Angelina Jolie and son Maddox

Angelina Jolie and six-year-old son Maddox watched Brad Pitt speak about the first phase of his "Make it Right" project at a press conference in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans Monday, December 3, morning.

Under the project, for which Pitt has donated $5 million, 150 affordable and environmentally friendly homes are being built for Hurricane Katrina victims.

"The families of New Orleans need the help of families across America this holiday season," Pitt said at the event. "We are asking Americans this holiday season to go to our website www.makeitrightnola.org and send a contribution that will help us rebuild homes for these families -- and rebuild their lives."

Brad Pitt recently opted out of the film State of Play, the screen adaptation of the British television miniseries, following creative differences over the script. He has been replaced by Australian actor Russell Crowe

Other stars in the film by Scottish director Kevin Macdonald's ("The Last King of Scotland" (2006)) include Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman and Robin Wright Penn.

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