Angelina Jolie: More Famous For Off-Screen Perfomance?

Some actresses are known for their amazing performances in their films. But according to one author, Angelina Jolie is better known for her bizarre lifestyle than for her acting talent.

Jeanine Basinger, author of “The Star Machine,” asserts that Ang’s acting gigs come in second to her wild lifestyle when it comes to making her famous. Basinger says that Angelina is, "the modern Lana Turner because her filmography is not really the source of her fame . . . Despite winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2000 for 'Girl, Interrupted,' Jolie has an overall filmography that is less than stellar."

And there is plenty of evidence to back up Jeanine’s theory. She told press, "(She twice) married and divorced very young; publicly kissed her brother a little too hard; admitted to cutting herself; made vague references to drugs; dated a woman; expressed a yearning to be 'taken down' by a suitably dominant individual of either gender; declared a willingness to try bondage; wore a vial of second husband (Billy Bob) Thornton's blood (and divorced him amid allegations of his insatiable sex addiction)."

But Basinger says that Angelina’s circus of a life didn’t stop there. She said the actress, "adopted a boy from Cambodia, a boy from Vietnam, and a girl from Ethiopia; allegedly delivered the death blow to Brad Pitt's staggering marriage to Jennifer Aniston; conceived Pitt's child; (has) given birth; and in the middle of all this, found time to take a genuine and serious mission to the United Nations on behalf of the world's children."