Showing posts with label Angelina Jolie. Show all posts
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Thursday, 23 July 2009

Angelina Jolie made her third trip to Iraq

On Thursday Angelina Jolie made her third trip to Iraq.Angelina Jolie is offering support to hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis.

Angelina Jolie met four families displaced from the district of Abu Ghraib, located to the west of Baghdad, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

The families that Jolie met complained that their children could not go to school and they could not afford to pay for medical treatment for various ailments.one Iraqi complained to Jolie about his hardships, Jolie (a mother of six) told him, "It takes a lot of strength for you to survive this life. I don't know if I would be strong enough to survive this."

Before jolie left,she told locals: "I want to come back and find you in a better place and in a different situation. We hope that UNHCR and the government will support you in getting a piece of land. You need help not because you are poor, but because you are the future of Iraq."

Jolie first visited Iraq in August 2007, talking to 1,200 refugees. She returned last February.



Saturday, 4 July 2009

Angelina Jolie beats out Jennifer Aniston in earnings

Angelina Jolie was top earning actress in the past year of Tinseltown. She earned $27 million in the past year. Her nearest competitor - Jennifer Aniston, who was close behind with $25 million. Jolie's take included pay for the action film "Wanted" and income received upfront to star in the coming spy thriller "Salt," filmed on Long Island.

Aniston earned a healthy sum from the comedy "Marley & Me," which took in $244 million at the box office. There was also salary from her upcoming film, "The Baster" and residuals from the TV series "Friends."

Multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep is in the third position of ranking with $24 million, mostly from her role in the musical "Mamma Mia!" Sarah Jessica Parker and Cameron Diaz rounded out the top 5. At the bottom of the 15-woman list: Kate Winslet, with $2 million, including pay for her Oscar-winning turn in the Holocaust drama "The Reader.

The earnings, revealed in a report Thursday from Forbes.com, included salary and profit-sharing, and were for a one-year period beginning in June 2008

Sunday, 14 June 2009

Will Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt splitting?...or not?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is happy and famous couple. but from few days ago there is a rumours that they are spliting . actually what is happening? Will Brangelina part ways and split? Few days back the couple was reported to be sleeping in separate houses. The couple, which had rented a 20,000-pound-a-month mansion for four months in Long Island, were said to be staying “as far away from each other as possible”.

Pitt was alleged to be living in the main house in one of its 10 luxurious bedrooms, while Jolie purportedly preferred to be on her own in one of the building’s eight outhouses.

However by official statement Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has confirmed that they are not splitting up.Previously, The National Enquirer reported that the couple, parents to six children, is set to announce an ‘official’ split. However, a rep for Pitt and Jolie has said that rumours are “not true,” reports People magazine. Jolie is currently shooting the political action thriller ‘Salt’ while Pitt is promoting Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’.

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