International movie star Angelina Jolie made a big announcement on Tuesday in The New York Times newspaper. Jolie reveled that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she had a high cancer risk.

The actress wrote an opinon piece titled “My Medical Choice” where she explained that she chose to undergo the double mastectomy because of a mutated BRCA1 gene that’s been linked to a rise in woman’s risk of breast and ovarian cancers. According to the National Cancer Institute, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes role in the body is to keep DNA stable and make sure cells are growing correctly.

Jolie, 37, explained her risks from BRCA1 in the piece:

“My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman.

Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average.”

Jolie began the double mastectomy process with a “nipple delay” procedure that began on Feb.2, where doctors went in to make sure there’s no breast cancer behind the nipple. She finished all the required surgeries on April 27, including having breast reconstruction with an implant.

“I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy,” Jolie wrote. “But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.”

I.M.

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Last year Angelina Jolie received praise from critics for her directorial debut “In the Land of Milk and Honey” and now she ready to take the director’s chair again for another ambitious project.
Jolie is slated to direct the film adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s book “Unbroken.” The film will tell the true story of Olympic athlete turned WWII pilot, Louis Zamperini who survived for two months at sea after his plane was shot down only to be captured by the Japanese and sent to a prisoner of war camp. Jolie issued a statement announcing the project saying: “I read Laura Hillenbrand’s brilliant book, and I was so moved by Louie Zamperini’s heroic story, I immediately began to fight for the opportunity to make this film. Louie is a true hero of immense humanity, faith and courage. I am deeply honored to have the chance to tell his inspiring story.”

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Angelina Jolie ,born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975, is an American actress and director that has gone on to become one of the most well known actresses in the world. So far in her career Angelina Jolie has won an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood’s highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Angelina Jolie also champions a lot of humanitarian causes, and has worked with former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Angelina Jolie has also been named the world’s “most beautiful” woman a few years back.

Angelina Jolie appeared in her first movie as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the movie Lookin’ to Get Out (1982), but her real film career began a little over a decade later with the film Cyborg 2 (1993). Angelina Jolie’s first leading role in a major film was in the movie Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Angelina Jolie became a household name after her part in the video game movie of heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and graced the list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood with the sequel The Cradle of Life (2003).She reinforced her reputation as a leading action star with Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and Wanted (2008), her biggest non-animated commercial successes to date and received further critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Angelina Jolie made her directorial debut with the wartime drama In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011).

Angelina Jolie eventually got divorced from her first husband Jonny Lee Miller and her second husband Billy Bob Thornton, and she  now lives with actor Brad Pitt, which is a highly publicized relationship known to garner a lot of media attention. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have three adopted children and three biological children together.

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Actress Angelina Jolie is as well known for her humanitarian efforts as she is her acting ability and good looks and she is once again proving that she is all heart by paying a visit to Syrian refugees in Jordan this week. The mother of 5 is part of a special envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees that went to Jordan today to see refugees that fled to the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq to escape the civil war that is raging in their own country. The mission is attempting to draw global attention to the fate of the refugees and the crisis in Syria. Jolie addressed the Jordanian government in a statement this morning saying “I am grateful to Jordan and the border countries for saving the lives (of those) are dying in Syria. It’s an extraordinary thing. We encourage the international community to support the people here until one day they go back home.” For the past ten years Jolie has made a personal mission of visiting refugee camps for the UNHCR.

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According to E! news the youngest of the Jolie-Pitt brood has been signed on for mom’s new movie “Maleficent.” Disney confirmed today that Vivian Jolie-Pitt the youngest daughter of mega stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be appearing in the remake of the 1959 classic film “Sleeping Beauty.” Vivian will play the role of the child version of Princess Aurora, an older princess will be played by Elle Fanning. Jolie is slated to star as the evil sorceress Maleficent in the 3-D remake and will more than likely share some screen time with her daughter. According to a source close to the Jolie-Pitt clan “Ange though it would be a fun experience for her and Viv to share, and Viv is a natural.” With so much talent and good looks in the family its probably only a matter of time before the rest of the clan makes their way into the family business.

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It may just be the most anticipated wedding of the decade and now according to sources it might just have a location. Since super star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced that they planned to get married speculation has been swirling about where the two might choose to tie the knot. From their chateau in France to their home in Hawaii the options for the two globe trotters and their brood were virtually limitless but recent online reports suggest that florists and caterers are being lined up in New Orleans in anticipation for a summer ceremony. Brad Pitt will already be in New Orleans for a good part of the summer filming his new movie “12 Years a Slave” and the actor has long had a personal connection to the city devoting much of his charity work to the area.

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