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June 28, 2004 - Us Weekly spoke with Ajay Sinha, who has been giving flying lessons to Angelina Jolie in Long Beach, California. "She does very well," Sinhah said. "She is an above-average student." He added, "She can actually take off and land on her own." And she's no diva. "She is so down to earth," he said. "She is the nicest person."

June 28, 2004 - The trailer to the new animated film 'Shark Tale', out October 1st, featuring the voice of Angelina Jolie, has been posted. Watch it here.

June 25, 2004 - United States actress and UNHCR Goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie hanged talismans during the event 'Talismans for a World without Refugees' at the Barcelona Forum, Spain on Sunday (June 20). The UN is marking Sunday as World Refugee Day.

June 25, 2004 - The ACNUR Good Will Ambassador Angelina Jolie attended the Nansen Prize Ceremony, presided by Infanta Cristina. This ceremony was part of the events to conmmemorate the World Refugee Day on Saturday (June 19). The Nansen Prize is a prestigious annual award, organised by ACNUR to recognize people or institutions that have stood out for their work with refugees and their rights. The Nansen Committee 2004 awarded the work of the NGO Russian Memorial. Svetlana Gannushkina, member of the Council of the Center of Human Rights Memorial in Moscow, received the prize. It has been the first time the ceremony has been held outside of Oslo or Geneva, the two cities that traditionally organized the event. Check out pictures from Abaca.

June 25, 2004 - Angelina Jolie was photographed arriving in Barcelona with her son Maddox to attend solidarity events on Saturday (June 19). Check out pictures from Abaca.

June 25, 2004 - Angelina Jolie has been forced to cancel her participation in the Olympic torch relay because she has to re-shoot some scenes for her movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'. She was going to carry the torch through Athens a day before the start of the games, which kick off August 13. Angelina was going to symbolically hold the torch on behalf of the world’s refugees, but unfortunately, Hollywood called.

June 25, 2004 - Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox, visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain on Monday (June 21) as a tourist. Jolie was spending several days in Barcelona to take part at the diferent events organized by ACNUR, that are taking place at 2004 FORUM.

June 25, 2004 - The trailer to Angelina Jolie's new movie 'Alexander' is out. Watch it here.

June 21, 2004 - Angelina Jolie was on 'Wolf Blitzer Reports' on Thursday to discuss her visit from the border between Chad and Sudan for UNHCR. Read a transcript here.

June 21, 2004 - The Washington Post reports Angelina Jolie visited the National Geographic Society to launch World Refugee Day with one of her big fans -- Secretary of State Colin Powell -- and to announce that she's donating $500,000 to provide attorneys for child refugees who arrive in the United States without parents. Read more.

June 17, 2004 - Angelina Jolie will be on CNN's 'Wolf Blitzer Reports' at 5 PM ET.

June 14, 2004 - The Enquirer reports Angelina Jolie has been dating the director of her new film 'Alexander', Oliver Stone. A friend revealed, "Angelina and Oliver have shared several dates together. He first asked Angie out on the Morroco set of 'Alexander', but she blew him off. At the time she was just coming off reports of an affair with her co-star Colin Farrell and pals say she wasn't interested in another on-set romance." But Stone won Jolie's heart by paying so much attention to her adopted son Maddox. "Before shooting was over, Maddox was calling him 'Uncle Oliver.'"

June 14, 2004 - A source tells In Touch Weekly Angelina Jolie is "a very hands on mother" with son Maddox. "For somebody in her position, she acts like a very normal mom," the source explained. "She always does everything herself."

June 10, 2004 - Angelina Jolie is eyeing Russia for her next adopted child. "By the end of the year, if everything goes well, she will have a new baby," a source told Us Weekly. The adoption process is apparently already under way, but Jolie helped things last year while on a goodwill mission to Russia, where she met with adoption officials and visited orphaned Chechen refugees. "Angelina has always wanted a rainbow family, children from all countries," the source added.

June 7, 2004 - Angelina Jolie was photographed arriving at Heathrow airport in London on her way to Paris on Thursday (June 3).

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