Angelina Jolie Visits Female Factory Workers in Myanmar
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- Published on Saturday, 01 August 2015 18:24
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie leaves a meeting after visiting with female factory workers at a hostel in Hlaing Thar Yat Township on Saturday (August 1) in Yangon, Myanmar.The 40-year-old actress and director was joined for the visit by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to learn about the dire conditions in which the women work.Angelina is on a four-day trip to the region, which marks her first visit to Myanmar. Her son Pax has joined her on the trip, though he is not pictured here.
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Maybe they haven't seen Maleficent, Angelina? Hollywood star Jolie meets some rather unimpressed-looking novice monks on UN trip to Burma
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- Published on Saturday, 01 August 2015 04:38
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie has paid a visit to a Buddhist monastery and was pictured bowing to some young monks during the third day of her UN visit to Burma. The actress and humanitarian campaigner was there to meet with religious leaders from the Myanmar Interfaith Group in Yangon.She was also taken to watch a project run by Yaung Chi Thit - meaning 'New Life' - Voters Education Group which is aimed at protecting young people from political violence and getting them involved in democracy.Jolie had been due to visit Rakhine state today where thousands of Rohingya Muslims live in squalid conditions in slum housing and camp.However, downpours from Cyclone Komen have closed the region's airport and left large part inaccessible, so the visit has been postponed and may have to be cancelled altogether. The Oscar-winning star, who is also a special envoy for the United Nations' refugee agency, arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday on a four-day visit.She spent her first day meeting with politicians, including President Thein Sein in capital Naypyidaw before heading to Kachin state in the north yesterday, where civil war has raged since 2011.In a statement released today by the British embassy, she said: 'This visit underlined the vulnerability of women and girls living in protracted conflict situations to sexual violence, trafficking, and other human rights violations.'It was moving and humbling to meet survivors of sexual violence in Kachin State.' She said local aid groups were working hard to help victims, but added there was 'an urgent need for more medical assistance and legal and psychosocial support' as well as a 'strong legal framework to ensure all perpetrators of sexual violence are held accountable'.
Myanmar is still beset by the legacy of dozens of long-raging civil wars in its border areas, a handful of which are still being fought.The army had ruled the country with an iron fist for decades before handing power to Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government in 2011.It has long been accused of severe human rights abuses including sexual violence and using forced labour. Rebels have also been accused of abuses.Jolie's visit comes after an invitation from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to the British Embassy.Officials from the embassy are working with the actress as part of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, which promotes prosecutions of sexual violence perpetrators. Jolie flew to Myanmar after a brief visit to Cambodia where she plans to direct a film for Netflix about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child.She was accompanied for that portion of the trip by her 14-year-old son Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia.
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Caitlyn Jenner wants more plastic surgery look like Angelina Jolie, according to her pal.
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- Published on Thursday, 30 July 2015 19:39
- Written by Times Live
The former Olympian reportedly wants to have more plastic surgery in order to look like the Mr & Mrs Smith actress.A close friend revealed: "She's planning to get plastic surgery to try to look just like Angie."According Jenner's pal she wanted to look like the superstar because "as soon as she started dressing as a woman, people told her how much she resembles Angie" and "that's what's she's been striving for" A friend told America's Life & Style magazine: "As soon as she started dressing as a woman, people told her how much she resembles Angie. That's what she's been striving for, so it was the biggest compliments she could be given."However, the I Am Cait star apparently wants to achieve the look of Jolie "one feature at a time".The source added: "She wants to do it gradually--one feature at a time," Jenner learned what it was like to dress like Angelina earlier this month when she used Jolie's stylist Jen Rade for her first public appearance at the ESPY Awards.
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'Maleficent 2' confirmed, new writer spills updates; Angelina Jolie drops role?
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- Published on Saturday, 05 May 2018 16:20
- Written by VC Post
It is no surprise that Disney is currently developing a sequel to the 2014 hit film Maleficent. A writer has officially been hired to write the script, however Angelina Jolie's involvement in the upcoming film has not been confirmed yet.After its worldwide success last year, earning $758 million dollars from its $180 million production cost, Disney is now planning to make a Maleficent 2, a sequel to the movie which was about the sorceress villain in the classic story of Sleeping Beauty.Alice in Wonderland writer, Linda Woolverton was said to have been hired to write the upcoming film's script. Reports also suggest that Woolverton has been keeping the first movie's lead, Angelina Jolie, up to date with the details of the script.However, reports suggest that Jolie has not signed on any deal yet since she has not received any offer for it yet. "Nobody has asked me about that. I don't know," Jolie said. Although the actress did reveal that she did enjoy playing the role of the sorceress. "I can't imagine. I'm not dead, at the end of it. She's still there. I don't know. I loved playing her," she said.
Jolie also revealed that she will soon stop from acting in front of the camera to fully focus on working behind the scenes. "I've never been comfortable as an actor; I've never loved being in front of the camera." She said.But she also added that before she fully turns her back on the world of acting, there will be a couple of projects that she will take, and finish. "I see myself moving into directing more and doing much less as an actor," Jolie said. "I have a few more in me, ones I have been developing for some time, so I will do those before I step away." she added.Jolie is set to be back to voice the role of Tigress in Kung Fu Panda, and Salt. She is also currently working on the movie By the Sea which she stars along with her husband Brad Pitt.Maleficent 2 will be produced by Joe Roth, but it has also not been confirmed whether director Robert Stromberg will be back for the second film. More details about the upcoming movie are expected to be released in the coming months.
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Angelina Jolie Photographed on First Day of Myanmar Visit
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 July 2015 19:23
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Angelina Jolie-Pitt stops for a photo outside of the Myanmar Parliament Building on Tuesday (July 28) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.The 40-year-old actress, director, and activist was taking a meeting with the Speaker of the lower house, the Burmese House of Representatives, Mr. Thura Shwe Mann during the first day of her visit to the area.“I am looking forward to meeting with many people including women’s groups, civil society, displaced people and youth, to learn firsthand from them about their concerns and hopes for the future of their country,” Angelina told People. “With elections on the horizon in November, it is an important moment for people to exercise their democratic rights and help to address the fundamental issues critical to a peaceful future.” Angelina is a Special Envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees since her appointment in 2012.
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