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Parents Without Borders Award: Angelina Jolie

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Parents Without Borders Award:Angelina Jolie

Sure, Jolie gets a lot of attention just for being a rich, gorgeous jet-setter. But we love her for being a baby-lovin' philanthropist extraordinaire. Jolie has long used her spotlight to illuminate international adoption issues. Last year, she and Brad Pitt donated $1 million each to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders, and pledged the proceeds from the sale of daughter Shiloh's first photos — an estimated $4.1 million — to charity, too. Goals for 2007? Growing the Maddox Jolie-Pitt project to promote economic development and conservation in her son's native Cambodia; lobbying U.S. Congress to assist AIDS orphans; and creating an Ethiopia-based charity in daughter Zahara's name. At press time, Jolie had also filed to adopt a boy from Vietnam. This is one Hollywood spectacle we're happy to watch.

2006