Angelina Jolie is Jonesing for Justice

I found half a dozen copies of W at Borders on Thursday. Wonder if they’re sold out now.

http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9887

October 24, 2008
Angelina Makes Humanitarian Trip to Afghanistan

While Angelina Jolie can’t walk the streets of just about any city in the world without making headlines, the superstar actress managed to fly under the media’s radar for two days this week when she spent two days visiting returning refugees in Afghanistan.

Angie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN’s refugee agency, spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week touring Afghanistan for the first time to meet and talk to former Afghan refugees as they attempt to reintegrate themselves into the country they once called home.

“The courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best,” says Angelina in a statement on the website for the UNHCR.

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On Wednesday, the Oscar-winner visited the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, home to 20 percent of those who have returned since the Taliban was removed from power in 2002. Here, Angelina got to see first-hand how the large influx of returnees — 850,000 in Nangarhar alone — has caused a drain on much-needed resources.

And then on Thursday, Angie travelled to the capital city of Kabul, where the population has tripled in recent years, causing massive problems with the city’s ill-prepared infrastructure.

“Afghanistan has been struggling to absorb these massive returns,” explains Angelina. “It’s understandable. It’s one of the largest population movements in recent history.”

hehehehe…maniston went to kabul san lucas too.per P.T ,she’s an honorary citizen.

Kabul; starving, homeless, schooless children……….JJ…yet another Suri thread (daily) in her ‘changed every day’ designer dress with her D list mother traipsing her all over NY without a coat in 55 deg….with bare arms so the ‘dress’ can be seen.

Angie makes so many other stars look shallow and narcissistic…..she’s setting a new standard for the ‘haves’ and what they should be doing for the ‘have nots’……

This twit, Katie, prancing her kid all over NY knowing full well she will be photographed, make me want to bring up lunch.

PT.. Kabul san lucas.. ;-) priceless…

Update:

2 dead at Jennifer Hudson’s house; Amber alert issued

Breaking news. Fox News just mentioned that there are 2 dead bodies at Hudson’s Chicago home. They showed video of the ambulances there and then went to commercial saying more details to come.

Update (per CBS, TMZ, Fox News): The victims are said to be Hudson’s mother and brother. A child is being held for ransom at another site.

Update 2: The part about the child being held for ransom is unconfirmed. Fox News and a few others said live on the air that a child was said to be held for ransom offsite, but this hasn’t been confirmed. A child found the bodies of Hudson’s brother and mother, so that may be what brought on the “child for ransom” story.

Update 3 (per CBS , ABC Chicago News): “Chicago police are now searching for a man and boy, believed to be driving on the North Side. The 7-year-old is wearing a tan jersey with the number 5 on it, and tan slacks. The shooting is believed to be domestic.” Also, “A search is under way for a young boy who is missing from the home. A child, possibly Jennifer Hudson’s 6-year-old nephew, is missing, according to sources. Police are searching for an SUV that was seen in the area, a 1994 white Suburban, Illinois license plate number X584859.”

Update 4 (per Fox News, Police Officer): The 7 year old boy is Jason Hudson’s son. There is an Amber alert out for him. The cops are saying this is a domestic issue. There was no sign of forced entry into the house. Two weeks ago, Hudson’s sister’s car was stolen; the relation of the two incidents, if any, hasn’t been determined.
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So sad and scary.

from jjb..another update — MTV

Julian King, Hudson’s young nephew, who had been living at the residence, has been reported missing. Chicago police confirmed to MTV News that the child may be in the company of identified suspect William Balfour, an African-American male in his late 20s, who is considered armed and dangerous. King may be wearing khaki pants and a tan polo shirt with the number 5 on it, according to ABC News; the Chicago Tribune reported that he is 5 feet tall, weighs 135 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair.

Balfour had been living at the residence, according to public records, and may have had a romantic relationship with Hudson’s sister Julia, as vehicles are co-registered to both of them. Police said Balfour is believed to be driving either a white Chevrolet Suburban, 1994 model, with the license plate X584859, or a green Chrysler Concord, with the license plate 332K823.

TMZ just posted this:

UPDATE 8:35 PM ET: Lost in all this is Jennifer’s sister Julia, mother of the missing 7-year-old. We’re told she works as a bus driver in Chicago. Her employer told us she worked her shift today. She hasn’t been seen since.

I sure pray she’s alright.
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Ditto. OMG. It’s liek her whole family. Sooo terrible.

New Thread!!!!!!

–“She’s absolutely serious, absolutely informed..Her work with refugees is not something to decorate herself. She studies the issues…For her, it’s not about saving the world, it’s about saving kids….She doesn’t need this. This needed her.” (Former Sec. of State Colin Powell)

–“She is an unprecedented 21st-century entity, a tabloid star with international credibility, a “soft news” icon commanding respect in a hard-news world.” (Sean Smith of Newsweek)

–“And there are people in my own profession I admire, who have done things and made substantial change, like Bono and Angelina Jolie. They are models for how you can meaningfully devote your life to causes. It’s not just lending your face. It’s giving yourself. A lot of people lack meaning in their lives, and that’s why getting active in issues like microfinance gives you such a center to your life” (Natalie Portman)

–”Now, that’s a woman with experience. She’s no wuss….She’s someone walkin’ her walk and talkin’ her talk. You get there because you take a life of experience and apply it.” (Sharon Stone)

— ”Angelina Jolie is seemingly doing an incredible job at philanthropy. I think she’s found her niche, just like I feel I’ve found mine. She’s a great ambassador.” (Jon Bon Jovi)

–“I am also inspired by what Angelina Jolie is doing by traveling to places like Cambodia to help children by actually being there and being more involved.” (Liv Tyler, talking of her UNICEF inspiration)

–”Angelina has my huge respect and I actually called her and asked her (for advice) when I was going on this trip and she was very kind. I just think that the work that she does is absolutely inspiring.” (Drew Barrymore)

–”These people don’t need additional focus or respect. I’m not that cynical at all. Angelina has given not only her time, but her money to assist people who need it most…In the past, entertainers have usually led selfish and egotistical lives so I like it when I see people like Angelina trying so hard. I think she has raised some awareness and that she has an extremely good heart.” (Mia Farrow)

–”She’s a phenomenal example to young women because she’s a successful career woman, a humanitarian and a mother too…The concept of acting in movies, being an international delegate for the UN, adopting children and being a mother is so much responsibility. I have a lot of respect for her. (Evangeline Lilly)

–“It’s important to separate people from what they do as a person and as part of an institution. Take ANGELINA JOLIE for example, she’s a successful actress but when she’s doing charity work she does it within the framework of the United Nations, as a representative for them, not as a superstar. People should appreciate these efforts.” (Danny Glover)

–“What would she have to do to prove that she’s sincere?Should she give more money? More time? It’s a black-hole debate. When people judge anyone’s sincerity, I just think, ‘Oh, yeah? What are you doing?” (Producer Dede Gardner)

–“Angie roughs it. She lives with us in the forest and eats the crickets and the cockroaches the locals eat without thinking twice about it. Whenever I read in magazines about her ‘glorious house in Cambodia,’ I think, What? It’s a shack. I don’t think people believe she has the ability to abandon everything in the West and transpose herself to a situation with malaria and dengue fever and the most extreme poverty. I read about her ‘Hollywood life.’ Well, you can’t live a Hollywood life in this part of Cambodia.” (Stephen Bognar hired by Angelina to run a conservation project in Cambodia)

–“Good for Angelina Jolie. She obviously loves all the stuff she does. I couldn’t do such a lot of charity work. I look up to people like her. I applaud Angelina ! ” (Sharon Osbourne)

– I’m talking about traveling the world and seeing different things. Possibly doing what Angelina Jolie does — to go over there and bring food.” (Hayden Panettiere )

–“Angelina Jolie is a good example of someone who really puts her time into bettering the lives of so many children. What I don’t understand is the media’s criticism (of Jolie’s) involvement in humanitarian aide and why they question her motives and sincerity. It’s like, Who cares? She’s doing a good job and putting so much of her time and money in the causes.” (Tea Leoni)

–She could be doing anything with that money, a brilliant career and so much talent, and she chooses to, in her off time, fly to places where she knows her voice is needed. She balances being a mother, a career woman and a humanitarian at the same time. That is beautiful.” (Zoe Zaldana)

– “(ANGELINA) seems to be someone who spends a lot of time thinking about pretty substantial things. But there’s such a loss of critical thinking in this country. She’s giving an enormous amount of money – and yet there is still interest in the really superficial.” (Sarah Jessica Parker)

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