12 She Took Her Kids For A Cultural Trip To Paris
In 2018, Jolie and her large brood, consisting of Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox, were spotted in Paris, France, on a family outing to the famed Louvre museum, one of the most visited museums in the world.
The museum is a historic monument located in the heart of Paris and has stood there for 800 years. Now, it is home some of the most exceptional artworks in the world. These include famous paintings like The Mona Lisa, which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century, The Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix, which commemorates France’s July Revolution of 1830, and La Belle Jardinièr, also known as Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, a painting by Italian artist, Raphael. In addition to these famous paintings, the museum has exhibited works which are divided into eight departments— so there is really something for everyone.
This cultural outing may not be your typical things to do as a family, some younger children may prefer to go to amusement parks, but Jolie works hard to ensure her children are well rounded, something which was echoed by a People magazine source. Speaking of the children’s home-schooling, the insider said, “They have tutors for all kinds of subjects, including different languages and instruments. The kids are also very physically active. They like soccer and love skateboarding, and also take self-defense classes.”
11 She Took Her Daughters To Visit A Syrian Refugee Camp
Angelina Jolie brought her two daughters, Shiloh and Zahara, with her on a UN Refugee Agency trip to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, in January of 2018. According to Irish Mirror, while there, the girls met with Syrian refugees who had left their country due to the violence caused by the ongoing civil war, which has already spanned seven years.
They socialized with other girls their age (Shiloh is 11, while Zahara is 13) at the UNHCR-funded community center in the camp, and the girls are all part of an education initiative to empower young girls called the TIGER (These Inspiring Girls Enjoy Reading) project.
This was the first time that Jolie had brought her children with her on such a trip, and according to the UNHCR website, she said, “My daughters Zahara and Shiloh asked to come with me today. They’ve spent time today speaking and playing with children their own age who have been forced from their homes, whose family members have been killed or have disappeared, and who are struggling with trauma and illness, but who at the end of the day are just children, with the same hopes and rights as children in any other nation.”
10 She Revealed She’s Working On A Maleficent Sequel
In addition to working on a Netflix film, it has been reported that Angelina Jolie has another project in the works, a Maleficent sequel. In an interview with The New York Times, she joked to the reporter that she would next work on a comedy, saying, “I will get funny at some point,” and then later admitting that that’s actually not too far off because she’s working on Maleficent 2, and “that was a little funny.”
What we know about the film so far is that in 2017, while at the Telluride Film Festival (via Coming Soon), Jolie reportedly joked about her return to acting, saying, “I am now the breadwinner for the family, so it’s time,” adding, “We have been working on the script and this is going to be a really strong sequel.”
Variety reports Michelle Pfeiffer is in advanced talks to join the sequel, and her role would be to play the queen in the film. Although the storyline is unclear, as the first film was based on Sleeping Beauty, and Jez Butterworth and Linda Woolverton will reportedly be writing the new script, while Joe Roth is producing the film. The production is set to start in 2018.
9 She Has Continued To Voice Her Concern Over Women’s Rights
In a letter for Harper’s Bazaar in October of 2017, Angelina Jolie spoke about women’s rights, something that she is incredibly passionate about. She spoke about how much things have progressed for women in Western countries since the 19th Century, but wrote of the “inequality that still exists for tens of millions of women and girls around the world—such as the ones who have to go to work instead of school because they support their families, like the girl Parvana depicted in the animated film, The Breadwinner. Or the women who will still die young because they have little or no access to health care.”
She continued to address the gaps in rights and opportunities between women and men, noting that the World Economic Forum had predicted that it would take 83 years before all this gap closed in all countries.
She has also spoken about women’s rights in an interview with John Kerry for Elle on International Women’s Day. One of her stand out quotes is about how so many crimes against women are treated seriously, and how victims saw “virtually no convictions.” She continued, “It fired me up to start working with governments and lawmakers” and this is because, at the end of the day, crimes against women are still seen as a lesser crime.
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