Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie meet with refugees in Bosnia
Hopping a plane from Venice to Sarajevo on Sunday, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited a refugee center in Goradze, Bosnia-Herzegovina, before heading on to the coastal town of Tivat in Montenegro. They visited with two families who'd been displaced by fighting that ran from 1992 to 1995.
"I was surprised when I recognized him. I could not say anything, I was so moved," one woman who was greeted by Pitt said in a radio interview, AFP reports. "He came to me and took me in his arms. He was also surprised when I told him that I had recognized him and he was very moved with my personal history. He gave me some money."
The visit was intended to be low-key, and the two were not spotted out in public. A statement from the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees is forthcoming, a spokeswoman said.
Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations.
-- Christie D'Zurilla
Photo: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the "Inglourious Basterds" screening on May 20, 2009, in Cannes, France. Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA.
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Brad and Angie doing good works for the people...while Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are aimlessly frolicking in the nude in some Caribbean beach...Jennifer is seething because her little fling with Gerard is nothing but a fling anyways...while Brad and Angie are still happily married with children...(and this post will probably get censored again and again...what happened to freedom of speech?)...
Posted by: Cisco | Apr 05, 2010 at 12:10 PM
@Cisco, my friend -- Christie D'Zurilla here from the blog. You may want to do a little more Gerard Butler research -- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20357828,00.html
"Freedom of speech" on this privately owned website doesn't include permission to randomly accuse celebrities of being gay, nor does it include permission to post slang terms for graphic sex acts. Think of a slang phrase starting with the word "tea" if you're unclear. We also don't publish comments accusing women of being prostitutes.
Sadly, I allow more trolling than I should -- for example, publishing myriad missives mentioning Jennifer Aniston out of the blue in comments on unrelated posts about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. I stop short of publishing abortion-baiting comments because, seriously, this is a celebrity gossip blog.
In case this response doesn't answer a lot of questions for you, check out the terms of service (http://www.latimes.com/services/site/lat-terms,0,5102799,full.story). I believe the Constitution allows us freedom of speech -- within the rule of law -- on our *own* websites, were we to start them up.
/cdz
Posted by: CDZ from the Ministry | Apr 05, 2010 at 12:45 PM
I love Brangelina and blessings on them and their beautiful family...They have proven to be great actors, parents and humanitarians and those spiteful lies and gossip are ridiculous and cruel...
Posted by: Rita Luisa | Apr 05, 2010 at 04:03 PM
Archeologists of the future,compelled ,dare I say, driven(dare,dare!) to chart our advance and ultimate demise will unearth relics of our present culture -a syringe of.petrified collagen from Ms.Jolie's dermatologist & an unopened Hot Pocket(still "edible").
Posted by: Breton | Apr 05, 2010 at 11:06 PM
they went to see the refugees, were happy when someone recognized them regardless of their own personal history and gave them some money. this is the entire story?
most of the world doesn't even know what happened during this war. perhaps giving the world a little education would do more good. this trip didn't even get much placement in the news. why is that?
i've been to the coast of montenegro and to the bay of kotor. it's very beautiful. did they stay close to the refugees or in a resort of some kind?
i don't hate brad and angelina but it just seems to me some of these trips don't really help anyone except the people they come in direct contact with.
TEACH the world, don't just drop by.
Posted by: annie | May 19, 2010 at 02:05 PM