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Despite her issues with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie fondly remembers their film together and ranks it as one of her favorite movies. Jolie and Pitt shared impeccable chemistry when they were paired together in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The chemistry eventually transitioned into a full-blown romance.

This relationship, however, caused a prominent scandal after Angelina Jolie was accused of causing Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to split. The former couple played a married couple who are secretly assassins belonging to competing agencies. Things go wrong between them when they are assigned to kill each other.

According to RadarOnline, Jolie not only had the film as one of her favorites but also spoke about how it brought her together with Pitt in real life. She shared that starting a proper relationship with Pitt came as a surprise to her, as she believed that she would always be a single mom.

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Billy Bob Thornton has been married and divorced many times.

Yes, even by Hollywood standards.

Some of these entanglements lasted longer than others. And some ended more bitterly than others.

Here’s a recap of Thornton’s marital history, famous and forgotten. Plus, where things stand today.

Billy Bob Thornton arrives at the Paley Center For Media Presents: “Fargo” at Paley Center For Media on April 11, 2014. (Photo Credit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images) Billy Bob Thornton’s first marriage was to Melissa Lee Gatlin

In 1978, Billy Bob Thornton married Melissa Lee Gatlin.

The short-lived marriage ended in 1980, with Gatlin accusing Thornton of adultery in her divorce petition.

However, in 1979, the couple welcomed their daughter, Amanda Brumfield. She is most famous for serving 9 years in prison before being freed by The Innocence Project.

Actor/singer Billy Bob Thornton of Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters performs at the Cannery Casino...

We're not the boss of you now, but we still strongly recommend revisiting the classic sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle." Created in 2000 by "Little House on the Prairie" alum Linwood Boomer, the series ran for seven seasons and over 150 episodes before it ended in 2006. Though it may seem somewhat predictable now, it was a fairly subversive program at the time with regard to how chaotic and internally hostile the central Wilkerson family could be.

The actors who portrayed the Wilkersons -- and the neighbors, classmates, relatives, and co-workers they terrorize -- were an amusing mix of established sitcom stalwarts and up-and-coming child actors, a dynamic encapsulated by Malcolm actor Frankie Muniz and his on-screen father Bryan Cranston. With nearly a decade of television between us and the series finale and a reunion miniseries reportedly on the way, we're more curious than ever what the cast of "Malcolm in the Middle" is up to now,...

Amicus Productions, the iconic British horror brand synonymous with classic anthology films, proudly announces the participation of legendary screen actress and Golden Globe nominee Jane Merrow in its highly anticipated return to the genre. Merrow stars as Matron Margaret, a commanding figure in the chilling hospital-set segment The One-Way Ward, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s horror short story Cool Air.

Joining Jane Merrow is Megan Tremethick. Tremethick’s work has been described as ‘standout’ for its nuance and emotional depth, earning her recognition as an emerging talent in the genre. Adding further gravitas to the cast is veteran character actor Jonathan Hansler, who takes on the role of Professor Walker, bringing his wealth of pathos and trademark intensity to this gripping tale of terror.

The film also features Chris Capaldi, known as the former face of Scotch Beef, who plays Doctor Richard Maitland. Reviving the Amicus tradition of characters named Maitland,...

Following its very successful crowdfunding campaign, Amicus Productions was resurrected, with plans to develop a brand new horror anthology film, the first from Amicus since 1974's Beyond the Grave. In the tradition of films like Tales From the Crypt and Asylum, In the Grip of Terror has been in production, and we have first-look photos from the film's The One-Way Ward segment, starring Jane Merrow, Megan Tremethick, Jonathan Hansler, and Chris Capaldi:

"Amicus Productions, the iconic British horror brand synonymous with classic anthology films, proudly announces the participation of legendary screen actress and Golden Globe nominee Jane Merrow (The Lion in Winter, The System) in its highly anticipated return to the genre. Merrow stars as Matron Margaret, a commanding figure in the chilling hospital-set segment The One-Way Ward, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s horror short story Cool Air.

Joining Jane Merrow is Megan Tremethick (Ghost Crew, The Slave and...

Billy Bob Thornton’s dark Christmas comedy franchise is making the holidays a little more twisted, as it climbs up the streaming charts. The multi-talented performer broke through in 1996 with the disturbing drama Sling Blade, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and winning the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Thornton in 1998 picked up another nomination for playing a tortured character in a decidedly dark movie, getting a Best Supporting Actor nod for Sam Raimi’s thriller A Simple Plan.

Thornton’s most noteworthy early roles indeed placed him on a darkly dramatic path. The star soon veered into the comedy realm, however, with roles that showed his inherently edgy and brooding qualities being adapted to funny material. Thornton went for offbeat chuckles in the black comedy Pushing Tin, the dramedy Bandits and the Coen Brothers’ romantic farce Intolerable Cruelty. He also went for somewhat more broadly-appealing guffaws in the...

In 2021, Billy Bob Thornton had a brief cameo in an episode of “1883,” the hugely popular “Yellowstone” spinoff. That’s where he met Taylor Sheridan, whose vast television empire includes most of the shows people subscribe to Paramount+ for. “He said, ‘I wrote this cameo and when I looked at it, I realized I can’t just cast a local. I need somebody who’s done this before in a bigger way,’” Thornton said. At the “1883” premiere in Las Vegas, Thornton and Sheridan sat together at the afterparty and Sheridan told him, “I’m writing this thing called ‘Landman’ for you and you’re going to love it.”

“I’m not the type who takes stuff that I’m not right for because I want to present myself in the best possible way,” Thornton said. “I always tell people, if you’re going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle,...

Angelina Jolie has always been known for her bold choices, both in her personal life and her career. Before her much-publicized relationship with Brad Pitt, she was married to Billy Bob Thornton, a singer-songwriter and actor. Their relationship, which began in the early 2000s, stood out because of its unique and unconventional expressions of love. This included matching tattoos and even wearing vials of each other’s blood as necklaces.

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However, their whirlwind romance came to an end in 2003, just three years after their marriage. Among the remnants of their intense relationship was a tattoo on Jolie’s body that included Thornton’s name. Many wonder if getting a tattoo for love is worth the trouble, especially if the love fades.

Why Did Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton Get Divorced?

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton met...

When one thinks of Angelina Jolie’s personal life, one of the first names to be brought up is that of Brad Pitt. The two had a whirlwind of a romance that ended in just as bright a fire as the spark they felt on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The tales of their divorce still echo in the empty mansions of Hollywood, and while years have passed since they parted ways, they cannot seem to outrun their names being put together.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in By the Sea | Credits: Jolie Pass/ Plan B Entertainment

While there is no denying that their relationship was one of the most publicly iconic of all time, many seem to forget about their romances before they got together. Although Pitt’s infamous alleged betrayal of Jennifer Anniston is still remembered in vivid detail, Jolie’s marriage with Billy Bob Thornton...

Billy Bob Thornton, the Academy Award winner, has amassed both critical acclaim and the audiences’ love. He’s a man of many talents, from acting, to singing, and even screenwriting. Thornton has proven himself through multiple projects like Sling Blade and Monster Ball, but one aspect of his life has been a little rocky.

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He’s been married six times now, and five of his previous marriages have ended in a divorce. But despite the highs and lows in his love life, Thornton has shown up for his children and co-parented them with his exes. After a few low-key and some high-profile romances, he seems to have found his happily ever after. So let’s take a closer look at the actor’s journey through love and heartbreak, which eventually led to a marriage that has now lasted for years.

Before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s love affair took the world by storm in 2003, the actress had already been in a high-profile relationship. In fact, the now 49-year-old was married to Billy Bob Thornton for just 3 short years from 2000-2003. Although the couple seemed very much in love, the media portrayed them as a little too obsessed with each other.

Billy Bob Thornton | Credits: kubacheck via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

For years, Thornton kept mum about what went down in their relationship. However, a few years ago, the 69-year-old finally decided to open up about their brief love affair and how the media affected it. After all, the lovebirds were branded as crazy following a blood pact that made headlines.

Billy Bob Thornton discusses his crazy love with Angelina Jolie

Over a decade after Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie split up, the actor opened up about his marriage to the actress.

Laura Dern recalled the bitter experience she had after watching her relationship with Billy Bob Thornton crumble to dust because of his affair with Angelina Jolie. The Jurassic Park actress was engaged to the man – they dated between 1997 and 1999 – until the actor decided to marry Jolie without even informing his fiancée.

Credits: Laura Dern in Jurassic World Dominion / Universal Pictures

Jolie is presently dealing with her divorce from ex-husband Brad Pitt and even struggling to settle their issues pertaining to their shared properties and businesses, but even before their controversial split, the Maleficent star already had her fair share of affairs and breakups.

Billy Bob Thornton Married Angelina Jolie While Engaged to Laura Dern

Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern’s romance began in 1997 after the actress split from Jeff Goldblum and the former’s divorce from his fourth wife, Pietra Dawn Cherniak. Soon after, they got engaged, and in...

With the tantalizing gossip of Tom Holland and Zendaya’s high-profile romance swirling around, a blast from the past emerged online—a 2000s clip of Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. Appearing on the red carpet together for Gone In 60 Seconds, Thornton’s infamous interview not only turned him into an Og rizz lord and perhaps an example for Holland but also launched us down a nostalgia-fueled rabbit hole.

Tom Holland and Zendaya in Spider-Man: Far From Home | image: Marvel Studios

During the interview with MTV, Billy Bob Thornton nonchalantly declared that he and Angelina Jolie had gotten busy in the car, on their way to the event itself. This resurfaced clip of casual delivery, coupled with the eyebrow-raising statement, left viewers stunned and amused. Even decades later, the interview is being hailed as the epitome of rizz that might require Tom Holland to take note of.

Zendaya Praising...

While Angelina Jolie has been lauded for her performances in films like Gia, Girl, Interrupted, and Changeling, her off-screen antics have always put her in the limelight. Everything has been fodder for the paparazzi, from her highly publicized relationship with Brad Pitt to their eventual divorce.

Jolie’s early days were also marred by controversies. She made headlines when she and her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton wore vials of their blood as necklaces. The mother of six now, mentioned that she was not too proud of those days and did not imagine herself as a mother.

Angelina Jolie Did Not Imagine Herself As A Mother During Her Wild Younger Days Angelina Jolie in Maleficent | Credits: Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios

Everyone has an emo phase. However, Angelina Jolie’s wild teenage days took it to the next level. The Salt star was known as the daughter of actor Jon Voight...

Long before Brangelina became a thing, Angelina Jolie was married to singer-songwriter Billy Bob Thornton. However, their relationship, which began with matching couple tattoos and a shared love for gothic aesthetics, abruptly ended in 2003, just three years into their marriage.

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Although they were no longer together, there was no animosity between them, as both were often seen speaking kindly about each other. However, the same cannot be said about her ongoing divorce battle with Brad Pitt. In an interview, Thornton revealed why he and Jolie had to go their separate ways.

Friendly Ex’s: Billy Bob Thorton Revealed Why He and Angelina Jolie Had to Divorce Billy Bob Thorton || Credits: kubacheck || Cca 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton crossed paths in 1999 on the sets of Pushing Tin. While she was freshly divorced from her first husband, Johnny Lee Miller, Bob Thornton,...

David Duchovny claims to have "discovered" Angelina Jolie in 1997's Playing God. Jolie's career took off after her role in Playing God, with notable films like Pushing Tin, The Bone Collector, and Girl, Interrupted. Duchovny played a part in Jolie's casting in the movie, recognizing her potential as a star.

David Duchovny has made a bold statement in a recent interview when sharing his feelings about discovering Angelina Jolie while working with the actress back in his 1997 movie Playing God. Although Jolie had made several appearances by the time she worked with Duchovny on the Andy Wilson movie, The X-Files star explained how he played a pivotal role in Jolies casting in the movie.

Playing God was written by Mark Haskell Smith, and centers on a disgraced surgeon who reinvents himself as a "gunshot doctor" in the criminal underworld. Along with Duchovny and Jolie, the film also starred Timothy Hutton,...

David Duchovny says he feels like he “discovered” Angelina Jolie, his Playing God co-star.

The X-Files alum recently revealed in a new interview that he was part of the casting for the 1997 film directed by Andy Wilson.

“I feel like I discovered Angelina Jolie,” Duchovny said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy when asked what he thought about his former co-stars.

Host Andy Cohen asked Duchovny to explain, with the actor saying, “Yeah, cause I was casting, I was part of the casting. I didn’t discover her, but… she came in, and I just knew she was a movie star, and I told everybody [that] we’ve gotta cast her.”

The Touchstone Pictures film written by Mark Haskell Smith revolved around “a disgraced surgeon [who] leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.” According to IMDb, the film’s casting directors were Elaine J. Huzzar and Johanna Ray.

If there was a decade that truly helped to shape the future of the crime thriller genre, it was undoubtedly the 1990s. The era churned out numerous movies that have become the benchmark for how to craft a movie about the hunt for a serial killer, or flashing femme fatales with a penchant for murder. Movies such as The Silence of the Lambs, Misery, Se7en and Basic Instinct set a benchmark for not only quality in the crime flick, but also by delivering iconic sequences that are synonymous within the genre. Lambs had Anthony Hopkins’ wonderful Chianti sipping performance, Misery gleefully smashed ankles, Se7en had the tragic head in a box scene, while Basic Instinct allowed Sharon Stone to show more than just her acting ability. The point is, by the time the movie we’re focusing on in this episode was released in 1999, audiences had preconceived expectations, thanks...

H.P. Lovecraft's stories are often characterized by their high-concept, otherworldly combination of fear, confusion, and hopelessness. A good example of this is his 1934 short story From Beyond. It follows mad scientist Crawford Tillinghast and his invention, which expands the pineal gland, a small endocrine gland located in the center of the brain, to the point where one can see into other worlds. This goes about as well as any new phenomenon in an H. P. Lovecraft story, seeing the potential of the brain and the power of resonance to unlock indescribable nightmare creatures from beyond our perceived reality, destroying everything and everyone around them. Like Cool Air and Herbert WestReanimator, Lovecraft shows his preference for the story of the mad scientist flying too close to the sun with devastating results and using a new (for the time) scientific idea as the foundation. After all, the mind is still not fully explained,...

When Angelina Jolie Clapped Back At Jay Leno Over Jokes On Her Kiss With Brother James Haven! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Angelina Jolie created a huge stir at the 2000 Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Girl, Interrupted. But her big win was brutally ignored as people instead spoke about her infamous kiss with brother James Haven. Scroll below for details as she once clapped back at TV host Jay Leno for the inappropriate incest jokes.

It was quite a sweet yet special moment for Angie when she won the Oscar award. She thanked her brother in her acceptance speech. The siblings posed for the cameras at the Vanity after-party, but they left jaws dropped as they shared a kiss on the lips. The moment was exaggerated; many even claimed it was a “French kiss.”

Angelina Jolie was “shocked” about James Haven kiss incident!

Angelina Jolie has been a part of numerous films throughout her career, including popular titles like Maleficent and Tomb Raider. After joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jolie has not participated in any new projects except for a voice role in Kung Fu Panda 4. Jolie has shifted her focus to behind-the-scenes roles, including directing, producing, and writing, with several successful films under her belt. She has an upcoming project called Without Blood.

It's been over two years since Angelina Jolie last appeared on the big screen playing Thena in Eternals. But there is a good reason for the actress to stay away from the spotlight.

Although she got her first role at the young age of seven in the film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie began to become a star in 1993, the year she participated in Cyborg 2. From that moment on, she practically did not stop working, being part of...

Exclusive: Actor-writer-director Jake Weber, known for his film roles in Dawn of the Dead and Meet Joe Black, and for his seven-season run on Medium, has signed with Stewart Talent for representation.

With a career that spans more than three decades, Weber has extensive credits in film, television and theatre. He is best known in film for his role as Michael in Dawn of the Dead and for his role as Drew in Meet Joe Black. Additional credits include: U-571, Mike Newell’s Pushing Tin, Tarsem Singh’s The Cell, Marshall Herskovitz’s Dangerous Beauty, Alan J. Pakula’s The Pelican Brief, Sidney Lumet’s A Stranger Among Us, and Larry Fessendon’s Wendigo.

On television, Jake played Joe DuBois, the sleep-deprived husband of psychic Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), for 7 seasons and 130 episodes on NBC’s hit drama series Medium. Other credits include series regular roles in HBO’s The Mind of the Married Man,...

Jon Gregory, editor of such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges has died, a representative confirmed to Deadline. He was 77.

Gregory worked with Mike Leigh across the director’s storied career, from an early short called The Short & Curlies to one of Leigh’s first features, High Hopes, to some of the director’s best-known work — such as Life Is Sweet, Naked and Secrets & Lies — to one of his most recent works, Peterloo. Leigh remembered his frequent collaborator in a piece posted by The Guardian today.

In it, Leigh praised Gregory’s ability to compose complex component parts into a cohesive whole. “He brought to the task his unique characteristic skill, imagination, sensitivity and sophistication, while, as always, staying true to the material,” wrote the director. He praised Gregory’s sense of when not to edit, as well.

Leigh recalled...

Exclusive: Kurt Fuller, who guest-starred in the CBS pilot Evil, has been promoted to series regular opposite Katja Herbers on the first season of the religion-themed supernatural drama.

Written and executive produced by Robert and Michelle King, Evil is a series about the battle between science and religion. It focuses on Kristen Benoist (Herbers) a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training (Mike Colter) and a blue-collar contractor (Aasif Mandvi) as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Fuller plays Dr. Boggs, Kristen’s therapist and trusted colleague.

Michael Emerson also stars.

The Kings executive produce Evil with Liz Glotzer, president of King Size Prods.

Fuller’s television credits include a series regular role on Manhattan Love Story, Us & Them, Better With You, and Big Day, as well as recurring roles on Parenthood,...

Mike Newell is a director I bring up far more than one might imagine given how widely underappreciated he seems to be. Though he may always be best known for his films that – made a dent in the overall cultural awareness (Four Weddings and a Funeral), managed a certain cult following (Into the West), involve young wizards (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), or capitalize on their cast (Donnie Brasco), much of his best work remains virtually unseen. Whether it’s The Good Father, Enchanted April,, or An Awfully Big Adventure, to name only a few, much of his best work is all but unknown outside the circles of the most devout cinephiles. Even some of the more recognizable efforts that are perhaps avoided with good reason – Pushing Tin, Mona Lisa Smile, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – are difficult to fault in terms of their direction, and...

Imagine, for a moment, a world in which Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie were still together—because the actor, 62, just reflected on his marriage to the Maleficent II actress, 43, as part of an interview for the HFPA in Conversation podcast. "I look at that time as a great time," he said. "Angie is still a friend of mine and she's a great person and she's done so much." In spite of their 20-year age difference, Thornton and Jolie fell in love on the set of the 1999 dramedy Pushing Tin; Jolie became his fifth wife, after Melissa Lee Gatlin (1978-1980), Toni Lawrence (1986-1988), Cynda Williams (1990-1992) and Pietra Dawn Cherniak (1993-1997). Thornton, who was married to Jolie...

Although Billy Bob Thornton was once married to Angelina Jolie and is still friendly with the A-list actress, he holds no ill feelings towards her estranged ex, Brad Pitt.

Thornton gets candid in a new interview with Playboy, on newsstands Nov. 22, and says he would love to work with Pitt in the future.

... And he already has some roles in mind.

Watch: Exclusive -- Billy Bob Thornton Says His 'Good' Friend Angelina Jolie 'Seems Ok' Amid Brad Pitt Divorce Drama

"This might surprise people, but I'd love to do a movie with Brad Pitt," the 61-year-old actor says. "I think we'd be great together. We'd play a couple of Southern guys."

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Thornton -- who recently exclusively told Et that he and Jolie are still "good friends" despite their 2003 divorce -- also has nothing but positive things to say about his ex-wife.

"She's a great person," he says about Jolie. "And she's one...

Billy Bob Thornton has nothing but positive things to say about his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie.

Et caught up with the 61-year-old actor at a press junket for his latest film, Bad Santa 2, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles on Friday, where he gave us an update on how Jolie's been doing following her split from Brad Pitt.

Watch: Billy Bob Thornton, Jonny Lee Miller and More: A Look Back at Angelina Jolie's Famous Exes

"She's seems, you know, Ok to me when I talk to [her]," Thornton told Et's Denny Directo. "I don't talk to her that often though. You know?"

"We're still very good friends," he added, "but she's got her world. I've got mine."

Thornton and Jolie, 41, tied the knot in Las Vegas on May 5, 2000, after starring together in the Mike Newll-directed comedy-drama, Pushing Tin. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.

"Once in a blue moon we come together," Thornton...

Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt.

The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, Pushing Tin. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.

"I never felt good enough for her,” Thornton tells November issue of GQ magazine. The Oscar winner says Jolie's high-profile life wasn't his speed, and that he's "real uncomfortable around rich and important people."

Watch: Billy Bob Thornton, Gwyneth Paltrow and More -- A Look Back at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Famous Exes

That being said, Thornton adds that he's still friends with his ex-wife and speaks to her every few months.

In 2014, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "not fond" of that "crazy time" when he was married to Jolie, which included...

Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie‘s unique displays of affection made them seem like a perfect match for each other. However, the actor says they were always on different pages.

In the wake of Jolie’s high-profile split from Brad Pitt, Thornton opened up to GQ about their relationship, past and present.

Thornton, 61, revealed that although the duo married in 2000 after meeting on the set of the 1999 movie Pushing Tin, they had different interests — she was passionate about her involvement with the United Nations while he preferred relaxing at home watching sports — that made him feel inadequate.

“I never felt good enough for her,...

“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver excels at drawing unexpected comparisons between people, places and things — often in the middle of one of his long-form rants — and last night’s episode of the HBO news talk series featured pretty stellar jab at Woody Allen couched in a series of jabs at Donald Trump.

Oliver was ostensibly reporting on another wild week in Trump’s campaign — one marked by a series of walkbacks, walkback walkbacks and maybe even an actual walkback walkback walkback — when he snuck in a dig at Allen and his latest film, “Cafe Society.”

Read More: ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Endorsements Video: Watch Praise For Tilda Swinton & ‘Pushing Tin’

“Anyone who wants to give their money to a Manhattan narcissist whose interests begin and end with the plight of white people, keep in mind that Woody Allen’s ‘Cafe Society’ is getting decent reviews right now,...

Since “Doctor Strange” revealed its first trailer, fans were outraged over the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One. The film was quickly accused of whitewashing after the Marvel comics character, who is traditionally depicted as Asian, was now a white woman. It also didn’t help that that same month the first picture of Scarlett Johansson as the Japanese manga character in “Ghost in the Shell” was also released.

While Swinton is a fantastic actress, it begged the question: were there no Asian actors or actress who could have done the part justice?

Read More: Why Hollywood Is Slow to Anoint Multicultural Movie Stars

The actress spoke out once more about the casting decision, calling the film diverse and explaining that observers are misunderstanding the film, which is an “opportunity for voices to be heard.”

“Anybody calling for more accurate representation of the diverse world we live in...

Ever since the gay television swell of the early to mid-aughts, viewers have been looking to the fill void left by “The L Word,” “Will & Grace” and “Queer as Folk.” Sadly, “Looking” leaves them still looking. Andrew Haigh’s HBO series (which only lasted two seasons) deliberately eschewed the fabulousness of those beloved shows, instead aiming for the unstructured writing and hipster ennui of “Girls.” In his eagerness to distinguish the series from its natural predecessors, Haigh strayed too far from his own voice, so clearly defined in his acclaimed feature films “Weekend” and “45 Years.”

HBO may have been betting that Haigh could conjure some of the magic of those films for his feature-length take on “Looking.” Unfortunately, the film only plays like an epilogue to the series, resurrecting its hunky characters just so viewers can ogle them a bit longer. It’s the lesbian couple trying to make it work one last time,...

“Hillary’s America,” the third documentary from author, filmmaker and convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza, begins with an undeniably fascinating premise: What if a Twitter egg made a movie? While D’Souza’s previous feature-length attacks on the Democratic Party were similarly falsified and foaming at the mouth (remember the part in 2014’s “America” when he argued that Hillary Clinton wants to use Nasa to turn the United States into her own personal panopticon of terror?), “Hillary’s America” is different — this time, it’s personal.

In January of 2014, D’Souza was indicted for violating campaign finance laws after it was discovered that he made illegal contributions to Wendy Long’s Senate bid (she wound up losing by more than 40 percentage points). He was found guilty, and accused the court of selective persecution on the basis that the Obama administration was supposedly trying to silence its dissidents.

“It all began...

Bong Joon-Ho’s latest film “Okja” follows Mija (Seohyun An), a young girl who risks everything to try to stop a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja. The film also stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Lily Collins, and more. Check out a first look at the image above featuring Swinton and Esposito on location in New York, courtesy of Netflix.

Read More: Brad Pitt and Netflix Teaming Up For Bong Joon-ho Monster Movie ‘Okja’

Bong’s previous films have been widely acclaimed by audiences and critics. His first film “Barking Dogs Never Bite” follows an out-of-work college professor who abuses and kidnaps the barking dogs in his apartment building because he’s irritated by the noise and the young woman who investigates their disappearance. His next film “Memories of Murder” is based on Korea’s first serial murder in...

The 2016 presidential election – or "Uncle Sam's Rock-Bottom Yankee-Doodle Suicide Pact 2016" – has entered full-blown celebrity endorsement mode. Sadly, John Oliver's British accent precludes him from taking a stance of his own. "The only elected officials I can endorse are prime ministers, viceroys and magical railway controllers," he jokes in a new Last Week Tonight web exclusive. Instead, the host endorses a handful of random concepts, people and films "outside the realm of politics."

First up: animals wearing people clothes. "You are charming and a wholesome delight," he says. "Unlike people wearing animal clothes,...

There aren’t many power couples in Hollywood anymore, but Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are certainly one of them. They haven’t worked on the same project together since Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but tomorrow they co-star in By the Sea, which Jolie also wrote and directed. I wrote briefly about this one last week, and honestly the film itself isn’t anything special, but it is an excuse to talk about some of their work, so in that regard, I’m glad it’s coming out. Both have Academy Awards to their credit and both are among the biggest A-listers we have, so there should be plenty to discuss… In case you’re not aware what By the Sea is, here’s a short refresher. The film is a 1970’s set look at a married couple unraveling/trying to save their union while vacationing in a small seaside town after an untold tragedy.

I sat down with Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor, director and musician Billy Bob Thornton for Venice Magazine in October of 2001. He had a slate of very diverse projects he was promoting: his first solo music album, "Private Radio," as well as the films "Monster's Ball," "Bandits," and "The Man Who Wasn't There." My strongest memory is of Thornton's quiet intensity and an undercurrent of Southern affability, which came out once he decided you were okay. He seemed to feel that way about me after I shared with him my idolatry of legendary filmmaker Fred Zinnemann, something we shared. I also remember his unusual diet, when our lunch was served. Thornton got the biggest plate of sliced papaya I've seen to date, artfully presented. I got a seafood salad. He looked at my plate, smiled, and told me about the horrible shellfish allergy he'd been saddled with all his life, and how...

Billy Bob Thornton gets candid on his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie.

Though we bet plenty of men would do just about anything for a chance with Dame Angelina Jolie, apparently, her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton doesn't look back at their time together too fondly.

Thornton, 59, and Jolie, 39, met on the set of 1999's Pushing Tin and married in 2000 after a whirlwind two-month courtship. Things only got weirder from there until they divorced in 2003.

"I mean, it was a crazy time," Thornton told The Hollywood Reporter at a Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television event on Oct. 15. "I've never been fond of it."

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He also elaborated on the infamous blood vials the two used to wear around their necks, revealing the "romantic" thought behind the necklaces.

"Vial of blood is very simple," Thornton explained. "You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture...

It's hard to believe Angelina Jolie has been a fixture of Hollywood for almost 20 years now.

Ever since breaking out in the late '90s with a string of critically-acclaimed performances, the actress quickly established herself as an international star. Between headlining hits like "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and directing passion projects like "In the Land of Blood and Honey," Jolie is perhaps the biggest Hollywood spokesperson of humanitarian efforts worldwide. This summer, however, Jolie can be seen taking a wicked turn in Disney's "Maleficent" -- a re-imagining of "Sleeping Beauty" from the villain's point-of-view.

From her Oscar-winning godfather to her curiosity with blood, here are 33 things you probably don't know about Angelina Jolie.

1. Jolie was born June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles to Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, both actors.

2. The actress was born Angelina Jolie Voight, but she legally dropped her surname "Voight" in 2002.

3. She is the goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset and actor Maximilian Schell.

In the winter, when the nights are short and all is darkness, I find there’s nothing better to banish those winter blues than cuddling up on the sofa in front of a cheery, gore-saturated shark film, full of toned Californian teens in swimwear being eaten hilariously alive. Conversely, in the summertime, when the pavements are all wobbly with heat-haze and the act of turning on the oven to cook dinner is enough to make your pet cat start to sigh demonstratively and open more windows, one needs a swift and chilly restorative to remind you that there is still somewhere in the world where it’s cold enough for the human brain to function.

That, at least, is the presumed rationale behind the decision to screen Fargo, the long-awaited small-screen successor to the impeccable neo-noir thriller of the same name, at this time of year. This is not a decision,...

Cate Blanchett will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2014’s Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award.

The star of Blue Jasmine will collect the honour on February 1 2014.

Blanchett is an Oscar frontrunner for her performance in Woody Allen’s latest film and her credits include Elizabeth, Pushing Tin, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Babel, Notes On A Scandal and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival runs from January 30-February 9 2014.

Remember ten years ago when you would be in HMV looking at a DVD box set of something like The West Wing and then unfolding the twenty pound note in your pocket and wondering whether to part with all that cash for something you had never seen? You had just heard that someone somewhere liked it, but for that £30 you could get two films like Bad Boys 2 and Kill Bill volume 1!

These were difficult times my friends, and more often than not £30 would go down the drain and you would watch three episodes of whatever series it was and decide it wasn’t for you. Well thanks to modern technology and its mission to kill DVD, Blu-Ray and whatever other physical media dinosaur you prefer, this dilemma is a thing of the past.

Nowadays you can go onto Lovefilm, Netflix, BT Vision or whatever else and stream whole seasons of TV for almost nothing.

If the Maleficent star is to bow out in style she'll need to steer a course between the vapid action fluff and middlebrow issue movies she's favoured lately

Angelina Jolie has always tried to use her celebrity to draw attention to humanitarian causes. So, following her recent Channel 4 News interview alongside William Hague to discuss warzone sexual assaults in her capacity as a Un special envoy, all the headlines were naturally about when she's going to stop being in films.

And the answer is apparently quite soon. Upsettingly for fans of her work, and for fans of errant red carpet leg-juts, Jolie already has the finishing line in her sights. "I think I'm going to have to give up acting as the kids hit the teenage years because there is going to be too much to manage at home," she said. Given that her oldest son Maddox is now...

Billy Bob Thornton was left feeling like the Phantom Of The Opera over the barrage of criticism he received following his marriage to Angelina Jolie, and blames their split on his own lack of confidence.

The pair was Hollywood's odd couple when they got wed in 2000 shortly after meeting on the set of their movie Pushing Tin a year earlier.

They courted controversy with their public displays of affection on the red carpet and by wearing vials containing each other's blood around their neck.

Thornton and Jolie split in 2002, and the actor cites his own insecurities over dating the renowned beauty as the reason he "blew" the marriage.

He tells America's Nightline show, "I blew it because I didn't think I was good enough for her. She has one way she wanted to live her life and I had another way to live mine and I was just too insecure.

"I did feel like the Phantom of the Opera hiding in the catacombs... People have actually said that I didn't deserve to be with her."...

There seems to be no hard feelings between Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, as the actress penned some pretty high praises for Billy in the forward of his new book The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts.

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According to Life & Style, Angelina wrote that her former lover "has a big beautiful heart," and reportedly went on to gush, "He has an unmatchable wit and can make you laugh until your face hurts ... I know one thing: The world would certainly be a hell of a lot more dull if that man weren't in it."

This news follows Angelina's highly publicized engagement to her partner of seven years, Brad Pitt.

The news source reports that Billy Bob recently took the blame for the failure of his marriage to Angelina, saying, "I blew it because I didn't think I was good enough for her ... She has one way she...

The Baytown Disco, the grits-n-hominy crime flick that’s come barrelling out of the left field of the indie scene over the past year, finally has a new trailer. If there’s any kind of justice in the world, this movie would already be out, but there you go. I guess we’ll have to make do with this slab of promotional material.

For whatever reason, an embeddable version of the trailer is unavailable. But you can whip on over to Deadline, check it out, then head back.

Done? Awesome, wasn’t it? Yeah, you can go check it out again, I’ll wait.

In case you can’t tell, we down at the Complex have a southern-fried boner for this movie, and have had for some time. What started as a frantic six-and-a-half-minute short film has evolved fairly quickly into a full-blown “southern whip-ass extravaganza,” the exact sort of high-octane,...

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's marriage ended because he didn't want kids, according to one of his ex-wives. Melissa deBin-Parish - who was married to the 56-year-old 'Bad Santa' actor from 1978 to 1980 - claims it was Billy's lack of desire for children that drove them apart. She said: 'I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he did not want to be around children back then. Look at the timeline: she adopted Maddox and then, [Billy] was gone.' The pair - who met in 1999 on the set of 'Pushing Tin' and married after just two months of dating in 2000 - split just three months after adopting Maddox, now 10 - who has since been...

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's marriage ended because he didn't want kids, according to one of his ex-wives. Melissa deBin-Parish - who was married to the 56-year-old 'Bad Santa' actor from 1978 to 1980 - claims it was Billy's lack of desire for children that drove them apart. She said: ''I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he did not want to be around children back then. Look at the timeline: she adopted Maddox and then, [Billy] was gone.'' The pair - who met in 1999 on the set of 'Pushing Tin' and married after just two months of dating...

Actor contributes foreword to ex-husband's memoir The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts, written with Kinky Friedman

In a further sign that they may have Hollywood's best post-breakup relationship, Angelina Jolie has written the foreword to ex-husband Billy-Bob Thornton's forthcoming book of memoirs, The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts.

Written in conjunction with musician-author Kinky Friedman, The Billy Bob Tapes promises "colorful tales of his modest Southern upbringing, his bizarre phobias, his life, his loves (including his heartbreakingly brief marriage to fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie), and, of course, his movie career."

Thornton was married to Jolie between 2000 and 2003 (though they separated in 2002) after meeting on the set of the 1999 film, Pushing Tin. Their relationship quickly became tabloid fodder (including the now-notorious "phials of blood" they wore on necklaces) but their friendship appears to have survived intact.

At the recent Berlin film festival where he was premiering his new film,...