Does Angelina Jolie have humanitarian coattails? I’ve always believed she does. Back in 2001, Angelina became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. By the time she got that appointment, she had already made at least three overseas trips to refugee camps and had begun researching the role that would consume her for the rest of her life. Angelina always took her UN work very seriously, even when she was criticized for being a “celebrity humanitarian,” just in it for the good press and photo-ops. Over the years, her work grew. She’s founded several charities and foundations, she was promoted to “Special Envoy to the UNHCR” and she joined the Council on Foreign Relations. She received multiple awards for her work and she’s raised and donated millions of dollars to the causes close to her heart.
I remember back in the 2004-06, there was a sudden rash of other celebrities taking up international causes. Did you know that Nicole Kidman was a UN goodwill ambassador for the now-defunct UNIFEM? Yeah, she barely did any work with them. George Clooney became a UN Messenger of Peace, but he recently resigned that position too. So now there’s a new generation of would-be Angelinas. Victoria Beckham, Emma Watson and Leonardo DiCaprio have all joined various UN campaigns as ambassadors and Star Mag says Angelina is side-eyeing all of them.
Angelina Jolie is going goodwill hunting. In September, Leonardo DiCaprio, Victoria Beckham and Emma Watson gave speeches on behalf of the UN and Angelina wants them off the bandwagon.
“She thinks they’re stepping into the limelight just to boost their egos,” discloses a longtime friend. “Leo is bad enough but Posh Spice and that girl from Harry Potter? You must be joking!”
Having made 40-plus humanitarian visits to war-torn countries, Angelina walks the walk – and takes her duties seriously.
“Angie puts herself about other stars,” tattles the pal. “She thinks she was put on this planet to help people.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
The least deserving of shade – in my opinion – is Emma Watson. Emma started her UN career with a bang, giving a speech about feminism for the launch of the UN’s HeForShe campaign which went viral and genuinely raised awareness. Victoria Beckham is working with the UN’s AIDS campaign. And Leo is the newest Messenger of Peace, with a concentration on environmental issues. So, does Angelina hate these people for riding on her coattails? I doubt it. She’s probably just waiting to see if any of them stick with it. I believe Emma will. Leo might stick with it too. Victoria… well, we’ll see.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Honestly think she’s WAY to busy to even give this a thought.
Yeah. Plus this is something that a jealous, catty and insecure person would do and Jolie has never really gave me that impression. She’s concentrated on doing her thing and I doubt she’s threatened someone will be better it it than her. I thought the title would be based on a quote but it’s just typical tabloid BS.
*has never GIVEN me, obviously
I completely agree.
Sal, how on earth do you know she has NEVER been threatened by anyone? And also, she has NEVER had a jealous thing to say about another person? Are you with her 24/7, 365 days a year? What a ridiculous statement to make.
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I appreciate all of her humanitarian work and her Foundations. However, some if you act as though you know her personally. There is not a soul in this planet that is perfect! Next thing some of you will say us that she walks on water…. Please!!
and I’d like to think that if she did give it a thought, it was a “good job guys, every little bit helps” kind of of thought.
seriously, does anybody believe this?
Anyone who believes this already dislikes Dame Angie anyway. Anybody who is on the scale ranging from neutral to full Brangeloonie is never going to believe this.
I’m off the scale on the ‘loonie side, so obviously we know whose side I’m on here.
🙂
Same here Frida
Way out of character for Angelina. Good for Emma, VB and Leo.
I particularly dig Emma, she even had her plan ready in Harry Potter, when she told the Minister for Magic: “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!”
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I’m not buying it either. Boy these tabloids sure love to paint Jolie as this bitter, insecure person. First she “hated” Sandra Bullock because Bullock “stole” Gravity from her, then she “hated” Jenifer Lawrence because she “stole” Silver Linings Playbook from her. They basically have Angie hating every single other actress on the planet. Jolie is known for keeping her business locked up, there’s no way she lets slip to anyone who will listen that she hates anyone.
She probably welcomes the fact that others, particularly Emma Watson, are stepping up to the plate.
No, I don’t think anyone believes this. It is pure fabrication. Angie don’t care.
sunsetsnow, your “Angie don’t care” comment reminded me of the “honey badger don’t give a sh*t” videos.
thanks for the laugh!
100% spot on. I find it impossible to believe she would be either jealous or territorial. Besides, most celebs if anything do their best to solicit the support of other celebs in these causes, as the scale of the problems they work on are so vast. Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett are the first that come to mind
Exactly
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Exactly.
I don’t know why so many people seem hell-bent on making her out to be a bitch.
It says more about them than about her.
It’s in line with the story that many people want to believe about her which is that she is a cruel, backstabbing, two-faced jerk. The tabloids consistently try to make this narrative work because there are a lot of people out there, who don’t follow gossip closely, that completely believe this. I was stunned by the number of Facebook friends who refused to see Maleficent when it came out because they think she is a man-stealer and that is all they know about her. This will sell magazines. The truth is irrelevant.
@Lucinda
SERIOUSLY? No matter how much sh-t I talk about a celeb, no matter what they’ve done (barring rape/abuse), I’ll watch whatever they put out, as long as it’s good. I think Shia is an asshat, and is unattractive, but I will watch him in anything–I think he’s a good actor.
@Virgilia Coriolanus
God, yes. While I disagree on Shia I agree on everything else. I take gossip as gossip and movies as movies. I’ll go pay for a ticket if I’m interested in watching the thing, simple as that. That whole “watching/not watching movies” as a form of protest thing just doesn’t work for me.
Star magazine claimed she didn’t have any friends last year.Yet a longtime friend called them to give them this info? Maybe they should have asked the what happened to Baby #7,the subject of several Star Magazine covers?
LOL! Spot on, Kim1.
People seem to have acknowledged her humanitarian work, finally, after years and years. So now, she has to bitch about others, naturally.
This is so … blah.
Exactly. What a rubbish article.
You know what? Celebrities taking a page out of her book and dedicating themselves to UN causes can’t hurt. We need more of this, less of reality TV, anyway.
Exactly. The message should be, “Welcome aboard!” “Grab a shovel!” “Every little bit helps!” Although the story seems bogus.
Really? I thought this came from am interview!
Well, obvious lie. I bet the UN and AJ are happy with any light, even limelight cast on the issues they attend.
Sometimes it is better to leave tabloids alone.
Star obvioulsy hates Angelina So much I wonder why…
They always pitch Angelina jolie against other women… From megan fox, amber heard the list goes on and now its Amal. Angie can never win with the tabloids its always her against other women. I just love the fact that she never acknowledges them. She just goes on and live her life and do So much good 🙂
I don’t think they hate her. They just want to use her to make money. They just don’t care. Maybe what they hate is truth.
It’s not just her, Star prints a lot of lies about a lot of people – anyone they think will sell a paper.
I call BS on the story. There’s plenty of room (sadly) for those who want to do humanitarian/charitable work. Jolie’s not the first and she won’t be the last.
Right. I didn’t see any direct quotes. Just somebody saying what they think she thinks.
Love Angie !!
I don’t think she’s ever said a bad word about anyone to the media, so I call bs on this story. She seems very chill when it comes to stuff like this. I remember when she was being interviewed and the guy asked her about what Roseanne Arnold said about her (when Roseanne was going off on Angelina, about Jon Voight’s conservative views), she said that Roseanne didn’t know her, etc. Very chill, and had ample cause to call Roseanne out, but she didn’t.
And if I was her, I’d be proud that someone as young as Emma is taking an interest in humanitarian work, especially given her past. I’m sure Angelina wishes that she’d ‘woken up’ a whole lot sooner, and realized how fortunate she was.
Totally this.
Angie has never said a negative thing about anyone. Even to the people that are constantly attacking her. Yet she is always portrayed in tabloids as jealous and out of control. Based on what exactly. People that have met her have only great things to say.
so yeah a BS story.. but nothing new.
I’m sorry, but I do believe this. Even the best, most well intentioned people in the world get a bit frustrated when someone new gets in the spotlight that was theirs for so long.
But the thing is is that there are hundreds of UN ambassadors. I’m sure, in the past 13 years of Angelina doing her thing with the UN, that there have been ‘IT’ Ambassadors (that weren’t her) that have come and gone over the years.
Second, she’s a Special Envoy–I remember the post when she was given that position–that position is given to former presidents (Bill Clinton, if I’m remembering right is a Special Envoy). She was just (honorarily) Dame’d. Met the Queen and posed for pics. If anyone’s going to be jealous that another UN ambassador is in the spotlight, I’d think it’d be the people who were NOT given an honor from the British gov’t.
Third Emma Watson, Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Hiddleston–a ton of their work ‘takes place’/depends on twitter. They get a ton of publicity from social media, for their humanitarian work. Angelina does not. They’re not even in the same stratosphere. Just think how amazing it is that Angelina’s not out tweeting/facebooking/etc her platforms, and still manages to make waves in the media by a strategically placed op-ed, a film about sexual slavery, etc….
And add to all that–her first movie after not being on the screen for four years made 757 million worldwide. She is the youngest person to win a Humanitarian Oscar. She made a film about her inspiring neighbor…that has a Christmas release. She has Universal and Skydance Pictures backing her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th directorial efforts. She got married to the dude she loves. She’s high on LIFE right now. I find it hard to believe she’s jealous of anyone.
But these are just my thoughts….
” They’re not even in the same stratosphere. ”
THIS. She’s not fazed by this, really.
@Rocketmerry, who wrote: “I’m sorry, but I do believe this. Even the best, most well intentioned people in the world get a bit frustrated when someone new gets in the spotlight that was theirs for so long.”
The problem with this is that if we’ve learned nothing else over the past 9-years with the Jolie-Pitts it’s that they have a tight, Tight inner circle who don’t divulge information about them. We found out about the engagement when a random Pap saw ‘something’ bright on her ring finger while she was at a museum with one of her kids. We found out about the Jolie-Pitt wedding when the Associated Press announced it to the world after getting a statement from Brad’s Rep. So what ‘Close, long-time pal’ are they referring too? This is “Star” magazine, after all. We’ve caught them in multiple lies about the Jolie-Pitts over the past 9-years as well.
True. The J-P PR team is a tightly run ship and it’s hard to believe anyone would take the Star seriously.
No, Olenna, not a tight PR circle. A tight inner circle. They have close friends, relatives and colleagues who don’t betray them or gossip about them. Big difference.
That’s a beautiful header photo; that’s all I got.
I agree, it’s a little lift for the soul on a grey Monday.
And to think that was taken when she was in the midst of her double mastectomy procedures! I am an admitted Angeloonie, but I just really like and admire her so much for the way she navigates herself being as high profile as she is.
I’m no AJ defender by a long shot, but I take this one with a grain of rock salt. It’s Star, for crying out loud. And I tend to agree with Kaiser that she’s probably just hoping they stick with it.
That doesn’t sound like Angelina at all.
And as Victoria missed the opening of her first store to be in New York, it looks like she’s serious about her new responsibilities.
agree. I wouldn’t dismiss victorias efforts so fast. she spent the last years establishing her clothing line. Maybe her schedule’s opening up a bit now and she wants to focus on something different
I’m no fan of early angie; but she earn respect for over a decade quietly working in rough countries without using UN for fame, like most stars do.
Angie is just ‘bad a…’ Who don’t need anyone’s approval but Brad and her family. She knows she is the highest paid actress /director.
Now the likes of V*DB would love the social dameship and knighthood by the Royals. That’s one thing all their money can’t buy (yet). VB store opening – was no big deal, they don’t need the money. So being in NY when her store was opening was to give the impression, now she is serious to help others. Angie is genuine!
Rolling my eyes…
Next it will be Amalooney. Jada Pinkett just talked about how Angelina schooled her on trafficking, got her in touch with experts and sent her books, nobody picked that up because it wasn’t Jolie in conflict with her.
Exactly! No one barely talked about that. Jada said she and Angelina aren’t friends, but she reached out to Angelina, and Angelina helped her.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/jada-pinkett-smith-talks-parenting-sisterhood-angelina-jolie-article-1.1947434
Angelina isn’t trying to compete with anyone. She’d only encourage them.
Star you say? * goes back to counting unicorns*
Where are the creative writers? Couldn’t they make up better stories than this? (And I’m saying this being a non-fan of Jolie).
Angelina doesn’t care. There’s been a lot of celebrity UN ambassadors so I doubt she’s all of the sudden angry. I’m baffled why people think Angelina cares about every little thing yet she’s never done anything to prove it.
i really don’t understand this posting, while you can call her home wrecker ,anorexic etc etc it s all fair in the name of gossip but helping perpetuating star magazine lies about something as serious as humanitarian work is as bad as writing those lies.
i didn’t see Kaiser posting about JADA praising Jolie for helping her out research about her cause, you posted little tidbit but here a whole article from star magazine pitying UN ambassadors against each other…
Is that what Princess Diana was – a Goodwill ambassador?
I have never liked Angie; maybe our personalities clash. So I’ll leave this page for all the girl-loving…
Yeah, I remember when it was fashionable to take up with the UN after she got so much publicity. But yeah, for Angelina, it wasn’t an overnight thing. She did work at it for years before giving interviews and doing speaking engagements.
This is pure fiction, IMO. Why would she side eye people for wanting to be involved? I truly believe Emma and Leo are passionate about their cause (despite some of Leo’s hypocrisy, I think he has his heart in it), and VB could very well be genuine, too (I haven’t heard enough about her campaign to judge either way). I’m sure Angelina is happy to see others lending their name to important issues. I doubt she’s “totes jelly” that other people are “trying to steal her humanitarian spotlight.”
Emma seems very sincere IMO and she’s a very intelligent woman. I have a feeling she will stick with it. Leo has always championed environmental causes so I can’t see why he wouldn’t stick with his appointment either. As for Victoria, I wasn’t even aware that she had been working with the UN. If she’s serious about it maybe she should have some more publicity?
I have noticed that more & more celebrities are becoming goodwill ambassadors of UN or what have you. Well, the more the better …to make use of their fame & influence AS LONG as they are really committed with their mission and NOT use the “title” just for positive projection or image. The public can sense anyway who are really consistent & true to their advocacy as time goes by.
Not because I am an avid AJ-P fan, but she is the best known Goodwill Ambassador for the UN. She was appointed as such in 2001 before she was promoted as Special Envoy to the UNHCR by Commisisioner António Guterres in 2012. It all started following the film Tomb Raider, filmed in Cambodia. As Goodwill Ambassador and then as Special Envoy, she conducted more than 40 field visits and counting. She is also a member of the prestigious CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). She has met different kinds of people (world leaders, influential people. etc.)….She has written (op-eds, articles & book) & spoken (speeches during summits, press cons, hearings etc.) many times about her mission & humanitarian works to encourage the public to do something as well to help others.
So what I am trying to say is that one’s mission & advocacy becomes meaningful & really serves its purpose when there is CONSISTENCY, COMMITMENT & really share NOT JUST FINANCIALLY BUT TIME & EFFORT plus FOLLOW-UP.
If the celebrities uses it only for personal PR and the UN people don’t see more than that from them, the UN severs the relationship. AJ has definitely been among the more committed and she should be respected for it. Unlikely she would cast shade on others for getting involved.
If this is true, Angelina needs to be careful because it’s very bad PR. They are working for different causes, and all the causes need attention brought to them. I hope she’s smarter than to think she’s above other people who wish to help. Leonardo in particular has done a lot to help preserve wilderness, including starting his own foundation, co-writing, producing and narrating the 11th Hour, and donating $3 million to the WWF to help preserve tigers in Nepal.
It has been known that Angelina Jolie has NO PUBLICIST unlike other known celebrities that’s why we never read or heard from her defending herself from negative rumors usually made by notorious tabloids such as Star, Grazia, OK, Dailymail etc. which are just using her name to sell their publications or TV shows making money out of her by spreading false news stories about her like ET re twins, wedding details, separations etc.
She wants to speak for herself in her own words if there is a need to clarify and she doesn’t need a spokesperson to do it. Most often than not, she ignores negative news against her. She rather use her energy to do something worthwhile like her humanitarian works.
Mostly, her humanitarian works are made known to the public NOT through herself BUT through the organizations that she belongs to like UNHCR which releases her op-eds, speeches or shows photos taken by UNHCR on her field works. UNHCR does that because they want to encourage people to help too and inform the public the situations of those people who are in need. They know that Angelina’s celebrity & influence is very effective. (Even before she became UN Goodwill Ambassador and eventually became UNHCR Special Envoy, she was already accompanying the UN with their many field works even to far-flung areas & dangerous places.) Nevertheless, Angelina has many humanitarian works besides UNHCR which the public has never or seldom heard of.
About other celebrites who have no “titles” or “positions” in any organizations but who still help in secret…. well, good for them for helping as well. However, most of them have PUBLICISTS and it’s their people who made it known to the public. Also, even most of them were on video re the “ICE Bucket Challenge” for ALS or conducting or hosting Fund-Raising Events which were known publicly.
Different strokes, different folks.
We cannot judge people.
There are many ways how to help others. What is important is one’s MOTIVE why a person wants to do something for others. Also, as I have said, one’s COMMITMENT to their mission or advocacy is what matters.
Eloquently stated!
+100000000000000000
Out of all of them, AJ and Emma are (to me) the real deal. Not that the others aren’t doing good work, and may do more…I just see Emma being the one who really sticks with it.
AJ definitely is the real deal. However, DiCaprio has been committed to environmental causes for a while long before he was named a Goodwill Ambassador. I also think Beckham is committed; also she seems a lot like Jolie in that they’ve changed from their younger selves and now live full, successful lives. She could have so easily WAG-ed out and be doing nothing.
According to this very same tabloid, Angie has no friends. So from where did this “longtime pal” appear? And why didn’t they tattle about the wedding and the double mastectomy? Logic is most certainly not in Star magazine’s wheelhouse.
As much as others have publicly heaped abuse on her, Angelina has never hit back directly or indirectly through snark or 3rd parties. That is one of the things I like best about her. She does not give her detractors the satisfaction of acknowledging them.
Your comment is everything!
“According to this very same tabloid, Angie has no friends. So from where did this “longtime pal” appear?
…….Exactly the same Star said she doesn’t have friends So I equally wonder who the long time friend is hmmmm..
“As much as others have publicly heaped abuse on her, Angelina has never hit back directly or indirectly through snark or 3rd parties. That is one of the things I like best about her. She does not give her detractors the satisfaction of acknowledging them”.
…..Exactly I already said something similar up thread. She just goes on wih her life and never says anything.. All the more making the look foolish and stupid!
Jack O’Connell (oh handsome boy) also commented on this in his interview:
“One priceless lesson I learned off Angie and Brad was how they just don’t entertain anything that is said about them. Whatever it is, they won’t try and defend it, they just ignore it.
“And I think if it’s a case of that then I’m capable of that. It’s only real if I accept it as real. I’ve got a good idea of the things I need to avoid if I want to keep persevering.”
so i guess the Tabs will continue to write fan fiction because they know the Jolie-Pitts won’t comment anyway.
Gossip cop has already said this story is untrue. What is wrong with you people. Always trying to put Angie at odds with other humsnitarians. You are wrong in more ways thsn one. So just stop. All of these celebs are doing their best.
i dont believe it either, but Gossip Cop is not reliable. they ask a publicist if its true and the publicist will say what they want the spin about their client to be. there were lots of denials of hook ups on GC and then there were pictures proving there was a hook up.
Didn’t Audrey Hepburn do some kind of work with the UN? I always thought she was the “original” celebrity do-gooder (that’s not meant in any kind of sarcastic way, but there are celebrities who were helping out before Angelina Jolie entered the humanitarian world).
I don’t think Audrey was the first. Danny Kaye also did a great deal as well back in the day. Except for PSAs and some fundraising gala events after her retirement from acting, Audrey’s involvement was minimal until the last few years of her life when she became active with UNICEF and went on some field missions. It’s all good and everyone’s efforts should be welcomed. Of course Angelina would never shade anyone like this.
Danny Kaye was the first ambassador at large for UNICEF in 1954. Audrey Hepburn started working for UNICEF around the same time but wasn’t named goodwill ambassador until a few years later. After she retired from acting, she dedicated her life to UNICEF. Roger Moore has also dedicated much of his life to UNICEF and is a goodwill ambassador.
Thanks for the clarification. I just vaguely remember other celebrities being mentioned in connection with the UN. So it seems weird to imply that Angelina Jolie was the first to dive into humanitarian works. Although Leo Dicaprio is now connected with the UN in some way, I think his desire to improve the environment isn’t new. Just because one isn’t working with the UN directly doesn’t necessarily mean other actors or celebrities aren’t doing some kind of humanitarian work. Even Ben Affleck does some kind of humanitarian work to help out (and I generally think of him as kind of annoying in every other respect, except where his charity work is concerned. Ditto for George Clooney).
Well, the implication of the tabloid article (which is what I assume most are criticizing) seems to be that Angelina Jolie would be jealous of other celebrities for diving into humanitarian work (for whatever reason). Isn’t that what most everybody, including me, is responding to?
There have been celebrities long before her who did humanitarian work before her and now, so it seems weird to suddenly get jealous now, which seems to be the implication of the article. Though it’s not blatantly stated in the article, it’s not hard to glean other implications from it, which is that they seem to be stating that Angeline thinks (though I personally am not claiming to know what she thinks) that the other stars are stepping into territory she staked claim to as the originator of some kind of humanitarian stance. Or are we responding to something else or some other article I’m not aware of?
I do think other celebrities have done a lot though (i.e Audrey Hepburn, Princess Diana) if that’s what we’re supposed to be paying attention to (i.e the amount).
They are trying to throw mud and see which will stick.
Tom Cruise for years was top-tier and they could not get to him but they wanted to…Finally there was a way and they did not hesitate.
AJ has made herself and now they want a way to bring her down, (especially since she is not playing their game -millions on PR to suck up to them).
Simple things they do not know about this family, nor do they know the huge things – that has being proven over and over and over again!!
i find it very bad that the Star tries to stirr up a feud between people who are doing good. i dont believe any of that.
Just here to say Leo looks like a wax figure.
BTW, I wonder if any of the Tabs know where the JPs are right now? Do they know their schedule for the next month? Answer…is NO
Yet they know what Angelina is THINKING [or saying to friends (that they say she does not have)] neat trick, that!
Right? Good observation.
Time will tell whether these ambassadors will walk the walk. My prediction: Leo will stick to it, but not with the frequency that AJ does. Maybe during an oscar race. But VB? Please. She’s as authentic as Paris Hilton.
Angelina has already explained her reasons on why she does what she does. If others have even a little bit of the passion or the empathy that Angelina does, I hope they all do well.
Angie knew (and her mother knew) by helping others, she helped herself. Even Brad had figured that one out while sitting floundering on that couch.
Angelina doesn’t strike me the type that would care what they do. She’s more committed to her work and family. I can understand her and everyone else’s frustration if Celebrities only doing it for the sake of it.
That fact is that Emma, Leo and Victoria haven’t been given a chance yet and not everything is done in the public eye for charity.
Please, I’m sure Angie thinks the more the merrier. Why would she be mad that other people are getting involved with worthy causes?
Also, that Star article while praising her for walking the walk is simply rage bait for all the haters.
Why does Emma speak about feminism while also, in interviews, slutshaming women who shows cleavage and wears alot of make-up? I just don’t understand why they chose her. Can someone please explain to me?
Sorry if I made any grammatical mistakes by the way. English is not my first language.
I will never understand why the media is so hellbent of making Angelina look like an insecure, vile, no friends having bitch.
There has never been a single instance where Angelina has verbally attacked/critized anyone. People who have actually met only has wonderful things to say about – things like she is sweet, down to earth and a caring person.
In fact I would rather be friends with a woman like Angelina who never bitches about other women, has build schools for girls around the world, made wartime rape a war crime, creating opportunities for other women to enter hollywood, is friends with women from different backgrounds like humanitarian, royalty, showbusiness, music, wildlife activists etc.
Better her than those so called girl’s girl group (Chelsea Handler, Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Aniston etc) who always bitches about fellow girls, jealous of other women’s success, high school mentality etc.
To me Angelina wins this war with the media and haters hands down by simple not responding at all and just continue to live her life the way she wants to.
because there is no info about brad and angelina that they can get so tabloids make up stories and get gullible pple to buy them for ratings- they release info when they want to not because they have to – difference between them and others
I doubt she’s jealous or annoyed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she side eyes the shit out of celebs who are doing it and then not following through with their obligation. We saw with her critique of Madonna’s overseas adoption awhile back that she isn’t afraid to throw shade when necessary and takes what she does seriously. And she is perfectly in the right to do so. She was involved for years before she really took on the heavy roles in the U.N. and whatnot.
I do think Emma Watson will stick with it. She really seems to be building a career oriented toward developing the “woman” portion of her life and not a continuation of “girl from the HP movies.” Leo is questionable. I highly suspect a lot of is interest is in creating a profile that will offset the party hard, model-banging lifestyle he has that’s likely contributed to his lack of Oscar win.
UN ambassadors get these diplomat’s passports – basically it makes visa regulations etc. much easier. Travelling is just easier with such passports.
I was Team Anniston and now I’m Team WGAF that’s old, old news. I also believe that AJ began her charitable works as a means to rehabilitate her image. So, now you know where I’m coming from.
I think that this story is completely untrue. AJ seems like the kind of person who would encourage others to get involved as opposed to getting jealous. And frankly, everyone has to begin somewhere. How does anyone know how involved Emma Watson will be. At this point, AJ’s goal seems to be to help others rather than get publicity for herself or even contemplate why others are participating
She’s been a UN ambassador since 2001 and I really don’t think she was all that concerned about rehabilitating her image back then. I think she was a lot more concerned about trying to make a positive difference where it was needed.
She’s certainly come out on top in the hate wars by simply refusing to dignify all the bullshit written about her with any kind of comment.
Not that this story is true, but Angelina was far from the first celebrity to become involved with the UN. She’s one of the most involved celebrities in recent times, but it’s also not fair to expect every celebrity to be Angelina. The UN uses different celebrities in different ways. It doesn’t actually want everyone to be like Angelina, it needs all kinds of different people who appeal to different demographics. Some people are more useful as the face of a single campaign. They don’t deserve shade for not spending decades working with the UN when the UN didn’t want that.
I’m pretty ure Emma Watson has seen many undeprivilaged countries and for years ,many years before she was announced as a UN ambadassor,she was tring to establish proper education to these countries.For all i know Watson was /is commited tot he cause for years now so i think someone like AJ would know that before speaking so i call BS on the story.
Just shut down Star magazine already. I’m not even worried about the oh so poor celebrities they write, it just bothers me someone could make a job out of writing fake sh*t about people. It’s for stupid mags like that that so many people can’t take journalists seriously.
Get your facts straight. UNIFEM is not defunct, it has merged into UN Women, a larger UN entity working on empowerment of women. Nicol Kidman did a great job around the world garnering much attention gender issues.