Angelina Jolie to support cancer charity
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- Published on Friday, 29 November 2013 19:51
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Angelina Jolie will support a new cancer charity set up by her family. The organisation will be named after her mother Marcheline, aunt and uncle.Angelina Jolie's family are setting up a charity to promote cancer education.The 'Maleficent' actress - who underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year after being diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene - will be involved with the Marcheline Debra and Raleigh Foundation, which is named in honour of her mother, aunt and uncle, who all died of cancer, her uncle Ron Martin has revealed.Ron said: ''Angelina's father Jon Voight will be involved, her brother James [Haven] will be on board. Angelina will help. She and [fiance] Brad Pitt are humanitarians. It's something so close to home.''The actress' family are proud of the way she uses her celebrity status to do humanitarian work and raise awareness of good causes and think her mother Marcheline Bertrand would have been particularly proud of her daughter following her receipt of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the recent Governers Awards.Angelina's cousin Francis Bertrand told Grazia magazine: ''It's great that she uses her star power in the right way. Her mother believed life was meaningful if you gave back. She would have been very proud of her receiving that award.''I hope Angelina inspires with the message she gives. It means a lot to her to be acknowledged. She speaks from the heart.''
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Angelina Jolie 'spends $12.2 million on secluded heart-shaped island' for Brad Pitt's 50th birthday
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- Published on Monday, 25 November 2013 18:12
- Written by Daily Mail
Their love for one another has never been in doubt, but Angelina Jolie has apparently reinforced the depth of her feelings for Brad Pitt by buying him his very own heart shaped island.The actress has reportedly paid £12.2 million for secluded Petra as Brad prepares to celebrate his 50th birthday on December 18.Angelina is understood to have snapped up the island, located some 50-miles away from New York City, after discovering its two sprawling properties were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Brad’s favourite architect. A source told The Mirror: ‘As soon as Angelina heard the island was on the market she arranged a viewing. She was really impressed. The house is perfect for romantic getaways or as a family retreat.‘It’s very private. And Angelina knows the fact the island is in the shape of a heart will mean so much to him.’Petra’s original cottage was erected in 1950, while its larger property was built from one of Wright’s blueprints in 2008 – 48-years after his death. The home boasts panoramic views of the surrounding area, ceilings panelled with the finest mahogany and skylights that afford the property plenty of natural lighting.Its spacious kitchen effortlessly juxtaposes new and old, combining conventional fixtures and fittings with highly distinctive work surfaces chiselled out of granite.
An open porch, complete with a carved wooden bench, gives the owner breath-taking views of the surrounding area, while beneath the building’s stone foundations disappear into the water. The finer details of its intricate design will not be lost on architecture fan Brad, who once admitted that Frank Lloyd Wright ‘changed his life.’Angelina has previously treated him to a tour of the late architect’s home, Fallingwater, in 2006.‘He was incredibly well informed about the architecture,’ recalled Cara Armstrong, Fallingwater’s Curator of Education.‘Experiencing Fallingwater in person, hearing the waterfall cascade under the house, was better than anything he imagined.’Angelina is currently in Australia while she directs her new film, war biopic Unbroken, and she’s understood to have rented a property in Vaucluse, New South Wales.The International Business Times report that her new rented abode is one of the top five most affluent suburbs in the area and offers easy access to The Gap, Sydney Harbour and the Tasman Sea.Angelina will stay in Australia until December 2013 while she films the new movie, based on the war experiences of former POW Louie Zamperini.
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Angelina Jolie Shops on Saturday with Knox & Vivienne!
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:03
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Angelina Jolie holds hands with her adorable five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne as they step out together on Saturday (November 23) in Sydney, Australia.The 38-year-old actress and her little ones grabbed a bite to eat before shopping together on the sunny afternoon! It was recently announced that Angelina and her fiance Brad Pitt‘s wine, Jolie-Pitt & Perrin Côtes de Provence Rosé Miraval, ranked number 84 on the list of top one hundred wines of 2013, according to the LA Times. It was also ranked as the highest Rosé on the list as well. Congrats, Angelina and Brad!
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Angelina Jolie to film in Hunter
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- Published on Friday, 22 November 2013 20:07
- Written by The Herald
HOLLYWOOD superstar Angelina Jolie will bring her cast and crew from her international feature film Unbroken to the Hunter Valley.Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner announced today that Jolie and her crew had arrived in Sydney to begin filming and will head to the Hunter Valley during the next couple of months.The announcement follows reports that the Mr and Mrs Smith star visited Maitland in August to scout locations for the World War II drama.Backed by major Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, Unbroken chronicles the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.Zamperini will be played by British actor Jack O’Connell of This is England fame.Mr Stoner said Unbroken would inject millions of dollars into the NSW economy and create more than 300 full-time equivalent jobs for NSW-based crew alone, and more for cast and extras.Filming locations will also include Fox Studios Sydney, Gold Coast Queensland and Werris Creek near Tamworth.
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Angelina Jolie Gets Back to Directing 'Unbroken' in Australia!
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- Published on Friday, 22 November 2013 19:57
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie wears a black dress while directing scenes for her upcoming film Unbroken on Thursday (November 21) in Sydney, Australia.Streets around the set were shut down for filming of the 38-year-old actress’ new film, which is a chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.Over the weekend, Angelina and her family were back in Los Angeles so she could accept her Oscar statuette for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. It was just announced that Wine Spectator ranked Angelina and her fiance Brad Pitt‘s wine “Jolie-Pitt & Perrin Côtes de Provence Rosé Miraval” number 84 on its list of the top 100 wines of 2013. It also placed higher on the list than any other rosé, which makes it the mag’s best rosé in the world!
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