Angelina Jolie shares rare snaps of daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, doing their 'summer reading'...after admitting she feared for her children's 'safety' during marriage to Brad Pitt
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- Published on Sunday, 12 September 2021 07:44
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Angelina Jolie has continued to ramp up her social media presence after joining Instagram on August 20. On Friday, the 46-year-old actress shared rare photos of daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, doing their summer reading with her 10.2million followers. Angelina — who shares all six of her children with ex Brad Pitt — recently confessed that she feared for the 'safety' of her kids throughout the course of their marriage.The Maleficent actress posted a snap of adopted daughter Zahara reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and another of Shiloh reading The Dark Lady by Akala. 'End of #summerreading. These are some of the favorites in our house. Would love to know yours,' she wrote. She had spoken to HELLO! about the challenges of homeschooling amid the Coronavirus pandemic. 'I have four different schools going on with six different kids, so it's all different. I'm also terrible with math and I question history, so I'm a really challenged parent when it comes to a lot of this stuff.'Fortunately, I have very capable, smart children. They are getting through, but it's hard,' she added. Us Weekly reported in April 2020, that amid her ongoing custody battle with Pitt, the pair had come to an agreement on 'traditional schooling' for the kids. 'Brad wants the kids to be in a school setting, and not isolated being homeschooled,' the insider said adding that the children's therapist had also recommended it. Eldest son Maddox, 19, is a student at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea but had returned home to take virtual classes amid the pandemic. Angelina's post comes shortly after she spoke out publicly about her marriage to Pitt, while promoting her new book Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth. Fiercely protective over her brood which includes Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh, Pax, 17, and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, amid a ruthless custody battle, she told The Guardian that she 'feared' for the safety of her kids during the marriage.'Yes, for my family. My whole family,' she said. When the outlet asked her to explain what caused her to fear for their safety she said that she 'can't speak about' it because of her legal situation. It was added that she 'confirmed by nodding that she was alluding to her divorce and the allegations of domestic abuse she made against Pitt.'One particular report of abuse was that Pitt had gotten into an alcohol-fueled violent screaming match with Jolie, prompting Maddox, 19, to defend his mother. In the interview she called the situation 'horrific' but said: 'It doesn't start with the violation [the plane incident]. It's so much more complicated than that.' The Girl Interrupted star added: 'It took a lot for me to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children,' adding: 'There's a lot I can't say.'Angelina filed to absolve their marriage in 2016 after two years, and said in a June 2020 interview with Vogue India that it was for 'the well-being of my family,' adding 'it was the right decision.' Jolie was granted temporary custody over all six children and Brad was granted visitation rights with a court-appointed therapist present.In 2018, a court ruled in favor of Brad after he alleged that Angelina was preventing the children from having a consistent relationship with him. He was given a temporary summer custody that allowed him to spend time with the kids without Jolie present.She then alleged that summer that he had not been paying 'meaningful' child support for over a year, with Pitt retorting that he had loaned Angelina $8M and given an additional $1.8M to help with bills. The custody trial was supposed to begin in November 2018 but the two reached an agreement instead, as it was in the best interest of the children and eliminated the need for a trial.The pair were ruled 'legally single' in April 2020 but the status did not finalize the custody battle, as Brad continued to seek joint custody — which he finally got in May 2021. However, in July, Judge John W. Ouderkirk — the private judge overseeing both the divorce and custody case independently — was disqualified after it was said he had not sufficiently disclosed financial relationships with Pitt's attorneys.The ruling vacated all of Ouderkirk's decisions — including the joint custody ruling — which means Angelina retains full-time custody at this time. As Maddox is not a minor the decision does not apply to him. Pitt is now going to the California Supreme Court to request a review of the California appellate court's ruling to disqualify the private judge. Jolie's attorney Robert Olson told ET on September 1, that the petition to the California Supreme Court 'displays how they are clinging to this private judge who exhibited bias and refused statutorily required evidence.'Her camp called it 'disturbing' that he would 'seek to reinstate the private judge' who exhibited 'unethical behavior' and said: 'Ms. Jolie hopes Mr. Pitt will instead join with her in focusing on the children's needs, voices, and healing.' Brad's attorney Theodore J. Boutrous stated that their decision to go to the Supreme Court was due to the fact that the judge was 'improperly disqualified after providing a detailed, fact-based custodial decision, following a lengthy legal process with multiple witnesses and experts.' His camp added that the ruling caused 'irreparable harm to both the children and families' involved in the case and said that 'allowing this kind of crafty litigation' deprives parents of 'irreplaceable time with their children as judges are disqualified for minor reasons in the midst of their cases.'
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'It was hard for me': Angelina Jolie says Brad Pitt 'hurt' her by working with Harvey Weinstein after she told her ex the producer almost assaulted her
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- Published on Monday, 06 September 2021 06:27
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Angelina Jolie has revealed new details about her relationship with Brad Pitt, telling The Guardian that they fought about Pitt's decision to work with Harvey Weinstein.Jolie said 'it hurt' to see her then-partner work with the disgraced producer after she claims she narrowly escaped being assaulted by him when they worked together in the late 90s. 'It was hard for me when Brad did [that],' she said, later adding: 'We fought about it. Of course it hurt.'But sources close to Pitt say Jolie is mischaracterizing the situation, telling TMZ he never 'teamed up' with Weinstein but was simply cast in a movie which later happened to get distributed by TWC. Their dispute came years before the Me Too movement, which sparked a sexual assault reckoning in Hollywood in 2017. The 46-year-old Maleficent actress was married to the 57-year-old Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor from 2014-2016, but they were together for over ten years. Angelina worked with Weinstein while filming Playing By Heart when she was 21-years-old. During that time she said the disgraced film producer attempted to sexually assault her, but she was able to escape. 'If you get yourself out of the room, you think he attempted but didn't, right? The truth is that the attempt and the experience of the attempt is an assault,' the Gia actress said. Following the unsavory experience she noted, 'I stayed away and warned people about him. I remember telling Jonny, my first husband, who was great about it, to spread the word to other guys — don't let girls go alone with him.' After her statements, Weinstein's assistant issued a statement to TMZ on behalf of him, and said that he 'NEVER' assaulted her. 'It's very clear to me that this is for more sales on Angie's BOOK. THERE WAS NEVER an assault, and NEVER an attempt to assault. It is brazenly untrue and clickbait publicity.' He added: 'You're Angelina Jolie, every male and female in the world, I'm sure, shows interest in you. Is the whole world assaulting you?'The seasoned actress said she turned down a role in The Aviator to avoid the industry giant. 'I said no because he was involved. I never associated or worked with him again. It was hard for me when Brad did.' Her former partner worked with the convicted sex offender not only once, but twice — in 2009 he starred in The Weinstein Company's Inglourious Basterds, and he later sought out the producer to work on his movie Killing Them Softly. 'We fought about it. Of course it hurt,' the mother-of-six said.While promoting her new book Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth, the author also told The Guardian that she 'feared' for the safety of her kids during her marriage. 'Yes, for my family. My whole family,' she said. 'It took a lot for me to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children,' she clarified, adding, 'There's a lot I can't say.'Angelina filed to absolve the marriage in 2016 after two years, and said in a June 2020 interview with Vogue India that it was for 'the well-being of my family,' and 'it was the right decision.'
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Angelina Jolie looks chic in black dress and heels... as she steps out in LA after becoming the fastest Instagram user to gain 1M followers
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 10:02
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Angelina Jolie was spotted for the first time since she made the rare move of joining Instagram for a good cause. On Monday the 46-year-old actress stepped out in Beverly Hills wearing a chic black dress and stilettos as she got into an SUV. Over the weekend the Girl, Interrupted star became the fastest user to gain 1M followers on the social media platform with a heartbreaking letter from a girl in Afghanistan. Her current follower count now stands at a whopping 8.8M in just three days. Jolie looked effortlessly chic in a flowing black long sleeve dress with a high neck that fell below her ankles and a pair of nude pumps. She looked to be in good spirits as she flashed a wave while wearing a black face covering, and carried a bag of takeout in hand. The striking beauty wore her brown tresses down and looked to be wearing a bit of eye makeup for the outing. And she was was joined by her daughter Zahara, 16, and her usual body guard as they were seen emerging from an office building before they left in a black SUV. Over the weekend, Angelina decided to use her star power for a good cause as she joined Instagram for the first time to spread awareness about the situation in Afghanistan. After the Taliban took over the country in what has marked a human rights crisis threatening the freedom of its inhabitants — namely women — under Islamic fundamentalism, Jolie decided to amplify the voices of refugees. 'Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely. So I've come on Instagram to share their stories and the voices of those across the globe who are fighting for their basic human rights,' her caption read in excerpt. Angelia posted a heartbreaking letter from a teenage girl who wrote about living in fear of the Taliban and her rights regressing under their rule, as she said 'we think all our dreams are gone.' Though some words of the letter were blurred out to protect her safety the letter read in excerpt:'Before Taliban came in we all went to work, school. We all had rights, we was able to defend our rights freely, but when they came, we are all afraid of them, and we think all our dreams are gone.'We think our rights have been violated, we can not get out. Studying in working is too far away.'
In the letter the teenager continued to say '...We have no rights the life of all of us is dark, we all lost our freedom and are imprisoned again.' A source explained to PEOPLE why Angelina decided to join the popular social media platform for the first time. 'Angie felt compelled to join in a moment when women and young people in Afghanistan are losing the ability to communicate on social media and express themselves freely. 'From her point of view, if she's able to be a part of the effort to amplify their voices, then she felt it was reason enough to join and use her platform.'Upon joining she gained 2.1 million new followers in under three hours, beating famed English broadcaster David Attenborough's four hours 44 minutes, and Harry Potter star Rupert Grint's four hours and one minute. As of Monday August 23 a White House official said in a statement that 10,900 people have been evacuated from Kabul on 15 military aircrafts — including American citizens and interpreters in the country as well as Afghans.'From August 23 at 3:00 AM EDT to August 23 at 3:00 PM EDT, a total of approximately 10,900 people were evacuated from Kabul. This is the result of 15 U.S. military flights (all C-17s), which carried approximately 6,660 evacuees, and 34 coalition flights, which carried 4,300 people.'The initial date for the US military to leave Afghanistan was originally set for May 1 by former President Donald Trump in a deal he signed with the Taliban. President Joe Biden announced in April that he was pushing the final date to August 31 but according to CNN, several of his advisers 'have advised against an extension, citing the security situation on the ground.'
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How Guerlain, Angelina Jolie and UNESCO are working to protect the bees
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 05:29
- Written by The CEO magazine
Without the busy little creatures, the world simply wouldn’t be able to function. They may only be a mere two centimetres in size, but a lack of stature doesn’t stop precious bees from carrying the hefty weight of the world. Quite literally, our planet simply wouldn’t function without the existence of the busy creatures – and Guerlain is rolling out its mission to ensure they never die out.As the damaging effects of climate change continue to rip across Earth, bees are in the firing zone with numbers across Europe and the US dropping. Dedicated to protecting this most precious of wonders, the luxury beauty brand’s enchantment with the petite insects transpires centuries.The maison’s adoration with bees began in 1853 when Founder Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain dedicated a citrus cologne to Empress Eugénie in celebration of her marriage to Napoleon III, creating a majestic totem that would flourish for 168 years and counting.From the sweet nectar blossoming in olfactory creations and skincare products to borrowing the uniquely shaped, historic Bee Bottle to inspire artisans, the bee has become more than the essence of the LVMH-owned brand. In turn it has inspired the company to act as a beacon of sustainability, shielding the vulnerable species for the benefit of future generations.“Pollinators like the bee – wild and domestic – are the victims of our way of life,” Cécile Lochard, Guerlain’s Chief Sustainability Officer, shares with The CEO Magazine. “The bee actually suffers from the virtue that we usually grant to this change: permanence.“We believe it to be eternal because it pollinates our collective memory, our infantile imagination – a dangerous error.”It is estimated bees pollinate 80 per cent of the world’s flowering plants, equating to around US$180 billion globally each year, according to the National Institute of Agronomic Research.However, over the past 15 years up to 90 per cent of bees have disappeared in some regions.“It is crucial to protect the bee as it sits at the heart of biodiversity,” Lochard says. “By pollinating flowering plants, foragers guarantee the reproduction of numerous plant species and no less than a third of the world’s food supply.“Indispensable for the pollination of flowers, bees constitute an essential link in the chain that helps to maintain the balance of ecosystems.”The bee has been at the heart of the French brand’s sustainability mission for almost 15 years. While some big businesses toss around terms that include green, clean and eco-friendly, leading to a rise in greenwashing – especially in the beauty industry – Guerlain truly endeavours towards a renewable future. “For close to 170 years, bees have buzzed between our creations with the same endless passion for exceptional raw materials. And we owe them much. To do our part – and then some – to protect bees is obvious.” – Cécile Lochard .Sustainable, transparent and natural formulas with eco packaging; a vision to be carbon neutral by 2030; Women for Bees (in partnership with UNESCO and in collaboration with the French Observatory of Apidology); the Guerlain for Bees conservation program; and an external sustainable board of 13 experts are among the major pillars of the maison’s dedication to sustainability.Not only is Guerlain responsible for beauty of the superficial visage, but it also encompasses the beauty of our natural world.“Nature has never ceased to inspire our creations as well as our commitment in the broad sense and more recently our raison d’etre, which has placed the bee at the heart of our actions,” Lochard says. “Guerlain commits and acts for a more beautiful and sustainable world, by elevating nature to an art to pass on its wonders to future generations, with the bee as sentinel.”
The force of women and bees .One of the oldest brands in the world has turned into the protector of the bees – and it has UNESCO and Angelina Jolie on side to bring its bold legacy to fruition.Partnering with UNESCO on its Women for Bees initiative, Guerlain’s new societal program is dedicated to preserving bees while simultaneously creating an international network of women beekeepers.“Over the past 20 years, bee populations have suffered dramatic losses never seen before,” Lochard says. “There’s been a dazzling decline in bee populations all over the developed world.“It’s a worrying phenomenon dubbed the colony collapse disorder or colony collapse syndrome.”Aiming to promote diversity, protect biodiversity and inspire younger generations, the five-year program began in June 2021. France, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Russia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Rwanda and China are among the regions being targeted in the first two years of the initiative in which beekeepers in training will be taught the theoretical and practical skills required for beekeeping.By 2025, 50 women will have graduated from the Guerlain x UNESCO Women for Bees program having built 2500 hives across 25 UNESCO biosphere reserves – restocking an incredible 125 million bees. As UNESCO’s 2021 Godmother of Women for Bees, Angelina Jolie will meet with female beekeepers to follow their inspiring progress.“When women gain skills and knowledge their instinct is to help raise others,” Jolie shares. “I’m excited to meet the women taking part in this program from all over the world. I look forward to getting to know them and learning about their culture and environment and the role bees play in that. I hope the training will strengthen their independence, their livelihoods and their communities.”Not only is the program a commitment to the environment, but it helps empower women through education, giving them the tools to create their own beekeeping operations and generate income, consequently creating more equality within communities.“All over the world, there are more women in hobby beekeeping than in professional beekeeping,” Lochard explains. “But things are changing fast. More and more women are taking formal training.“Because of the multiple roles of beekeeping and the crucial place of honey in the food chain, beekeeping should be an integral part of rural development strategies and policies for the direct benefit it brings to human wellbeing.”
How Guerlain is creating a sustainable future.There is something quite regal about the bee. From the ancient Greeks adopting the motif for gold coins and jewellery to Napoleon Bonaparte choosing the unique emblem to represent his status as Emperor in the 19th century, the humble insect has been culturally significant for millennia.Signifying wealth, good luck and prosperity in ancient times, bees are a fitting symbol of what’s to come if the world protects them.While they are at times an overlooked pillar of biodiversity, bees are crucial in creating a successfully sustainable future. And the 193-year-old brand is positioning itself as the queen bee of the global hive.“We’re a key player in the natural and clean beauty domain and have become the benchmark luxury house in terms of naturalness,” Lochard explains to The CEO Magazine.By 2021, 100 per cent of Guerlain’s new skincare products will be composed of at least 90 per cent of ingredients with natural origins.“It represents a real challenge, especially when it comes to the make-up category and the ability to maintain the levels of performance that meet our high standards, but it enables us to open a new chapter of its quest towards natural beauty by launching three essential products of a make-up routine formulated with more than 95 per cent of natural-origin ingredients,” she says. “We are by essence the nature-driven brand.”The French-founded brand launched its Bee Respect platform in 2019 – a digital tool to help consumers understand the whole cycle of its products. Providing details of more than 500 formula ingredients, packaging elements, some 40 suppliers, manufacturing location and carbon footprint, people can see what it takes to manufacture a product from start to finish.“It requires full transparency with no fear,” Lochard says. “I do believe that in any company and organisation, when you work on sustainability you have to keep in mind you work for the present but above all for the youngest generation.“For younger generations, there is no luxury without commitment to protect the planet, because the habitability of their future world depends on it.”Toxic chemicals flushing into oceans, plastic waste and deforestation caused by harvesting ingredients including palm oil are some of the adverse effects of the popular sector.However, preserving biodiversity, using innovative eco-designs, innovating clean beauty products that don’t sacrifice efficacy, promoting a circular economy, reducing C02 emissions and regenerating nature are some of the ways Guerlain is leaving a light green footprint on Earth.The brand even reduced its Orchidée Impériale day cream jar weight by 60 per cent in 2017. And the jar is also produced with partly recycled materials.“It was an audacious bet on our ultra-premium line, but it has paid off,” Lochard shares. “It also meets the essential values and principles in luxury: to create precious objects that can be personalised, kept and treasured or handed down.”And it’s bold moves like this that will truly make an impact on the natural world and within the environmentally damaging industry, which is expected to be worth US$716.6 billion in 2025.“This is the luxury revolution underway,” Lochard says. “This new era of transparency, which is in demand, also makes it possible to magnify artisanal excellence and high standards.“For close to 170 years, bees have buzzed between our creations with the same endless passion for exceptional raw materials. And we owe them much. To do our part – and then some – to protect bees is obvious.”
source : The CEO magazine
Angelina Jolie breaks a record: The star, 46, becomes fastest Instagram user to gain 1M followers... and she already has 7.6M followers after just THREE DAYS
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 05:26
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Angelina Jolie has become the fastest Instagram user to gain one million followers.The 46-year-old actress joined the photo-sharing platform over the weekend, and she has quickly amassed more than seven million followers on Instagram.The Eternals actress surpassed Rupert Grint and Sir David Attenborough to claim the record, as she amassed 2.1million new followers in under three hours.She is being followed by Drew Barrymore, Bella Hadid, Bella Thorne, Gretchen Rossi, Chrishell Stause, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Helena Christiansen, to name a few. The Hollywood star joined the platform to share a photograph of a heart-breaking letter from a teenage girl in Afghanistan, where the Taliban recently gained control of the country.Angelina's post read: 'This is a letter I was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely. So I've come on Instagram to share their stories and the voices of those across the globe who are fighting for their basic human rights.' She added, 'I was on the border of Afghanistan two weeks before 9/11, where I met Afghan refugees who had fled the Taliban. This was twenty years ago.'It is sickening to watch Afghans being displaced yet again out of the fear and uncertainty that has gripped their country.'To spend so much time and money, to have blood shed and lives lost only to come to this, is a failure almost impossible to understand.' Angelina pledged to continue to support the Afghan people.Her post continued: 'Watching for decades how Afghan refugees - some of the most capable people in the world - are treated like a burden is also sickening. Knowing that if they had the tools and respect, how much they would do for themselves. And meeting so many women and girls who not only wanted an education, but fought for it.'Like others who are committed, I will not turn away. I will continue to look for ways to help. And I hope you'll join me.' The 46-year-old actress and activist joined the social networking site on Friday.A source told People that Jolie joined Instagram to help spread awareness about the potential oppression of women in Afghanistan as their own abilities to communicate are being cut off.'Angie felt compelled to join in a moment when women and young people in Afghanistan are losing the ability to communicate on social media and express themselves freely,' the source said. 'From her point of view, if she's able to be a part of the effort to amplify their voices, then she felt it was reason enough to join and use her platform.'
The girl also wrote about how it was harder to go to school with the Taliban patrolling, and how much safer she felt before they were back in power.She also worried that her school would be closed down on their order.The teenager feared Afghanistan would go back to the 'past 20 years,' to a time when women had 'no rights,' when she said they were expected to work at home and had lost their 'freedom.' Jolie included a photo of Afghan women who were clothed head-to-toe in burqas. American troops in Afghanistan are now confined to running Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where American citizens and Afghans have been rushing to exit the country amid a full-scale Taliban takeover in recent days.The date for the US military to leave Afghanistan was originally set for May 1 by former President Donald Trump in a deal he signed with the Taliban, though President Joe Biden announced in April that he was pushing the final date to September.The president's military advisors informed him that there would be 'weeks or months' left to get Afghans who had helped the US out of the country following the September withdrawal, but they appear not to have counted on the weakness of the Afghan military, which almost immediately crumbled and failed to put up a fight against Taliban forces that quickly seized most of the country's cities.In a speech last week, President Biden reiterated that the timetable for exiting Afghanistan had largely been set by his predecessor.He admitted the US was taken off guard by the swiftness of the Taliban takeover and described scenes of mass panic at the Kabul airport as 'gut-wrenching.' Still, he said he was confident that the move to leave Afghanistan was the best possible option for the United States and that it was always going to be a difficult process.'The developments of the past week reinforced that ending US military involvement in Afghanistan was the right decision. ... I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years, I've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces.' The Taliban has claimed in recent days that it is a more moderate force than the one that ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s.It claims that women will still be able to attend school, though they will have to be covered in clothing from head to toe.However, the Taliban has previously required women to be separated from men who aren't part of their family, so it seems unlikely that they'll be able to return to school or work if they can't be in the same room as male students and coworkers.
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source : Daily Mail
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