Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Meet Obama At The White House -HuffPo WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama might be powerful and well-known, but the White House got some Hollywood star power Wednesday: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped by for a chat with the chief executive.
The actors were spotted in the Oval Office by photographers waiting outside for the president to take off for a trip to Chicago.
The White House confirmed Pitt and Jolie were in town to screen Jolie's movie about Bosnian war crimes at the Holocaust museum. They dropped by so the president could talk with Jolie about her work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women.
Pitt was seen sporting a cane, which he's been using following a skiing injury.
It's not the first time Obama's met with one of the pair. In 2009 the president met with Pitt to discuss his working rebuilding New Orleans' Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
Jolie also met with CIA Director David Petraeus at the agency's headquarters. Jolie wanted Petraeus' perspective on cultural trends in Afghanistan for her work with Afghan refugees, an official close to the former U.S. commander in Afghanistan said, speaking anonymously to discuss the private meeting. They had a similar meeting in Baghdad in 2008.
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AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier contributed to this report.
Walt Disney Pictures has found its director for the new Maleficent film, to which Tim Burton was previously attached, and it's Robert Stromberg.
Stromberg was the production designer on Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and Disney's upcoming Oz The Great and Powerful. He's also worked as visual effects supervisor for "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Pacific." He won Oscars for Art Direction for Avatar and Alice in Wonderland and was nominated for visual effects for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Maleficent, which is being developed as a starring vehicle for Angelina Jolie, will be his directorial debut. Joe Roth is producing.
So, I'm on a kick, lately, of looking at architecture websites and drooling over what I can't have. In this recent post at Trendland, the subject is Brad Pitt's Malibu mansion, which he recently put up for sale. Reportedly Ellen and Portia bought it, but that's not the part that made me laugh.
Among the gorgeous pictures of the place, are these two: