Angelina Jolie Photographed on First Day of Myanmar Visit
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 July 2015 19:23
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie-Pitt stops for a photo outside of the Myanmar Parliament Building on Tuesday (July 28) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.The 40-year-old actress, director, and activist was taking a meeting with the Speaker of the lower house, the Burmese House of Representatives, Mr. Thura Shwe Mann during the first day of her visit to the area.“I am looking forward to meeting with many people including women’s groups, civil society, displaced people and youth, to learn firsthand from them about their concerns and hopes for the future of their country,” Angelina told People. “With elections on the horizon in November, it is an important moment for people to exercise their democratic rights and help to address the fundamental issues critical to a peaceful future.” Angelina is a Special Envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees since her appointment in 2012.
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Angelina Jolie Losing Adopted Daughter Zahara to Birth Mother: Could Stress of Adoption Cause Brad Pitt and Angie Divorce?
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- Published on Sunday, 26 July 2015 12:11
- Written by Celeb dirty laundry
Is Angelina Jolie going to lose her adopted daughter Zahara? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly on the verge of a divorce – the couple has been fighting like cats and dogs for months. According to a bombshell new report from The National Enquirer, one of the issues that is tearing Brad and Angie apart is their 10 year old adopted daughter Zahara. Angelina is a basket case, and making everyone in the Jolie-Pitt house’s lives a living hell because she is scared that Zahara’s birth mother could take the child back, and Zahara wants to go!Angelia Jolie’s adoption of Zahara when she was just six months old has always been surrounded by scandal and controversy. Zahara was malnourished and on her death bed when Angie brought her back to the US, and nursed her back to health. It was originally reported that Zahara’s 18 year old mother died from AIDS, so she was an orphan. However, after the adoption had been finalized Zahara’s mother Mentewab Dawit came forward and revealed that she had not died, and her family gave her daughter away to be adopted because she ran away from home and they could no longer care for her.There has always been doubts about the validity of Zahara’s adoption after it was revealed that her birth mother was actually alive – and now that Zahara is older, she keeps telling Angelina that she wants to go home to Ethiopia to live with her “real mother.” That’s not unusual for adopted children, but it is concerning for Angelina since Zahara’s mother is very much alive – and it is unclear whether her adoption is even legitimate.
Brad and Angelina can’t seem to see eye to eye on how to raise their six children. An inside source dished to National Enquirer, “The kids flipped out when Vivienne landed a role in her mother’s film “Malificent.” Yet another bone of contention is that Shiloh has been tagging along with her mother on humanitarian work around the globe. Brad believes that Angie may be putting Shiloh in danger by taking her to refugee camps. Add this to Zahara’s desire to return to Ethiopia and it could set off the fight to end all fights.” It really is no surprise that Brad and Angelina are caving under the pressure of raising their six very different kids. But, a divorce is just going to make matters worse and damage the kids even more. Do you think that Angelina could lose her daughter Zahara after raising her for 10 years? Could the strain of Zahara’s adoption situation cause Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to break up? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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Angelina Jolie inspired women for breast cancer tests
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- Published on Sunday, 26 July 2015 09:25
- Written by Zee News
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's decision to get both her breasts removed after testing positive for a gene associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer has inspired many women to go for similar genetic testing, says a study.Jolie received widespread media attention two years ago when she told the public that she had tested positive for the gene BRCA1."Women who identified strongly with Jolie were more likely to get the genetic testing regardless of whether they had a family history of cancer than women who did have a family history of cancer but did not identify with Jolie," said study lead author Kami Kosenko, associate professor of communication at North Carolina State University in the US."The same was true of women who felt they had some sort of parasocial relationship with Jolie, meaning they viewed her as a friend. This means that Jolie's speaking out definitely had an impact," Kosenko said.The findings suggest that when it comes to a celebrity's impact on the public, that impact depends in part on the extent to which the public identifies with the celebrity."We put a questionnaire online within three days of Jolie's announcement, to see if the announcement influenced anyone's intention to get genetic testing," Kosenko said.For the study, 356 people from across the US completed the questionnaire, of which 295 were aware of Jolie's announcement.Of the 229 female study participants, researchers found that 30 percent intended to get tested to see if they carried the BRCA1 gene.
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Angelina Jolie Pitt to Direct ‘Cambodia’ Movie With Netflix
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 17:34
- Written by Variety
Angelina Jolie Pitt is the latest top-tier talent to go the digital route, as the multihyphenate is working with Netflix on “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” a film she will direct for the studio.The pic is based on a memoir from Cambodian author and human-rights activist Loung Ung about surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime.Jolie Pitt will direct and produce the Netflix project from a script she co-adapted with Ung. Cambodian director and producer Rithy Panh, helmer of the Oscar-nominated foreign-language film “The Missing Picture,” will also be a producer.The film will be made available to members of the streaming service in late 2016 and will be submitted to major international festivals.Ung was 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge regime assumed power over Cambodia in 1975 and began a four-year reign of terror and genocide in which nearly 2 million Cambodians died. Forced from her family’s home in Phnom Penh, Ung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans while her six siblings were sent to labor camps. Ung survived and wrote “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” which was first published in 2000. Jolie Pitt read the book and contacted Ung over a decade ago. They became close friends and later adapted the screenplay together.“I was deeply affected by Loung’s book,” Jolie Pitt said. “It deepened forever my understanding of how children experience war and are affected by the emotional memory of it. And it helped me draw closer still to the people of Cambodia, my son’s homeland. It is a dream come true to be able to adapt this book for the screen, and I’m honored to work alongside Loung and filmmaker Rithy Panh.”Jolie Pitt’s Cambodian-born son, Maddox, will also be involved in the production of the film.
Netflix’s global reach was a major factor in Jolie Pitt’s desire to partner with the streaming service. “Films like this are hard to watch but important to see,” said Jolie Pitt. “They are also hard to get made. Netflix is making this possible, and I am looking forward to working with them and excited that the film will reach so many people.” The film will be released in both Khmer and English.“We are proud to be working with Angelina Jolie in bringing this emotionally powerful and ultimately uplifting story exclusively to Netflix members around the world,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. “Loung Ung’s incredible journey is a testament to the human spirit and its ability to transcend even the toughest circumstances.”“Angelina and I met in 2001 in Cambodia, and immediately, I trusted Angelina’s heart,” Ung said. “Through the years, we have become close friends, and my admiration for Angelina as a woman, a mother, a filmmaker and a humanitarian has only grown. It is with great honor that I entrust my family’s story to Angelina to adapt into a film.”Jolie Pitt is in post-production on “By the Sea,” a drama she wrote and directed, as well as stars in with Brad Pitt; it will be released by Universal this year. Jolie Pitt recently directed Universal’s “Unbroken,” based on the life of Olympian and World War II POW survivor Louis Zamperini. She made her feature directorial debut with “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” She is repped by UTA and Media Talent Group.
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‘It was an incredibly brave thing to do - I understand her head space now I'm a mum’: Megan Gale on Angelina Jolie’s decision to have ovaries removed as she fronts cancer awareness campaign
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- Published on Monday, 20 July 2015 16:17
- Written by Daily mail
Megan Gale has spoken out in support of Angelina Jolie's decision to have her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed, saying she can empathise with the actress' 'head space' now that she is a mother herself.‘It was an incredibly brave thing to do and I can definitely understand that head space now that I am a mum myself,’ Megan, 39, told Daily Mail Australia.‘I think you’ve got to be mindful of doing what’s best for your children when you become a mum and you want to be in optimum health so you can look after your child to your best ability… if my kids don’t have me then their quality of life is reduced.’Angelina Jolie made headlines in March after having her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed, after tests revealed she had the BRCA1 gene that gave her a 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.Jolie was open about her surgery, writing a lengthy opinion piece in the New York Times explaining why she decided to do it and the importance of staying healthy for her six children.Supermodel Gale is fronting her fifth ovarian cancer awareness campaign for L'Oreal Paris with the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.The campaign is named #10HOURS, in recognition of how one Australian woman dies every 10 hours from ovarian cancer, and is designed to raise both awareness and funds for the disease, which has no early detection test. Launching on Tuesday, it calls for high profile media influencers to upload an image of themselves wearing the official OCRF #10HOURS T-shirt to social media.
Gale said that while she can relate to the mums who are suffering from ovarian cancer, one of the scariest things for her is that it can occur at any age: ‘It doesn’t discriminate… I’ve met a lot of women who have lived with and are fighting this disease and some of them are in their early twenties,’ she said.‘There is no certain age where you need to be mindful, it can happen to anyone at any time…it’s scary.’‘I’ve been working with the OCRF for a few years now and it’s been a role I’ve been very humbled to be a part of,’ Gale told Daily Mail Australia.‘I didn’t know much about the disease at all before I started working with L’Oreal and with it being so close to their heart, I learned a lot about it, and one of the things that shocked me the most was the scary statistic that one woman dies every 10 hours from it.’ Gale says that the main goal of the 2015 campaign is to work on spreading awareness so funds can be raised and go towards detection technology and research.‘Even though the awareness has been heightened over the years, there is still no early detection so it can’t be prevented even if women are diligent with their check-ups,’ Gale said.‘Our main aim is to really drive home the importance of raising funds so that we can develop the test to detect it earlier and hopefully reduce that statistic and get on top of it.’The OCRF social media campaign will continue for the rest of July and throughout August.
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