And it’s all about the orphans. Angelina Jolie appeared yesterday at a press conference for the launch of Global Action for Children, a group that raises money for orphans in developing countries.
“I am here to simply ask you to think about orphaned children not as a burden but as a great opportunity,” Jolie said at the event. “Their education is an investment in our future. … They have had to work very, very hard to survive, but when they are given a chance, they grow strong, stronger than most. … The Lost Boys of Sudan are a great example.”
Global Action for Children aims to increase U.S. funding for orphans in developing countries by $2.5 billion per year.
More photos of Angelina Jolie from the press conference after the jump.
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MM, you’re right. People should be able to come here and give their opinion. Givemeabreak, I don’t think, was really accusing anyone of being a psychopath, but T-bone and others are very outspoken about AJ. I like her and gave a nice compliment about her and it set her haters off. We should all be able to come here and give an opinion without calling people we don’t know B’s and Whores. THAT is scary. AJ seems to be the one topic that brings the people here in doves. She must be doing something right to draw such LOVE/HATE remarks.
assynine, didn’t you say 20 posts ago that you were gonna shut up?
gimmeabreak and angietothemax, y’all r nuts.
those of you that see Ms. Jolie for the media-lovin, man-stealin, brother-layin freak she is, good for you!
EXACTLY! IS this not a gossip blog????? So where does the bullying thing come in? Givemeabreak — this is what I’m trying to say, bud. If you HONESTLY feel bullied by a gossip blog website and you HONESTLY feel that someone out here is capable of hurting Angelina Jolie, you are simply not capable of handling being on a website like this. You’re taking it way too much to heart! Have an opinion for sure, but don’t lose it.
ALL of you guys are crazy.
Why are you the only one who can give an opinion that’s “sane”. If you don’t agree with gimmeabreak, or whoever, disagree. You have taken it to a whole nother level. Angelina is really doing it, she’s got all of you in an uproar.
Clarice, thanks for making me so important that you research what I have said. I know feel so special. LOL
T-bone’s a pain, please leave T-bone alone. Just agree to disagree.
T-bone’s a pain, please leave T-bone alone. Just agree to disagree. She/he goes OFF. Just leave her/him alone.
I meant I NOW feel so special. Sorry, I got a little eager. LOL
My two cents, after reading all this nonsense.
I think the Angelina fans may be a tad bit defensive. If you look at the post before about Angelina’s skinny legs, there were 9 comments.
It’s when these posts come up, of Angelina mugging for attention and playing the saint for the cameras that some people get upset. I happen to agree that she is not what she portrays herself to be. I believe she still has mental issues, she is just much better at camouflaging them as an adult.
BUT like her or hate her, let’s just chill.
As I’ve said 5 billion times, givemeabreak disguised as some other name, anyone can give any opinion they’d like. It’s all good. Send them in, write em down, do whatever. But if you’re not having fun out here or you can’t handle other people’s opinions and banter without taking it all personally, get off the site. Take a break. Have a cocktail….
i think the arguments here are pretty good, actually. you’re all nuts, but you argue your points well. i think it’s funny that the angelina jolie protectors get so riled up by the aj haters. clap, clap, clap — thanks for the entertainment.
I don’t know about anyone else, but it seems the high of hypocrisy to skip around claiming to be some great child advocate when you have just adopted a child a month ago, drop him off in a foreign environment and leave.
Her children never smile, they never seem happy. You never see the biological child in her presence.
It all seems very fishy to me.
MM…”you’re all nuts, but you argue your points well”
Literally just spewed Diet Coke on my keyboard. Funny!
sassyne — I’m sure Clarice, like everyone else here just read through the posts. I doubt highly that she considers YOUR words worth researching, but nice try. Now do as MJK requested — SHOOSH!
One last post today before that cocktail…
Captain Obvious, your initial comment to me was-the subject is Angelina, yet I don’t see any comments from you regarding Angelina. I do however see that you took your obviously precious time and keystrokes to judge my “mental capacity” or lack thereof. I can only assume that you come to blogs to pass out judgments and insults where you see fit. I’m sure that you will go far in life…best wishes! I feel honored that you saw fit to focus on me!
To the rest here today, you are a very interesting lot and I enjoyed reading your comments.
LOL, WOW WOW WOW, you guys are persistent. I can’t believe this is still going on. Angelina is very much so the bomb. She has you all losing it.
anywho…what a retard. shut up.
Angelina is a PSYCHO. She’ll turn all her children into psychos too. Please do not be like her.
Wow.. look at the fights going on here
For the people who puts down angelina for “neglecting” her kids.
“Her children never smile, they never seem happy. You never see the biological child in her presence.”
I love my kids and we have a great relationship, but if you took photos of them when we go onto the streets, they’re not smiling 24/7 either. That doesn’t make me a bad mother. You can’t judge how much a mother loves her kids from the paparazzi shots.
As for the whole “why doesn’t she help children here?”
I agree that it’s a valid question, and its true that lots of orphans back home are having it pretty hard too, but it IS her money, it’s like saying to anyone who donates to a particular organisation “WHY DON’T YOU DONATE TO THESE OTHER ONES TOO? ARE THEY NOT AS IMPORTANT!”
As for the whole “sainthood” thing, Angelina never said anything about being a saint, a fun just happened to paint a picture depicting her that way, and suddenly its Angelina’s fault?
*fan (not fun)
Angelina fans are the AUDIENCE who “consume” the romantic nouvel of the young, hurt child who grew up neglected from her father,in a tiny humble tower in Beverly Hills with her mother and her brother to fend for themselves, who had to travel long distances to go to the prom, turning back into a “pumkin” after midnight.
And then as she grew up, the ugly duckling who used to cut herself and wear her husband’s blood became the savour of the world. She married the beautiful noble prince after she saved him from his evil witch ugly wife who couldnt produce him children and had him chained into their hollywood’s mansion basement.
The beautiful princess gave him the most beautiful child in the world and the child came to break the evil spells of the ex. Now the hot prince was happy, free, and with healthier skin.
Together, the beautiful princess and the hot prince fought the world. They saved the orphans of the world, they generously gave their hard earned fortune to the poor, and they educated the uneducated for what needs to be done to save the world. Oh the good princess and the hot prince were saving the world.
But their life was not without struggle. The evil ex was still casting spells on them trying to break them up, and the beautiful princess was sad and getting too thin. Her brother came along and told the whole world, in east and west what a beautiful soul the princess was, and alas the spell was gone.
But then the evil evil creatures that are called tabloids came along. The evil evil creatures that travelled around the world and spread the news of a fake princess and a puss*wiped prince. And the hot prince had to fight them to protect and defend the honour of his beloved princess. Not only them but he had to fight the villagers who didnt give a cr*p about them as well.
Oh the Royal family of the US!
Anyone else see the “narrative” to this story? I just wait for the dragons, the snowhite and the easter bunny to jump up from the pages.
PATHETIC!!
Everyone who comments in angst against Angelina is upset because they aren’t UN ambassadors. Plus nations are arbitrary marks, who cares if she is promoting international orphans over domestic, does it matter? In the end she is saving more orphans than anyone here.
I support and applaud her efforts.
However, I would be more so, if I did
not read the hypocrisy of her purchasing
a boat for $300 million dollars.
Save the starving, but I have to live
good off the coast of Spain with my mansion
boat :(
rand.
Jolie gets paid MILLION OF DOLLARS for the work of a couple of months in a movie set, and for the work of a few days of photo shoots for a magazine. So if she donates 1 MILLION NOW AND THEN, it is like you and I give 10 dollars. So enough with the hype!!! When all these self promoting actors say that it is unfair to get paid these astronomical salaries while people in the US and all over the world work 15 or more hours a day, 7 days a week and cant make ends meet, WHEN all these actors fight for better salaries in the US, fund with their salaries the educational and health care system of the US or the world’s then I will bow to the Holy Jolie.