more personal question: AD: There are reports out... [FishBowlLA]

Bonnie Fuller Likes the Laddies - Posted November 28, 2007
Bonnie Fuller's back. We'll keep this short, but in a piece about men, wonderful men!, she proves to be out of touch with the real world. Proof: She thinks unlikely-to-work-ever-again actress Rosanna Arquette is a career woman. Paul McCartney is praised for dating her as she's 48. He's the 65 year-old most... [FishBowlLA]

Bonnie Fuller's Blog? Blame it on Sklar - Posted November 20, 2007
Bonnie Fuller is still banging on the keys and produced another Huffington Post entry. How does this compute? Why is she doing this? We called around, spoke with Fuller's assistant, who didn't really say anything, but did confirm that Bonnie writes these posts herself (trust us, we didn't think she had... [FishBowlLA]

Bonnie Fuller Bites Bad Mommies/Still Cashes AMI's Checks - Posted November 14, 2007
Bonnie Fuller shows that she has bigger balls than Santa Claus, as well as no sense of irony and a truly awkward relationship with written English as she rips in to Britney Spears, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie for being bad, bad mommies. Fuller writes in the Huffington Post, figuring, no doubt,... [FishBowlLA]

Correction: W Magazine Not Promoting A Cat Fight - Posted October 24, 2007
Our friends at Haute and Bothered alerted us to a little error in one of our earlier posts. Seems W Magazine's November issue features nine covers, allowing readers to choose from Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, Katie Holmes, Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Simpson, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Lindsay Lohan. Our bad.... [FishBowlLA]

Putting the "W" In "Low" - Posted October 23, 2007
The November issue of W is out now, giving readers interested in other people's messy divorces the opportunity to put in their two cents. Or their $4.50, as it were. The magazine is publishing two separate covers -- one with Jennifer Aniston and one featuring Angelina Jolie. It's about as tacky as... [FishBowlLA]

Ayn Rand's Hollywood Pals: Does Greenspan Know? - Posted September 15, 2007
Harriet Rubin has a NYT a story about those Ayn Rand fanciers in big business which is interesting, but not all that surprising--Del Jones wrote much the same story in 2002 for USAToday. But as Alan Greenspan's bio is coming out on Monday, why not get another story out of... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 12, 2007 - Posted September 12, 2007
Stewart Tapped for Academy Awards He's baaaack! Jon Stewart has signed on to front next year's Oscarcast, bringing him back to the Kodak Theatre stage for the second year in a row. And even though it's his second outing, Stewart says in today's Variety, "I'm thrilled to be asked to host the... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 12, 2007 - Posted September 12, 2007
Stewart Tapped for Academy Awards He's baaaack! Jon Stewart has signed on to front next year's Oscarcast, bringing him back to the Kodak Theatre stage for the second year in a row. And even though it's his second outing, Stewart says in today's Variety, "I'm thrilled to be asked to host the... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Cathleen Cotter - Posted August 13, 2007
Sr. Editor at PR Newswire, Cathleen Cotter, fancies herself as an Arthurian enchantress. And we can see why. She did answer our insidiously insightful questions without the use of ancient magicks. 1. What newspapers do you read? L.A. Times on weekends, the Argonaut (local paper), LA Weekly, City Beat (otherwise I... [FishBowlLA]

(Geek) News You Don't Want To Miss: Thursday Roundup - Posted July 26, 2007
People: Rosario Dawson is a hot geek. The Book Standard: Geeks are tastemakers according to a Hollywood insider. Oh wait ... that insider is Marlon Wayans. Disregard that one. Oh wait, this story is from last year. Totally, and completely disregard this one. I guess we're just high off of nerd fumes. MTV:... [FishBowlLA]

Glamour To Publish Mariane Pearl Book With Angelina Jolie Foreword - Posted July 2, 2007
EXCLUSIVE On the heels of Angelina Jolie's depiction of Daniel Pearl widow Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart, Glamour is planning a book based on the "Global Diary" columns Marian has written for the magazine. The book, In Search of Hope, is due in November from Brooklyn-based powerHouse books and will include... [FishBowlNY]

The Green Carpet: Fresh Green Gossip - Posted July 2, 2007
The Daily Green, a Hearst site that promises to be "the consumer's guide to the green revolution", give us The Green Carpet, a celebrity green gossip roundup by Tommi Lewis Tilden. The premiere entry asks the stars about their 4th of July plans and the lead item doesn't exactly inspire: Jason Alexander... [FishBowlLA]

Star Photoshops Jennifer Aniston - Posted June 1, 2007
Unlike recent egregious examples of magazine photoshoppery (see Angelina Jolie, Andy Roddick) Star's art department didn't focus on Jennifer Aniston's guns; rather, her sunglasses and an art catalog from Los Angeles Modern Auctions. EARLIER: Men's Fitness Doctors Roddick's Guns In Touch Doctors Jolie's 'Veiny' Guns... [FishBowlNY]

In Touch Doctors Jolie's 'Veiny' Guns - Posted May 25, 2007
Guns Another day, another magazine photo-doctoring faux pas. The latest: In Touch, which apparently photoshopped out Angelina Jolie's veins for its latest cover. Editor Richard Spencer is unapologetic: "You're right, we softened those veins. The arm was very, very veiny. ... I think they can forgive it for the cover — unless... [FishBowlNY]

Ann Curry Makes Angelina Jolie Cry - Posted May 23, 2007
Yesterday, NBC announced that Stone Phillips would be leaving the network — a cost-cutting move that, according to USA Today, favors more versatile on-air talent than the one-dimensional Stone. Versatile, like Ann Curry, who showed some of that versatility today on Today: she made Angelina Jolie cry. Maybe if Stone Phillips had... [FishBowlNY]

Angelina Jolie Befriends Daniel Pearl's Widow - Posted May 21, 2007
Angelina Jolie, who plays Daniel Pearl's widow, Mariane Pearl, in A Mighty Heart told reporters at Cannes that she's befriended Mariane. For her part, Mariane told reporters she had wanted Jolie to play her in the film because "I thought she understood me." That, and when you lose your husband to terrorist kidnappers,... [FishBowlLA]

Newsweek Scours Tabloids For Feature Ideas - Posted March 14, 2007
Earlier this week, the revered newsweekly ran a photo exclusive showing Angelina Jolie's visit to the Oure Cassoni refugee camp. Yesterday, the magazine's Web site featured a story in which Peter Andersen, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Body Language, searched photos of President Bush's visits with Latin American leaders "for... [FishBowlNY]

In the Trades: Remakes, Remakes, Remakes - Posted February 1, 2007
Russell Crowe will star as the not-as-bad-as-we've-been-led-to-believe Sheriff of Nottingham, based on a spec script from Ethan Reiff and Cyris Voris of Sleeper Cell. Imagine's Brian Glazer will produce for Universal. Jennifer Garner will star in a remake of the perfect-the-way-it-is-now, so-why-mess-it-up? 1945 film Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck was... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades: Remakes, Remakes, Remakes - Posted February 1, 2007
Russell Crowe will star as the not-as-bad-as-we've-been-led-to-believe Sheriff of Nottingham, based on a spec script from Ethan Reiff and Cyris Voris of Sleeper Cell. Imagine's Brian Glazer will produce for Universal. Jennifer Garner will star in a remake of the perfect-the-way-it-is-now, so-why-mess-it-up? 1945 film Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck was... [FishBowlLA]