That Forbes is at it again. They do love their polls and surveys. This time around it’s not the most powerful title that Angelina garnered but highest paid actress. According to the financial magazine, Angelina scores an average of $27 million per film. She’s followed closely by Jennifer Aniston who makes $25 million a picture. Angelina’s salary is attributed to her highly successful action films. Wanted brought in $341 million world wild.

Still woman earned substantially lower salaries than their male counterparts. According to Just Jared “top 10 actors earned $393 million, compared with $183 million for the top 10 actresses.”

Click below for a complete list.

1 - Angelina Jolie, $27 million
2 - Jennifer Aniston, $25 million
3 - Meryl Streep, $24 million
4 - Sarah Jessica Parker, $23 million
5 - Cameron Diaz, $20 million
6 - Sandra Bullock, $15 million
6 - Reese Witherspoon, $15 million
8 - Nicole Kidman, $12 million
8 - Drew Barrymore, $12 million
10 - Renee Zellweger, $10 million
11 - Cate Blanchett, $8 million
12 - Anne Hathaway, $7 million
12 - Halle Berry, $7 million
14 - Scarlett Johansson, $5.5 million
15 - Kate Winslet, $2 million

There hasn’t been much Angelina news of late and I’ve never been one to post just for the sake of posting but we finally have some news. A few months back I reported that Angelina’s first film was being released on DVD this summer. Looks like Tuesday(the 30th) is the day. Lookin to Get Out, which starred Angie’s dad John Voight and Ann Margaret is Angie’s first big screen role. She played a  little girl who’s never met her father. The dad is played by Jon Voight. (Ironic I know.)

The film didn’t do well the first time around both the critical reception and box office were poor. “Hal was working on two other films at the time (of the movie’s release), and there was a lot of drama. Our film was handed over to other editors, and the result was a crippled movie. We were very hurt by the reception.” John Voight told the New York Post.

Voight decided to rerelease the filming after learning the director recut the film before he died in 1988.

“I was a co-writer and co-producer, so I had a lot to say about the casting… Angie was terrific, very well-prepared. I wasn’t looking for any signs whether she’d be an actress… Hal’s hand is in every single frame,” Voight added. “Finally, this is the film he intended. It’s like a message in a bottle.”

The plot focuses on two “on-the-run gamblers who hightail it to Las Vegas in an attempt to score big and avoid the thugs trying to collect on their gambling debts.”

Sounds like a fun film.

Angelina wasn’t actually able to sit down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper (his plane hit some bad whether) but the two did manage to pull off a satellite interview about the refugee crisis around the world. Angelina has used this week’s activities to focus a spotlight on the international refugee crisis.

Anderson stuck mostly to topic but couldn’t resist asking if she and Brad planned on more kids. (His excuse was that everyone in the office wanted to know. Right Anderson.) Angelina smiled and said, “We love children, we want a big family, so we never - you know, never say no.”

Here’s more of Angelina’s interview:

So many kids so many birthdays:
“I do have the twins, and I just had Shi in May. We have so many kids that we just have year-round birthdays. It’s a lot of fun now ’cause the older kids are old enough to help plan the birthdays for the younger kids. So it’s one of the great pleasures of life, the birthdays.”

How she’s been effected by her meeting with a paralyzed 15-year-old refugee orphan:

“He had this really remarkable, unbreakable spirit, a spirit beyond anything I can imagine.

“He had lost everything and he was just so full of laughter and kindness. He passed away a few months after I was there. And so I always wonder about him and young people that you meet and you just think, in any other situation, if this person had been given a chance, what an extraordinary adult he would have been.”

Angelina works so hard so that refugees around the world can have food shelter and safety. Please visit the UNHCR website to find out what you can do to help.

Today Angelina Jolie, NBC reporter Ann Curry and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres attended the 2009 World Refugee Day Commemoration at the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.

“Refugees have profoundly changed my life. They have taught me what it is to be brave … to be a mother … to have strength of character,” Angelina told the crowd referring to her 8 years as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

“There are millions of desperate families, so cut off from civilization that they don’t even know [World Refugee Day] exists,” she added.

Angelina also reiterated the World Refugee Day theme “Real People, Real Needs”.

“I believe we must persuade the world that refugees must not be simply viewed as a burden,” she said. “They are the survivors. And they can bring those qualities to the service of their communities and the countries that shelter them.”

Angelina also sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper this evening to talk about the plight of refugees around the world. (We don’t have the video just.) In that interview, she talked about how her work with refugees effects how she raises her kids.

“I usually just explain to [my kids] that there are other families in the world that aren’t as fortunate as ours and other kids’…And so I tell them that it’s important for all of us to do what we can and then go to these places and understand what’s happening.Hopefully I’ll take them to as many countries as I can and raise them witwith an education of the world.”

“And I think by…meeting them, by making friends with these type of people and these type of children, it will make my children better people as they get older,” she added.

Designer Malcom Hariss admits he hung up on AngelinaJolie-twice.  Angelina called the designer to order three of his “One Dress” enesembles.  After explaining that they are both particpating in World Refugee Day activities, Angelina  finally convinced Harris that she was indeed Angelina Jolie.   Angelina bought three of the dresses for $225 each.

“I was so flattered,” the designer said.

“One Dress”  was designed via the internet by over 1.000 women from around the world.

Women shared  “their likes and dislikes in fabrics, colors, necklines, silhouettes, seasons, etc.”

US magazine says part of the proceeds go to the UNHCR.  Harris also founded Designer’s for Dafur and contributed to Fashion for Food. Sounds like Angelina’s kind of guy.

You can wear the dress a number of ways.  I wonder what Angelina will do with the design.  Maybe she’ll even wear it this week.

Coming fast on the heels of the Pitt clan’s donation to a Missouri hospital, is another large donation from the Jolie-Pitt family.  Today, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation announced a gift of $1 million to the United Nations Refugee Agency specifically to help Pakistani refugees. Angelina has been to Pakistan three times during her time as Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR but it was too dangerous to film there while she worked on A Mighty Heart.  Agency head António Guterrest thanked the foundation for their contribution.  He said the situation in Pakistan is “the most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade.” More than 2 million people have been displaced.

On Thursday, Angie will appear on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and host a World Refugee Day reception in Washington D. C. on (Hillary Clinton will be there as well.)  Angelina will  also appear on Friday’s Today Show.

When Brad Pitt recently plunked down $1 million for a painting, we actually had a commenter who criticized Brad for waisting money that should have gone to charity.  (Oh the haters.)  Once again, Brad has shown how generous he is. (Not that he needed to. What he does with his money is his business.)

Brad’s brother Doug Pitt announced last week that the “Brad Pitt family, Doug and Lisa Pitt and Rob and Julie Neal” are donating $1 million to St. John’s hospital in Brad’s hometown of Springfield, Missouri.

St. John will rename the cancer unit in honor of Brad’s mother. The Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center will use the funds to create an endowment that will hire cancer specialists, add additional beds, build a hospital based Ronald McDonald House and increase the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.

Kudos to Angelina, Brad and the entire Pitt family.

For obvious reasons to use uber fans, this is strange news but apparently Angelina is back for Wanted 2. Wanted director Timur Bekmabetov told a Russian news outlet that Angelina will return for the smash hit’s sequel. “In July, we will start preparation for the film. I think in late autumn or winter, shooting will be performed,” Bekmabetov said. “The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia.”

Spoiler alert after the jump.

So isn’t almost every major character dead? How the heck are they going to explain this one?  I enjoyed the movie but wonder about pulling this off realistically. Of course it’s based on acomic book so I guess it doesn’t have th be that authentic. Reports also suggest that several other dead characters will turn up. (I do love that Common.)  Should be fun.

Angelina Jolie continues to bring attention the plight of refugees around the world.  This year’s PSA urges us not to ignore those that have been displaced by war, famine or environmental factors.

“Please don’t turn away. Refugees are the most vulnerable people on earth. Every day, they are fighting to survive. They deserve our respect. Please do not forget them. Remember them on this day. World Refugee Day,” Angelina says.

The theme for the year’s World Refugee day is “Real People, Real Needs”. The UNHCR asks everyone to remember refugees even in the midst of our the world financial crisis:

Of the millions of people forcibly displaced by conflict, persecution and natural disasters, every one has a story to tell; they are real people, just like you and me, and they have real needs. But, despite the best efforts of UNHCR and many others, many of these basic needs are far from being met.

A comprehensive assessment of the needs of refugees and other people cared for by the UN refugee agency revealed that 30 percent were unmet - a third of them in basic and essential services. Improvements in nutrition and water supplies, access to primary health care, strengthened child protection programmes, better protection for women from sexual violence and abuse, and improvements in living conditions and sanitation facilities are just some of the needs that are not being met worldwide.

This World Refugee Day we ask you to remember the millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people under our care who are struggling with their day-to-day lives. One thing connects them all: basic needs that must be met so they have a chance to rebuild their lives.

Check out last year’s PSA if you haven’t seen it.

Angelina Jolie will join Anderson Cooper on June 18 to commemorate World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001, is officially celebrated on June 20th. Last year Angelina appeared in PSA to call attention to as part of World Refugee Day activities.

The UNHCR says this year’s theme will focus protection:

On June 20, we celebrate World Refugee Day. This year, events around the world focused on the fundamental need for protection. For some, this means economic security; for others, protection is freedom from violence and persecution. On World Refugee Day, we turn our attention to the millions of refugees who live without material, social and legal protection.

Since its foundation in 1951, UNHCR has protected tens of millions of refugees. For us, protection consists of tangible improvements in the lives of forcibly displaced people – from the provision of food and shelter to support for those lacking legal status or those wishing to return to their home countries. On World Refugee Day, we commemorate this vital engagement.

Protection is also about raising awareness. We cannot protect refugees if their plight remains invisible. On World Refugee Day, we highlight the universal nature of protection. Not only are refugees protected all around the globe, but the responsibility for protection is equally global.

Ultimately, protection is a challenge that knows no borders. Neither can it be left to a single agency to provide. This World Refugee Day, we launched a global call for action. We want to promote engagement at the grassroots level, in local communities, workplaces and online. Only through a global network of supporters can we meet the manifold needs of protection.

Stay tuned for more on this year’s activities.