Angelina Jolie calls for long-term Syrian refugee solution
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- Published on Monday, 29 January 2018 05:13
- Written by SF Gate
Movie star Angelina Jolie visited a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan on Sunday, calling for a political solution to Syria's long-running civil war and saying that "humanitarian aid is not a long-term solution."Children crowded around the U.S. actress as she spoke in a patch of muddy space between hundreds of rows of caravans in the desert camp of Zaatari, less than an hour's drive from the Syrian border.It was Jolie's fifth visit to Jordan."It is heartbreaking to return to Jordan and witness the levels of hardship and trauma among Syrian refugees as this war enters its eighth year," Jolie said after meeting refugee families and teenage girls in a U.N.-run community program."I'm very proud. You're very strong, all of you," Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, told them.Nearly 5.5 million displaced Syrians are hosted by Jordan, Lebanon and other neighboring countries.Jolie said the hospitality of the overburdened host countries is "an example to the world at a time when solidarity with refugees is in short supply."She said the U.N. refugee agency received only half the requested funding for the Syria crisis last year and only 7 percent so far this year."Humanitarian aid is not a long-term solution. No one wants to get off aid more than a Syrian family," Jolie said."A viable political settlement is the only way to create the conditions for Syrians to be able to return to their homes, to end the human suffering and the strain on host countries," she added.Jordan hosts more than 650,000 registered Syrian refugees, according to the U.N. refugee agency. More than 78,000 live in Zaatari.
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Gerard Butler says Jennifer Aniston is a better kisser than Angelina Jolie
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- Published on Friday, 19 January 2018 07:02
- Written by FOX News
Gerard Butler is one of the few men that has had the privilege of working with both Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston.The "300" star was on Wednesday's "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen" and upon agreeing to play "Plead the Fifth" was asked about his former co-stars.Butler starred with Aniston in the 2010 comedy "Bounty Hunter," and with Jolie in the 2003 action movie "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life." After immediately pleading the fifth to Cohen's first question, Butler was forced to answer: "You have kissed both Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston onscreen: Who is the better kisser?" Butler's "Den of Thieves" co-star, 50 Cent, was also on WWHL and insisted, "Now, we need to know this." Clearly bothered by the question, Butler squirmed before answering, "Jennifer Aniston. I'm just going, you know, I'm just taking you by surprise."The 48-year-old actor's actual love life was also brought up on the Bravo late-night show when Cohen inquired about his fling with "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" star Brandi Glanville."It was kind of a crazy time in my life," he recalled. "Anyway, we hung out and had fun and I never saw her again."
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Angelina Jolie will receive American Society Of Cinematographers Governors Awards... as her film First They Killed My Father gets Oscar buzz
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- Published on Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:37
- Written by Daily Mail
Angelina Jolie will receive the Governors Awards from the The American Society of Cinematographers will present.The Oscar winner, who is in the process of divorcing Brad Pitt, is following in the footsteps of past recipients Julia Roberts and Sally Field as well as Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.The 2018 ASC Board of Governors Award will be presented on February 17 at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.Her film First They Killed My Father is Cambodia’s Oscar entry and has already received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations this awards season. She directed the Netflix project.The Board of Governors Award — the only non-cinematographer honor handed out by the group — is given to individuals whose body of work has made significant and indelible contributions to cinema.It's also for filmmakers who have been champions for directors of photography and the visual art form.'Angelina Jolie sets a high standard,' ASC president Kees van Oostrum said in announcing the award on Wednesday.'She is a true artist, with a strong vision and collaborative spirit.'She has also entertained us through her work, but more importantly has brought significant social issues to our attention. For her wide-ranging accomplishments, we are honored to present her with our Board of Governors Award.'Other previous recipients of the honor include Ridley Scott, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Christopher Nolan, Warren Beatty, Morgan Freeman, Ron Howard, Sydney Pollack and Martin Scorsese.
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Angelina Jolie won't date after Brad Pitt split 'for a very long time'
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- Published on Monday, 15 January 2018 18:30
- Written by Independent
Angelina Jolie reportedly won’t start dating again for “a very long time”.The 42-year-old actress has been single since splitting from her estranged husband Brad Pitt - with whom she has children Maddox, 16, Pax, 14, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 11, and nine-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox - over a year ago in September 2016, and sources have now claimed the star isn’t on the lookout for a new man.An insider said: "Angelina isn’t dating anyone and won’t be for a very long time. She is focused on her children and their needs.” However, the sources also insist that Brad, 54, has been on a number of dates in the months since his split from the ‘Maleficent’ actress, but they claim none of them have been serious, as his children are more important than his love life.The insider added to ‘Entertainment Tonight’: "He's been on casual dates but none of them have evolved into anything serious. His dating life is certainly not his top priority. The kids are."It’s a really important time for him. The kids are his life. They mean everything to him.” It comes after Angelina previously claimed that she believed working with her former husband on 2015 movie ‘By The Sea’ - which she directed and the pair starred in - would help save their marriage.She said: "We had met working together and we worked together well … I wanted us to do some serious work together … I thought it would be a good way for us to communicate."In some ways it was, and in some ways we learned some things. But there was a heaviness probably during that situation that carried on and it wasn't because of the film."It was something that we were dealing ... things happen for different reasons, and things ... why did I write that exact piece? Why did we feel that way when we made it? I'm not sure."
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Angelina Jolie Has a Girls' Night Out at Critics' Choice Awards 2018!
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- Published on Friday, 12 January 2018 04:17
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie joins her friend and collaborator Loung Ong on the red carpet at the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards held at The Barker Hangar on Thursday (January 11) in Santa Monica, Calif.They are at the event to support their film First They Killed My Father, which Angelina directed and Loung co-wrote. The movie is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.Angelina is back on the west coast after a quick trip to New York City with two of her daughters to attend the NBR Awards.
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