March 23, 2007
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March 22, 2007
Updated gallery (14 pictures)

Ashley Judd is now working on an Indian documentary on AIDS awareness which is being made by Population Service International (PSI) and National Geographical Channel. Bollywood celebrities like Sushmita Sen, Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan will also be part of it.

Producer, Chandramouli Basu of Miditech informed that documentary will be one-hour film and Ashley along with Bollywood celebrities play crucial role in creating awareness about the disease and fund raising for the victims.

Ashley will be the narrator in the film. Ashley along with Sushmita will also be seen interacting with sex workers in Kamathipura. Akshay Kumar will be seen interacting with truck drivers in Jaipur to understand the real state of the disease and its victims in India. The film should be complete by August and will release on December 1, World AIDS Day.

Ashley is writing posts for the ONE Blog throughout her March 2007 travels in India. During the trip, Ashley will address women's issues, and have the opportunity to discover how families can be empowered to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS and unintended pregnancies.
Ashley Judd's Journal from India

Ashley Judd's past helps her relate to abused women
Hollywood actress Ashley Judd said on Monday her personal experience with emotional, physical and sexual harassment when she was young has helped her relate to abused women and understand their problems...

"I was emotionally, physically and sexually harassed in my youth, and I can say truthfully that I'm grateful for my past experiences as I can now understand the problems of women better," the 38-year-old actress told Reuters in an interview. Full Story

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Ashley Judd promotes women's rights in India
Work is my first priority

March 21, 2007
Come Early Morning stars Ashley Judd as Lucy, a woman living in Little Rock, Ark., who has a solid job and a not at all solid personal life. Lucy gets drunk enough to find strangers compelling enough to sleep with, and then sober enough in the morning to never want to see them again.

Into her life enter a few crucial things: a stray dog, a renewed relationship with her troubled father (Scott Wilson, In Cold Blood ) and a promising romance with a town newcomer (Jeffrey Donovan). The DVD cover's pastel-hued portrait of Judd and Donovan smiling at each other, as well as its somewhat platitudinous tagline ('Before you fall in love, you need to love yourself') hint at a less interesting, subtle film than what Come Early Morning turns out to be...
A bittersweet gem

March 13, 2007
Updated gallery (13 pictures)

Sushmita's impending appointment with Hollywood actress Ashley Judd has her excited like seldom before.

"What makes Ashley's trip to India so special is not only the fact that she cares so deeply for the AIDS cause. It's also because she’s coming all the way to our country to raise funds for this cause. And as far as I'm concerned that's enough reason for India to play host to Ashley. I feel she's my guest and I'm going to do my best to make her feel at home," says Sushmita five days before Ashley Judd comes to Mumbai to join hands with Sush...
Rendezvous with Ashley Judd

March 11, 2007
India’s known for its many exports to the West. Philosophy, spirituality, BPOs, vegetarianism, yoga. Actor Ashley Judd’s a keen practicioner of the latter and a strict vegetarian. She’s reading the Bhagwad Gita and is in the process of perfecting the Indian head bob. “That’s still something that’s left,” she laughs. She’s on her way to becoming an honorary Indian herself.

In the city for three days to further the cause of awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention and to bring to focus the importance of reproductive health, she’s representing PSI (Population Services International).
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Hollywood actress Ashley Judd joins the ranks of actors like Richard Gere and Ralph Fiennes who have come to India to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS.

"A woman should have a say in when and with whom she has sex. She should decide how many children she wants and even have access to safe sex — that is very important to me and is absolutely fundamental to what I consider to be the revolution for peace," says Judd.

She adds, "Working with PSI India gives me a chance to focus on girls and women in particular through all of our programmes."
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March 10, 2007
Ashley Judd in India to promote AIDS awareness, was forced to stay in a dingy cinema in Mumbai's red-light district Saturday to escape being mobbed by enthusiastic fans, organizers said.

Judd, a global ambassador for YouthAIDS -- a wing of the non-profit group Population Services International (PSI) -- was keen to interact with sex workers in the narrow-laned Kamathipura district of India's financial capital.

But "we had to postpone plans as there were too many people," said K Balaji, a spokesperson for the Washington-based organization in India.

Judd's personal security staff helped her leave the cinema and bundled her into a waiting car, delaying her program by several hours.
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March 9, 2007
Come Early Morning - Lucy is a 30-something woman who keeps waking up with a stiff hangover and a guy she doesn't even want to look at. If coming to grips with why she keeps repeating this pattern isn't enough, Lucy also begins to realize that she needs to get in touch with her familial past and, more importantly, with the person she has become. >> Rating: R (Restricted) - Retail Price: $19.95 - Release Date: 03/20/2007 - Order Now on Amazon.com

I am spiritually connected to India: Ashley Judd
In the gallery of do-gooders we have another kindred spirit in form of American actress Ashley Judd who is known for her work in supporting AIDS awareness. hindustantimes.com

'Hollywood or fame can't make me forget my basics'
Ashley Judd is "very enthusiastic", but also "very careful" about her upcoming trip to India . Enthusiastic because, as she says, "I am spiritually, mentally and physically sound to undertake this journey," but careful because "this is not a holiday. It is a trip for a cause and my focus is very clear." indiatimes.com

March 6, 2007
Summer is arriving in the capital with a scorcher. No, global warming has nothing to do with it. Hollywood actress Ashley Judd is coming to town to turn on the heat.

The star of the 1990s thrillers Kiss The Girls and Double Jeopardy will arrive this month as global ambassador for Youth AIDS, an initiative of Population Services International (PSI), an organisation involved in the prevention of HIV, health education, and maternal and child health.

Judd , who has been involved in humanitarian and reproductive rights issues in recent years, will meet health workers, representatives of corporate organisations, government officials and others during her three-day stay.

“Through her efforts at mobilisation of resources from the corporate sector, we’ve been able to raise about $500,000 that will go into our projects in Mumbai,” said Tim McLellan, managing director of PSI India.
The Telegraph - Calcutta, India