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Zahara Jolie-Pitt visits birth country with trip to Ethiopia
The other day, Angelina Jolie visited Dadaab, a refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border to do some humanitarian work for the UNHCR, but the trip to Africa was a personal pilgrimage as well.
After the camp visit, Angelina flew to Ethiopia with Zahara and Shiloh, marking the first time that Zahara has been back to the country of her birth since her adoption in 2005. Both Brad and Angelina have always said they wish to maintain connections to their… More »
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donate $100,000 for Clinic in Sudan
According to the PR Newswire, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have made a donation through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation to Direct Change. Direct Change is an organization that builds grassroots financial support for community based African projects.
The donation will support the final stages of the construction of The Duk Lost Boys Clinic which will be the first modern medical facility in Duk County, Sudan. It will also go towards their ongoing operations after it opens in late Spring. … More »
Angelina in the news
Unlike celebrities who continuously make headlines because of their unseemly antics, Angelina Jolie is showing up in articles everywhere thanks to her recent risky visit to Sudan and Chad.
The Washington Post has an article about her visit to the refugee camps. A war criminal was named to be responsible for hundreds of atrocities in the area, and Angie had this to say about it:
“In order to feel safe enough to return home, these people said they would need to… More »
Why Angelina couldn’t make the Oscars
Among all the ball gowns and speculations over who would win which award, Angelina Jolie was absent. It was a shame because heaven knows the woman knows how to look gorgeous on the red carpet. However, she had prior commitments and was too busy for award shows and snippy comments from Joan Rivers et al.
According to the UNHCR news site, our favorite ambassador of good will was visiting refugee camps in Sudan’s Darfur region and yesterday she completed… More »
Angelina Planning Trip to Africa
Us Magazines reports that Angelina was spotted on July 31st at the Dakota Restaurant at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood having lunch with John Prendergast from the International Crisis Group.
The sexy new mom is still dedicated and wants to get back to her globe-trotting ways. “We (were) talking about her future trips to Africa,” Prendergast told the mag.
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People Magazine may get the first Brangelina baby picture
I thought I had already posted this, but can’t find it, so pardon if it is a repeated link! This article, from Yahoo! News is mostly the same story we have heard about how the paparazzi are having quite the struggle in Namibia, but it goes on to add this bit of unconfirmed news:
South Africa’s Sunday Times reported that Jolie had sold exclusive rights of the first pictures of the baby to U.S. celebrity magazine People, which would in… More »
Police fight to keep journalists off Brad and Angelina
The flys are a’ swarming (thanks Catherine for the info!!!) – from
African News Dimension:
Police officers descended on the beach resort yesterday to flush out foreign photographers who are not in possession of the necessary work permits.
They went to at least two houses in a complex adjacent to the Burning Shore lodge where the celebrity couple are staying, searching for photographers or photographic equipment.
When asked by The Namibian about the actions of the Police, regional Police Commissioner Andrew Iyambo… More »
Good Pitt gossip out of Africa
Lainey’s has a great article from yesterday that is chock full of good stuff!
Apparently Angelina is very concerned about the lifestyle they are forced to lead since she has hooked up with the sexiest man alive – and its possible affect on the children. And then check this out:
Rumours is, she alluded to it during a brief conversation with a civilian the other day who happened to be granted access for service reasons at the resort. The discussion allegedly… More »
Tight Security in Namibia for Brad and Angelina
From the TittleTattle:
At the Namibian coast security is reportedly tight and secrecy surrounded the lodge yesterday where the couple, their two adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, and entourage are staying.
According to a published report, two Namibian journalists sitting on the beach near the lodge yesterday morning were approached by Ange’s personal bodyguard.
The stocky, grey-haired muscleman politely requested that the two female reporters leave the scene.
Introducing himself as Micky, he stated emphatically that no photographs were allowed of the couple, as… More »
Brad and Angelina are in southern Africa
Thanks again to bamz9love for pointing me towards these pics that claim to be of Brad and Angelina’s things being moved out of their Paris apartment.
Related, is this article from Namibian.com (found via bamz9love, via BradForums.com – I hope I didn’t miss anyone ;) ). I have been trying to pull this article up from Namibian since this morning, but I suspect all of the Brangelina fans have overwhelmed their website, so here is the article in… More »
Brad Pitt Rumors are a-flyin’
I know, they always are, aren’t they?
German papers are reporting again that Angelina is going to have her baby in Africa (from Google Translation):
They fell in love with Africa, therefore also the common child was to be born by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt there, said friends. The child of the Hollywood pair Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is to come on a guest farm into Namibia to the world. “you fell in love with Africa”, quoted the… More »