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Angelina Jolie turns down Obama's dinner invitation
Wonderwall ^ | May 3, 2010 | Angelina Jolie turns down Obama's dinner invitation

Posted on 05/03/2010 2:19:14 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo

As celebs including Jessica Simpson, Alec Baldwin and Jessica Alba converged in Washington D.C. Saturday night to hear President Obama show off his comedic skills at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, one highly politicized star was notably absent.

Angelina Jolie, who recently returned from a trip to Bosnia where she met with displaced victims of the civil war there, was invited to the party but chose to skip it.

Angelina Jolie turns down Obama's dinner invitationWonderwall, May 3, 2010 Related: News, Angelina Jolie By Jennifer Odell

As celebs including Jessica Simpson, Alec Baldwin and Jessica Alba converged in Washington D.C. Saturday night to hear President Obama show off his comedic skills at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, one highly politicized star was notably absent.

Angelina Jolie, who recently returned from a trip to Bosnia where she met with displaced victims of the civil war there, was invited to the party but chose to skip it.

"Angelina is always invited by several media outlets to sit at their table, but she always refuses," a source tells PopEater.com.

"Angie is filming in Europe at the moment, but that isn't the reason she didn't attend. She didn't go because on her weekends off she would rather spend her time helping those who really need it rather than sitting, drinking champagne and laughing at bad jokes in a fancy DC ballroom."

On Human Rights Day in December of last year, the actress wrote a piece for Newsweek in which she spoke out against the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with Sudan and

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KEYWORDS: angelinajolie; dinner; hollywood; jolie; notgoingthere; obama; obamadinner; pravdamedia; talktothehand; whitehouse
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To: Bad~Rodeo

I always have the impression that she aspires to be something more than she is. I like people like that, generally speaking. I remember seeing her give a speech somewhere on CSpan, and I was impressed that her remarks were thoughtful, that she actually had something to say worth saying and she said it well.


21 posted on 05/03/2010 2:34:26 PM PDT by marron
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To: Bad~Rodeo

Jolie has the rights and has been working on and off on a remake of Atlas Shrugged.


22 posted on 05/03/2010 2:39:17 PM PDT by DManA
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To: dfwgator
"Her Dad is rubbing off on her"

I'd suspect that over the years there has been a lot of rubbing regarding Angelina but a lot of men and likely women too.....

23 posted on 05/03/2010 2:39:40 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (NOVEMBER-2-2010!)
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To: DManA

Not a remake. I don’t think it’s ever been done has it?


24 posted on 05/03/2010 2:40:22 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Bad~Rodeo
She didn't go because on her weekends off she would rather spend her time helping those who really need it rather than sitting, drinking champagne and laughing at bad jokes in a fancy DC ballroom.

Good for her!

25 posted on 05/03/2010 2:41:45 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: DefeatCorruption

Puh-leeze, this woman is a loonie, loonier than two thirds of all the people in Hollywood.


26 posted on 05/03/2010 2:42:25 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

Only the desperate show up at these things ...thinking it will help them in their endeavors...or to be gawk at by the pols.

Jolie doesn’t need that garbage.


27 posted on 05/03/2010 2:42:58 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: SeattleBruce

Whether or not she is speaking with him in private, she has to know what Jon V is saying publicly.


28 posted on 05/03/2010 2:56:38 PM PDT by Canedawg (I'm not digging this tyranny thing.)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

I think the jokes are pretty funny, but if true that gives her an even better reason to be proud of herself for not attending. Quite the strong-willed lady to give up what to others is a fun evening, and refuse the invitation of a U.S president.


29 posted on 05/03/2010 3:00:10 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Canedawg

I don’t know of everything is okay, but they are speaking again.


30 posted on 05/03/2010 3:09:05 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: DManA

31 posted on 05/03/2010 3:19:24 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (Defensor Fortis)
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To: Ballygrl

I don’t get the adoration of Brad Pitt. To me, he’s a girly man.


32 posted on 05/03/2010 3:23:13 PM PDT by surrey
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To: Bad~Rodeo
It's just she is just someone who thinks your actions are more important than words.

There have been several articles about her thinking that the Big O is all talk and no action, and one even saying that she was disgusted by him.

33 posted on 05/03/2010 3:24:55 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: surrey
Speaking as a boy crazy girl, Brad Pitt isn't all that. His face is asymmetrical and he's far too thin. And the new beard is gnarly to say the least.
34 posted on 05/03/2010 3:28:56 PM PDT by Scarpetta (e pluribus victim)
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To: Ballygrl
I would agree and I am trying to figure out why Aniston is still considered a star....her acting abilities are fair and when is the last time she was in a movie that would be considered a box office hit
35 posted on 05/03/2010 3:40:46 PM PDT by Kimmers (Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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To: Bad~Rodeo
Angelina Jolie Pictures, Images and Photos
36 posted on 05/03/2010 3:44:20 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Bad~Rodeo

be still my beating heart....what? holy cow-nah.......the bamster is bad for her OWN image,that’s all


37 posted on 05/03/2010 4:59:57 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: stylecouncilor

Ping


38 posted on 05/03/2010 6:17:45 PM PDT by windcliff
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