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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Marina Hyde

Angelina Jolie Carries Both Atlas and Weight of the World on her Shoulder

Bite down manfully on that leather strap now, because it's time to update the Domesday book of witless "body art" needled into our foremost celebrities.

Lost in Showbiz has previously observed that a Chinese letter anywhere on the body is the ancient symbol for "I have low self-esteem; meet me behind Claire's Accessories", but has always had a soft spot for Angelina Jolie's crazy collection of epidermal embroidery, on the basis that our leading entertainment humanitarian is nothing if not committed.

Plus, it amuses us to note that no matter how hard Brad Pitt is trying to pull off this whole Gatsby look round Cannes, he's let down by the fact that Daisy didn't have the Latin for "What nourishes me also destroys me" tattooed just above her knicker line. Or, come to that, "know your rights" occupying the space between her shoulders.

To the film festival, then, where the old girl has premiered yet another addition to her growing doodlepad, as the geographical coordinates of her latest adopted child's birthplace are inked on her upper arm. Yes, scroll down below the latitude and longitude readings for Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh, and you'll find those pertaining to the three year old Vietnamese boy she recently rebranded as Pax. (Can we now please never mention the name Pham again, people? Kids are very adaptable. He'll get used to it.)

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