ANGELINA JOLIE: "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" may been a fantasy come true for fan boys and videogame geeks, yet paradoxically this otherwise escapist action flick sparked an epiphany in social awareness for star Angelina Jolie, whose experiences on location in Cambodia prompted her to become involved with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuges. The UNHCR named her a goodwill ambassador in 2001, ignoring her then-controversial public image. She since has mixed her ongoing film career with high-profile humanitarian activism, visiting troubled nations throughout the world and publicizing the plight of disadvantaged cultures in her own family vision: She has two children adopted as orphans from ravaged regions, Maddox (from Cambodia) and Zahara (from Ethiopia), and with partner Brad Pitt chose to give birth to their daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, in Namibia. Jolie is seen here in Africa, accompanied by Ann Curry of the "Today" show, shortly before Shiloh's arrival.

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