Saturday, November 26, 2005
Angelina Jolie Set to Take Bono's Place as President of the United Nations
I fully support the right of celebrities to use their status to draw support for causes. Decrepit walking corpses like Liz Taylor did a lot in the 1980s to bring diseases like AIDS to people's attention. Bono, narcissistic rock star that he is, has done a lot to make people aware of the tragedies that have occurred in Africa. Bill Gates has put his money on the line and is basically the biggest health insurance provider in Africa today. Good for all of them. Regardless of whether or not we are individually annoyed by these people, most of us haven't done crap for anyone in our entire lives.
That being said...what the hell is Angelina Jolie up to? I would think that she is simply "doing her part" in her humanitarian efforts but recent gossip reports have her and Brad Pitt shopping for a home in the Washington, D.C., area. Is she considering running for office in the future?
Hollywood Actress and Ambassador of U.N. refugee agency, Angelina Jolie, speaks during a press conference after visited the Pakistani earthquake areas, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The head of the U.N. refugee agency and its goodwill ambassador visited earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan amid concerns about the fate of homeless survivors as winter approaches. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
AP News Article
That being said...what the hell is Angelina Jolie up to? I would think that she is simply "doing her part" in her humanitarian efforts but recent gossip reports have her and Brad Pitt shopping for a home in the Washington, D.C., area. Is she considering running for office in the future?
Hollywood Actress and Ambassador of U.N. refugee agency, Angelina Jolie, speaks during a press conference after visited the Pakistani earthquake areas, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The head of the U.N. refugee agency and its goodwill ambassador visited earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan amid concerns about the fate of homeless survivors as winter approaches. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
AP News Article
