NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Ashley Judd is writing her first book, detailing how painful childhood experiences led her to advocacy work for abandoned women and children in poor countries, the memoir's publisher said on Tuesday. Judd, 41, the star of 1999 thriller "Double Jeopardy", will draw upon 500 pages of journal entries she wrote about healing losses from a fractured childhood spent in Kentucky and Tennessee with her country music star mother, Naomi Judd. Judd, who has recently concentrated more on university studies and humanitarian causes than acting, said her early experiences inspired her work abroad as global ambassador for prevention program Youth ... Read Full Story

Actress Ashley Judd is writing her first autobiography – detailing her troubled childhood. The star suffered depression as a youngster while her singer mother, Naomi, was away for long periods of time, touring the globe for her career. Judd has spent her adult years concentrating on charity work, serving as a Global Ambassador for Population Services International’s Youth Aids program. And now the star is putting pen to paper to explain how her early life inspired her to help abandoned children and women in poor countries. She says, “By sharing my own story along with those of the beautiful and resilient people I’ve met ... Read Full Story

Actress Ashley Judd to release memoir at age 41 Actress Ashley Judd is writing her first book, detailing how painful childhood experiences led her to advocacy work for abandoned.By sharing my own story along with those of the beautiful and resilient people I've met in the most desperate places, I want to show how the change we seek in the world must start within us," Judd said in a statement released by publisher Ballantine Books, a division of Random House Inc.judd, whose half-sister Wynonna Judd also made a career in country music, has appeared on the big screen in only a handful of films ... Read Full Story

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Actress Ashley Judd and TV personality Jeff Corwin are urging Congress to spend $7 billion a year to help safeguard America's wildlife from the impact of global warming. Judd is a longtime environmental activist. The actress told a House subcommittee on Thursday that climate legislation should not just address the causes of global warming, but also the effects already being seen on the ground. Judd says evidence of global warming is already being felt on her farm in Tennessee. Corwin is a biologist and a host on the cable channel Animal Planet. He told the committee that up to 30 percent of the world's ... Read Full Story