Article: All that glitters: advocacy and social change with Angie and Al.(OPINION)(Al Gore win Academy Award for 'An Inconvenient Truth' and Angelina Jolie joins the Council on Foreign Relations)

In a twist of events during late February, actress Angelina Jolie and politician Al Gore switched places, or so it seemed. Al Gore, who is known best for his eight years as the vice president of the United States and most recently for his failed presidential bid in 2000, won the Academy Award's Oscar for Best Documentary. Ms. Jolie, famous for her larger-than-life lips and 35 headlining roles in films such as Mr and Mrs. Smith and Lara Croft." Tomb Raider, was nominated to the bipartisan think tank Council on Foreign Relations.

Individually, each event attracted headlines, news conferences and chatter on blogs between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Together, ...

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