Angelina Jolie's Children's Charity Still MIA

Nearly 17 months after the orphan-rescuing actress-slash-UN envoy announced a deal to create a new children's charity with St. John, the project in question is still little more than a kindly notion. Nobody would call Angelina Jolie uncharitable, but somehow Angelina Jolie good deeds never seem to keep pace with her promises.

In September 2005, luxury apparel maker St. John hired Angelina Jolie Hot as its new spokesmodel. As part of the arrangement, the company agreed to create a foundation benefiting
children's causes, which Angelina Jolie was to oversee. Though no timetable was set, a St. John spokeswoman assured Radar in September that an announcement about the fund's structure and beneficiaries would be announced "definitely before the end of the year."

Last week, however, that same Angelina Jolie's spokeswoman said, "The charity hasn't been
formed yet at all." After promising to look into the matter, Angelina Jolie never called back. Nor did Angelina Jolie's manager, Geyer Kosinski.

Of course, Angelina Jolie has had a busy year and a half, starring in The Good Shepherd and the upcoming A Mighty Heart, about murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, along with giving birth to Shiloh Nouvel Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt, her daughter with pseudo-husband, Brad Pitt.

Maybe Angelina Jolie needs a little prodding to remind her of her commitments? After all, it worked last time.