Angelina Jolie Explains Why She Loves Her 'Scars' Following Double Mastectomy

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• Angelina Jolie says her double mastectomy scars are "a choice I made to do what I could do to stay here as long as I could with my children"

• Jolie underwent the surgery in 2013, after her mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, died at age 56 in 2007 after being diagnosed with cancer

• Jolie plays a character who has been diagnosed with breast cancer in her upcoming film Couture

Angelina Jolieis opening up about why she loves her "scars" from a double mastectomy in 2013.

Jolie, 50, spoke about her scars in a new interview with the French media outletFrench Inter. "Well, I've always been someone more interested in the scars and the life that people carry," the actress began.

"I'm not drawn to some perfect idea of a life that has no scars. So no, I think, hey, you know, I see my scars are a choice I made to do what I could do to stay here as long as I could with my children," the Oscar winner explained.

TheCouturestar continued, "I love my scars because of that, you know, and I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to have the choice to do something proactive about my health. I lost my mom when I was young, and I'm raising my children without a grandmother."

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"So for me, no, I think this is life. And if you get to the end of your life and you haven't made [a big, you know], you haven't made mistakes, you haven't made a mess, you don't have scars, you haven't lived a full enough life, I think," Jolie concluded.

Jolie's mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand,died at age 56in 2007 after being diagnosed with cancer. In a May 2013​​New York Timesop-edtitled "My Medical Choice," Jolie wrote that doctors told her that tests found she had the "faulty gene," BRCA1, which significantly increased her risk of breast cancer.

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"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy,"Jolie wrote in 2013. "But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."

In March 2015, Jolie said she also had her ovaries and fallopian tubesremoved as a preventive measure against developing ovarian cancer.

In her upcoming filmCouture, which takes place at Paris Fashion Week, Jolie plays a filmmaker going through a divorce who is diagnosed with breast cancer. She speaks both English and French in the film, as seen in thefirst footagethat dropped on Jan. 6.

The film initially premiered at the 2025Toronto International Film Festivalin September.

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Ralph Lauren's fall 2026 collection a mix of romantic adventure with metallic flair

NEW YORK (AP) — With more than 50 years infashion,Ralph Lauren is still looking for adventure. Lauren took his celebrity guests on an adventure into the English countryside Tuesday for his fall 2026 runway show.

Set amid the beaux arts architecture of the Clock Tower building in Manhattan, Lauren delivered a stylish take on softness and strength, pairing luxurious earth-toned rich fabrics with metallic detailing for his latest collection.

Lauren's ethereal models with their hair flowing behind them strutted on opulent rugs as celebrity guests including actor Anne Hathaway,singer Lana Del Reyand actor Lili Reinhart looked on from antique style chairs; a romantic painted landscape canvas filled the walls surrounding them.

In his show notes, Lauren described his muse as a woman whose style is not defined by time.

"I love the adventure of fashion," Ralph Lauren wrote, adding his fall collection "is inspired by that kind of renegade spirit and the confidence of the woman who will wear it in her own personal way — to tell her own story."

Lauren delivers fashion as armor

The 86-year-old designer has never been one to follow trends but drive them. At Tuesday's show, accessories added a modern flair from leather gloves paired with a knit off-the-shoulder dress to shimmering silver detailing.

Supermodel Gigi Hadid opened the show in a wool corseted top and maxi skirt accentuated with a silver waist chain. Other models walked the runway with silver belt chains and metallic brooches that stood in an edgy contrast to Lauren's romantic Victorian tops and tailored jackets. Lauren pinned metallic glimmering brooches to lush wool cloaks that were elegantly draped over models' shoulders in a show of strength.

In a modern twist on Joan of Arc, Lauren designed a chain mail top that delicately peeked out from underneath one model's tweed jacket. Lauren complemented the look with a printed scarf and leather pants.

"There were several looks that had this beautiful chain mail kind of detailing," actor Ariana DeBose told The Associated Press. "What a way to give a woman beautiful armor."

Even with his contemporary additions, Lauren's collection still included his signature touches from his riding boots, exquisite tailoring and elegant high neck blouses.

Lauren's brand is an American staple that continues to prevail in an ever-changing industry. As part of his enduring legacy, Lauren was once again tapped to design the uniforms forTeam USAat the Olympic Winter Games in Milan, marking his sixth time designing for the games.

"From being in Italy with the greatest athletes in the world and then coming here to New York City to put on a fashion show that's so elegant, it's two different sides of Ralph Lauren and two different sides of what an American company can do to to reach the world," David Lauren, the company's chief branding and innovation officer, said.

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Sean Connery's Visceral Reaction After He Was Offered the Role of Hannibal Lecter in “Silence of the Lambs”

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• Director Jonathan Demme spoke about the casting of The Silence of the Lambs in a 2016 Deadline interview

• Demme died at age 73 in 2017

• The Silence of the Lambs debuted on Feb. 14, 1991

The Silence of the Lambsis an unforgettable film within the psychological horror canon, but the subject matter proved too revolting for some.

In 2016, just a year before his death, director Jonathan Demme sat down withDeadlineto talk about the making of the film and its legacy. Demme recalled the precision that went into casting Hannibal Lecter, noting that despite many actors wanting the part, it took specific casting to achieve what only Anthony Hopkins could.

"It was so easy for me to see that Anthony would be a superb Dr. Lecter because he had been such an amazing good doctor inThe Elephant Man. He had been as believable a doctor as you can imagine, and he was good," Demme said.

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"What if you cast Anthony Hopkins in the part of Dr. Lecter, who is not the worst doctor, but he's a…good doctor turned bad? That was my engine for Anthony Hopkins. Everybody at Orion had tremendous respect for him as an actor. But everybody wanted to play that part, gosh, fromDustin HoffmantoMorgan Freeman."

The "tremendous interest" even got the attention of Sean Connery, who had also been somewhat seriously considered for the role.

"Sean Connerywas the only other person I thought could be amazing for this. Connery has that fierce intelligence and also that serious physicality. I love Tony Hopkins, but Sean Connery could be amazing," Demme explained.

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"So, to take the most commercial path, because Connery was flying very high at the time, we sent the script to Sean Connery first."

However, Connery,who had a controversial history of his own, did not have a positive reaction to what he read.

"Word came back shortly that he thought it was disgusting and wouldn't dream of playing that part," Demme said of the actor, who died in 2020.

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The decisiveness of Connery's response left the focus on Hopkins and Demme — whodied of complications from esophageal cancerat age 73 in 2017 — did not hesitate.

"Anthony was doingM. Butterflyin London. I flew over and we agreed to do the work together. Having Anthony and Jodie at the center of this, two such intelligent actors? We had a read-through in the boardroom at Orion, a week before we started shooting. All the executives were there. There was electricity in that room, coming off of what Hopkins was doing. He had found Lecter, and I remember when he delivered the last line. The room was just silent."

Demme continued, "My producer, Kenny Utt, just goes, real quiet, 'Oh…yeah!' I realized the actual bottom line truth of doingThe Silence of the Lambs, something I felt when I read that book. I thought, 'This could be the scariest movie ever, and I wanted to make that movie. I wanted to make aPsychocaliber f--king terrifying movie.' "

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Turkey's Erdogan appoints new justice and interior ministers

ISTANBUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Turkish President ‌Tayyip Erdogan ‌replaced the country's justice ​and interior ministers in a mini reshuffle on ‌Wednesday, ⁠with Istanbul chief prosecutor Akin ⁠Gurlek taking the role ​of ​justice ​minister, the ‌Official Gazette said.

It said Gurlek replaced Yilmaz Tunc as justice minister, ‌while Erdogan ​appointed ​Erzurum ​provincial governor ‌Mustafa Ciftci as ​interior ​minister in place of Ali ​Yerlikaya.

(Reporting ‌by Ezgi Erkoyun; ​Editing by ​Daren Butler)

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