New Angelina Jolie eBook becomes Amazon bestseller
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 08:08
- Written by Digital Journal
A new unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie reached number one in its category on Amazon Tuesday, once again fueling debate about the dominant role of eBooks in today's increasingly high-tech publishing ecosystem."The project has been in the works for over a year," says author Bradley Santoro, whose latest unauthorized biography chronicles Jolie's controversial life, career, and decisions.Due to the immediacy of electronic publishing, the new work was able to include Jolie's recent choice to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.Angelina Jolie: From Crazy to Courageous, which was published last week, has reached No. 1 in the category of Angelina Jolie books on Amazon - a subcategory of the Rich and Famous category, of which the ebook is also in the top 100."Jolie inspired millions, but also managed to bring out the worst in her critics," explains Santoro, who comprehensively researched Jolie's past, interviewing sources close to the Academy Award winning actress and her equally accomplished actor fiance, Brad Pitt."There are so many misunderstandings about Angelina's personality, personal transformation, her faith, her politics, her relationship with friends and family, and where she ultimately wants to be in life," Santoro says. "This work sheds light on all of that and more in a fresh way that isn't complicated by unfounded rumors and gossip."Subject matter aside, the overnight success of this new eBook underscores expectations from leading publishers and industry analysts who believe that eBook sales will accelerate even further in 2013.Angelina Jolie: From Crazy to Courageous is available now for $4.95 exclusively on Amazon. Amazon Prime subscribers can download the eBook at no charge.
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The Angelina Effect: TIME’s New Cover Image Revealed
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- Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:58
- Written by Healthland
Angelina Jolie has never lacked for influence. When she adopted a baby from Ethiopia, inquiries at U.S. adoption agencies about other Ethiopian orphans doubled. When she named other children Vivienne or Maddox, those names shot up the popularity charts for American newborns. So this week, when a woman known for her powerfully iconic beauty announced that she had undergone an elective double mastectomy to reduce her genetically high risk of breast cancer, it was a cultural and medical earthquake — a revelation so arresting it became the subject of TIME’s newest cover story, which will be publish on TIME.com Thursday morning, before hitting newsstands on Friday (visit time.com/angelina; free for subscribers or purchase a digital pass).Jolie, by nearly universal agreement, made the right choice for her. She tested positive for the breast-cancer-related BRCA1 gene, putting the probability that she would develop the disease at a terrifying 87%; after her surgery, her doctors put that number at just 5%. But a lot of experts worry that we may overread the lessons. Genetic screening is a young science, and while we may have detected genes linked to a host of ills — Alzheimer’s disease, prostate cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, heart disease — we often do a terrible job of calculating our resulting risks. Just over one-tenth of 1% of all women carry the same BRCA mutation Jolie has, and yet doctors expect a stampede of women requesting the test. In the U.S., 36% of women who test positive opt for preventive mastectomy, but some doctors argue that regular MRIs and other screening tests may be sufficient to detect the disease, and that less radical procedures, like lumpectomies, may be sufficient to treat it if it does occur.Similar misunderstanding of risks is common in the case of prostate cancer too. The familiar PSA screening test detects blood antigens related to the disease, but levels of the marker can rise as a result of inflammation, infection and even riding a bicycle. Still, many men who test positive begin a cascade of subsequent tests and treatments that can often lead to a radical prostatectomy, sometimes with no real sign that they have the disease, or at least not a slow-growing case they could live with.Human beings are very good at worrying — it’s what keeps us alive and out of harm’s way. But we’re also good at overworrying, making irreversible decisions to reduce or avoid risks that don’t really exist at all. Jolie’s brave example can make us all smarter and help keep us all healthier — but only if we take the right lessons from it.
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Angelina Jolie Reportedly Having Ovaries Removed
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- Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:39
- Written by Celebrity Gossip
After recently going under the knife for a double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie is now reportedly scheduled to have her ovaries removed.According to People, the Oscar-winning actress still carries a 50-percent chance of developing ovarian cancer even after the recent surgery.Angelina’s mother, Marcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer in 2007, which is why Miss Jolie is taking extra precautions for her health and safety.During her recent editorial for the New York Times, the 37-year-old actress explained that she “started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.” Reports continue that although the “Salt” star is still in her child-baring years, doctors suggest that she have her ovaries removed by the age of 40. Stay tuned to GossipCenter for the latest news on Angelina's health.
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Angelina Jolie reveals she had preventive double mastectomy
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 10:46
- Written by Fox News
Angelina Jolie reveals she had preventive double mastectomy after discovering cancer gene.Angelina Jolie says she underwent a preventive double mastectomy earlier this year after learning she carries a gene that increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.In a New York Times op-ed published late Monday, the 37-year-old Academy Award winner writes that after genetic testing she learned she carries the "faulty" BRCA1 gene. The risk of developing cancer due to the gene varies, but Jolie says doctors estimated she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer. Jolie, whose mother died from cancer, says she decided to have the preventive mastectomy to be "proactive" for the sake of her six children with her partner, Brad Pitt."My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes. "She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."She said she has kept the process private so far, but wrote about with hopes of helping other women."I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy," she writes. "But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
She is anything but private in the details she provides, giving a step-by-step description of the procedures. She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts."My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a `nipple delay,"' she writes, "which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area."She then describes the major surgery two weeks later where breast tissue was removed, saying it felt "like a scene out of a science-fiction film," then writes that nine weeks later she had a third surgery to reconstruct the breasts and receive implants."Many women have chosen preventive mastectomy since genetic screening for breast cancer was developed, but the move and public announcement is unprecedented from a star so young and widely known as Jolie.She briefly addresses the effects of the surgery on the idealized sexuality and iconic womanhood that have fueled her fame."I do not feel any less of a woman," Jolie writes. "I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."She also wrote that Brad Pitt, her partner of eight years, was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Southern California for "every minute of the surgeries."Jolie, daughter of Hollywood luminary Jon Voight, has appeared in dozens of films including 2010's "The Tourist" and "Salt," the "Tomb Raider" films, and 1999's "Girl, Interrupted," for which she won an Academy Award.But she has appeared more often in the news in recent years for her power coupling with Pitt and her charitable work with refugees as a United Nations ambassador.
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Angelina Jolie shows her raw spark in bikini photoshoot at age of 16
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:39
- Written by bhaskar
No one can match the raw energy of a star Angelina Jolie. The reigning queen, who is popular for acting skills as much as her luscious lips, Jolie has come a long way since she stepped into modeling at the age of 14.The washed out natural look with sleepy dove eyes and bee stung lips, still remains unmatched in Hollywood. The long locks complementing her clear complexion have defined her beauty with grace since years. Angelina’s raw energy captured in the lens, hints at her rocky childhood when she started living with her boyfriend in her own house and suffered from bouts of depression due to separation from her father. The pictures of her teenage photoshoot highlight her features in the most aesthetic sense and bring the idea of comparison with her present age. The teenager who took to modeling for an underwear brand at such an early age is now a mother of six kids: three biological and three adopted. The raw energy has now turned into maturity with a few wrinkles at the corner of her eyes in place, although the pout is still the deadliest with no one in competition.With such heavenly features of an angel, Jolie is now a 37-year old woman with more than a dozen tattoos. She is still pondering over marriage plans and is busy taking care of her six kids along with partner Brad Pitt.
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