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"  While the rest of us likely spent our Friday nights at home in our underwear catching up on all the important TV we&amp;#039;ve missed, Angelina Jolie was busy becoming an honorary Dame. Come on, Angelina, give the rest of us a chance. Oh well, at least she can&amp;#039;t introduce herself as Dame Angelina because she doesn&amp;#039;t live in the U.K. or in the Commonwealth. (This is the only thing that lets me sleep at night.) (That and my cooling pillow.) Jolie received the title (which is the equivalent of a male knight) for her humanitarian work \u2014 the same humanitarian work that has convinced her that she should leave acting and focus on helping others. And it&amp;#039;s hard to disagree. An Oscar sort of pales in comparison to a title earned for tirelessly fighting sexual violence. The Queen awarded Jolie the award during her Birthday Honors (a time when the queen hands out hundreds of titles to those working to better the world), and it was a fitting end to Jolie&amp;#039;s week, considering she had just spent four days leading a conference on sexual violence at The Hague.\u00A0 &amp;quot;To receive an honor related to foreign policy means a great deal to me, as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life to,&amp;quot; Jolie said upon receiving the award.\u00A0 More important than the title itself, Jolie was delighted that the conference made a difference. At the summit, 155 countries signed a declaration of commitment to end sexual violence during war time and many countries pledged to contribute financially to the cause.\u00A0 Jolie had this to say about the summit: &amp;quot;I believe that one of the outcomes of this summit is that this subject is now firmly on the top table of international diplomacy, and we will work to ensure that it stays there.&amp;quot; Great. Now if you&amp;#039;ll excuse me I have to go Google how to get an\u00A0honorary title of my own. I\u00A0hope there&amp;#039;s at least one handed out a year for eating ice cream in your pajamas.\u00A0 Follow Mark on Twitter. Image credit: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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