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Detailed, penetrating biography
(Audiobook review) This is actually a more in-depth biography than some reviewers would have you believe. Morton delves deeply into Jolie's family history, detailing the lives of both her father Jon Voight and mother Marcheline Bertrand (both fascinating individuals) before actually getting to Jolie. Morton details Jolie's childhood, her long-term estrangement from her father, her fascination with knives, tattoos and exhibitionism, drug use, numerous affairs (Timothy Hutton, Mick Jagger, Ralph Fiennes) and relationships with Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt, and her increasing obsession with adopting babies and philanthropy. Morton quotes psychiatrists throughout, who offer insights into her behavior. Bronson Pinchot's narration is evenly paced and a tad bland but the material doesn't leave you bored.

It's ok but Morton is a 3rd rate journalist
The first thing I found ridiculous is that there is a biography of Angelina taken verbatim from her bio on [...]Then how many times can Andrew Morton use "peripatetic" in a sentence?I mean it's a cool word and the biographer of Beatrix Potter Linda Lear, LOVED the work too, among others, but come on, 4-5 times in the book is overkill.

I also thought some of the material was weak.But all in all "ok".

A very interesting read...
It starts off slow. I had a hard time getting into it with all the back story but after the first chapter it really became more interesting. DEfinately gives you some insight on why Angelina behaves as she does.

Surprisingly Intersting and Seemingly Well Researched
Reading Andrew Morton's ANGELINA surprised me and made me much more empathetic to Angelina Jolie, an actress whose actions and antics have always struck me as pleas for attention by an exhibitionist, shock-oriented actress.

After finishing it this afternoon and feeling sincere sympathy for a vulnerable woman who had an extraordinarily unconventional and alienating upbringing, I turned to Amazon hoping to learn what other readers thought of Morton's interpretation of her life, challenges and successes.

I cannot imagine why any Jolie fan would attack the writer or the reviewers here who see value in Morton's exploration of her life.Far from attacking Angelina Jolie, this unauthorized biography carves out a plausible explanation for all of Angelina Jolie's most confusing behaviors, from making out with her brother in front of the world's cameras and engaging in a never ending series of home wrecker relationships to compulsive adopting and publicly over-sharing about the personalities and clothing preferences of her innocent young children.

While I cannot attest to the truth behind Morton's seemingly extensive research, I can say that Jolie's unauthorized biographer creates a very sympathetic portrait of a complicated, often misunderstood actress.

The biggest drawback in ANGELINA is that Morton writes too much about Angelina Jolie's gemini personality.Even if I did believe in astrology, I would still think Morton goes to far in trying to play up a gemini's twin perspectives.

Nice summer read
I've been pretty ambivalent towards Angelina Jolie over the years, but I have admired her charity work and using her celebrity to put a spotlight on worldwide issues. I wasn't too familiar with Andrew Morton before a few weeks ago, but apparently the British writer is infamous for highly publicized, dishy tell-alls on Princess Diana, The Royal Family, and Tom Cruise.

Setting his sights on Angelina Jolie, does Mr. Morton reveal anything new or shocking about the actress? Not really. I already knew about her wild child past filled with kinky sex and drug use. As well as her truly bizarre marriage to Billy Bob Thornton (a real weirdo in his own right) and the adoption of little Maddox that saved her life and began her well documented humanitarian work. Angie's shared all of this and then some with no hesitation.

One thing I hadn't heard before was the deep depression Jolie fell into after filming the biopic Gia, the famous supermodel whose self-destructive ways led to her 1986 death from AIDS. Angie found many similarites between herself and the woman she was playing, but thankfully she was able to pull herself out of the darkness before it was too late.

Two things that bugged me were the long winded descriptions of Angelina's family tree and the not so subtle biased view of her mother Marcheline. I understand why Morton had to flesh out the alleged dynamic in the Bertrand family (mother Lois was a pushy stage mom while father Rolland was a meek man who let his wife run the show), but he goes on and on about it. Keep it brief in the future.

According to Andrew's sources (former friends of the family), Marcheline took after her mom. If someone offended or stood up to her she'd set in the "Bertrand freeze" and pretend as if that person didn't exist. She supposedly set it to full blast after ex-husband Jon Voight's infidelity and relegated baby Angie to the top floor of their apartment with a nanny (also an alleged family friend interviewed for the book) to care for the infant for nearly a year. It's no secret that most of the sources paint Marche as a bitter, heartless witch who brainwashed the kids to hate their father. Jon is described as a father who was truly remorseful for his betrayal, but unfairly spurned and heavily criticized by his children at every turn.

Could that be the truth? Maybe, but I wouldn't call it a cold hard fact. That goes for alot of the stories I read in the book. I wouldn't be quick to say they're all true or all false. I just looked at it as a nice summer read. No more, no less. ... Read more

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Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most shattering violence and victimization. Here are her revelations of joy and warmth amid utter destitution?compelling snapshots of courageous and inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work?and candid notes from a unique pilgrimage that completely changed the actress's worldview -- and the world within herself. ... Read more

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Not New! as stated
This book is in pretty good shape considering it's not new; however, I don't appreciate seller's dishonesty.

A story that everyone should read....
If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be perspective.After reading this book.I realize just how very lucky I am.If your in a place where you feel like your life is kicking you around, read this.There are so many people in the world that are suffering horribly and still manage to smile through it all.It was a real wake up call.I am going to give my thanks every day for what I have.This book was very moving and at times brought tears to my eyes.I have the utmost respect for Angelina and all she has done to help the refugees of the world.We can all learn from her example.All the people that continually trash her should read this book.

Everyone should read
This is a wondeful book from a wonderful pearson, you can tell how truely passinote she is about what she dose. This book is very eyeopening to many heart breaking and devistating things so many people go through but so few people know about. I believe if we were more informed and more people understood that more people would care and take action to end these horrific events and save millions of people from this kind of devistaion, and heal the world.

Putting celebrity to good use
I enjoyed this book very much, although it tensed me at times, and made me cry at others. It's the story of many refugees around the world, and the humanitarian work Angelina Jolie has done to help them out. It's an account of her early years as Good Will Ambassador for the UNHCR.

I'm so impressed by the things that people can do to each other, and how the survivors of this hatred and spite keep on with their lives after such harsh and traumatic experiences stay tattooed on their s...more I enjoyed this book very much, although it tensed me at times, and made me cry at others. It's the story of many refugees around the world, and the humanitarian work Angelina Jolie has done to help them out. It's an account of her early years as Good Will Ambassador for the UNHCR.

I'm so impressed by the things that people can do to each other, and how the survivors of this hatred and spite keep on with their lives after such harsh and traumatic experiences stay tattooed on their souls. By the end of the book I couldn't stop asking myself the same thing that Angelina asked herself all along: how do they survive at all!

Angelina starts her journal by saying that she's not different from other people, but she wants to help. To me that alone makes her different. Not everyone cares about other fellow beings. She's different in so many ways and she makes a difference with all her humanitarian work.

I can understand why the UNHCR agency has such high rates of suicide and depression. Reading books about other countries who live in permanent terror like the ones she describes always depresses me, even though I'm thousands of miles away culturally and physically, and safe behind the soft pages of the book. I can't imagine the emotional scars that all those persons are left with when they are lucky enough to keep their lives. Anonymous to the rest of the world and yet still very valuable lives. Dead just seems such a high price to pay for respect and integrity. I can't imagine where they gather the strength to keep smiling.

It would be easier, less risky and less emotionally demanding to just send funds from the comfort of her home, and yet she is willing to share with all these people her time helping out in whatever ways she can. And that's why it's so admirable what she does. It's easy to mourn the dead, but it's hard to help the living. To all those refugees she is just some woman who wants to help. A remarkable woman with noble feelings. She masters beautiful gestures that make people feel good and loved and recognized and valued, and that alone can be more important than having a lot of other things that seem necessary and are necessary for all of them, but not any more so than the grace and beauty of a person whose mere existence makes it possible for them to keep their hopes up.

As I read once, you can train thousands or millions of political theorists and economists and theologians and bureaucrats, but charm and charisma, and the desire to put celebrity to good use: hundreds of years of training can't teach that or invent it. And Angelina has what it takes to make all this happen. I can't help those people because I don't have the economic resources to do so. But I'm grateful that there are people like her out there who are willing to share what they have, and to sacrifice some of her own comfort to help out. It's a good read if you want to sensitize yourself about some world issues.

What an Inspiration!

What talent Angelina Jolie has!Not only a terrific actress but has lived her very young life with meaning and compassion while helping people in third world countries, and all with no publicity about her good deeds. ... Read more

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News clips put together.
This book was nothing but news clips put together. Obviously, Jolie would not give an interview. So the writer relied on the easy way out: basic research on what's been written before in newspapers, tabloids etc.

Very informative
I liked this because it enlightened me to her past and how she is different from everyone else. Right from the beginning.

Jolie Bio
Loved this!!!Great pictures and great insight into a wonderful person's world.Being a fan I had heard most of the stories from Angelina interviews in the past, but there were some things that surprised me.It also offered a lot of information on her marriages and why they didn't work out.

Wow! A great read!
I bought this book as my Christmas present to myself and I was not disappointed. I couldn't put the book down. Very well written and well-rounded. I feel like I know Angelina now as if I'd grown up with her. I respect and love her even moreafter reading this book.She literally transformed herself and morphed into the amazing woman she is now.This book is a must for all Angelina Jolie fans everywhere. ... Read more

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Ian Halperin, New York Times bestselling author of Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, explores the relationship of the world's most famous celebrity couple with exclusive revelations and personal anecdotes. This Supercouple, unlike any other, consistently turns heads, rolls cameras, and delivers action. The rugged, yet debonair, actor Brad Pitt (Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglorious Basterds) and the always sexy and illustrious actress Angelina Jolie (Girl Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Changeling) have made a lasting impression through their movies and their magic . . . --Find out the truth behind Angelina's notorious French kiss with her brother James at the 2000 Oscars --Learn about her childhood and estrangement from her father Jon Voight --Discover the truth of Brad's marriage to everybody's friend, Jennifer Aniston, and of her readiness to have children --Read about the true circumstances of the affair between Brad and Angelina along with their stormy & unstable relationship --Find out about Angelina's ongoing lesbian relationship with her former Foxfire co-star Jenny Shimizu ... Read more

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Finally, the truth !!!!
This book really tells it like it is, finally !!!This is a most troubled screwed up woman, who has a great publicist that she pays big time.Example:When the publicity came out about her incentuous relationship with her brother, her publicist has her marry Billy Bob Thorton to take the attention off the the relationship with her brother.It worked.Then she dumps Thorton (who wasn't worth keeping anyway and she never really loved).And oh my, what a wonderful "earth mother".She is so loudly praised for her being an ambassador or whatever the hell she does in other lands and trust me, she has an agenda for herself in doing that.This woman cares about no one but herself.She is totally narcissistic (Yes, look it up in the dictionary if you know not what it means).I'm sure I will get a lot of flack from this review but as far as I'm concerned, this book tells it right.Even Morton's new book is not as revealing as this one.I loved reading this book.For the first time, someone really tells the truth and behold, Angelina is just another totally f***ed up woman, who albeit is physically beautiful and at most points can act, who in the end, will end up dying alone, wondering what happened.Poor thing . . .

Brangelina--Halperin
I really enjoyed this book.I have read reviews that knock Halperin for adding personal comments or maybe that he talked more about himself than Pitt and Jolie.However, I thought Halperin's additional personal comments only added to the understanding of each situation he injected them into.I thought the book flowed and was an easy read.My only regret was he talked so little about Pitt.Mind you Jolie is VERY entertaining on many levels, but I would have enjoyed reading about Pitt's childhood and rise to success more than Halperin did...even if his childhood was "like the Clevers".

Too Much Angie, not enough Brad and Brangelina
I think the author mistitled this book.It should have been an unauthorized story of Angelina Jolie.There are very few chapters that Pitt is even mentioned in.I also didn't think some of the author's so-called undercover work should have been included.Why go undercover in a mental hospital years after Angie stayed there for a couple of days?It didn't add anything to the book at all.His undercover work regarding "sibs" was also unneccesary, adding nothing, and was disgusting to boot.Overall, I found the book to be just a re-hash of everything we have already heard about Angie and certainly not anything new or "untold" as he claims in the title.

The art of manipulation.
This book is about Angelina. It's all insinuation and rumors without anything substantial. If she is as great of a manipulator of her image and the public as the author says she is -- the author has learned from the best. He has written a lengthy gossip piece without offering anything factual. He shows himself standing in front of the psychiatric unit where she was committed and he allegedly infiltrated to get the goods on her-- yet he admits he didn't actually find out anything. He NEVER finds out anything. He relates third party stories and hearsay by people who often never even met her. The book doesn't even have many pictures. A very shallow biography indeed.

Celebrity book
Received new book, exactly as ordered.On time, before Christmas, since it was a gift.Would recommend for anyone who is a Brangelina watcher.Also would purchase from the seller again. ... Read more

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Angelina Jolie: Celebrity with Heart
This newly published title joins the two other titles in the Clebrities with Heart series, Adam Sandler Hilary Duff and Tim McGraw. The humanitarian causes that Angelina has championed for refugees has taken her many countries throughout the world. This glossy paged paperback with colored photos reveal Jolie's life history with emphasis on her last 10 years, as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. The book reveals the good and bad in her life, along with many candid photos. The chronology, filmography and list of goodwill trips complete the book. ... Read more

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Angelina Jolie has understandably created a mystique in the eyes of the public.A rare beauty and skilled actress, she has already earned an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy award.Her unconventional personal life, however, has consistently drawn as much attention as her acting skills.Over the past decade, fans have watched her evolve from Hollywood's rebellious wild child - infamous for her bold tattoos and shocking two-year marriage to actor Billy-Bob Thornton -to a mother and committed human rights advocate.Together she and Brad Pitt have adopted three international children, sparking an adoption trend among other celebrities.Best known for portraying strong, edgy women in film, Jolie exudes her own strength off-screen as she gracefully balances the pressures of family life, humanitarian efforts, and a flourishing career.

This detailed biography includes a chronology of significant events, illustrations, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources.Ideal for fans and general readers looking to learn more about one of today's most intriguing and sought-after celebrities.

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Pleasantly surprised
I have taken NyQuil, Ambien, Lunesta in an effort to cure my chronic insomnia to no avail.Upon finding this book I have found my cure.And it generally takes but a paragraph.Few books that I have come across in my years reading biographies yield as little depth as this one.I was shocked at how little actual information the author was able to provide - and it was almost as if she based her bio on a couple of movies and the wikipedia page.Stunning lack of detail. ... Read more

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Author Kathleen Tracy takes a look at Angelina Jolie's early years, including her childhood growing up as Jon Voight's daughter, her crush on Dr. Spock, and how she once dreamed of becoming a funeral director. The book traces Jolie's meteoric rise to fame fueled by the actress's eccentric behavior and a reputation for being bold and slightly nuts that fans find endearing. ... Read more

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Good photos
If you are a fan of Angelina, this book will not tell you anything you do not already know. Very poorly written, the author obviously threw this book together in a quick attempt to cash in on the AJ craze. However, I did enjoy the photos, they make a nice addition to your collection. If you'd like to get to know AJ a little better, try the book Angelina Jolie's Journals: Notes From My Travels, written by Angelina herself. She takes you behind the scenes for a personal look at her work as an ambassador.

Pretty good
I liked this book, it contained great pictures and a lot of information.I don't give it 5 stars because I don't think the author really checked if the facts was true, because some things wasn't. And it was too much facts about other people in it.
If you really are a fan you should buy it, you will love the pictures.

Good
okay the book was very well written and the facts and every thing was awesome but I wish it would of told more about Angelina's feelings and thoughts.There is a lot of pictures in the book and they are very nice.I love Angelina Jolie and the book gives you a lot of trival things about her.I loved the pictures of her in high school that was cool.The only two things that werent good was it didn't show her feelings and thougths and of course it is not up to date.It says nothing about Her and Billy Bob spliting and abopting Maddox but it is a little older for that.Good book

100 magazine articles
Why oh why did i buy this book? Oh yes... in a fit of madness i fell in love with angelina jolie and spent too much money on her dvd's and this book. I wish I had read marcia's review... this book has a gorgeous cover but inside is just a compilation of magazine articles and speculation. i would have given the book one star- but threw in the extra one for the highschool pics of angelina and this color pic that makes her look like a housewife. However if I were you- i wouldn't waste your money on this book for the pictures because there's not many. then again- we all have to learn from our own mistakes right?

my love for anything of angelina
Hi im tygre I just wanted to write that Kathleen Tracy did a very good job with this book in fact I bought it twice one for reading the other for safe keeping.She tells alot of a person and that is a good writer.I bought this book because when I first saw Angelina Jolie I have been fascinated by her she continues to keep people guessing and I collect everything and anything about her.Well just to say that Kathleen did a great job and Angelina is the most beutiful spectacular women ever born.Thank you for the book.... ... Read more

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12 x 16 poster style wall calendar. Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. ... Read more

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Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. ... Read more

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She's rich. She's talented. She's beautiful. And Angelina Jolie became the most powerful celebrity in the world. Thanks to the release of several blockbuster movies and an endless sea of media buzz, Jolie has dethroned Oprah Winfrey to top of the Celebrity 100 list, Forbes' annual ranking of the world's ultra famous in 2009. But Angelina dropped to the 18th position on latest Forbes list of 2010, released on June 28. The Queen of all Media, Orpha Winfrey took back her crown. The mom of six, Angelina is a constant tabloid presence with 38 magazine covers in the last 12 months. Jolie lost some ground because she didn't have a new movie. But she continues to cement her bankability with big thrillers like “Salt” and up-coming “The Tourist”. ... Read more

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