People: Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ screens at Vatican
Angelina Jolie has met with rock stars, refugees and royalty.
The actress, director and U.N. special envoy added pontiff to the list on Thursday, meeting with Pope Francis briefly after screening her film “Unbroken” to some Vatican officials and ambassadors. The Vatican said Jolie and two of her children were on hand at the Pontifical Academy for Sciences to screen the film.
Francis didn’t watch the film but exchanged a few words with Jolie afterward when she was brought up to the Apostolic Palace – along with the children, her brother and a cast member.
Vatican photos of the encounter show Jolie, dressed in a demure black suit – as papal protocol requires – gently clasping Francis’ hands and smiling in the silk brocaded Throne Room, where Francis usually greets heads of state.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi stressed that the meeting wasn’t a formal audience per se, but rather a brief and cordial greeting in which the pope paid particular attention to Jolie and the children, giving them Vatican souvenirs.
Pacino awards heading to auction
If you have enough money, you might soon be able to say hello to two of Al Pacino’s former little friends.
The Goldin Auctions company is offering a treasure chest of celebrity items online this winter, including Frank Sinatra’s sailor’s costume from the 1945 film “Anchors Aweigh,” a Les Paul guitar owned by both Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page, and a Tony Award and a Golden Globe won by Pacino.
Ken Goldin, owner of the West Berlin, New Jersey, auction house, said this week that two awards for the same actor rarely if ever become available together.
The minimum bid on the Tony is $10,000 and the Golden Globe is $25,000. Goldin said he expects the Pacino items to go up to 10 times the minimum bids. The auction will open for preview later this week and bids will be accepted starting Monday through Feb. 7.
The birthday bunch
Author Judith Krantz is 87. Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 80. Folk singer Joan Baez is 74. Rockabilly singer Roy Head is 74. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 71. Singer Crystal Gayle is 64. Rock singer-musician Dave Matthews is 48. Actress Angela Bettis is 42. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is 33.