Angelina Jolie sends eldest son Maddox to university in South Korea
By Reuters
31 August 2019 |
12:29 pm
Actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie sent off her son Maddox to university in South Korea on Wednesday.
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