Angelina Jolie blames being vegan for “nearly killing” her. The Salt star says her guilty pleasure is to eat red meat and that when she restricted her diet to not include any animal products, it had negative effects on her health. She said: “I joke that a big juicy steak is my beauty secret. But seriously, I love red meat. I was a vegan for a long time, and it nearly killed me. I found I was not getting enough nutrition.” The 35-year-old brunette beauty also admits she enjoys seeing her hands “grow older” as it is a sign of how much she has grown up and matured as a mother to six children. She added: “Happiness is when I look down at my hands and they are washing a baby. I can sort of see my hands grow older and I love it.”

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Angelina Jolie has written and will direct the Bosnian war drama she announced this week. The Oscar-winning actress will make her directorial debut with the project, which tells the tale of a couple who meet each other just as the Bosnian war begins in 1992. The project will be produced alongside Graham King and Tim Headington in association with GK Films. It will be the second time Angelina works with the company following The Tourist, which she shot with Johnny Depp in Italy earlier this year ahead of a December release. Discussing the movie while on a trip to Sarajevo earlier this week, Angelina said: “The film is a love story, not a political statement. I would like to involve as many people as possible and learn as much as I can.”

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Angelina Jolie is being lined up for a role in Unforgiven. A movie adaptation of the British miniseries is currently being scripted by Christopher McQuarrie with Angelina Jolie in mind for the leading role, Deadline.com reports. The series told the story of a woman – originally played by Suranne Jones – who leaves jail after a 15 year stretch for killing two police officers who were trying to evict her from her farmhouse. Upon rejoining society she finds herself on the end of a revenge campaign by the son of one of her victims. Although Jolie does not join projects until a script is complete, the project is being fast-tracked by GK Films, with whom she has worked with on The Tourist and her new Bosnian war love story. If she were to sign up, it would lead to a busy 2011 for Angelina, who has the as-yet-untitled Bosnian story to work on and a rumoured role as Cleopatra lined up, as well as a possible sequel to Salt.

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Angelina Jolie is leading donations for the flood relief effort in Pakistan – the superstar has handed over $100,000 (£66,666) of her own money to help those worst affected. The actress, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.), called for her fans to help raise funds for the Pakistani people whose lives have been devastated by the floods which hit the country last month. And as the death toll reaches more than 2,000 and fears increase about the spread of water-borne diseases, Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt have donated part of their fortune to help boost aid for the country, according to news agency AFP. The Tomb Raider star frequently gives away money to help others – she donated $1 million (£666,666) to Doctors Without Borders to help earthquake survivors in Haiti earlier this year, as well as handing over $75,000 (£50,000) to build a girls school in Afghanistan.

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Angelina Jolie is unsure if she is the right person to play Marilyn Monroe on the big screen. The stunning actress – who is reported to be portraying the curvy blonde bombshell in an upcoming epic based on a book by Andrew O’Hagan- admits she knows nothing about the film, and is unsure whether she would even be suitable for the part. She told BANG Showbiz: “This is a new rumour. I haven’t heard a thing about it. I don’t think. I don’t know if I’d be the best person to play her.” Author Andrew, who wrote the book The Life and Opinions of Maf The Dog, and Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, confirmed the 35-year-old actress would be starring alongside Hollywood legend George Clooney in the film, where he is set to portray Frank Sinatra. However, Angelina claims she needs to have a chat with George – who is close pals with her long-term lover Brad Pitt – first. She laughed: “I don’t know though, I haven’t talked to George about it yet!”

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