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PHOTOS: Angelina and Brad Visit Orphaned Children in Jordan
Originally posted 10/20/2009 11:45AM
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were out with the kids again – but this time they were bonding with residents of the SOS Children's Village in Amman, Jordan.
The couple visited the orphan charity's village Oct. 1 after receiving an invitation from Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, who is Honorary Chairman of SOS Children's Villages Jordan.
It was a return trip for Jolie, 34, who had visited the Amman village in 2003 and committed to covering the running costs of one family house, but Pitt, 45, was there for the first time.
"The SOS model of providing care for children without parental care is one of the best, as they are still in a family setting within their own country," said Jolie. "We hope more people learn about their programs and give them support."
The SOS Children's Village was the latest humanitarian visit for Jolie, who has visited refugee camps around the world since being named a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador in 2001.
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PHOTO: Brad and Angelina Take the Twins for Ice Cream!
Originally posted 10/03/2009 11:30AM
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out for ice cream in Amman, Jordan – and brought along the littlest Jolie-Pitts, 14-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Ihab Fakhouri, a co-owner of Licky Licious ice cream shop on Rainbow Street in Amman, snapped a photo of the family that was later posted on Twitter.
"They were walking down the street and saw our shop. Brad stopped and said, 'Do you guys have ice cream?' I said 'Are you kidding? Of course! '" Fakhouri tells PEOPLE.
During the foursome's 10-15 minutes in the shop, Pitt sampled several flavors and ended up with a cup of pecan, caramel and vanilla ice cream, which he shared with Vivienne. Jolie decided on the mango ice cream and gave Knox some. "Knox loved the mango. He was like, 'Wow!' " says Fakhouri.
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PHOTO: Angelina & Brad Visit Refugees in Syria
Originally posted 10/02/2009 05:10PM
After spending some time in Ethiopia, the south of France and on the Mediterranean coast, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt continued globe-trotting Friday – not for vacation but for a good cause.
Jolie, 34, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, visited Iraqi refugees in Syria with Pitt, 45, and urged the world to not forget the thousands who have been displaced.
"Most Iraqi refugees cannot return to Iraq in view of the severe trauma they experienced there, the uncertainty linked to the coming Iraqi elections, the security issues and the lack of basic services," Jolie says in a statement released by the UNHCR. "They will, therefore, be in need of continued support from the international community."
The actress's trip to Syria comes two months after Jolie returned to Iraq to visit a refugee camp and two weeks after she met with Somali refugees in Africa.
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Watch Brad Pitt to Speak Live About New Orleans
Originally posted 09/24/2009 03:30PM
On Thursday evening, Brad Pitt will bring some star power to the Clinton Global Initiative.
The Hollywood heartthrob is scheduled to give a progress report on his Make It Right Foundation, an organization working to build eco-friendly, affordable housing in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
Last year, Pitt presented an impassioned plea to businessmen and philanthropists to ask for their support for the project. As of this summer, nearly 100 homes were either built or in the process of being constructed.
Pitt's session will also include a panel discussion of the themes raised in New Orleans and their global applications. At the end, Pitt is expected to announce a new commitment on green building.
Also, Rick Fedrizzi of the U.S. Green Building Council will give Make It Right with an award for making the Lower
Ninth Ward the greenest neighborhood in the world.
Watch Pitt live at 5 p.m. EST at ClintonGlobalInitiative.org.
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Brad Pitt's Myth-sterious Look
Originally posted 09/18/2009 06:15PM
Brad Pitt, as seen in Spain this week (above), has yet to appear on a MythBusters episode, and MythBusters star Jamie Hyneman has never walked a red carpet arm-in-arm with Angelina Jolie. The same person? Or a myth? – Mike Fleeman
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's Pre-Labor Day Getaways
Originally posted 09/01/2009 08:45AM
Like any couple with large family commitments and a late-summer vacation, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are seemingly making up for lost time with a pre-Labor Day getaway.
The couple – who have been ensconced in their South of France chateau for two weeks – took separate daytrips over the weekend, demonstrating that with access to helicopters and private aircraft, their interests are quite far-flung.
In a "Honey, take care of the kids! I'm off to see Napoleon's birthplace" excursion Friday, Jolie took Shiloh to Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The actress and her daughter strolled around the palm-lined Place Foch, past the pastel-washed Napoleon Museum – and even squeezed in a little shopping before local photographers discovered them.
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Brad Pitt's Rep: Tom Cruise Slam Didn't Happen
Originally posted 08/24/2009 12:20PM
Last week's widely picked-up statement attributed to Brad Pitt, unfavorably comparing his WII movie Inglourious Basterds to Tom Cruise's star vehicle Valkyrie, was not only "inaccurate," Pitt's manager tells PEOPLE, but "Brad has never even seen Valkyrie."
The uncharacteristically harsh remark was originally published in a wide-circulation weekly German magazine, and, as could be expected, was reprinted internationally. Problem was, it was never uttered.
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Brad Pitt to Play Superhero for His Kids' Sake
Originally posted 08/18/2009 09:30AM
In his current movie opening Friday, Quentin Tarantino's R-rated WWII movie Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt plays a southern lieutenant whose squadron, among other bloody deeds, scalps Nazis.
"Yeah," Pitt, 45, confirmed to interviewer Ann Curry on Tuesday's Today show, "people lose some hair."
When Curry counters that Pitt – the father of six – ought to make a kids movie, the leading man steps forward with the announcement that he is doing just that, by providing the voice for an animated feature in which he'll play a "superhero who wants out."
Brad Pitt to Run for Mayor of New Orleans … Not
Originally posted 08/13/2009 08:20AM
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With his Make It Right charity producing tangible results in New Orleans's Lower 9th Ward on this, the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt is a local hero – so much so that several citizens have banded together to get him elected mayor of the Big Easy.
If chosen, would he serve? "Yeah, yeah," Pitt, 45, assured interviewer Ann Curry on Thursday's NBC Today show, as she held before him a T-shirt bearing a handsome rendering of his face and the printed slogan, "Brad Pitt for Mayor."
Then with what sounded like his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, Pitt added, "I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform. I don't have a chance."
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Brad & Angie's Post-Basterds Party
Originally posted 08/12/2009 06:00AM
• Brad and Angelina kept the party going after the L.A. premiere of Inglourious Basterds with a bash at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood. The couple was the life of the Skyy vodka-sponsored fete, and they held court at a window table, being social and sipping cocktails. Jolie also chatted up two of her female pals and actor Eli Roth, while Pitt had some business-related conversations with his manager. Nearby, his costar Diane Kruger had a dapper date in beau Joshua Jackson, though she also mingled with girlfriends.
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