Angelina Jolie shares teaser of Netflix passion project she directed based on Cambodian genocide memoir
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2017 11:51
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie shared a preview on Thursday of her Netflix passion project First They Killed My Father.The 41-year-old Oscar-winning actress directed the film based on the 2000 memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers by Jolie's friend and former refugee Loung Ung.The preview clip opened with a title card that read: 'Between 1975 - 1979 Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population.'Two columns of armed troops were then shown marching down a city street.Jolie was seen on the set that employed hundreds of genocide survivors and children of survivors to recreate history for the film. 'It's the first time there's something on this size about this war in this country,' Jolie said.The clip showed Cambodians working on the set and tweaking props including barbed wire. I feel like nobody is here for themselves and everybody here to do any job is here to put something forward and help their country speak,' Jolie said.It was a theme echoed in the clip by producer Rithy Panh.'In order to mourn we must speak. It’s the possibility of using creation to reconstruct ourselves. Telling a story is also mourning, it’s also moving on,' Panh said. Jolie filmed her hit 2001 film Lara Craft: Tomb Raider in Cambodia and the humanitarian crisis she witnessed there sparked her work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.She has since visited refugee camps in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan.
Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. She adopted her first child Maddox in 2002 from an orphanage in Battambang, Cambodia.Jolie credited Maddox with convincing her to make the film after it languished for years.'He was the one who just called it and said he was ready and that he wanted to work on it, which he did. He read the script, helped with notes, and was in the production meetings,' Jolie recently told The Guardian. Jolie spoke out against US President Donald Trump's immigration ban on Thursday in an op-ed piece published in The New York Times.She urged the US to address the refugee crisis 'based on facts, not fear'.'Refugees are men, women and children caught in the fury of war, or the cross hairs of persecution. Far from being terrorists, they are often the victims of terrorism themselves,' she wrote.First They Killed My Father will premiere in Siem Reap, Cambodia on February 18.It will be released globally on Netflix later this year.
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Angelina Jolie: Trump's refugee ban is 'playing with fire'
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2017 11:41
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Angelina Jolie, a longtime advocate for refugees worldwide, has penned a pointed memo to President Donald Trump about his refugee ban."Acting out of fear is not our way. Targeting the weakest does not show strength," the mother of six wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times, proceeding to debunk Trump's border security rhetoric."It is simply not true that our borders are overrun or that refugees are admitted to the United States without close scrutiny," writes Jolie, who is the special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "And in fact only a minuscule fraction — less than 1 percent — of all refugees in the world are ever resettled in the United States or any other country. There are more than 65 million refugees and displaced people worldwide."Jolie's latest op-ed is a rare public statement from the actress since she began divorce proceedings from husband Brad Pitt last September, though last May she addressed Trump's "politics of fear" while abroad. Jolie's father, Jon Voight, was a vocal Trump supporter throughout his campaign.A definitive list of celebrity stances on Trump's controversial immigration order.In her essay, Jolie goes on to note that "refugees are in fact subject to the highest level of screening of any category of traveler to the United States. This includes months of interviews, and security checks carried out by the F.B.I., the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department."
She continues: "The truth is that even if the numbers of refugees we take in are small, and we do the bare minimum, we do it to uphold the United Nations conventions and standards we fought so hard to build after World War II, for the sake of our own security."By sending a message that it is acceptable to close the door to refugees, or to discriminate on the basis of religion, she argues, "we are playing with fire," she says, risking "a free-for-all in which even more refugees are denied a home, guaranteeing more instability, hatred and violence."Jolie also strikes down the notion that refugees granted access to the U.S. are inherently dangerous, noting "only the most vulnerable people are put forward for resettlement in the first place: survivors of torture, and women and children at risk or who might not survive without urgent, specialized medical assistance. "The actress, who adopted three of her and Pitt's six children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam, put her argument in the most personal of terms."As the mother of six children, who were all born in foreign lands and are proud American citizens, I very much want our country to be safe for them, and all our nation’s children. But I also want to know that refugee children who qualify for asylum will always have a chance to plead their case to a compassionate America.And that we can manage our security without writing off citizens of entire countries — even babies — as unsafe to visit our country by virtue of geography or religion.
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Angelina Jolie Makes Rare Outing in Malibu
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- Published on Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:24
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Angelina Jolie looks super stylish as she steps out on Saturday afternoon (January 28) in Malibu, Calif.The 41-year-old actress and director rocked leather pants and sunglasses as she spent the afternoon shopping with her eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne (not pictured).Angelina has been staying out of the spotlight as much as possible since she announced her separation from husband Brad Pitt.Over the holidays, Angelina and her six kids were spotted enjoying some time in the snow in Colorado.
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'A lot of secrets are going to come out!': Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie documentary set to 'reveal reasons behind their divorce'
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- Published on Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:39
- Written by Daily mail
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship is to be the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Ian Halperin.The 52-year-old investigative journalist has promised to expose the intimate details behind their break-up and has claimed the Hollywood duo were estranged for more than a year before their split in September 2016.A source told The Sun: 'This is the definitive film about Brangelina and a lot of secrets are going to come out.'Ian has covered every cough and spit of their relationship and will reveal the real reasons behind Angelina filing for divorce.'The biggest shock will be his claim that the couple were apart for more than a year prior to their break-up.'Brad, 53, and Angelina, 41, are currently in the midst of a bitter, high-profile divorce and the documentary has been described as 'the last thing they need'. Meanwhile, Brad is reportedly 'much happier' because he has been 'spending more time' with his children in recent weeks.The Fury star is feeling more upbeat since he has started seeing his kids - Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - more often.A source said: 'He seems to have a more positive outlook. Things seem much better now ... He can spend more time with them ...'He seems much happier. He has missed his kids terribly. The kids are his whole world. It's all he cares about.'And the Hollywood star is happy to work with his estranged wife in the hope it will make the split easier on their children.The insider said: 'Brad is willing to work with Angie so they can have peace for the kids. What it ultimately comes down to is that he just wants to be with the kids.'Earlier this month, the former couple released their first joint statement since the actress filed for divorce in September.They signed agreements to keep court documents sealed in their custody battle and divorce proceedings to protect the privacy of their six children. The estranged couple said in a statement obtained by DailyMail.com: 'The parties and their counsel have signed agreements to preserve the privacy rights of their children and family by keeping all court documents confidential and engaging a private judge to make any necessary legal decisions and to facilitate the expeditious resolution of any remaining issues.''The parents are committed to act as a united front to effectuate recovery and reunification,' the statement concluded. The 53-year-old is currently allowed supervised visitation with his kids - Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - under the terms of a temporary agreement with estranged wife Jolie. Private judges are often used in high-profile divorce cases, keeping many details of a breakup out of the public eye while a final judgment is negotiated. The Maleficent star recently slammed Brad in court documents while agreeing to his request that documents relating to their custody battle be sealed from public view.The Moneyball actor filed documents last month that accused the actress of compromising the privacy of their brood.He claimed in court docs that Jolie 'appears to be determined to ignore even agreed upon standards relating to the children's best interest, and ... is attempting to clear the way to put in the public eye any allegations she can, without regard to the impact on the minor children.'The Oscar-winning actress slammed his statements as audacious in her own response paperwork.In the documents, she accused Brad of lashing out because he's 'terrified that the public will learn the truth' about his behavior behind closed doors.The Inglorious Basterds star was exonerated in November by officials with the FBI and Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, amid accusations he was physically abusive to Maddox during a Europe-bound flight in September.'There is little doubt that [Brad] would prefer to keep the entire case private, particularly given the detailed investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Dept. of Children and Family Services into allegation of abuse,' the actress said in court docs.Jolie added that the Fight Club star is trying to 'deflect from [his] own role in the media storm which has engulfed the ... children.' Pitt and Jolie were married for two years and together for 12 years after becoming close while filming 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Both actors have kept a relatively low profile since their breakup was announced, although Pitt made an appearance onstage at Sunday's Golden Globes to spirited applause.Meanwhile, a source with Page Six claimed that Brad's most recent public appearance was swift, as the actor promptly went home after appearing onstage and skipped the festive afterparties.
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Angelina Jolie to donate entire Mon Guerlain salary to charity
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2017 12:23
- Written by Indian Times
Actress Angelina Jolie will reportedly donate the entire salary that she earns from her being the face of new fragrance campaign, Mon Guerlain to charity.The 41-year-old star has not disclosed the name of the charity she will hand over the funds to, reported FemaleFirst.It is also been said that Jolie may give the collected amount to the UN Refugee Agency, of which she is a Special Envoy or the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.The scent has been named, "Notes of a Woman" and Jacques Guerlain's spokesperson said, "We create perfumes for the women we admire."The perfume endorsement is Jolie's first huge campaign since she filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.
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