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U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh for safety. Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N.'s refugee agency, spoke as ...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reach agreement on child custody
Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an amicable agreement on the custody of their six children, avoiding a potentially messy public trial, U.S. media reported on Friday. Pitt and Jolie announced their separation in September 2016 after two years of marriage and ...
In Iraq, UNHCR envoy Angelina Jolie calls for focus on conflict prevention
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called Sunday for a larger focus on conflict prevention rather than responding to its repercussions, during a visit to Iraq with the U.N. refugee agency. "I hope that we can find the strength to find a better way forward together: so ...
Angelina Jolie's film "Unbroken" opened Saturday, more than a year after its initial global release, in Japan where some have called for a boycott of the movie whose main character endures harsh treatment as a prisoner of war. There were concerns that right-wing extremists may ...
An unforgiving look at 'Unbroken' in Japan
Flashback to 1983: Director Nagisa Oshima's "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence," set during World War II in a Japanese-run POW camp in Java, is opening in theaters across Japan. It starred David Bowie with two huge local stars: comedian Beat Takeshi and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. ...
'Unbroken' finally gets a break in Japan
For the better part of a year, "Unbroken" has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters. Angelina Jolie's biopic of Olympic athlete and World War II POW Louis "Louie" Zamperini was originally set for release here by distributor Toho-Towa, following its world premiere in Australia in November ...
Japan far from confronting hereditary breast cancer, but Jolie effect is helping
For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister's death from ovarian cancer in 2008. Dazai, a 46-year-old housewife from Kiyose, western Tokyo, said her sister had been taking great care of herself, eating healthily and undergoing regular health checkups. She was diagnosed with ...
U.N. special envoy Actress Jolie rips world powers on Syrian refugee crisis
Actress Angelina Jolie pleaded with world powers Friday to help the millions of Syrian refugees, sharply criticizing the U.N. Security Council for being paralyzed by its division over Syria's four-year conflict. Jolie briefed the council as special envoy for the U.N. on refugee issues. Syria's ...
Cancer experts laud Angelina Jolie's decision to remove ovaries
Two years after a double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer, a move cancer experts described as courageous and influential. The movie director and philanthropist, who is the wife of actor Brad ...
Writer's critical take on Jolie's 'Unbroken' raises readers' hackles
Some emails and online comments in response to Nicolas Gattig's recent Foreign Agenda column, "Japan may shun 'Unbroken' because it's old hat."
A longer look at the problems of 'Unbroken'
Why can't "Unbroken" — Angelina Jolie's hit World War II drama — catch a break in Japan? There are presently no plans to release the film here in theaters, on DVD or online, even though it has a strong Japan focus as well as ...
Angelina Jolie has met with rock stars, refugees and royalty. The actress, director and U.N. special envoy added pontiff to the list on Thursday, meeting with Pope Francis briefly after screening her film "Unbroken" to some Vatican officials and ambassadors. The Vatican said Jolie and two ...
