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| | Melissa Etheridge on Angelina Jolie: "I Wouldn't Call It the Brave Choice" | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Speaking from her own experience, Melissa Etheridge shared her opinion on Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy in a recent interview with the Washington Blade.
A breast cancer survivor herself, the musician answered a question about the actress' choice, saying, "I have to say I feel a little differently. I have that gene mutation too and it?s not something I would believe in for myself.?
Seeing the decision in a different light, Ms. Etheridge continued, "I wouldn?t call it the brave choice. I actually think it?s the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer. My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It?s the stress that will turn that gene on or not.?
Encouraging people to think carefully, the 52-year-old songstress explained, "Plenty of people have the gene mutation and everything but it never comes to cancer so I would say to anybody faced with that, that choice is way down the line on the spectrum of what you can do and to really consider the advancements we?ve made in things like nutrition and stress levels."
Finally, hoping to inspire others with her own story, Melissa concludes, "I?ve been cancer free for nine years now and looking back, I completely understand why I got cancer. There was so much acidity in everything. I really encourage people to go a lot longer and further before coming to that conclusion.?
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| | Angelina Jolie issues statement on Supreme Court's gene patents decision | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Friday, the Supreme Court finally made their ruling in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics case. The case was complicated, and it involved the future of medicine, the future of DNA testing and pre-cancer screenings. Basically, SCOTUS ruled that human genes cannot by patented, which means that the ONE company claiming to hold the patent on the ?faulty BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes? ? if a woman carries the BRCA genes, she much, much more likely to develop breast and ovarian cancers ? cannot ?hold a patent? on the gene, because genes are ?products of nature?. In the real world, in meant that only one company ? Myriad Genetics ? was able to screen and test whether women were carriers of the genes, and now that’s changed. These are the same genes that Angelina Jolie carried, was tested for, and when she discovered her (very high) cancer risk, she underwent a double mastectomy.
SCOTUS?s ruling is good news for civil libertarians who don?t believe their genes are intellectual property which can be patented. In the wake of the decision, the real-world effects will likely be that costs for testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes will go down as more research centers and testing facilities can open up to patients. The ACLU issued a statement: “Today, the court struck down a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. Myriad did not invent the BRCA genes and should not control them. Because of this ruling, patients will have greater access to genetic testing and scientists can engage in research on these genes without fear of being sued.” You can read more about the case and the SCOTUS decision here.
Interesting enough, Angelina Jolie also issued a statement, and from what I can see, she only issued this statement to CNN:
“I hope that this ruling will lead to more women at risk of breast cancer being able to get access to gene testing and to take control of their lives, not just in the U.S. but around the world — whatever their means and whatever their background,” she said.
[Via CNN]
I?m glad Angelina is being judicious about how and where she comments publicly about the nuts-and-bolts of her medical decisions and about the science of genetic screenings. In the wake of her May announcement, Angelina got some really snide criticism (in my opinion), but she was also ?blamed? for an increased awareness of women?s cancer issues. I?ve read several issues bashing Angelina personally for the increased demand by women for cancer screenings and genetic testing. Like, women taking their health risks seriously and wanting to be tested for the BRCA genes are somehow a BAD thing.
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| | Angelina Jolie in Peplum at the Berlin Premiere of World War Z | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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| | Brad Pitt partied solo until 2:30 am in Berlin on Angelina Jolie's birthday | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yesterday, we talked about what happened on Angelina Jolie?s 38th birthday, which she celebrated in Berlin with her family. First, the whole family traveled to Berlin. Then Angelina and Brad went to the World War Z premiere and Angelina wore a fussy, button-y white dress. Then Angelina changed into a black frock and she and the whole family went out to eat at a sushi place. It turns out there was more to the birthday celebrations: Brad kept on celebrating until 2:30 am while Angelina got some birthday-girl sleep. Damn! Did Angelina not get any birthday booty?
Fresh from her breast cancer victory, Angelina Jolie was ready to celebrate her 38th birthday in a big way with Brad Pitt Tuesday night in Berlin ? and RadarOnline.com has all the details.
Angie started off the night on Brad?s arm at the premiere of World War Z. But the celebrations had already begun.
?We started off at 30,000 feet on the way over here,? Brad revealed to a reporter on the carpet. And in fact, the couple may have had a jet to themselves ? the family flew on two jets to the German capital.
After the red carpet, at 9 pm it was on to family time at the trendy Next to Kuchi ramen restaurant, where Brad had reserved an entire floor, an insider tells RadarOnline.com.
?Their security guards had told him about the restaurant,? the source explains.
Maddox, 11, Pax, 9, Zahara, 8, Shiloh, 7, and Vivienne and Knox, 4, all sampled healthy options like Koh-Samui Salad with papaya, peanuts and Thai herbs, Tofu Stirfry, sushi and chicken fried rice.
The family left around 10:30 pm ? leaving behind one of the twin?s blankies, which security picked up later, says the source. After dropping the kids off at the Hotel Adlon, Angie and Brad continued the party at the premiere?s after-party at the Soho House.
Angelina stayed just an hour, however, while Brad was seen rolling out solo at 2:30 am, according to the local BZ newspaper.
Perhaps sleeping off the night before, Brad was nowhere to be seen on Wednesday, when Angelina, Shiloh, Vivienne and Pax visited the Bauhaus Archive in the Tiergarten Park. The group spent more than two hours viewing the design collection, according to press secretary Ulrich Weigand, before heading out for lunch at the nearby Einstein Cafe.
Brad was spotted later in the afternoon on a helicopter tour of the city with Pro7 TV channel, while Angelina was on her way to the Schnefeld Airport with all of the kids.
[From Radar]
So Angelina decided to leave the Soho House at 11:30 and Brad was all, ?Bye?? He didn?t even take her back to the hotel to give her a ?special birthday present? (hint: it?s his d–k in a box)? I mean, this isn?t some huge scandal. Brad had to schmooze and sell his movie and shake hands and have some drinks with business people, I suppose. ?Networking? I guess they call it. While Angelina is probably still kind of tired from all of her medical stuff. But I was hoping for something more romantic. Like an emerald necklace and THIS:
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| | Angelina Jolie Still Looks Fantastic | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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If you thought Angelina Jolie wouldn’t look as hot after that double mastectomy, then have I got news for you. It’s not true. Not even close. She might even look better than she did before. Plus, she has bionic boobs now. They probably defy gravity and inspire awe among everyone who sees them. Sort of like seeing the Egyptian pyramids for the first time. But less pointy.
The post Angelina Jolie Still Looks Fantastic appeared first on The Blemish.
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| | Angelina Jolie in white Ralph & Russo at Berlin 'WWZ' premiere: bad or beautiful' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at last night?s Berlin premiere of World War Z. I kind of love how Angelina is being all ?ride or die? on Brad?s promotional tour. I wasn?t expecting her to come to EVERY European premiere, but here she is. Maybe she knows that the best way to promote Brad?s project is with some Jolie.
Angelina wore this Ralph & Russo dress. She?s worn Ralph & Russo before ? memorably, one of the last times she was in Berlin, back in 2012 ? I loved that grey gown. I?m not a fan of this particular dress though. Peplums are so 2011!!!! I can?t believe I?m actually seeing Angelina Jolie in a peplum. How does she manage to still look slender and slim-hipped with a peplum? I don?t care for the gaudy gold belt thing, but I kind of dig the button detail at the back. It?s very Duchess Kate ? you know Waity loves her buttons. Angelina often wears dresses with interesting back details, but this is particularly fussy for her, I think. Then there?s the effect of the white dress with her pale legs and white heels? it?s all very ?nurse? to me.
Should we talk about her breasts? I think they look good in this dress, but I?m not entirely positive that we?re really seeing the swell of her new breasts ? look at the angles on this dress. I think the top part might be stiffer and more structured than people think, and Angelina isn?t completely filling it out. Either that or when she got her breasts reconstructed, she went up a size too.
PS? I didn?t even mention Brad. He?s there. And I?m starting to agree with Michael K about his hair ? Brad?s hair HAS gone ?full Aniston?.
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| | Angelina Jolie Spends her 38th Birthday at the "World War Z" Berlin Premiere | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Continuing the promotional tour for his upcoming film, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended the "World War Z" premiere at Cinestar movie theater at Potsdamer Platz square in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday (June 4).
The "Inglourious Basterds" star sported an all-black ensemble with a leather jacket while his partner looked gorgeous in a strapless white knee-length dress and matching heels.
Though the red carpet might not be her first choice for a birthday celebration, last night, Brad arranged an intimate dinner in Paris.
Reportedly dining alone in the back of the small restaurant, afterwards the two headed to the nearby nightclub Silencio.
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| | Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie got boozy in Paris for Jolie's 38th birthday | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Today is Angelina Jolie?s 38th birthday. And she and Brad celebrated early last night with a boozy dinner in Paris, and I guess they?re traveling to Berlin today. Brad?s World War Z premiere schedule is going at a steady clip, isn?t it? I wasn?t expecting the Paris premiere to be one day after the London premiere, and if we?re lucky I guess we?ll get a Berlin premiere tonight? Sure. As for the boozy birthday dinner, Angelina and Brad were wearing the same clothes as the premiere. People Mag has details:
As they would say in France, “Joyeux anniversaire, Angelina!”
Angelina Jolie turns 38 on Tuesday, and she celebrated Monday night with an intimate dinner for two in Paris with fianc Brad Pitt, following the premiere of his film World War Z at the Normandie Theatre.
Pitt, 49, arranged the dinner personally on Monday afternoon, sources tells PEOPLE, choosing the high-end wine restaurant Il Vino, run by Enrico Bernardo, the youngest-ever winner of the World’s Best Sommelier award.
The couple, both in black jackets, dined alone in a back of the intimate neighborhood restaurant, enjoying a degustation ? the restaurant’s tasting menu ? around a medley of French wines, staff members say.
“Their main plate was langoustines with a French wine,” said one. “And there was a dessert ? a cake, because it was her birthday.”
“It was very subtle, real cool,” said one surprised diner, Yen Goel, who was dining with her husband Rajat when the couple arrived.
“They came in very unobtrusively. It was real fast. They walked by, and I said to my husband, ‘I think I just saw Brad and Angelina walk by us.’ And he said, ‘I think you may have had one glass of wine too many already.’ ”
Following the dinner, Pitt and Jolie joined others from their World War Z travel party at Silencio, a nightclub near Montmartre designed by film director David Lynch.
Asked by reporters earlier in the evening, on the red carpet, if this birthday is special ? given his fiance’s double mastectomy earlier this year ? Pitt demurred.
“Every year is special,” he said. “This year isn’t any more special than other years. We’re going to celebrate in the air with the kids because we’re going on to the next city.”
The family heads to Berlin next.
[From People]
There is one way in which I always hoped Brad and Angelina would be like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: I always wanted Brad to shower Angelina with jewelry. I don?t think Angelina likes to wear a lot of jewelry, though, so maybe Brad has learned that over time. Still, I would love it if Brad had dropped some serious cash on a diamond-encrusted something for Angelina?s birthday. I guess a boozy dinner is good too! But seriously, get some jewelry!
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | Angelina Jolie wears a custom Saint Laurent suit in Paris: lovely or too sedate? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are new photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Paris for the World War Z premiere last night. Angelina wore Yves Saint Laurent (I guess we?re supposed to call it ?Saint Laurent? now) again! She?s been wearing a lot of Saint Laurent this year. Apparently, this was a custom-made suit just for her. Which means it probably fits her like a glove. I don?t mind Angelina in menswear-type clothes ? I will always prefer her in a well-cut suit as opposed to a sack dress. But I do find this whole ?look? rather boring. It needs a pop of color somewhere, or better jewelry or a different hairstyle. Everything is too sedate and somber.
I have some assorted quotes from Brad and Angelina too, most of which are from the UK premiere on Sunday. Brad told Extra, “We have a policy in our family, no secrets. I mean there’s an age of understanding, so you’ve got to present it in a way that is age appropriate, but we know our children very well. We want everything to be on the table and any questions they have for them to ask. We unleash certain things on them when it’s out of the scary zone. And we know where we’re heading. It’s been a lovely thing.” No secrets? except for those gossip-y gerbils. Brad also talked to the NYDN about his fianc/lover and how much he adores her. Brad said:
?I think the world of her. She is an amazing woman. She wasn?t really nervous about coming to support me tonight; she was so moved ? we were all so moved ? by how much it meant to others. We didn?t realize, or certainly I didn?t realize, how many people were in limbo over this, deliberating, and unsure of what their options were. They didn?t know the testing even existed, then you find out it is not available to everyone. It certainly should be, there is no reason for anyone to have to die. It?s become a tipping point. I?m very touched by the reaction; it makes me very emotional.?
[Via the NYDN]
Brad Pitt also said ?That’s who I fell in love with from the very beginning? The person that you see now is the person that I’ve always known and she’s heroic and incredibly strong and will attack any problem head-on and make it work.” Such a Jolie-Pitt lovefest. Sigh? these are good days to be a Brangeloonie.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| | Angelina Jolie's First Public Appearance Since the Mastectomy | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Here’s Angelina Jolie in her first appearance post-mastectomy. She was with Brad Pitt celebrating the premiere ofWorld War Z. In other words, here are her new boobs. They, uh, look like boobs. They got the same shape and everything. I don’t know. Were you expecting something different like a lumpy bag of coal?
Anyway, Angelina probably made the right decision as her aunt, Debbie Martin, also died from breast cancer last week. ThoughI’d like to think the decision was made easier when the doctor assured her, “We can rebuild it. We have the technology.”
The post Angelina Jolie’s First Public Appearance Since the Mastectomy appeared first on The Blemish.
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