Angelina Jolie tells the secrets behind her tattoos

Angelina Jolie is one such celeb who loves to celebrate what she is without any qualms. So while talking about the body art / tattoos in the latest issue of ‘Post-Modern Ink’ an Australian magazine she said that she loves her tattoos.

To her they are kind of body art and she doesn’t find anything abnormal in someone having themselves getting marked or inked. She goes on to say that she thinks it is absolutely alright for people who spend their entire life playing someone else getting their skins inked with things that matter to them.

Jolie goes on to say that the latest inking she had on her body is that of an ancient Cambodian script in five rows on her back and they look “very sacred.” It’s a long time since Angie had started getting herself inked, there have been many which she has erased with time and got new ones.

Like the name of her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, or the same tattoo that she and ex-hubby Johnny Lee Miller had. But with time she has erased them and got the longitudes and the latitudes of the places where she either adopted or had her children. 35year old mom raises six kids with partner Brad Pitt and she unlikely to erase the tattoos she has now.

Talking about tattoos Jolie goes on to state about the dragon tattoo with a blue tongue she had in Amsterdam. It was one of the biggest surprise she gave herself after getting a bit crazy and getting herself inked with a dragon. But to her the dragon represents strength and elegance of a woman.

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Angelina Jolie In Pakistan to visit the Flood Victims (PHOTOS)

Angelina Jolie was in Pakistan Tuesday in her role as UNHCR ambassador.

She spoke at a news conference and visited a camp setup for people displaced by the heavy flooding, pen and paper in hand.

And Angelina met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, at his home in Islamabad.

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Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt Is The Only Person I Talk To and I don't have a lot of friends I talk to (VIDEO)

Angelina Jolie is in Pakistan, where she has met with the Prime Minister in her role as UNHCR ambassador. On Wednesday she spoke with CNN's Sanjay Gupta via satellite about the flood victims and how she deals with the tragedy she sees.

"I'll talk to my family," she said. "I talk to Brad; he wants to know as much as he can about these issues and every trip. He's been here as well, he came with me after the earthquake. But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to."

Angelina said that she lets her older children watch the reports about the floods and tries to teach them about what is happening in the countries they are from.

"I tell my children why I'm going and I explain to them why I was packing flashlights and food. They help me pack some things," she said. "It helps them to be better people, to understand a little bit about the world."


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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie buy a spectacular $40 million Italian Villa (Photos)

They own a luxurious Los Angeles mansion and a $3.5 million French-style home in New Orleans.

And now Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spent $40 million on their third home - a mansion in Italy.

Situated in the Northern Italian hills of Valpolicella, the property boasts 18,000 square feet and 15 bedrooms, seven baths, a movie theater, two swimming pools, a gym and several Jacuzzis.

The property also has stables and a vineyard.

Angelina apparently fell in love with Italy after filming The Tourist there earlier this year.

She and Brad intend to use the Italian property as a vacation home and continue to use their Loz Feliz house as their main base.

The Los Feliz house is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Brad bought the 5,338 sq ft house for $1.7 million in 1994, and has invested millions into renovating and expanding it.

Sitting on nearly an acre of land, the property consists of a five-bedroom, 5,338-square-foot main Craftsman-style house.

There is also an adjoining 2,454-square-foot house on a 0.29-acre lot, plus another 0.03-acre strip of vacant land that he also continues to own, plus another adjoining 1,653-square-foot house.
Their property in New Orleans is also stunning.
Brad and Angelina bought the early-1830s mansion which is situated in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 2007. 

Brad was in New Orleans at the time filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The house was purchased for $3.5 million in cash, and boasts a grand spiral staircase, elevator, and gourmet kitchen.
It also has a large private courtyad and a separate two-story guest house, as well as private parking for two cars.

Brad and Angelina got together in 2005 - shortly after Pitt's four-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston failed.
The couple have six children: adopted sons Maddox, nine, and Pax, six; adopted daughter Zahara, five; and their natural children Shiloh, four, and twins Knox and Vivienne, two.


Brad has recently spent time in New Orleans observing the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
He toured the Lower 9th Ward, one of the worst hit areas.

He also took a look around some of the new affordable, eco houses that have been built as part of his Make It Right Foundation, which he set up to help residents who lost their homes in the disaster.
He founded the project in 2007 and so far 50 homes have been built with aims to build up to 150.

Angelina also paid a brief one-day visit to New Orleans for the anniversary.
She recently flew to Pakistan to raise awareness for the victims of the devastating floods that happened last month.

The 35-year-old United Nations goodwill ambassador visited the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
And even with  headscarf on, there was no mistaking her Hollywood style.


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

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

Beautiful: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought the he Villa Costanza in Valpolicella, Italy for $40 million

Dream house: The 18,000 square foot Villa includes 15 bedrooms, seven baths, a movie theater, and two swimming pools,  a gym, several Jacuzzis, stables and a vineyard

Stunning: The property will be used primarily as a vacation spot while Los Angeles will remain their base

Safe: The property is gated and secure enough for the A-list couple and their six children to relax

Hidden hills: Brad and Angelina will have 18,000 square feet for the kids to run around and play hide and seek in

European classic: Angelina fell in love with beautiful Italy after filming The Tourist there earlier this year

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Angelina Jolie visits Pakistand aid camps and plea on Pakistan floods: 'We have to support them' (video)

For Angelina Jolie, the scale and impact of the floods that have devastated Pakistan are apparent on the faces of those she meets.

She saw it in the eyes of a couple in their 70s – a husband who served twice in the military and built his house by himself for his family, one they've lived in for nearly 40 years.

"The man spoke to the fact that he never felt in his lifetime he is ever going to be able to recuperate what he lost," Jolie told Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. "That he would never have again nice things. He would never have a nice bed, a nice house. And she – they lived in this place since 1972. And raised their children and their grandchildren there. In a moment, a few hours, it was completely gone."

Jolie spoke to Gupta during her fourth trip to Pakistan as a spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency to help bring awareness to the country in the wake of devastating floods that have affected 21 million people.

It's a scene Jolie said may be hard for some to understand – especially because of how far away it is. If people saw the eyes of the children pleading for help, perhaps they'd understand the Pakistanis' will to live, she said.

"If they met all these children [who are] so resilient and are still children and so full of life and love and hope," Jolie said that she thinks people would grasp the situation better.

"I think it is – this part of the world, they are resilient people. Think of all that they have been hit with. They continue to move on, to rebuild."

Jolie said she wasn't sure what she'd see when she got to Pakistan. But after touring villages, the trip evoked a cause close to home for her – reminding her of the work Brad Pitt is doing in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina. It's a comparison she said she hopes will help people understand why they need to send aid.

"I thought I'm going to see a lot of wet areas and tents, and what I saw was if people could think about New Orleans and the scale of that and how devastating that was. ... There was so much that was full of toxic materials and death and that's on a huge scale, and this is no different."

Any conflict in the area shouldn't prevent people from caring, Jolie said.

"We have to support them," Jolie said. "For all the people worried about conflict in this part of the world, they think it is far away and don't understand the corruption. The only way to make for a healthier, more hopeful, stronger Pakistan and Afghanistan is to help support education and help people, especially in this time of need, and not allow for more devastation and more desperation."


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Angelina Jolie Refuses movie 'Gravity' Again, Puts Project in 'Danger'

As the actress who was expected to carry the movie has officially turned down the offer for the second time, the project is said in uncertain future.

Angelina Jolie has chosen to defy "Gravity". Despite being offered a big money, the mother of six has officially turned down the job, putting the project "in danger of falling back to Earth", Deadline Hollywood reports. The studio is reportedly facing a problem to get an actress to take the key role and draw audience.

Jolie had previously been courted by director Alfonso Cuaron to star in his film when the project was still at Universal Pictures. The 35-year-old beauty then backed out when the film landed at Warner Bros. Later, the studio approached the likes of Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts with Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively reported as the frontrunners.

However, it seems that Warner Bros. was unsure if any of these actresses "can hold the screen and draw an audience to an $80 million film" that they made a second offer to Jolie, but she turned it down again. Though notable actor Robert Downey Jr. is attached to star in the film, his role is quite small and he is never projected to carry "Gravity", Deadline further states.

"Gravity" has a script written by Alfonso Cuaron and his son Jonas. The story revolves around a female astronaut and her team leader on a remote space station. The other team members get wiped out by a debris field from an exploding satellite. The film will follow the female heroine as she attempts to return home to her child. Production is planned to start in 2011 after Downey Jr. completes "Sherlock Holmes 2".

Angelina Jolie has planned to make a Bosnian War Movie and kick off the principal photography in fall. She is additionally rumored close to land a lead role in "Unforgiven", which is based on 2009 British miniseries of the same title.

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Gaunt Angelina Jolie takes her twins Vivienne and Knox to visit Brad Pitt on set

Her fragile form has attracted huge criticism over recent years.

But Angelina Jolie looked particularly gaunt as she took twins Vivienne and Knox to visit their father Brad Pitt on set in Los Angeles.

Scrawny arms exposed by a sleeveless top and minuscule legs highlighted by tight black trousers, she looked barely strong enough to carry Vivienne.

A real mouthful: Angelina Jolie lets Vivienne stuff her blanket in her mouth as she carries her from the car, left, and shows her very slim arms on the return journey

But she was obviously in full 'mummy mode' as she had one of the childrens' blankets flung casually over one shoulder and the other in her mouth.

Jolie, 35, recently appeared on screen in action thriller Salt where her role as a hard-as-nails CIA agent sat a little uncomfortably with her frail physique.

She is currently having a break from filming while Brad works on new project Moneyball alongside Superbad star Jonah Hill at Sony Studios in Culver City.

Mummy and me: Angelina Jolie carries daughter Vivienne Marcheline into a studio in Culver City, California. Brad Pitt is currently filming Moneyball at the studio

The film tells the story of a baseball club's general manager as he attempts to put together a team on a budget.

Jolie has also been working this week, in her role as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

She lent her support to a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about the flood in Pakistan.

The actress was today spotted at Heathrow Airport as she passed through London on her way out to the devastated country.

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The Scoop on Angelina Jolie's $48 Flip Flops

Throughout the summer, Angelina Jolie has been wowing fans in chic gowns as she promoted Salt across the world.

But last Friday, she showed off her effortlessly chic casual style as she left her family's French Quarter home.

On her feet: Her favorite pair of flip flops.

Designed by the New York-based company Tkees, Jolie's sandals run about $48.

The 35-year-old Jolie -- who is about to direct her first movie -- was in the Big Easy to support beau Brad Pitt, who helped mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He has spent more than $5 million helping to rebuild the area.


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Angelina & Brad: The fight over Shiloh Being A Tomboy

Angelina Jolie was talking about how her daughter Shiloh loves to dress like a boy -- and the actress couldn't seem to stop. "I have a very strong-willed 4-year-old girl who tells me what she wants to wear, and I let her be who she is," she gushed to the British magazine Stylist recently. As for Shiloh 's famously short haircut, "[she] cried and said, 'Please cut my hair off,'" Angie explained. "I think it's beautiful." Angie couldn't have sounded prouder. The only problem? In interview after interview, Angelina talks about the boyish way Shiloh dresses and behaves, but the other kids don't warrant a mention. Brad Pitt's not happy about it.

According to a report in the U.K.'s Closer magazine, he's upset that Shiloh's getting too much attention at the expense of the other children -- and has begged Angie to stop going on and on about Shiloh. "Brad is very bothered by Angelina's public statements," an insider close to the couple confirms to Life & Style. "She's being too revealing. Angelina releases more telling information in a press junket than she does in conversations with friends."

And whenever there's a disagreement -- over Shiloh or anything else -- a notoriously controlling Angie will overrule Brad, often harshly. "They get into vicious fights sometimes, and Angelina can be very mean to him," the insider notes. "Even when they're out at dinner with friends, she sometimes snaps at him, saying, 'You're wrong.' She puts him in his place a lot."

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Angelina Jolie Issues a plea for Pakistan

The Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie and her husband Brad Pitt are renowned all over the world not only for their movies but also for their off-screen humanitarian efforts. Jolie is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador herself and she has done a lot for the down-stricken countries in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Recently when Floods ravaged Pakistan and left millions of innocent people homeless, Jolie donated a huge sum of money for the flood-relief. Jolie also made a Public Service Announcement that urged people from all over the world to donate money for the flood-stricken nation. The ‘Salt’ star said that Pakistan is going through a social and economic catastrophe and as human beings we should cast our differences aside and stand by the people of the country. Thousands of innocent lives have been lost in the floods already and rescue efforts have come to a grinding halt due to the shortage of funds.

The video shows Jolie urging people to donate money and pledge their support for the deprived country. Jolie further said that this is not just a humanitarian crisis and it surely needs the attention of the entire world. So follow Jolie’s lead and contribute to the fund right away.

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Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Observe Fifth Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina

Hollywood stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie headed back to New Orleans over the weekend to observe the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which left 1800 dead and thousands homeless in its aftermath. Appearing on NBC, Brad Pitt commented on the devastation that still exists in New Orleans:

    'It was unfathomable, I mean, just -- you had no idea that there were families and here. It was just wiped clean. Except for the occasional pile up of homes and -- on top of homes'.


While in New Orleans, Brad Pitt is slated to be the NFL's voice for its upcoming documentary on the New Orleans' Saints Super Bowl victory in a documentary entitled 'America's Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints'.


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Brad claims New Orleans is district now world`s greenest

Brad Pitt claims he has helped turn New Orleans' devastated Lower Ninth Ward into 'the greenest neighbourhood in the world'.

The Hollywood star, in the city for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, showed US TV cameras around the homes his Make It Right foundation has built in the area.

Pitt said 50 eco-houses - which he says are a 'template for the future' - have been built so far and 150 more are planned.

The homes are designed for those residents who lost theirs in the 2005 disaster.

And he said they had been specially built to withstand future hurricanes.

The Ocean's Eleven star, who owns a property in New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie, told NBC's Meet The Press: 'None of these home owners will suffer those horrors. I feel very happy and secure about [them]. We wanted them to be safe, they had to be affordable, and we wanted to embed high-performance [technology]. With affordable housing, they're usually getting the worst materials, the cheapest materials, the most toxic materials - things that cause a bigger burden on the family. We thought, 'Well, let's see if the community will invest in this green technology.'

Pitt said he wanted to help the Big Easy because he loved it so much.

'There's a feel and a smell and a sound that permeates this place that I just find intoxicating. And I love the people. There's some feeling of community and verve and excitement and colour that I don't find anywhere else.'

Brad Pitt claims he has helped turn New Orleans' devastated Lower Ninth Ward into 'the greenest neighbourhood in the world'.

The Hollywood star, in the city for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, showed US TV cameras around the homes his Make It Right foundation has built in the area.

Pitt said 50 eco-houses - which he says are a 'template for the future' - have been built so far and 150 more are planned.

The homes are designed for those residents who lost theirs in the 2005 disaster.

And he said they had been specially built to withstand future hurricanes.

The Ocean's Eleven star, who owns a property in New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie, told NBC's Meet The Press: 'None of these home owners will suffer those horrors. I feel very happy and secure about [them]. We wanted them to be safe, they had to be affordable, and we wanted to embed high-performance [technology]. With affordable housing, they're usually getting the worst materials, the cheapest materials, the most toxic materials - things that cause a bigger burden on the family. We thought, 'Well, let's see if the community will invest in this green technology.'

Pitt said he wanted to help the Big Easy because he loved it so much.

'There's a feel and a smell and a sound that permeates this place that I just find intoxicating. And I love the people. There's some feeling of community and verve and excitement and colour that I don't find anywhere else.'

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