viernes, 20 de noviembre de 2009

Angelina Jolie and her humanitarian job














The controversial life of Angelina Jolie is only part of what we see in the media, the other side is that she is perhaps one of the figures in greater commitment to humanitarian causes around the world.

According to Jolie own account, the first time I was attracted by the humanitarian work was during the recording of the film Tom Ridder, for which she was to live in Cambodia for a long season, where he discovered the harsh conditions of thousands of people who suffering from poverty every day.

This made their interest will increase every time, while constantly began visiting refugee camps of the United Nations agency for refugees (UNHCR), which led to countless tour displaced camps around the world where he saw the drama of thousands of people who survive the various armed conflicts around the world.

It is so totally transformed her life, and so far between the film shootings and scandals about his daily life he could see visiting refugee camps in Sudan, Iraq, Colombia, Sierra Leone and many more.













Jolie conveyed impressions of his travels during 2001 and 2002 in a book called Notes from my travels, a kind of diary in which he narrated his stories in the camps and missions in various parts of the planet.

The growing commitment became part of his life for what in 2001 was named Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations, which has led it to support various social causes.

She did not want to settle for just being a tourist in human misery, has already taken action by donating millions of dollars to various humanitarian institutions for women and children.

His work has been increasingly involved, so much that has appeared several times before the U.S. Congress to convince the politicians of Washington to approve measures to support the underprivileged in the United States and other countries .

The awards and causes each increasing every day in the life of Jolie, for example from 2007 Jolie belongs to the Council on Foreign Relations, an institution dedicated to analysis of major global issues.

viernes, 13 de noviembre de 2009

Mother again



The popular actress Angelina Jolie apparently wants to extend his family with the approval or disapproval of her husband Brad Pitt, as reported by the celebrity magazine OK!, Which states that Jolie adopt another baby without taking into account the views of his current partner .

Ok! said that the actress intends to adopt a baby from an orphanage in Syria, despite the disapproval of Pitt, who considered not ready for fatherhood again because the idea seems little short of ridiculous.

"Brad made it clear that six children are inadequate and more than they can handle. The idea seems ridiculous to have another child for him, but Angie is determined to form one big family ", as mentioned by the magazine citing a source close close to the actor.

As you know Jolie and Pitt are parents to three adopted children - Maddox, Zahara and Pax - and three biological - Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox. It is not the first time Madonna has made such decisions, just remember that when he was married to actor Billy Bob Thornton adopted her son Maddox taking custody of her only child.

jueves, 5 de noviembre de 2009

The best films of Jolie


Tom Raider: One of the most famous adventure movies of recent years had a starring Angelina Jolie playing the video game character Lara Croft. If I had to make a comparison would be like Indiana Jones but in shorts, like "Indi" She is an archaeologist who lives countless adventures around the world.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love in this movie that spent in the midst of explosions, gunfire and karate maneuvers. The film is about a bored married couple where both spouses are hired murderers and eliminated competing for each other. Inevitable for those who want to know how the affair began Jolie-Pitt.

Girl, Interrupted: The actress almost won the Oscar for best supporting actress for this film in which she played a psychotic drug
addict and who is detained in a psychiatric hospital. The film made Jolie shot to fame and become one of
the most controversial figures in Hollywood.

The Good Shepherd: Espionage, intrigue and a frustrated marriage is bleak environment in which Jolie plays the wife of the first head of the CIA, played by Matt Damon. It is an interpretation where the actress begins to accept character roles where they no longer have to wear both his figure.

Changeling: The great Clint Eastwood film has at its center to a mother who loses her son and the police forces it to raise another child to hide their incompetence. As ever we see a strong Jolie stripped of her sensuality to assume a maternal role and more dramatic.

Alexander the Great: Incest, twisted sexuality, manipulation. Stone's film is also an essay on the strong relationship between motherhood and power. And who better to show Jolie strange bond between King Alexander and his mother.

lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2009

Sweet 16


The acclaimed actress Angelina Jolie was already at 16, a real beauty at that age when the future is somewhat uncertain because it was projected to go unnoticed and not as noticeable in the images the camera just loved her.

lunes, 26 de octubre de 2009

The perversions of Jolie

Angelina Jolie's name is always associated with sexuality, eccentricity and scandal. Especially now that it has been revealed in a book that the actress would have had a passionate night with the boyfriend of his late mother, Marcheline Bertrand.

According the biography of the actress written by Andrew Morton, Jolie would have been 16 when she had a sexual encounter with her mother's boyfriend who died of cancer in 2007.

According to what Morton told, the affair much damaged the relationship between the actress and her mother who apparently struggled to rebuild their relationship after the incident

viernes, 16 de octubre de 2009

First Steps


Angelina Jolie took her first steps into the world of modeling at 14 years. It was very good model, she worked in New York, Los Angeles and London. She appeared in music videos, including "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" by Meat Loaf, "High Tide" by Antonello Venditti, "Stand by My Woman" by Lenny Kravitz, and "It's About Time" by Lemonheads. Then return to the theater at age 16. During this time she had a good relationship with her father.

martes, 6 de octubre de 2009

First Years


Angelina Jolie is daughter of actors. She has German, Slovak and Canadian blood. Her parents separated when she was one year old. She stayed with her mother and brother. Her mother was an actress, but abandoned her career and went to New York carrying their children, is where Angelina recalls her desire to be an actress, it is noteworthy that this desire was not influenced by his father. At the age of 11 years Angelina and her family returned to Los Angeles. While she was in high school she wanted to be a model, but her classmates laughed. She turned depressive and problem girl. She killed her pets and injuried her friends. At age 14 wanted to be a funeral director. She wore black and had her hair purple. Having completed the secondary back to acting classes. Her relationship with her father was always poor. In 2002 she changed the name and surname.