Angelina Jolie vamped it up in a leggy LBD for Deadline Hollywood’s seventh annual The Contenders event in West Hollywood on Saturday.
The Oscar winner easily defied her 41 years in the black-knit turtleneck mini-dress and matching leather booties selected by stylist Jen Rade.
The divorced mother-of-six also rocked a red pout and dark aviator sunglasses with her perky ponytail at the Directors Guild of America Theater.
Angelina benevolently greeted her waiting Los Angeles-area fans outside the venue by signing autographs and posing for selfies.
Jolie has been single since legally separating from third husband Brad Pitt a year ago after two years of marriage and three children – Shiloh, 11; and twins Vivienne & Knox, 9.
If anyone can commiserate with the former Hollywood wild child it’s Mudbound actress Mary J. Blige, who’s still divorcing ex-manager Martin ‘Kendu’ Isaacs after 13 years of marriage.
Joining the Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees was her longtime friend and co-screenwriter, Loung Ung wearing a sleeveless black dress.
Angelina met the 47-year-old human rights activist 16 years ago and together they adapted her 2006 memoir First They Killed My Father into a Netflix film currently streaming.
During the awards season Q&A, Jolie announced that her fifth directorial effort is Cambodia’s official entry for next year’s Academy Awards best foreign film category.
‘If I may, we Cambodians don’t consider Angie a Western woman,’ Loung told moderator Pete Hammond.
‘She’s ours and she’s been a citizen since 2005 – and before that, she was Cambodian in spirit.’
Ung added: ‘We clicked right away – she was really, really authentic. She really hates it when I gush about her in public, but she’s a really cool person!’
The By the Sea director’s 16-year-old son Maddox (born Rath Vibol) received an executive-producing credit for the genocide drama and her 13-year-old son Pax shot still photography for it.
‘Every Cambodian person in this film knew someone who was affected by the war and they came back to do this for their loved ones,’ Angelina explained.
‘During the war, artists were killed because of their influence. Having the artists come back to paint the sets and act the scenes was so inspiring. You’re not sad about the story, but your proud of what this country can do creatively.’
The Khmer-language drama currently holds a 89 percent critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 72 percent approval rating on MetaCritic, and a 7.3/10 on IMDb.
The Kung Fu Panda 3 actress will soon begin production on the sequel to the hit Disney villain origin story Maleficent.
But first, Jolie executive-produced the Afghanistan-set animated feature The Breadwinner, which hits US theaters November 17 and UK theaters May 25.
Nora Twomey’s flick, based on the 2001 novel by Deborah Ellis, centers on a headstrong girl who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after her father gets arrested.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
