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"I like to collect knives," says Angelina Jolie, "but I also collect first edition books." At first glance, she might seem to be someone without any secrets, talking openly about her love life, sexual preferences, drug use, cutting, and tattoos--and why she kissed her brother on the lips in public. And yet mysteries remain: What was really going on in her brief, impulsive marriages to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, and what is going on in her partnership with Brad Pitt? What’s behind the oft-reported feud with her father, the Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight? What drove her to become a mother of six children in six years? And—perhaps most puzzling of all—what about the other side of Angelina: How did this talented but troubled young actress, barely 35 years old, become a respected Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations as well as the "most powerful celebrity in the world" (unseating Oprah Winfrey) on Forbes’ 2009 Celebrity 100 list?
The answers that Andrew Morton has uncovered are astonishing, taking us deep inside Angelina’s world to show us what shaped her as a child, as an actress, and as a woman struggling to overcome personal demons that have never before been revealed. In this spellbinding biography, Andrew Morton draws upon far-reaching original interviews and research, accompanied by exclusive private photographs, to show us the true story behind both the wild excesses of Angelina’s youth and her remarkable work with children and victims of poverty and disaster today.
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ANDREW MORTON is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity. His groundbreaking 1992 biography revealed the secret world of Princess Diana, prompting Tina Brown to declare in The Diana Chronicles: "The journalist Morton most reminds me of is Bob Woodward." Diana: Her True Story became a #1 New York Times bestseller, as did Monica's Story, Morton’s portrait of the young woman behind the blue dress in the Clinton White House, and Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography.
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Whether you love her or hate her, Angelina Jolie has undeniably lived an exciting, sometimes scandalous life. Too bad Andrew Morton focuses ONLY on the flashy stuff. "Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography" reveals a lot of fascinating information about the star, but Morton seems too fascinated by psychobabble and sex.
Born to Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voigt, Jolie grew up shaped by her parents' acrimonious relationship and the atmosphere of Hollywood. She became a model as a teenager, but was determined to break into Hollywood. And though her first couple movies were disasters, eventually her father's fame helped her become a movie star.
But she wasn't the usual type -- she was dark, weird and sexual (with both men and women), got tattooed (a lot), kissed her brother, and experimented extensively with drugs. She took edgy and often dark roles, including a biopic of Gia Carangi, a mental patient, and eventually Lara Croft (okay, not dark'n'edgy).
She also married twice -- first to Jonny Lee Miller (leather, movies and blood) and then to Billy Bob Thornton (sex, blood vials and TMI). But whgen they adopted Rath (aka Maddox) from Cambodia, Jolie became a very different person -- after her divorce from Thornton, she became involved with "corn-fed" Brad Pitt in the biggest "marital crime" of the 21st century.. And with that, she embarked on a new domestic life filled with children, charity work and tabloid attention.
I'll admit it, Morton does an excellent job in the opening chapters of "Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography." He explores the lives of Jolie's grandparents, parents, and the environment that molded her psyche (such as a childhood meeting with a man trying to save an African tribe). And he comes up with some interesting stuff about her early career, as well as some funny anecdotes (Jolie once gave her dad's girlfriend a bottle of refrigerated pee).
Buuuuuutttttt... the whole thing goes off the rails after that, . Morton must have some kind of crush on Jolie, because he seems fascinated by her sex'n'kink'drugs phase, the affairs she had and all the "dark edges" in her life. But once Jolie got together with Pitt and had a bunch of kids, he seems to get bored with her and rushes through the rest of the book. Yes, her extensive charity work takes a backseat to all the juicy tabloid stuff.
And Morton has developed an annoying habit of constantly talking about astrological signs and psychoanalysis. According to him, Jolie likes S&M because she was traumatized by being left in a white nursery as a baby. Wha?
"Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography" has some fascinating tidbits, but the focus on her wildchild persona and psychoanalysis just leaves you wishing you were getting the real picture.
Born to Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voigt, Jolie grew up shaped by her parents' acrimonious relationship and the atmosphere of Hollywood. She became a model as a teenager, but was determined to break into Hollywood. And though her first couple movies were disasters, eventually her father's fame helped her become a movie star.
But she wasn't the usual type -- she was dark, weird and sexual (with both men and women), got tattooed (a lot), kissed her brother, and experimented extensively with drugs. She took edgy and often dark roles, including a biopic of Gia Carangi, a mental patient, and eventually Lara Croft (okay, not dark'n'edgy).
She also married twice -- first to Jonny Lee Miller (leather, movies and blood) and then to Billy Bob Thornton (sex, blood vials and TMI). But whgen they adopted Rath (aka Maddox) from Cambodia, Jolie became a very different person -- after her divorce from Thornton, she became involved with "corn-fed" Brad Pitt in the biggest "marital crime" of the 21st century.. And with that, she embarked on a new domestic life filled with children, charity work and tabloid attention.
I'll admit it, Morton does an excellent job in the opening chapters of "Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography." He explores the lives of Jolie's grandparents, parents, and the environment that molded her psyche (such as a childhood meeting with a man trying to save an African tribe). And he comes up with some interesting stuff about her early career, as well as some funny anecdotes (Jolie once gave her dad's girlfriend a bottle of refrigerated pee).
Buuuuuutttttt... the whole thing goes off the rails after that, . Morton must have some kind of crush on Jolie, because he seems fascinated by her sex'n'kink'drugs phase, the affairs she had and all the "dark edges" in her life. But once Jolie got together with Pitt and had a bunch of kids, he seems to get bored with her and rushes through the rest of the book. Yes, her extensive charity work takes a backseat to all the juicy tabloid stuff.
And Morton has developed an annoying habit of constantly talking about astrological signs and psychoanalysis. According to him, Jolie likes S&M because she was traumatized by being left in a white nursery as a baby. Wha?
"Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography" has some fascinating tidbits, but the focus on her wildchild persona and psychoanalysis just leaves you wishing you were getting the real picture.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Liked the book because it includes so many things about the actress that I had no idea about eg. her past relationships, her childhood, her drug use! Really well written also
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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You've probably heard of Andrew Morton, the kingpin of unauthorized biographies (Madonna, Tom Cruise, Princess Diana, Monica Lewinsky). Well, you get the idea. This writer tends to focus on subjects that are very high profile, controversial, and going to sell a lot of his books. Of course, the books do sell although the words "An Authorized Biography" should be as large as the title because his pages are filled with quotes from those who hardly know the subjects, rumors, hearsay, and psycho babble.
Take the case of his latest subject, Angelina Jolie (anyone doubt this would be a sure sell?). Morton wastes no time in detailing the infidelity of her father, Jon Voight, when Angelina was still a babe in arms. This marital misstep, according to psychiatrists who have never interviewed anyone involved, left a permanent mark on Angelina and unhinged her mother. During this crisis wee Angelina was left in the hands of sitters by a mother who couldn't tolerate the child's resemblance to her dad.
Further Morton posits that due to this very early traumatic experience Angelina has a tendency to go after married or attached men, steal them away from their partners and then move on to another conquest. He's at a loss to explain her current relationship with Brad Pitt and their children, choosing instead to leave the impression that this coupling will soon be over and Angelina will be up to her old tricks again.
Truth be told there's not much new in Morton's take on Angelina - a great deal of it has already been posted in tabloids and the actress herself has not been reticent about her past or present. Reading one of Morton's books is similar to lending an ear to the town gossip - you know what she's saying is often mean spirited, not quite true, yet it's spicy, and she might, just might have some really hot item to share.
So, you know you want to hear this book - go ahead because the up side is the reading by Bronson Pinchot, a Yale educated Audie Award winner. With wide and varied experience in both television and films he has a well trained, modulated voice, pin point enunciation, and an easy listening style. We'd certainly give Mr. Pinchot 5 stars for his reading - sorry we cannot say the same for the writing.
-Gail Cooke
Take the case of his latest subject, Angelina Jolie (anyone doubt this would be a sure sell?). Morton wastes no time in detailing the infidelity of her father, Jon Voight, when Angelina was still a babe in arms. This marital misstep, according to psychiatrists who have never interviewed anyone involved, left a permanent mark on Angelina and unhinged her mother. During this crisis wee Angelina was left in the hands of sitters by a mother who couldn't tolerate the child's resemblance to her dad.
Further Morton posits that due to this very early traumatic experience Angelina has a tendency to go after married or attached men, steal them away from their partners and then move on to another conquest. He's at a loss to explain her current relationship with Brad Pitt and their children, choosing instead to leave the impression that this coupling will soon be over and Angelina will be up to her old tricks again.
Truth be told there's not much new in Morton's take on Angelina - a great deal of it has already been posted in tabloids and the actress herself has not been reticent about her past or present. Reading one of Morton's books is similar to lending an ear to the town gossip - you know what she's saying is often mean spirited, not quite true, yet it's spicy, and she might, just might have some really hot item to share.
So, you know you want to hear this book - go ahead because the up side is the reading by Bronson Pinchot, a Yale educated Audie Award winner. With wide and varied experience in both television and films he has a well trained, modulated voice, pin point enunciation, and an easy listening style. We'd certainly give Mr. Pinchot 5 stars for his reading - sorry we cannot say the same for the writing.
-Gail Cooke
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