Archives for September 2009

Angelina Jolie says celebrating her children's birthdays is chaotic but at the same time she and her partner Brad Pitt love organising parties and try to make the best of it.

"We have birthdays all year round! It's chaos but we do manage somehow. We just try to have a wonderful time.

Now the older kids get involved in planning the birthdays for the younger kids. It's one of the greatest pleasures of life," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Jolie as saying.

Jolie and Pitt take parenting their six children very seriously and mutually agree upon ways to celebrate and learn about each religion.

"We're a spiritual family, although we don't belong to one specific religion. We're very interested in all types of religions, especially Buddhism.

We discussed it and agreed that at home we will celebrate and learn every other religion," adds the 34-year-old actress.

A controversial nude Angelina Jolie statue was unveiled for the first time in Norman Friday. After weeks of waiting, artistic lovers and curious on-lookers finally got their chance to see what all the fuss is about. New York City artist Daniel Edwards’ latest work “Landmark for Breastfeeding” was on exhibit at the MAINSITE Contemporary Art Gallery.

The statue features a nude Angelina Jolie breastfeeding two babies. The message behind the statue is geared toward the negative stigma of public breastfeeding.

“People have a problem separating nudity and sexuality, and it’s just a human form, so I don’t see any problem with it,” Cory Allen, project coordinator.

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Angelina Jolie has reportedly said that birthdays are "one of the greatest pleasures of life".The Hollywood star has revealed that she enjoys planning parties for her six children with partner Brad Pitt "all year round", reports Contactmusic.

Jolie said: "We have birthdays all year round! It's chaos but we do manage somehow - we just try to have a wonderful time. Now the older kids get involved in planning the birthdays for the younger kids. It's one of the greatest pleasures of life."

The 34-year-old actress has also said that she and Pitt take parenting very seriously and that they hope to instill in each of their children a solid foundation in spirituality.

She added: "We're a spiritual family, although we don't belong to one specific. We're very interested in all types of religions, especially Buddhism. We discussed it and agreed that at home we will celebrate and learn about each religion."

Rumors are rife Angelina Jolie beau Brad Pitt will play the shadow to Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty. Photos of Pitt have been superimposed.

On a Moriarty image on blogsites but those close to the script say the character cannot be recognized.

Pitt is now said to be in talks with Sherlock Holmes producers to star in a sequel as Moriarty. Robert Downey Jr plays Holmes in the Warner Bros movie directed by Guy Ritchie.

The pair was seen goofing around on set in Hollywood in recent months. The cast also includes Jude Law as Watson and upcoming star Rachel McAdams as love interest Irene Adler.

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As well as carrying a sword, the three-year-old had a missing front tooth giving her an even more realistic cut-throat look. The family, including big sisters Pax, five, and Zahara, four, were on a visit to a toy shop while on holiday in Toulon, France.

But while Angelina, 34, and the kids were having fun, Brad, 45, was back in LA with his son Maddox, eight. Let's hope he bought him some booty too.

Angelina Jolie is shunning food in the hope that partner Brad Pitt will be turned on by her "ultra-slim" figure, it has emerged.

"Ange is shrinking before our eyes and looking skinnier than ever," a source told Britain’s Closer magazine.

"Brad’s trying to get her to have proper meals but she won’t listen.  “Brad and Ange’s relationship has been crumbling for months.

She’s often in tears and is hoping her ultra-slim figure will get his attention. But the more she clings to him, the more frustrated Brad’s becoming,” the source added.

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Angelina Jolie sparked health fears again as she was reported that her weiight plunged dramatically, which made her friends blame the shocking weight loss on her unraveling relationship with Brad Pitt.

The “Changeling” actress is dealing with stress and believed to be eating very little. Her weight is rumored to be 100 pounds and an insider felt that the actress needs to get help.

The concern was previously revealed in February. Friends also observed her sadness as the actress struggles to keep her relationship with Brad together. It appeared that the celebrity couple is fighting all the time.

Angelina Jolie, who previously hit the headlines with her Kenya trip, is believed to be jealous of Rachel McAdams after she found some photos of Rachel on Brad’s camera.

The actress went ballistic when her partner Brad Pitt invited the Rachel and a few of his friends to the South of France, to stay with him and Jolie at the Chateau Miraval. Brad invited them without asking Angelina first.

Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie recently visited Dadaab refugee camp, where 300,000 Somalis live after having fled from Somalia. She drew attention to issues such as access to fresh water, waste disposal and cholera.

Angelina Jolie took eldest daughter Zahara to her birthplace in Ethiopia while on a goodwill mission in Africa. The trip was the first time the four-year-old had been back to the country since her adoption in 2005.  'The trip was about keeping up that culture for Zahara,' a close friend said.

The visit happened after the 34-year-old actress – in Kenya on a UN mission with partner Brad Pitt and their six children – broke away from the trip to cross the border into Ethiopia. Zahara's little sister, Shiloh, three, also accompanied them.

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie left luxury behind last weekend during a visit to the world's largest refugee camp - and came away with a secret handshake. Jolie, in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Refugee Agency, spoke to families in the camp situated on the Kenya-Somali border at Dadaab. A veteran visitor to numerous refugee camps, Jolie described it as "one of the most dire" she has seen in her eight-year career with the UNHCR.

"If this is the better solution, then what must it be like in Somalia?" the actress said. During her day-long visit on September 12, Jolie visited one of the three camps that hold about 285,000 refugees. The actress met a number of families including a mother just arrived in the camp, after walking for days with her three young children to flee war-torn Somalia.

She also learned the intricacies of the complex Somali handshake. "She noticed all these kids holding their hands out and realised she was not getting the handshake right," one UNHCR worker told Sky News Online.

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