Jack Black’s surprise gift from Angelina Jolie

By Alexandra Heilbron on May 12, 2011 | 11 Comments


Jack Black revealed during a recent interview in Los Angeles that he and his wife Tanya once received a special surprise gift from Angelina Jolie. He recalled that three years ago, when the two were promoting the original Kung Fu Panda at Cannes, Angelina was approximately eight months pregnant with twins Knox and Vivienne. She was wearing a beautifully designed flowing white garment for a photocall and Tanya, who was also pregnant, commented, “That is the most amazing maternity dress I’ve ever seen.” Jack says a week later, they received a package in the mail from Angelina — the dress that Tanya had admired. Black says, “It was one of the sweetest gifts of all time.” Jack and Angelina are back in Cannes today, where they’ll be holding a press conference this afternoon for Kung Fu Panda 2, along with co-star Dustin Hoffman.



Comments & Discussion

  1. Andrea • May 12, 2011 @ 12:21 AM

    A used dress. How sweet. Just kidding, that was a nice gesture. I wonder if Tanya ever wore it.

  2. Joel • May 12, 2011 @ 11:33 AM

    Celebrity hand-me-downs. At first they were giving away hand-me-down spouses, next they were giving away dresses. What will be next?

  3. TheTruth • May 12, 2011 @ 12:16 PM

    LOL you guys. I’m pretty confident Angelina bought a new dress to give to Jack’s wife. If she had given them the used one, it would be worth much much more, Angelina knows this…

  4. Tayderhead • May 12, 2011 @ 1:10 PM

    Wow. Jack Black is a pretty ugly dude. Got a really dumpy looking physique too. I wonder if they reserve trailer park type roles for him. He could play psycho parts too, look at the eyes!

  5. Nicole • May 12, 2011 @ 5:20 PM

    To the above posters………..it never said she sent her used dress. I’m sure it was new with tags and all. After all, it IS Angelina Jolie. She has enough money to buy a zillion of the dresses.

  6. mandee • May 13, 2011 @ 6:06 AM

    some people can be so negative and rotten when other people do good things for someone else. in this case, im sure the reason behind everyones harsh attitude is because they cant afford to buy things like this for complete strangers.

    angelina is definitely a sweetheart, i like her more every time i read about her.

  7. Amber • May 13, 2011 @ 7:14 AM

    Hahaha as materialistic as this may sound, I was also wondering whether the dress given was new or used. However, it was still a nice gesture on Angelina’s behalf. I thought I was the only one wondering on the state of the dress, but I guess, we’re never alone!

  8. S • May 13, 2011 @ 3:23 PM

    It’s kind of sad that the first thought is ‘wow used dress’. Nice commentary on people’s attitudes towards strangers. Whether it was new or used it was a very sweet gesture, one that people can learn from.

  9. Thibz • May 13, 2011 @ 3:56 PM

    Tayderhead i bet your one to talk about physical appearance!! Thats downright rude!

  10. Jo-Anne • May 13, 2011 @ 4:50 PM

    ugly dress, nice gesture…

  11. Tayderhead • May 14, 2011 @ 8:19 PM

    Thibz, I bet you’re the one with the appearance to be taking such offense to my comment!!!! LOLOL!!


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