Angelina Jolie made an honorary dame by the Queen
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- Published on Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:47
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Angelina Jolie, the Tomb Raider star, has been made an honorary dame by the Queen . Angelina Jolie, the Oscar-winning actress, has been made an honorary dame by the Queen for her campaign work fighting sexual violence and for services to UK foreign policy.The 39-year-old film star, best known for her role in Hollywood blockbuster Tomb Raider, was presented with the award during a private audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.After the presentation, Jolie’s husband, Brad Pitt, and the couple’s six children, were shown into the Palace’s 1844 room and presented to the Queen.As an American, Jolie, cannot be addressed as Dame but can use the initials of the award - DCMG - after her name.The actress, co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative( PVSI), was recognised in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas Birthday 2014 Honours list and received the honorary damehood for services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war-zone sexual violence. During the audience, the Queen presented the actress with the insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Jolie spent around 20 minutes with the monarch.
The award was first announced in June during the week when Jolie was co-chairing the End Sexual Violence in Conflict (ESVC) global summit in London with then foreign secretary William Hague.She said at the time: “To receive an honour related to foreign policy means a great deal to me, as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life to. Working on PVSI and with survivors of rape is an honour in itself. I know that succeeding in our goals will take a lifetime, and I am dedicated to it for all of mine.”Her work as a humanitarian runs parallel to her career as a leading actress who has been a huge box office draw for more than a decade.She has been described by US Secretary of State John Kerry as a "fierce and fearless advocate" and he said her dedication to campaigning could overtake her successful film career as her lasting legacy.Jolie, who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the drama Girl, Interrupted, is also special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.The actress announced in a New York Times article last year that she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy because she carries the 'faulty' gene BRCA1, which sharply increased her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
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Brad Pitt Wears Homemade 'Maleficent' Shirt with Angelina Jolie
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- Published on Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:50
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Brad Pitt leads the way in front of his wife Angelina Jolie while arriving at the airport on Thursday (October 9) in London, England.The 50-year-old actor was seen wearing a homemade Maleficent shirt representing the character that Angie played in the box-office smash film earlier this year.Brad and Angelina were joined by their kids (not pictured) while stepping off their private plane. They arrived in town to attend a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, where she was presented with the Honorary Dame Grand Cross thanks to her work trying to end sexual violence around the world.
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Angelina Jolie and Julia Roberts Share Words of Wisdom with Younger Selves
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- Published on Friday, 10 October 2014 10:34
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Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Jodie Foster and Julia Roberts have shared their best pieces of advice for their younger selves as part of People magazine's 40th anniversary issue.Editors asked a host of celebrities to revisit their pasts for the special October (14) edition and reveal what they would have wanted to know in their youths. The stars offered words of encouragement and love.Jolie insists she wouldn't "change anything", but encourages her younger self to travel more, saying, "I would probably say enjoy the freedom as much as you possibly can before it goes away. Enjoy the walks in the park and the backpacking and travelling and living. Which I did, but I would have liked to have done more before it became a little less easy to do so." The newlywed mum of six adds, "You can never prepare for the future, because it's all those things that build up to who you are. You have to let your younger self be scared of things and attack things head on. Make bold choices and make mistakes, and it's all those things that add up to the person you later become."Meanwhile, Roberts encourages her younger self to "be happy with your natural curls" and "relish every moment with Dad", and Lopez writes, "Keep your feet on the ground, don't forget who you are, and love yourself - appreciate yourself."
Former beauty queen Halle Berry wishes she had been more relaxed during her youth, saying, "Everything happens for a reason. The highs. The lows. It's all for a higher development. And I would not stress about the down times. That's part of one's evolution", while Foster regrets not stepping behind the camera earlier in her career, stating, "I wish I could have directed more in my 30s."Transgender Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox has also opened up to her teenage self, urging her to "know you are beautiful" and adding, "You are not crazy for knowing you are a girl. This knowledge about who you are is not a disappointment to anyone, but an acknowledgement of God's plan for you."Jennifer Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Sharon Stone, Matthew McConaughey, rocker Adam Levine and singer Kelly Clarkson also shared their words of wisdom for the article.Meanwhile, Taylor Swift admits she wishes she'd have laughed more as a teenager, adding, "You have to laugh when you're humiliated, when you're rejected... At a certain point you have to be able to turn whatever bad experience you have into a funny dinner party joke."
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Returning Down Under! Angelina Jolie due to make Australian comeback for world premiere of biopic Unbroken next month
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- Published on Thursday, 09 October 2014 03:57
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She spent six months on Australian shores filming World War II biopic Unbroken.And now that the film is complete, it has been announced that Angelina Jolie will be returning Down Under for the world premiere.The Hollywood heavyweight, 39, will be back in Sydney on November 17 where she will be joined by the film's lead actor Jack O'Connell and Japanese star Miyavi, announced the Today Show on Thursday. The news comes a fortnight after the Academy Award winning actress hit a roadblock for her next directorial project titled Africa. Issues subsisting between two once-married producers involved in the film is apparently threatening to put the whole thing in jeopardy, according to Hollywood Reporter.Meanwhile Jolie's Australian directed film Unbroken, which stars O'Connell, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund and local actor Jai Courtney, has been completed unhindered by setbacks. On Wednesday Courtney described working under Jolie's direction as 'fantastic'. 'She's got a wonderful creative voice,' the Spartacus star told the Huffington Post.'It was literally one of those cases where it was like, "I don't care what I play, I just want to be a part of this movie".'It is based on the true story of WWII hero Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who joined the Air Force in 1941 and became stranded on a raft for 47 days after his plane was shot down. He survived only to be captured by the Japanese. Zamperini himself passed away on July 2 at age 97, one week before the official trailer was released.
Jolie paid tribute to the American veteran following the news of his death, describing his passing as 'a loss impossible to describe' via a statement. 'We are all so grateful for how enriched our lives are for having known him. We will miss him terribly,' she said.The Maleficent star and her husband Brad Pitt based their big family in a huge Vaucluse mansion in Sydney's eastern suburbs when they arrived last November for six months for the prolonged filming of Unbroken.The brunette stunner admitted that she and Pitt felt so happy in Australia when she relocated her six-strong brood, that they had even considered an Australian wedding.'It crossed our mind when we were there,' she said in an interview with Channel Seven's Sunrise at the time.'I loved Australia. I loved everything about it: I loved working in Australia, I loved the crew, I think its the most extraordinary place to make films and to spend time.' The couple have since tied the knot in at their French chateau in August.Unbroken is set for release in Australian cinemas on December 25.
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Angelina Jolie: I Feel in Contact with My Mother When I Look at My Children
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 October 2014 03:53
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Angelina Jolie honored her late mom, Marcheline Bertrand, at her wedding in August, and now the Oscar winner is opening up about how motherhood has connected her to her mom's memory.In a new new interview with French Marie Claire, Jolie speaks about her mother's legacy and its impact on her own humanitarian work.Bertrand, who passed away in 2007 after a long battle with ovarian cancer, "was very soft but could move mountains for her kids," Jolie, 39, told the magazine. "That's something I always admire in women: that mix of softness and strength. She was half Indian, and I remember that as a small girl, she took me to a dinner for Amnesty International." "She always tried to understand the complexity of the world. She had a great heart which was sensitive to the world's violence."Asked whether she believes in life after death, Jolie replied, "I'm not certain ... I feel in contact with my mother when I look at my children. I can feel her influence over me then. I see that my way of raising them resembles the way she raised my brother and I. It's more apparent with my daughters Shiloh and Vivienne. Therefore, yes, my mother is there, present in this influence, all the time."The actress, who has been in Malta with new husband Brad Pitt and their six kids as part of a working honeymoon, also spoke about their upcoming romantic drama By the Sea."We'll play an American couple in the south [of France] that should remind you no doubt of someone."
As for the couple's real-life home base in the south of France, Château Miraval, Jolie says it is "perfectly situated" for their busy family."I'm not very good at relaxing," she says. "I can't stay put. I read, write, negotiate films, I carry my office around with me." Miraval, she notes, "is close to European cities, but also to Africa and the Middle East. To all the theaters of operations where my United Nations work obliges me to go. L.A. is clearly too far from all that." Speaking about her role as a special envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency, Jolie addressed her work at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, where she delivered the opening remarks in London in June.Given her ongoing activism, would she ever be tempted to run for office? "I don't think my family would agree," she says. "And then I don't know how I could be more useful than now, because my position as a public figure helps so much in generating media attention for my fight." One thing she does know for certain: Her famous tattoo collection is sure to grow – possibly influenced by her upcoming WWII film, Unbroken."You can be certain I'll have a new one soon," she says. "Without a doubt, something with Japanese inspiration."
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