Friday, July 24, 2009

Jolie, Pitt give $1 million for Pakistani refugees

Celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $1 million to a UN refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants, the agency said Thursday.

Jolie, the star of 2008 movies Changeling and Wanted, has visited Pakistan three times to witness United Nations relief operations since becoming a "goodwill ambassador" for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 2001.

The agency said it was grateful for the donation from Pitt and Jolie, and added that more than two million people in Pakistan had been uprooted this year as a result of the conflict in the northwest part of the country.

Most Pakistanis forced from their homes are living in government buildings or with host families, but 260,000 of them are in camps run by UNHCR, the agency said.

The Hollywood power couple, who gave the $1 million through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation, donated $2 million in September to help children in Ethiopia stricken by disease.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Penelope Cruz : Concept of ‘Marriage’ is alien to Penelope

Penelope Cruz may never exchange wedding vows with beau Javier Bardem, for the actress has hinted that she doesn’t believe in the concept of marriage.

The beauty also says that she has plans to start a family one day, but hints it could be at the expense of her acting career.

"I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life," Contactmusic quoted Cruz as saying.

"I don’t know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children," she added.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Pitt, Jolie want ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ sequel to re-kindle romance

LONDON - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who met and fell in love on the sets of Mr and Mrs Smith, are keen to film its sequel as they think it will help put the passion back into their relationship.

“He’s hoping they’ll fall in love all over again. They’re hoping lightning will strike twice and they can re-spark the magnetism that captivated them five years ago, femalefirst.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

“It’s no secret that relationship wise, Brad and Angelina are on the ropes. The stress of raising six kids and juggling two red hot careers is wearing them down, added the source.

Pitt, who filmed Mr and Mrs Smith while he was still married to former Friends star Jennifer Aniston, has asked its screenwriter Simon Kinberg to write the sequel to the romantic action film.