Anybody actually watching Angelina Jolie on 60 Minutes?

[ThatsMyBarack]

If so, why? All celebrity stuff on 60 Minutes seems like fluff and filler to me.

Nothing against AJ--except for the part when she started yelling, "NOOOOO!! NOOOO!!" I couldn't MUTE it fast enough!

[Horse with no Name]

1. She is much more than "just a celebrity"

She is a humanitarian.

She is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

She lobbies Congress for humanitarian interests.

Also this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie
Jolie has established several charitable organizations. In 2003, she founded the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation—named the Maddox Jolie Project until 2007—which is dedicated to community development and environmental conservation in Cambodia's northwestern province Battambang.<68> In 2006, she partnered with the Global Health Committee to establish the Maddox Chivan Children's Center, a daycare facility for children afflicted and affected by HIV in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.<69> That same year, she and her partner Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to aid humanitarian causes worldwide.<70> In 2007, Jolie and noted economist Dr. Gene Sperling founded the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which funds education programs for children affected by man-made or natural disasters.<71> In 2008, she collaborated with the Microsoft Corporation to establish Kids in Need of Defense, which provides free legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children in the U.S.<72>

Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association, and in 2005, she was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the UNA-USA.<73> King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Jolie Cambodian citizenship for her conservation work in the country on July 31, 2005.<74> In 2007, Jolie received the Freedom Award by the International Rescue Committee.<75>


She does more than our elected officials to better humanity.

Why do you hate her so much?

[ThatsMyBarack]

4. I do NOT hate HER!

I only HATE the fact that 60 Minutes has hopped on the media bandwagon showing celebrity puffpieces that they try to pass as news!

[Horse with no Name]

6. She is relevant

much more relevant than the majority of our political pundits who have done nothing to deserve their status.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. She IS news. Besides being a draw to people who might not have watched...

the homeless segment, she has walked the walk and done a lot more than many of the bloviators and "heros" of both left and right.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. They "hopped on the bandwagon" in the 80's then, that's when I started watching

Pieces on celebrities are not new. Hell, half of Ed Bradley's stories were about celebrities.

[EV_Ares]

5. Right on., correct, she is continuously involved in some humanitarian issue.

[femmocrat]

2. Huge contrast between this story and the first one on the homeless families.

Odd scheduling. I had it on in the background but didn't pay much attention.

[EV_Ares]

7. Yeah, that story was one that really tore at your heart.

[banned from Kos]

3. She is interesting - on the CFR? Who would guess that? n/t

[Texasgal]

8. She is an amazing humanitarian.

What's your beef?

[ThatsMyBarack]

13. NOT! HER ! IT'S! MEDIA!

NUFSED

[Horse with no Name]

9. I honestly think SHE is more deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize

than some of its recent recipients.

[JoePhilly]

11. You should call them and complain.

[otohara]

12. I Hear Their Malibu Mansion Is For Sale

think I'll buy it.
I'd rather have their French chateau, because it has 35 bedrooms.
I get sick of seeing her & BP schlep those kids around the world in private jets and trash beaches with ATV's etc....
Their carbon footprint is outrageous.

[ThatsMyBarack]

14. Finally! Someone GETS it!

Celebrity fluff stinks!

[applegrove]

15. Jolie is so accomplished for someone so young.

[Marie Marie]

16. 60 minutes has completely changed since Don Hewitt left.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Nope, I am watching phllly

[provis99]

19. she's an Ayn Rand loving twit.