Kids’ Choice Awards 2015

Kids’ Choice Awards 2015: Angelina Jolie

 Nick Jonas wowed the crowd at the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, held Saturday at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., which seats 17,500 — screaming kids.

The host pulled double duty, kicking off the live show with a medley performance of his hits “Chains” and “Jealous.” Welcomed by a video montage of A-listers chanting his name — Taylor Swift, Heidi Klum and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants’ Patrick Star — Jonas took the stage, in front of the star-studded audience, including Chris Pratt, Jamie Foxx and Angelina Jolie, who was joined by two of her kids, Shiloh and Zahara.

“A lot of girls in the house are still struggling after One Direction became two directions,” Jonas greeted the crowd, alluding to this week’s news of the boy band losing member Zayn Malik. Poking fun at himself, he quipped, “What’s next, the Jonas Brother?”

Emma Stone won the first award of the night for favorite movie actress. Next up, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Kevin James presented Liam Hemsworth — who walked up to stage through a fountain of slime — with the orange blimp for favorite male action star. Hemsworth’s co-star Jennifer Lawrence, not in attendance, also won for favorite female action star, and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ won for favorite movie.

Some of the night’s other big winners were Jolie, who won for “Maleficient”; Ben Stiller, who won for the latest “Night at the Museum” installment; girl band Fifth Harmony; “The Voice” for favorite talent competition show; Disney Channel’s “Austin & Ally” and “Modern Family,” whose entire cast was slimed when they accepted their honor for favorite family show.

“When I was little, I was told I was different,” Jolie said during her acceptance speech, picking up the award for best villain. She addressed the room of kids with an inspiring message. “Different is good. So, don’t fit in. Don’t sit still. Don’t ever try to do less than you are. When somebody tells you you’re different, smile and hold your head up high and be proud. And as your villain, I would also say, cause a little trouble. It’s good for you.”

Josh Gad, who headed to the Kids’ Choice Awards after Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, presented the blimp for favorite reality Sh ow with Adam Sandler. The comedians (not to be confused with Gad’s upcoming FX series) announced the winner, “Dance Moms,” but not before Sandler doused Gad in green goo via a gigantic slime gun.

Throughout the night, Jonas made his way through the crowd to take photos with celebrities such as Terrell Owens and Al Roker, who predicted a forecast of slime.

Jennifer Lopez was one of the show’s surprise superstars. The “American Idol” icon presented the award for favorite male singer, which went to the man of the night, Jonas.

Jennifer Lopez was one of the show’s surprise superstars.

“You deserve this and so much more,” Lopez said, bringing down gallons of slime to drench the host. “Do you want some more? Because I can make it happen!” she teased.

Chris Rock, Zendaya, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Debby Ryan, YouTube phenomenons Bethany Mota and Shawn Mendes, and Nick Cannon, who donned an orange suit, were presenters at the KCAs.

Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Hudson teamed up to perform their single “Trouble” with the rapper dressed up as an inmate and the songstress as a cop.

Closing the night, Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer rocked out to their hit “What I Like About You” — and yes, the stage exploded with slime.

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10 Most Beautiful Eyes in the World

It is said that the eyes are the mirror of the soul as it is the most expressive part of your face. A woman’s best asset would be her eyes for it shows who she is. By looking at them, you see right through her personality and you will feel her emotions, mood and feelings. It’s quite a challenge to find the most alluring, revealing and tantalizing of all. Who could be the Top 10 Female Celebrities with the most beautiful eyes in the world?

10. Charlize Theron

This South African fashion model and actress Charlize Theron has got stunning eyes. She started her career in acting in the United States and became famous around the late 1990s. It was with her Leading Role in the film ‘Monster’ that she won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress.

9. Milla Jovovich

American model, musician, fashion designer and actress- these define the very talented Milla Jovovich. She has starred and played various roles in quite a number of action and science fiction genre films, and has been called the “reigning queen of kick-butt” by the VH1 channel.

8. Celina Jaitley

Celina Jaitley is a very attractive Indian actress who’s mainly visible in Bollywood films. She’s a former model and beauty queen, who was crowned in 2001 as Femina Miss India Universe. She’s got alluring Asian features with her striking, beautiful almond shaped eyes which is attributed to a Kashmiri background.

7. Kristin Kreuk

Both Canadian actress and executive producer, Kristin Laura Kreuk is renowned as Lana Lang in the hit American TV series, Smallville, and has gorgeous green eyes which glowing beauty may be just like kryptonite to superman!

6. Giada De Laurentiis

Giada Pamela De Laurentiis is a writer, an Italian-American chef, and TV personality with amazing eyes. She is host of Giada at Home which is a Food Network Program, being a professional chef and running her own cooking program, Everyday Italian which has been aired since 2003.

5. Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn, a British actress and humanitarian, was a woman who has simply beautiful eyes. She has won the Oscar as Best Actress in a Leading Role and is recognized as an icon for both film and fashion.

4. Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE or simply Liz, started as an early child star and became a famous British-American actress in Hollywood’s Golden Age. She has vivid blue eyes that renders the sky pale. She won Best Actress in a Leading Role in the movies Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Butterfield 8.

3. Kristen Stewart

Known as the unique human, Bella Swan, lucky to be the love of Edward in the Twilight Saga films, the American actress Kristen Jaymes Stewart has meaningful and thoughtful eyes one can get lost into.

2. Angelina Jolie

American actress and director Angelina Jolie has eyes that are nothing but drop-dead gorgeous! They perfectly complement her incredible, luscious lips. She’s also very talented and has won numerous awards including three Golden Globe, Academy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

1. Aishwarya Rai

A beautiful woman who started as a model before venturing into the acting career, Aishwarya Rai is an Indian actress who won the 1994 Miss World pageant. In 2004, she was picked by Time magazine as one of the ‘100 Most Influential People’ in the entire world. Her eyes are the most beautiful you will ever see

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Angelina Jolie, Science Hero

Angelina Jolie, Science Hero

In the age of celebrity anti-vaxxers, we need more stars like Angelina Jolie, who has used her fame to educate the public about scientific advances in genetic testing and preventative surgery.

For better or worse, celebrities have a way of making us think.  While many celebrities eschew the spotlight outside their particular medium, some good ones actually make use of their fame to help mankind by recording public service announcements, endorsing charities, or raising awareness of important social issues.  For example, colonoscopies for colon cancer screening got a significant boost after Katie Couric had hers televised.  A few bad celebrities, on the other hand, choose to get on camera and spout dangerous anti-vaccine nonsense that ultimately puts the public at risk (see Bill Maher, Donald Trump, and Rob Schneider, among others).

Angelina Jolie definitely belongs in the "good celebrity" category.

Though scientists were able to map the entire human genome just a few years ago, we still don't understand the vast majority of how genes work.  We know there must be good genes —the only proof you need is to look at the beautiful Kim Basinger and her equally beautiful daughter Ireland—but we know there are bad genes too.  And Angelina Jolie, despite inheriting a nearly perfect set of good genes from her parents, was unfortunate enough to inherit BRCA1 from her mother.

The BRCA1 gene mutation puts women at about a 5x greater risk of breast cancer and an almost 30x greater risk of ovarian cancer.  Those numbers are both significant and scary.  Mrs. Jolie's mother died of ovarian cancer at age 56 (having also been diagnosed with breast cancer), as did her grandmother.  This strong maternal family history led her to get a blood test, which confirmed that she indeed had inherited the BRCA1 mutation. 

In February of 2013 Angelina made the very difficult and personal decision to attack breast cancer before it happened by having a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, drastically decreasing her risk of developing breast cancer (she had been told that she had up to an 87 percent risk before surgery).  While this was the best decision for her health that she could have possibly made, it was by no means easy, especially for a Hollywood actress who lives perpetually in the public eye and is part of one of the most famous celebrity couples in the world. 

As a surgeon who performs mastectomies, I have witnessed exactly how devastating it can be to have this body- and life-altering procedure done.  Despite this, Angelina made the audacious and brave decision not to keep it a secret.  Rather than hiding (which she very easily could have done), she openly stated that she was sharing her condition with the world to raise awareness, helping to educate other women who may be similarly affected.  Christina Applegate had done much the same several years earlier after her double mastectomy, also revealing that she had inherited the BRCA1 mutation (though she had already been diagnosed with early breast cancer by the time of her surgery).

Last week Angelina took the next step, having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed laparoscopically in order to dramatically reduce (though not completely eliminate) her 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer.  Even though several tests showed no evidence of cancer in her ovaries, she again bravely chose to have them removed before they could cause a problem, just like she had done with the mastectomy.  While this operation was less drastic cosmetically (and technically less difficult) than her first, the physiologic effects are both profound and instantaneous.  Without the hormones produced by her ovaries, she immediately went into menopause, surely a daunting prospect for a vibrant and beautiful 39-year-old mother of six.

But even braver than her decision to have the surgery was the fact that once again she did not shun the spotlight, opting instead to write an op-ed piece in The New York Times on March 24, just a week after the procedure.  In it she detailed the latest (and hopefully last) chapter in her ordeal and why she continues to undertake it.  Though she admitted that she is still not completely out of the woods (still carrying a 3-5 percent risk of both cancers), she revealed that her main reasons for her candor were to raise awareness and to let women know that they have options, surgical and otherwise.

As happened with Katie Couric, since Angelina made her first BRCA announcement in 2013, testing for the gene has increased by 40 percent.  Hopefully this latest statement will increase awareness that much more and encourage people to talk to their doctors and get tested.  Women (and men) need to know that this gene mutation exists, because like so many other diseases, it is treatable if caught early enough.  It doesn't have to be a death sentence.

I knew Angelina had a good heart when she was named a UN Goodwill Embassador at age 26.  This story has only served to solidified my respect for her as a person and my admiration for her courage.  Making the decision to have these operations is difficult on its own.  Doing it as one of the most recognizable women on the planet makes it that much more difficult.  But using your stardom and doing it publicly, all in the name of helping people, is the epitome of bravery.

Angelina Jolie has played the hero in several of her movies.  Now she is one for real.
Hopefully Angelina’s latest statement will increase awareness that much more and encourage people to talk to their doctors and get tested.
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