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The new Angelina book

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1299122/Angelina-Jolie-Will-new-book-Diana-author-Andrew-Morton-bombshell-ends-marriage.html

Andrew Morton may be considered a tabloid reporter, however we know his Diana books were accurate since they came from her and many feel his Tom Cruise book was 100% on the money. Any thoughts on his new Angelina book? Would you read it? I am rather doubtful I would. I really don't have a strong interest in her like so many do and I have often found her to be, perhaps something else than what she says.:p

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    duffsdadduffsdad Posts: 11,143
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    I wouldn't read it but then I like Angelina. Morton is a hack who thrives on tittle tattle and half truths. I wouldn't line his pockets by buying it.
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    The PrumeisterThe Prumeister Posts: 22,398
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    None of the stuff I've seen it reports on is in any way a revelation:

    She used to like drugs
    She used to self harm
    She has a penchant for married men
    Her childhood was dysfunctional

    FFS - we knew all this years ago - hardly groundbreaking.
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    lexi22lexi22 Posts: 16,394
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    None of the stuff I've seen it reports on is in any way a revelation:

    She used to like drugs
    She used to self harm
    She has a penchant for married men
    Her childhood was dysfunctional

    FFS - we knew all this years ago - hardly groundbreaking.

    Ditto. it's nothing but a money spinner for Morton and a lot of what's in it has already been eye-rolled away by loads of people.
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    Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
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    None of the stuff I've seen it reports on is in any way a revelation:

    She used to like drugs
    She used to self harm
    She has a penchant for married men
    Her childhood was dysfunctional

    FFS - we knew all this years ago - hardly groundbreaking.

    Agreed. All he's doing is naming names and, seeing as the papers have already jumped on those bits, there really is nothing more to read here.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,991
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    duffsdad wrote: »
    I wouldn't read it but then I like Angelina. Morton is a hack who thrives on tittle tattle and half truths. I wouldn't line his pockets by buying it.

    My thoughts exactly. This is old news most of it from Angelina herself.
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    alisonrose3764alisonrose3764 Posts: 1,493
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    duffsdad wrote: »
    I wouldn't read it but then I like Angelina. Morton is a hack who thrives on tittle tattle and half truths. I wouldn't line his pockets by buying it.

    The Diana stuff was hardly tittle tattle - her words!
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    lexi22lexi22 Posts: 16,394
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    The Diana stuff was hardly tittle tattle - her words!

    Yes but that's not the case with this book. Jolie had no part in it and it's largely unsourced and/or suspect sourced. Already so little interest in it because of that exact reason. Just him looking to make a buck. A yawn.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,518
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    I think Angelina is a nutcase....have no interest in her but I can't say it's just a tabloid book....he had a lot of sources on the Tom Cruise book that claimed Morton was accurate in how high a figure Cruise is in Scientology....
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    duffsdadduffsdad Posts: 11,143
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    The Diana stuff was hardly tittle tattle - her words!

    No other subject of his books has assisted him, so the rest is just tittle tattle IMO. His books have been slated in reviews. In Tom Cruise's he was accused of using emotive language to provoke and headline grab. ie comparing Scientologists to Nazis.

    He has no evidence little Maddox was "bait" to " steal" Brad Pitt. Just gossip and a public that see St Jen as the golden girl. Men cant be stolen from women, they choose to go.

    I do think that Angelina is flawed, she's spoke about her probblems with addiction, emotional trauma. But whether there is truth in this book or not she also cared deeply for her mum in her last months, apparently sleeping on her hospital floor. If Angelina could forgive her, then it's not really any business of anyone else.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,364
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    It's wonderful to stay by your ill Mother or adopt children if you can to give them a better life, but I can't fall into this make Angelina a Saint type of thing. We are all flawed but some of the Hollywood crowd who need all the adoration and attention and in her case, married men, may be able to give the rest of us a run for our money.

    Billy Bob was married when Angelina met him too.
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    goonerladygoonerlady Posts: 978
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    I think I have been watching to much telly with my 6 year old as I thought this book was about a mouse!

    I will not buy it and I think it is a bit of a sad way to make a living by writing about people you don't know.

    The Saint Angelina thing is daft as Angelina can't help it is some people refer to her in that way though to be honest I have only seen people that don't like her refer to her like that.
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    donna255donna255 Posts: 10,174
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    It's wonderful to stay by your ill Mother or adopt children if you can to give them a better life, but I can't fall into this make Angelina a Saint type of thing. We are all flawed but some of the Hollywood crowd who need all the adoration and attention and in her case, married men, may be able to give the rest of us a run for our money.

    Billy Bob was married when Angelina met him too.


    No he was engaged to Laura Dern. But he has been married quite a few times over the years.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,364
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    donna255 wrote: »
    No he was engaged to Laura Dern. But he has been married quite a few times over the years.

    Thank you Donna, you are right. He was engaged to Laura Dern and I saw this interview where Laura Dern had no idea whatsoever Billy Bob was running with Angelina.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,441
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    I would actually read it if I could, just because I find Angelina fascinating.
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