How Angelina Manipulates The Media
The NY Times has a very interesting article about the lengths Angelina Jolie has gone to in order to remake her image from Bisexual Wild Thing to Mother Theresa. The Times reports that Jolie demands a guarantee of positive coverage—now and in the future—from the magazines she deals with. Jolie and Brad Pitt negotiated a deal with Peopler for photos of their newborn twins and an interview which reportedly gave the stars not only $14 million but control over how the couple was portrayed in the magazine. While the deal was probably worth it for People since the issue with their twins on the cover was the magazine’s best-seller in seven years, it does make you wonder how much of what you read in celebrity rags is bought and paid for.
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November 21st, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Linda. PLEASE include links to the sources in your articles. Also remember the focus of this site?
Here’s me as a poster to a Brit thread. Note an eye to brokering and the paparazzi.
# Amethyst Mine Says:
November 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Someday maybe people will see how it is done.
Angela …
“Jolie expertly walks a line between known entity and complete mystery, cultivates relationships with friendly reporters and even sets up her own photo shoots for the paparazzi.”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/21/business/21angelina.php
New York Times
November 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
http://perezrevenge.com/people-magazine-responds-to-angelina-press/#more-21604
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
From the link above
“There have been occasions when her goals and our needs could not be reconciled,
and we have walked away, as we have with countless other story subjects”