Aly Raisman Says Meeting Angelina Jolie Was 'Light Moment' on Difficult Day of Senate Testimony
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- Published on Sunday, 26 September 2021 08:48
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The Olympic gold medalist tells PEOPLE (The TV Show!) that she hopes to team up with the Academy Award-winning actress to combat violence against women.Aly Raisman says it was "incredible" having Angelia Jolie in attendance at the U.S. Senate hearing regarding the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.In an interview with Kay Adams, host of PEOPLE (The TV Show!), the Olympic gold medalist, 27, confesses to being a tad starstruck when she first learned that the Academy Award winner, 46, wanted to meet her and the other Team USA gymnasts that testified on Sept. 17."I was like, 'What is my life that Angelina Jolie is watching our testimony and wants to meet us?' " recalls Raisman, whose Lifetime special From Darkness to Light premieres Friday. "In a very intense day, it was a nice light moment." Raisman and fellow gymnasts McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, Kaylee Lorincz, and Jessica Howard shared their stories at last Friday's hearing. Little did they know, however, that Jolie had been watching.Raisman tells PEOPLE (The TV Show!) that the group had just finished testifying when someone pulled her mother Lynn Raisman aside to tell her that Jolie had viewed their testimony and was interested in meeting the group: "We obviously said yes."After meeting, the group posed for a photo. Jolie shared the image on her Instagram page alongside an encouraging message for the girls."I was honored to meet with some of the brave US gymnasts who appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday," the actress wrote. "I'm in awe of their courage and commitment to preventing future failures to investigate abuse." "As Aly Raisman said in her testimony, 'Over 100 victims could have been spared the abuse. All we needed was one adult to do the right thing.' Sending support and respect to them, and to all who are reliving this trauma so that system reforms can occur," she added.Raisman tells PEOPLE (The TV Show!) that she feels "very validated" and "very supported" in wake of her testimony. She hopes that those subjected to Nassar's abuse will get some answers."I think it's going to take some time, but I felt things were a little bit different in a positive way last week. So hopefully we're going in the right direction." In the meantime, Raisman is looking forward to teaming up with Jolie in an effort to combat violence against women of all kinds. "And hopefully we can use both of our platforms to work together, to fight, to end abuse and end violence for women," she says.Aly Raisman: Darkness to Light premieres Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reach agreement on sale of shared assets which opens door for actress to sell off shares in $164M winery... but Pitt's recent lawsuit puts bump in the road
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- Published on Sunday, 26 September 2021 10:02
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in agreement on a recent decision to lift a 'standard temporary restraining order' on their assets, which was put in place during their divorce proceedings.According to ET, this allows the former couple to sell possessions owned during the span of their two year marriage, which seemingly opens the door for Jolie to offload her 50% shares of their French winery and estate, Chateau Miraval.But earlier this week, Brad filed a lawsuit accusing Jolie of a 'vindictive' plan to sell her shares, circumvent his right of first refusal, and profit from the 'incredible amount of work, time and money' invested by the actor and his business partners, as per exclusive legal docs obtained by DailyMail.com.Chateau Miraval is valued at $164 million (140million Euros). Originally, when the former couple bought their shares of Quimicum, the company that owns the Chateau Miraval, in 2008, Pitt and his company, Mondo Bongo, had a 60/40 majority share over Jolie and her company, Nouvel.But that majority was evened out when Mondo Bongo transferred 10% to Nouvel, according to the lawsuit.The legal documents claim Pitt sold Jolie the shares for a symbolic price of 1 Euro in 2013, which was one year before they were married and three years before Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt.The new lawsuit filed by Pitt's legal team is trying to have that 10% transfer annulled, in a move to restore its 60/40 shareholder majority in the estate, on the grounds that the 1 Euro price tag is not a 'serious' amount as required by Luxembourg law. Sources told Page Six that as part of their agreement, Pitt and Jolie agreed to ask each other for permission if they ever wanted to sell their shares. This new lawsuit also alleges Jolie tried to sell her shares without giving Pitt right of first refusal, and profit from the 'incredible amount of work, time and money' invested by Pitt and his business partners in growing the brand. 'He [Pitt] did all the work; she did nothing,' a source claimed.'It is worth mentioning that, for the last four years, Nouvel [Jolie's company] did not act in the best interest of Quimicum by systematically delaying the approval of the annual accounts and the renewal of the manager,' the suit states. Jolie's actions are yet 'another example of this person trying to circumvent rules and avoid their obligations,' and that this latest move 'is pretty consistent' with her past behavior, a source close to litigation old Us. Prior to reaching an agreement, Pitt's company alleged that it had made numerous good-faith attempts to settle this issue amicably, but was forced to file a lawsuit to annul the transfer of Quimicum shares, and bring their respective ownerships of the company back to a 60-40 split. The Chateau and the 1,000-acre estate near Aix-en-Provence in which it sits was once the couple's getaway. It also has sentimental value, as it's the place where Pitt and Jolie were married, in front of their six children, in 2014. Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in September 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in 2019, but they continue to battle it out over custody of their six children: Maddox, 20, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 13.Just three months ago, in June, Pitt, 57, was awarded joint custody – a decision that Jolie, 46, vowed to fight 'with everything she's got.'
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source : Daily mail
‘I’m proud of my friend’: Malala lauds Angelina Jolie for her book on children’s rights
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- Published on Friday, 17 September 2021 10:30
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‘Know Your Rights and Claim Them’ has been co-written by Jolie and human rights lawyer Geraldine Van Bueren.Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai recently took to Instagram to praise actor and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie for her book on children’s rights titled Know Your Rights and Claim Them. Sharing a picture with Angelina, Malala wrote about how proud she is of the actor for penning a book on the topic. She wrote, “I'm proud of my friend Angelina Jolie and Amnesty [International] for writing Know Your Rights, a book to give children the knowledge they need to stand up to injustice in their own lives and around the world.”Malala continued, emphasising the importance of children’s rights, “To the children and young people who are reading this: You have rights that are equal in status to that of any adult. No one has the right to harm you, to silence you, to tell you what to think or believe, to treat you as if you don’t matter, or to prevent you from participating fully in society.” Know Your Rights and Claim Them, co-written with human rights lawyer Geraldine Van Bueren, one of the original drafters of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, aims to equip kids with the knowledge to safely challenge injustices."So many children are in harm's way across the world and we're simply not doing enough," Angelina told Reuters in an interview. "These are their rights, decided years ago based on what would make them healthy, balanced, safe and stable adults." Angelina said she hoped the book would also remind governments of their commitment to the global treaty enshrining children's civil, social, political and economic rights.During a promotional interview with The Guardian for her book, the Eternals star explained that she wrote the book because she wanted children to understand when their rights were being violated.Angelina shared, “I’ve met too many children who live with the effect of their rights being violated – displaced people, young rape victims. I couldn’t understand why they were still fighting for basic things that were their rights to begin with. It made me very angry. How are we going to solve anything if we’re not addressing that, right?” The actor then went on to relate the topic to her own situation in relation to her legal battle with ex-husband Brad Pitt, who has been accused of domestic abuse. “Then I had an experience in the States with my own children and I thought... well, human rights, children’s rights,” she shared. She added that this is what caused her to think about children’s rights, saying, “I remembered the rights of the child, and I took them out and looked at them and thought: well, these are for when you’re in a situation and you want to make sure there is support for the children in your life.”
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source : Tribune
Sour grapes! Angelina Jolie is accused of 'vindictive' plot to cut ex Brad Pitt out of a deal to offload her shares in the couple's $164M Chateau Miraval, in new lawsuit filed by the actor
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- Published on Sunday, 26 September 2021 10:02
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Angelina Jolie has been slammed as 'vindictive' and guilty of 'systematic obstruction' in a new lawsuit brought against her on behalf of Brad Pitt, DailyMail.com can reveal.Court papers filed in Luxembourg Tuesday accuse Jolie of trying to carve Pitt out of a deal to offload her shares in the divorced couple's French property and vineyard, Chateau Miraval in Correns, France. According to the lawsuit obtained by DailyMail.com, Miraval is owned by Quimicum, a company in which Pitt originally held a 60 per cent share through his company Mondo Bongo while Jolie held 40 per cent through her company, Nouvel.Three years before he and Jolie split, Pitt transferred ten per cent of Mondo Bongo's shares to her company, Nouvel rendering them 50/50 stakeholders in Quimicum.Now, the suit alleges, Jolie is trying to sell her 50 per cent, circumvent Pitt's right of first refusal and profit from the 'incredible amount of work, time and money,' invested by Pitt and his business partners in growing the brand.But according to the lawsuit, the ten per cent transfer is void as the shares were 'sold' for only 1 Euro and not a 'serious' amount as required by Luxembourg law.The Chateau and the 1,000-acre estate near Aix-en-Provence in which it sits was once the couple's getaway.It was there that the couple, who met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2004 when Pitt was still married to Jennifer Anniston, decided to marry in an intimate ceremony in 2008.Now, it's simply another asset over which to wrangle in a divorce that has burned through the courts for years. According to the lawsuit it is valued at over 140million Euros (approximately $164million).'It is worth mentioning that, for the last four years, Nouvel [Jolie's company] did not act in the best interest of Quimicum by systematically delaying the approval of the annual accounts and the renewal of the manager,' the suit states. It continues: 'We understand that behind this systematic obstruction, the real purpose of Nouvel and its shareholder [Jolie] is to sell its stake in Chateau Miraval SA in a way that would circumvent Mondo Bongo's right of first refusal (as provided in Quimicum's articles of approval), taking, as a result, a capital gain raised thanks to Mondo Bongo's investment and to which Nouvel did not contribute.'Commenting on the latest proceedings one source familiar with the couple's ongoing legal battles told DailyMail.com: 'Angelina's actions towards Brad are consistently vindictive.''It's another example of this person trying to circumvent the rules and avoid their obligations. Jolie filed for divorce in August 2016 citing 'irreconcilable differences' and requesting primary custody of their six children, Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15 and twins Vivienne and Nox, 12.Three months ago, in June, Pitt, 57, was awarded joint custody – a decision that Jolie, 45, vowed to fight 'with everything she's got.' A 'bitterly disappointed,' Jolie let it be known that as far as she was concerned, their legal battle was 'far from over.'The actress claimed that three of the children wanted to testify against Pitt but were blocked from doing so by Judge John Ouderkirk, the private judge to whom Pitt and Jolie initially agreed in a bid to keep the details of their case sealed.But just one month after that blow, Jolie won a major victory when her lawyers convinced a California appeals court that Judge Ouderkirk should be excluded on the grounds that Pitt's lawyers did not disclose previous dealings he had had with the actor's attorneys.Lawyers for Pitt reacted to the decision with dismay, stating that the ongoing legal proceedings and overturning of the custody agreement were detrimental not only to Pitt but to all of the couple's children.Speaking at the time once source said: 'Brad believes there is overwhelming evidence that the current situation isn't good for the kids. This just sets things back for everyone.'
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source : Daily mail
Angelina Jolie looks typically chic in a camel coat as she stocks up on groceries with daughter Zahara
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- Published on Friday, 24 September 2021 04:56
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Angelina Jolie stepped out in a typically chic outfit as she went grocery shopping with her daughter Zahara on Saturday. The actress, 46, donned a camel coloured coat with a cinched-in waist while she elevated her height with matching slip on heels. She was in line with Covid restrictions as she donned a black disposable face mask, while her 16-year-old daughter wore a white one. Zahara looked stylish in a red dress paired with white trainers as she helped her mother stock up on essentials . The outing comes shortly after Angelia was in Washington D.C. advocating for the reauthorisation of the Violence Against Women Act and meeting with gymnasts testifying in a hearing in the FBI's botched probe into Larry Nassar's sexual abuse.The trip has been making headlines in the US, with the actress meeting with Larry Nassar victims and an officer who defended the Capitol from rioters on January 6. She posted a photo of herself posing with gymnasts and Nassar abuse victims Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Jessica Howard amid a Senate hearing into the FBI's botched probe into Nassar's sexual abuse.'I was honored to meet with some of the brave US gymnasts who appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday,' Angelina began in the post's caption. 'I’m in awe of their courage and commitment to preventing future failures to investigate abuse. 'As Aly Raisman said in her testimony, "Over 100 victims could have been spared the abuse. All we needed was one adult to do the right thing." Sending support and respect to them, and to all who are reliving this trauma so that system reforms can occur.'I was on Capitol Hill this week, engaging with Senators on the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization and FBI reforms, including better protections for abused children, non-biased forensic evidence collection, trauma care, and judicial training.'
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