According to www.usmagazine.com, Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she has taken Tom Cruise’s place in the movie Edwin A. Salt.

Jolie confirmed it in a BBC Radio interview.

“I’m working on a film called Salt. And it’s with [Bone Collector director] Phillip Noyce. And that’s it.”

I cannot wait to see this movie, but then again . . . I always look forward to any movie that she is any.

Marcheline Bertrand

According to uk.news.yahoo.com, Angelina Jolie talks about her late mother Marcheline Bertrand, who was only 56 when she passed away on January 2007.

“Her name was Marcheline, but we used to call her Marshmallow, as a joke, because she was just the softest, most gentle woman in the world. She was really sweet and was never angry - she couldn’t swear to save her life. But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this is very much her, her story. She was the woman I related to, who had that elegance and strength through just knowing what was right,” Jolie said through tears.

I do not blame her for crying. I know I would.

Angelina is Not Ready to Retire

According to www.thecelebritytruth.com, Angelina is not quitting acting- - at least for now.

“I’m not making some retirement announcement. I have a big family and a lot of responsibility at home, and I have the good fortune to financially not have to work all the time. I just feel privileged that I get to be home a lot. Maybe eventually I’ll stop (acting).”

Thank goodness.

According to www.okmagazine.com, Angelina 4 month old twins, Knox and Vivienne, have already started to show their different personalities.

“They’re still so little, but they do… They’re at that point where their personality really starts to shine.”

Angelina Jolie is in one of the best phases of parenting. Even the fact that they get to compare the two and notice the differences makes it better. It is wonderful to watch.

Angelina Jolie is Giving Up Acting

Angelina Jolie is going to be giving up acting to become a full-time mother, according to www.usmagazine.com.

“I don’t plan to keep acting very long. I’m ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma one day,” she tells BBC News. “I’m not so worried that I want to keep this pace up and try to be something and be a celebrity.”

She does have a lot of things on her plate that she is involved with, but that does not mean that she will be completely turning her back on it.

“I don’t think I’ll ever say I’m never, ever gonna work because maybe there’s that interesting project where I feel creative. like being home a lot,” Jolie adds. “First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they’re growing right and they’ve got us there for them.”

I understand where she is coming from, but I do not think I could give up my career. Then again, my career does not take me away from my family.

According to www.nzherald.co.nz, Angelina Jolie is on the Fox’s List of the Hottest Moms in Hollywood. Here are the top 11.

Fox News.com Top 11 Hottest Moms in Hollywood:

1. Kelly Ripa

2. Halle Berry

3. Faith Hill

4. Jessica Alba

5. Demi Moore

6. Cindy Crawford

7. Heidi Klum

8. Isla Fisher

9. Nicole Ritchie

10. Gwen Stefani

11. Angelina Jolie

I believe that Angelina should be at the top of the list.

How Does Angelina Jolie Stay in Shape

According to Samantha Chang, Executive Editor of TheImproper.com, Angelina has been working with the program Let’s Pilates! for the Nintendo DS.

“She tries to get in an hour of Pilates three times a week,” says the source. “She’s picking it up pretty quickly and is already at the hardest setting!”

Ouch. What I remember about Pilates is the pain I had to go through. I think I would rather dance than try that again. But then again… I was in dance class when I had to do them.

Brad Makes it But Angelina Doesn’t

I can not believe it. Brad made the list, but Angelina didn’t. The survey (for the list) was carried out by Parade magazine and Entertainment Tonight. The survey was to see which celebrity raise people’s spirits during hard times. Here is the list.

America’s 10 favourite stars:

1. Will Smith

2. Tom Hanks

3. Reese Witherspoon

4. George Clooney

5. Meryl Streep

6. Brad Pitt

7. Julia Roberts

8. Johnny Depp

9. Jennifer Aniston

10. Patrick Dempsey.

Now I would have said Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon, but I also believe that Angelina should be on the list - - along with a few other I can think of. That is an idea. Maybe I should make my own list.

According to www.okmagazine.com, recently Angelina Jolie made a trip visiting returning refugees in Afghanistan. As many of you may know, she is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN’s refugee agency.

This is the first time that Jolie has been to Afghanistan. She visited with former Afghan refugees, who are trying to get back home to their country.

“The courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best,” Angelina wrote in a statement on the website for the UNHCR.

“Afghanistan has been struggling to absorb these massive returns,” explains Angelina. “It’s understandable. It’s one of the largest population movements in recent history.”

Will Brad and Angelina Ever Get Married.

According to www.winnipegsun.com, Angelina believes that the kids will talk her and Brad into getting married.

“Sooner or later it will be the kids who ask us (to get married),” she told the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine.”

“You know, they see films and start asking questions. Such as, ‘Why are Shrek and Fiona married and you’re not?’ ”

Leave it up to the kids, and they will be married in no time.

Angelina Feels Betrayed

According to www.hollyscoop.com and Star Magazine, Angelina Jolie feels betrayed because Brad is flirting with his co-star, Diane Kruger.

“Angie loves Brad and wants to trust him, but she also knows that their own love blossomed while working on a movie together,” an insider tells the magazine. “Now she’s convinced that Diane has a crush on Brad, and she’s scared something could happen.”

Even though the fear is rightly there because how they met, I do not think she has anything to worry about. She has kids with Brad, and I do not think that he would cheat on her. Diane Kruger is pretty, but not as beautiful as Angelina Jolie.

It seems like Angelina Jolie and Brad have this parenting thing down, according to www.okmagazine.com.

“When the kids misbehave, they send them to their room and make them think about what they’ve done,” says a family insider. “Then Brad or Angelina will come talk to the kids and make sure they understand what they did wrong. It’s all about teaching them responsibility and to think for themselves.”

If they can pull that off, they are great parents. When my daughter was younger, I put her in time out, and she crossed her arms and told me that she was a princess. I was too shock to say anything.

The best of luck to both of them.

According to www.okmagazine.com, Angelina could be backing Senator Barack Obama, even after the attempts by her father trying hard to get her to vote for McCain.

“Obama fights for international justice, he wants to militarily intervene in cases of genocide and close Guantanamo Bay,” Angelina Jolie said “These are the things that could move me to vote for him, not his roots.”

I guess will have to wait to see who will win. Before you vote, please research both candidates, then make your own choice not someone elses.

In The Public Spot Light

According to www.usmagazine.com, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love on the movie set of

Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

“Not a lot of people get to see a movie where their parents fell in love,” Angelina said, referring to wanting her kids to see the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith, in the New York Times.That is true. Not many can say that. At least that I can think of.

But, she does worry about what her kids can see on the internet, if they look up her name.

“[Maddox will] look up my name and see some kind of sexy pictures, or read a story about himself that isn’t true. There’s a lot we’re going to have to explain to them about how public their family is,” Jolie said.

Right now, even though many of us think Angelina is cool, her children do not.

“What’s going to be funny is when they think Mom and Dad are a little bit cool, because right now, we’re not cool Mom and Dad,” Angelina said. “Even video games, you know, it’s: ‘Mom, you can’t play this. You don’t know how.’

“Oh, they all think I can’t do anything, that I’m just there to snuggle with. But the other day, Madd said, ‘Can you do a cartwheel?’ and I said, ‘Yeah I can.’ And he was like, ‘Wow, Mom,’” Jolie said.

“And I thought ‘Oh, yeah. I can do some things. You wait. You’ll find out. I’m capable.”

Most kids do think that their parents can’t do anything. And to be able to do a cartwheel, I use to know how, but I am now afraid I would break my neck if I tried.

According to Mary Green, writer for www.people.com, Angelina was joined by Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival for the premiere of her movie Changeling.

So was Angelina nervous to be back?

“Not nervous as much as I just took a deep breath because it¹s been so long. It felt a little strange,” she told people.

It is great to see her out and about.

What many people want to know is how is everyone doing.

“Everybody’s great,” she told PEOPLE. “The babies are getting big and healthy and developing personalities.”

Thank goodness Angelina and Brad are not going to adopt any time soon, “I think we’re going to wait a little while,” said Jolie.

I think that it is great that it will be awhile before she adopts. They need to concentrate on the family they have and on themselves

Clint Eastwood Talks About Jolie

According to Emmet Sullivan, writer for www.people.com, Clint Eastwood has only nice words for Angelina Jolie.

“I’ve always admired her talent. She’s somewhat hampered sometimes by having this gorgeous face, the most gorgeous face on the planet. She’s on covers and all that stuff. But, she is a great talent, and it would be easy to overlook that, except after seeing this you realize that she is this great, talented person.” Eastwood told veteran movie journalist Lillian Ross at a Saturday Q&A sponsored by the New Yorker magazine at the Directors Guild of America.

There is no doubt that is very talented, and she does have one of the most “gorgeous” faces in the world.

Clint continues about how it was working with Angelina,”She’s very prepared. She comes in with a lot of preparation. She’s ready to go right away,” he says.

Brad Pitt Made Angelina Jolie to Have Children

According to www.reuters.com, Angelina was never going to get pregnant, until she met Brad Pitt.

“I think one of the life-changing things that he did, one of many, is that I was absolutely never going to get pregnant,” Jolie said of Pitt in an interview to appear in the November issue of W magazine.

“I never felt that it was the right thing to do. Now I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world,” Jolie said.

Maddox’s New knife

Angelina Joile has bought her oldest son Maddox his first knife, according to www.sfgate.com.

Angelina believes that he needs to know how dangerously knives are and the benefits of them.

Madox’s knife has been dulled for safety, and Angelina has had the how dangerous they are talk.

Jolie tells the November issue of W magazine, “We take him to a special shop. We also talk about Samurais and the idea about defending someone as good. We talk about everything.”

According to http://sify.com, Angelina Jolie’s ex husband, Billy Bob Thornton, says that he is still close to the talented actress.

The couple divorced in 2003, after being married for three years. As a matter of fact Billy Bob and Angelina both had adopted Maddox, according to Gary Susman, writer for www.ew.com, in a 2002 issue.

“I have the utmost respect for Angelina. She is a very sweet person, very talented and one of my best friends in the world,” Thornton told parade.com.

Six is Not Enough

According to www.showbizspy.com, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt want to add onto their ever so fast growing family.

The couple is looking to adopt from Namibia , where daughter Shiloh was born, “one of the more impoverished countries in Latin America, possibly Bolivia or Paraguay,” reports columnist Liz

Smith.

“The focus on South America comes from Jolie’s interest in drawing attention to the large number of desperately needy orphaned children in that region,” Smith continues.

I am not sure were their stopping point is, but if they have the money, time and love for each child then go for it. It is great that they are giving children a better place to live and a better life.

Angelina Headed to New York

According to www.transworldnews.com, Angelina is coming back to the United States to be at the New York premiere of her new movie, The Changeling.

Not only will this be her first time back in the United States since her twins were born, but this will also be her first public appearance.

Angelina, Brad and their family have just moved to Germany, and it is unclear if they will be joining her for the premiere.

Angelina will be joined on the red carpet with director Clint Eastwood, and co-stars Jeffery Donovan, Michael Kelly and Amy Ryan.

Thank Goodness for Brad

According to www.transworldnews.com, Brad Pitt has convinced Angelina Jolie to go to therapy for her “intense mood swings” and weight issues.

“Brad is so determined to get her back to her old self that he put her in therapy to get her to eat, get out of the house and put an end to her intense mood swings,” said a source. “Angelina didn’t want to accept the fact that she was struggling after the twins were born and was really resistant to Brad’s pleas for her to get help.”

No one wants to admit that they need help - - there is nothing wrong with asking. I am glad that he talked her into it.

According to Karen Nickel Anhalt, writer for www.people.com, Angelina and her family have moved to Germany. They are expected to be there until at least throughout fall.

They now live at The Palais Parkschloss on Wannsee Lake, which is in a villa south of Berlin.

When they got there,”Brad lifted the kids out of the plane and brought them to the transporter,” an eyewitness told PEOPLE. “I saw him lift out Shiloh and Zahara.”

The Palais Parkschloss on Wannsee Lake is nearly 30,000 square feet and includes a boat dock and a helicopter pad.

Now that is the life. It is unsure if Angelina and Brad have bought this house or if they are renting it.

Kirk Cameron Understands What Angelina and Brad Are going Through

According to www.contactmusic.com, Kirk Cameron knows what Angelina and Brad mean when they say it is hard to remember who is adopted and who isn’t.

“You forget who’s adopted and who is not. The kids are 11, 10, nine, eight, seven and five-and-a-half. We feel like the Brady Bunch. There’s never a dull moment. Everybody’s got a friend at the house. For birthday parties you don’t have to invite anybody else because everybody is there. It can be a bit harrowing at times because we don’t have a nanny, so it is a commitment for my wife and I to raise these kids properly. But family is our highest priority. My wife even teaches classes at my kids’ school on being a mom and being a wife,” said Cameron who has a total of ten children. There are six natural and four adopted.

No matter how they look at it, all of those children are theirs . . . Adopted or natural.

Angelina Jolie is Unable to Cook

According to www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com, Angelina Jolie cannot cook.

“I don’t cook - it’s the one thing I can’t do!” Angelina insists Brad is the parent responsible for the cooking, admitting: “When I get away from filming and doing interviews, I join Brad and the children to have breakfast or lunch,” The China daily quoted Angelina, as saying. “Brad is always thinking about the kids and what to feed them for breakfast. For him it’s the most important meal of the day,” she added.

She is not the only female out there who cannot cook. I am one of them. I admit that my mom tried to teach me, but I wasn’t interested at the time.

Jolie is very open with the things she talks about, but there are things that are off limits.

“I’m honest and I like that I don’t have to worry about what I say because I don’t have the time or energy for it. Sometimes things are taken the wrong way and it’s crazy to be misinterpreted - it does bother me. But there’s also a lot of people don’t know about me. “People know about a tenth of my life and because it’s a certain kind of life, they assume that’s everything. But I do have my secrets.” Jolie said.

Great News! Angelina Jolie has been named “Most Powerful Actress” in the Guinness World Records, 2009 Issue, according to www.usmagazine.com.

What an honor it is. I use to buy the book every time it was out, and I wanted to be in the book. The only thing is that I had no clue what I could do.

The Guinness Book of World Records (2009) will be on sale September 17.

They Are Not Splitting Up

According to www.usmagazine.com and Angelina’s rep, Brad and her are not splitting up.

That is a lot better than earlier reports where Angelina kicked him out of the house. I cannot see them being separate.

Angelina and Brad Inspire People to Adopt

According to www.ecorazzi.com, Angelina and Brad inspired well known Chef Jamie Oliver to adopt.

I live at home with three girls and I need a bit of testosterone. If I can’t produce a boy I will have to adopt one. I would consider it,” he recently told The UK Telegraph. “We have two beautiful, healthy girls and we cherish them. But I’d be lying if I said it wouldn’t be great to have a boy.”

“Adoption is such a selfless act and they have a lovely family environment. It’s humbling and beautiful to see. Jools would like to have another child but there are so many vulnerable orphans out there. Jools and I need to sit down and have a very serious conversation about it.”

Jamie Oliver use to cook for Angelina and Brad.

Angelina and Brad have inspired many people to adopt. There is nothing wrong with giving a child a chance for a happy life.

Angelina is Now A Lego Figure

According to Laura Elias, writer for www.entertainmentwise.com, Angelina and Brad have been immortalized as a Lego Figure, along with Victoria and David Beckham, Madonna, Amy Winehouse and Cliff Richard.

They have been created for the 30th anniversary of Lego’s mini -figure. The bad part is that it will not be released to the public.

I am not sure why they are doing that. It doesn’t make sense to make it, and at least make some for collector items.