Angelina Jolie to guest-edit Radio 4's Today programme: Actress will feature refugees and violence against women when she takes reins of the flagship BBC show
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- Published on Thursday, 22 November 2018 04:20
- Written by Daily mail
She has combined a hugely successful Hollywood career with campaigning on a range of issues close to her heart.So Angelina Jolie will not be short of ideas for stories to pursue when she guest-edits BBC Radio 4’s Today programme over Christmas.Since 2003 the flagship current affairs show has invited prominent public figures to become the editor for a day during the festive period.Jolie, 43, will take the reins on December 28, when she will highlight the issues of violence against women in conflict zones and the refugee crisis.She will speak to refugees and survivors of conflict directly during the show.The mother-of-six, actress and campaigner has already begun work on her stint at Today.Her spokesman said she is ‘grateful’ for the opportunity ‘to draw on the BBC’s global expertise and network to explore practical solutions to a number of pressing issues of our time’.He added: ‘She has already begun working with the Today programme team and is looking forward to engaging a broad and diverse range of voices in the programme.’Jolie will not be briefing John Humphrys on the issues as Justin Webb and Mishal Husain are due to present that day.Other guest editors will include outgoing Question Time host David Dimbleby, 80. Meanwhile, the subject of ‘outer space’ will be explored in a separate, theme-based episode of the Radio 4 programme.Dimbleby will join Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's prize for fiction, the founder of lastminute.com Lady Lane-Fox, the Churchill biographer, Andrew Roberts, and Chidera Eggrue, the fashion blogger and campaigner on female body issues. Last year the Duke of Sussex was among the guest editors of the show, interviewing his own father, the Prince of Wales, and former US president Barack Obama.Actress Carey Mulligan, comedian Sir Lenny Henry, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow and Professor Stephen Hawking have also previously steered Today for special Christmas editions.
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source : Daily Mail 
Angelina Jolie Is Returning To London To Fight Stigma Of Sexual Violence With Film Festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 November 2018 19:29
- Written by Elle
The 43-year-old will take part in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict’s film festival in London later this month.She's visited refugee camps all over over the world, created a wildlife preserve in Cambodia previously under threat of poachers, and created the first Millennium Village Project in Asia.Now, Angelina Jolie is bringing her humanitarian efforts to London.Next week, the 43-year-old actress will take part in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict’s film festival, 'Fighting Stigma Through Film'. The event will focus on harnessing the power of film 'to help fight the discrimination and social stigma faced by survivors of warzone rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict', according to a press release from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the UK.The mother-of-six, who is the co-founder of Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, will lead a Q&A session with Dr. Denis Mukege, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and City of Joy Centre Director Christine Schuler Deschryver.
'Artists and human rights defenders often take significant risks to tell the truth about crimes committed against defenceless women, children and men during war,' Jolie - who was awarded an honorary dame hood in 2014 - said in a press release.'The perpetrators of war crimes often go to extreme lengths to keep the truth from being told. So I am proud to support the filmmakers taking part in the festival.' She added: 'Stigma compounds the suffering of survivors of warzone rape. It is an unbearable injustice on a human level, and it is a major obstacle to achieving justice for victims of these sickening acts of violence. We need to examine and change the entrenched social attitudes that treat sexual violence as an inevitable consequence of war or lesser crime – including harmful attitudes to women.'
In 2014, Jolie and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague travelled to Sarajevo to meet victims of the conflict in their on-going campaign to end sexual violence against women in war.Films to be screened at the festival include The Prosecutors, a kickstarter backed film about a Congolese and Bosnian lawyer’s fight to get justice for survivors of sexual violence, and Silent War, which accounts by women and children systematically abused by members of the Assad regime.
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source : Elle
‘The Bone Collector': NBC Developing TV Adaptation of Denzel Washington Film
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 11:36
- Written by The Wrap
NBC is developing a TV adaptation of Denzel Washington’s 1999 film, “The Bone Collector.” The NBC series is based on both the film and the book series by Jeffery Deaver, and follows Lincoln Rhyme, a retired genius forensic criminologist left paralyzed after an accident on the job. When a harrowing case brings him back to the force, Rhyme partners up with an ambitious young detective, Amelia Sachs, to take down some of the most dangerous criminals in the U.S.In the film, Amelia was played by Angelina Jolie. NBC handed out a premium script order for the project.The project is from Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television in association with Keshet Studios. The film, which grossed $151 million at the box office globally, was distributed jointly by Universal Pictures (U.S. and Canada) and Columbia Pictures (internationally).Boyd and Bianculli executive produce with Keshet’s Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan.
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source : The Wrap
Angelina Jolie beams proudly as she watches daughter Vivienne practice karate in Los Angeles
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 07:48
- Written by Daily mail
She has kicked butt as Lara Croft, Mrs Smith, and Master Tigress.And Angelina Jolie was clearly delighted the apple has not fallen far from the tree as she watched daughter Vivienne practice karate on Monday night.The proud mama was spotted beaming as she silently spectated her youngest daughter training at her martial arts class in Los Angeles.The 43-year-old could not hide her delight as she stood at the back of the dojo, wrapped in a long grey shawl.With her sunglasses perched on her head and a cup of Starbucks coffee clutched to her chest, she stood alongside one of the Kenpo instructors as the students performed.Along with her ten-year-old twin brother Knox, Vivenne is the screen siren's youngest child of six with ex Brad Pitt.The former couple also share 12-year-old Shiloh, 13-year-old Zahara, 14-year-old Pax, and 17-year-old Maddox.In December, the pair are slated to duke it out in a Los Angeles courtroom over custody of the kids.They were reported to have reached an interim custody agreement regarding their six children in late summer.But negotiations appear to have broken down, and next month, the couple will ask a judge to rule on the custody battle.Angelina is asking for full custody, while her A-list ex wants a shared custody agreement. In addition, the judge will weigh in on dividing up their shared property, after it was revealed they had no prenup.
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source : Daily Mail
Angelina Jolie takes kids Shiloh, 12, Vivienne, 10, and Knox, 10, out to lunch in LA amid brewing custody battle with Brad Pitt
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- Published on Monday, 19 November 2018 11:44
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Angelina Jolie got in some quality time with three of her youngest children on Sunday.The movie star was spotted out with Shiloh, 12, and 10-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox while they headed to lunch in Los Angeles.Even the family dog came along for the walk to a local restaurant, guided on a leash by Shiloh.Angelina looked joyful and was full of smiles under a wide-brimmed black hat and sunglasses as she strolled with her family.The two-time Oscar winner was dressed down in a chic pair of black jeans with pointy-toe flats and a simple white T-shirt. She tied a sweater around her slim hips.Shiloh led the pack in a pair of baggy khaki cargo shorts and an olive green jacket with black high top sneakers by Under Armour. Little sister Vivienne walked arm-in-arm with her mom. She was dressed in a pair of dark denim jeans and a red graphic T-shirt in the style of a Trix cereal box on the front.Her twin, Knox, rocked a pair of black Nike sweatpants and a graphic T-shirt.The doting mother recently got back from a trip abroad to South Korea on an official visit as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee Special Envoy.There, Angelina set aside time to explore the country's institutions of higher learning with her eldest, Maddox. The pair were spotted on a university tour together.The Lara Croft star has been battling for custody of the six children whom she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt. In December, the former power couple are slated to duke it out in a Los Angeles courtroom. They were reported to have reached an interim custody agreement regarding their six children in late summer.But negotiations appear to have broken down, and next month, the couple will ask a judge to rule on the custody battle.Angelina is asking for full custody, while her A-list ex wants a shared custody agreement. In addition, the judge will weigh in on dividing up their shared property, after it was revealed they had no prenup.
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source : Daily Mail
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