Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Angie will probably visit Pakistan


Angelina Jolie is hoping to bring awareness and support to Pakistan’s flood victims.

The floods have already displaced nearly 20 million residents but has not received as much media attention as the Haitian earthquake.

“It is getting hard for people — they see Haiti, they see these other events … and they get exhausted by the time another big one rolls around,” Angelina said (via THR).

Pakistanis deal with “mass death, mass displacement,” she added, “and this situation is going to get worse.”

Ang added that she may visit Pakistan when “the cameras go away”.

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Angelina talks 'Salt' sequel!


All "Salt" was missing at its twisty end was a "To Be Continued" graphic.

Angelina Jolie's spy thriller was engineered for a sequel. Its main storyline came to a close with the titular hero out of immediate danger and setting off on a new quest for revenge. And "Salt" performed admirably against "Inception" earlier this summer, opening to $36 million in ticket sales. Now there's been some tentative movement on a second film.

Jolie is keeping her fingers crossed that everything works out. "I hope so, for everybody — if they want to see more of Salt," she said at the film's London premiere on Monday (August 16), according to the Press Association. "I love doing action. I love to punch things, jump off things and shoot, so I'm lucky I got the job."

But Sony is said to be waiting to see how "Salt" performs internationally before the studio commits to backing a sequel, the Los Angeles Times reports. Director Phillip Noyce has been reported as interested in reprising his directing duties, and writer Kurt Wimmer is said to be developing ideas to continue the story.

Jolie hasn't yet lined up her next project. "The Tourist" is now behind her and other projects, like the Tim Burton flick, "Maleficent," are not yet ready to ramp up. But from what she's been saying, it seems that she's eager to return to "Salt" territory.

"The other action films I did are based on fantasy while this character is based on reality so we had to make her tougher and meaner," she said. "Salt fights aggressively, in face-to-face combat. In some movies I've done, there's been a temptation — because I'm female — to make the action nice."

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Angelina: stunning @ London's "Salt" premiere!


Angelina Jolie stuns at the UK film premiere of her new spy thriller, Salt, at London’s Empire Leicester Square on Monday (August 16).

The 35-year-old actress paired her powder-colored Amanda Wakeley dress with Ferragamo nude patent peep-toe shoes with platform and metal heel.

Angie will reportedly play Marilyn Monroe in an adaptation of the novel “The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe,” a chronicle of the last two years of Marilyn’s life through the eyes of her pet pooch, Maf. Sounds interesting!

UPDATE: When asked about the Marilyn rumors, Angie shared on the red carpet, “I don’t know, it’s a rumor right now. You’ll probably know before me!”

15+ pictures inside of Amanda Wakeley stunner Angelina Jolie…

Angelina Jolie's aid hopes for Pakistan



Angelina Jolie's aid hopes for Pakistan

Angelina Jolie believes the lack of aid getting to Pakistan is due to us giving up on giving.

"Unfortunately a lot of people are feeling that donor fatigue that they feel with so many crises and so many situations around the world. I think that as people completely understand the scale of it they will do more," said the actress and UN goodwill ambassador.

Up to 20 million people have been affected by the floods which have swept across a quarter of the country and 2,000 have been left dead, say officials.

Aid agencies have blamed Pakistan's poor image for the shortfall in donations. Jolie insists there is no quick solution.

"This is going to be something that goes on for a very, very long time. They're going to be displaced for a very long time. The cholorea outbreak could be very serious, so many children could die. It may get worse before it gets better," she said.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain has said it could take up to five years and $15bn for the country to recover.

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