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Anne Hathaway

The Oscar-winning actor and star of the forthcoming Ocean’s Eight talks about her new role as a U.N. goodwill ambassador advocating for parental leave

How did you become an ambassador? The United Nations reached out to me, and I was very interested. But it took us a while to figure out what my issue was going to be. Then life provided the answer: I got pregnant. A week after I had my son—I was still fired up on adrenaline—I had an epiphany: the mommy wars are bullsh-t. They distract from the

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