Exclusive: first glimpse at "Tourist" trailer

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp share a kiss in this 20 second teaser clip from the trailer of their upcoming thriller The Tourist!

The trailer for the film about a female Interpol agent (Jolie) who locates a criminal with whom she once had an affair is expected to arrive soon!

Johnny plays an American tourist who is used by Angie’s character as a dupe to reach her goal.

The Tourist will hit theaters on December 10th!

ARE YOU EXCITED to see the full trailer for The Tourist?

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Video interview for CNN: Pakistan crisis shocked me

More than 1,500 Pakistanis have been killed and around 20 million affected by flooding brought on by the annual monsoon rains last month.

Crops have been devastated and disease is spreading among survivors. 

Jolie, who met Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani yesterday, is very concerned by the situation.

She says, 'I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan.

UN Ambassador: Angelina meets with 64-year-old flood victim Zenul Hawa in the village of Mohib Bandi

‘This is not just a humanitarian crisis, it is an economic and social catastrophe.'

Earlier in the day the actress donned a black headscarf to visit the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

'I was shocked especially by how high the flood waters went,' Jolie told reporters. 'In some of the people's houses, it was nine feet high.'

The U.N. hopes Jolie's visit will bring attention and subsequent funds to the country.

Starstruck? Angelina Jolie meets Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan

Maurizio Giuliano, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, calls the floods: 'One of the worst humanitarian disasters in UN history, in terms of number of people that we have to assist and also the area covered.'

'There's lots of speculation about why this one has not gotten the attention it deserves,' Jolie said. 'Even all of the wonderful coverage ... is not getting the response that usually it's able to get.'

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Angie: Brad is my only friend

'I don't have friends': Angelina Jolie claims Brad Pitt is her only pal (we wouldn't complain)

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 7:26 AM on 10th September 2010

She's one of the most beautiful women in the world; with a partner most women would kill for, a brood of beautiful children, a glittering career and millions in the bank.

But the one thing that Angelina Jolie doesn't have is good friends she can confide in.

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Angie no-mates: Angelina Jolie talks to CNN's Sanjay Gupta about how she only talks to Brad and doesn't have a lot of friends to confide in

The actress opened up CNN's Sanjay Gupta via satellite from Pakistan, where she is raising the profile of flood victims in her role as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.

When asked how she deals with the emotional pressures of her job, Jolie confessed that the only friend she can talk to is partner Brad Pitt.

'I'll talk to my family,' Jolie said. 'I talk to Brad; he wants to know as much as he can about these issues and every trip.'

Passionate: Angelina is in Pakistan raising the profile of flood victims

'But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends to talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.'

And she explained how she helps her children understand the reason their mother takes these frequent trips into what are often dangerous and war-torn lands.

She says: 'I tell my children why I'm going and I explain to them, why I was packing flashlights and food. They help me pack things. 

'It helps them to be better people to understand a little bit about the world.'

Angie is strongly against burning Quran

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, currently touring flood-hit areas of Pakistan to drum up support for victims, on Wednesday condemned a US church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks. "I have hardly the words (to oppose the fact) that somebody

would do that to somebody's religious book," Jolie told a news conference in Islamabad after visiting reliefs camps in northwest Pakistan, one of the areas hit hardest by the floods.

Asked if she supported American pastor Terry Jones' plan to burn the Islamic holy book, she replied: "Of course not, of course not."

The move by Jones, who heads the little-known Dove World Outreach Center in Florida, has sparked concerns about heightened Christian-Muslim tensions in the US and other parts of the world, especially the Middle East.

The pastor has said he plans to go ahead despite the concerns.

Jolie, who is visiting Pakistan to highlight the plight of millions affected by the country's worst floods and the need for continuing aid for the displaced, welcomed the US government's opposition to Jones' plan.

The planned Quran burning has triggered protests in neighbouring Afghanistan, where US troops are battling Taliban fighters.

US military commanders have warned that the move could endanger American lives in Afghanistan.

In a statement, the US embassy in Islamabad condemned the Florida church's plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11.

"We condemn acts that are disrespectful, intolerant and divisive. We are deeply concerned about all deliberate attempts to offend members of any religious or ethnic group," said charge d'affaires Stephen C Engelken.

"We believe firmly in freedom of religion and freedom of expression; they are universal rights, enshrined in the US Constitution and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We reaffirm our position that the deliberate destruction of any holy book is an abhorrent act," he said.

Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The 35-year-old actress spoke out against the proposed burning during a trip to Pakistan to raise awareness about the floods that have devastated the largely Muslim country over the last six weeks. She visited in her capacity as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.'s refugee agency.

Jolie's criticism echoed that of top U.S. officials, who have described the church's plan as a disgraceful act and have even warned that it could endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Americans worldwide.

"I have hardly the words that somebody would do that to somebody's religious book," Jolie told reporters in Islamabad after visiting refugees camps in northwestern Pakistan — one of the areas of the country hit hardest by the floods.

The Christian minister organizing the Quran burning, Pastor Terry Jones, has said he plans to go ahead in spite of concerns. He is part of the Dove World Outreach Center, a tiny, evangelical Christian church in Gainesville, Florida, with an anti-Islam philosophy.

The issue has not gotten much attention in Pakistan, where officials and residents have been trying to cope with the devastation caused by floods that first hit the country at the end of July following extremely heavy monsoon rains. The floodwaters have killed more than 1,700 people and have affected over 18 million others.

"I was shocked especially by how high the floodwaters went," said Jolie, who wore a long dress and covered her hair with a black scarf in keeping with local Muslim custom. "In some of the people's houses, it was nine feet (three meters) high."

U.N. officials have expressed hope that Jolie's visit would help spark the fundraising campaign to help Pakistan, which has stalled in recent days. The U.N. issued an appeal for $460 million in emergency funds on Aug. 11, but only $294 million, or 64 percent, has been received so far even though it is one of the worst natural disasters in recent years.

"There's lots of speculation about why this one has not gotten the attention it deserves," Jolie said. "Even all of the wonderful coverage ... is not getting the response that usually it's able to get."

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First photos - Angie in Pakistan

Angelina Jolie visits a camp set up for people displaced by heavy floods in Mohib Banda near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday (September 7).

While at the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the 35-year-old UNHCR goodwill ambassador shared, “I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to, today and tomorrow, be able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan.”

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Angie flies to Pakistan

Angelina Jolie carries her own bags as she arrives in London en route to Pakistan on Monday (September 6).

WATCH: Angie’s PSA for Pakistan

The 35-year-old UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador recently called on everyone who can lend their support for the “economic and social catastrophe” that has hit Pakistan due to the flooding.

For more info on how you can help, visit unrefugees.org/flood.

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Angie took twins to see daddy

Angelina, Knox, and Vivienne Visit Dad Brad at Work in LA!

Angelina Jolie brought Vivienne and Knox to visit Brad Pitt on the set of Moneyball in LA on Wednesday. 

Angelina held onto one of their blankies in her mouth as she carried the twins in one at a time. 

Brad is back at work after spending last weekend in New Orleans, 

where he looked super hot showing Brian Williamsaround the progress on his Make It Right homes to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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Video: Angie's plea for Pakistan

Once again using her celebrity to shed light on a needy cause, Angelina Jolie has released a new public service announcement pleading for help in Pakistan.

The United Nations Goodwill Ambassador wants financial support to try an improve the dire situation resulting from devastating floods affecting a fifth of the country (nearly 17 million people).

Voicing the desperate need for help, Jolie said in the PSA, “This is not just a humanitarian crisis – it is an economic and social catastrophe."

Jolie, who has already given $100,000 to UNHCR's Pakistani flood relief work, added, “The more support we can give, the greater number of tents, food, clean water and medicine will get to the people in need."

American actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is asking the American public to assist with the flooding catastrophe in Pakistan in a new public service announcement (PSA).

“One fifth of Pakistan is underwater, thousands of people died in the initial flooding and the threat of disease now looms for 20 million affected people,” explains Jolie. “This is not just a humanitarian crisis, it is an economic and social catastrophe.”

Archie Panjabi is thankful to Angelina

The winner of a surprise Emmy for winning the best supporting drama actress Archie Panjabi want to thank Angelina Jolie for her success. She surpassed heavy weight actresses like Good Wife star Christine Baranski and Mad Men nominees Elizabeth Moss and Christina Hendricks and veteran TV star Sharon Gless.

Panjabi got the award for playing a tough and mysterious investigator Kalinda on the “Good Wife” series. It is her first major role on American television. Angelina Jolie was her costar in the movie Mighty Heart and she has confessed that she has learnt many acting techniques from her. She is also known for her roles in “East is East” and Bend it “Like Beckham.”  She said in her acceptance speech that it was really a shock on her part to get this prestigious award at such an early age of acting.

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Videos: Angelina: I wanna be Jane Goodall!

Angelina Jolie in an interview about great Jane Goodall.




Joint meeting, Jane's Journey - the journey of life of Jane Goodall:
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote her entire energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to spread hope for future generations. She has taken on the responsibilities of a UN Messenger of Peace, has been honoured with countless awards, was appointed "Dame of the British Empire" and was even admitted to the "Légion d'Honneur", the highest decoration of France.

In "Jane's Journey", we accompany her on her travels across several continents, with unprecedented access to her intense and exciting past. From her childhood home in Bournemouth, England, we embark to 'Gombe National Park' on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania, her second home. This is where she began her groundbreaking research nearly half a century ago, and where to this day she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her the internationally recognized activist so loved and deeply respected.

"Jane's Journey" is an intimate portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon -- an exceptional woman, possibly the most fascinating woman of our time, whose scientific breakthroughs are considered to be among the most important of the past 100 years.




The visual scope of "Jane's Journey" spans a fascinating arc from the beaches of Bournemouth to the flatlands of Nebraska, and from the rainforests of Gombe to the melting glaciers of Greenland, offering spectacular footage of Jane's touching encounters with animals both wild and domestic as well as with humans, from Hollywood celebrities to traumatized children in African refugee camps. Whoever encounters Jane Goodall irrevocably falls under her spell. As The Boston Globe once put it: "To be with Jane Goodall is like walking with Mahatma Gandhi."

To be delivered in 2010, the year of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Goodall's ongoing chimpanzee research project in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. 


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Reminder: Angie celebrating her 1st Golden globe in pool

This is just.... her.

Angie leaving New Orleans

Angelina Jolie ducks into the back of an SUV and heads to the airport to take a private jet out of New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday (August 27).

Earlier in the day, Angelina’s sweetheart Brad Pitt took NBC News’ Brian Williams to a green home in New Orleans that his foundation, Make It Right, helped build to benefit residents who lost their homes after Hurricane Katrina.

It was recently announced that Angelina is in talks to star in the big screen adaptation of the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven.

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Robert Pattison will not star with Angie in "Unforgiven"

Slamming down speculation the 'Twilight Saga' heartthrob has been tapped to star opposite the 'Salt' beauty in the thriller movie, his rep shoots down the report and claims it is simply 'inaccurate.'

Robert Pattinson is not going to team up with Angelina Jolie in "Unforgiven". Representative for the Edward Cullen of the "Twilight Saga" series has slammed down rumor mentioning he has been signed to star opposite the "Salt" beauty in the in-development movie project. His rep told Gossip Cop the report is simply "inaccurate."

The rumors itself emerged after Lainey Gossip claimed that Robert has landed a role in the project. "There's speculation in the wind that Robert Pattinson has been tapped for this project," so the site reported. "He had a meeting late last year with Angelina's lawyer, Robert Offer, and a 'celebratory' dinner, too, so his recent trip to see 'Salt' with his agent is suddenly rife with new possibility."

"Unforgiven" is based on a 2009 BBC miniseries of the same name. It centers around a woman who tries to rejoin society after serving 15 years in prison stretch for murdering two police officers. While attempting to reconnect with her sister, she finds herself as a target of a revenge plot hatched by one of her victims' two sons. Christopher Mcquarrie provides the adaptation.

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Bizzare: Angie & Brad's exhaled breath selling for $523!

Let’s bid our time

Michael Jackson’s glittery glove is just so passé; as are baubles from Marilyn Monroe’s boudoir. Celebrity auction items today are getting up, close and personal with the highest bidder. This week, the hammer came down on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ‘exhaled breath’ at $523 on online auction site


eBay. The fact that the glass jar ‘may contain air molecules that came in direct contact with’ the Hollywood heartthrobs did not deter the anonymous bidder. Now before you turn your nose up at this latest fad, it would do well to remember that when Scarlett Johansson blew her nose into a tissue for Jay Leno, someone coughed up a grand $5,300, beating 82 other bidders in the process.
As if steering Britain to victory in the World War II by the skin of its teeth wasn’t enough, Winston Churchill’s war-time dentures fetched a British auction house a bite-sized chunk from a private collector last month. Add to this Britney Spears’s chewed gum to Justin Timberlake’s half-eaten French toast and it might make you wonder just what the auctioneer’s block might dish up for us next. Maybe it’s time to offer up a few items of our own to cash in on this bullish bazaar of memorabilia.

How about Mademoiselle Mayawati’s original handbag, the one that has launched a million statues? Or the hapless flowerpot launched outside the Bihar Assembly by the suitably enraged Jyoti Devi? But if projectiles or politicos aren’t your thing, then maybe you could offer up your trendy bullock cart to clear out the debris left behind in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, or your kayak to ferry tourists through the capital’s flooded streets. As for us, we’re off to hide before someone brings out that jar to trap the rarefied air we breathe.

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Angelina is not vegan anymore

Angelina Jolie: 'I Love Red Meat'

Angelina Jolie was forced to give up her vegan diet for her health.

She exlains, "I joke that a big juicy steak is my beauty secret. But seriously, I love red meat. I was a vegan for a long time, and it nearly killed me. I found I was not getting enough nutrition."

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Angelina found a villa in Budapest, for $27,000 a month

The most autumnal of European capitals will have the delicate footsteps of Angelina Jolie sauntering along its boulevards and side streets in the coming months, according to numerous online reports in several of the world’s languages.

Yes, the gentler half of Brangelina is looking for a dwelling in Budapest. Hungarian tabloid Bors is reporting that Brad Pitt and Angelina will rent a villa on the Buda side of town for six million forints (or roughly $27,000) a month.

The Classical-style villa is situated on a half-hectare of land in a wooded area, has ten rooms and is 700 square meters, according to Bors.

“Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh, Pax, and the twins Vivienne and Knox won’t be bored at the abode,” the papers opines.

Jolie and the gang will be in town to make a film about the Bosnian War.

“Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut will feature Serb actor Rade Serbedzija. A large section of the film will be shot in Budapest,” Hungarian news agency MTI writes.

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Angie in big screen version of "Unforgiven"?

Angelina Jolie in Talks for Big Screen Version of "Unforgiven" Mini-Series

Deadline is reporting that GK Films (Rango, Edge of Darkness) is developing a feature film based on the 2009 British mini-series "Unforgiven" and has hired Christopher McQuarrie (Valkyrie, The Usual Suspects) to write the script.

Conversations with Angelina Jolie to star in the film have already taken place and McQuarrie is actually writing the script with the actress in mind. But Jolie usually don't commit to projects until scripts are completed.

"Unforgiven" is about a woman's attempt to rejoin society after she serves a 15-year prison stretch for the murder of two policemen. The tragedy happened after the policemen came to evict her family from their farmhouse. Her hope is to live quietly and reunite with her troubled younger sister, but the paroled woman is targeted for a revenge campaign by two sons of one of her victims.

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Angie: Brad & I are constantly in competition!

Marriage is a lovely thing: Angelina Jolie

She has yet to tie the knot with her partner Brad Pitt, but actress Angelina Jolie has faith in the institution and says "marriage is a lovely thing".



Jolie and partner Brad Pitt have been together since 2005.
"I do think marriage is a lovely thing as I've tried it twice before, but we haven't felt the need to do it yet. We have already made the greatest commitment of having a family together," contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

Jolie, who has previously been married to actors Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller, also revealed one of the best things about her relationship with Pitt is the fact they push each other to be a better person.



"We push each other to be better, even if it's just a better bike rider or better pilot. We're constantly in competition," she said.

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Photo: crazy fan grabbing Angelina

Angelina Jolie was left petrified when she was attacked by a crazed look-alike fan at the premiere of her action movie ‘Salt’ in Moscow in July 2010.
Jolie, 35, was grabbed by the deranged, tattooed stalker as she walked up the red carpet, but she somehow managed to wrench herself free with minders pulling the attacker away.

“Angelina looked petrified as she tried to wrestle herself from the woman’s grip,” the Daily Star quoted an onlooker as saying.

Meanwhile, fans were worried about the actress’ health when enlarged veins in her bony arms were exposed during a trip to Tokyo. They feared her punishing promotional schedule was taking its toll.

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Angie will not play in her new movie, she will write & direct it

Angelina Jolie Set To Write, Direct Bosnian War Film
'The film is a love story, not a political statement,' says actress, who will not appear in movie.

Angelina Jolie is taking her act behind the scenes for her latest project. Jolie will write, produce and direct a film set during the Bosnian War in the early '90s. She is working on the flick with GK Films, which made the announcement on its website.


The film, about a Bosnian woman and a Serbian military man who fall in love during the war, when the Bosniaks and Serbs were fighting each other, will serve as Jolie's feature directorial debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. GK Films says that actors of "various ethnicities from the region of the former Yugoslavia" will be cast.

Jolie will not be in the film, and filming is expected to take place this fall, with no locations being announced due to security concerns. The Oscar winner, who serves as Goodwill Ambassador for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and frequently makes trips to the area, visited Sarajevo last weekend to discuss the refugee situation with some of the country's leaders.

"The film is a love story, not a political statement," Jolie said in a statement released by the UNHCR during her visit to the region last week. "I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can."

GK Films produced her upcoming Johnny Depp co-starring release, "The Tourist," set to hit theaters in December. She is also slated to star in Tim Burton's "Sleeping Beauty" as the film's evil queen, Maleficent, and will assume the title role in "Cleopatra."

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Angie & Brad looking for flat in Budapest

Jolie, Pitt Looking For Flat In Budapest

"US movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were in Budapest with their twin children over the weekend to look for a temporary flat, according to online reports.


Jolie plans to direct a movie in November, largely in Hungary, although it will be set in Bosnia during the Yugoslav war of the 1990s.

Pitt spent time in Budapest ten years ago to shoot scenes for the film Spy Game with Robert Redford."

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Rade Serbedzija: Angie's new movie is not anti-Serbian!

EXCLUSIVE RADE SERBEDZIJA ABOUT FAMOUS ACTRESS’S PROJECT
Angelina Jolie’s film not anti-Serbian

‘Apart from being a brilliant actress and a beautiful woman, what I like the most about Angelina Jolie is her humanity and wish to help the poor, the sick and those in need in all parts of the world’, Rade Serbedzija says in his interview with the ‘Blic’ by which he dispersed numerous speculations circulating in the region from the moment Jolie had offered him a role in her new film dealing with a love life between a Serb and a Muslim woman during civil war in former Yugoslavia.

‘For almost two months already I have been in contact with Angelina Jolie. She tried to contact me via my agents and they told her that I am not acting in movies on war in former Yugoslavia. I rejected all offers because scenarios were mainly poor and onesided', Serbedzija says.

Q: With black and white picture of what was going on here with Serbs as the only guilty party?
‘Yes. When she was told why I had rejected her offer, Angelina contacted me by phone and asked me to read the scenario. The text is fantastic. It is a love story about a young Serb and a Muslim woman who fell in love several evenings before beginning of war in Bosnia. That’s how film begins. Then follows war madness. The action follows war events with young Muslim woman ending up in a Serbian concentration camp from where she is somehow saved by the young Serb. Their love becomes passionate but impossible’.

Q: Angelina wrote the scenario herself, didn’t she?
‘Yes, she did after she had heard a true story. It is not true that it is an anti-Serbian film. Yesterday she sent me a mail explaining she was aware how painful the topic in this area is. It is not true either that she has talked about production of the film with anybody here. The shooting of scenes shall be in Sarajevo and Budapest’.

Q: Nor with Zeljko Mitrovic and Philip Gajic?
'No, Angelina didn't talk to anyone about the production and it is important people to know that!First time she talked about the movie is few days ago, in Sarajevo, with Haris Silajdzic and Zeljko Komsic in regard about a shooting scene in Sarajevo. Other scenes will be shot in Budapest.

Q: What is your character?
‘I am playing father of the main hero, a Serbian patriot. That is a very good character. He is a nationalist, but not a negative character. The story about him is very complex. He is a man with traumas from the WWII whose whole family was killed. He has that tragedy in himself and his nationalism is arising from it’.We know that the war in former Yugoslavia draw in such situations people from all sides. This film is, therefore, deals with a fantastic love story and that is what is important.


Q: Do you know Angelina previously?
'I never met her, but we know each other because Vanessa Redgrave told me a lot about Angelina. Most important for me was seeing that such a brilliant actress and beautiful woman is so humanitarian, always trying to help people around the world.

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Angie: my new movie ISN'T about war and rape, as you can hear in media

Angelina Jolie left Sarajevo

After a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Hollywood actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Saturday at about 18:00 hours left the Sarajevo International Airport and sent a private plane to an unknown destination.

Angelina Jolie to the Presidency
As stated in the UNHCR, after leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday, Angelina Jolie said she would stay in the region this fall working on a new film. The film is a love story that takes place during the war, 1992.-1995. Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the couple that meets just before the war and the consequences that war has on their relationship.

Although it occurs in the course of the war years, the war is not the subject of the film. The film is a love story, not a political statement. Cast will consist exclusively of actors from different nationalities of the former Yugoslavia.

"I would like to include as many local participants and learn as much as possible," said Jolie. "Due to the sensitivity of this historical period, you will hear many rumors and untruths in the media about what the theme of this movie. At this time I want to be open and available to the media and help clarifying the ambiguities that may arise."

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This is the second visit of the famous actresses to Sarajevo, both organized UNHCR.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Angelina Jolie before departure:
Hope to see you return to the region
By rivate plane, "cesna" she left Sarajevo International Airport tonight and traveled to an unknown destination, after a two-day visit to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Angelina Jolie, UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador, was in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she met with members of BiH Presidency and discussed a number of issues, including problems faced by internally displaced persons in the country.

This private visit, which is part of her work in the region, which was partly organized by UNHCR, the second visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina this year.

According to a UNHCR statement, Jolie met with members of BiH Presidency.

As a member of BiH Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic was unable to attend the meeting because it is outside the country, UNHCR's Goodwill ambassador left him a letter in his cabinet, said in a statement.

During the war, 1992nd-1995th Bosnia and Herzegovina, almost half the population was displaced. Understanding the dimensions of the problem, Jolie said:
"Although the consequences of such a tragedy can not be removed, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to reduce their pain, so we will help those who needed help. Thus contributes to overcome differences and build a better future for all people in this country" .

Jolie mentioned the adoption of the revised Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which deals with issues of displaced people, and stressed the need for its rapid implementation.

"I hope that will soon be taken concrete steps that will greatly improve the lives of displaced people. Political leaders have reached a compromise to reach this moment. Now is required rapid action," said Jolie.

The representative of UNHCR in BiH Naveed Hussain said that the visit was part of Angelina Jolie UNHCR's long-standing commitment to the completion of displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that followed the visits of other senior officials, including her previous visit and the visit to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (Antonio Gutereš).

Jolie has expressed her joy is back in Bosnia, and also to advance forward to soon return to the region and continuation of their work during the coming months, communicated from the UNHCR.

The new movie will be filming in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a very pleasant atmosphere, the BiH Presidency Zeljko Komsic and Angelina Jolie talked today about her upcoming projects, and this is the movie that will be partially realized in our country.

The statement alleges that Komsic received Jolie's visit on her own initiative.

Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt few months ago visited several refugee centers in eastern Bosnia to draw attention to the fact that thousands of refugees and displaced have not been able to return to their homes, 15 years after the end of the war.

Details of film projects that Jolie plans are not yet known, but the media speculated, citing unofficial information of some production companies in BiH, will be talking about the first movie to be very direct and whose story will be tied to the former Yugoslavia.

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Angie with twins in Budapest, where the family will move in november

Angelina Jolie took her darling two-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, with her on a location scout today in Budapest for her upcoming directorial debut.

Jolie's been in Europe promoting her starring turn in Salt with the twins while Brad stays home with the rest of their brood.

But soon the entire family will move to the Hungarian city dubbed the "Paris of the East" when shooting starts on the film in November (some will also be shot in Belgrade, Serbia.)

Angelina was apparently inspired to shoot this story after visiting refugee camps in Bosnia with Brad this spring.

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Angelina meets with BIH officials

Angelina Jolie wants to promote BiH as a center of education

The building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is today a center of media interest because it is known Hollywood actress and Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR and Angelina Jolie that held separate meetings with the Chairman Haris Silajdzic and Presidency member Zeljko Komsic.

Jolie has shown special interest in the promotion of sustainable return to our country, and with Silajdzic spoke about the acquisition of dryers, refrigerators, cultivators, greenhouses and other equipment returnee families.

They agreed that education is a priority for the future of new generations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Silajdzic expressed the idea that Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina to become educational center that will attract thousands of students from around the world. Jolie has expressed willingness to join in promoting this idea and through mutual friends working on the implementation of the project.

In the end, Silajdzic called on the actress in October this year, attended an international conference on improving the dialogue between cultures, to be held in Sarajevo, organized by the Kuwaiti Al Babtain Foundation, under the auspices of Silajdzic.

In an interview with a member of the Presidency Komsic Ambassador Jolie spoke about the activities that it intends to implement in Bosnia and also to help displaced and strengthen unity and education.

Komsic said he believes that through its activities to come to the realization of concrete projects. Finally, in a very pleasant atmosphere, talked about future projects by American actress - movie that will be partially realized in our country, communicated from the press-service of the BiH Presidency.

Sarajevo, August 21 (AP) - A surprise visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia, U.S. friction Angelina Jolie in the role of goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Hollywood star met with representatives of Muslim and Croat Bosnian collegial presidency, Haris Silajdzic (President) and Zeljko Komsic and was made aware of the process for the return of war refugees within the Community (1992-1995).

"The ambassador was particularly interested in the return" of refugees and deported, sources said the cabinet Silajdzic in a statement.

Almost 15 years after the war in Bosnia, which caused about 100 thousand deaths and 2.2 million displaced and refugees - ie half the population before the war - there are still 113,000 refugees in the country, according to UNHCR figures.

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SARAJEVO — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called on Bosnian leaders to speed up the return of thousands of refugees from the brutal 1990s civil war as she made a surprise visit to Sarajevo on Saturday.
"I hope that there'll soon be practical steps to improve these people's lives," Jolie was quoted as saying in a statement released by the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
Jolie -- whose visit coincides with the release in Europe of her new spy thriller "Salt" -- is a UNHCR goodwill ambassador and last visited Bosnia Hercegovina in April with her husband, movie heartthrob Brad Pitt.
She hailed the adoption by the Bosnian parliament in June of a new strategy for returning all internally displaced people in the country by 2014, the UNHCR said.
"The political leaders have shown a spirit of compromise in getting this far. Now it needs a little more urgency," added Jolie.
Jolie also met the Muslim and Croat representatives of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Haris Silajdzic and Zeljko Komsic, to discuss the refugee issue, Silajdzic's cabinet said in a statement.
The 1992-1995 war left 100,000 people dead and 2.2 million refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia. Some 113,000 people are still displaced or unable to return to their homes, according to the UNHCR.
Jolie, who arrived in Sarajevo on a private jet from Budapest on Friday, was later due to meet Bosnian film producers about a possible film on the Bosnian war which she would direct and star in, national radio said.

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