Angelina Jolie Won "Performance of the Year"

Angelina Jolie has traveled to the coast of California at Santa Barbara to received the International Film Festival "Performance of the Year."

The 32-year-old actress was honored Saturday for his portrait of Mariane Pearl, the wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, in the movie "A Mighty Heart." It is one of many awards Angelina Jolie has received for the role, but one of the few she personally collected.

"To be honest, I have just heard that it was a wonderful celebration, and to be taken seriously," said Jolie Associated Press Television News.

The award was presented by Clint Eastwood, director of the next Jolie drama "The Changeling".

'Clint Eastwood? Ahttp: / / wwww! Do not get me started, "Angelina Jolie said." I could never talk to him. I could turn the whole evening in an evening of Clint Eastwood. ... I think it is really just a great guy. It is nice to everyone on the shelf. "

Angelina Jolie arrived with her companion, Brad Pitt, who did not speak to the media, but briefly posed for pictures with Jolie.

She said dealing with the madness of Hollywood is much easier with Pitt, and their children at his side. "I think it's the only way to juggle it," she said.

In addition to his film career, Angelina Jolie, who won an Oscar for his part in the 1999 movie "Girl, Interrupted", is busy with humanitarian efforts and abroad, including work with the United Nations as a Goodwill Ambassador.

His friend George Clooney was lately appointed messenger of peace UN, but Angelina Jolie said she had not the faintest idea of what they should expect from the gig.

"I do not know exactly what his position is and what he will do," she said. "But I know that his heart is in the right place, and it is really determined."

Jolie, who wore a black blouse and loose-fitting floor-length skirt, and looks lean obviously not pregnant. Publicistes appealed to the press not to question her about reports that it can be again with the children.

Jolie and Pitt were tabloid staples since they began filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in 2004, when Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston, but a love story with Angelina Jolie has been on flowering.