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Angelina Jolie has known Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron for years. I think they first got to know each other when Cuaron – and the studio – repeatedly approached Angelina to play the lead in Gravity, with Cuaron directing. Angelina reportedly didn’t care for the script, even though the studio was ready to give her the biggest payday of her career if she signed on. She did not, and Sandra Bullock ended up in the role, but there were no hard feelings between Cuaron and Jolie, probably because Gravity was a huge success without her. As a testament to how Cuaron and Jolie are still friendly, she hosted an Oscar-campaign-type event for her friend’s film, Roma. Roma is getting a lot of Oscar heat, and many believe it’s a shoo-in for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Angelina Jolie hosted an intimate reception for “Roma” director Alfonso Cuarón at a hyper-exclusive new West Hollywood members club. The actress, who rarely hosts events, honored Cuarón on Saturday at San Vicente Bungalows following a screening of his movie.

She was overheard praising the “Roma” cast and posing for pictures with actresses Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira. The super private property has a strict no photos and no social media policy, and all guests have to sign a code of conduct and consent for blackout stickers to be put over the camera lens on their phones. One guest said, “Even Angelina had to sign and put a sticker on her phone. She seemed quite amused as it was done.” Other guests dining there Saturday included Meryl Streep.

[From Page Six]

It feels like Angelina just enjoys foreign films and of course she’d like the subject matter and story of Roma, plus she has a friendship with Cuaron. The weirdest thing to me is the idea that Angelina is a member of a hyper-exclusive new private club in West Hollywood. But of course, people are trying to make it sound like maybe Angelina is quietly romancing Alfonso Cuaron. Honestly… I could see that, and I think it would be good for her too, an involvement with a director, someone who is known as a brilliant artist. Gossip Cop denied the gossip about Jolie and Cuaron, but even they noted that Cuaron “recently split with his girlfriend of four years, Sheherazade Goldsmith,” but “he is not dating Jolie. As far as Oscar-winning actress is concerned, Gossip Cop has been repeatedly assured by a Jolie confidante that ‘she’s not dating at all, and is focused on her children and career.’” Hm…

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