Angelina Jolie arrives in Washington DC, donning a beige raincoat and leaving her long brunette hair flowing, as she is spotted at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday morning.
The Maleficent actress had on oversized sunglasses with accents around the lenses and little makeup on as she held a Celine purse in her arm. The mother-of-six added black slacks and boots.
DailyMail.com was the first to report that the Hollywood icon will be joining President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House on Wednesday for a state dinner honoring the president of South Korea.
A White House official confirmed to DailyMail.com that the actress and her eldest son Maddox will be in attendance.
The star has landed! Angelina Jolie has landed in Washington DC. The Oscar-winning actress was seen at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday morning; this evening she will appear at the White House State Dinner
There will be 200 guests in all.
Jolie, who is politically active, was at the White House in September 2021 to talk about the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
During that trip she also visited Capitol Hill to lobby Congress on the matter.
She returned to the White House in March 2022 to watch President Biden sign the reauthorization into law.
She brought her daughter Zahara to that event, where they met with the president.
Jolie has long been active in political and international issues, particularly women’s issues and speaking for refugees.
And she’ll be there to watch President Biden and first lady Jill Biden host the second state dinner of their administration on Wednesday for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
Guests will don black tie attire to dance and dine under cherry blossoms in the East Room of the White House.
East coast chic: The Maleficent actress had on oversized sunglasses with accents around the lenses and little makeup on as she held a Celine purse in her arm
A no-nonsense look: The mother-of-six added black slacks and boots. DailyMail.com was the first to report that the Hollywood icon will be joining President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House on Wednesday for a state dinner honoring the president of South Korea’
They will enjoy on American food with a Korean twist.
The dinner will take place in the East Room of the White House, the largest of the formal rooms on the state floor of the White House.
The menu was designed by Chef Edward Lee, a Korean-American chef who’s known for infusing traditional American classics with Korean flavors.
‘That was the first thing I was told – ice cream,’ he said on Monday during a preview of the dinner.
A state visit is the highest diplomatic honor the U.S. reserves for its closest allies. Biden’s first went to France last December and took place in a glass tent on the South Lawn. Wednesday night’s is the first state dinner in the White House.
Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox will attend Wednesday’s state dinner at the White House – above the two of them in Toronto in 2017
Angelina Jolie was at the White House in March 2022 for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; here daughter Zahara shakes hands with Biden
The first lady and her staff worked with Fête, an event and design firm owned by Korean American Jung Lee, to help create the theme and settings.
Jill Biden, during Monday’s preview of the event, said the decor was to ‘showcase the harmony of our cultures and our people intertwined.’
When guests enter the East Room, they will see scenic landscape designs that features some of the most American symbols – American Bison, the American Bald Eagle, roses, stars – and Korean images – the Korean magpie and Korean tiger.
This comes after news Jolie will team up with Halle Berry in the new action-thriller Maude v Maude.
Warner Bros emerged victorious for the project after an ‘intense multi-studio bidding war’ for the project, according to Deadline.
Jolie and Berry, 53, are both set to star and produce the project.
Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud) is directing from a screenplay by Scott Mosier (Free Birds), who will both executive produce.
President Joe and first lady Jill Biden will host 200 guests at the White House for Wednesday’s state dinner; seen on Monday as they applaud Rebecka Peterson
An inside look: Cherry blossoms tower over the tables for the upcoming state dinner
No plot details have been released by the project has been described as a, ‘Bond vs. Bourne type of global action thriller,’ with locations to be announced at a later date.
This will mark the first time that Jolie, who won an Oscar in 2000 for Girl Interrupted, and Berry, who won her Oscar in 2002 for Monster’s Ball, will team up on screen.
Both are well-versed in the action genre, with Jolie starring in two Tomb Raider movies, Mr. and Mrs. Smith with her ex-husband Brad Pitt and Salt.
Berry is no stranger to action either, starring as a Bond girl in 2002’s Die Another Day, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and several of the X-Men movies.
The project first hit the market last weekend and attracted several suitors, though Warner Bros. ended up winning it, the latest star-driven package landed by new studio co-heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.
While lately streaming services have been winning high-profile projects like this, Warner Bros. reportedly put in an, ‘impressive eight-figure bid you haven’t been seeing from studios as often these days,’ according to the report.
Oscar-winners: Jolie will work with Halle Berry in the new action-thriller Maude v Maude; seen in 2021
Berry will produce alongside her producing partner Holly Jeter through their HalleHolly company, which was formed in January 2022 to produce films in various genres for women of color both in front of and behind the camera.
Berry is currently filming Never Let Go for Lionsgate, with Jeter executive producing and Alexandre Aja directing.
Maude v Maude will also be produced by Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth, who will produce through RK Films.
Jolie is currently in post-production on her latest directorial effort, Without Blood, which stars Demian Bichir and Salma Hayek, which Jolie also wrote the screenplay adaptation for, based on the book by Alessandro Baricco.
While she hasn’t been seen on the big screen since 2021’s Eternals, she has a number of projects in pre-production, including Maleficent 3 and Maria, playing legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
She is also attached to star in Every Note Played with Christoph Waltz and is returning as Tigress in the animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4.
