Angelina Jolie at the Berlin Film Festival: “I have a real view of the real world”

Yesterday, we learned that Angelina Jolie and the kids are in Berlin. In addition to taking the kids to Legoland and making a “quiet visit” to the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, Angelina is premiering In The Land of Blood and Honey at the Berlin Film Festival today – these are some pics from the photo call. I dislike her dress. It’s not sack-y enough to be an official “Jolie Sack” but it’s not fitted enough to be flattering. Basically, it’s just a kind of ugly dress with a bad fit.

Yesterday, Angelina met with Germany’s foreign minister to discuss UNHCR business – we don’t have those photos, but you can see them here. Jolie wore all-white, like an ANGEL! Blah. That coat look medical too – like she’s been working in her laboratory, right? Angelina also has a new interview that is getting a lot of play for whatever reason – here’s the video:

She talks about how she finds “balance” between her Hollywood life and her “real” life. I understand what she’s saying here, and I’m totally a fan (you know I am)… but she’s coming across as a little bit sanctimonious when she says stuff like:

“Without the balance of doing things that actually matter in the world — and being part of the real world — then I would have been left in a bubble. That would have felt very empty and I probably would have just had a very shallow, horrible life. [I feel fortunate to be] welcomed into areas of the world where I see people and work with people who are survivors of war. I have a real view of the real world. I’m very touched and very moved by people and what they overcome. They have always reminded me to just wake up in the morning and be grateful that your children are healthy. Nothing else matters.”

[Via Us Weekly]

Yes, I understand. I get that she’s changed and this is her journey and she’s a better person now. But enough about how “shallow” and “horrible” her life would be without her “real work,” you know? It just seems like she’s judging other people for not living her kind of “real” life.

I’m including some photos of Angelina with the cast, including Goran Kostic (who still looks like a meth-y Daniel Craig to me) and Zana Marjanovic (who is so pretty). Angelina’s legs do not look good here, especially compared to Zana’s. I wish I had the skinny-legs gene.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. Courtney says:

    Because having 6 kids and an abundance of different nannies is “real”. I know she’s referring to her work, but come on.

    • Cut the Cheese says:

      A week without the nannies would give her a view of the real world!

      • Nancito says:

        Hahaha, you’re so right, plus it would cure her of any idea of having more kids.

      • paola says:

        I just love the way she feels so above the hollywood shallowness but there she is every time, with labeled shoes and haute couture gowns.

      • Kimbob says:

        Telling it like IT REALLY IS! Glad you stated the obvious. Seriously, one week w/out nannies she’d be pulling her hair out. Totally unrealistic to have that many kids & give each of them the attention they deserve…there…I said it.

      • LunaT says:

        I thought the same thing. I’ll believe her when the nannies, massage therapists, stylists, personal assistants, personal chefs, security, maids, etc etc etc (really, the list must be so EFFING long!!!) aren’t around to help her live in the “real” world. Give me a friggin’ break. I can’t believe she says sh!t like that and expects people to buy it.

      • Leticia says:

        so true!

      • Josephina says:

        @ Cut The Cheese and the posters beneath:

        Angie is talking about how she reconciles her knowledge of hate and genocide and living the life of a movie star…and living the life of a mother of six with her partner Brad.

        There are more actors now Jessica Alba. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Alica Keys, Jay Z, Russell Simmons, …. ALL of which have had their lives changed once they SAW FIRSTHAND the extreme level of poverty and genocide. It is truly a humbling experience and seeing it WILL correct your point of view of what is and isn’t important in life.

        This is NOT the same experience as handing a check over to an organization to provide aid.

        There will be many posting here who have not experienced extreme hate, poverty, rape or witness murder. And their perspective will reflect what they know.

    • teri says:

      So much negativity in the first couple post directed at a wonderful woman trying to make a difference is disgusting. Angelina will carry on trying to make a better place one child and mother at a time.

      • Katie says:

        hear hear!

      • P says:

        Sorry but you are delusional, there’s neither good people in Hollywood nor good intentions. The fact that she or any other HW face is involved to something “important”, “real” or even “charitable” has wicked things to hide.

      • Bambi says:

        Wow P, that is so sad and delusional that you think that way.

      • P says:

        If you think this way than I’m sorry for you, but I hope one day you wake up and start seeing the truth behind all the glamour, makeup and false goodwill they shove in your face every day.

      • Freya says:

        Well said, teri!

  2. JudyJudyJudy says:

    Very cool.

  3. Original Chloe says:

    Scrawny legs, sacky dress and yet, she still looks stunning. Huh.

    • carrie says:

      all is in her face!

    • Saundra says:

      Stunning? How about shocking!! Her arms look skeletal, her legs look emaciated, yet her breasts have remained the same size. She has had a nose job and I think that we can add a breast augmentation to the list also.

      • dahlia noir says:

        exactly!

      • Sloane Wyatt says:

        Angie has not looked healthy since, ironically, “Gia” and her Billy Bob days!

        She has a beautiful face though, regardless of her nose job and ‘lip shaping’, shall we say? Ange has done a lot of good, and if it buys her PR or what she wants, that doesn’t confront me none.

        Uhm, she is out of touch with what it’s like living a poor or working class life. Yes, Angie travels the world and sees a ton of reality and suffering that we can’t always afford to donate to ourselves, but I’ve noticed so many posters here that have done an amazing amount for their fellow humans and sentient beings. So, YaY, for you guys! (You know who you are!)

  4. Asli says:

    You can really tell how gaunt Angelina looks like when she’s standing next to someone like Zana, who looks healthy. I wish Angie would just but on a little weight. Maybe 10-15 pounds? Her jaw is really pronounced and her arms and legs just look very skeletal. 15 pounds, Angie. You can do it!

    I don’t take advice or life-views as final word from celebrities. They have NO IDEA what the real world is like

    • AudreyS says:

      100% agree.

    • Lindsay says:

      That’s such a dumb thing to say. There is no such thing as “the real world”. It is dependant on perspective and we all have a different perspective so…

      living in the suburbs with your hubby & kids is no more “real” than her life.

      • Asli says:

        Well, I don’t live ‘in a suburb with a hubby and kids’. I was emancipated when I was 15 and now live in a crappy studio apartment while supporting myself through school. I think I have an idea about the real world. Having millions of dollars, fame and people doing everything for you doesn”t exactly give you insight. Saying that your happy to live ‘in the real world’ is pretty much useless under those circumstances. Yeah, Angelina visits those places but then she goes home to her mansion or some swanky multi-thousand dollar a night resort or a private jet, that kind of nullifies anything she has to say about the ‘real world’ to me. I’ve been poor ever since I can remember, lived off of homemade bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner for months at a time, worn summer clothes and shoes with holes in them during winter but I know I’m lucky for not living in a 3rd world country. Everything she has to say about ‘the real world’ has no meaning to ME. So I would appreciate it if you didn’t call MY opinion ‘dumb’. Thank you very much.

      • Lee says:

        @asli
        Your opinion is dumb (and judgemental, or jealous, take you pick)

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        @Asli
        I wish I had been as independent as you are when I was your age. It takes a lot of strength to go it all on your own. I remember your story, you should be proud. You have plenty of time to form opinions, they will change, over and over, the more you learn. And, you have plenty of time for that. And, no no one should take advice from a celebrity unless they know a lot about their views, and respect them. I like Angie a lot because I have followed her career, and her UNHCR work for YEARS lol!

        @Lee/Lindsay
        The word “dumb” gives you away. There’s no good reason to attack others simply because their opinions differ from yours. If you disagree then give a valid opinion as to why. Otherwise you add nothing to the discussion, and waste space where intelligent dialogue could actually occur.

      • Asli says:

        Thanks, aprayer 😀 I appreciate someone who can respect other peoples opinions. I’m not saying I don’t respect her or the work that she has done. She does great things. I just choose to appreciate the small people; like, there’s a woman in America who has sponsered 1400 Congolese woman affected by war and 66.000 women and children through media appearances. She’s great. You should look her up. Her name is Lisa Shannon 🙂

      • Asli says:

        @Lee- Yeah, and judging me without an argument isn’t dumb at all. *Snort*. I choose to ignore your comment seeing as the ones who post incredibly baseless statements are usually the dumb and/or phsycotic ones. You take YOUR pick.

        Bren – Thanks and I agree completely 😀

        Mari – If they didn’t make a circus out of every outing they would certainly be able to do ‘normal’ things. Someone mentioned Bill Gates down thread. She isn’t the ultimate celebrity, if she want’s certain things to happen she can easily make them happen.

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        Asli
        I just wanted to say that I completely agree with you that no one should take advice from any celebrity.

        I like Angie and I can appreciate her work with the UNHCR for the past 11 years that I’ve followed it, and I do find it inspiring that she does it. I’ve never heard her say anyone should be like her.

        I don’t take advice from anyone, I live my life and I will be the one to deal with the consequences of my actions so, I go my own way.

        I respect anyone who chooses to give in any way because it is a choice. I’ve done volunteering since I was 14. I will look up that woman you mentioned, I like stories of people helping at any level that they can. It’s not a competition, it’s always a good thing to help, no matter who you are. 🙂

      • Asli says:

        @Aprayer – Yes! Agreed. Smartest thing I’ve read on this thread. It isn’t a competition. Nobody’s better than the other because they do ‘more’ or has ‘more’. It’s about helping 🙂

    • Bren says:

      @Asli, I agree with you 100%. The real world is not only the 3rd World, but everyday life that we (the real people) actually live in every single day. Those same people who have to line up for the bank, those who either drive ourselves to work or catch public transport. Those who have to decide whether we can afford to go to the toy store (without it being a birthday or christmas present) or spend the money on food/bills. Those who cook, clean, work and look after our own children.

      I would love to live in her “pretend” world and when I feel the urge take a dip into the real world go to a war torn country, and listen to peoples stories while the reporters and cameramen record this event so everyone can see just how “Real” I am. Before I shudder and return to my Presidential Suite at the most expensive hotel in the area and take a shower to wash off the real world then climb into my chauffeur driven luxury car to take me to the airport where I can relax and reflect about life on my spacious private jet. All while dozens of staff wait on me for my every whim, look after my kids and have my security push the “real world” people away from my while I go about pretending to do what the real world do.

      If she wanted to live in the “Real World” then why not do what other Hollywood actors do like Keanu Reeves, Ed Norton and catch the subway when she is in New York next time? And STFU about how “real” you are. Her condescending manner just grates me

      • Mari says:

        Let’s be “real” here.
        Angelina taking the subway… In one interview she said that what she misses the most is doing things like that, taking the subway in NY, per example and the worse is that the children cannot experience many normal things like they did when they were not famous. I do no t think she Easily can walk around in many cities, people would be taking her picture now that everybody has a cell with camera, uncomfortable. Brad and herhave riden scooters and rented a car aroun in Europe by themselves to go sightseeing like tourists on holiday in Europe. They have been cAught on camera, like in Asia in the scooter and in Europa once that they Got lost and asked a public cleaning worker for direction and he recognised them and asked for a photo with his cell.
        I can very well imagine they have been suffed threats. There are many crazy fanatics out there anda lot of people hate them for no reason. I do not see them going alone walking easily, let alone with 6 young children. It would be scary.
        She looks great in that golden dress. I think is good that she chose this path.

    • Sloane Wyatt says:

      Well done, Asli! I emancipated myself at 16 and had a 15 you ward of the court assigned to me at 19. I scraped the first few years, but it was better than
      ‘home’.

      I’m 50 now and have made and lost a few small ‘fortunes’, and now I am thrilled to be alive. Thank you for a beautiful testimony to not eating sh-t from a bad set of bio parents and tough hand of cards that life has dealt you so far. I’ve been where you are, and I can tell you are going to kick some a** and go as far as you want. My only advice is don’t let a child or a man slow you down, UNTIL you have what YOU want. Good Luck, Hon, and Godspeed you to your dreams realized.

      • Asli says:

        This made me so happy! Thank you so much and I appreciate it. And don’t worry. I don’t plan to marry or have kids ’till I’m AT LEAST 30 or have accomplished what I plan to do 😀

  5. Rose says:

    She hardly judging anyone if she’s talking about HER life.

    • ahoyhoy says:

      Totally–She’s a Voight, and it would have been easy to feed on the nepotism, get rich, and never go out so far as the grocery store. She made an effort to get out and see the real world at least.

      Although Diana was expected to do charity work, she could have mostly avoided the truly awful parts of the world if she hadn’t truly cared. She pushed herself outside the bubble too.

      (Uh oh. I mentioned Ang & Di in the same comment, flame away ladies.)

  6. Bite me says:

    Anythings for hits… Very lazy reading it’s the weekend so whatever

  7. Debbie says:

    Of course she has. Especially view from private jet, chateaux in France, and red carpet.

  8. Jb says:

    I love her dress- love it! She looks really beautiful.
    And I think she is sincere in that her life would have been worse without her chIldren, charities and whatnot. Remember her Billy Bob days? She could have gone from bad to worse, but she chose a different path. That’s my two cents.

  9. original sandy says:

    the woman is just classy, intelligent, beautiful of course. it’s funny how negative tabloids gossips are saying all of these things about her, and she’s miles away on a whole other planet, doing more interesting things, ha. they are not even thinking about what most are saying about them, brad and angie already stated that, i guess it’s true.

  10. marie says:

    Dress looks gorgeous on her! Elegant and doesn’t need to be tighter.

  11. AudreyS says:

    I understand she thinks she may have seen the “real” world, blah, blah, but, of course, she has not LIVED the real world. She has lived in a world of abundance. That said, I think she is beautiful and is a truly responsible celebrity and puts her money and energy where her mouth is. However, she is SO THIN. Her elbow in that profile photo of her is so bare of underlying fat.

    • Mari says:

      Mostbpeople with that ki d of money and those who have more, have not lived or ever seen real life. Belonging to the entertainment industry worsens that. Just look at those Reality shows featuring rich juniors, or exwives, or wannabes like Courtney Stodden or hasbeens like Lilo… Judging them , many of them nor have seen nor care for people with real problems.
      Many in the industry have enablers, cateres , people who kisses their behinds like Britney had in her worse days… How can you be real?
      I like how she found a purpose that helped steer her life away from many of those things. Hate her all you want. What she does is more positive and less destructive and shallow that many in the industry. There are others, too who do good. She is just more visible due to her work and the infamous triangle. Good that she uses her popularity to enlighten causes that many people do not know much about.

      • Courtney says:

        There are tons of celebrities who do a lot of charity work (i.e. Shakira and Matt Damon) who do not use it as a means of self-promotion. Charity is great either way, but you act like she’s not part of the cult. She is.

      • sandra says:

        Agree! While she certainly uses the perks (nannies etc) that her money affords, she is balancing it out with her work and does have a very good idea of how life is for others outside of North America/Europe. It would be incredibly easy to just get your driver to drop you for lunch, manicure and shopping but she is choosing to do more than that. Also – why say her legs look too skinny and then comment that you wish you had the skinny leg gene? Come on …

  12. toto says:

    well i agree with her , with kind of life she had before meeting the real world and recognizing how lucky she is ,,,i think only her ( through her life experiences )would know and appreciate a very good pull in the right time & direction from the edge of self distraction to finally open your eyes on real life priorities that not necessarily be you and still much matters to you.

    only those who found the kind of peace they r looking for will understand why she will praise her new view in every chance she got

    i don’t blame her

  13. SailorAlphaCentauri says:

    I get that Jolie thinks that she is living in the “real” world, but she’s not; just because you interact with people who experience hardships does not take away from the nannies and the life of privilege that you are living. It’s getting a little old. Just live in the real world and stop talking so damn much about living in it.

    • Lucky Charm says:

      Do you seriously think that people in the “real world” don’t have nannies or housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners, etc.?!

      Just because you envy her being able to afford help doesn’t mean she’s not living in real life. Many celebrities DO live a shallow life in a bubble of privilege, she chooses not to.

      • OMSS says:

        @Lucky Charm, I agree. There is no true ‘real world’. Her ‘world’ and experiences are just a real as anyone else’s. Also, both rich and the not so rich can live a ‘shallow’ lifestyle. But, I don’t agree that the poster you replied is envious. It cheapen the argument you made. I didn’t suspect any form of envy in his/her claim…

  14. Nikki says:

    I for one am glad she chose this path instead of the one she was tracking at 20 because I feel she would have been another person who didn’t make it past 27. And I don’t begrudge her for having multiple nannies they have a multicultural family with different needs and they are doing what they think is best to raise them. My mom was a single mom and I practically lived at my babysitters house every summer from 5 to 9 yo.
    And do you really want 6 kids 10 and under on the plane with you?

  15. Clera says:

    I love you Angie. I bet you have seen many things to say what you said.

  16. UniqJazz says:

    I reallly love how she knows what make up looks good for her. I love the way she does her eyes and her hair styles. She always wears mascara or eyeliner on top of her eyes, which makes her eyes stand out. Her skin always looks clean, not too greasy with too much foundation =).

    • photolab says:

      Actually, the greasiness is one quibble I have about her makeup. She looks ok in these shots, but most of the time she’s photographed at events, she looks SO shiny that I just want to ship her blotting papers and translucent powder.

  17. photolab says:

    She looks fabulous from the neck up. But her limbs terrify me.

    I get what she’s trying to say, but I always side-eye celebs who insist on telling me how “real” they are. Especially celebs at her level, because they ARE in a bubble. Shops get shut down for you, bodyguards follow you around, people fawn over you left and right, companies shower you with freebies. Points for expanding her horizons, but at the end of the day, they go back to the bubble. I don’t begrudge them for it, that’s just the truth.

    • UniqJazz says:

      I agree, she still has a world of comforts to go back to when she goes home.

    • LadyBee says:

      LOL.. In Jolie’s ‘real world’, LEGOLAND gets shut down so her kids can shop in peace.
      She can take a few pointers from previous Goodwill Ambassadors – people like Danny Kaye, Audrey Hepburn, and Peter Ustinov were absolutely brilliant in their work with UNHCR and never confused what they did for the UNHCR with what they did for a living. And as far as I know, none of them slagged off their professions to show how humble working for the UN had made them.

      • Katherine says:

        Audrey Hepburn, Peter Ustinov and Danny Kaye – for all their work none of them have done as much work as Jolie has for the UN. I’m not sure what that even means to suggest she confuses her volunteer work with her career. Danny Kaye’s work very much involved his career.

        I get a little tired of the negative comparisons with others for the purpose of somehow minimizing Jolie’s work – as if that were at all possible. Audrey Hepburn did very little for the UN until the very last years of her life. It was a short spell though completely admirable and praiseworthy. Jolie’s role is way beyond probably any other goodwill ambassador before her.

        I like the dress. It’s appropriate for a director attending a day time press conference.

        You know I am always puzzled by people who want to read into her words some sense of arrogance or being above it all. I never sense that in her at all. She is asked questions and I think she tries to answer honestly. If people feel smaller by what she says that is their problem and their insucurities. I have never been a female who feels jealous of other females – I may wish I had their money or their looks or whatever but it doesn’t make me feel jealous or negative about them. I say good for them. I take great pleasure in watching other women succeed through hard work and intelligence. Seeing Angelina live her life with real purpose and passion is a good thing to me.

      • Mari says:

        What a nice post, Katherine!

      • Camille (The original) says:

        @Katherine: Excellent post. Co-sign.

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        @Katherine
        I really enjoyed reading your post. I especially enjoyed the last part about taking great pleasure in seeing other women succeed through hard work and intelligence. So true.

  18. Ida says:

    She comes across as not only sanctimonious but also incredibly stupid. There is no such thing as THE real world. The truth is that there are all sorts of realities, the reality of people in war-torn countries and the reality of the incredibly wealthy and famous being perhaps at opposite ends of the spectrum. Indeed, it is precisely the fact that they’re both very much realities that is what is so unjust and disgusting about the world. I’m sick of hearing about how poor, miserable, sad and broken people helped an extremely privileged multi-millionaire find meaning in her life. She has the cheek to praise their suffering: their altruism, their kindness towards one another, their strength and perseverance in the face of great adversity, while incessantly talking about how the Hollywood scene is shallow and empty etc., when the truth is that these people would swap their ‘meaningful’ lives for the ‘meaningless’ life that Jolie lives 6 (or 8 or 12 or how ever many) months of the year in a heartbeat.

    • toto says:

      “She comes across as not only sanctimonious but also incredibly stupid”

      no matter how smart you wanted to sound you lost me on the 1st sentience .

      any argument starts with (stupid),we must deduce we are arguing with an arrogant mind and when someone is arrogant he can’t scale matters right.

      then my dear you failed

      • Ida says:

        And any counter-argument that begins with: I’ve only bothered to read the first sentence of your post but I’m so f***ing clever that I can immediately deduce not only your arrogance but also the way this supposed arrogance of yours automatically invalidates your opinion/argument etc., is the result of…??? Really, you’re making this too easy for me. Try harder cherry.

    • Josephina says:

      A lot of us are aware of the inequities in life… but, EXACTLY, how many are DEDICATED to making a change?

      Will she stop genocide? Probably not. It is clear that Angie made a commitment that she would do what she could to learn about other people’s plight and affect change as much as possible. One human being can make a difference no matter how big the problem, and she is committed to getting the international community, which also includes the U.S., to get involved.

      We need more people to step out of their comfort zones to help people and NOT JUST your relatives.

      • Ida says:

        You’re missing the point. I didn’t criticize her charity work, not directly anyway, but her world view. To summarize: by stating that she has ‘a real view of the real world’ in relation to her humanitarian efforts, she is implying that the extremely wealthy and privileged world in which she lives in, unlike the war-torn countries she visits and in which she is merely a tourist, is unreal. As I pointed out in my post, this is completely absurd. The world of the extremely rich and powerful is just as real as the world of the extremely poor and powerless. Consequently, any world view that could be deemed to be ‘real’ should be able to account for the co-existence of such extreme realities. Now, Jolie’s suggestion that the world she lives in is unreal does not do that. In fact it does the opposite, refuting the very possibility that the diametrically opposed realities described above are actually intimately implicated. To put it in extremely simplistic terms: that the extreme wealth of the very few depends on the poverty of the very many. I’m pretty sure this state of affairs does not escape Jolie entirely since the views she expressed constitute a concerted effort to absolve herself of any complicity.

  19. Miffits says:

    Christ, I wish she’d dye her hair a real colour.
    Didn’t read the article. I don’t care about an actors’ opinions on anything really. BRUNETTE OR BLOND JOLIE!!! This in-between thing is giving me blood pressure issues.

  20. valleymiss says:

    Yeah…she goes and visits the real world, and then heads home to her chateau in France with her 6 nannies. She’s so REAL. Please.

    • Mari says:

      Then every rich person in the world who dare to do something for others should be called out.
      Not many do renounce to their money and go live ina poor country. It is comendable, but unless you are a huge moral leader (like the real Mother Theresa”, noone would be able to do much.
      She works in the entertainment industry that pays ridiculous salaries, not only to her, but to many. Studio owners, mediocre comedians, reality “stars”, dirty mouthed singers, et al are millionaire and many live deluded lives. Doing charity for them consists in going to parties, auctions and giving away clothes and bags, or they found their own churches…
      Many ofmthose rich people, especially in emtertainment have caterers and enablers who they get used to and tell them all the nice things they want to hear, not reality. Just take a look at how Britney lived, or Lilo. Or the things that people like Courtney Stodden and other try to do to be a part of this lifestyle.
      Being rich, working in entertainment and living in Hollywood makes harder to understand or care for other people’s problems.
      When she was young she was probably living one of these more selfish lives. Like many of us, She was deep into her own problems which for her were probably big and important until she went to Thailand and Sierra Leone.
      Good for her becaause she has a social concience, she gives money and time away and has adopted. She is rich and visible, that actually gives her a louder voice that any Jane Smith.

      • Maya says:

        Oh please. Her and Brad are basically using the same method Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton used to pay significantly less tax. So what if they give 200K here and there, the reality is that they still pay significantly less tax and they don’t pay the same rate as other American citizens, because they flit around the world all the time.
        And that is the prime reason why they’re never in one spot all the time, not because they’re ‘humanitarians’.
        Taylor/Burton had a boat and they’d sail around the world and Brangelina fly around the world. What difference really?
        It would be interesting to see their real tax records and then evaluate that against their salaries from films and then you’d see that the proportion that they give away is basically miniscule.
        And no, I don’t have a problem with them keeping all their money. I just have a problem with celebrities using their manufactured martyrdom and concern to manipulate the public, to elevate their image. Even Taylor/Burton didn’t transform into OTT humanitarians to life their profile – probably because they had stupendous acting abilities. All Brangelina are known for now is travelling here and there and whatever else.
        So what? They’re like Eurotrash rich folks now.
        As for their ‘films’.
        Meh.
        They make films for pay cheques only.
        If some people bothered to see between the lines, like the time Jolie kills two birds with one stone – earns millions from Louis Vuitton while filing in a third world country (bad taste in my view) – they’d see it’s all a ruse.
        She is probably so thin because she can’t handle the stress of the daily role she plays.

      • Freya says:

        I like your post,Mari! If I’m not mistaken it was Cambodia that opened her eyes. Then she contacted the UN… and her first trip for them was to Sierra Leone.

        It’s amusing to see posters argue about the real world. Just because AJ is wealthy doesn’t mean she doesn’t live in the real world. She does!
        So do other wealthy people. You can find many people, wealthier than Hollywood actors, living in many parts of the world. Have you all never heard of the billionaires in the Middle East, China, Russia, India, etc?
        The thing is that the majority of the world’s population still live in poverty. More than 20 million of them are refugees and AJ pays attention to these refugees. Of course many care for the refugees, but AJ gets the attention because she is also a worldfamous actress and she has easy access to the media. She is perfect for the job of goodwill ambassador!

        I’d say that people who don’t live in
        ‘the real world’ are, for example, actors in Hollywood who are only interested in themselves. They live shallow lives, and Hollywood, and its parties, is their world.

      • Josephina says:

        @ Mara:

        Wow.

        Angie is an ACTIVIST, as well as a philanthropist and a humanitarian.

        You know better than to think, at this point, that Angie does what she does for “tax benefits.” You think that way, she does not.

        You should read Angie’s journal “Notes From My Travel.” In fact, Angie has submitted Op-Eds to newspapers as well. You could google the information and find out precisely how different Angie’s work is from other actors that contribute. Once you do, you will find that Angie is quite unique in her approach.

    • Lucy says:

      So you are saying that the only way she could possibly be really helping people is if she lived among them…what about bill gates? he helps people everyday with his philanthropy and then goes home to his mansion and maids…so he is a big phony too? Your arguement is rediculous…Wealthy people do good deeds all the time BECAUSE they are rich and can afford the money and time to help those less fortunate..it doesn’t mean they need to live in a box on the street for it to really mean something…

      • JudyJudyJudy says:

        so many bitterly unhappy people.

      • valleymiss says:

        I think it’s wonderful how much time, money, and visibility she has given certain causes. I really do. But I would like her even more if she lived just the tiniest bit more like a real person. How about 1 house instead of 4 or 5? How about cutting the number of nannies in half, from 6 to 3? Lol It’s not the $ she’s spending…it’s the fact that she lives her life in a bizarrely UNreal way. When she makes statements like, “I’d like to adopt from Africa again so Zahara has someone to relate to,” it makes me cringe. She’s so up her own ass. (And this is AFTER I’ve actually grown to like her a bit more! Lol)

      • Maya says:

        Bill Gates has to have his image in every magazine like Angelina does (for her profile) and he doesn’t. He is a very private man who doesn’t drag all his children to photo calls that are ‘spontaneous/candid’ photographs (yeah sure, the Paparazzi appear out of nowhere, don’t they?).
        Bill Gates and his family stayed in Sydney, renting out a harbourside house for pretty much two months, they’re probably still here, but no one has seen them being ‘papped’ because they don’t draw attention to themselves (in order to maintain their public image).
        That is the (significant) difference between the two.

      • Courtney says:

        Thank you Maya! Exactly.

      • Freya says:

        Come on, Maya, even if Bill Gates draws attention to himself, I doubt there are many magazines who would send their photographers to park themselves outside where BG and his family are staying. I doubt the public is interested in seeing pictures of him and his family regularly.

        He and his wife do a lot of good work, but is he a goodlooking actor with a goodlooking partner and half a dozen cute kids who (still) sell magazines?

    • Asli says:

      Mari, Lucy and Judy

      You don’t have to be famous to help. A woman in America has sponsered 1400 women and, through media appareances, helped over 66.000 women and children in Congo. She doesn’t even have half the money Angie does nor live like Angie does. THIS is who I aspire to be like, not Angelina Jolie:

      http://athousandsisters.org/about/lisa-shannon/

      • Lucy says:

        Ok…thats great…I admire that woman you speak of, but why does that negate the fact the angelina does admirable things too…and since she is a movie star of course she has more money than most “normal” people. Anyone who gives time and money to charitable causes should be applauded. I guess I just dont understand your point..because this other woman dosen’t have half angies money and does good works, then angies good works shouldn’t be appreciated too?…tell that to the people who are being helped in the hospitals she has built and sponsers or tell that to the children that go to the schools that she helped build and sponsers or the homes that she and brad have helped to build…

      • Mari says:

        Good for you! Go and do it!
        Sad thing is that some people find happiness trying to bring down AJ, which may no be perfect, but still does more than the average celebrity.
        Why everything with respect to her it has to be either black or white? Why does she has to live in a box or travel by boat rowing to Europe? Why to say that she has too many children when they have adopted half of them? I see many here are complaining that “she” travels or she adopts and she travels, has a family, etc
        For being a HW celebrity who was once a teen or young woman immersed in her own life dramas, she is an admirable person.
        Good that you admire someone outside the celeb world and post her in this site and in this thread. What you have to admit is that you come to this threads to gossip, comment, criticize, whatever, you are coming to AJ threads and comment on what she does or does not do. I like that she does something, because many celebs do not do much. And being on Celebitchy I am going to talk celebs. When I go to my local news forum, I will talk about my local news forum, etc…

      • Asli says:

        I feel like you are mocking me and I just want to say that I don’t appreciate it very much,

        If you are not mocking me then I would like to say…

        That people seem to be more upset that she is pretending to live in the ‘real world’ while going on private jets, living in mulit-thousand dollars a night resorts and having stores closed down for her. She really doesn’t have an un-obstructed view of the world. She was born priviliged and has continued to be priviliged thorughout her life. She can empathize but she can’t relate. Saying that she wants to adopt another kid from African so that Zahara has someone to relate to sounds very un-realistic to me, maybe even downright vapid. If she had said this, and lead a very Sarah Jessica P. like life, then my words probably wouldn’t have been so kind. As I said, she visits but she doesn’t live. She can never have a view of the real world, like people in 3rd world countries have. Again, I’m not hating her for this I’m just stating the facts.

      • Mari says:

        Lucy, nice post.
        Asli, that happens not only to her, but to many rich people who help withwhat they can and are aware of many problems but live their own life and do what they can. They are not giving up their own life. In her case, her life could be as shallow as any other celebrity or actor who just thinks of shallow things like fashion, aging, tweeting, those people may do not think their lives are shallow, but you have to recognise that a lot of people who,live a “real” life really do not care for others, even in their own country and city… Help? That is what taxes are for? Many do not even know their neighbors names.
        You got riled up on what Lindsay said… Why? I do not know, you are probably oversensitive for some reason, since I do not know you, but women bringing down women is common. AJ may be privileged and rich, maybe struggled a bit in her life, and then succeed, so what? It is not that she is at fault of everyone’s problems. I think she tries to let people know she is not unaware like she herself was when she was a young girl. She was too caught up in her own traumas, she even cut herself. She came out of it and she redirectionated her life. And I bet her problems seemed big and real for her at the time, big enough to think of death, probably suffering depression. Then she saw other people’s problems and compared… If many more young people did that or cared… I get a bit inspired for her words, and try to do a bit of good around, cannot give muc away, but in my type of job I get todeal with a lot of young people so I try to be an example, “give” myself, and I donate clothes and food when I can, even if my husband complains that I gave away from our pantry.
        In your case, good for you that even being young are in a good path, but bringing down people who in their sphere are doing good seems not nice, maybe you are venting out, but there are probably more selfish unaware people to complain about. But it is your pick to come to this thread, go ahead.

      • Asli says:

        First of all I’m not overly sensitive. What Lindsay said was very rude.

        Second, so just because she’s not doing the things ‘every other celebrity’ is doing then she’s better than anybody else? Alot of celebrities do charity but choose not to make it a part of their image. Angelinas image is her kids and charity. And therefore she’s totes better than all of the other celebirties and normal people doing charity work? Matt Damon, Shakira, Bill Gates they all do tremendous work with charity but only Angelina is worshipped for it. She does what everybody else does she’s just marketing herself and people see her as some kind of patron saint because of it. Does it make it okay that because she does charity she can ride on private planes. Increase her carbon footprint because she ‘helps’ all of these people? I don’t think so. Hollywood is shallow and to say that Angeline isn’t shallow is very…. disturbing. You have to be shallow to make it in Hollywood. Angeline just does with a great team of people behind her.

      • Josephina says:

        @ Asli

        You are right. You do not have to be famous to help. Angie uses her power to infuence. You are an example.

        You are on this blog. You are sharing information about other people, that are not celebrities, that are making a difference. Good!

        Creating a dialog by talking about her IS creating awareness. I know some people want to stay on subject of her physique, but many of us are inspired by what she can accomplish in ONE DAY, with or without help.

        When I have discussions about Angie with my friends, it is usually about her UNHCR work and how she manages her time. That she is stunning, has Brad and a decorated film career, and six beautiful children just makes her even more interesting because it is clear that she lives a full life.

        In fact, her activism, along with her family life, are what makes her so courageous and have a better understanding of people than most.

        Angie repeats to the public the many human violations that the refugees share with her to get those that can do something to do… something.

        She has spent the last 10 years of her life gaining a keen understanding of the spirit of refugees whose human rights have been dismissed, along with those who have survived rape and murder.

        Angie is doing what she can. If you care enough, you will do what you can regardless of what Angie is doing.

  21. The Original Mia says:

    Love the dress. Thrilled she’s happy and settled. That’s all that matters.

  22. saraq says:

    I really think the only reason she said “real” is because she’s trying to say that she doesn’t feel as though her movie career is a “real” job that actually matters. Like, she’s just implying that THAT part of her life isn’t “real” so she’s glad she has something else to ground her. Does she really seem like the kind of woman that would say that other peoples careers/lives aren’t real? (ie- teachers, scientists, people that wait tables for a living, chefs, artists, etc.) She’s not that kind of person!

    • ahoyhoy says:

      But, but…She SO pretty and SO rich…..EVERYTHING she does MUST be viewed through the ‘smug bitch’ lens, right?

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        @ahoyhoy
        Of course! The truth is pretty people are completely full of themselves, because being appreciated only for your beauty never gets old, or feels demeaning. I mean my what more could they possibly want out of life??

  23. olivia says:

    Wow, how explosively insightful. Just brilliant.
    I’m surprised she didnt’ take the opportunity to tell us her role is also to make us all aware (of her causes, her film, her happyfamily, there was war and r****, her mom)…. just you know, AWARE as in…. humantarian tax deduction.

    She just gave a big FU to everybody in Hollywood. I’m sure that they’ll appreciate the insult from Jolie.

    • ahoyhoy says:

      Olivia, I work for a mental health clinic….I’m begging you, GET HELP.

      The bile you spew, to the DEGREE you spew it (EVERY day), tells us everything we need to know about YOU. Not Angie.

      Go talk to a therapist and get rid of your fury at people you don’t know. Please.

      • anne christoff says:

        Her comments are not out of line. She spots a phony, she calls it.

        It is the height of vulgar of this tatooed weirdo to be pulling in such enormous paychecks for such forgettable work, to show up for some photo-op humanitarianism as a result of the springboard of that work (and her weirdo notoriety) and then to trash the hand that feeds her.

        And by the way, when is the “Special Representative for Afghanistan” ever in Afghanistan? All these parties!

      • Bambi says:

        It seems like you’re one of the phonies, Anne. “Tattooed weirdo”? I feel so sorry for you that you are so superficial, prejudiced and small-minded. You also need help. Angelina is far more real than you and olivia ever will be.

    • lisa says:

      Yes Anne. you and Olivia..

      birds of a feather.. flock and all together..

  24. aprayerforthewildatheart says:

    I think it’s a difficult road trying to make everyone happy, and that no one ever will succeed. When I put what she’s saying into context I think she’s just being respectful to the subject matter.

    As for Bosnia, the truth of an ethnic cleansing was happening, in Europe, in modern times. There were rape camps, and children who prided themselves on getting to school without being shot, hit actually because they were shot at no matter what.

    I think entertainment is a great thing time to just have a little fun, and forget real life, even if just for a little while. A host of entertainers, actors, singers, comedians, and game makers have given me a lot of entertainment over the years. Angie is but one of many who have entertained me.

    Her UNHCR work is something else she does, and I respect it. People will take her words as they see fit. She’ll be judged, and her words will be belittled, and made to seem like an attack on Hollywood. It’s really not that serious…unless someone wants it to be.

    Perspective is a good thing to have, for anyone and all she’s talking about is that she has perspective, it is her life after all. I know HW isn’t real, and I also know what is truly important to me, family, friends, and learning as much as I can in this world while I can.

  25. Jover says:

    Comments are esp. good esp. Ida and Ladybees; I think celebutards would be much better off if they followed George Orwell’s advice and acknowledged their fabulous wealth came from a market capitalist system wherein they play acted in mostly silly movies for profit. Ida, while I share your revulsion at the state of the world, read Harvard scholar Steven Pinker’s new book the better angels of our nature; the world of the past everywhere was much much worse than you can imagine, and great improvements have been made.

    • Lucy says:

      I have heard angelina say many times in interviews that she knows she is paid rediculous amounts of money for having fun, doing very easy work…she is certainly aware of this…at least, she is a celebrity who gives back to less fortunate people. You can hate her all you want, but that is a fact…there are many celebrities that also give their time and money, however, there are many, many more who do nothing with the blessings that have been bestowed upon them…at least she tries…and I respect her for it!

      • Ida says:

        Oh but she doesn’t get paid to have fun. And she works hard, really hard. Maintaining her public persona alone must be a full-time job: the choreographed, well-rehearsed red carpet performance that she and Pitt display every time, the lines she repeats to every journalist who ever interviews her (Pitt does this too), etc. And then there’s the exhaustion that must come with having to sell one’s personal life (even if it is a completely fictitious version of it) in exchange for cinema tickets and DVD sales.

    • Ida says:

      Thanks for the tip 🙂 I’ll check it out. And it’s rather nice having George Orwell mentioned on Celebitchy!

      • Jover says:

        To expand Ida; that is a gloss from Orwell’s statement that people don’t like to know where there incomes come from, and he was referring to the blimps, landed aristocracy of the 20s/30s. 1984 and Animal Farm are way overrated; try The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia; he was a working class (real) independent leftist and socialist, and those terms had very different meanings in his day than today. He opposed both Nazi and Marxist totalitarianism when many on the right and left in his day were apologists and fellow travelers, and he was a realist about life: One of his best quotes: ” I have seen enough of poor people not to admire them.” He saw them as human beings not to be exploited but not to be romanticized, he tried to avoid thinking about human beings in abstract classes. He wasn’t an idealist as that term would be understood today, His essays are also worth reading: Reflections on Gandhi is the best analysis of Gandhi by any westerner. I’ve read a lot of Orwell and I find him more useful than say our superannuated Founding fathers rhetoric.

      • Ida says:

        Thank you again for your reading suggestions and your thoughtful and very interesting post. It really was a pleasure to read. I am now more inclined than ever to expand my knowledge of Orwell’s work. I especially loved the quote you included: “I have seen enough of poor people not to admire them.” It really gets to the heart of the problem: not only would it be a mistake (and incredibly condescending and patronizing) to romanticize the suffering and the miserable, but, most importantly, suffering and misery do not strengthen the human spirit, they do not make it richer, but only weaken and impoverish it.

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        @Jover
        Thank you for your informative posts, I will be checking this Steven Pinker out.

  26. Cecilia says:

    I think her face is gorgeous but her body is just too skinny, she is not looking good.

  27. Az says:

    That face! Just gorgeous. And her hair has been looking really great lately as well.

    • Tastykakes says:

      Her hair has been looking like Duchess Kate’s more & more as of late. Not passing judgement on either, just pointing it out.

  28. Katie says:

    Ill buy that she lives in and understands the real world when she eschews hollywood and its trappings. Until then, she’s just another self important celebrity screaming “look how great I am”

  29. Jolie Loon Locater says:

    Way up where her head is, I bet she does have a ‘real view of the real world’.

  30. fd says:

    Her dress is fine. Anyway, with that face it doesn’t matter what she wears. She is just stunningly beautiful.

  31. Me says:

    I do appreciate how she helps us focus our attention on areas of the world and terrible things we would not (probably) think about every couple of months, HOWEVER, she is not a doctor or a nurse.

    She is just visiting these places. No really helping them in the real sense, or practical sense.

    If she had been a doctor or someone who actually devotes her life to work in these camps even as an organizer/ assistant and actually DO something other than visit and then talk about it, I would have been more understanding towards her comments.

    She comes across as stuck up and full of herself and for the worng reasons.

    As in “I’m better than you, my life is better than theirs (speaking of the regular Hollywood/ actors crowd or Jen Aniston or just regular people who go to work and don’t visit these places…)

    • Bluebear says:

      And we have the first mention of Jennifer Aniston! I was wondering where she was in this article.

    • Bren says:

      @Me, totally agree with you. Instead of just talking to people hearing their stories and having the media cover it, maybe she should actually HELP. Why can’t she assist for a couple of days in the places she goes to. You do not need to be specially trained medical staff to help

  32. lisa says:

    Her face in that second picture is just too beautiful.

    I find it so funny that a few days ago people got pissy because someone call Adele Fat.. there was such outrage. but I guess if someone is skinny it’s ok NOW to pick them to pieces.. every woman in the world that is skinny does not have an eating disorder. Some people are just thin. it is who and what they are.

    so now being skinny is the new FAT.. meaning once again women attack other women on their bodies. This is not coming from men. but women cutting into other women.

    Nice.. we sure have come a long way.

  33. crazydaisy says:

    Those stick legs! I could almost mistake her for Humanitarian Celebrity Barbie.

  34. Nymeria says:

    So she has a real view of whatever’s up her ass? Because that’s where her head is.

  35. Kimbob says:

    Ok…yes…Angelina is very beautiful…but I NEED TO SAY THIS….HER ANOREXIA IS SERIOUSLY DETRACTING FROM HER BEAUTY! I mean..come ON…GAH, look at those Flamingo legs. Like the writer said, next to that actress…NOT looking good.

    Honestly, when I look at pics…ALL of the pics (w/the exception of the 2nd one) show her w/spindly, gasp-inducing extremities. Look at the 3rd & 4th pics…SKELETAL ARMS. The pitiful thing is that Angelina rather prides herself on her spindly arms. I really don’t mind spindly arms….but not SKELETAL.

    She’s doing herself a rather terrible disservice walking around like this. I will state the obvious…she cannot escape the fact that she has dysfunctional MENTAL & BODY ISSUES. What a waste & detraction from the real beauty she could be. Attractive…yes…in a way…but the bag o’ bones schtick I’m surprised no one (I mean like Brad, or someone close to her) has called her on this. She’s literally wasting away, & when she’s next to a normal-looking healthy specimen (that actress), one can see the REAL difference. A pity!

    • Mac says:

      Anorexics do not recognize they are underweight and may still “feel fat” at the very end.

      It will be a damned shame if somebody doesn’t get Ange help immediately.

  36. Sherry says:

    People like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker lived in the real world. LOL at her real world view. She was born rich and jetted around the world ever since (can you say huge carbon footprint?). Don’t get me wrong – many less self absorbed wealthy people make enormous contributions to society but they don’t talk about themselves incessantly – they talk about the people they help. With Jolie it’s always about her. And her imaginary reality!

    • LunaT says:

      I totes thought about how she and Brad put such a focus on their humanitarian work, but gloss over the fact that they have three bio kids(more people leaving a carbon footprint) and fly on their own plane(more carbon footprint)so they don’t have to be bothered with flying commercial. So, if I do some “work” with people in 3rd world countries then I don’t have to worry about how I live my life the rest of the time? Sweet!

      • Bambi says:

        So she should have aborted her 3 bio children to save their carbon footprints? Is that what you’re saying? And do you realize the logistics of transporting 8 people, getting tickets/getting to airport 40 mins prior for check-in, then the distress and mania they and the family would have whenever they go by public transport? Seriously, put your brain into gear before commenting?

      • LunaT says:

        Bambi, I wasn’t suggesting abortion. Rather, they should’ve stopped at 2—one kid for each parent. Birth control is available to them. As for the logistical challenges of flying with so many people, that’s a copout. It’s 8 people. They are grown ups and can figure it out by themselves. They chose to have a fam of that size. It’s not like they don’t have a ton of people taking care of the logistics of the rest of their lives for them(don’t have to worry about making dinner for tired kids after the trip, doing laundry, picking the dog up from the boarder, making sure the bill payments are sent out, etc). I’m sure they can handle an airplane ride. No pity party here for them.

        See? Brain fully in gear.

  37. Hmmm says:

    No, she has a ‘real’ view of an extreme and dramatic world, not the every day undramatic suffering of the little people, like the homeless, the sexually abused, the mentally ill. It’s dramarama for her, her preferred mode of travel, 24/7, as she floats around the world in her little bubble.

  38. CTgirl says:

    What a pretentious ass.

  39. Lucky Charm says:

    I like her dress, it’s actually kind of interesting. I would have worn a pair of black shoes with it, but she seems to really love those nude color pumps. (They must be very comfortable!)

    Her hair looks great, the color & length are perfect on her. I have a feeling this is probably close to her natural hair color.

  40. The Truth Fairy says:

    “I would have been left in a bubble. That would have felt very empty and I probably would have just had a very shallow, horrible life”

    I think she means the bubble of celebrity which truly is empty and shallow.

  41. original kate says:

    as if anything this chick is involved with could be called “reality.” she may visit the real world from time to time but she doesn’t live there.

  42. Mike says:

    The biggest famewhore in the business.

  43. sm255 says:

    Two words for Ms. Cruella DeVille here:

    BULL. SH*T.

    If that’s all she believes is the ‘real world’, then she is miles away from what the real world actually consists of. It’s easy for her to say that when she’s the daughter of a well-known person, having enough opportunities at the palm of your hand to learn about the rest of the world. Trouble is, she only knows maybe one or two aspects of the world. She’s got a thousand more to go in order to fully understand. Hell, even I can say that I have a ‘real view’ of the real world and even I know I would be spewing bullcrap.

    ‘Real world’, my ass.

    • mia says:

      So, when is the last time you helped other people out, fed the hungry, clothed the poor or donated money to a worthy cause??? Oh, what did you say? Never? Right….

      • sm255 says:

        Nice try ‘mia’, but you missed my point.

        She’s all busy in other parts of the world when it seems that she’s too blind to see that the same kind of problems also occur in her HOME COUNTRY. All the charity she does in the world can never change the fact that, right now, she’s only seen a FEW sides of the world’s issues. She’s only touched the surface. Her version of the real world is misconstrued. It’s not like you take just one aspect and there ya go – that’s what the world consists of! NO. The entire world consists of a quilt work of hardships, experiences, and perspectives that I don’t think even SHE realizes is out there, whether it be from veterans, from the slums, from the victims or even in the cozy little homes of the rich. She chooses the situations she can tackle. And she takes in all that, and say that she has a real view of what the world actually is? Please.

        She just doesn’t grasp it. At all.

      • Mari says:

        @ sm. Who has a clear picture of the world? I bet she feels that compared now to what she knew back in her younger more selfish days. And with what she has seen, she understands probably more that thenaverage celebrity. Good for her.
        Everythig she says and does, every picture she appears in is dissected to death.

      • Katherine says:

        sm255 says: February 11, 2012 at 9:13 pm – – –
        “She’s all busy in other parts of the world when it seems that she’s too blind to see that the same kind of problems also occur in her HOME COUNTRY.”

        Angelina has spent millions of dollars helping out in her HOME COUNTRY. Her All Tribes Foundation made grants to numerous groups and causes assisting Native Americans on problems in everything from health care to education to vocational skills for underemployed women, etc.

        Or are Native Americans not American enough for you? See, you didn’t even know about this and yet you feel perfectly okay insulting someone you clearly know little about. Why is that?

      • sm255 says:

        @Katherine Wooow. She helped one group of people. ONE GROUP!

        You know, the United States population doesn’t just consist of Native Americans. It includes natively born Americans from ALL walks of life who are having troubles. What about what’s happening in the urban areas and not just in the reservations? All about perspective.

        And I’m sorry, but if she’s making herself say a statement in a public interview, then her statement is fair game to others in determining exactly what she meant by those words. I don’t really expect her to care either way – this is all on perception. If fans get riled over someone criticizing someone else, then tough titty.

    • Josephina says:

      @sm255,

      You could have google first what Angie has already done for her HOME COUNTRY and abroad before commenting. I am not sure if all of her work can be found through google, but a significant portion is available for you to discover.

      Also, she is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Please look that up as well, and she meets with heads of states to discuss international intervention.

      So… if you and the other haters REALLY want to know how much work Angelina has done in over 10 years, you’ve got to catch up with your knowledge.

      Perhaps you could challenge or identify which other actor(s) or celebrity has this level of connection and track record.

      • sm255 says:

        I don’t HAVE to look up her credentials to know that she only works for one sector of the United Nations. One sector isn’t enough to impress me. I’m more impressed with people such as Paul Newman (bless his soul) and Oprah Winfrey rather than what Angie’s done, tbqh. And even THEY have a track record of philanthropy that spoke for themselves. Oprah built a friggin’ SCHOOL, for goodness’ sake! That’s something quite impressive, if you ask me.

      • Josephina says:

        It has always been a choice to become educated or not … particularly about someone who is already a legend.

        It’s clear that you are not aware of all of her work if all you know is the UN work. I have shared a few insights/resources with which to follow up. I also do not think it is the burden of other posters to always fill you in, unless they are up to the task.

      • sm255 says:

        Yeah, that’s the thing. Education is always a must, but it’s the subject that counts. I only educate myself in subjects that interests and matters to me in the long run. In other words, I’m not really interested in the few tasks that some actress decided to do. And yes, I know much more about the United Nations – which I consider a far bigger flag to notice in world affairs than an actress.

        By the way, Angelina being a ‘legend’ is all murky water. She’s just well-known. That’s it.

  44. Maya says:

    Real view?
    LOL
    Ah, that had me smiling.
    Because you know, when you want to be on the move and take a leaf out of the Taylor/Burton book and minimise your taxes, you live in the real world.
    She is a UN manufactured distraction. She is there for the devoted acolyte/cult fans and propaganda. She is sent wherever the UN tells her to go. If there is a bloodbath in one country, the UN tells her to promote another third world country. She has no real opinion on anything other than things that will ultimately benefit her and swell her martyr role.
    Every woman can find the balance if they had paid nannies and hangers on.

  45. tmbg says:

    I need to say this regarding her weight. It could be she is just someone who cannot eat much. I’ve been like this since I was a kid. It could be due to a variety of factors, but I can’t because of anxiety/panic. It affects my appetite and makes me nauseous at times. When it’s in “remission” (so to speak), I can eat normally.

    Or maybe her metabolism is still working overtime as it always has. They are a rare breed, but there are people with fast metabolisms.

    The last thing to consider is perhaps she has a condition she doesn’t publicize, like a hyperactive thyroid. She could have a lot of reasons.

    I would probably cover up more if I were her, but she is still gorgeous no matter what!

  46. pamela says:

    Kaiser, you NEVER disappoint. You know exactly how to rile up the hens. But I suppose anything for the almighty dollar, even if you have to unfairly take Angie’s words out of context. I am sure a lot of people would have been deliriously happy if Angie had continued on her destructive path during her youth, and she was the butt of jokes ala Lindsay and others. After all I have read many posters here saying they missed “the old Angie”.

  47. mia says:

    You know what?? It would do all of the Hollywood types good to get their hands dirty once in a while. Can you imagine any of the Kardashian girls going into the areas Angelina goes into? Naaa, didn’t think so. Or as much as I do not like Sean Penn, I give him credit for doing something besides admiring himself by going to Haiti. Madonna tried to do a “Jolie” but mucked it up because it was all for show so recognize what Jolie is really saying…being involved and shining a light on the suffering of others is what makes her not so useless, in the scheme of things.

    • Jayna says:

      Madonna’s thing turned into a mess, but it was recently announced she has partnered with buildOn, an existing, reputable organization that has built 54 schools over there, and the plans are to build ten smaller schools now in Malawi, which will reach double the amount planned before.

      • Katherine says:

        That’s good to hear about Madonna. Thanks, Jayna, for the update. When people start out giving in areas they are unfamiliar with it often takes time to learn how to give effectively. They make mistakes but hopefully they learn from those mistakes and adjust their method of charitable giving.

        I think Angelina has learned through this many years how to make her money make the most impact and be used effectively. There are many pitfalls in donating internationally and you need to find the right people who know how to navigate those waters – on both the giving side and the receiving side. I think Angelina has been smart and attentive enough to grasp when her humanitarian work and donations were not being managed properly and took steps to correct missteps.

  48. Hypocricy says:

    Oh God !

    Just heard through cnn : Whitney Houston just passed away. So sad !

    RIP

  49. Dena7 says:

    She looks fantastic in those pictures.

    I salute her for the work she has done. So many people, who have as much as she has, don’t even bother to do much for others–even if it is self-serving. No. No one is obligated to bring the plight of the less fortunate to the world’s attention, but she has chosen to do so and that places her hand and shoulders above most of her peers in Hollywood–which includes “my mother never loved me, I thought of myself as a fat girl, and my husband chose to leave me Aniston.”

  50. Rena says:

    It does not matter what any HOOK NOSED HARPIES SITTING ON THEIR RAGGED BROOMS MIGHT SAY,LOL.

    Angelina is quite intelligent, aware of what is happening in the very real world outside celebville, willing to reach out and do what she can to help those in need, a supremely talented actress, enjoys the respect of her peers,and is praised by all who actually meet her as a petite sweet sincere self confident woman who harbors ill will toward no one.

    And what bothers the HARPIES the most is that she totally loves and is totally loved by a certain man who happily speaks of his great love for the love of his life and their 6 children, and that their love is as firmly rooted now as it has been since 2005 no matter what. They have each others backs.

    Whitney Houston died today at age 48. If nothing else one should think about the fact that life is not promised to anyone no matter who they are, that one should live each day in the best way possible in love and happiness, not in bitterness and jealousy.

    • Nikki says:

      This especally the last part

    • Mitch Buchanan Rocks says:

      Great post, was up in the middle of the night worrying about things and your comment is good summation for the discussion I’ve read so far. There will always be folks better off and worse off than ones self and spending time in love and happiness is what matters most. An old relative Uncle George had a saying Love and be loved.

    • Jamie says:

      So having a sanctimonious attitude towards ‘jealous HARPIES’ is part of the love and happiness? Interesting.

  51. Jayna says:

    I never got that she was judging other people. She was speaking as a celebrity living in a bubble. Sandra Bullock talked about living in Hollywood as a Celebrity and how she didn’t like the person she was becoming and what she was focused on. That’s when she moved to Austin. She eventually moved back to California on more of a full-time basis because she married what’s his name. Now she’s back in Austin again.

  52. hopeso says:

    LOVE YOU LOTS!!!!

  53. CHRISTIAN_GIRL says:

    Her “real world” view IS REAL. Nowhere is she saying she wants to live a life of struggles. She wants to help those struggling. Surely you can understand that if you were NOT so busy trying to tear her down.

    She found meaning in her life and did not spiral downward to her grave as so many before her have done and so many after her will continue to do.

    Her weight is of NO concern to anyone, but her, her family and her doctor and they don’t appear to believe she is knocking at deaths door. Again, just something to pick at. Get this, you have not changed her. She is not listening to you.

    Bill Gates would never be followed by the paps, he is a business man, not a celebrity. But, you knew that and wanted to bash her. Which business is followed by the paps?

    Her carbon footprint, Really? She could have gone to Berlin HOW? More silly bashing.

    I support her while she is alive, and those having the sads when celebs pass on should remember how they talked about them while alive and going thru crisis. It is never waranted, but easy to do. Bash away. Jolie is mighty good thing and will continue to move forward in this cruel real world.

    • marni says:

      ‘Her carbon footprint, Really? She could have gone to Berlin HOW? More silly bashing. ‘

      She could fly commerical. Her private jet setting is leaving a carbon foot print that she could avoid if she wishes.

      BTW Bill Gates has done and will do more with his humanitarian efforts than Jolie. Being a UN mouth piece isnt truly helping anything other than her image.

      • Katherine says:

        You bias against the UN undermines your criticism. Even with its admitted flaws the United Nations is an invaluable entity in the world.

    • sm255 says:

      She wants to help those who are struggling? Tell her to get going on the other parts of the world, both third AND first worlds, WITHOUT influence from the useless United Nations administration.

      • Josephina says:

        We would love to hear what you do for your beloved country.

      • sm255 says:

        @Josephina

        I would like to hear for what YOU do as well, since we’re going by what everyone has done and not done – as if that’s a liable thing to use judge people instead of by the information they’ve gathered. It’s a weak argument nonetheless.

        But if you MUST know (since you are oh so interested in my life), I have donated a lot of clothes and books to centers that I’ve felt would need them. Heck, I even gave a few people some of my spare change, hoping they could get off of it. I am planning to do bigger things when I get my priorities straight, however.

        Fact of the matter is, it’s not about how BIG or how MUCH your contributions are. The not-so-big stuff matters just as much and my contributions are in no way any insignificant to what Deville’s done in the past.

      • Josephina says:

        I am glad to hear that you are doing what you can to help others. But you’ll have to agree that it seems odd that you would want your efforts to count as equal to a person that creates and funds foundations, hospitals, and game reserves.

        As long we have opinions we will judge others, regardless from where we come. However, some will have a stronger influence than the next. Again, Angie’s goal is to get people aware and involved.

        I am a descendant of the Third World country people. I was born here. My parents are foreigners.

        I use my experiences to play an active role defending children’s rights and the civil rights of adults. And I meet monthly, sometimes weekly, with other organizations and associations to serve, help and represent people.

  54. DeeVine says:

    Love the black dress. You are only noticing the sanctimonious smugness now?

  55. Goofpuff says:

    Any other working moms with daycare offended that people here think if you have nannies it isn’t real life? She has said she has day nannies only, not night nannies.

  56. Ogechi says:

    Angelina Jolie should please stop wearing dresses that flaunt her legs & arms. Those are not flattering but her face is pretty.

    • Ogechi says:

      I mean to say her legs & arms are not good looking. Wearing clothes that cld cover them wld help.

  57. Sunny says:

    God she is incredibly stunning. Her hair is 100% nicer than Kate Middleton’s. Kate’s hair overwhelms her face yet Angie’s is just beautiful. Her skin is amazing!!!

  58. rosa says:

    shockingly skinny

  59. Sara says:

    She’s still way better than someone like Goop. No matter what she says, at least she’s not trying to get us to try her seafood paella and stay at 4000 euro a night hotels.

  60. Ginevra says:

    I could go either way with her normally, but these comments don’t bother me. It sounds to me like she is acknowledging that she lives in a bubble of celebrity, but chooses to step out of it every so often…unlike other celebrities (cough aniston and her month long stay in a hotel suite down the street from her house…)

  61. cameron says:

    She’s not judging other people. I totally know what she’s talking about. My problems are not worrying if my children will have something eat,a place to live or being raped/or killed. But a 3/4 of the world population do worry about some of these things on a daily basis.
    All she’s saying she could been caught up in shallowness of HW which is all about youth, weight, and fashion if she never traveled to third world countries to see first hand how the rest of the world is just trying to survive.
    I bet half of the people commenting have never traveled as far as their local mall.

    • sm255 says:

      You know, you don’t have to go anywhere to see what’s going on outside the security of your country and formulate an opinion about it. BBC, anyone?

  62. Elle says:

    Sit down Ms Jolie.

  63. NM6804 says:

    I get what she is trying to say but when a rich celeb is trying to relate to the real world, it always come across fake. No matter how you spin it or turn it, the life she’s leading is called privileged. She does live in a bubble whether she likes it or not. She doesn’t have to live in fracking castles or chateau’s or whatever huge estate she buys/rents. She chooses to do that and fly around in private jet and afford to travel while leaving her children with nannies and wear designer clothing and prance around in Cambodia for that Louis Vuitton ad (!) and make shite films just for the huge paycheck and a nice holiday (The Tourist):

    “I was looking for a very short thing to do before Brad started filming [Moneyball],” she says. “And I said I needed something that shoots not too long, in a nice location for my family. Somebody said there’s a script that’s been around, and it shoots in Venice and Paris.”

    “She is wearing a little cropped jacket by Neil Barrett, who dresses haute Hollywood, classic pants by Helmut Lang, and Ferragamo flats. Black, black, and black. ”

    Vogue 2010

    But she knows the real world when she hops on a plane and pulls a sad face when surrounded by poor children, good grief…

    No regular person could do the amount of traveling and working she does while having six kids so if that makes other people boring, take a seat Jolie! She has a lot of help and a lot of money to do the things she wants to do. In the real world, people have to choose, sometimes between very limited options due to various reasons but it’s mostly money and time. That’s tough. She doesn’t have to make that choice which is freedom. She choose to be a filmstar with all those perks instead of just an actress. She wants her cake and eat it too (very popular expression lately).

    A life isn’t shallow or boring in general either if you don’t travel to far away countries or shake hands with political leaders and create photo-ops when doing her charity work (in which she has her own personal photographer to show the world how unboring and unshallow she is). You can still help out in your own community, donate money, volunteer… Do what is within your power. Also, many people in the First World are struggling and are grateful too that they still have their low-paid job with not much to look forward too, they don’t need the Thirld world as an example for how unfair and cruel the world can be and to be happy that you and your children are healthy (don’t most people wish for good health anyway?!). That is also the real world. There is not only one real world that she happens to know. Funny enough, she lives in the only world that is NOT real and yet, she is forgiven everytime she shares her wisdom about the amazing unshallow life she leads. Give.Me.A.Break. I admit that I would love to be able to help out in Thirld World countries and make the world a better place because it can enrich me as a person and I believe people are meant to help each other but what Jolie is doing is placing herself on a pedestal and looks down smugly to people who don’t do what she is doing while she doesn’t have to do anything extrordinary to get it done. She has the easy breezy life.

    For all the times people say she is so eloquent, her statements when you analyze them are often not that deep as they seem at first glance. If anything, she’s so far up her own ass and hype she thinks she can use her goodwill efforts everytime she wants to come across as intelligent and caring. Enlightened she is not…

    • Asli says:

      I agree completely! Took the words right out of my mouth.

    • Asli says:

      I agree completely! Coudln’t have said it better myself.

    • Kimbob says:

      Hello NM6804 & Asli! I also agree w/what you said NM6804! You are correct…she does live in a bubble, & guess what…she CHOSE that way of life. I mean, I’m not going to lie & say, if I was given the same opportunities & privileged lifestyle that I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY MADE THE SAME CHOICE AS ANGIE, but that being said…I don’t think I would have said what has been quoted of her as attributed in this article.

      I can tell by how she spoke & phrased her words, she’s TRYING to seem like she’s an “everyday person.” Guess what…she’s not. I don’t appreciate the pandering. She’s not quite as polished as she regards herself, IMHO.

      Anyway, I read this article, but after seeing the accompanying pics, was rather shocked at the telltale appearance of her arms & legs…so I took the “low road” & blogged my opinion of such above in the blog. Anyway, just wanted to say “hello” to you both. We three usually are of the same opinion, I’ve noticed, when blogging. Nice to know there are others that think along the lines I do.

      • NM6804 says:

        Hi Kimbob! Hope you had a nice weekend!

        I also read your comments and I do not care how people feel about that low road. It would be the same as saying Kate Moss does not like to drink or Tiger Woods is the most faithful guy on the planet. Please, people need to take a good look at Jolie pre-Pitt and now. There is a huge weight difference but they keep repeating themselves ‘she was always that thin’, B to the ULLCRAP. Besides, this is a blog not a PR-bureau to asskiss Jolie (frankly the apologists are sometimes more insufferable than Jolie herself 🙂 ).

        Yes, I also noticed the similarities in our opinion. Great minds you know 😉

      • Asli says:

        Hi Kimbob! 😀

        I agree. It’s about choices. Pah. It’s really funny to me when celebrities say that ‘they don’t care about money’ or that they ‘love living in the real world’. Puh-lease! Hah. We don’t see you donating all that money to people in need or handing out 20 dollar bills to homeless people like Jim Carey used to do. That money is just sitting in a bank account (seriously, why is networth so important?) getting bigger and bigger. And then we see you living in a fancy penthouse in New York, wearing expensive clothes, getting chauffeured around, tended to endlessly by swarms of people and then you go and say that it’s ‘nice to live in the real world’. I’m going to give a huge ‘bitch please’ to that one. They’ve never had to care about money. I’m not going to lie, money is important. Some people are just more humble about it. I could honestly say that I wouldn’t keep a dollar more than I had to if I had that kind of money. Even now I donate the money I have left over at the end of the month, volunteer at a soup kitchen and as a tutor for Save the Children and donate any clothes I don’t need. I can honestly say that I am happy and could never dream of living like the Jolie-Pitts even if I had their kind of money. Just because you visit places of poverty doesn’t mean it’s okay that you increase your carbon footprint by going on private jets. It’s like the mentality is: ‘Oh, well I visited this place and brought media attention to it so now it’s okay for me to do whatever I like concerning the Earth. I get bonus points for seeing these people.” Life isn’t about money. Bob Marley said it best on his deathbed: ‘ Money doesn’t give life.’

        And I also agree that the stans are a handful. Makes it even harder to like any of these people. Why is every opinion that isn’t praising them ”dumb”. Crazy.

        I also noticed the similiarities, great minds…. 😀

    • Hmmm says:

      @NM6084,

      I love your mind and the fact that you use it. 🙂

    • NM6804 says:

      Sorry had to share:

      Yes, a very eloquent woman indeed.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujhcv3EkH24

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOP1la64huA&feature=related

      Doesn’t stay on topic, basically attacks a reporter and looks down on him because he asked a difficult question on a difficult topic and she can’t handle it. For somebody who said she wanted to open dialogue, she’s awfully defensive, self-important and smug when somebody dares question why she didn’t give a reason in the film as to how and why that war started her reasons to make the film “anti-Muslim”. This is what made her so feisty and bad-ass before the holier-than-thou image. She could handle a tough question, now she’s too uptight to take any kind of critique which makes me believe that NY Times article was in fact correct. She is beginning to grate me so bad and it’s clear she’s a moviestar first and a humanitarian second. Real…my black lazy ass.
      I’m going to read the reviews from the festival next week and see what they have to say about her.

      • Ida says:

        I’ll have to grant you that that was an awkward and defensive reply. That said, the journalist really went for it, basically calling the film’s portrayal of the conflict overly simplistic. Still though, why couldn’t she just say that the film was first and foremost a love story and that the war was the background to this love story?

        Also, she really needs to stop the whole ‘chin-up-eyelids-half-closed-bemused-smirk’ look. It’s not sexy, it’s not elegant, it’s most certainly not intelligent and it’s very rude. I thought she reserved this kind of crap for the red carpet but apparently she doesn’t.

      • NM6804 says:

        Ida: agreed. She could have given so many answers that didn’t feel as if she didn’t know what the film is about. I mean, you just said it better and you’re not the director, surely Jolie who is used to this could have given a better answer than that?! She also could have asked why he felt she portrayed the film that way to you know, open discussion. She says one thing but as soon as the heat is on, she falls flat. Plus, this could’ve been good gossip if she would take up the glove and give a good defensive about the film but she just went personal showing her true colours. This journalist is probably one of the few who had the guts not to be starstruck but to be critical and deliver a good soundbite.

        I feel like Jolie is often being treated with satin gloves (by real press not gossip mags) just because she’s so A-list but it would be great if people would challenge her (like this guy did). I wonder if the Brand would crumble and how fast? Anyway, I wonder what the papers say about the screening.

        @Shay Kay:

        You could be her publicist :D. Nice statement!

    • Shay Kay says:

      Hi NM6804! Totally agree with you especially about the time/money equation.
      If Jolie is so intelligent why doesn’t she realize she sounds like a pompous a@@ when she talks about her “real life” versus “everyone else’s “shallow, superficial lives?”
      Note to Jolie:
      Try to appear humble and say something to the effect of:
      “I am in a very priviledged position of having an incredible team of people that make my humanitarian efforts possible. I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to honor the men and women who make far greater sacrifices than I have done to help the less fortunate. I am very proud to work alongside such an inspiring group of individuals. Finally, I am just very humbled and grateful for rich and rewarding opportunities that I have been graced with in my life.”

      • Katherine says:

        Jolie has always paid tribute to those who work full time in the field. The fact you assume she doesn’t do exactly as you suggest she should begs the question of where you get your info about this woman. Step away from the tabloid and gossip press once in a while.

        Further Jolie has always noted how lucky she is to have her resources.

    • Josephina says:

      Anige is rich and affluent (sorry haters) and she uses her resources to help. Attacking someone like Angie, who sits down face-to-face with refugess is silly. This is how she chooses to spend her time and she has gained insight that most of us do not have because of it.It just takes courage and a heart to help/serve someone else.

      The truth is most human beings are not courageous by nature. It takes courage to step out of your comfort zone to experience something new or make a change, any change, in life. Angie is a very good example of a young woman who continuously takes courageous steps in her life. Unfortunately, at this point, her level of accomplishments and courageousness, makes other people uncomfortable when they have chosen to live and stay inside their comfort zones.

      The United States is a multi-cultural, multi-racial society. Do any of the descendents of the Thirld World Countries live in your neighborhood? If so, how do you treat them? With respect or suspicion?

      If they do not live in your neighborhood, do you know where they exist or live around you? Do you work with them? Or do you not care?

      There are many ways to help. You do not have to leave the U.S. to learn about refugees… a lot of their relatives already live in this country. Befriend them. They can teach you a lot of information in record time, and it wouldn’t cost you a thing except your time.

      • sm255 says:

        There are people who do lend a hand even if they aren’t rich and affluent as Jolie. They don’t even need the press or the news to validate that – they just do it.

        The only problem I have with the refugee situation is that, just as there are the honest ones, there are the ones who are also shady and are apt to suck the system dry of money and resources. Honestly, it can be aggravating and a waste if a country has a bunch of freeloaders who aren’t bothered to get a job and instead just sit around and enjoy the rewards just because they’re a ‘refugee’.

        By the way, this isn’t a problem JUST in the United States either. It happens in many countries of Europe, especially in the UK (England).

        Fine, Jolie is doing a good job with what she does – I can give her that. She just needs a lot more experience and perspective when it comes to world views. She could’ve said all that she just said – and claim it as her opinion. Because that’s all it is.

      • Josephina says:

        @ smh255,

        Angie’s work could inspire you to do something. If not, that’s OK.

        It is important that you experience inspiring moments or find people that can inspire you to do something out of the ordinary.

        Angelina has said numerous times that the refugees inspire her. Imagine that, discounted people who have next to nothing are actually in position to teach the powerful and the affluent.

        Note: It is not by accident that you see so much press or media attention about Jolie’s activist/humanitarian work more than any other actor/celebrity. It is due to the very nature of her role to the UN. As UNCHCR’s Ambassador, her role is to bring to public, USING THE MEDIA, the plight of war-torn refugees to promote awareness, support and if possible, international intervention and action.

        You can see that Angie has grown from her experiences. Personally, she has adopted three children that are non-white. Recently, she was inspired to write a script and direct a movie called “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” It was never intended to be a blockbuster movie, but to alert and remind people of the atrocities that took place in Bosnia. This movie will have a shelf life for years to come, just like Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, Amistad and Roots. Getting an award is nice, but it was the never the purpose of making these types of films.

        And so you will continue to see and hear Jolie in the media about her refugee visits, her donations, her NGO activities, her foundations, her speeches, her interviews, her meetings with officials and heads of state, and any other civil rights efforts.

  64. Nina says:

    Žana looks so good and healthy. And she survived war. Angelina looks… different. She’s surviving Hollywood.

  65. P.M. says:

    Someone, waayyy up there, said something about seeing her tax statements. It doesn’t work that way. Each film would have an L.L.C. set up; Tomb Raider 1 LLC, Tomb Raider 2 LLC, Wanted LLC etc. Same with Pitt. They would be shown as employees of the LLC. They would have full access to the money but would then use the funds for expenses such as health insurance, nannies, security, travel, hair, makeup. After all the expenses they would then receive a salary which could drop to say $250K, then they could each take 3 kids as deductions and add any additional write-offs. It’s the business part of show business. And to maintain a lifestyle they would have to have additional income. They could have agreements with certain paparazzi allowing photo opportunites in controlled circumstances that an LLC of theirs would receive a percentage back.

    • Katherine says:

      Well, at least we know you can read magazines. Perhaps the latest copy of New York? LOL!

      Not everyone operates that way you know. In any event your attempt to mask that tired old accusation that the Jolie-Pitts are in cahoots with the paps and get a cut of their lucre is amusing. Please. These people are worth so much money it’s a joke to think they need to do what you suggest with paparazzi. Anyway, that’s a pretty lame, disorganized and inefficient way to make money.

  66. MK Martin says:

    I don’t think it’s that judgy to suggest that most people don’t keep in touch with reality; or that they have a myopic view of what the world really looks like. Anorexia, poisoned food and water, genocide, war, slavery, indentured servitude, class systems and other, continuous atrocities go on and we buy another iPod.

    She may only be talking to other people with her position (and money) anyway.

  67. Reel Wheel says:

    Angelina Jolie is a total walking contradiction. what this woman lives is extremes.

    Yes, this woman has been a goodwill ambassador for the UN for years, visiting many war-torn regions.

    However, this is also a woman who, (1) shut down the entire region of Langstrand in Western Namibia, restricted journalists access to the region and got the government to institute a no0-fly zone – all so she engage in the superhuman feat of GIVING BIRTH…and (2) headlined a 10 minute ad campaign for Louis Vuitton where she waxes philosophical about how people need to appreciate and learn from people who don’t have much – all the while pushing a multi-billion dollar brand that sells a bag that costs what an entire family in Cambodia could live on for a year (probably longer).

    Ick just ick.

    • ??? says:

      Do you know how ridiculous you people sound? What is the “real world” or “real life”? Real life is not about struggle to pay bills etc. That’s your life or others. There is no such thing as “real life.” Life differs between people and that’s what she was stating: the life of different demographics and economics.

      I understand the points in both arguments regarding her statement but many have misunderstood the statement. She states this because many believe ( as evident in this blog) that just because one has fame and money, they don’t have knowledge of the world. Some think those aspects leaves a person selfish, greedy, etc; but that’s a generalization from the poor. She lives in an estate large home, what does that have to do with anything? Is she suppose to live in a cul-de sac to feel humble and get a sense of the “real world”? I hear a lot of dispute of her having nannies. I had nannies; mothers are not obliged to stay home to take care of children anymore. Nannies are not just for rich parents, they are for working parents who need assistance.
      As for the private jets, there was this article that stated: once one earned a significant sum, the first thing the newly rich seem to get is a private jet because commercial airlines suck. I HATE them, too. Plus, I think they rent a private jet as many do.

      You slam her you think she only knows about the rich and poverty. You forget her life was not always luxurious. She lived with her single mom; her father rarely gave child-support, also drug and mental issues. She had her share of the “real world”, or as I call it “her life.”

      She EARNED and WORKED to where she is now. But you treat her like an outsider because she has money and fame. She has that but she is still HUMAN.

      I don’t find her statement “sanctimonious .”Her statement was taken wrong because of her socioeconomic. She was stating her reflections.

      • ??? says:

        @reel wheel Do you know how many LV bags I see in the streets in America? Plus, the luxury market, during the recession, has increased more than any other.
        You DO need to learn from people, many people are ignorant about charity and poverty.
        Also, Did you know the hospital was swarmed by pap? And four photographers were stalking their movement during their time there. They couldn’t have the child in America. Plus, don’t you remember Michael J’s time at a hospital. It was hysteric. People in helicopters and ropes hanging down to try and get a picture. You have no idea the precautions popular celebs have to take when so many people are around them. Someone can attack them or pour acid (it has happened), you do not know.

  68. Sloane Wyatt says:

    HA!HA!HA aha aha ROFL!

    You’re a mean one, Ms. Daisy, me likey. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me” – to paraphrase the great Dorothy Parker.