Andrew Morton Adds Angelina Jolie to His Unauthorized Bio Credits

Andrew Morton will soon release his unauthorized biography of actress, Angelina Jolie, which he claims is full of "fascinating facts." The facts, according to Morton, come from dozens of friends and associates of Angelina Jolie and her man, Brad Pitt.

"They told me some fascinating facts about Angelina and her relationship with Brad. She will have to wait to find out what's in it," Morton said.

Star Magazine has been hyping this book for the last month or so with titillating innuendo galore:

"Angelina Jolie is a jealous, cunning liar who schemed to lure Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston, cheated on him with a woman rock star, - and even slept with her own mother's boyfriend! These are just some of the explosive revelations that could be served up about Hollywood's most famous mom in two shocking new tell-all books."

The other book is supposed to be by an ex-bodyguard. The June 18 issue of "Star" went on sale on June 2 with a huge picture of Jolie behind titillating blurbs: "Drugs! Lies! Secret Lovers!"

Andrew Morton is a 57 year old writer from England who has published a slew of unauthorized biographies that have met with varying degrees of success and one authorized bio that landed him in somewhat of a legal mess.

His first book, "Diana: Her True Story" (1992) purported to 'rip the lid' off secrets of England's Royal Family and provide an account of Princess Diana's strained relationship with her mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth. The book, according to an Amazon review, "became a sizzling, international bestseller ... triggering a chain of events that led to Charles and Diana's divorce." After she died tragically in 1997, Morton claimed that Diana was the source for much of the information in the book, and also said the Princess herself read his original drafts, editing them for accuracy.

In late 1998, Andrew Morton gave the world a book on Monica Lewinsky, simply entitled "Monica's Story." His main source for much of this book was the embattled intern herself, so apparently he felt it was okay to dispense with the word "True" in the title. Morton, according to one Amazon reviewer, shows the entire cast of Interngate in a different light than the mass media, delving deep into their motives and personalities.

After the Monica story, Morton wrote an authorized biography of Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi. He was sued for libel by a Kenyan judge and lost the case to the tune of 45,700 pounds. Andrew Morton evidently decided that unauthorized celebrity bios were a safer bet and wrote exposes on David and Victoria Beckham ("Posh and Becks"), Madonna and Tom Cruise.

Now Angelina Jolie has found herself on the writing end of Andrew Morton's pen, with lurid gossipy promos that promise the book will expose sides of both Angelina and Brad that the reader never dreamed of. But if Kitty Kelley's recent unauthorized biography of talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey is any indication, it is more likely that the book has nothing new to offer, at least not anything with a real basis in "fact," and is just another complilation of gossip and rumor.

For a more balanced look at the actress, see Angelina Jolie: Past, Present and Future.

Sources: Wikipedia, Amazon.com and
Star: Angelina Panics Over New Tell-All (6/2/10)