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Angelina Jolie says women are defined too much by other people’s perceptions

Actor is at Venice film festival promoting biopic about opera singer Maria Callas who was scrutinised for being a ‘diva’

The Guardian - UK

Angelina Jolie Transforms Into Opera Legend Maria Callas In Film

Angelina Jolie captivates as Maria Callas in 'Maria,' a film exploring the opera singer's final days. Jolie's dedication and newfound love for opera shine ...

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Watch as Angelina Jolie arrives for Venice Film Festival ahead of Brad Pitt’s appearance

Watch as Angelina Jolie and filmmaker Pablo Larrain arrive at the Venice Film Festival to present their film Maria.

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Angelina Jolie As The Tormented 'Divina' Callas At Venice

Angelina Jolie returns to the limelight at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday as Maria Callas, "La Divina", whose rich voice, glamourous persona, and tragic love affair mesmerised audiences around the world.

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Venice Film Festival prepares to greet Angelina Jolie and 'Maria,' her film about famed opera singer

Angelina Jolie portrays renowned opera singer Maria Callas in a film premiering at the Venice Film Festival Thursday

The Independent UK

Maria: how to watch, reviews, awards, cast, plot and everything we know about the Angelina Jolie movie

Angelina Jolie teams with Pablo Larraín on a biopic about Maria Callas. Here's everything you need to know about the movie.

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Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited about

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix

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Maria Callas, Lady Gaga and divas of a different stripe: Peter Bradshaw’s picks of the Venice film festival

Meaty roles for Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig and George Clooney will feature alongside premieres of intense dramas from across the globe

The Guardian - UK

Venice Film Festival – the buzziest films from this year's line up from Joker: Folie à Deux to Queer

With major blockbusters screening alongside features from Tim Burton, Pedro Almodóvar and Luca Guadagnino, the 81st Venice Film Festival has a lot of promise

Evening Standard

Guadagnino, Almodóvar, Larraín: this year’s Venice film festival already looks exceptional

A lineup for the senses includes Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux and Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. How nutritious it will prove remains to be seen

The Guardian - UK

Kidman, Clooney, Craig and Jolie join Venice film festival lineup

Stars will descend on the Lido as Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic contends with the Joker and Beetlejuice sequels for this year’s Golden Lion

The Guardian - UK

Eyebrows that hit a high note

How to get a full-brow look, plus Beyoncé’s new hair range and luxe evening scents

The Guardian - UK

Diva by Daisy Goodwin review – a novelisation of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’s tumultuous affair

This powerful reimagining of the soprano’s toxic relationship with the Greek shipping tycoon captures the drama and heartbreak of one of the most celebrated singers of all time

The Guardian - UK

25 films that could contend for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars, including Dune: Part Two

Let's take a look at 25 films that could contend for Best Picture at the Oscars next year.

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Dramatic dresses: the Saltburn effect hits London fashion week

Erdem and Simone Rocha shows saw outfits that could have come from Elspeth Catton’s wardrobe

The Guardian - UK

‘I am not scary!’ A thrilling audience with super-charged soprano Angela Gheorghiu

She calls herself ‘the world’s most glamorous opera star’, and knew, from kindergarten, that her destiny was to be on stage. Can the Romanian diva possibly live up to her reputation? You bet …

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A long-dead soprano has taken to the stage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Are holograms the future?

I was recently among a curious Melbourne audience who turned out to see a hologram of the long-dead soprano Maria Callas singing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The Guardian - AU

Maria Callas’s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing

The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back – but in fact took her further away

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The week in classical: The Barber of Seville; Apartment House – review

Ian McMillan’s Rossini in ‘proper Yorkshire’ flummoxes and charms, while Huddersfield clings on at the cliff edge of experiment

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins cross-examination continues; Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains; and first LGBTQ+ couple legally weds in south Asia

Higgins says she wore white pencil dress at Liberal party function after the alleged rape because she was ‘trying to reclaim it’

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Enduring greatness: five essential Maria Callas recordings on her centenary

Born 100 years ago this week, the great soprano left an extensive recording legacy. From Puccini’s doomed Tosca to Wagner’s demonic Kundry, we pick the five roles that saw her hailed as the greatest voice of the age

The Guardian - UK

‘They’ll see she was extraordinary’: Callas centenary inspires new generation to find the real Maria

Films, shows and a new museum seek to capture the charisma of the great soprano

Evening Standard

London's 23 wildest nights out EVER

Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Jephtha; 7 Deaths of Maria Callas; Perfection, of a Kind: Britten vs Auden – review

Handel’s majestic final oratorio holds its own in Oliver Mears’s searching new production; Marina Abramović channels Maria Callas; and a well-told tale of when Britten met Auden

Evening Standard

Marina Abramović 7 Deaths of Maria Callas at ENO review: funerary offering and personal exorcism

The artist has been obsessed with the singer since girlhood, this is her homage

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