Angelina Jolie: From sex symbol to cancer crusader

As an international sex symbol, a mother of six, a UN ambassador and a tattooed tabloid target, Angelina Jolie has never been one to shun the spotlight.

As an international sex symbol, a mother of six, a UN ambassador and a tattooed tabloid target, Angelina Jolie has never been one to shun the spotlight.

Angelina Jolie was up and working with “bountiful energy” on her next film project just four days after having her double mastectomy, her surgeon said Tuesday.

Celebrities react to Angelina Jolie’s revelation Tuesday in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy:

Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she had a very high risk of breast cancer.

Angelina Jolie paid glowing tribute to the Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for advocating for girls’ education, introducing Malala Yousafzai to the Women in the World summit via a new video from Britain.

A federal judge says actress Angelina Jolie didn’t steal the story for her movie “In the Land of Blood and Honey” from a Croatian author.

Angelina Jolie joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague on a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in a bid to encourage world powers to do more to tackle rape and sexual assault in war zones.

Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be heading to Australia if the government is successful in bringing “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo” Down Under, it emerged Friday.

LOS ANGELES—“I remember meeting Angelina Jolie for the first time at Pinewood Studios,” Elle Fanning said about her famous “Maleficent” costar during our interview. Dakota Fanning’s sister plays Princess Aurora, a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty in Disney’s retelling of the classic fairy tale. This time, it’s from the perspective of Jolie’s Maleficent—how events harden her heart [...]

Lucy Liu is not intimidated by the prospect of being the first female Watson in “Elementary,” CBS network’s modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” detective series. The actress plays Dr. Joan Watson, with Jonny Lee Miller as the iconic Sherlock Holmes, in the drama that finds the crime-solving duo in Manhattan.

Angelina Jolie says she is grateful and proud to have been named an honorary citizen of Sarajevo and that she will visit this summer to express personally her gratitude.

Tinseltown’s acting icons remain at the top of their game by choosing projects that don’t just make them emerge smelling like roses at the box office, but also show off their dramatic chops, to keep their followers’ interest high. For their latest projects, top female superstars, Vilma Santos and Nora Aunor, are backed up by directors whose filmmaking acumen can guarantee that their projects aren’t the usual stuff and fluff.