Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Her Late Mother Marcheline Bertrand: ‘She Never Spoiled Herself’
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 04:18
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For Angelina Jolie, teaming up with Guerlain is about more than a partnership. The award-winning actress and humanitarian told Hello! that she decided to partner with the French perfume brand because it reminds her of her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56 in January 2007.Stars Who Beat Cancer.The First They Killed My Father director, who is the face of the brand’s new international scent Mon Guerlain, told the publication that Guerlain is a brand her mother loved and that she knew from her childhood.“It spoke to her, as it does to me, of beauty, history and quality,” she explained. “It's the oldest perfume house in the world, from France, a country I love and feel connected to and spend time in. As I talked to Guerlain about the artistry they devote to the making of the perfume and the way they work in communities, sourcing their ingredients, the pieces came together and I felt we were a match."
Brangelina: The Way They Were.While recalling her late mother, who was also an actress and humanitarian, Jolie shared that Bertrand was a very "natural" woman.“She never spoiled herself, never wore make-up, and wore modest jewelery, but she always had a few special items for when she wanted to feel like a lady,” she recalled. “One of those special items – and I remember it because it seemed so elegant – was her Guerlain powder (Ladies in All Climates). I think it speaks of all women having those few special things that make them feel feminine. And so when I was a little girl, I would associate Guerlain with that."For Jolie, who is the mom of six kids with estranged husband Brad Pitt, her go-to product is under eye concealer, she told Hello!, while also admitting that her approach towards aging is to appreciate life. "Maybe because my last decade has included many health scares and a focus on raising children, I am simply happy to be healthy, and above all that the children are healthy,” Jolie, who underwent a double mastectomy and later had her ovaries removed in March 2015, said. “There is nothing else to fear. It makes life clear.”
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Angelina Jolie ‘dismisses brother from head nanny role’
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- Published on Sunday, 26 March 2017 15:23
- Written by Sunday World
Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven has reportedly been let go by sister from his job as nanny to her brood.The 43-year-old former actor was allegedly employed by the Mr. & Mrs. Smith star to supervise the six nannies she employs - one for each child - in the wake of her split from former husband Brad Pitt. However, he was noticeably absent from the actress' entourage on a recent visit to London.Last September (16) DailyMail.com reported that Angelina had been leaving her children in the care of brother James and that he had accompanied her and the children to Cambodia where she was shooting a movie as well previously being spotted dashing through airports with the family on their travels.However, according to editors at Grazia, Angelina has "quietly dismissed" James from his role as head nanny, after she realised the job was taking a heavy toll on him. The former actor and his sister have always been extremely close. He famously came to the world's attention back in 2000 when Angelina and he kissed on the mouth at the Oscars where she won a Supporting Actress Academy Award for Girl, Interrupted."Things haven't been easy with Brad and Angelina's divorce, and James has done more than his fair share helping out while the family goes through a major upheaval," a source close to the star told Grazia. "But he's done. he's loved spending so much time with his nieces and nephews, but it's hard work and he's absolutely shattered.James was said to have overall responsibility for running the team of nannies responsible for the former couple's children; Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Vivienne and Knox, but with such a large brood, the role soon spilled over into managing the household too."It was his job to be there if any of the kids woke up during the night and to deal with the nannies if they had any issues. He was virtually running the household and it became very draining," the source added. "She was worried about how exhausted he looked and realised he needed a break. Brad is coming back into the kids' lives, so things have calmed down a little. She's grateful that James was there, but knows she can't rely on him every step of the way."The news comes as Angelina visited London last week (14Mar17) to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace & Security about how rape is used as a tool of war.“I hope I do well,” she told reporters ahead of the lecture. “This is very important to me.”
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Angelina Jolie adopted her first son, Maddox, with 'fake' details to speed up the court process claims a Cambodian aid worker
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 07:34
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The documentation Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie used to adopt her eldest son contained false information, a Cambodian aid worker has claimed. Mounh Sarath, 51, wrote that he was the father of Maddox Jolie-Pitt on the boy's adoption papers in order to speed up the process of passing him into Jolie's care in 2003.He also claims he provided a local address on the papers and still has power of attorney over the 15-year-old, who Jolie took back to the United States.He said: 'In court documents, Maddox is still my son. She never cleared this up.'She had to change his name, so the only way was for me to do it. I said he's my son.Sarath added that he has now fallen out with the 41-year-old star.He told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: 'I would be happy if Cambodia didn't see her again.' He showed The Sun on Sunday the document filed with a court in Battambong province in August 2003 which confirms the court considered him the father.Despite the claims there is no implication that Jolie nor her then husband, Billy Bob Thornton, who adopted Maddox too, knew that Sarath did this. At the time of Maddox's adoption, the US had imposed tougher restrictions on adopting children from Cambodia due to trafficking fears. The claim from Sarath is the latest controversy regarding the adoption of Maddox. Adoption agent Lauryn Galindo was jailed for falsifying names, birth dates and places of birth of Cambodian children she helped to place with US families soon after Jolie and Billy Bob took full custody of Maddox.However at the time Jolie insisted she went to 'great lengths to ensure Maddox did not have a living birth-mother in Cambodia' and that she would 'never rob a mother of her child.' The actress recently directed First They Killed My Father, a movie about the 1975 to 1979 genocide of 1.7 million Cambodians during communist dictator Pol Pot's regime.Most died from either starvation, disease or were killed in mass executions, and Jolie admitted making the film had made her better understand her son's country of birth.She said: 'This country means a great deal to me, this country has been through so much. This war affected every single individual here, and I wanted to understand myself.'I don't know much of Maddox's birth parents, but I believe they would have gone through this war.' Jolie, who was given Cambodian citizenship in 2005, has six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt including three international adoptees.Along with Maddox they adopted Pax Thien from Vietman, Zahara from Ethiopia. Shiloh who originally hails from Namibia was their fist biological child along with eight-year old twins Knox and Vivienne.
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Touchdown! Angelina Jolie and her six children arrive back in Los Angeles after their European humanitarian tour
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- Published on Saturday, 18 March 2017 19:23
- Written by Daily mail
She may be a celebrity and someone who has the ear of world leaders but to her larger than average brood she is just mom.Angelina and her six children touched down in Los Angeles, California, from London on Friday night.The 41-year-old was escorted through arrivals by her oldest daughter Zahara as Vivienne and Know trotted along beside her while Maddox and Pax happily brought up the rear.Shiloh was obviously tired from the long trip with the 10-year-old not seeming as bubbly as the rest of the children, hiding under a big hooded sweatshop.The rest near skipped to their waiting car, with Angelina struggling to keep up at one point.The children are frequent flyers so Knox - who looks more and more like his father Brad Pitt everyday - was prepared for the flight bringing a big box of activities for everyone to do.The eight-year-old seems particularly into loom bands which you can make friendship bracelets from.His twin sister carried two stuffed animals, who she hugged tight as they made their way through the airport.For their flight, Angelina wore a white over-the-knee skirt with an off-white camisole.As Los Angeles is still a little chilly at night, Angelina wore a long trench-like cardigan over the top.The actress further accessorized the look the knee high leather boots and kept sunglasses over her eyes.Angelina had taken the children to Europe as she was tasked with speaking at the UNs annual lecture of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation.At the lecture the Girl Interrupted star explained: 'We need to stand true to the ideals of the UN...we are the UN.'She added: 'There is no shortcut to peace and security... I am a proud American and I am an internationalist.'Prior to flying out of London, Angelina also sat down with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.The pair discussed sexual violence in conflict, the refugee crisis and South Sudan.On the home front Angelina and her estranged husband Brad have appeared to bury the hatchet following their split in September.The pair had been together for 12 years and married for two.Angelina has spoken of how 'wonderful' actor Brad is as a father to their six children.
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Single mother Angelina Jolie guides her children by the hand as they clutch new gifts from London toy shop trip
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- Published on Monday, 13 March 2017 18:41
- Written by Daily mail
She's navigated one of Hollywood's most high profile divorces with as little impact on her six children as possible.And Angelina Jolie was this time guiding her brood through the busy streets of London on Sunday as she treated them to new toys from Hamley's gift store.The matriarch, who split from husband Brad Pitt in 2016, proved the ultimate model mum as each of her children clutched a possession from their family day out. Brandishing her ring-free hand, the actress lead Shiloh, 10, and Vivienne, eight, at the front of the group, while grown-up Zahara, 12, looked after Knox, eight, at the back.With moviestar good looks and impeccable complexion, mother-of-six Angelina stood out on the busy streets of the British capital, even top-to-toe in black.She was dressed in stylish flared trousers, with a lace slip peeping out from her open coat.Her look was even complete with dark nails and her raven locks left loose and glossy around her shoulders. The children - seemingly a four-piece in the absence of eldest brothers Maddox, 15, and Pax, 13 - were youthful in colour coordinating hoodies.At the front, holding mum's hand, adorable Vivienne carried a Gruffalo cuddly bear, while Shiloh clutched a Harry Potter figurine in each palm.Bringing up the rear, Vivienne's twin brother Knox held a large, orange cuddly toy, while 12-year-old Zahara seemed content with being the eldest in the party, on this occasion. Formerly a family of eight, Angelina and the children were seen leaving Los Angeles as a seven-piece on Saturday, with Maddox and Pax in tow.Jolie had adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002, when he was less than a year old and she was married to Billy Bob Thornton. Her first divorce was finalised in 2003, and in mid-2005, she adopted Zahara from an orphanage in Addis Ababa.Angelina and Brad welcomed their first biological child, Shiloh, in 2006 and she adopted Pax from Vietnam in 2007, when he was three years old.In 2008, Angelina gave birth to the couple's biological twins, Knox and Vivienne, in the south of France.
Six years later, Angelina and Brad married, but after two years of matrimony and 12 as a couple, the pair made the shock decision to split last autumn.The divorce turned out to be one of Hollywood's most acrimonious, Angelina's camp initially took aim at Brad very publicly, and she cited the 'health' of her family in their divorce, last September.Brad and 15-year-old Maddox were allegedly involved in an altercation on board the family's private plane, in which it was believed that Brad was angered by Maddox leaping to the defence of his mother.The incident was later investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, who determined there was no reason to press any charges or keep Brad from seeing his children. Since then, Angelina has spoken of how 'wonderful' actor Brad is as a father to their six children. Angelina said on Good Morning America earlier this month the family is doing alright in the wake of the split.'We are...' she explained. 'We are focusing on the health of our family. And so we will be [healthier].'We will be stronger when we come out of this, because that's what we're determined to do.' On Sunday, never-before-seen images captured the moment Angelina received a tattoo intended to 'bind' her to husband Brad.The images show the star being tattooed by ex Thai monk Ajarn Noo Kanpai alongside her estranged husband Brad in Siem Reap in Cambodia, in February 2016.The Hollywood actress - who was directing her Netflix movie First They Killed My Father at the time in the country - had flown the tattoo artist from Bangkok to work on the symbolic inkings for herself and Brad to 'bind' them.Angelina, who is thought to have 15 tattoos, acquired three new mystical sak yant back inkings from the Thai artist, a style which encompasses lines of script, geometric patterns and animal shapes.Ironically, the former couple's designs were intended 'to symbolically bind them as husband and wife', yet their marriage ended later that year.
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