Hollywood’s top-earning actresses announced

Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston have topped a Forbes survey of most well-paid actresses.

Jolie netted a staggering $27m – mainly from her parts in ‘Wanted‘ and ‘Salt‘. Meanwhile Aniston has earned around $25m. Most of this came from her part in ‘Marley and Me‘ and her upcoming movie ‘The Baster‘ but she also still receives royalties from television re-runs of ‘Friends’

Reuters has the full story here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56065H20090701

Angelina Jolie hospitalised

Angelina Jolie was briefly taken to hospital last Friday, reports Reuters, after she suffered an injury on the set of her upcoming movie ‘Salt’.

She was shooting in Long Island, New York when the accident happened and whilst details of the incident are unclear, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures described her hospitalisation as a “precautionary measure”.

The movie itself is a spy thriller, slated for release next year.

Read the full story here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKTRE54S5SL20090529

Film Review: Changeling

Changling is based on the true story of Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), who’s son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith) went missing in 1928.  Eventually police returned a boy to her, claiming he was her son, but she was adamant they had returned the wrong boy.  Her fight to get her real son back results in her being branded delusional and committed to the psychiatric ward at Los Angeles County Hospital.

It is a good and interesting film, but it is very long and does drag a bit, particularly at the beginning.  It also leaves unanswered questions and, I’ve found out since, has some inaccuracies.

In my opinion, this is one of many films that have been ruined by the trailer giving too much away.  The trailer makes it clear that the wrong boy is returned, so the part of the film between Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) first claiming he is not her son and it becoming clear he definitely is not, is too long and boring because there is no suspense, as you already know he’s the wrong boy.  However, the film does pick up, once it is confirmed (by the dentist and teacher, not police) that he is not her son.

The film shows the corruption in the Los Angeles Police department, in 1928, and is made all the more shocking by the fact that it is based on a true story – the corruption part of the film, it seems, is completely accurate.  In fact most of the film seems to be true to the real story, except a few details about the impostor and what really happened to Walter Collins (Gattlin Griffith), but I won’t go into that, because it will ruin the film.  If you already seen the film, and want to know what I mean, click here.  The film also depicts Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) as a single mother, who’s husband left her, because he did not want the responsibility of a child.  In fact, her husband, also named Walter Collins, was in prison for burglary.

In conclusion is is a good film, with Angelina Jolie giving a great performance, and is definitely worth seeing, but be prepared for a slow beginning.  It inspired me to look up the actual events, so it must have done something right…

Tracey – OwnAFilmCompany.com

More Film Memorabilia Announced

As we have already said, to celebrate the launch of our new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction, of film memorabilia, and business card raffle,  in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

We announced the first few auction items, a few days ago.  We have now secured the follwoing items as well:

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Jack Nicholson – The Shining
Sean Connery – James Bond
Robert DeNiro – Raging Bull

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Angelina Jolie
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Carribean

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Heath Ledger

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Sylvester Stallone – “Rocky”