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Time Magazine released their TIME 100, a list of global icons –100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world. Angelina Jolie was listed under "Heroes & Pioneers" and an article by Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N. Mark Malloch Brown was posted…
Recently, I took my 13-year-old daughter Maddy to a New York City event honoring Angelina Jolie. Every parent will relate to the fact that Maddy often finds the world of celebrity magazines more interesting than the world of her father—which in my case centers on the United Nations and its work fighting poverty. That night Angelina brought those two worlds together. Maddy was awed by how Angelina used her celebrity to lift all of us beyond the glamour of a Manhattan ballroom and make us confront the grim realities of poverty in the farthest corners of the globe.
That ability to transcend worlds has something to do with Angelina’s movie-star charisma—but it also says something about her diligence and grit. Angelina, 30, spends a great deal of time in the developing world, visiting refugee camps, speaking and listening to the men, women and children she is working to help. Those people, Angelina explained, "have seen so much, they’ve felt so much pain—lost more than anyone could bear, and yet they contain joy of life and appreciation for small things we often forget." It was a further indication of Angelina’s humanity that she stopped to listen and talk to Maddy as the city’s power brokers hovered impatiently, awaiting their brush with celebrity.
Angelina’s commitment as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has pushed her to speak out about root causes—economic failure and lack of justice. She urged me relentlessly to meet her last year during a stopover at an airport where our paths happened to be crossing, so that I could brief her ahead of her appearance at a big international meeting. It is typical of her. The subject was the Millennium Development Goals—a set of objectives agreed upon by the world’s governments. They range from eradicating poverty to reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS. As always, she wanted to be prepared—not just to share impressions of poverty but to be able to speak seriously to the issues. Angelina went on to make a film for MTV on a village in Kenya, where a pilot project is under way to fight poverty, hunger and disease.
That blending of the activist and the performer, not on the set but in the African bush, reflects her determination to stick with a subject, immerse herself in it, make it part of her life—and then bring her public with her. It is celebrity advocacy at its most effective, most intelligent and most sincere. For that, she has my enduring respect and gratitude—and Maddy’s. (More pictures in the gallery!)
(L) Brad grabs onto Maddox after arriving at Namibia’s Swakopmund
Airport this past Friday. (C) Looks like Brad’s got a new bracelet!
(R) Angelina holds her precious Zahara snuggled in her arms.
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# 74 | Jolie full of it What’s so odd about that? Why shouldn’t a recommendation from someone who feels you’re worthy of it count? jpf
ok my chums… i am going to bed now, enjoy the interview later.night night speak to you tomorrow.rock on BAMZ+1 love ya.
#74 Sorry your idol isn’t listed for her work on behalf of struggling pedicurists of southern California.
Jared, you are the BEST! Thank you so much for posting these.PAGING DR. FEELGOOD!! One of your patients seems to have escaped……a good dose of ***** ought to fix them up just fine. ;-)
Stef,Night night, and thanks for reminding me. I set my TiVo (well I have an equivalent called "replay TV".
# 36 | Original jpf Okay…someone else said they thought it was Marianne Pearl, too, so maybe I just don’t know what she looks like! Which one is she supposed to be? I’ve only seen her a couple of times. The girl in the pictures with the dark curly hair piled on top of her head looks like Holly to me.
# 74 | Jolie full of it | Oh God I can’t believe I am stooping to your level to answer you, but I am so excited about the interview coming up, what the heck I can send a few more messages. Let’s see dictionary definition off "BOSS" according to Websters, but you probably think they’re bunch of liars too :) Boss —a person who exercises control or authority and in charge of your pay (that is from me since I used to be the boss of 200 people). Now, this guy who wrote article really fits the above definition :))))))Having figured out your IQ ,probably this will go right over your head. Hey!! I know you will be watching the interview as well as much as you hate her…. Well, that will shut you up for awhile….
# 74Too me that just proves that she is being taken seriously by the people who she works for.
brad looks hot!
# 74 | Jolie full of it Uh…you do realize that ANGIE DOESN’T GET PAID for her humanitarian work, don’t you? SHE’S A VOLUNTEER. SHE PAYS HER OWN WAY on EVERY mission they ASK her to do. The man has no reason to lie about her involvement or her commitment. Sometimes you anti-AJ people just need to take a moment to stop and THINK LOGICALLY about what you’re saying BEFORE you post it. It’ll save you some embarrassment and us the time it take to correct you.
#84 - Gulisorry you are the idiot. Did you not notice that I put quotes around the word "boss"? If you don’t know what that means…it means that the word should not be taken literally as per a dictionary…especially as I went on to explain that she works on behalf of the UN people. You must agree with my point that the UN has a vested interest in promoting her, given that your only argument resulted from misreading my reference to "boss"!Just face it - everything we hear and see of AJ is contrived. Even happy of the family had to be posed, as stated by Hello magazine.
# 88 | AJ full of it Okay, now that you’ve clarified your "boss" comment, answer this question - If she sucks at what they’ve asked her to do, then why would they continue asking her to it? Are they that desperate for the notoriety a celebrity spokesman brings to their organization? She’s beein doing this for over 5 years now. At what point wouldn’t it become detrimental to the UNHCR’s mission to have her continue on as an ambassador if she stinks at it? Why would her "boss" continue to express his extreme gratitude for her commitment and her work on behalf of his project?
#74 Passing throughYou like guli are so blindly starstruck over AJ that you can’t seem to capture the point. Why you bring up salaries is beyond me…Let me break it down for you:Does AJ work on behalf of the UN?Does her official UN title contain the word "UN"?Does her title infer that she works on behalf of the UN?Would the UN, as any other organization, benefit from promoting one of their kind?Did the letter supporting AJ’s top 100 come from a UN rep?Hmmm…figure it out.
#88 |AJ full of it| Just see the picks above you honey and you’ll see the REAL happy family.Is the reality that hurting you so bad or you just have a collective visual?Maybe both of them.
Hey Guli and Passing Through, why are you guys responding to the Nut Case, leave him/her alone because she/he is not important
# 90 | A is full of it | Sorry honey, I think you are the one that has to do alot of figuring out about your hatred towards a person and a family that has done so much good. No matter what i say you are going to come back with your irrational attacks. So, I have steaks on the grill and ready to watch my favorite gal….. Don’t bother responding I’ll be preoccupied for awhile and having fun as oppose spewing out hatred towards people I don’t know :)))) Good night and enjoy the interview…..
Thank you Jared! We can always count on you to give us the best pictures of AJ et al. And several others. Thanks, thanks, thanks!
in the past month there has been lots of negative press about Jolie. True or untrue the point is there has been negativity. The UN can’t tarnish their image with smut written about one of their reps. Hence the recommendation to the top 100 list. They need to save their own ass…
# 90 | A is full of itHello? UNHCR is the UN’s Refugee Agency. The UNHCR headquaters is in Geneva. Yes, Jolie works for the UN. She has the title "Goodwill Ambassador" of UNHCR.Rather than spewing useless hate, go visit http://www.unhcr.org and read.
# 83 | Passing Through This may help. P.s…..sorry for my crude artwork lol.Angelina & Mariannehttp://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j63/originaljpf/ang_maddox_shop9.jpgMarianne Pearl, Holly Golinehttp://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j63/originaljpf/brangelina-airport04.jpgjpf
in the past month there has been lots of negative press about Jolie. True or untrue the point is there has been negativity. The UN can’t tarnish their image with smut written about one of their reps. Hence the recommendation to the top 100 list. They need to save their own ass…
Does anyone actually believe these two love each other?Angie’s starstruck, and Brad is using her as a baby-making machine.They’re swines.Feel sorry for the kids though:(
#90 A is full of it,If passing through and Guil are starstruck why should you care?I find it guite interesting how people who claim not to like AJ always seek her out.When her interview comes on dateline tonight you will glued to your television taking in her every word.I personally don’t like Tom Cruise and countless others,but do I waste my time on sites that feature them or troll for their pictures everyday?NO!So stop obsessing over if Angelina works for the UN or not.why should you even care to even comment on the subject,you don’t like her remember.
# 99……..and the horse you rode in on.
# 99 | LookMaNoHands - Does anyone actually believe these two love each other?Angie’s starstruck, and Brad is using her as a baby-making machine.They’re swines.Feel sorry for the kids though:(I don’t think you need to feel sorry for this kids because they will be fine. Angelina is starstuck, oh thats a good one.
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