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The 42-year-old actor said she has struggled to cope with the pressures of fame during her time in Hollywood. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has revealed she turned to acting simply to help her late mother Marcheline Bertrand pay her bills. The Academy Award-winning star said she fell into acting and that despite the success she has enjoyed during her career, she has never truly felt at home in front of the camera. "There's a lot that's not in my nature to be an actor. I'm very happy that I was able to be one - I'm very lucky and very fortunate - but I realised how much it was for my mother when she passed away because I felt very differently about it as soon as she was gone. "I think, when I started acting, it was a good means to an end. It was a job, and I wanted to help my mom with bills. It was a creative job, something where you get to explore different times in history, different people, different sides of yourself, learn differe...

Angelina Jolie confessed that she took up acting to support her mother financially and also shared that there were times when she struggled to cope with the pressures of fame in Hollywood. Hollywood heavyweight Angelina Jolie has confessed that she turned to acting to help her late mother pay bills. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 42-year-old actor shared that she fell into acting and despite tasting success in her career she has never truly felt at home in front of the camera. Jolie said, “There’s a lot that’s not in my nature to be an actor. I’m very happy that I was able to be one – I’m very lucky and very fortunate – but I realised how much it was for my mother when she passed away, because I felt very differently about it as soon as she was gone.” Adding, “I think, when I started acting, it was a good means to an end. It was a job, and I wanted to help my mom with bills. It was a creative job, something where you get to explore different times in...

Angelina Jolie was made to undergo daily drug tests while making Tomb Raider A new book reveals that Angelina Jolie was made to undergo drug tests and mental health checks during Tomb Raider because of her ‘dangerous reputation’. Star Angelina Jolie had to take drug tests during filming on the first Tomb Raider movie, according to a new book. According to an excerpt from movie mogul Sherry Lansing’s biography, an excerpt of which was published in The Hollywood Reporter, the 24-year-old Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star had to agree to testing and mental well-being checks throughout filming, because studio executives were concerned about her rumoured drug use and her relationship with Billy Bob Thornton. According to director Simon West, Jolie has pretty “dark reputation” at that time, which included rumors that she dabbled in drugs. “She definitely had some baggage and something of a dark reputation,” said West. “Funnily enough, that was one of my selling points: ...

Things are getting nasty! Angelina says Brad is scared of letting the truth out Angelina Jolie has slammed estranged husband Brad Pitt in her new court filing, saying the actor is insistent on sealing divorce documents because he is “terrified the public will learn the truth.” Pitt, 53, asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to seal all records relating to their six children, accusing Jolie of compromising their kids privacy by releasing details to the media through public court filings. According to the new documents, the 41-year-old actor has agreed to keep papers sealed but she strongly disputes the actor’s claims that she freely publicised sensitive information, reported People magazine. “There is little doubt that (Pitt) would prefer to keep the entire case private, particularly given the detailed investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Dept of Children and Family Services into allegation of abuse,” the new court documents state. B...

Brad Pitt slams Angelina Jolie in court papers Brad Pitt has fired back in his bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Angelina Jolie over their six children by requesting to have their divorce proceedings sealed. Actor Brad Pitt has fired back in his bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Angelina Jolie over their six children by requesting to have their divorce proceedings sealed. Pitt’s team in California Superior Court papers have accused Jolie of releasing details of their temporary custody agreement through her recent court filings in the case. They claim Jolie “exposed” the star couple’s six children “by making public the names of their therapists and other mental health professionals” and allege she “has no self-regulating mechanism to preclude sensitive information from being placed in the public record”. The papers say Jolie, “appears to be determined to ignore even agreed upon standards relating to the children’s best interest”, and ask Judg...

NEW YORK: After seven years as a couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are finally engaged. Pitt's manager, Cynthia Pett-Dante, confirmed the news to The Associated Press in an email yesterday. There isn't a wedding date yet. The engagement "is a promise for the future," Pett-Dante said. Pitt, 48, and Jolie, 36, have six children together, including three who are adopted. "Their kids are very happy," Pett-Dante also said. Pitt and Jolie have been partners since they began a relationship while working on the film "Mr & Mrs Smith." Jolie was briefly married to Billy Bob Thornton, but they divorced in 2003. She was also married to British actor Jonny Lee Miller before they divorced in 1999. Pitt was previously married to Jennifer Aniston, but they divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage. Jolie won an Oscar for her role in 1999's "Girl, Interrupted." Pitt was recently nominated for an Academy Award for his role in last year's...