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| Angelina Jolie: 'Brad loves being a father, that's what I?m most proud of about him' | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yay, a new Angelina Jolie interview! CB sent this to me ? apparently, Angelina gave another new, exclusive interview, this time to Hello Magazine. These quotes sound new to me, although Angelina did talk about some of the same old things in a few places. But the stuff about Brad sounds particularly interesting. Hello got all up in her relationship with Brad and to her credit, Angelina answered all of those questions and then some. Some highlights from the interview:
She can?t do it without Brad: ?He?s always encouraging me and willing to assume a lot of parental responsibilities. When I had the twins, it was very exhausting but Brad just stepped right in and made sure that the other children were getting their breakfast and going off to school on time. He loves being a father. That?s one thing I?m most proud of about him.?
Brad with the boys: ?With a large family, you need that support. But it?s much more than that. Brad?s such a wonderful teacher and guide for the boys. He?s always had this special bond with Mad, which has really been important to Mad. He has grown up fast and started to show how much he has learned about the world.?
Comparing her personality to Brad?s: ?Brad likes to plan things and proceed in a very deliberate and methodical way. That?s why he has been successful as a producer. He learns as much as he can about a project and what needs to be done and then he makes sure things run as smoothly as possible. He likes to be able to get things done properly. He?s much cooler and calmer, whereas I can be more impulsive and outspoken. But these different qualities bring us closer together and it?s beautiful to find a partner who balances you like that. It?s very reassuring to know there?s this very solid, generous man in your life.?
Balancing alone time with mom time: ?You get used to having this huge commotion around you. I?d always been the kind of person who enjoyed being alone but once our family grew larger I discovered that I?m truly happy surrounded by the children. I let them come in when I?m taking a bath of lying down on the sofa or the bed. Sure, you might enjoy moments by yourself but then you feel so much joy when your children jump around and want you to play with them or to see what they?ve drawn or listen to something they want to tell you. It has been surprising to me how much I love all those moments.
Alone-time with Brad: ?You learn to reserve certain nights either to go out or just be together without the kids. All couples need to make time for that and even though it can be tough with six kids ? especially after I had the twins ? things have settled into a more natural rhythm.?
[From Hello Magazine, print edition, March 24, 2014]
?He loves being a father. That?s one thing I?m most proud of about him.? That?s awkwardly worded, but I get her point. She?s happy and proud that she ended up with such a stand-up guy and a family man who enjoys being a dad. Although I?m hesitant to give Brad a gold star for, you know, just being a hands on dad who feeds his children and makes sure the nannies take them to school. I get that Angelina is trying to praise him and acknowledge the support he?s given to her emotionally, but it also feels like? oh, how special, Brad loves his children. Breaking news!
Angelina also lied a little bit when she was asked point-blank about how, last fall, Brad was in England working on Fury while she was working on Unbroken in Australia. Angelina did her same line, the one she always uses: ?Brad and I never work at the same time and always take many months off when we?re at home with the kids.? I mean, it?s not the end of the world or anything that they were both working on separate continents for several months, but I would have expected her to acknowledge it rather than just give the same old talking point.
Photos courtesy of PR Photos, WENN & PCN.
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| Angelina Jolie: 'I have no patience for yoga' because I?m not a still person' | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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To do some early promotion on Maleficent, Angelina Jolie gave a lengthy interview to Entertainment Weekly a few weeks ago, but she also gave a short little interview to USA Today specifically to promote the new teaser in which we get to see Maleficent?s magnificent wings. To film the stuff where Angelina is flying around, Angelina was obviously rigged up on wires (controversial theory: maybe she can fly in real life?!). To do all of the wire work, Angelina had to get stronger. Which is why we get this wonderful confession:
?Angelina Jolie reveals what it was like to fly with her wings in in the classic tale’s reboot ? and the workout she begrudgingly agreed to. Hooked up on rigs in full costume (yes, even those horns) on set at Pinewood Studios, “you’re almost like a puppet with all these people moving (beneath you),” says Jolie. “When you go to the left or the right all of you have to move together. It’s a big dance with a lot of people.”
How did she pull it off? Well, through a regimen Jolie admits she eschews. Jolie’s longtime stunt coordinator Eunice Huthart (a close friend, who is also godmother to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt) slowed down and intensified her workouts. “She made me do yoga. And I have no patience for yoga,” says Jolie. “It’s not something I do easily, because I’m not a still person. But I was forced to do yoga because (to fly) you have to have your core strength to be able to hold yourself.”
[From USA Today]
I feel like Angelina is aware enough to know that Jennifer Aniston is all about yoga and that Aniston talks about her love of yoga in pretty much every interview. Do you think that entered into Angelina?s thought process at all here? ?I have no patience for yoga.? I can see that. I bet Angelina would prefer to box, lift weights and maybe do some martial arts. That seems more her style.
Here are some new teasers/trailers from Maleficent. The first is a teaser about Maleficent?s stolen wings! THE WINGS ARE BADASS.
Here?s the ?Legacy Trailer? ? they mash up the cartoon with the live-action stuff. This makes it seem like they?re trying really hard to get little kids to go see this film? so they can scare the sh-t out of those children.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| Angelina Jolie confirms there's 'still another surgery to have, which I haven't yet' | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Entertainment Weekly published the full Angelina Jolie cover story/Q&A online a few days ago, and I would recommend it to every Brangeloonie who loves to obsess over every little Jolie detail. It?s actually a really nice Q&A and you can tell that the interviewer (Anthony Breznican) was fan-girling like crazy over Angelina (who wouldn?t?). Angelina and Anthony actually do a fist-bump at one point. Fist-bump and an explosion. Angelina fist-bumps. This is news to me! You can read the full Q&A here (it?s lengthy), and here are some more highlights:
Malficent?s darkness: ?She has a darkness. And how do you make a film about someone who curses a baby and make them relatable? It?s like the worst thing you could possibly do! But I think the script that Linda [Woolverton (The Lion King)] wrote, has quite a deep understanding. The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain? It was: what turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel. What could have possibly happened to her that would get her to that moment in the christening? She wasn?t invited, so she?s pissed off??
Malficent?s elegance: ?Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She?s bigger than me. She?s on a different level of performance that I have never done. She?s very still. She?s very sure of herself, but I couldn?t figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier. I was giving my kids a bath, and I started making up other stories about Maleficent ? and they weren?t really paying attention to me, as children often do. You can bore them to death, until I started to mess around with this playful [sing-songy] voice.
On Elle Fanning (she plays Aurora): ?I think she is magic. You can?t take your eyes off her on screen. I?d like to think that I?m a calm and sweet person. I tend to be very playful at home with my children, but in life ? we have to fight our battles. Our work battles, our political battles, our personal battles, and we?re focused. So I tend to be someone who can be very private and in my space, not in any way trying to be rude, that?s just how I walk my way though life. When I?m outside my home, I can be somewhat serious. Elle, the first time we met each other, she ran across the hallway and hugged me and jumped on me and we joked later like it was like being attacked by a thousand cute gorgeous bunnies. I was just frozen. I never had someone see me like that. When she sees me, I?m like a mom, a friend, a girl, and she just wants to be another girl. She?s just full of love and happiness and cuteness and belief and sweetness and when I was her age, I was the complete polar opposite ? quite dark at that age. So, it?s kind of a perfect match. It?s a part of the film that?s interesting, the struggle to deal with this light and love that she is, because Aurora is so strong in her light that it?s a difficult thing to fight. I adore her.?
The awkward horns: ?It was pretty funny, because I kept on hitting my horns on things, the framing was very strange. They were actually kind of heavy. There had to be [lighter weight] ones that you could ride horses in because if you fall with something [heavy] attached to your head, that?s it ? it could break your neck. There were softer horns for the fights. The harder ones were magnetic so I could actually clip them off and walk around, but then I looked like a little bear. It did not look half as cool. When they weren?t the magnetic ones, I did almost knock myself out quite a few times. It?s not just that you?re a foot taller on top, you?re also in five-inch heels so you are really big. I was out of whack for a bit. Definitely, it took me a while to become graceful with her.?
What Brad thought of Maleficent: ?I don?t know! You know, I never asked him. He thinks she?s cool. I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world. But I did have to take my staff home to practice walking with it in my cloak, and then I would go outside and scream at the bushes to expand my voice and play with my voice. So, mom was a bit nutso for a period.?
She?s due to have one more surgery: ?There?s still another surgery to have, which I haven?t yet. [Jolie is also genetically at risk for ovarian cancer, which is what took her mother?s life at age 56] I?ll, you know, I?ll get advice from all these wonderful people who I?ve been talking to, to get through that next stage.?
[From Entertainment Weekly]
Angelina was also asked about her haters and Hater Culture in general, and she gave a lengthy and interesting answer. She basically said that she doesn?t pay attention to any of it (I don?t believe that) but that if you mean well and your ?choices come from an honest place,? everything will be fine in the end. Then she says that there?s real hate and inhumanity in the world that she sees all the time and she basically doesn?t have time for all of this high school BS.
Does anyone else love the idea of Angelina bringing Maleficent?s staff home so she could practice walking with it while doing that crazy voice? Also: Elle Fanning is now a Jolie-Pitt, basically. Angelina approves! Elle ?jumped on me and we joked later like it was like being attacked by a thousand cute gorgeous bunnies.? That?s so funny.
Photos courtesy of EW/Disney.
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| Angelina Jolie brings red lips, horn realness in a new 'Maleficent' poster: amazing' | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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WOW. This is the best poster Disney has released so far for Maleficent. I understand that Disney didn?t want to Release the Full-Jolie until they got closer to a release date for the film, but I?ve been disappointed with the lack of promotional images and such from the film. Hopefully, more stuff will be coming out soon. Because Maleficent finally has a hard release date ? I thought it wasn?t going to come out until June or July, but the release date is now May 30th. Awesome!
LaineyGossip points out that with a late May release date, there?s a real possibility that Angelina Jolie could end up doing a huge Cannes premiere. Jolie has promoted big-market, non-competition films in Cannes before, most recently when she was promoting Kung Fu Panda 2. So? I really hope this happens. I really hope we get some Angelina in Cannes. I miss her at Cannes. The fashion isn?t always the best, but Angelina is always so ridiculously beautiful in Cannes.
Anyway, this poster doesn?t tell us anything new, but it is an amazing image. I love Angelina bringing the HORN REALNESS. You know a woman is beautiful when she can make horns work. The cheekbone prosthetics are obviously an homage to Lady Gaga and/or Madonna, only Angelina works them better. And the red lips! Damn.
Oh, and Maleficent has a Twitter now. The Twitter launched its first tweet with this poster and the comment, ?Well, well.?
Posters, promotional images courtesy of Disney.
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| Angelina Jolie: 'It's really funny when people say you?d be obvious for a great villain' | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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YES. I?m ready for the Jolie Renaissance. I?m ready for 2014 to be The Year of Jolie. Angelina Jolie has been away for too long ? she hasn?t been in front of the camera since 2010?s The Tourist. She hasn?t promoted a project since In the Land of Blood and Honey in 2011. And this year, we?ll be getting two giant projects from Angelina. First, we get Maleficent (this summer) then we get Unbroken (Christmas). As I keep saying, it?s a good time to be a Brangeloonie.
So, Angelina ? in character as Maleficent ? covers the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. YES. Horn Realness, baby. Here?s a preview of the cover story:
When someone says: You would be perfect to play one of the cruelest fantasy villains of all time ? is that a compliment or an insult?
In the case of Disney?s Maleficent (out May 30), the whole world pretty much agreed Angelina Jolie should play the black-horned bad-girl.
?It is really funny when people say you?d be obvious for a great villain,? she says with a laugh (not a cackle).
In this week?s issue of Entertainment Weekly, the actress gives her first in-depth interview about Disney?s revisionist take on Sleeping Beauty, which retells the classic folk tale from the wicked point-of-view.
?The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain?? Jolie says. ?It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her??
In the wide-ranging conversation with EW?s Anthony Breznican, Jolie also discusses Unbroken, the true-life tale of World War II heroism that she directed and is currently editing, and addresses the cancer worries that led her to undergo a preventative double mastectomy last year ? penning a New York Times op-ed afterward about the experience, hoping to inspire and encourage others facing such a choice.
?Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women?s issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. I?ve talked to men about their daughters? and wives? health. It makes me feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wondering about their children,? she says. ?I was very, very moved by all the support and kindness from so many people.?
[From EW]
http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/05/this-weeks-cover-angelina-jolie-maleficent-interview/
?The exercise wasn?t how can we have fun with a villain? It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her?? Crap. I?m not interested in seeing Maleficent?s motives! I just want to see her cackle and destroy people. I want to see her scare the crap out of millions of children, just like the cartoon villainess did (and still does). Why does every villain need a backstory? Why can’t some people just be deliciously awful?
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of EW.
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| Angelina Jolie Shares Details About "Maleficent" in Entertainment Weekly | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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During promotions for "Maleficent," Angelina Jolie garnered herself a little added exposure by covering the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
While dressed as the evil sorceress from the well-known "Sleeping Beauty" tale, the 38-year-old actress opened up about becoming the iconic villain and shared details about her double mastectomy.
"It is really funny when people say you'd be obvious for a good villain," Angelina explained. "The exercise wasn't how can we have fun with a villain? It was: What turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel? What could have possibly happened to her?"
In regards to her cancer worries that led to her preventative surgery last year, Miss Jolie stated, "Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women's issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. I've talked to men about their daughters' and wives' health."
"It makes me feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wondering about their children. I was very, very moved by all the support and kindness from so many people," she added.
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| Brad Pitt wore diamond cufflinks, a gift from Angelina, when he won his Oscar | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve been trying to find a good angle or a close-up for Oscar-winner Brad Pitt?s sleeve and cuff, but I can?t find one. We?ll just have to take this on faith. Life & Style reports that Brad Pitt wore a very special gift from his Oscar-winning fiance Angelina Jolie when he won his first Oscar: she had given him some cufflinks for Christmas one year, and he wore them on Oscar night. Aw.
Brad Pitt put his love on display — literally — for fiance Angelina Jolie at the Oscars Sunday night. The 50-year-old actor, whose film 12 Years a Slave took home three awards, including Best Picture, decided to wear tuxedo buttons and cufflinks from his beloved’s Style of Jolie line ? with famed jeweler Robert Procop ? to the big show.
It turns out Angie specifically made them for Brad — and even gifted them to him during the holidays.
?Brad?s specially designed cufflinks were a gift from Angelina one year for Christmas,? Procop says in a statement.
The sentimental gift consisted of tablet-cut diamonds set into yellow gold. The father-of-six also rocked a diamond dress set (buttons, cufflinks and a ring) from Procop to the 2012.
But Angie wears a design from Brad every single day. In 2013, he popped the question with a gorgeous 16-carat diamond ring, in which he designed with Procop.
To summarize: it’s very good to be Brangelina.
[From Life & Style]
As much as I teased Angelina about her Style of Jolie jewelry, some of those pieces were very pretty and I liked that she used so many semi-precious stones. She seems to love topazes. I tend to think cufflinks are kind of a silly gift for most men, because most men rarely have occasion to dress up to the point of wearing French cuffs. But most men aren?t Brad Pitt! Brad Pitt wears a tuxedo often enough to need cufflinks. And it was lovely that Brad wore Angelina?s gift as a good luck charm.
I actually wondered why Brad didn?t bring his parents again, like he did when he was nominated in the past. Maybe he didn?t want to jinx it. Or maybe his parents were like, ?Yeah, it?s okay, we?ve already been. You kids go ahead!?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| Angelina Jolie in sparkly Elie Saab at the Oscars: style vindication after The Leg? | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This was Angelina Jolie?s big Oscars comeback after The Leg. And she delivered. The Leg of Doom did not make an appearance at all. The Leg did not even peek out on the red carpet. The Leg was demure. The Leg was sandwiched in between Brad Pitt and Benedict Cumberbatch during the Oscars. The Leg got to present with living legend Sidney Poitier (and The Leg had to support Mr. Poitier, because he seemed very frail). The Leg got to announce one of the biggest winners of the evening, Best Director. The Leg has been vindicated!
At the end of the day, Angelina Jolie did not go with Saint Laurent (it was widely predicted that she would go with Saint Laurent) or my designer pick, Jenny Packham. She went with this glittery Elie Saab. I mean, if you want to choose a designer who is one of the most Oscar-friendly, you go with Elie Saab. I did predict that Angelina would go with a metallic, and I?m pleased with this. She looks good in this grey/silver. The dress was flattering, it wasn?t a sack dress, but it also wasn?t too pilgrimy or modest. From certain angles and in certain light, Angelina was showing off a lot of cleavage. Which is bold considering she had a double mastectomy one year ago.
As for the styling? I loved it. While Angelina wears her hair down often enough, I feel like she made an effort to get a blowout and have her hair look very full and bouncy. Her makeup was lovely (her skin is fantastic) and the jewelry was to die for. VICTORY.
Obviously, I want to know more about Angelina sitting next to Benedict. Did their legs touch? Did he whisper bitchy observations to her throughout the evening? Did she whisper back? Did her hand linger on his arm as she laughed at one of his jokes? I could seriously go on and on. I?m planning on writing a series of erotic fiction based entirely on where Angelina was sitting at the Oscars.
But fine, let?s talk about Brad and how he?s now an Oscar-winner. Brad Pitt, Oscar winner. Brad Pitt, Oscar winning producer and his beautiful fiance, double-Oscar winner Angelina Jolie. Oh, today is a good day to be a Brangeloonie.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| Angelina Jolie in black Saint Laurent at the Spirit Awards: sack-fabulous or sack-fug? | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yay! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended last night?s Independent Spirit Awards and Brad won big! 12 Years a Slave ended up with the biggest awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay & Cinematography), and Lupita Nyong?o won Best Supporting Actress. And Brad was there with a new haircut and with his lady. You can see the full winners list here.
Angelina wore this Saint Laurent dress ? we don?t have the typical glamour shots because Brad and Angelina didn?t walk the red carpet, unfortunately. They ?snuck? into the tent, but I don?t really understand the purpose of NOT walking the carpet if every photo agency still managed to get shots of them going into the tent. As for the Saint Laurent dress? I do appreciate how Jolie is impervious to criticism about most things. We can bitch about her sack dresses and how she always wears black and how she still seems to be dressing like Maleficent, but at the end of the day? that?s her style. That?s what she loves. And as far as black, sacky, Maleficent dresses go, this one isn?t so bad. I could have done without the little sleeve-cape, but otherwise, she looks beautiful. I love her hair back like that. And I love the gold heels!
I have to admit? Brad is looking hot in these photos too. Bedhead and I were debating whether Brad?s hair looks Bieber?d of Robin Thicke?d. Now that she made the Thicke comparison, I can?t unsee it. Damn!
PS? Do you think Angie will be wearing Saint Laurent at the Oscars too? Hm?
Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
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| Angelina Jolie traveled to Lebanon to visit thousands of Syrian refugee children | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This ^^ is the new interview Angelina Jolie did with Tom Brokaw for the Today show. It’s all about Unbroken and WWII. Angelina and Louis embracing each other… perfection. Tom Brokaw referring to Angelina as Louis’s “girlfriend” is amazing too.
Anyway, Angelina was in Lebanon yesterday to meet with the Lebanese prime minister about the epic Syrian refugee crisis. She?s actually in Lebanon as part of three-day trip in her capacity as UNHCR Special Envoy, and she attempting to draw even more attention to the state of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. You can see some photos of Angelina here, and you can read the UNHCR press release here.
Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lebanon to draw attention to the challenges facing thousands of Syrian refugee children and to highlight the massive displacement Syria’s three-year conflict has created, officials said Monday.
During a three-day visit, U.N. special envoy Jolie visited unaccompanied children living in the eastern Bekaa Valley, where much of the poorest Syrian refugees in Lebanon reside, as the United Nations Refugee Agency Special Envoy. The 3,500 children are those who were orphaned, or separated from their families as they fled into Lebanon.
They form part of the nearly one-third of all Syrians who have been displaced from their homes since an uprising against the President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. About 2.5 million Syrians have become refugees; and another 4.2 million are displaced within Syria, the U.N. estimates – some one-third of the country’s pre-war population.
‘Meeting these children was a heart-rending experience,’ said Jolie in a statement issued via the U.N. ‘They have lost their families and their childhood has been hijacked by war. They are so young, yet they are bearing the burdens of their reality as if they are adults.’
The tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon, which neighbors Syria, has absorbed nearly one million refugees, swelling the country’s population by one-fifth. The concentrated numbers of refugees have overwhelmed Lebanon’s infrastructure, raised rents and flooded the public health and education systems throughout the country. The poorest refugees huddle in tents made out of old billboard advertisements on land they rent out from farmers in the Bekaa Valley; the shelters offer little against the country’s bitter winters and hot summers.
Parents of thousands of Syrian children have pulled them out of schools, because they cannot afford the modest Lebanese school fees, or because they need them to work – often as shoe shiners and car cleaners.
During her visit, Jolie called on the international community to ensure the implementation of a recent U.N. resolution that called for humanitarian assistance to reach Syrian civilians. On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution demanding immediate access everywhere in Syria for humanitarian aid. The resolution, which marked a rare instance of unity on the security council, doesn’t threaten sanctions but it does express the council’s intention to take ‘further steps’ if the resolution isn’t implemented
Jolie said her meeting was also to thank Lebanon for hosting the refugees.
‘The generosity and solidarity shown by Lebanon and Lebanese to its neighbor serves as an example to the world for which we should all be grateful. We all need to help them bear this burden,’ Jolie said.
[From The Daily Mail]
No matter what she does, people will always be critical of Angelina for many parts of her life. But I?ve always had so much admiration for her UNHCR work, and I think she operates as special envoy with a great deal of compassion and intelligence. This is not some charity bandwagon issue ? Angelina?s focus has been consistently on the plight of refugees (often in areas of the world without a lot of media attention) for going on 14 years.
You can donate to the UNHCR here.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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