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Kirsten Dunst ‘Trying to Take a Break’
Originally posted Friday February 08, 2008 02:15 PM EST from People.
A friend of Kirsten Dunst‘s says the lingering effects of being a child actress and the pressures from constant media scrutiny are at the core of her decision to seek help in rehab.
“It’s cruel the way people have put her under a microscope,” says a friend of the actress. “She’s trying to take a break. It’s a great thing.”
The friend adds: “She’s an incredible woman – so giving of her time, her money, her soul. That’s the story that should be told. Everyone has problems, but not everyone is forced to deal with them in a fishbowl.”
Dunst, 25, is being treated at the exclusive Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah, the same facility where Lindsay Lohan spent nearly two months and where Eva Mendes recently checked in.
The Dunst friend notes that the Spider-Man star spent her childhood working as an actress.
“There’s probably less than a half of a percent of people in the world who understand the issues of being a child star and the pressures that come with it,” says the friend. “You have to figure out a lot of lessons later in life, ones you didn’t learn in school. The socialization is very different.”
Angelina Jolie Talks About Pregnancy For the First Time
Originally posted Wednesday April 09, 2008 04:55 PM EDT at People.
As Reported by Mary Green
Maybe it was all the talk about children, but while expectant Angelina Jolie was discussing Iraq education policy Tuesday in Washington D.C., she “felt kicking suddenly,” she tells PEOPLE.
And though it was “in the middle of the event,” the mother of four didn’t miss a beat as she talked about her two visits to Iraq and her new initiative, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
Jolie, 32, says EPCC will be “a center that helps raise awareness and coordinate all the various efforts of people working towards education for children of conflict.”
Even after an exhausting couple days in the nation’s capital, Jolie, who brought sons Maddox, 6, and Pax, 4, with her, shows no signs of slowing down. She’ll continue her work in D.C. all week before re-joining Brad Pitt and their daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 1.
Most of all, Jolie says, she’s savoring this period – unexpected kicks and all – adding, “It is a very special time in our lives.”
