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Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Make Donation To Foster Care Group

joliekidsdonation.jpgBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made a $1 million end-of-year donation to the SOS Children's Villages to support keeping siblings together in SOS homes rather than separated in traditional foster care.

SOS-Florida and SOS-Illinois were founded over fifteen years ago to provide an alternative form of foster care in the US - that puts an end to multiple placements, separation from siblings, physical and sexual abuse or neglect and abandonment, according to the group's website.

Jolie said of the donation, "We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together. No one 'ages out' of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever."

Pitt said: "In this holiday season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members. The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them."



I guess these two were on Santa's "nice" list!

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Posted by: Anonymous

wow she is ugly



Posted by: Anonymous

It was actually $100,000, not $1,000,000.



Posted by: Majo

JAJAJAJAJAJA!

¿SI ELLA ES HORRIBLE, VOS QUE SOS?!!!!
POR FAVOR LA PRÓXIMA VEZ DEJÁ TU FOTO A VER SI SOS TAN LINDO/A



Posted by: Anonymous

they are good people



Posted by: Anonymous

They are good couple.



Posted by: Anonymous

How much do these gossip sites donate to charities each year and to what charities do they donate to? I'm sure they make a hefty profit on these web sites.



Posted by: Anonymous

What happened to her claims of donating 1/3 of her income to charities?

And, 4:14 shut the fcuk up. This site doesn't claim to be donors or saints or humanitarians, or profit from such claims.

These two are disgusting.



Posted by: Eye Opener

Wonderful news!

In the season such us this - it is nice to see this positive vibe.

So maybe, Charlie Sheen and Tiger Woods, should try putting their big bucks to GOOD use and do something humble! (At least it should soothe their wounds for a little while).



Posted by: Anonymous

It's nice they give. But they should do so quietly.

I'm actually tired of hearing about bloody do-gooders.

Just do your part and STFU about it!



Posted by: Anonymous

atleast she is not busy getting plastic surgery done and trying to look like she is 25!



Posted by: Anonymous

Ahhh yes. Yet another press release to shove it down everyone's throats how wonderful and saintly they are. That's interesting that Angelina is giving to support an organization to keep siblings together, considering that she ripped 3 babies from their LIVING families to make her sociopathic self look better in the eyes of the public. time.



Posted by: Amy

6:17 is incredibly stupid. How can you rip babies from families when they don't have one? The children were adopted from orphanages which means they had no relatives or relatives who gave them up.



Posted by: Anonymous

jennifer is manless and it is her falut. movie on



Posted by: Charlie

Wow so that makes 8 million out of the 14 million they received for pictures. When will they donate the other 6 million? I've never seen another Hollywood couple advertise their givings as much as these two? Most celebrities donate anonymously, but not these two. Media whores.



Posted by: Anonymous

Nice to see them giving money to kids in AMERICA that need help. Jolie and Pitt certainly have lost much of their good looks in the past few years. Angie needs some body to her hair and some bangs to cover those huge bulging veins.



Posted by: Anonymous

Why are you so hateful to them. Maybe they publicize their giving to encourage others to do the same.



Posted by: Racheal

Maybe they like the public to know as it is advertising for other wealthy people to do the same! I say good on them! So many people are jelouse of these 2 people i say just let them be and let them do what they enjoy doing! they are helping the needy while the greedy just shoot them down! the world needs to egt over the past!!



Posted by: Anonymous

The reason they tell about their donations is so other people with money will get off their cheap rear ends and do the same. They're hoping their donation will get others to do the same and at the same time let people know this charity even exists. I hadn't heard about it...had you? Thought not - now shut your pie holes as you know nothing about what you're talking about.



Posted by: Anonymous

They are not media whores. They're letting people know this charity is out there and that donations are appreciated. Also, you don't know how much they give to charity so STFU.



Posted by: Anonymous

All the claims about giving a third of their income is completely bogus. They don't even give away all the money they get selling their children's privacy to People magazine.

If these two publicize their good deeds to encourage others one wonders why they hardly ever give out email addresses to their charities and why they never ask the public for help.

This is nothing more than PR. And disgusting PR at that. Exploiting the world's most desperate people to make themselves look good. It doesn't get much lower than that.



Posted by: Anonymous

Jolie said of the donation: "Im the best, Im the greatest, people worship me, ME! ME!! ME!!! MEEE!!!!" lol



Posted by: Anonymous

7:13 did you swallow a bitter pill today, you manless wench? What does Aniston have to do with this post? It's five years later. Get a life and move on.



Posted by: Anonymous

Amy @ 6:38..don't get me started on your flaming idiocy. Every single one of Angelina's adoptions have been awash in controversy (stolen babies, crooked agencies, etc) because all three of those children had either parents or grandparents that are STILL LIVING. In fact Zahara's mother has even been interviewed. Not one of those precious children were orphans but Angelina doesn't care.



Posted by: Marianna

There are millions of people that donate
to a lot of different causes and don't
feel the need to make it news every time
they do. Do you even know what the other stars give? Marlo Thomas has ran
St. Jude's hospital for years and yet
never once has she printed the dollar
amount that she gives. It has benefitted
millions of people. Most of us have favorite charities that we give to because we want to help. Every time some thing bad comes out about them or
a movie is coming out they rush out and
use it for publicity. I would hope that
we are all smart enough to know that there are dozens of charties needing
money and they want donations. If you
are putting money in the Salvation Army
kettle you are helping, giving to your
church, which most help over seas too
you are helping. I'm sorry but I feel
people that choose to help should do it
because they want too, not to get attention for every cent they give. They are only giving about 8% of their
income and I am sure that a lot of you
are giving even more. You just don't
make as much money but every thing you
do is important, even if you are just
donating your time. If you are seriously thinking about giving you
can look up thousands of places on the
internet, you don't need them to point
it out.



Posted by: Olivia

Does their bank have x17 on speedial? A Christmas donation for the poor foster kids on the web Dec. 26th. I believe the Bloomberg Foundation (NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg) donated $235million last year. Did 'ya know that???



Posted by: Anonymous

Oh I love the "they publicize it to raise awareness" argument.
I was skeptical about it when she showed up at a trial of a warlord in The Hague on her way to Cannes.
All the sycophanthic worshippers told me it was very useful,it would raise awareness.So a few weeks later, i asked them:what's the name of the horrible criminal?which country is he from?Has all the awareness she raised in you made you sign a check for this man's victims?Have you checked the outcome of the trial?Answers:I don't know,I don't know,No and No.Hey but they all remembered how gorgeous she was with a ponytail,making her concentrated look for the photograph.Yeah awareness.
People interested in supporting charities do it without a Hollywood actress publicizing every check she signs,others,whose awarenes has supposedly been raised,will only add a new framed picture on their altar of Ms Jolie.



Posted by: Olivia

According to news outlets & Jolie websites, the SOS donation was for $100,000, NOT $1millin.



Posted by: Anonymous

They didn't publicize their donation, the charity did. And who the hell cares what the donors motivation is, as long as the money is helping those in need?!



Posted by: Anonymous

6:17 and 8:54 (And I'm not 6:38) Did it ever occur to you that the conditions of where her children came from deemed it necessary for their families to give them up for adoption. And now there's four children who will no doubt have a better way of life with the Jolie-Pitts then they ever would have had with their own families.



Posted by: Anonymous

I think it's awesome to help these children and to bring attention to their plight. Regardless of Pitt-Jolie's life and drama, they are doing wonderful things to help the forgotten.



Posted by: Anonymous

She looks like crap.



Posted by: Bystander

Whatever crap you post about Angelina the fact remains she's still the highest paid actress and the most powerful in HW .. now think about that haters



Posted by: Anonymous

9:46 if that's your argument then take a look at the list of the highest paid people in Hollywood and the most powerful. Only Jolie exploited starving orphans and refugees to get herself on those lists. Aniston, who is right behind her on the highest paid list did not have to exploit the world's most vulnerable people to get there. She exploited the two biggest douchebags in HW to get herself there. Oh, the irony. Haha. Suck on that Brangeloonie.



Posted by: Anonymous

Exploiting the world's most desperate people or exploiting the world's biggest douches. Is this even a contest?



Posted by: Bystander

yeah right only jenhags like you believe that Angelina exploited starving orphans not the QUEEN of JORDAN nor the Presidents of the countries whom she helped and get your fact straight MANISTON is down below the list since she's only getting 8 mil per movie it's Julia Roberts who is behind Angelina and Reese Witherspoon stop posting lies HAG!!

FYI if you said Angelina is exploiting refugees she wouldn't succeed in getting a bill pass in the Washington DC now think about that HAG!



Posted by: Bystander

To Anonymous 10:56

You got a nerve to call the refugees and orphans douchebags somebody should drop your ass in RWANDA or DARFUR let see how many days your gonna survive over there as a refugee HAG!



Posted by: Bystander

FYI Angelina suceeded in passing bills for refugees.



Posted by: Anonymous

Poor 11:47 doesn't even know how to read simple english. Re-read 10:56 post you moron. No one called refugees and orphans douchebags. Brad and Angelina were referred to as douchebags. Man, these Brangeloonies are friggin retarded.



Posted by: Anonymous

Wow, getting a bill passed in Congress. That'll really fix things! LOL. E

ver ask yourselves why Angelina and Brad never let any of these refugees share their stories personally? It's alway, I came here to help. I came here to listen. ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.

I look forward to the day these two media wenches ask the camera crew from CNN and NBC to point their cameras away from themselves and onto the refugees. I want to hear from THEM. I want to hear THEIR stories. Not another interview with two self-indulgent, exploitive PR w.h.o.r.e.s.



Posted by: Anonymous

Man, lots of creepy BRAND-gelina hags on this site. I'm still waiting for them to give away all the money they earned shilling the kids to people magazine. So far, they're a few million short. This is according to their own tax returns which they so 'helpfully' released to the public.

Also, according to their own tax records. they give nothing of their own income to charity, just the money they get w-horing out the kids. Maybe we should put the kids on some sort of saintly mountain top and give them the humanitarian awards.



Posted by: Anonymous

11:38 you are a moron. Aniston is right behind Jolie on the top earning actress in Hollywood. This is according to Forbes magazine. Not the Jolie-Pitt we're so awesome newsletter you appear to be reading from.

Jolie-$27 Milliom
Aniston-$25 million


"Forbes magazine has put out their annual Celebrity 100. In a neverending battle fit for the tabloids, the top spot for highest-paid actress was a battle between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston.

Below is a slideshow of the top 5. Just missing out and tied at #6 with 2008 take-home salaries of $15 million were Sandra Bullock and Reese Witherspoon."

Thats from Huffington post. And below is a quote from the Forbes Article.

"Coming in second behind Jolie is Jennifer Aniston, continuing the never-ending tabloid battle between the two actresses. Aniston earned $25 million thanks to her work in the romantic comedy Marley & Me and the upcoming comedy The Baster, in which Aniston plays a woman who tries to become pregnant on her own. Aniston still earns money from Friends and she gets a nice paycheck shilling for Glaceau's SmartWater."



Posted by: Anonymous

And don't forget the year before. Jolie doesn't even make the list.

5. Gwyneth Paltrow $25 million
4. Reese Witherspoon $25 million
3. Jennifer Aniston $27 million
2. Keira Knightley $32 million
1. Cameron Diaz $50 million



Posted by: Anonymous

Why do they have to release official statements to go along with their donation? PR, PR, PR. PR, PR, PR, PR, PR, PR, PR, PR.



Posted by: Anonymous

for jennifer it was friends she make the list about. now she is b lister she went to open hotles to get included in the chart since she has no friens money .lol
Angie her work and dediation come to pass the world is open its abandence I hope it will contiune for her more and more



Posted by: Anonymous

this stupid hens. They do what they want to do why do you care? when everthing brad and angie give their own many ,promote the cause and bring attentions the stup*pid sh*tties go nuts and lose their mind. Give like them and get publiicty . It is better than getting it through years ago divorce after you have been with 70 guys.



Posted by: Peter

They spend their money to make themselves famous and make sure
everyone knows it. I don't care
for the rich that buy their way
but maybe it does make a difference
for a few. In the end the people
quietly donating their time and
money are probably doing more good.
They have probably done it for most
of their lives and will continue to
do so. They do it for the right
reasons, not to look good and call
attention to themselves. They are
the true saints and there are many of
them. Marlo Thomas has continued her
father's dream and helped millions
of kids with cancer and their family.
To me that is your true giver. It
is a continued thing from year to
year. She doesn't make it all about
her, she makes it about the kids.



Posted by: Bystander

HAH Anonymous you're the one is MORON i was not talking about the earning of the HW stars what i was talking about is how much they are paid per movie Angelina is at par with Will Smith who's asking pay per movie still remain SHE IS THE HIGHEST PAID ACTRESS IN HW getting 20 mil per movie, 40 mil in WANTED while your idol FUG is getting only 8 mil/per movie. Next year list your FUG idol will be nowhere in that list since her two movies bombed big time. As for Angelina's humanitarian work.. you're a dickhead. she's been donating her money, time and effort since 2001 when HAGS like you are not interested in all her charity work before Brad dumped his dead end wife because he was tired watching tv with your precious jen and was bored to death with nothing to do but cater to his whiny ex-wife. Your fug idol was able to accumulate that kind of money because she's like a miser keeping money only for herself Miss CHARITY is not HER THING. And don't tell me again about her donating privately because if she able to pimp her donating 1 cent for every smart water you buy what more if she;s giving millions of dollar.. MANISTON fans are REDIC and RETARD. As i said somebody should drop your ANONYMOUS ass in DARFUR and RWANDA and let see how happy you'll be to see people from UNCHR. I bet you'll never last one day in that place.



Posted by: Anonymous

Bystander, you are 100% right!



Posted by: anelder

There are some seriously angry Anonymous ones out there. To hate so much is really bad for your blood pressure never mind your character. While we may admire those who give anonymously I have to agree that when public figures stand up for something there is an audience that might join in. And, being a volunteer in non profit organizations who need donations badly I would be grateful for any publicity that a donation from a celebrity would bring. I will bet it's the organization that asks for the media attendance.







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