Angelina Jolie's Brother James HAVEN has lashed out at accusations that he has an incestuous relationship with his sister. Jolie and her brother were the talk of the Oscars when they were all over each other in the audience and Jolie gushed over him in her acceptance speech. Haven tells US WEEKLY, "It's a very weird thing when a brother and sister can't show love for each other in public without people gossiping about them." He says people are turning something "beautiful" into something "ugly." The magazine asked Haven if he and his sister ever slept together and he said "that's sick." But then he joked that they did fall asleep in the same bed when they were little kids.
- 4/7/2000
- WENN
Oscar nominee Hilary Swank lived as a boy for a month to prepare for her role as cross-dressing TEENA BRANDON in Boys Don't Cry (1999). Swank, whose performance in the true story of a Nebraska woman who lived as man has put her in the running for a BEST ACTRESS Oscar at Sunday's ceremony, actually became a "boy" in real life to get into character. After consultations with director Kimberly Peirce, she cut her hair, colored it, took vocal lessons to deepen her voice, strapped her breasts in tension blankets and packed socks in her trousers. And her new image was so realistic, even those around her were convinced. Swank says, "The neighbours thought I was my younger Brother James I would go out and run errands, go to the malls and play video games with teenaged boys, and I'd talk to girls." And she soon caught on to anything that would blow her cover. She says, "I realized quickly that I couldn't grin. That was the dead giveaway. And I had to make a conscious effort to lower my voice."...
- 3/22/2000
- WENN
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