Angelina Jolie rocks

A new advertising campaign featuring Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie posing on a wooden boat in Siem Reap province with a £7,000 (US$11,374) handbag was launched yesterday in the International Herald Tribune newspaper.

The adverts, shot by world- famous photographer Annie Leibovitz for the Louis Vuitton Core Values advertising campaign, feature Jolie “sitting barefoot in a traditional wooden boat in the luxuriant, watery landscape of Siem Reap province”, according to an official press release.

Matthew Robinson, founder of Khmer Mekong Films, said yesterday that regardless of how successful the campaign might prove, the sheer scale of the production alone had provided a valuable contribution to the Kingdom’s economy.

“Any production, whether it’s advertising, whether it’s TV spots or a movie or a drama coming from outside is going to boost the economy,” he said, adding that such jobs typically provided employment and valuable experience to Cambodians.

 Jolie is no stranger to philanthropic activities in Cambodia, having established her own NGO, the Maddox Jolie-Pitt foundation, named after her adopted Cambodian son and set up in 2003 to tackle environmental degradation in Battambang’s Samlot district.

Her interest in the country may stem from a shoot here in 2000 for the action movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Jolie could be back  behind the camera in the Kingdom yet again  if producer Thomas Magyar gets his way. He announced in September that he was hoping to secure the actress for a US$70 million production to be filmed in Cambodia and tentatively titled The Great Khmer Empire. There is no word yet on whether Jolie is interested.

 Louis Vuitton declined to comment on the amount of money spent on the production yesterday, but Robinson stressed that it had been an expensive campaign, pumping dollars into the Siem Reap tourist economy as well.

Western press outlets have reported that Jolie received US$10 million for the campaign, a figure Louis Vuitton yesterday declined to confirm.

They also declined to specify how much of the sum the star would donate to charity, though the wording of the official press release indicates she will donate her entire fee.

Angelina Jolie the New Face of Louis Vuitton?

With her St. John days behind her, Angelina Jolie could have another endorsement deal in the works: being the new face of Louis Vuitton. Eonline.com reports that the star has signed on with the venerable French luxury house as their newest star face. Jolie would follow in the fashionable footsteps of stars like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Scarlett Johansson (plus luminaries including Bono, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Sally Ride and Mikhail Gorbachev), representing the company’s gorgeous bags, clothing and accessories. Jolie has been dipping her toes a bit deeper into the fashion world lately, launching a charitable, high-end jewelry line, Style of Jolie, with Robert Procop. Jolie’s reps could not be reached for immediate comment, and reps for Louis Vuitton had no comment.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and ... Bella

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not married, so a divorce goes out of the question. But tabloids seem to be permanent with its finger on the bottom when they are speaking about their relationship, especially when appears a young actress that is only 23 years between them.

How she appeared into the story? Bella Heathcote is Brad`s co-star in "Cogan's Trade ". Her version? She told that she want to play a sex scene with Brad as in “Troy”

Version of the couple Pitt-Jolie? Who bother to ask them when in tabloids appears the rumor of the year put on wallpaper "Brad Pitt, actress nude scandal 23 years " in who is speaking about the split between Angelina and Brad.

Well supported by statements of the "sources" who said that she is totally on Brad`s taste, or that she perfectly evoking a younger version of Angelina,even speaks that Angelina came on set to break up of Brad.

But what do you have to do when it is clear that children have remained in New Orleans with their father? Never mind! Just write that Angelina has "slammed" in Brad arms ....and left. Of course she went ... She went to visit the border between Tunisia and Libya as a goodwill ambassador, showing that both have better things to do than go and listen to the tabloids.

And lucky for them there are to publications who counteracts , which publishes the statements of other "sources" close to Bella. She said that Bella never even met Brad and even they are playing in the same film, but not were intersected on the set.The source, which detail and how she saw the actor with the couple's six children who ate and drank carrot juice at the reception, during a gala charity where Pitt was an honorary member.