Angelina Jolie visits anti-landmine charity in Scotland

Angelina Jolie visited the HALO Trust charity group on Sunday to support its landmine removal campaign.

The Salt actress met with HALO campaigners in Dumfriesshire, Scotland to endorse the organisation's attempts to defuse landmines in war-torn regions.

Jolie said of her visit: "It was a privilege to visit the HALO headquarters and meet their committed staff. In the aftermath of war, HALO's mine-clearing efforts are fundamental to a safe return and community building."

The HALO Trust has destroyed more than one million landmines around the world since it was founded in 1988.

Jolie has been an ardent supporter of landmine removal and recently met with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic to discuss his country's minesweeping efforts.

The actress is currently living with partner Brad Pitt in Scotland while the actor films the upcoming horror movie World War Z.

Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey opens on December 23 in US cinemas.

Angelina Jolie visits Croatia

US actress Angelina Jolie visited the Croatian island Brijuni Friday to attend a production of Shakespeare's King Lear, local media reported.

Jolie arrived in a private plane with two of her children, the Jutarnji List daily reported in its online edition.

Before seeing the play, she met with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his wife Tanja, national television said.

The Hollywood star was invited to Croatia by fellow actor and friend Rade Serbedzija, who has starred in films such as 'Mission: Impossible II,' 'Batman Begins,' 'X-men: First Class' and 'Harry Potter and Deadly Hallows: Part 1.'

Jolie will spend the night in the presidential residence on Brijuni, will on Saturday meet with Josipovic to discuss the problem of landmines in Croatia. Several landmines dating from the 1991-1995 war in this former Yugoslav republic remain.

The actress made her directorial debut last year. The film recounted a love story of a Muslim woman and a Serb man against the background of Bosnia's 1992-1995 inter-ethnic war.(AFP)

Jolie doesn't love acting as much as she used to

She is one of the highest paid actresses in the world but Angelina Jolie says she doesn't love acting as much as she used to. The 36-year-old star, who raises six children with longtime partner Brad Pitt, said she enjoys playing the role of a mother more now, reported Us magazine.

"I don't love acting as much as I did. I love being a mom. I've never not been grateful to be an actor. But I think when I was younger I needed [acting] more. I was trying to question things in life so you find these characters that help you find things and grow.

"I'm older and I know who I am... and I'm less interested in the character helping me answer something... than in being able to answer it for myself, as a woman, as an adult, with my family," Jolie said.

Her directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' is a love story she also wrote, which is set in the Bosnian war.

"I prefer being behind the camera to acting. I think I've learnt something from all of the directors I've worked with even the ones I didn't like... I also learned a lot from Clint Eastwood about how to appreciate the members of the crew, empowering them to do their job," she added.

But Jolie doesn't plan to stay in the business forever.

"As Brad and I get older we're going to do fewer films. I've been working for a long time, he's been working for a long time. We've had a nice run and I don't want to be doing this our whole lives. There are a lot of other things to do," Jolie said.

Tearful Jolie gets Sarajevo film festival award

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was close to tears as she received a special award during an unannounced visit to Sarajevo's film festival Saturday with partner Brad Pitt.

"I will start crying if you don't stop," Oscar-awarded Jolie told the audience who gave her a standing ovation at the city's National Theater.

Jolie chose Bosnia's 1992-95 war as the setting for her first film as a director. "In the Land of Blood and Honey" is due to be released in December.

She has also visited Bosnia as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.'s refugee agency UNHCR and funded the construction of several houses for returnees in eastern Bosnia.

Festival director Mirsad Purivatra presented Jolie with a heart-shaped award when she appeared at the closing ceremony.

"Tonight we are giving the honorary Heart of Sarajevo to a great artist, not only for the great impact she has in the world of cinema but also for persisting and her active engagement in the complexities of the real world we live in," Purivatra said.

Jolie, dressed in a long peach dress, stood on stage with eyes full of tears waiting for the clapping to die down.

"I told Brad in the car I was afraid I was going to cry," she said, her voice breaking.

Jolie's film tells the story of a love affair between a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) woman and a Serb, who were on opposite warring sides during the conflict.

She planned to shoot parts of the film in Sarajevo and engaged a local crew. But she had to move to Budapest after some female victims of sexual violence objected to details in the plot and Bosnian authorities canceled a filming permit.

"I am so honored to be here at this festival," Jolie said after receiving the award. "There is no greater example of the strengths of the artists and the festival that began during the war and grew stronger every year."

The Sarajevo film festival was launched toward the end of the Bosnian capital's 43-month siege by Bosnian Serb forces.

Jolie presented Austrian actor Thomas Schubert with the award for the best actor for his role in the film "Atmen," directed by Karl Markovics.

Atmen, about a young offender searching for his mother, was also named best film in the festival.

Romanian actress Ada Condeascu won the prize for best actress for her role in the film "Loverboy." (Reuters)

Angelina Jolie immortalised in comic book, Angelina Jolie in comic book

Actress Angelina Jolie has been immortalised in a comic book that talks about her rise to fame and life with actor and partner Brad Pitt.

The book, which is a part of the "Female Force" comic series, is written by Brent Sprecher and has illustrations by Nuno Nobre.

It will talk about Jolie's diverse range of movie roles, including her roles in "Gia" and "Girl, Interrupted", and her charity work.

"I learned a great deal about her struggles and triumphs as an actress, mother and humanitarian. Often painted as an edgy, slightly dangerous movie star, what is often not revealed about Ms. Jolie is her tireless commitment to charity work and her dedication to the plight of refugees around the world as a Goodwill Ambassador with the United Nations," aceshowbiz.com quoted Brent as saying.

The "Female Force" series was first published in 2008 to showcase strong and influential women who are shaping modern history and culture.

Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Thatcher, J.K. Rowling and Sarah Palin were among those who have been featured in previous issues.

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Angelina Jolie has packed more in the 31 years of her life than most people do in a lifetime. Angelina, recognized as one of the most beautiful women on this planet, was born on June 4, 1975. On the professional front her latest achievement includes working with her current flame Brad Pitt on a film based on the life of Daniel Pearl. In her private life, she has given birth to a girl in May 2006 in Africa; the baby has been named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Come to think of it, any name less exotic than this would not have done for this daughter of a mother who herself is defined as an exotic beauty with a pout that sets pulses racing.

Angelina had acting in her blood; she is the daughter of academy award winner Jon Voight. Her mother is Marcheline Bertrand. She started acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute from the age of 11 and was a fashion model for some time and then did a few music videos before she turned her sights on acting. Angelina actually cut her acting teeth in five student films directed by her brother James Voight.

In her short acting career, Angelina has garnered three Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Oscar. Angelina won at the Globes in 98’ 99’ and 00’ for her roles in George Wallace; Gia; and Girl, Interrupted. The last mentioned film also landed her an academy award.

Cyborg II: Glass Shadows, released in 1993, was her first commercial film; she next starred in Hackers. This role got her some critical acclaim. Angelina and her co-star from the film, Jonny Lee Miller got married in 1996. The marriage was to last till February 1999. Angelina has worked with top-notch acting talents including

John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Denzel Washington, and Cate Blanchett.Angelina and Billy Bob Thornton took marriage vows in 2000, exchanged vials of blood, and divorced in 2002. In 2001, Angelina starred opposite Antonio Banderas in Original Sin and further fuelled male fantasies with her portrayal of Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. That film established Angelina as an actress for

the masses and the classes and she is now one of the top paid actresses in Hollywood.

Angelina was the voice of Lola in Shark Tale in 2004 and played mother to Colin Farrell in the epic Alexander. All the attention showered on her till then was only a preparation for what followed when the paparazzi got a whiff of something brewing between 

Angelina and Brad Pitt. The couple got hounded across the globe and Angelina had to take the blame for being responsible for Brad and Jennifer Aniston’s split. Since then, Brad has adopted Angelina’s children Maddox and Zahara and the power-couple; dubbed Brangelina, make for a happy twosome.

Two things that add to the Angelina mystique are the numerous tattoos on her body and her declaration of being bisexual. She has a cross on her lower front hip and a cross on her thigh; a dragon on her lower back and the letter H on her left wrist. Regarding her bisexuality, Angelina declared that she had a sexual relationship with Jenny Shimizu, her co-star from Foxfire.

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