Angelina Jolie to teach at London School of Economics on women in conflict
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- Published on Monday, 23 May 2016 17:05
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Hollywood actress and former UK foreign minister William Hague become visiting professors after joint campaign to end sexual violence against women in conflict.Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is to join the London School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women, peace and security, the school announced on Monday.The LSE said the course, which starts next year, is the first of its kind globally and will be run by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security which was launched last year by Jolie and Britain's former foreign secretary, William Hague."It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women's rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict," Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), said in a statement."I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students, as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations."Hague will also be joining LSE as a visiting professor.The Oscar-winning actress and Hague have become an unlikely double-act on campaigning to end sexual violence against women in conflict.The partnership was sparked by Jolie's 2011 directorial debut "In the Land of Blood and Honey" that was set against the backdrop of the 1992-95 Bosnian war in which an estimated 20,000 women were believed to have been raped.The pair co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative in 2012 to rally global action on such crimes, increase the numbers of perpetrators brought to justice and ensure better support for survivors.They co-hosted the first global conference on the issue in London in 2014.Hague said the new course would help underpin their work by developing research to help tackle the culture of impunity. (Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, which covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, corruption and climate change. Visit news.trust.org to see more stories.)
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The Craft could have starred Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Silverstone
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- Published on Saturday, 21 May 2016 14:43
- Written by Entertainment Weekly
A very different group of girls could’ve been the ones to play light as a feather, stiff as a board in The Craft.To celebrate The Craft’s 20th anniversary, The Huffington Post assembled some of the film’s cast and crew for an oral history of the cult classic. One of those people was casting director Pam Dixon, who spoke about the many, many actresses she screen tested to fill out The Craft’s collection of weirdos — including a few famous faces.“We did these tests, and we tested a lot of girls, some of whom have become really well-known,” Dixon told The Huffington Post. “We actually had a hold on somebody that we had to let go because she got offered another film, and we didn’t know if the movie was really happening. That girl was Angelina Jolie. She did Foxfire instead. Another person who came in was Scarlett Johansson, who was just 12 at the time. The other girl was Alicia Silverstone. This would have been ’95. She had just shot Clueless, but it had not come out. Alicia also got something between the time that we read them and the time we were really going to make the movie, so we couldn’t pick her up either and she went to do something else. They were all really for Sarah.”
Instead, the role of Sarah went to Robin Tunney, with Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, and Rachel True rounding out the coven.Producer Doug Wick also gave an update on the upcoming sequel, which Sony Pictures first announced last year, with horror director Leigh Janiak set to direct.“It’s not so much a remake — it’s sort of saying young women exploring their power, what would that be like right now?” Wick explained. “Obviously it’s an incredibly relevant, exciting subject, so we hired a really great female writer/director, Leigh Janiak, who also has a talented writing partner. We were only going to explore it if there was an exciting way to go, and they came in with [something] very fresh — a new group of girls, much more of this era, who begin some explorations with power that they don’t understand. They had just incredibly compelling ideas for a way to make a new, exciting, surprising movie for teenage girls.”!
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Angelina Jolie flies into Los Angeles with son Knox, seven, and brother James Haven... after UK plea to do more for refugees
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- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2016 03:53
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Angelina Jolie flew back into LA from London on Tuesday accompanied not by her husband Bard Pitt but by her brother James Haven.The actress and director brought with her one of her seven-year-old twins, Knox Jolie-Pitt.The movie star, 40, traveled in a white cotton dress that fell to her ankles and she paired it with black boots and a black jacket.Angelina kept sunglasses on despite the fact it was night outside when she touched down in the City of Angels.She wheeled her own carry-on luggage as her son walked beside her carrying a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet.Knox wore a matching black and white jacket along with dark pants and black shoes with white soles.James, 43, was dressed in jeans with a baggy long-sleeved dark gray tip and socks with sandals.He wore a baseball cap and sunglasses, too, and carried a large brown leather holdall. The three appear to have returned stateside from Europe alone, as not seen were Angelina's other children - daughters Shiloh, nine, Zahara, 11, and Knox's twin Vivienne and sons Maddox, 14, and Pax, 12. The Oscar winning actress arrived back in Los Angeles after giving a live interview and remarks about the refugee crisis in a special program aired on the BBC.During her televised appearance in front of a studio audience in London on Monday, the Tomb Raider star slammed Donald Trump's comments against Muslims.She said the presumptive Republican nominee's stance did not match her vision of America.She also spoke for 17 minutes about the refugee crisis, expressing her concern that the support system is breaking down.'Over 60 million people are displaced today - more than any time in the last 70 years. That is one in every 122 people,' she said. 'This tells us something deeply worrying about the peace and security of our world.' Meanwhile, her husband Brad, 52, is filming the World War Two drama Allied in England before staying on in the UK to make his World War Z sequel.
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Angelina Jolie Slams Trump's Anti-Muslim Remarks
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 04:04
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Angelina Jolie Pitt gives the keynote speech at BBC’s live event on the global refugee crisis on Monday (May 16) in London, England.The 40-year-old actress and UNHCR Special Envoy was asked to comment on presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s thoughts on Muslims.“To me, America is built on people from around the world coming together for freedoms, especially freedom of religion. So it’s hard to hear this is coming from someone who is pressing to be an American president,” Angelina said while shaking her head (via CNN).
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Angelina Jolie Fights to Help Refugees During World on the Move Day Speech
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 04:05
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Angelina Jolie spoke at the BBC’s World on the Move day to shed light on different issues involving migration around the globe.The actress, director, and activist spoke about refugees, and the “breakdown” of the system.“The number of conflicts and scale of displacement had grown so large,” Angelina said in her passionate speech. “This tells us something deeply worrying about the peace and security of the world…The average time a person will be displaced is now nearly 20 years.”
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