WARNING: Batch of fake Angelina Jolie Maleficent dolls could kill children
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 December 2015 04:49
- Written by Western daily press
Consumer watchdogs are warning parents after a shipment of fake Angelina Jolie 'Maleficent' dolls were seized - which could KILL children.Trading Standards officers discovered the deadly batch of counterfeit merchandise based on the hit 2014 blockbuster at Coventry Airport last week.Border Force and Warwickshire County Council officials destroyed 60 of the lethal toys depicting the Disney villain before they could go on sale in time for Christmas.Shockingly, the bogus dolls from China contained phthalates - chemicals linked to cancer, asthma, birth defects and and infertility in men.Yesterday (Mon) Tory Councillor John Horner, the counil's portfolio holder for community safety, said: "There is now a global marketplace for goods and services and we are increasingly finding that many small businesses import their stocks direct from suppliers outside Europe."Unfortunately, in many areas of the world, consumers do not get the same levels of protection UK shoppers expect and receive, and products we consider dangerous are regularly manufactured and sold."I would strongly urge small businesses in Warwickshire that are considering importing stock from outside the EU to talk to Trading Standards who can offer help and advice."Trading standards are now advising parents to always buy from reputable sources and be wary of heavily discounted products.Councillor Philip Johnson, chair of the council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee, added: "We will continue to work with Border Force and other agencies to stop dangerous products from reaching our shop shelves and protect the public."Consumers can report toys and other goods they have concerns about via the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 040506.* Maleficent is a dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg based on a re-imagining of Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty.It stars Angelina Jolie who plays the "Mistress of All Evil" and grossed over £500 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2014.
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Angelina Jolie wants to help women feel proud of their bodies.
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November 2015 13:02
- Written by TV3
The actress decided to undergo a double mastectomy in 2013 when she found out she had an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer due to a defective BRCA1 gene. In her new film By the Sea she shows some skin and hopes it will help others in her position learn to love the way they look."I didn't want to hide and wanted to show women that these operations don't equal the end," she explained to Germany's TV Movie magazine."You can still have breasts. They might be slightly different to the touch, but you can still feel like a woman. We shouldn't have to be ashamed."But that's not to say filming By the Sea was easy for Angelina. At times she worried about flashing so much flesh on camera and had to stop herself from taking scenes out."There were lots of scenes I wanted to change or cut," she told the New York Times. "I realised it was going to be me (naked) in that bathtub. But I told myself, 'Put all of that aside... You can't change or cut this scene because you've had a mastectomy, or because we're married and people are going to analyse this or that. That would be cheating.'"Luckily her husband Brad Pitt has been by her side throughout. He also stars in the film and has been her rock."I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn't gonna let that happen," Angelina recently explained to revered US broadcaster Tom Brokaw.
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The 'Angelina Effect' Has Doubled Preventative Mastectomy Procedures In The U.K
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November 2015 12:59
- Written by Huffington post
Two years after the actress Angelina Jolie went public about having a gene mutation linked to breast cancer and her preventative double mastectomy, a new U.K. study has shown that the number of preventative operations of this kind has risen.Angelina Jolie's announcement in May 2013 that she had had a double mastectomy caused a media storm. The American actress carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, as did her mother, who died of breast cancer. She explained that she decided to have the operation to eliminate the 87 per cent risk that she would one day develop breast cancer.Her decision led to renewed interest in breast cancer genetic research which a research team at a breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester in the U.K. decided to investigate.In their study, which was published in the journal Breast Cancer on November 25, the researchers noted that the number of double mastectomies carried out in their clinic had more than doubled between January 2014 and June 2015, reaching a total of 83 procedures, whereas only 29 preventive mastectomies had been performed there between January 2011 and June 2012.While they did not question the patients about their underlying reasons for having the operation, professor of clinical genetics Gareth Evans and his team believe that the "Angelina Jolie effect" did much to encourage them.At the breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester, the number of operations performed on women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations increased from 17 between January 2011 and June 2012, to 31 from January 2014 to June 2015.The researchers noted that there was even an increase in the number of procedures on high-risk women without the BRCA1/2 gene mutation (up from 12 to 52 over the same period).The researchers pointed out that there is normally a period of 9 to 12 months between the initial consultation and the operation. This could explain the rise in preventative mastectomies at the beginning of 2014, some 9 months after Angelina Jolie made her announcement.The study's authors say the effect has been prolonged. They would be interested to see whether other hospitals, in the UK and elsewhere, have noted similar results.
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Brad Takes The Thanksgiving Reins
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- Published on Thursday, 26 November 2015 17:57
- Written by Vogue
WITH six children looking forward to Thanksgiving, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a tough task of keeping everyone happy, but when it comes to the food, Pitt has revealed that he has it covered. "I'll get in there, I'll mess it up a little bit," he enthused to Extra of his cooking skills, adding: "I'm all over that turkey!" Angelina And Brad: "We're Very Stable" Angelina And Brad: "We're Very Stable".Naturally the holiday season brings with it the opportunity to spend quality time with Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne, not to mention Jolie - life with whom he gave a rare insight in to last week."All my kids are so warm and they take on more than anyone could understand, more than I could ever understand," he told US Weekly. "They absorb so much, and I love watching all my children grow and learn. And of course my wife is amazing, and I love watching her teach and grow with our kids as well, I really mean that."
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Angelina Jolie accepts honourary post at Cambodian film festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 11:43
- Written by Bangkok post
The little-known Cambodia International Film Festival is getting a star-powered boost this year from Angelina Jolie Pitt.Organisers said in a statement Wednesday that Jolie, who is in Cambodia filming her latest movie, will serve as president of the festival's honourary committee.The festival, which is in its 6th year, runs from Dec 4 to 10. It is screening 130 films from 34 countries.Jolie is currently in the Southeast Asian country filming an adaptation of a Khmer Rouge biography, "First They Killed My Father,'' based on a 2000 memoir by Cambodian author and human rights activist Luong Ung.
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