Angelina Jolie has replaced Tom Cruise in the new spy thriller ‘Edwin A. Salt’.

The ‘Changeling’ actress will play the role of a CIA officer who is accused of being a Russian spy and dodges being captured by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president.

The film’s screenwriter, Brian Helgeland, will have to make some adjustments to the script to accommodate for the fact that the main role will now be played by a female and the title will change slightly.

Quoted in The Mail, a source said: “Angelina is determined to make sweeping changes before filming starts.

“She’s demanding the writers improve the dialogue before she sets foot on set.”

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OK! is reporting that Angelina Jolie’s womb is no longer open for baby business. Perhaps permanently.

Her last two pregnancies had so many scary complications, she’s been advised to wait a long time before getting pregnant again — or maybe not to do it at all.

“Her previous pregnancies ended with emergency cesarean secions,” an insider tells OK!. “She’s been told that, at the least, she should not get pregnant for a year after her last delivery, and it would be safer if she did not get pregnant, ever.”

Emergency? We thought the last one was pretty much planned out.

Not being a biological mom could prove frustrating for Angelina. Remember she told Vanity Fair last year that she loves being pregnant.

“It makes me feel like a woman,” she said. “Also, I happen to be with someone who finds pregnancy very sexy.”

OK, so buy a nice slinky black dress or some skimpy lingerie. Plan a romantic getaway in the Caribbean. Surely that can make you feel as sexy as being pregnant!

More unnerving than the aforementioned news is the revelation that she is on her way to Ethiopia to adopt yet another baby.

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Golden Globe nominated couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie scored another pair of acting nods.

Jolie earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” for Changeling, while Pitt nabbed one for “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Pitt’s film about aging also earned a nomination for “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.”

The awards show airs on TNT Jan. 25.

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Roll out that red carpet - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both scored Golden Globe nominations, it was announced Thursday.

Pitt is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama for his role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, while Jolie scored a nod for her part in the Clint Eastwood drama Changeling.

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast Jan. 11 from the Beverly Hilton at 8 p.m. on NBC.

Below is the rest of all nominations nominated for their movies:

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Today is Pax’s 5th birthday. Happy Birthday lil guy, I hope you get tons of presents and lots of love from your family.

Thanks to the awesome Joanna of SweetKisses.net, we have scans of Poland’s December issue of Joy Magazine. I hope you enjoy!

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At a Changeling press conference Monday in London, Angelina Jolie got teary eyed talking about her late mother Marcheline Bertrand, who died of cancer in 2007.
After being asked what it meant to film a movie about a strong mother so soon after Bertrand’s death, Jolie cursed and her eyes filled with tears. (Watch video, courtesy of The London Telegraph, above.)

“She was really sweet and was never angry - she couldn’t swear to save her life,” she said. “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,” she continued.

Jolie - who also confirmed Monday that she will replace Tom Cruise in Edwin A. Salt - also opened up her recent comments that she wants to “fade away” from acting.

“I’m not making some retirement announcement,” she said. “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,” she said. “Maybe eventually I’ll stop [acting].”

After a reporter asked, “Can we expect more children soon?” Jolie replied, “Sure, you can!”

She added that she spent the past year “with the kids. Most of it has been spent in my pajamas coloring.”

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ANGELINA Jolie may be playing an anguished mother in her latest film The Changeling, but in this exclusive interview, she explains why she’s never been happier.

Angelina Jolie is in a buoyant mood as she sweeps into New York for the premiere of her new film The Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood.

“This is such a beautiful time for me,” the elegant, green-eyed actor says.

“When I look back on my life, I never really believed that I would find this kind of happiness on so many different levels.

“I think I trained myself to expect less, but meeting Brad and being with him has shown me that sometimes it just takes the right circumstances for you to meet a good man who enjoys being with you and working towards the same goals in life. Brad has always been there for me.”

A year after her appearance in the harrowing A Mighty Heart, Jolie delivers another remarkable performance in The Changeling, a searing drama based on the true story of a child’s disappearance in 1928 and his mother’s struggle to discover the truth.

Jolie plays Christine Collins, a telephone company supervisor who refuses to be pressured by corrupt Los Angeles police into going along with a scheme wherein her missing son is “returned” to her.

Unfortunately, the child is not her real son but a substitute paraded in front of the press by a police force desperate to curry public favour.

The 33-year-old Jolie has not only managed to sustain her work for UNICEF amid her film career; she is now the proud mother of six children, three adopted (Maddox, Pax and Zahara), and three fathered by Brad Pitt (Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox).

You look great. How did you get back in shape so quickly after giving birth to the twins?
I have six kids and I’m breast-feeding!

As a mother, how hard was it for you to play a woman whose worst nightmare is realised when her son goes missing in The Changeling?
It was difficult because the idea of one’s son being kidnapped is one of the worst things any parent can imagine. The loss of a child and not knowing where they are or what is happening to them is probably the absolute worst thing in the world. As a mother, it was harder for me imagining that somebody was abusing my child while they were wondering why mummy wasn’t coming to save them.What made it particularly troubling for me to put myself into this woman’s head was my own relationship with my son Maddox. I just couldn’t shake the thought of him through the whole film.

Why Maddox particularly?
Because Maddox is my eldest and also because he says things that are similar to what the boy in the film says. I also talk to Maddox the same way I talk to the little boy. So when Brad and I saw the movie we noticed strange similarities, especially when the boy says: “Am I too heavy?” Mad says that all the time. And I tell him: “Oh, never! But one day you’re going to carry me!”

How are you handling being a working mother?
I have a big, wonderful family and I get to travel and be creative with my films and that’s tremendously rewarding and satisfying. I’ve always loved being an actor and the ability to tell stories and express emotions and making a connection with audiences. The publicity that comes with that is a reality of the business and it’s only the paparazzi that is really a bother sometimes when Brad and I are with our children.

How do you stay so positive?
By doing the things which are important and meaningful to you and not worrying about the rest. How can I complain about anything when I wake up in the morning and I’m surrounded by so much love with Brad and our children and the feeling that comes from sharing my life with them?

Does having twins make things a little more complicated now?
It’s a little more stressful in terms of your time because you have two very tiny babies wanting your attention. But it’s also so beautiful to be part of that. Once you have three or four children, having a few more isn’t going to alter your lifestyle that much. Brad and I have found a way to organise our time with the children and so we stick to that. It’s also a fascinating new experience for me to have twins and look after them and have the other children seem so curious about them. A family is a social unit in its own way and watching the children interact is part of your role as a mother.

Has Brad seemed particularly taken with the twins?
He’s just so happy and having twins is something neither of us ever expected and I think that makes it all the more special for us both. When I see how much love is in Brad’s eyes for the twins and for all our children — it’s a very moving experience for me. I never wanted to become pregnant and have children that way unless I had come to know Brad and see how loving he was with Maddox and Pax. So that was a big step for me.

How will you integrate the twins into the life of your family?
It’s a matter of indulging the curiosity of the other children and making them feel part of the whole process. Things like helping prepare bottles or changing diapers or doing little things that help me. It all works. Kids are great at adapting.

What about teaching your kids about religion and culture?
I want to teach them about all religions, and I’m trying to find a way to do that. And when it comes to the subject of adoption, like when my daughter, who’s African, wants her hair to look straight like mummy’s . . . and I look for a Barbie that’s African, and the African Barbie has straight hair! And you know, why has Disney never made a film with an African-American princess?

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