Angelina Jolie delivers emotional tribute to poet Amanda Gorman

Angelina Jolie struck a poignant and empowering chord on Thursday night, presenting national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman with Variety's Power of Women honour, reports Variety.com 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 honour to Gorman - the poet who captivated the country in January at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Jolie applauded Gorman's ability to hone her words in deep solitude and express them in multitudes, saying if anyone can "bring people to the streets" with their words in this urgent moment, it is Gorman. "So as well as celebrating your extraordinary achievements, Amanda, we honour 7-year-old you, and every other girl who feels she is an outsider, alone, when she is simply coming into her own," said Jolie. Jolie, who walked the carpet with Gorman and Zahara, remarked there was "nothing more beautiful, more challenging and more unsettling perhaps than the free mind of the thinking woman.