Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAngelina Jolie struck a poignant and empowering chord on Thursday night, presenting national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman with Variety‘s Power of Women honor.The superstar director, actor and humanitarian arrived at the Beverly Hills celebration presented by Lifetime with daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt in tow, to hand the honor to Gorman — the poet who captivated the country in January at the inauguration of President Joe Biden.“The young woman of grace, who stepped fearlessly to the podium on inauguration day.
Not just the youngest but the strongest voice we could ask for in that moment. The Amanda we see today might seem as if she leapt into our times, fully formed, to summon our better angels.
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