Angelina Jolie Joins Foreign Secretary William Hague for Day Two of Global Summit!
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 16:36
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie steps out looking gorgeous as she attends day two of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict at ExCel on Wednesday (June 11) in London, England.The 39-year-old actress and humanitarian is co-hosting the four day conference alongside frequent collaborator, Foreign Secretary William Hague.The day before, Angelina rocked an all white ensemble to speak on stage during the opening of the Summit Fringe – Check out the highlights from day one below!
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Angelina Jolie Angers Chinese Fans Into Possible 'Maleficent' Boycott
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 12:39
- Written by Huffington post
The Chinese government softened for Angelina Jolie, letting her fiancé, Brad Pitt, into the country for the ongoing "Maleficent" press tour despite the fact that he was banned from China after filming "Seven Years In Tibet." Now, Jolie's the one on the outs with the nationalists.The Independent reports that the A-lister and UN Goodwill Ambassador recently “became the subject of controversy in China, after she labelled film director Ang Lee Taiwanese, not Chinese, inadvertently embroiling herself in complex cross-Strait relations.”It seems Jolie was asked by an AP reporter during a "Maleficent" press conference in Shanghai to name her favorite Chinese director. Her answer, reprinted in the Independent and the Wall Street Journal, was arguably carefully delivered:“I am not sure if you consider Ang Lee Chinese, he’s Taiwanese but he does many Chinese-language films with many Chinese artists and actors, and I think his works and the actors in his films are the ones I am most familiar with and very fond of,” she reportedly said.
The speech was “widely” disseminated across Chinese media, according to the Chinese-language news site ET Today. Those who took issue with it pounced on Jolie’s reference to Lee as Taiwanese.“By implying that Taiwan and China are two separate countries, in a moment of excitement, a brilliant woman [Jolie] became a stupid laughing stock,” said one Chinese Weibo user, according to the Independent. Another reportedly labelled Jolie a “deranged Taiwan independence supporter.”China has disputed the sovereignty of Taiwan since a rival government was established on the island in 1949, after the Chinese Civil War. Tensions have cooled, but China still sees Taiwan as a “renegade province” they are prepared to take by force, as the WSJ reports.“It’s not clear whether Ms. Jolie knew that she risked getting caught in the cross-Strait cross-fire,” continues the WSJ story, “but her comments certainly set off a volley of scathing comments among Chinese Internet users, with some threatening to boycott her movies for, as one put it, 'disrespecting China’s sovereignty.'"The movie has yet to open in China, but has held at number two in Taipei since its opening on May 30.Indeed, the WSJ reports, there’s been a “new surge in popularity” for the "Maleficent" star in Taiwan because of her comments. As the saying must go in the very large Jolie-Pitt household: you can’t win ‘em all.
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Angelina Jolie Calls for an End to Sexual Violence in Conflict Alongside Foreign Secretary William Hague
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:20
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie steps out to speak at the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict on Tuesday (June 10) in London, England.The 39-year-old actress and humanitarian is co-hosting the four day conference alongside frequent collaborator, Foreign Secretary William Hague.“This will be the greatest concentration of effort, of discussion and decision ever seen in combating sexual violence in conflict,” Secretary Hague told the crowd during their opening (via AFP).“Human Rights Watch’s own research shows that in Syria and Libya sexual violence against men has been part of the pattern of sexualised torture, particularly for men who are in detention or who are being held by the regime or militia,” Angelina added.
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Angelina Jolie, William Hague to open summit on rape in war
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 10:56
- Written by Yahoo ! News
Co-hosts Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague will on Tuesday open a four-day summit on ending sexual violence in conflict, the biggest meeting ever held on the subject.Senior officials from over 100 countries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, will join over 900 experts, NGOs, survivors and religious leaders at London's Excel Centre.Writing in London's Evening Standard newspaper, Kerry said delegates would work to "relegate sexual violence to the annals of history"."Sexual violence plagues every country," he wrote. "Acts of sexual violence demean our collective humanity."We will pool our expertise, diplomatic skills and resources toward the common goal of relegating sexual violence to the annals of history where it belongs."The top US diplomat insisted that sexual violence in armed conflict be treated as a major international crime and that every government deny safe haven to those who "commit these vile acts.""We must declare in unison: 'They can't run and they won't hide here'," he added.It was Jolie's film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" which first alerted Hague to the extent of sexual violence in conflict zones, he has said.The British cabinet minister and Hollywood A-Lister Jolie, a Special Envoy for the UN Commissioner for Refugees, have since visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bosnia as part of their campaign to bring the issue to the world's attention.
Jolie's 2011 film, which marked her directorial debut, is a love story told against the backdrop of the Bosnian war two decades ago, when according to Hague some 50,000 women were raped.Hague hopes the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which runs until Friday, will create "so much momentum that we begin to shatter the culture of impunity.""If women are still treated in this abhorrent way in times of war, they will never be treated as equals in times of peace, and that cannot be tolerated," he added.Journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima, survivor of sexual violence in Colombia's conflict, will be one of speakers."For the first time in history a world summit highlights and denounces a crime that is normally made invisible and is often silenced by the majority of states," she said.The stated aims of the conference are to "shatter the culture of impunity" by launching a new International Protocol, to take practical steps to reduce the dangers women face in conflict zones, to increase support for survivors of sexual violence and to "debunk the myth that rape in war is somehow inevitable or a lesser crime."Hague and Jolie will on Tuesday take part in meetings with youth delegates and on Wednesday are due to attend an event to launch the International Protocol.On Thursday, Hague will host delegations from over 100 countries and will chair a ministerial meeting on security in northern Nigeria.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (by video message) and US Secretary of State John Kerry will speak in a closing plenary session on Friday.There will also be over 140 free events open to the public as part of the three-day Global Summit Fringe, which runs until Thursday.The event will feature film, music, theatre and debate.
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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Scout Locations Together in Malta!
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:25
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie and her fiance Brad Pitt arrive via a yacht to the island of Gozo to scout some sights on the archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday (June 8) in Malta.The 39-year-old actress and 50-year-old actor were reportedly scouting locations in the area for an upcoming project in a quick 36-hour trip.The duo stayed at the Hotel Ta’ Cenc & Spa before departing the island on Monday (June 9) via private jet.In case you missed it, check out Angelina‘s moving speech at the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict that happened earlier today
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