Angelina Jolies mother has died

angelina_jolie180.jpg On Saturday, Marcheline Bertrand, the mother of Angelina Jolie passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Bertrand, 56, had battled cancer for over 7.5 years. She was surrounded by her children, Angelina and her son James Haven, as well as Brad Pitt when she died.

“Marcheline was beautiful, caring and totally devoted to her children. I never saw her upset or sad, even after she was diagnosed with cancer,” Lea Hunter, who once dated Haven, tells PEOPLE. “She always treated me like a member of her family.”

Marcheline Bertrand had her two children with Oscar winning actor Jon Voight, but raised the two kids alone after the divorce. She had many small roles in movies, including 1983′s “The Man who Loved Women”.

She was overjoyed with her granddaugher Shiloh was born last May and she told People Magazine “My heart is overflowing with joy with the new arrival of Brad and Angelina’s third child. Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh are deeply loved children. They have very kind and caring parents who love and support each other in every way.”

A private funeral will be planned, but at this time there is no word when the memorial will take place. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers or gifts that donations be made to the Women’s Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai.





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Brad and Angelina Golden couple of the Globes

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Brad Pitt’s film Babel won an award for best drama Monday night at the Golden Globes. Seen here is a snap of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sharing a tender moment at the ceremony. The couple, noted as one of the best dressed pairs to attend, skipped out just 20 minutes after the telecast ended.

They probably had to get home to the kids.


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Blackwells worst dressed list for 2006 holds no surprises

spears_britneyexposed.jpg Honestly. The way some of the stars and “socialites” are dressing and behaving these days do we really need Mr. Blackwell to keep creating his Worst Dressed list every year?

I think it’s pretty obvious, even to those who don’t keep an eye on what the stars are up to who is the worst dressed of them all.

This year, in his 47th annual list, Blackwell chose not one but two people to head the top of his notorious list. Yes, you guessed it. Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have been named Co-Worst Dressed stars of 2006. Not surprising at all since they also seem to have become BFF as well.

paris_hilton08.jpg Blackwell calls Spears and Hilton “two peas in an overexposed pod,” He adds that they are “style-free and fashion deprived…the ‘screamgirls’ have arrived!”

Blackwell, not only famous for his Worst dressed list, has spent more than three decades as a fashion designer.

Another victim of his list is Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of Prince Charles. Camilla was crowned second-worst dressed, calling her “the Duchess of Dowdy.” Ouch!

Number three ended up being Paris and Britney’s night clubbing friend Lindsay Lohan whom Blackwell proclaimed to be “tragically trapped in fashion’s fast lane…From adorable to deplorable.”

“La Diva Christina is a fabulous singer…but she puts good taste through the wardrobe wringer! All crass, no class.” Blackwell said of Christina Aquilera.

The nasty quips continued as Blackwell dubbed Mariah Carey a “Fashion Pariah” and the “Queen of Catastrophic Kitsch”, and Paula Abdul who favored floral patterns last year, had her clothing choices named “fiascos that grow moldier by the hour.”

Others to make the list were Sharon Stone of which he said “it’s clear Sharon’s misplaced her fashion gift—she looks like an over-the-hill Cruella De Ville—after a seismic shift!”

Tori Spelling is “all chills and no thrills—guess Tori’s ‘down and out in Beverly Hills!’” and Sandra Oh “drowning in beads, bangles and prehistoric bows, she’s layered lunacy—from toes to nose” made the list as well.

Meryl Streep was the last to be named, and of Streep Blackwell said “Her beauty-of-a-career cannot be denied, but that beast-of-a-wardrobe is pure mother of the bride.”

On the other side of the coin Blackwell was pleased with the fashion choices of Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie, Katie Holmes, Beyoncé, Marcia Cross, Heidi Klum, Helen Mirren and Barbra Streisand. He also added in Nancy Pelosi and Princess Charlotte of Monacofor good measure.

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