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Angelina Jolie Visits Libya-Tunisia Border [VIDEO]

Apr 6th 2011 – 12:29PM
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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Refugees who fled violence in Libya have welcomed an unusual visitor to their border camp in Tunisia: Angelina Jolie. The American actress visited on Tuesday in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The UNHCR said in a statement that Jolie urged more...

Jack Black Helps Name Atlanta Zoo's Panda Cub

Feb 15th 2011 – 1:08PM
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David Goldman, AP

ATLANTA -- Jack Black joined Zoo Atlanta for a naming ceremony for a 3-month-old giant panda cub, the only one of the endangered species born in a U.S. zoo last year. The zoo today named the cub Po after the main character voiced by Black in his upcoming animated sequel "Kung Fu Panda 2." Zoo officials say that in return...

Pitt, Jolie Donate $2 Million to African Wildlife Refuge

Jan 3rd 2011 – 9:52AM
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Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary/AP

JOHANNESBURG -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are donating $2 million to the Namibian sanctuary where they spent Christmas with their kids. The donation to the Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary was made through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in the name of their daughter Shiloh, who was born in Namibia. Naankuse...

Bosnian Rape Victims Protest Angelina Jolie Movie

By Lauren FrayerNov 30th 2010 – 8:33AM
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(Nov. 30) -- Bosnian rape victims from the 1990s want Angelina Jolie stripped of her title as a "goodwill ambassador" for the United Nations because of rumors that a new film she's directing tells the story of a Muslim woman who falls in love with her Serbian rapist. A group called Women Victims of War, which represents...

Angelina Jolie Defends Her Bosnian Movie Plans

By Dana KennedyOct 15th 2010 – 4:09PM
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Radcliffe / Bauer-Griffin

(Oct. 15) -- Angelina Jolie said today that she hopes to meet with rape victims in Bosnia after an uproar about the plot of her upcoming film led Sarajevo officials to cancel her permit to film there. The controversy about Jolie's movie, her first as writer-director, stemmed from reports, apparently false, that it was a...

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Which Celebrities Are Packing Heat?

May 31st 2012 - 03:46PM

Robert De Niro often plays a gun-wielding fast-talker, and he's got a license to carry in real life too.

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Ken O'Neill: Until We All Can Say 'I Do'

May 30th 2012 - 05:19PM

Until recently my partner Marcus and I had a lot in common with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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UK Riots 2011: Six Found Guilty Of Firebombing Nottingham Police Station

May 30th 2012 - 08:55AM

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange put a banner up bearing an image of him on a Union Jack flag before the verdict was given in his extradition case at the Supreme Court in London.

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PHOTOS: Angelina Jolie In Westminster For Launch Of Warzone Sexual Violence Taskforce

May 30th 2012 - 04:36AM

Film actress and director Angelina Jolie was in Westminster on Tuesday evening for the launch of a UK initiative to prevent sexual violence against women in warzones.

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Britain Launches Anti-Rape Unit For War Zones

May 29th 2012 - 03:42AM

The British government is launching an initiative aimed at helping victims of sexual violence in war zones.

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Background on angelina jolie

Angelina Jolie ( , born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Special Envoy and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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