8:01 pm - 06/12/2009
Angelina Jolie will be joining CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on World Refugee Day on June 18, Access Hollywood has learned.
The humanitarian star has been filming the spy drama “Salt” on location in New York City and Washington, D.C., but she hasn’t forgotten about her causes. Jolie wrote an article for Time magazine earlier this month expressing outrage over the conflict in Darfur.
“Darfur has almost disappeared from the news, and experts now call it a ‘low-intensity’ conflict. But the intensity of the crisis has not lessened for those who are struggling to survive,” she wrote at the time, imploring the United Nations Security Council to move forward on the issue.
Angelina Jolie has a long history of using this day to raise awareness of the harsh realities refugees face. She appeared on AC 360 on World Refugee Day in 2006 and again on 2007. Here is a clip from her 2007 interview:
Angelina Jolie on Anderson Cooper 360
In 2008, Jolie could not appear with the Silver Fox because she was heavily pregnant with twins, but she still managed to participate in this public service announcement for World Refugee Day, to help raise awareness about the plight of millions of people at risk:
Transcript: The have survived war. They have survived displacement. They have survived rape. They have survived hunger and disease. For those who have survived, and for those, who did not. We are thinking of you on this day.
Sources:1 2 & 3
If you were ridiculously famous, would you use your powers for good or would you buy an island and just chill out while Idris Elba look alikes fed you grapes?
Angelina Jolie continues her decade-long commitment to humanitarian issues by
Joining Forces with the Silver Fox to Draw Attention to World Refugee Day
Angelina Jolie will be joining CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on World Refugee Day on June 18, Access Hollywood has learned.
The humanitarian star has been filming the spy drama “Salt” on location in New York City and Washington, D.C., but she hasn’t forgotten about her causes. Jolie wrote an article for Time magazine earlier this month expressing outrage over the conflict in Darfur.
“Darfur has almost disappeared from the news, and experts now call it a ‘low-intensity’ conflict. But the intensity of the crisis has not lessened for those who are struggling to survive,” she wrote at the time, imploring the United Nations Security Council to move forward on the issue.
Angelina Jolie has a long history of using this day to raise awareness of the harsh realities refugees face. She appeared on AC 360 on World Refugee Day in 2006 and again on 2007. Here is a clip from her 2007 interview:
Angelina Jolie on Anderson Cooper 360
In 2008, Jolie could not appear with the Silver Fox because she was heavily pregnant with twins, but she still managed to participate in this public service announcement for World Refugee Day, to help raise awareness about the plight of millions of people at risk:
Transcript: The have survived war. They have survived displacement. They have survived rape. They have survived hunger and disease. For those who have survived, and for those, who did not. We are thinking of you on this day.
Sources:1 2 & 3
If you were ridiculously famous, would you use your powers for good or would you buy an island and just chill out while Idris Elba look alikes fed you grapes?
I CAN understand why you hate her so much and feel the need to preach.