'I've never seen anything like this': Angelina Jolie visits flood-ravaged Pakistan and calls for more international aid as she meets victims
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- Published on Friday, 23 September 2022 15:54
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Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has said the flood disaster in Pakistan should be a 'wake-up call' for the world regarding climate change, calling for more international aid after meeting with victims.Pakistan has been lashed by unprecedented monsoon downpours that flooded a third of the country - an area the size of the United Kingdom - and killed nearly 1,600 people, according to the latest government figures.More than seven million people have been displaced, many living in makeshift tents without protection from mosquitoes, and often with little access to clean drinking water or washing facilities.'I've never seen anything like this,' said Jolie, who previously visited Pakistan to meet the victims of the devastating 2010 floods and a deadly 2005 earthquake, in footage released on Thursday.'I am absolutely with you in pushing the international community to do more... I think this is a real wake-up call to the world about where we are at,' she told a meeting of civil and military officials in the capital Islamabad.'Climate change is not only real and it's not only coming, it's very much here.'Jolie, who represents the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visited southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected areas, where she met with displaced flood victims living in camps.The United Nations has warned of a 'second disaster' from diseases such as dengue, malaria, cholera and diarrhoea, as well as from malnutrition.'I have been speaking to people and thinking that if enough aid doesn't come, they won't be here in the next few weeks, they won't make it,' said Jolie.Scientists have linked the record-breaking monsoon rains to climate change.In February, the UN released its gravest report on climate change yet, saying the window of opportunity to save the planet is 'rapidly closing.' The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report claimed that rising temperatures are now affecting all living things. The report said if global warming isn't limited to just another couple tenths of a degree, an Earth now struck regularly by deadly heat, fires, floods and drought in future decades will degrade in 127 ways with some being 'potentially irreversible'.'The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,' the report said. Delaying cuts in heat-trapping carbon emissions and waiting on adapting to warming's impacts, it warns, 'will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.' Today's children who may still be alive in the year 2100 are going to experience four times more climate extremes than they do now even with only a few more tenths of a degree of warming over today's heat. But if temperatures increase nearly 2 more degrees Celsius from now (3.4 degrees Fahrenheit) they would feel five times the floods, storms, drought and heat waves, according to the collection of scientists at the IPCC.Already at least 3.3 billion people's daily lives 'are highly vulnerable to climate change' and 15 times more likely to die from extreme weather, the report says.
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Angelina Jolie set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan to 'witness and gain understanding' of humanitarian crisis considered 'worst disaster of this decade'
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2022 04:59
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Angelina Jolie is set for yet another humanitarian effort as she will be visiting Pakistan which has been ravaged by floods amid a devastating humanitarian crisis. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a statement on Monday that the 47-year-old actress will be arriving in the South Asian country to draw attention to the natural disaster which is threatening the lives of millions. Jolie 'is visiting to witness and gain understanding of the situation, and to hear from people affected directly about their needs, and about steps to prevent such suffering in the future,' according to the statement.The floods were caused by a record of monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan's northern mountain regions which have submerged a third of the country's land.The death toll from the deluge itself has touched 1,559, including 551 children and 318 women, which does not include the disease deaths, the country's disaster management agency said. An intense and long monsoon dumped around three times as much rain on Pakistan than on average in recent weeks, flooded large swathes of the country. The torrential monsoon was a one in a hundred-year event likely made more intense by climate change, scientists say. Pakistan's minister for climate change Sherry Rehman described the situation as 'the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade.' As they are asking for urgent international help in providing food, tents, and medicines, Jolie will visit the IRC's response operations and local organizations which are assisting the displaced people. The statement said that the A-lister 'will see first hand how countries like Pakistan are paying the greatest cost for a crisis they did not cause. 'The IRC hopes her visit will shed light on this issue and prompt the international community – particularly states contributing the most to carbon emissions – to act and provide urgent support to countries bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.'This will be Jolie's third visit to the country according to the IRC as she had visited in 2005 and 2010 following natural disasters. On Tuesday it was reported that at least nine more people died from water-borne diseases that have attacked tens of thousands of displaced people living in areas devastated by the Pakistan floods, officials said, warning they risked losing control of the spread of infections. Hundreds of people may have died from diseases spreading after the flooding, authorities in the southern Sindh region said, with villagers there saying potable water shortages meant they were drinking and cooking with flood water. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the 'wave of disease and death' has a 'potential for a second disaster' following the flooding.Standing water enables mosquitoes to breed and spread vector- borne diseases such as malaria and dengue, it said. As flood waters spread over hundreds of kilometers start to recede, which officials say may take two to six months, stagnant waters have led to diseases like malaria, dengue fever, diarrhoea and skin problems, mainly in Sindh - the worst hit by the floods. The Sindh provincial government said nine people died of gastroenteritis, acute diarrhoea and suspected malaria on Monday. It has reported a total of 318 deaths from diseases since July 1. The report said over 72,000 patients were treated on Monday at makeshift or mobile hospitals set up in flood-hit regions. Over 2.7 million people have been treated at these facilities since July 1, the report said.Jolie is as known for her humanitarian efforts as she is her acting due to all the work she has done over decades including in Cambodia. Jolie's family has strong ties to the country as she adopted eldest child Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, 21, from the country and even founded a non-profit charity organization dedicated to environmental security, improving health, and creating peace and stability in all communities in his name called the Maddox Jolie-Pitt (MJP) Foundation.Angelina first witnessed the effects of the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Cambodia while filming 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. She later bought a home in the country in 2003 in order to connect son Maddox with his heritage in an area which had become infiltrated with poachers and threatened endangered species so she purchased it and turned it into a wildlife reserve paving the way for the MJP foundation. In recognition of her conservation efforts King Norodom Sihamoni awarded her Cambodian citizenship on July 31, 2005.Jolie has also served more than two decades as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador for over two decades.
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Grapes of wrath! Angelina Jolie's former company sues Brad Pitt for $250MILLION claiming he 'stole' their French wine business from her and secretly moved assets to friends and vanity projects to ensure she'd 'never see a dime' of its profits
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:57
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Angelina Jolie's former company is suing Brad Pitt for $250million for allegedly stealing their wine business from her. A cross-complaint filed today by Nouvel LLC is a legal clap-back after Pitt sued Jolie claiming she illegally sold her stake in Chateau Miraval, a French castle and wine brand. Jolie held her shares of the wine company through her firm, Nouvel, but sold it to beverage giant Stoli last year. Nouvel's filing claims Pitt tried to 'secretly move assets' from their co-owned business to his friends and other companies, spent 'millions on vanity projects' including $1million on a swimming pool and more on a recording studio, and gave away half the company's trademarks to a friend for free. The lawsuit seeks damages of at least $250million. Jolie's former company claims Pitt's alleged scheme meant she would 'never see a dime' of Chateau Miraval's 'tens of millions of dollars in profits.' 'In retaliation for the divorce and custody proceedings, Pitt embarked on a multi-faceted, years-long campaign to seize control of Chateau Miraval and appropriate the company's assets for his benefit and that of his own companies and friends,' the lawsuit says. 'Appointing himself the rightful owner of Chateau Miraval, his twin objectives were to usurp the value of Jolie's company, Nouvel, and to obtain sole ownership of Chateau Miraval.' Nouvel's lawsuit claims that 'Ever since his former wife, Angelina Jolie, filed for divorce from him in 2016, Brad Pitt has been waging a vindictive war against her' and says the lawsuit aims to 'seek redress for the illegal and malicious actions of Pitt and his allies to injure Nouvel by devaluing its investments'. The suit says that she wanted to sell her half to him when they split, but Pittallegedly tried to add gag clauses about their fights in the contract. 'Pitt knew that much of Jolie's wealth and liquidity were tied up in Nouvel and used that fact to try to force Jolie to agree to his unreasonable terms,' it says. She eventually sold Nouvel, including her wine company stake, to international beverage company Stoli Group. The lawsuit claims Pitt refused to work with the new co-owner and spread 'lies' that its owner, Yuri Shefler' is 'an ally of Vladimir Putin' – when in fact the company has sued the Russian government and Shefler was allegedly the subject of a kidnap attempt orchestrated by the Kremlin. The lawsuit adds that Pitt's scheme to hive off the wine company 'was aided by his allies, including Chateau Miraval directors Gary Bradbury, Roland Venturini, and Warren Grant, and his business partners, Marc Perrin, Familles Perrin, and Miraval Provence.' 'Nouvel filed a criminal complaint in France against Bradbury and Venturini for putting Chateau Miraval's assets to a use that they know is against the interest of the corporation, in bad faith,' the document says.
Pitt's business associates are also the subject of a criminal complaint filed by Nouvel in France, according to the cross-complaint. Jolie and Pitt bought the chateau together in 2008 and used it as their 2014 wedding venue. The southern French castle has 35 rooms and 1,300 acres of grounds and vineyards. The couple bought it for $25million in 2008 by purchasing the Luxembourg company, Quimicum, in which it is held.Initially, Pitt's firm Mondo Bongo had 60% of the shares and Jolie's Nouvel had 40%. But Nouvel's lawsuit says that 'the couple always intended that Pitt and Jolie would be equal owners', and in 2013 Pitt 'voluntarily' transferred 10% of his shares to her. Pitt has launched a lawsuit in Luxembourg claiming that 10% transfer was invalid. That case is pending. They stayed business partners despite their divorce, until last year when Jolie sold her stake in October 2021 to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of Stoli Group. The two Hollywood stars each owned their half of the wine company through their own LLCs: Mondo Bongo LLC for Brad and Nouvel LLC for Angelina. Pitt sued her in June claiming that she 'sought to inflict harm' on him and that she had agreed not to sell her share without his consent. His lawsuit describes Chateau Miraval as 'one of the world's most highly regarded producers of rosé wine' and a 'multimillion-dollar global business'. He claims Jolie contributed 'nothing to Miraval's success' and that her buyer Shefler was 'bent on taking control of Miraval.' 'Jolie has sought to force Pitt into partnership with a stranger, and worse yet, a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions,' his lawsuit said. But according to Jolie's ex-company's counter-claim filed today in a Los Angeles court, that's just sour grapes. Her suit even accuses Pitt and his colleagues of profligate spending on the firm's dime. 'Pitt, Bradbury, and Venturini improperly diverted millions in dividends paid to Chateau Miraval from the Miraval Provence wine business to personal projects that lacked any legitimate business purpose, including spending over a million euros of the business' funds on a swimming pool and close to three million euros on 'garment works',' her lawsuit said.
'Pitt also spent Chateau Miraval's money on personal projects apparently for the benefit of Pitt and Mondo Bongo's other portfolio investments, including a recording studio on the Miraval estate, which Pitt structured so that Nouvel has no direct ownership interest.' Nouvel’s lawsuit claims that Jolie never saw ‘a dime’ of Chateau Miraval’s ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in profits. It claims Pitt and his associates instead ‘improperly diverted millions in dividends’ to ‘personal projects’ including a swimming pool, ‘garment work’ and a recording studio. ‘What Brad’s doing is out of spite for his ex wife,’ a source close to Nouvel told DailyMail.com. ‘Most of the world would consider this theft, although Nouvel aren’t claiming theft here. ‘He’s basically just seized control of Chateau Miraval and is doing whatever he wants, including spending the profits that should’ve gone up to Jolie when she owned Nouvel, wasting them on his own pet vanity projects.’ Jolie and Pitt - whose marriage collapsed in 2016 - are parents to six children. Aside from Maddox, now 21, they also share twins Knox and Vivienne, 14, as well as daughters Shiloh, 16, Zahara, 17, and son Pax, 18. Although Jolie reportedly still has custody of the children, Pitt 'pushes to see them as often as possible wherever they all are in the world,' the insider said. 'Brad cherishes every moment he gets with the kids. He loves being a parent and has tried to make the best of a tricky situation given how hostile it's been with Angelina.' Since Pitt and Jolie began squabbling over custody, Pax and Maddox have reached adulthood, and Zahara will join them in January. When his marriage disintegrated, Pitt quit drinking, and shortly thereafter he told GQ that before he dried out 'I can't remember a day since I got out of college where I wasn't boozing or had a spliff, or something.'
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Angelina Jolie and her son Pax, 18, shop for dog supplies in LA... after working together on her fifth directorial effort Without Blood
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 September 2022 06:30
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Oscar winner Angelina Jolie and her son Pax Thien stopped by The Urban Pet in Los Angeles on Sunday to pick up a dog bed and other supplies. The 47-year-old LA native watched on as the Vietnamese-born 18-year-old hauled a $35 Precision Pet Products 'ProValu' two-door dog crate into their waiting black SUV. A bodyguard hovered over Angelina, who was dressed casually in a white T-shirt with black flared silky slacks and matching platform sandals.Pax - whom Angelina and estranged third husband Brad Pitt adopted in 2007 - sported an Awake NY paisley-purple cap with a beige T-shirt, black baggy pants, and white canvas shoes.Last month, Jolie told People that Pax 'worked hard' shooting stills on the Italian set of her fifth feature directorial effort Without Blood where he worked in the assistant director department.The trauma drama - starring Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir - is a big-screen adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's 2002 novel, which 'had a profound effect on' the Eternals action star. 'I read it right as I was going through the beginning of a very dark time in my life. I read it in the month that followed my divorce [in 2016],' Angelina told Variety last month.'This film raises different questions. There is no clear good and bad in this film, even though there is clearly bad, horrible, horrific and criminal behavior.' An FBI report from 2016 recently leaked where Jolie alleged that the 58-year-old Oscar winner assaulted her, poured a beer on her, and fought with their then 15-year-old son Maddox Chivan on a private plane. The former Hollywood wild child provided images of her injured hand and elbow to the FBI as part of the investigation, and the FBI/LA County Department of Children and Family Services cleared Pitt of any charges two months later. The couple formerly known as 'Brangelina' share joint custody of four underage children including 17-year-old daughter Zahara Marley, who's a freshman at Spelman College in Atlanta.Brad and Angelina are parents of 16-year-old daughter Shiloh Nouvel, who's spent the past few years learning dance from choreographer Hamilton Evans. Jolie and Pitt's youngest children are 14-year-old fraternal twins Vivienne and Knox, and their eldest 21-year-old son Maddox is attending Yonsei University in Seoul. The humanitarian and the Bullet Train action star famously tied the knot in 2014 after portraying a married couple on the 2004 set of spy flick Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which prompted his 2005 divorce from Jennifer Aniston.
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Angelina Jolie looks angelic in a white frock as she shops for plants with son Knox, 14, in Los Angeles
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- Published on Monday, 29 August 2022 05:30
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Angelina Jolie looked radiant as she stepped out in Los Angeles on Saturday with son Konx, 14, in Los Angeles.The 47-year-old movie star was dressed in a white sundress as she shopped for plants with the teen.Always effortlessly chic, the beauty teamed her outfit with a pair of dark-tinted aviator sunglasses. The veteran filmmaker's look boasted wide straps that were tightly scrunched with an elastic material.It was fitted around her chest before extending into a loose-fitting long skirt that cropped at her calves.The mother-of-six punctuated her weekend ensemble with a pair of white Valentino slip-on flats.She bared a multi-rowed tribal tattoo inked on her left arm as she spent on-on-one time with her son.The longtime entertainer wore her brunette locks in a center part with the luscious tressed blown straight.She carried a chic brown leather purse over her shoulder while scoping out greenery at a local retailer.Knox wore a graphic print t-shirt with black sweatpants and a pair of white and grey sneakers.It was recently revealed that Angelina was the 'Jane Doe' who sued the FBI after an investigation into her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 58, was closed.The inquire claimed he poured beer on her, injured her, and fought with son Maddox in 2016.A recent leaked FBI report offered further details regarding Pitt's behavior during the well-documented mid-air row with Jolie.The report, released earlier this month, alleges he told Jolie one of her adopted children 'looked like a f**king Columbine kid' and said she was 'ruining the family' during an argument aboard their private jet.Pitt's alleged comment appeared to be in reference to the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, which saw 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder twelve children and a teacher in Colorado.Jolie and Pitt - whose marriage collapsed in 2016 following the in-flight incident - are parents to six children. They share daughter Shiloh, 16, twins Knox and Vivienne, 14, daughter Zahara, 17, as well as sons Maddox, 21, and Pax, 18.Three of their children are adopted from abroad - Zahara from Ethiopia, Pax from Vietnam and Maddox from Cambodia - and Angelina gave birth to the other three.The leaked document claims that Pitt clashed with Maddox during an allegedly drunken rage that turned into a 'verbal and physical fight' between the A-list actors.
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