Celebs seek attention – for refugees

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited Bosnia on Monday, intending to spotlight the plight of 117,000 people who have not able to return to their homes, even though the Bosnia war ended 15 years ago.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visit the Bosnian village of Medjedja on Monday. The movie stars hope to improve the plight of 117,000 refugees who are still unable to return to their homes, some 15 years after the end of the Bosnian war.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visit the Bosnian village of Medjedja on Monday. The movie stars hope to improve the plight of 117,000 refugees who are still unable to return to their homes, some 15 years after the end of the Bosnian war. The Associated Press
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Rod Blagojevich The Associated Press
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But they tried to do so while evading the spotlight themselves: There were no reported media sightings of the celebrity couple.

The two arrived Sunday evening, said Aida Prljaca, the spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Sarajevo.

Jolie, who has been a UNHCR ambassador since 2001, will visit projects meant to help Bosnians who cannot return home, either because their homes have not been rebuilt or the infrastructure in their villages has not been repaired.

Some 7,000 people live in dozens of refugee centers throughout the country. The other 110,000 live primarily with relatives or in rented housing.

Jolie is currently filming “The Tourist” with Johnny Depp in Italy.

 

Dennis Hopper is ‘desperately ill’

LOS ANGELES — Dennis Hopper’s estranged wife and daughter can live on his property while the couple resolve their bitter divorce case and the actor fights prostate cancer, a judge ruled Monday.

Superior Court Judge Amy Pellman sternly told both sides they needed to come together during what appeared to be Hopper’s final days.

Pellman also ordered the actor to pay $12,000 a month in spousal and child support.

Hopper, 73, did not attend the hearing but was repeatedly described by his attorney as “desperately ill.”

Hopper’s three adult children from previous marriages attended but did not speak.

The rulings came after two months of bickering in court filings.

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