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Angelina Jolie Vaults Into The Oscar Conversation After ‘Maria’ Debut In Venice


Angelina Jolie is getting strong notices for her performance as famed Opera singer Maria Callas.

Deadline’s Stephanie Bunbury said of the actress: “Jolie is an almost magical match for the real diva: achingly thin but still beautiful, loftily patrician, capriciously kind or selfish, tip-toeing dangerously close to madness. The Times of London similarly described Angelina Jolie’s Callas as “a pale imitation of an opera star.” The paper gave the flick two stars and said it fails to carry a “single moment that is emotionally operatic.” Among anticipated performances still to come this year are Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz, Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door, Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths, and Robin Wright in Here.

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