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Angelina Jolie Didn't Tell Father Jon Voight About Double Mastectomy

May 15th, 2013 8:19am EDT
Jon Voight & Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie's father Jon Voight was stunned to learn that his daughter had a double mastectomy earlier this year because he wasn't told about the operation.

Doctors warned the actress that she carries the "faulty" gene BRCA1, and she had the preventative surgery in Februrary. Just like the rest of the world, Voight learned about the health crisis after she published an article in The New York Times on Tuesday.

Voight visited Jolie last weekend to celebrate her brother James Haven's birthday; however, she didn't discuss her procedure.

Despite the secret, Voight has "absolute" respect f...
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Ray Donovan Official Trailer Released

May 14th, 2013 11:13pm EDT
Ray Donovan Showtime
Showtime has released the official trailer for the new drama 'Ray Donovan' which premieres Sunday, June 30th at 10PM ET/PT, immediately following Dexter. 

About the Series
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, RAY DONOVAN does the dirty work for LA’s top power players. The new one-hour series stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber in his first lead television role as the go-to-guy who makes the problems of the city’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear. This powerful drama unfolds when his father, played by Oscar winner Jon Voigh...
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Jon Voight: 'I had no idea about Angelina's surgery'

May 14th, 2013 8:41pm EDT
Jon Voight
Jon Voight was stunned to learn that his daughter Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year (13) - because he had no idea about her private health battle.

The Salt star has revealed she underwent the preventative surgery in February (13), after doctors warned her she carries the "faulty" gene BRCA1 but the veteran actor was kept in the dark about her diagnosis.

Voight reveals he spent time with his daughter and her fiance Brad Pitt over the weekend (11-12May13), when they celebrated her brother, James Haven's, birthday, but Jolie never let her closely guarded secret ...
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Blu-ray Review: 'Beyond'

May 31st, 2012 10:10am EDT
Beyond photo
How far would you go to find your missing child? What beliefs and boundaries would you be willing to break for their safe return? We’re taking a look at the cross genre jumping kidnapping flick "Beyond," out now on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Home Entertainment - the answers to all below.

Title: "Beyond"

Grade: 2

Cast: Jon Voight, Teri Polo, Dermot Mulroney

Director: Josef Rusnak

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 minutes

Release Company: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment

Website: www.anchorbayent.com

The Flick: "Beyond" has an interesting premise (though not exactly an original one!)...
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Angelina Jolie Lets Dad Jon Voight Babysit Her Kids

August 30th, 2011 2:19pm EDT
Jon Voight
Jon Voight is acting as babysitter to his daughter Angelina Jolie's children after putting aside their differences following years of estrangement.

The actress cut Voight out of her life in 2001 after he voiced concerns for her mental health shortly before she adopted son Maddox from Cambodia.

Father and daughter reconciled in late 2009 and Voight finally got the chance to spend time with his grandkids last year, when he joined Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt in Venice, Italy, where she was shooting action thriller "The Tourist."

And Jolie turned to her dad to help look after her ...
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Jon Voight Was Once Snubbed By John Lennon

June 11th, 2011 9:30am EDT
Jon Voight
Movie star Jon Voight is still sore about the day John Lennon snubbed a dinner meeting with him - because he never got another chance to meet the Beatle.

The actor had become an overnight success thanks to the film Midnight Cowboy and he was walking down London's King's Road when a fan told him Lennon was dining nearby - and he decided it was time for him to meet the singer.

He recalls, "I went to the door of the restaurant and I asked one of the maitre d's... 'I don't wanna bother John, but could you tell him Jon Voight, the actor..., is out here (and) would love to come in and say hell...
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Q&A: Danny Trejo Talks ‘Babes, Bullets & Blood’ In 'Death Race 2,’ Helping Kids & More

January 18th, 2011 11:10am EST
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo is a Mexican American character actor with a colorful past. The 66-year-old, spent time in prison during the 1960s, where he won the state prison titles in lightweight and welterweight boxing divisions. During this time he became involved with a twelve-step program, which he credits with helping him overcome his drug addiction.

After leaving prison, Trejo went on to become a drug counselor. His role as a counselor led to a chance encounter with an old friend from prison on the set of the movie “Runaway Train” in 1985. The film’s writer asked Trejo to teach boxing to the ac...
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'Lone Star' Gets The Axe

September 29th, 2010 8:16am EDT
Lone Star
Jon Voight's latest TV show Lone Star has been axed after just two episodes despite a public plea from the series creator urging fans to help save the series.

The program, which follows a man's secret double life, debuted in America earlier this month to disappointing viewing figures.

Creator Kyle Killen pleaded with fans to tune in to the second episode in a bid to help the program "survive".

However, now bosses at TV network Fox have confirmed they are pulling the show off the air after Lone Star's second episode received even fewer viewers than the first installment.

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'Lone Star' Creator Begs Fans To Watch Show

September 24th, 2010 11:43am EDT
Lone Star
The creator of Jon Voight's latest TV show Lone Star has written a public letter begging fans to watch the program to prevent bosses axing it.

The drama series, which follows a man's secret double life, debuted on Fox on Monday night to disappointing figures. Now creator Kyle Killen is pleading with fans to make sure they watch the next installment to perform "a minor miracle" by helping the show "survive".

He writes on his blog, "For us to survive we're going to have to pull off a minor miracle. New shows tend to lose viewers in their second week. We're aiming to gain them. In fact, sc...
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Jon Voight Slams Obama For Promoting Anti-Semitism, Destroying The United States

June 24th, 2010 8:53am EDT
Jon Voight
Outspoken actor Jon Voight has taken aim at President Barack Obama again in an open letter to the Washington Post newspaper.

The star, who is Angelina Jolie's father, called Obama a "false prophet" last year and now he's blasting America's leader for his party's foreign policies in the Middle East.

The 71-year-old Republican calls Democrat Obama, "the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, against all their enemies."

Voight continues, "You have done...
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Angelina Jolie & Father Jon Voight Make Up?

February 22nd, 2010 9:23am EST
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has stepped out in public with her estranged father Jon Voight for the first time in several years.

The actress cut her dad out of her life in 2001 after he voiced concerns about her mental health shortly before she adopted son Maddox from Cambodia. Voight has made several attempts to mend his fractured relationship with Jolie, and the veteran star revealed in November the pair is back in contact.

Jolie has now publicly shown she has put her troubles with Voight behind her, after she was snapped enjoying time with him in Venice, Italy, where she is preparing to film The...
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Brangelina Suing British Tabloid Over Split Reports

February 8th, 2010 3:08pm EST
Brangelina Suing British Tabloid
Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking the editors of a British newspaper to court over reports they are set to split. On January 24th, the News of The World tabloid claimed the unmarried couple had met with Los Angeles divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope to divide its assets and arrange custody of the pair's six children.

Trope has denied being in contact with the couple and now the stars' lawyer Keith Schillings is taking action to put an end to the false reports.

In a statement issued on Monday, Schillings reveals Pitt and Jolie have started legal proceedings aga...
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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Have Been Negotiating Pre-Nup, Not Break-Up

January 27th, 2010 10:26pm EST
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have denied reports they're about to split, while friends insist the media have mistaken a pre-nuptial agreement as a signal they're separating.

The couple and Jolie's father Jon Voight have dismissed British tabloid reports they're no longer together - rumors that have set the globe's gossip websites alight.

And insiders claim the story couldn't be further from the truth - the couple have allegedly signed a mega-million equivalent of a pre-nuptial agreement, which will cement their relationship.

A source tells Life & Style magazine, "Brad and Angelina ...
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Jon Voight On Brangelina Split Rumors:'Nonsense, It's All Made Up'

January 27th, 2010 12:02pm EST
Jon Voight On Brangelina Split Rumors:
Angelina Jolie's estranged father Jon Voight has shot down rumors the actress has split from Brad Pitt, dismissing the tabloid gossip as "nonsense". Gossip about the status of the Hollywood super-couple's romance reached fever pitch last week, with reports claiming the stars - who share six children - were set to part ways.

However Voight, who has had a rocky relationship with his famous daughter, insists Jolie and Pitt are still going strong after five years of dating, reports Hollyscoop.com. When asked about the split rumors, he says, "Nonsense. It's all made up stuff."

Jolie and ...
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Angelina Jolie And Jon Voight Mend Their Broken Relationship

November 11th, 2009 12:05pm EST
Angelina Jolie And Jon Voight Mend Relationship
Angelina Jolie has reconciled with her father Jon Voight after eight years of estrangement. The Hollywood beauty cut her dad out of her life in 2001 after he voiced concerns about her mental health shortly before she adopted son Maddox from Cambodia.

Voight has made attempts to mend his fractured relationship with Jolie on numerous occasions, and reportedly sent the actress a copy of their forgotten 1982 comedy Lookin' To Get Out over the summer, when it was released on DVD for the first time. And the veteran star's efforts have paid off - the pair is in contact, although Voight admits ...
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Tell-All Book Says Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie 'Manipulated The Public'

October 28th, 2009 8:26am EDT
Angelina Jolie
The man behind Michael Jackson's post-death expose "Unmasked" has turned his attention to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, taking aim at the real stories behind their romance in a new tell-all book.

Ian Halperin's "Brangelina Exposed," which will hit bookstores on December 1, chronicles the Hollywood couple's courtship, suggesting the Mr. and Mrs. Smith stars aren't as in love as lead fans to believe.

A press release promoting the new tome reads, "Brad and Angelina have successfully manipulated the public into believing a glamorous fairytale that bears little resemblance to the reality o...
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Celebrity Offspring That Have Become Successful

September 16th, 2009 10:05am EDT
Celebrity Offspring
Most of the time when privileged sons and daughters of celebrities chose to pursue a career in entertainment, we wince at the idea and criticize their lack of talent. However

, there are some cases where famous offspring are actually thrive in the family business and probably could have succeeded without their recognizable last name. Here are the most successful spawn in the gene pool of famous parents.

Colin Hanks - As the son and look-a-like younger version of dad Tom Hanks, Colin inherited his father's acting skills. He first came onto the scene appearing in Tom's film That Thing You...
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Film's Most Memorable Football Coaches

September 8th, 2009 12:00pm EDT
Knute Rockne Win One for the Gipper
With football season right around the corner, it's time to take a look back at the way Hollywood has immortalized coaches over the years. While most football movies focus on the players, a few have turned their eyes to the men (and women) calling the shots, giving us several good and bad portrayals of coaches.

Tony D'Amato, "Any Given Sunday"

Oliver Stone's let's-throw-it-all-together-and-see-what-sticks football opus has its faults, but one of them is not Al Pacino's performance as the coach of the beleaguered Miami Sharks. Stone coaxes one of Pacino's last great efforts by allowing...
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Jon Voight To Re-Release Angelina's Big Screen Debut

June 29th, 2009 12:30pm EDT
Jon Voight
Angelina Jolie's first film is set to make its DVD debut in a newly-edited version produced by her estranged father Jon Voight.

The actress made her big-screen debut in Lookin' to Get Out at age five, playing the daughter of her real-life dad, but the movie flopped at the box office.

Voight blames tension and turmoil between the cast and crew for its poor reception, and has issued the film's first video release after learning director Hal Ashby had secretly re-edited the movie before his death in 1988.

Voight tells the New York Post, "Hal was working on two other films at the ti...
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MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet: 'Twilight' Stars, 'Hills' Cast & More

June 1st, 2009 8:39am EDT
Kristen Stewart
MTV's awards shows have become something of a spectacle in the last few years from controversial performances to surprise celebrity events leading up to and surrounding the actual show. That would explain why neither this year's MTV Movie Awards host Andy Samberg nor "We Made You" performer Eminem, had time to walk the red carpet at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Studios Citywalk last night.

Those that did smile and pose for paparazzi and walk the line of nearly 200 media outlets all hoping to steal a precious few minutes with the talent included the other musical act, Kings of ...
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Lost Angelina Jolie Film Set For Director's Cut Release

March 21st, 2009 11:22am EDT
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie's first movie role in a forgotten 1982 comedy is set for release - 17 years after it was made.

Jolie was just four when she appeared alongside her actor father Jon Voight in cult Shampoo and Being There director Hal Ashby's "Lookin' To Get Out," but her part was cut and the film only had a limited release.

Ashby re-cut the film before his death in 1988 and his family and Voight, who starred in the director's "Coming Home," have worked tirelessly to get the new film a release.

Voight, who also co-wrote the film, says, "We had all sorts of drama in the making of ...
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Five Most Overrated & Underrated Political Films

November 14th, 2008 9:57am EST
W
We just went through the most fascinating and compelling election season ever in the television age. A lot of people are glad it's over, but there are those who simply can't get enough of the entertainment that is politics.

Unfortunately for the latter group, the only politics on TV right now involves Sarah Palin making the rounds and discussing the matters of a state with a population density that makes the Sahara Desert look like mid-town Manhattan. In other words, it's a snoozer.

So the last respite for these political junkies is the political movie. But which to choose? Th...
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Jon Voight Wants To Work With Angelina Jolie Again

November 10th, 2008 9:10am EST
Jon Voight
Jon Voight dreams of working with his son James Haven and daughter Angelina Jolie before he dies.

The 69-year-old worked with Jolie on the Tomb Raider films, but the pair has been estranged ever since - after Voight went public with his concerns for his daughter's mental health. But he's forever hopeful that Jolie will forgive and forget and bring the family back together for a big screen project.

The actor says, "I'd like to work with my son Jamie, and Angie again, in a movie. The three of us together. That would be nice."

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Preview '24' Season 7

November 6th, 2008 11:51am EST
24
24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, will premiere with a special two-night, four-hour event Sunday, Jan. 11 and Monday, Jan. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The series, returning for its seventh season, celebrates its milestone 150th episode during the fourth hour of the not-to-be-missed two-night premiere.

Watch the '24' Season 7 Trailer: (more clips below)

About '24' Season 7:

Making its time period premiere Monday, Jan. 19 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), 24 will unfold without interruption through the season finale in May. Set in Washington, D.C., "Day Seven" opens with...
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Angelina Jolie & Jon Voight Set For Box Office Battle

October 26th, 2008 9:30am EDT
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie and her estranged father Jon Voight are set for a new battle - at the box office. Voight's Body of Lies movie opened Friday - the same day Jolie's new movie The Changeling hit cinemas.

The pair have been estranged since Voight went public with his concerns for his daughter's mental health in a tearful 2002 TV interview.

But he refuses to bad-mouth Jolie as the pair go head to head at the box office: "I hear her new movie, which opens the same day we do, is great. I hear she's wonderful in it."

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Owen Wilson's Best & Worst Films

October 21st, 2008 9:21am EDT
Owen Wilson
The Frat Pack has been a powerful force in the new Millennium, and for awhile it was like we could not see a comedy without Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson. These comedic geniuses are quirky, timely, and have a lasting power that will keep them in movies for years to come. The goofy, charming Owen Wilson has proven himself not only as an actor, but as an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. There's a lot more going on beneath those blonde surfer bangs than one might expect, and with "Marley & Me" coming out this Christmas, let's take a look at some of the fine...
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Slideshow: Creepy Actors - Who's The Creepiest?

October 13th, 2008 10:00am EDT
Steve Buscemi
These actors have either played someone creepy or just look creepy. There's something about them that reminds us of fingernails on a chalkboard. Peruse our photo slideshow, and tell us who you think is the creepiest one of them all!

Willem Dafoe

Wild at Heart, Shadow of a Vampire

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Gary Oldman

Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Professional

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Joan Rivers

Plastic surgery junkie

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Steve Buscemi

Reservo...
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Slideshow: Favorite Movie Prostitutes

September 11th, 2008 12:12pm EDT
Hookers
We all know that your average run-of-the-mill prostitute isn’t going to be the most attractive and eye-catching individual, however the next time you’re having a special rendezvous or appointment with your professional "love connection" this slideshow will help you fantasize or imagine that they’re someone else.

So to help you with your own personal fantasy, here’s some of Hollywood’s beloved working gals or guys, whatever the case may be.

Rebecca De Mornay

As the Call Girl Lana in Risky Business

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Writer's Opinion: Angelina Jolie Isn't That Hot

September 8th, 2008 12:24pm EDT
Angelina Jolie
I think Angelina Jolie was always thought of as pretty, a nice looking girl. She was a decent foil for Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector, people liked her alongside Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted, she got a little edgy with Gone in 60 Seconds. But when exactly did the world decide that Angelina Jolie is the end-all, be-all of hotness? Was there a vote that I missed? Is there an email I didn't get?

No, I know exactly what happened. Tomb Raider happened. The smash hit video game that introduced geeks worldwide to Lara Croft became the movie that turned Angelina Jolie from above...
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Jon Voight Upset Over Vice-President-To-Be's Scandal

September 3rd, 2008 11:07am EDT
Jon Voight
Jon Voight has been caught on camera choking back tears again - this time over the scandal surrounding politician Sarah Palin's pregnant teen.

The emotional actor, who fell out with his daughter Angelina Jolie after making a dramatic TV appeal for her to seek help for an alleged mental issue, was asked for his opinion about the Alaskan governor and potential U.S. Vice-President's predicament by "Access Hollywood" reporters at the Republican National Convention - and he struggled to keep his composure.

Voight, a fan of Republican Senator John McCain - who chose Palin as his runnin...
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