Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie request more time with private judge as they try to resolve custody battle before it goes to trial
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:42
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are requesting more time to settle their custody battle.The duo, who have been locked in divorce negotiations over their six children, have asked for more time with their private judge so they can come to an agreement.The Blast is reporting that Jolie has filed a stipulation to extend the appointment of Honorable John Ouderkirk who is overseeing the custody part of their divorce.Ouderkirk was hired by the actors privately and Jolie reportedly wants to make sure he handles the potential private custody trial as well as pre-trial motions and requests.It seems the former couple are trying their best to get the custody battle resolved before it goes to trial.It was reported last week that they want to avoid taking it to trial as they 'realize the ongoing fight is only hurting the children.'According to the outlet's sources, the 54-year-old actor and 43-year-old actress aim to 'wrap up negotiations before the private custody trial begins.'Despite Jolie fighting for Pitt to receive minimal custody, the new agreement is likely to include a 'substantial amount of time given to the World War Z star.'Once the custody part of the divorce is out of the way next up will be their finances. It remains unclear how the two will divide up their millions of dollars in cash and property.
The couple did not sign a prenup when they wed on August 23, 2014 in France. According to US Weekly reports last week, Pitt had reached out to his estranged wife asking to settle out of court.The A River Runs Through It actor hoped 'persuade' her that a 'hearing will cause lasting psychological damage' to their kids, the outlet's source revealed.They are parents to six children: Maddox, 17; Pax, 14; Zahara, 13; Shiloh, 12; twins Knox and Vivienne, 10.US Weekly's insider added: 'There will be no winners, no matter what the judge decides.' The couple got engaged in April 2012, and married on August 23, 2014, after nine years together.Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on September 19, 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. Just days before the filing there was an alleged 'altercation' that involved Brad and Maddox aboard a private jet that was heading from Nice, France to Los Angeles, California.Brad was cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Angelina Jolie praises UK's role in tacking sexual violence in warzones during London film festival enabling survivors to tell their stories
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- Published on Monday, 26 November 2018 03:52
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American actress Angelina Jolie has spoken out against sexual violence in global war zones during a Government film event in London.Held at the British Film Institute, 38 movies and documentaries are being shown as part of a festival enabling survivors to tell their stories.The United Nations envoy spoke at the event, which aims to tackle rape and sexual violence in conflict zones.Jolie welcomed the work of the festival, which was attended Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.She said: 'I want to thank the British Government for hosting this festival and for recognising the power of storytelling as a tool to enhance empathy and understanding. 'I welcome what it says, that the Foreign Office is supporting art and artists, putting the issue of sexual violence in conflict forward as an urgent international issue, allowing the voices of that set the agenda to be those of the survivors themselves.' Art highlighting the horrors of sexual violence in conflicts across the world was displayed in addition to the screenings.The event included the unveiling of a code to set the standard for evidence-gathering for investigating sexual violence in war zones and was backed by Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, who is the UK Government's special representative on such violence.Hunt tweeted about the event, writing: 'With @Refugees envoy Angelina Jolie at #PSVI film festival to discuss new Murad Code, named after Nobel Peace Prize laureate @NadiaMuradBasee.'Code will set standard for gathering evidence of sexual violence in conflicts. There must be justice for survivors!' The code is named after Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist who was kidnapped at the hands of Islamic State.
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Angelina Jolie looks elegant as she joins Sophie, Countess of Wessex at the Fighting Stigma Through Film festival for the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict initiative
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- Published on Saturday, 24 November 2018 16:53
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She's been an avid philanthropist ever since she first witnessed the crisis in war-torn Cambodia while filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001.And Angelina Jolie continued her humanitarian work as she attended the Fighting Stigma Through Film festival at the BFI in London on Friday evening.The actress, 43, was joined at the event by Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the women looked to be deep in conversation as they spoke together at the event.Angelina looked elegant as she arrived at the goodwill event wearing a chic white dress, which she had cinched at the waist with a statement belt.The Maleficent star added a glamorous flair to her ensemble with a lace undershirt, while she boosted her height in silver heels, while earlier on she wrapped up in a black longline coat.Her brunette locks were styled in a slicked back style which allowed her hair to fall in loose waves over her shoulders and frame her face well.Angelina highlighted her pretty features by wearing a slick of bright red lipstick, black eyeliner and smokey eye shadow.he royal looked demure in a navy blue coat, which she secured at the waist with a tightly knotted belt, and teamed up with a matching sleek shirt.Sophie pulled her blonde locks back into a glamorous bun, while she brushed on a natural palette of make-up and accessorised with a pair of jewel earrings.Both women appeared to be in high spirits together, clearly getting on well as the Countess of Wessex patted her on the arm as they spoke with each other.Angelina was seen walking alongside fellow actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, 41, who looked dapper in a pair of denim jeans and a blue blazer, which he teamed up with a chequered shirt and grey scarf.While the actress was also spotted talking with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jeremy Hunt, who spent much of the evening discussing the event alongside her.Angelina is one of the key guests of the film festival, which aims to use the power of cinema to help fight and prevent discrimination faced by survivors of sexual violence in conflict.
The actress is also a co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict initiative, which hosted the event. 38 films and documentaries will be screened over two days at the event, sharing the stories of survivors and inspiring others to work alongside them.Leslie Thomas’ film The Prosecutors will have its world premiere at the festival, and other events include thought-provoking art installations, as well as organisations' showcases, and workshops led by prominent experts in the field. Angelina set up the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict initiative with William Hague in 2014, which has worked tirelessly to help those affected in countries like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic Of Congo.Talking about the initiative on Friday, according to The Guardian Hague said to young filmmakers: 'We’ve made a tremendous start, but it’s only a start because as things stand, no member of Isil or Boko Haram or the armed forces of Burma has been brought to trial for crimes of sexual violence.'The former foreign secretary added that it has been 'very difficult' to measure the success of the programme because of the scale of the problem, citing the 'tens of thousands of people raped in war in South Sudan'.This is not the first humanitarian project the Malificent star has set up, as she opened a foundation, now called the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, in Cambodia in 2003.The foundation acts as a conservation and community development program in the Samlout Protected Area.The UNHCR special envoy was also inspired by the country to make her Golden Globe nominated movie, First They Killed My Father.Based on Cambodia human rights activist Luong Ung’s memoir, the film documents her experience as a young girl under the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge.Angelina spoke to Vanity Fair in 2017 about her first visit to the country, and said: 'I found a people who were so kind and warm and open, and, yes, very complex.'You go there, and you see the families come out with their blanket and their picnic to watch a sunset,' she explained.Angelina shares sons Maddox, 17, and Pax, 14, daughters Zahara, 13, and Shiloh, 12, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 10, with her ex-husband Brad Pitt.
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Angelina Jolie to guest-edit Radio 4's Today programme: Actress will feature refugees and violence against women when she takes reins of the flagship BBC show
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- Published on Thursday, 22 November 2018 04:20
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She has combined a hugely successful Hollywood career with campaigning on a range of issues close to her heart.So Angelina Jolie will not be short of ideas for stories to pursue when she guest-edits BBC Radio 4’s Today programme over Christmas.Since 2003 the flagship current affairs show has invited prominent public figures to become the editor for a day during the festive period.Jolie, 43, will take the reins on December 28, when she will highlight the issues of violence against women in conflict zones and the refugee crisis.She will speak to refugees and survivors of conflict directly during the show.The mother-of-six, actress and campaigner has already begun work on her stint at Today.Her spokesman said she is ‘grateful’ for the opportunity ‘to draw on the BBC’s global expertise and network to explore practical solutions to a number of pressing issues of our time’.He added: ‘She has already begun working with the Today programme team and is looking forward to engaging a broad and diverse range of voices in the programme.’Jolie will not be briefing John Humphrys on the issues as Justin Webb and Mishal Husain are due to present that day.Other guest editors will include outgoing Question Time host David Dimbleby, 80. Meanwhile, the subject of ‘outer space’ will be explored in a separate, theme-based episode of the Radio 4 programme.Dimbleby will join Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's prize for fiction, the founder of lastminute.com Lady Lane-Fox, the Churchill biographer, Andrew Roberts, and Chidera Eggrue, the fashion blogger and campaigner on female body issues. Last year the Duke of Sussex was among the guest editors of the show, interviewing his own father, the Prince of Wales, and former US president Barack Obama.Actress Carey Mulligan, comedian Sir Lenny Henry, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow and Professor Stephen Hawking have also previously steered Today for special Christmas editions.
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Angelina Jolie Is Returning To London To Fight Stigma Of Sexual Violence With Film Festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 November 2018 19:29
- Written by Elle
The 43-year-old will take part in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict’s film festival in London later this month.She's visited refugee camps all over over the world, created a wildlife preserve in Cambodia previously under threat of poachers, and created the first Millennium Village Project in Asia.Now, Angelina Jolie is bringing her humanitarian efforts to London.Next week, the 43-year-old actress will take part in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict’s film festival, 'Fighting Stigma Through Film'. The event will focus on harnessing the power of film 'to help fight the discrimination and social stigma faced by survivors of warzone rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict', according to a press release from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the UK.The mother-of-six, who is the co-founder of Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, will lead a Q&A session with Dr. Denis Mukege, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and City of Joy Centre Director Christine Schuler Deschryver.
'Artists and human rights defenders often take significant risks to tell the truth about crimes committed against defenceless women, children and men during war,' Jolie - who was awarded an honorary dame hood in 2014 - said in a press release.'The perpetrators of war crimes often go to extreme lengths to keep the truth from being told. So I am proud to support the filmmakers taking part in the festival.' She added: 'Stigma compounds the suffering of survivors of warzone rape. It is an unbearable injustice on a human level, and it is a major obstacle to achieving justice for victims of these sickening acts of violence. We need to examine and change the entrenched social attitudes that treat sexual violence as an inevitable consequence of war or lesser crime – including harmful attitudes to women.'
In 2014, Jolie and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague travelled to Sarajevo to meet victims of the conflict in their on-going campaign to end sexual violence against women in war.Films to be screened at the festival include The Prosecutors, a kickstarter backed film about a Congolese and Bosnian lawyer’s fight to get justice for survivors of sexual violence, and Silent War, which accounts by women and children systematically abused by members of the Assad regime.
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source : Elle
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