According to reports, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation just donated $2 million to the Global Health Committee to make a help center in Ethiopia, and this will be named after their daughter Zahara (she was adopted from Ethiopia). Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are doing this for the kids affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The center will be modeled after Maddox Chivan Children’s Center in Cambodia (named after their oldest son), where children receive medical, education and social services. Angelina Jolie said in a statement:

“Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease.”

Brad Pitt, meanwhile, said; “It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission. The fact that poor people continue to die in our world today of TB, a curable disease, because of lack of access to drugs and care is unacceptable.”

Check out Angelina Jolie’s new movie under Clint Eastwood! She looks sooo good wearing the 1920s outfits ^_^ The Changeling also stars John Malkovich. The plot summary is below:

The film is set in 1920s Los Angeles and is based upon the Wineville Chicken Murders, an infamous kidnapping and murder case that occurred from 1928 through 1930 and received nationwide attention in the United States. When the son of Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) is returned to her after being kidnapped, she suspects that the child is not her own. After being vilified as an unfit mother, Christine confronts the city authorities and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department in order to find out the truth.

WOW! That’s a lot of money for a doll! o_O According to news reports, an Angelina Jolie doll (made Barbie-style) was sold on auction website eBay for almost £2,000 ($4000). As you can see from the photos above, the doll is life-like — with Angie’s familiar pouting lips, long nose and wavy brown hair ^_^ The lifelike doll of Angelina Jolie was made by American artist Noel Cruz. He has already created several celebrity dolls (Johnny Depp, Daniel Craig) to sell on eBay. The hand-painted 16-inch doll of Angelina Jolie above was sold for $3,350 dollars – £1,895 – on the eBay US site. The buyer, whose identity is unknown, had the option to add tattoos for an additional fee.

According to reports, Angelina Jolie will be making her FIRST live post-twins public appearance in the US towards the end of the month to promote her upcoming Clint Eastwood directed film Changeling. And she is getting styled for it as early as now! =) Reports coming out say that it’s her long time stylist Jen Rade who will help her find the best look. Jen told People,

“It’ll be Angelina Jolie’s first big US appearance since having the babies. I feel some pressure, but I think I can do it. We’ve been doing it for five years together.”

Jen Rade also ooks forward to the challenge of styling the nursing mother of six. She says,

“She’s breastfeeding so the boobs are bigger…It’s going to be fun. I’m looking forward to it.”

She concludes that it’s not tough to talk to Angelina Jolie over the phone and discuss her styling options though “any time you talk to her there’s a lot of kids in the background.”

Aww, he’s to sweet for words eh?? Angelina Jolie is really lucky to have him! I really wish them well and that their union will last.. =) Anyway, after appearing in the Venice Film Festival, Brad Pitt is now at the Toronto International Film Festival to attend the gala screening of his new comedy film “Burn After Reading” with George Clooney. The hunky actor plays a knucklehead fitness employee in the movie which will surely make the audiences laugh! Hehe! And when asked what makes him chuckle in real life, Brad Pitt told PEOPLE: “My kids!”
The actor also related that everybody back in France, Angelina Jolie and their six kids, are all alright. Brad Pitt revealed,

“Everyone is healthy. No sleep though. Sleep is something you long for, but it’s alright. We’ll get it.”

His co-star Tilda Swinton (she has twins too!) butted in and advised, “It gets easier! And it’s true.” And what kind of a father does she think Brad is? “He’s fantastic,” said Swinton. Costar John Malkovich chimed in: “He was very doting with his daughter during shooting on a couple of days I was there. He’s very much a present parent.” ^_^

Two movie posters for Angelina Jolie’s latest action film “Wanted” have been banned by the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) because the sexy, weapon-baring promotional images glamorize the use of guns and violence and are unsuitable for children. According to reports, 17 complaints from the public were filed against the posters, one of which has Angelina Jolie draped over the hood of a car brandishing guns. In another poster, costar James McAvoy is pointing two pistols directly toward the camera, above what the ASA deemed to be “aspirational text.” The ASA said in a statement:

“We acknowledged most viewers would understand the posters reflected the content of an action film. However, we considered that because the ads featured a glamorous actress, action poses, several images of, or related to guns and aspirational text, they could be seen to glamorize the use of guns and violence.”

And they were a new entry at that! Amazing huh?? The Daily Telegraph reported last Wednesday that Vanity Fair’s annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people listed Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in their top 10. The list is scheduled to appear in the October issue of the magazine.

THE VANITY FAIR 100 (2007 ranking in parentheses; only top 20 shown)

1. Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister (new entry)
2. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. (1)
3. Sergey Brin (3), Larry Page (3), and Eric Schmidt (new entry), Google
4. Steve Jobs, Apple, Disney, and Pixar (2)
5. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway (5)
6. Jeff Bezos, Amazon (23)
7. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai (new entry)
8. Roman Abramovich, Millhouse Capital (30)
9. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt, actors, activists (new entry)
10. Al Gore, eco-warrior (19)
11. Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation (6)
12. Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, Bloomberg L.P. (9)
13. Bernard Arnault, LVMH (8)
14. Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks SKG (7)
15. Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren (13)
16. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft (returning)
17. François-Henri Pinault, PPR (new entry)
18. Barry Diller & Diane von Furstenberg (15), IAC; Diane von Furstenberg (15)
19. H. Lee Scott, Wal-Mart (12)
20. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs (new entry)

Guess she cant get enough of all things French eh?? After all, her darling mom (now deceased) is a mademoiselle ^_^ Anyway, according to reports, Angelina Jolie is keen to further cement the French connection by starring in a French film. The mother of six has been studying the French language for years and apparently told a German magazine that she would like to appear in a French-language production. Angie shared,

“When I can speak (the language), then maybe I’ll audition for a French film. I truly am interested – more and more fantastic films are coming out of Europe.”

You think Angelina Jolie would fit in a French movie? Me thinks so! Her beauty is at par with the classic female looks that the French audience love =) So why hasn’t she worked in Europe already? Angie admitted, “No one has asked me yet!” Well, now that you’ve made your interest known, I’m sure they’ll coming knocking at your doorstep!

Just one day after insulting Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on her blog, to comedienne “sort of” apologized to Hollywood’s top couple — but she didn’t extend the peace sign to the Jon. The elderly actor has also slammed Roseanne Barr in reaction to her post via a statement to a TV show. Anyway, back to Roseanne’s “apology”. Last Tuesday, in a blog post titled “I do not know Brangelina,” the former TV star wrote:

“[I] do not mean to personally impugn them as they might be good people in the flesh, but the media’s images of them are smelly and vile, and I must always attack the media’s representation of what is good or cool.”

Roseanne Barr further blogged, lashing out against bloggers and the media, who were quick to report on her vile remarks. She said:

“Those who inhabit the media world of glamour and entertainment and fashion and gossip are horrid people who have no talent of any kind, and yet think of themselves as tastemakers.”

In the blog post that drew severe reactions, the comedienne criticized Angelina Jolie for stating that she was undecided on a presidential candidate and was waiting to hear more information. Roseanne Barr also took aim at Brad Pitt, calling him “vacuous,” and noted that the couple make “forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children,” referring to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which has raised millions for charitable causes.

Then kiss her while filming! Of course, it would help if the kiss wasn’t on the script, LOL! Last December, a co-star of Angelina Jolie in The Changeling leaned over, kissed her, and got a slap. Jason Butler Harner, the actor playing with her in one scene of Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film explained:

“I try to be selective with my improvising. Clint approved. He could see it happening and he said, ‘Do it and we’ll see what happens.’ I had talked to her at the beginning of the day. We had a big scene, and we’re supposed to be coming out of our corners, so it was a ‘How do we do this?’”

However, Jason Butler Harner didn’t mention to Angelina Jolie that he’ll kiss her. Here’s how it went down: Angie was supposed to be pushing him against a wall. It was the movie’s climatic scene, and her character, Christine Collins, was supposed to be confronting his character, Gordon Stewart Northcott, and asking him, “Did you kill my son?” Then Jason swooped for the kiss and –

“She slapped me and she held me and she hit me and it was great. She totally went with it. She’s really smart. She’s beautiful, but she’s really smart, and she’s a great actress.”

Of course, in any given day, it would be great to be kissed by Angelina Jolie - slap or no slap, LOL!