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Angelina Jolie to Spend Thanksgiving in Australia

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Angelina Jolie and her kids in Sydney Angelina Jolie will be celebrating Thanksgiving in Australia.

The 38-year-old star is currently in Sydney with her six children, Maddox, 12, Pax, nine, Shiloh, seven, Zahara, eight, and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - whom she raises with fiane Brad Pitt - while she shoots new film Unbroken. The family will be spending the popular holiday - which falls on November 28 this year - Down Under.

Angelina's father Jon Voight is disappointed he won't be able to spend the holiday with them, but says they are all having a great time in Australia. According to the New York Daily News Confidenti@l column, Jon told reporters at the Chelsea Piers' Children of Chernobyl benefit, "My grandchildren are just terrific. Angie's working on her film and directing her film in Australia, so I won't be able to see them this holiday."

The 74-year-old actor also revealed he was bursting with pride when his daughter won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month. It highlighted her work as the co-founder of the Prevent Sexual Violence Initiative and her involvement as a special envoy in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "It's a very high honor. I'm very proud of her," he said.

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Jon Voight Read About Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy Online

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Jon Voight Angelina Jolie's father only found out she'd undergone a double mastectomy online.

The Salt actress opened up about her operation - which she decided to have after tests showed she carries the BRCA1 gene and had an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 per cent chance of contracting ovarian cancer - in a moving piece in the New York Times newspaper, and Jon Voight has admitted he has only just learned the shocking news, despite seeing his daughter and her fiance Brad Pitt just two days ago.

"My love and admiration for my daughter can't be explained in words. I saw her two days ago with my son Jamie. We all got together for his birthday, with her and Brad. But I didn't know. It wasn't obvious at all. I found out this morning. I was as surprised as anyone and deeply moved by the way she's handled this. She's a very extraordinary person, the way she examined it and what she shared," he told the New York Daily News newspaper.

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Jon Voight Supports Jane Pitt Over Letter

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Rants, Rivalries,

Jane and Brad Pitt with Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight

Jon Voight has supported Jane Pitt's views on gay marriage.

Brad Pitt's mother recently wrote a letter to her local paper in support of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in which she revealed she doesn't support same sex marriage or abortion, and the Deliverance actor - the father of Brad's fiancee Angelina Jolie - thinks she has a right to express her opinions. "Good for her!" he said.

Angelina is rumored to be upset about Jane's letter.

Angelina Jolie’s Father Thrilled About Engagement

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Angelina Jolie and her father Jon Voight

Angelina Jolie's father is thrilled about her engagement to Brad Pitt.

The Hollywood couple confirmed yesterday that Brad has popped the question to his partner of seven years and Angelina's father Jon Voight couldn't be happier for the pair. "I'm very happy for them," he told US Weekly.

Brad and Angelina's engagement comes after it was revealed the pair may be about to work together for the first time since meeting on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Roseanne Slams Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: D-List, Movies, Television, Editorials,

If you happen to be a John McCain supporter - or if you’re for some reason undecided - whatever you do, don’t let Roseanne know.

This weekend, the actress/comedian used her blog to not only bash Jon Voight, but Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt too.

While the Obama supporter had every right to express her opinions about Voight (especially since he wrote an Op-Ed piece blasting the Democratic candidate), her criticisms about Angelina and Brad seemed to come out of left field.

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