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Angelina Jolie has named her directorial debut ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’

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May 162011

The Oscar-winning actress shot the movie – a love story set during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s – last October with an entirely local cast, and she admits she agonised about what title to give it because of the heavy nature of script.

She said: “It’s a heavy film. You want to find that title that really helps the audience know what they’re walking into.

“The final name was driving me crazy. I have lists and lists of titles all over.”

The 35-year-old beauty shot the film simultaneously in the local language – known as BHS – and English, and will soon have finished the final edit.

Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, she added to Entertainment Weekly: “I’m moments away. I had to leave the editing room to come here.”

Angelina added she has been surprised as test audience reaction to the project and ideas about the title.

She said: “You become very surprised because you think it’s this and they say it’s definitely a film about that. We tried a few about that. We tried a few. None of them have worked.”

The movie is set for release on December 23.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie At The Golden Globes

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Jan 172011

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Donate $2 Million To A Wildlife Sanctuary

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Jan 042011

Brangelina, the Hollywood couple of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have donated $2 million to a Namibian sanctuary after spending Christmas there, reports the Press Association. Staff said that during the vacation, Pitt and Jolie’s children helped to feed and care for the orphaned baby baboons and foxes.

The substantial donation to the ‘Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary’ was made through the ‘Jolie-Pitt Foundation’ in the name of their daughter Shiloh, who was born in Namibia. In a statement, the 35-year-old actress said that the owners of the sanctuary were old friends of hers and added, “We want her to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth. We continue to be impressed by their hard work and dedication to the people and conservation of the land and wildlife of Namibia”. The couple founded their charitable organisation back in 2006 and made initial $1 million donations to ‘Global Action for Children’, and ‘Doctors Without Borders’.

During their festive stay at the lodge, the Hollywood stars and their children were said to have witnessed a leopard being released back into the wild.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Visited A Children’s Cancer Center This Week

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Dec 312010

The showbiz couple – who raise six kids, Maddox, nine, Pax, seven, Zahara, five, Shiloh, four, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, together – were joined by Brad’s parents and brother Doug on their brief trip to the St. John’s Jane Pitt Paediatric Cancer Centre, which is in the actor’s hometown of Springfield, Missouri.

Hospital spokesperson Cora Scott revealed: “They stayed about 45 minutes. It was a very nice visit.”

Last year, Brad and Angelina, along with the actor’s brother, sister and their families, donated $1 million to St. John’s Foundation for Community Health and had the pediatric cancer unit dedicated to the ‘Burn After Reading’ star’s mother Jane.

Cora added to People magazine: “Jane Pitt is a gem in our community. She’s a very wonderful woman who cares so very much about the well being of children.”

The trip was the first appearance made by the couple since returning from Namibia, where they spent Christmas with their children.

The couple went to the African nation where Shiloh was born, staying for a week in a villa at the Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary and Lodge in the village of Langstrand.

The family – arrived in the country on December 19, and reportedly spent their time on the beach as well as roaming in the nearby Nakuluft Mountains.

A source said: “They really enjoyed their trip.

“They were able to mingle with locals, visit Swakopmund and go to the beach there and also the beach in their neighborhood.”

The family stayed with a host family, headed by Dr. Rudie van Vuuren, a famous physician, cricket player and conservationist and his wife Marlice.

Angelina Jolie has bought Brad Pitt a $250,000 “family wedding” ring

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Dec 172010

The ‘Tourist’ star – who raises six children, Maddox, eight, Pax, seven, Zahara, five, Shiloh, four, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – splashed out on the “exquisite” personalised gift, for her lover’s 47th birthday tomorrow.
An insider said: “The band has each of their children’s names on it and Angie’s on the top.

“This is a family wedding band to symbolize Brad isn’t just married to Angelina but to the family as a whole. It was described as absolutely exquisite.”

As well as fitting seven names onto the ring, Angelina also requested it be engraved with “mystical” references that are personal to the couple.

The source told the Daily Star newspaper: “She told me there are mystical references to his 47th birthday that have also been engraved on the band and the family all have their own interpretations of what the band means to them and of what 47 means to them.”

“The Tourist” Berlin Premiere

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Dec 142010

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Photos: “The Tourist” World Premiere NYC

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Dec 072010

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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie At The “Megamind” Premiere In Paris

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Nov 292010

Angelina Jolie says her 6-year-old son Pax is a better cook than she is

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Nov 112010

The actress opens up about her home life, including Pax’s culinary skills, in the December issue of Vogue magazine.

In the article, readers get a glimpse inside the Jolie-Pitt household with its six kids, bulldog named Jacques and nannies who speak Vietnamese to Pax and Cambodian to Maddox.

Jolie says she feels her oldest son Maddox, now 9, almost raised her in a way. She adopted him in 2001. Maddox seems aware of his mother’s feelings. He encourages her when she cooks breakfast, saying “Good job!”

She also talks about daughter Shiloh, who recently found a dead bird and wanted to keep it for a pet. Jolie’s answer: find a bird from a taxidermist instead.

Jolie shares some of those “every mom” struggles that parents everywhere can identify with. She and longtime partner Brad Pitt make sure one of them is always home with the kids while the other is working.

What makes Jolie different, of course, is the paparazzi follows wherever she and Pitt go.

She’s chosen to navigate Hollywood her way, without an agent or a publicist – which is rare – especially for an A-list actress.

As for Pitt, Jolie addresses him as “extremely handsome and the most sexy,” but feels most in love when she sees him with their six kids.

The December issue of Vogue hits newsstands nationwide on Nov. 23.