Angelina Jolies mother has died

angelina_jolie180.jpg On Saturday, Marcheline Bertrand, the mother of Angelina Jolie passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Bertrand, 56, had battled cancer for over 7.5 years. She was surrounded by her children, Angelina and her son James Haven, as well as Brad Pitt when she died.

“Marcheline was beautiful, caring and totally devoted to her children. I never saw her upset or sad, even after she was diagnosed with cancer,” Lea Hunter, who once dated Haven, tells PEOPLE. “She always treated me like a member of her family.”

Marcheline Bertrand had her two children with Oscar winning actor Jon Voight, but raised the two kids alone after the divorce. She had many small roles in movies, including 1983′s “The Man who Loved Women”.

She was overjoyed with her granddaugher Shiloh was born last May and she told People Magazine “My heart is overflowing with joy with the new arrival of Brad and Angelina’s third child. Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh are deeply loved children. They have very kind and caring parents who love and support each other in every way.”

A private funeral will be planned, but at this time there is no word when the memorial will take place. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers or gifts that donations be made to the Women’s Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai.





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Brad and Angelina Golden couple of the Globes

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Brad Pitt’s film Babel won an award for best drama Monday night at the Golden Globes. Seen here is a snap of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sharing a tender moment at the ceremony. The couple, noted as one of the best dressed pairs to attend, skipped out just 20 minutes after the telecast ended.

They probably had to get home to the kids.


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Jolie calls Madonnas adoption illegal

285_jolie_madonna_010807.jpg It seems that Angelina Jolie has taken a dim view as to how Madonna went about adopting her new son. Jolie has reportedly called Madonnas adoption of the Malawian boy illegal and has said she’d never have adopted a child under the same circumstances.

“Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born,” Jolie was quoted as telling the Paris-based magazine Gala. “It’s a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption.

“Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal.”

Yesterday Jolie issues a statement indicating that the magazine had misrepresented some of her statements.

“The article included many falsehoods,” she said . “I said many positive things that were omitted. I feel we must focus on the present and I encourage everyone to be supportive so that every child can adjust nicely to their new home.”

Apparently the Malawian government expressed admiration for how Madonna has gone about this adoption. The terms of the interim custody arrangement requre Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie require them to submit to monitoring by child and welfare officials for 18 months. After that period of time little Davids adoption may be finalized.

“We have been monitoring her,” spokesperson Adrina Mchiela told Reuters on Friday, “and so far we see a loving mother in Madonna, and David is very fine.”

Davids father, Yohane Banda, said last week that he’d like to contact Madonna to find out how his son is but he doesn’t know her number and doesn’t have any other way of getting in touch with her.

The first official court assessment of Madonna’s adoption process is expected in May. In November, a coalition of 67 Malawian human rights groups was granted its request to be a party to the assessment.

In the Gala Magazine interview Jolie alluded to the fact that both she and Pitt are open to having more children. She also gushed about her feelings for Brad, saying “Don’t go repeating it whatever you do, but yes, I love him. I love him a lot,” she told the magazine. “After I met him, my life seemed more harmonious.”

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