June 24, 2001 - Angelina Jolie and brother James Haven Voight are shown here outside of the premiere for Tomb Raider. US Weekly reports Angelina climbed over barricades to pose for photos and sign autographs for 1000s of fans that were gathered for the premiere. Angelina admitted, "When people come out and they're rooting for you, that's what we all need to do OK in life. It's a great feeling to be loved."
June 24, 2001 -
Angelina Jolie tells Megastar, "Can you imagine that, Lara
Croft as a lesbian? That would be a shock for the boys playing
with their joysticks in their bedrooms around the world." Read
more.
June 20, 2001 -
Angelina Jolie dismissed the thought that the recent move of
women in action films was socially motivated saying, "I don't
think it's any great movement in society. One type of thing
works, so you start to do more and more of them. I think it's
just how Hollywood works." Read more.
June 20, 2001 -
Angelina Jolie skyrocketed up the Lycos 50 this week to #6,
making her the most searched for actress on the net for the
week. Read more.
June 20, 2001 -
CNN.com has an audio review (a negative one) of Tomb Raider by
reviewers Peter Travers and Lisa Schwarzbaum. Check it out here.
June 19, 2001 -
Thanks Tuesday. Angelina Jolie talked to Margy Rochlin of the
New York Times. Check out the article on abstract art June 18, 2001 -
Tomb Raider came in at #1 on at the box office with a weekend
tally of $48.2 million, trouncing Disney's Atlantis which took
in $20.4 million.
June 18, 2001 -
PageSix.com reports while critics generally trashed Tomb
Raider many praised Angelina Jolie's performance. "Angelina
was an absolutely superb choice," said Rob Friedman, vice
chairman of the motion-picture group at Paramount, which
released Tomb Raider. "She was amazing in the role and worked
harder than any person I've ever seen in physical fitness and
on the set." Read more.
June 17, 2001 - An amazing auction featuring an actual
facial mask for Angelina Jolie is up for bids on ebay.
Currently bid at $151.50, the mask, item 1437894737, concludes
bidding today.
June 16, 2001 -
The New York Post's Liz Smith said Friday, "If I see one more
magazine cover with Angelina Jolie posed showing something she
should probably keep private and with the word 'SEX'
emblazoned in the headline, I may go bonkers."
June 16, 2001 -
Harry of Ain't it Cool News is blasting Tomb Raider saying the
film "is a classic example of complete ignorance in action and
serial storytelling." Read more.
June 16, 2001 -
Angelina Jolie tells the London Telegraph she wore a padded
bra for Tomb Raider saying, "Look at her breasts, they’re
ridiculous. I’ll make it real simple for you. I’m a 36C. In
the game she’s a double D. In the movie she’s a D. We split
the difference."
June 16, 2001 -
Foxnews.com reports on Lara Croft and Tomb Raider with quotes
from Angelina. Check it out here.
June 15, 2001 -
MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Angelina Jolie's breasts as
Lara Croft were of paramount importance during the filming of
Tomb Raider as director Simon West claimed, "There were some
long discussions about the breasts since they’re such a
complete part of Lara’s persona and we had to make all sorts
of decisions about them."
June 15, 2001 -
Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman blasted Tomb Raider saying the
movie "is simply the work of people who wanted that Indiana
Jones feeling, without having a feeling for it. Please: Go to
a barbecue, read a book, learn to scuba. But stay far, far
away." Read more.
June 23,
2001 - Angelina Jolie talked to Esquire on the effects of her
bungee jumping scenes in Tomb Raider on her privates saying,
"After a week it got a little sore, so the stunt crew made me
a fur-lined harness. It was a joke, but I'm taking it home and
I'll see what Billy and I can do with it."
June 20,
2001 - IMDB reports Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton have
an electric chair in the dining room of their new home.
Angelina explained the chair saying, "In [Tomb Raider], Lara
has an electric chair in her bedroom, which is my own personal
little thing I thought she should have. Billy did a film where
he played a barber and was electrocuted. So there's probably
going to be a barber's chair at one end of the dining room and
an electric chair at the other."
June 19,
2001 - IMDB reports Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie have
secretly renewed their wedding vows in a ceremony in their
kitchen, where the two cut each other's fingers and sucked
each other's blood. Their ceremony was conducted by a Church
of Enlightenment minister.