Angelina Jolie left 'devastated' over Oscars snub for Maria biopic as 'Hollywood is Team Brad Pitt'

Angelina Jolie is reportedly 'devastated' implicit her Oscars snub for her pb relation successful Maria arsenic insiders assertion Hollywood has sided with her ex-husband Brad Pitt.

Despite captious acclaim, it was announced Thursday that Jolie's portrayal of late opera vocalist Maria Callas successful the Pablo Larraín-directed biopic did not person a Best Actress information astatine the 2025 ceremony.

Jolie — who became an Oscar-winner 25 years agone —  poured herself into the 'personal' relation by learning to sing opera and adjacent endured a grueling Hollywood property rhythm to beforehand the Netflix film.

The quality comes soon aft she failed to pickup a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for the melodramatic performance.

While she did gain a Best Actress motion astatine the caller Golden Globes, the coveted grant yet went to acclaimed Brazilian prima Fernanda Torres for I'm Still Here.

Being ignored by the Academy could 'devastate' Jolie, 49, arsenic she desperately 'wanted to get nominated,' according to Page Six.

'Angelina volition beryllium devastated … look astatine each the property she did for the movie — she wanted to get nominated,' the root dished.

'She did Jimmy Fallon, her archetypal late-night amusement successful implicit a decade. She adjacent went to the Gotham awards. She did each these mag covers.' 

An anonymous Hollywood awards adept told the outlet that the deficiency of acknowledgement from the Academy 'wasn't large for Angelina – oregon Netflix,' who produced Maria' and that the histrion volition 'undoubtedly beryllium upset.'

A antithetic insider speculated that Jolie's snub was related to her bitter divorcement from chap Oscar-winner Brad Pitt, which was finalized past period aft an eight-year battle.

They argued that Jolie is highly favored by the foreign property portion Brad remains Hollywood's aureate boy.

'This conscionable shows that Hollywood is Team Brad,' the root claimed. 'The Globes showed that the overseas property loves her, but that's not Hollywood. Nobody was going to spell against Brad and springiness Angelina a ballot … radical conscionable emotion Brad.'

Another root pointed retired that portion societal 'politics' tin travel into play astatine awards season, the Academy decided to nominate a slew of first-timers alternatively of past winners similar Angelina and Nicole Kidman, whose show successful the erotic thriller Babygirl was besides ignored.

'The divorcement is done, and yes, authorities bash travel into play a small alongside the films and the performances. But the information is that determination are a batch of first-time nominees shows that we inactive person a steadfast industry,' the root told the outlet Thursday.

Instead of Angelina and Nicole, Demi Moore (The Substance), Cynthia Erivo, (Wicked), Mikey Madison (Anora), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) and Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here) volition conflict it retired successful the Best Actress class astatine the 97th Academy Awards connected Sunday, March 2.

Maria marked Jolie's long-awaited instrumentality to the large surface aft a years-long hiatus spent honing her directorial skills and spending clip with her six children.

The film, which had a constricted theatrical merchandise earlier premiering connected Netflix successful December, follows 'Maria Callas (Jolie), who lives the past days of her beingness successful 1970s Paris, arsenic she confronts her individuality and life,' arsenic per IMDb.

Earlier this month, Jolie told Times Radio that playing the precocious opera vocalist forced her to look wrong herself.

'I deliberation you're an artist, and you spell done antithetic things successful life, and you wonderment if definite parts of you person unopen down, oregon who you are, what you person wrong of you, and if your lights dimmed, and if you person little to contribute, oregon if you don't cognize your yourself, and truthful to propulsion and rediscover things and effort for things that I hadn't ever tried,' the Oscar-winning prima explained.

'And what a acquisition arsenic an artist, to beryllium pushed again astatine this clip successful my life, to bash thing that terrified maine and I wasn't definite I could bash is the top gift.' 

While astatine the Golden Globes connected January 5, Jolie admitted that she was initially 'really scared' of letting Callas' fans and household down with her portrayal.

'Failing Maria Callas and the radical who loved her truly frightened me,' she said. 'This was a large fear, but it's fun. I mean, what are we live for if not to face our fears and get our hearts pumping and you cognize effort things we're not definite of.'

Jolie declared: 'This is my decennary of bash what scares you.'

Days earlier her quality astatine the 82nd Golden Globe Awards successful Los Angeles, Jolie reached a colony successful her divorcement from Brad — 8 years aft she archetypal filed papers, citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

The Girl, Interrupted prima is 'exhausted' and 'relieved' that 'this 1 part' of the family's 'healing' travel is done and dusted.

Angelina's lawyer James Simon told PEOPLE: 'More than 8 years ago, Angelina filed for divorcement from Mr. Pitt.

'She and the children near each of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that clip she has focused connected uncovering bid and healing for their family.

'This is conscionable 1 portion of a agelong ongoing process that started 8 years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this 1 portion is over.'

Angelina filed for divorcement from Brad successful September 2016 – aft conscionable 2 years of marriage.

It came conscionable days aft a travel connected a backstage level successful which Angelina claimed Brad was abusive to her and their six children — Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16 — but authorities did not complaint him aft investigating.

Angelina and Brad aboriginal released a associated connection declaring that they would support each divorcement proceedings backstage for the involvement of their children.

They said: 'The parties and their counsel person signed agreements to sphere the privateness rights of their children and household by keeping each tribunal documents confidential and engaging a backstage justice to marque immoderate indispensable ineligible decisions and to facilitate the expeditious solution of immoderate remaining issues.

'The parents are committed to enactment arsenic a agreed beforehand to effectuate betterment and reunification.'

They were declared legally azygous successful 2019 but were locked successful a lengthy conflict implicit custody and ineligible issues implicit their French property and winery, Château Miraval, pursuing their split.