While in D.C. for her premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt made news as they stopped by the White House.

Jolie explained the purpose of their visit with President Obama at the Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Panel Discussion.

The new director said she and Pitt were there for two different reasons. Pitt was there to meet with Vice President Joe Biden about his work in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, The Mirror reports.

Jolie, on the other hand, was there in support of the lead actress in In the Land of Blood and Honey, Zana Marjanovic.

“I went with our Zana Marjanovic, our lead actress, to speak about Sarajevo [the capital Bosnia and Herzegovina] and our concerns about some things going on,” said the mother of six, The Hindustan Times reports.

“So we spoke with him [Obama] briefly and then we spoke a lot to the people who work underneath him in the trenches and tried to figure out how we can do some stuff to continue healing in Bosnia and make sure it’s headed in the right direction.”

Jolie seemed to thoroughly enjoy her time there, noting “It was wonderful, I was very, very happy. There are so many things going on in foreign policy and Zana spoke beautifully about very specific concerns. I was very proud of her, so I was really there to stand by her

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Angelina Jolie doesn’t take her handsome hunk Brad Pitt for granted!

Both Jolie, 36, and love of nearly seven years Pitt, 48, left Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards empty handed — Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey didn’t nab the Best Foreign Language Film globe, and Moneyball star Pitt lost to pal George Clooney in the Best Actor, Drama category.

But Jolie (looking spectacular in satin one-shoulder Atelier Versace gown, bright red lipstick and a dramatic updo hairstyle) had quite the consolation prize: Pitt!

„You’re prettier than me,” Jolie gushed to her man as they arrived quietly at the CAA afterparty at unset Tower. Pitt looked dashing as always in a Salvatore Ferragamo three-piece tuxedo.

Added Jolie: „My shoes are going to kill me!”

„It’s nice when everything comes together,” Pitt told E!’s Ryan Seacrest of their double nominations. „It’s a golden night for us!”

Indeed, Jolie naughtily told the Associated Press what she was most looking forward to that evening: „Getting into bed with Brad!”

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She may have won an Oscar for her work in front of the camera, but Angelina Jolie has revealed that she suffered an emotional breakdown during the filming of her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey.

The glamorous Hollywood star talked candidly about the ‘meltdown’ during a live video web chat yesterday, and how the doubts in her ability to write and direct the Bosnian War-based film ended with partner Brad Pitt comforting her.

Angelina revealed: ‘I had a complete emotional breakdown in the shower and Brad found me crying. I felt this huge responsibility and I felt very small and, who am I to take this on? I had a complete meltdown.’

In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the love story of a couple amidst the Bosnian War in Sarajevo in the ‘90s, and while the actress states that she enjoyed working on the project, she sounds unsure as to whether she would direct again.

She said: ‘I just wanted to tell this story and I ended up by default being the director. It was a pleasure but I wonder if it would be a pleasure with another cast and crew, and a subject matter that wasn’t so special. I didn’t plan to become a director, and I still have trouble saying I’m a director.’

Despite her doubts in her ability behind the camera, Angelina has clearly done a good job, with the film scooping a string of prestigious awards, including the Producers Guild of America’s Stanley Kramer Award for 2012, as well as being nominated in the Best Foreign Language film category at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, which take place on Sunday.

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She may be considered by many to be the essence of elegance and the queen of Hollywood glam, but Angelina Jolie has an admission: She’s really just a “closet geek.”

The Academy Award-winning actress brought her A-list status to Washington on Tuesday, for the D.C. premiere of her film directorial debut, “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”

The big-screen drama follows a romance during the Bosnian War.

Appearing in a long, fitted gray jacket alongside Brad Pitt at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jolie, 36, while choosing not to discuss her political leanings, revealed that politics makes for a frequent topic of conversation in her household: “I travel to a lot of places and I come home quite chatty about something I’ve witnessed, or something I’ve experienced, or something I’m angry about. I’ve gone a few times to the [International Criminal Court], to The Hague, to just sit and witness the trials. I’m kind of a closet geek, so I talk about a lot of different things.”

Pitt, the über-chic “geek’s” partner, said the couple gabs about government “all the time” and debates “how to get things done.” Although he hasn’t publicly supported a candidate in the 2012 presidential race, the actor met with President Obama shortly after he took office in 2009.

Jolie and Pitt visited the White House the day after the movie screening and met with President Obama. Deputy White House press secretary Jamie Smith confirmed to The Hill that the president spoke with the actress about “her work to raise the profile of preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women.”

While at the premiere, a seemingly relaxed Pitt strolled down the line of reporters with the help of a cane. He injured his leg in a recent fall while holding his daughter. The “Moneyball” star, 48, is hoping to ditch the walking stick rather than make it a new fashion accessory, telling ITK he’ll have the cane “Not for long, I hope.”

But sounds as if local fans of the superstar duo shouldn’t hold out hope that the globetrotting celebs, who are parents to six children, will make the District their new home anytime soon.

When we asked Jolie if she’d ever consider making the move to Washington, the entertainer replied, “I don’t know. I don’t know how well I’d fit in!”

Source: thehill.com