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Angelina Jolie and CNN’s Anderson Cooper pose for a photo during the taping of an interview to air tomorrow, June 20, 2006 on CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360." Angelina will give her first U.S. television interview since giving birth. She talks about baby Shiloh, Brad and her passion for refugee relief. Angelina tells Anderson, "Next, we’ll adopt… it’s going to be the balance of what would be the best for Mad and for Z right now." Angelina on being inspired by the people she helps in her role as UN Goodwill Ambassador "You think, ‘Jesus, the things these people go through,’ I owe it to all of them to get myself together and stop whining about being tired and get there and get focused because, God, it’s the least I can do with what they live with." Bigger pictures in the gallery!
UPDATE :: Added Anderson Cooper’s blog post regarding his interview with Angelina Jolie. Check it out after the jump!
One-on-one with Angelina Jolie
When Angelina Jolie came into the room, just four days after returning from Namibia, she was alone. No handlers, no entourage. True, elaborate precautions had been made to make sure no photographers followed her to the hotel where we met, but there she was, by herself, walking into the hotel suite, smiling, ready to talk.
There are a lot of ridiculous stories circling on the Internet, spread by alleged "insiders" who claim that CNN or its parent company Time Warner somehow paid for the chance to talk to Angelina. These anonymous "sources" claim that People Magazine and CNN had some kind of joint deal to secure rights to photos and the interview.
I have no idea what People Magazine did or did not pay for those photos of the Jolie-Pitt family. It’s been reported they paid as much as $4 million, which was donated to a variety of charities in Africa, but I have no way of knowing if that is true or not. What I do know is that CNN did not pay anything — directly or indirectly — to get Angelina Jolie to sit down for an interview.
So why did she do it? And why talk to me?
Both are valid questions. I’m sure there were plenty of news programs requesting interviews with Angelina Jolie. The truth is, mine wasn’t one of them. They called us. I was told that they were aware of my interest in Africa and knew that as a broadcast we have devoted a lot of time to reporting stories from the continent.
Tuesday is World Refugee Day. Angelina Jolie was interested in discussing the plight of refugees, so we sat down to talk about what she has seen and learned in refugee camps around the world. She had no movie to promote, no product she was pitching. In fact, I have no idea what her next movie is and we did not discuss any upcoming films. There were no ground rules. I was free to ask whatever I wanted.
A lot of celebrities have causes and show up to talk about them when cameras are around, but the truth is that Angelina Jolie knows what she is talking about when the subject is refugees. To use a cliche, she doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks the walk. She has traveled to some 20 countries over the years as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and she says she donates one-third of her income to charitable causes.
I’m not sure what I expected before I met her, but to say I was impressed would be an understatement. She is smart, funny, self-deprecating, and intensely passionate about her children and her work on behalf of refugees.
Tuesday night, you will hear Angelina Jolie talk about some of the experiences in refugee camps that have changed her life. Yes, you will also learn about Angelina’s family — Maddox and Zahara as well as Shiloh Nouvel — but the focus of the interview is the plight of refugees. During the two-hour program, we will take you to the frontlines of some of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
It’s going to be an interesting broadcast, and I hope you watch.
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# 124 | ckAgree. Someone out there with a nice hair can learn from some charity work, too. She might whine less.
# 112 | Elena Hi Elena….I know what you mean. In my opinion, if we all took our time with the posts, we can avoid any misunderstanding or keep it at a minimum. It boils down to "getting to know one another". Then again, it would be naive of us not to expect minor disagreements, afterall we are all different people from different walks of life. So what are going to do but to learn to make allowances for one another.
Just a question….Angelina says "I got a stupid income for what I do" correct me if I’m wrong..when Friends was on , didn’t the cast members make like $1,000,000 per episode and complained that wasn’t enough and threatened not to remew their contracts? Let’s see who got their priorities straight???
DID SOMEONE SAY PARTY!!!!!!!Count me in. What time????? I will bring the party hats, balloons and confetti streamers!! # 112 | Elena | Hi! I still didn’t find what you were trying to direct me to yesterday. Could you give me a link? I know what you mean about yesterday. I trust all will be back to normal today.
# 124 | ck | - ITA with you. # 126 | Be sane | - lol, so true so true
elle… you are so so right!!!
DID SOMEONE SAY PARTY!!!!!!!Count me in. What time????? I will bring the party hats, balloons and confetti streamers!! # 112 | Elena | Hi! I still didn’t find what you were trying to direct me to yesterday. Could you give me a link? I know what you mean about yesterday. I trust all will be back to normal today.
# 114 | Shot Down Lol…don’t we all. Be rest assured, she’ll be back. We won’t let her leave…she still owes us a fic.
HAPPY BRITHDAY ESTELLE!Estelle, Do you know if Rica is posting a new chapter today?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESTELLE!Estelle, Do you know if Rica is posting a new chapter today?
OMG..WOW - I am just NOW reading Anderson’s note posted here above on Angelina — it’s INCREDIBLE! ((Cliniqua hugs cyber stuffing out of AC - LOL!)) EVERYONE comes away impressed by this woman, and here I thought Ann Curry’s column on her couldn’t be topped! I love it! As much as I respect Anderson Cooper, I absolutely ADORE him now - I knew he’d tell it like it is.WHAT A GREAT thing AJ is doing, and this family as a whole - they ROCK! LOVES EM!! I’m so happy - I’m writing a fanfic tonight! LOLOL
Memo to Brit: This is how you LOOK when one is giving a interview.Sorry about the double post/typo.KEEP ON ROCKIN BAMZS!
To all of you that are posting hateful comments about her looks–Most of us just wish we would look as good as she does without makeup.Most of us just wish we would have looked this good three/four weeks after giving birth.Angie is one of those rare individuals that needs very little makeup. She isn’t a traditional beauty, but she has a striking, gorgeous face. And she is one of the few women on the planet that go out with minimal or no make up and look as tho she just was made up! Guess you hate her because she is beautiful–inside as well outside.
I’m writing a fanfic tonight! LOLOL # 136 | CLINIQUA |————————————————–Cool, I can’t wait to read it
She looks pretty, I wonder how many kids she plays to adopt and how will this affect her relationship with Brad if they have a house full of small kids. Will it become 2 people runing a daycare instead of boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. More power to them. # 121 | Leah _______________________Leah, #121, this is a stupid comment. I’m sorry to be so blunt — but would you walk up to a family of 4, 5 or 6 kids in the local Target or Walmart, and ask THEM, if having their children was like running a daycare, then inquire about THEIR sex life??!! WTF??!! First of all, it’s insulting no matter who it is - but it borders on the ridiculous, when you get to a point where you’re supposedly worrying about two people worth hundreds of MILLIONS who have every luxury at their disposal to raise and nurture their kids, let along just an average working class family! What, do you want to put a LIMIT on the number of kids people can have now?Sheesh.
Talk to you later guys, probably when I get home. Its hard for me to log on to JJ now from my job, it takes forever, I think big brother is watching what am doing at work lol
¡felíz cumpleaños Estelle!jpf
# 108 | COLD HARD MATH I think it will be a boy also, and I have a feeling it will be an older child, one who falls between Madd & Zee. There is a 3 1/2yr gap there. I also think this child will be of maybe from of Southern Asia. Lord, I can hear the hater’s already!jpf
Is anyone else having trouble loading posts? It’s taking forever, and then some aren’t even getting there. jpf
*sniff* I’m speechless…( I know, with my mouth, oye…) thank you so much to everyone for the wonderful wishes, hugs and loves, you guys are the best, cyber hugs to all, merci bien pour tout…bisous bisous…LOL.
Will it become 2 people runing a daycare instead of boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. More power to them. # 121 | Leah =======================Do you even realize how stupid that sounds. Never mind, you are probably to ignorant to realize it.
BAMZSers if you haven’t seen this interview by Gavin Esler on BBC Hardtalk Extra with AJ, it is a must see. It is 22 minutes long though. If you have the time I highly recommend it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4098423.stm
She looks beatiful (as always). I think that she is even better now (if it that is possible). Can´t wait to see the interview…(in les than 24 hours…Oh my God).Happy birthady Estelle !!!….Love Brad, Angie and their children….
# 136 | CLINIQUA |Thanks for the heads up!!!
You know, I’m starting to wish Angelina hadn’t said anything about her ‘family planning,’ as this has totally distracted from why she went on AC’s 360 to begin with (World Refugee Day) - the news on the net, is bringing up nothing but ‘adopt again’ stories interspersed with ‘Angelina was ‘terrified’ at Shiloh’s birth’ stories — some wack articles are even tyoing them together, ‘Angelina adopting because she’s ‘terrified’ of birth….- it’s ridiculous, and I’m sorry for posting here, but sometimes I just need to talk about sh* and I where else am I gonna go. I hope Anderson prefaces his interview tomorrow with some additional things that will clear this crap up. I don’t think B&A are ‘adopting tomorrow for God’s sake…but that’s what all these news reports are saying due to what she said on 360. It’s just so frustrating how they pick up on a millisecond of an interview and ignore the rest about Darfur and Refugees, etc. Pretty sickening. I’m sorry, but Angie should have known that that would be a big deal, if she even hinted at adopting not even 3 weeks after giving birth, with two other kids.Sorry to be such a rollercoaster today but I’m back to being bummed.
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