Angelina Jolie honors journalist Mariane Pearl

Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie looked radiant as she awarded her journalist friend Mariane Pearl with the Fern Holland Award at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards gala in Washington, D.C. Monday night.

Jolie -- who is widely reported to pregnant with twins -- played Pearl in the film version of her book A Mighty Heart. She spoke of Pearl's special gift as a mother and called her an example of "courage, hope and tolerance," reports the Washington Post.

Pearl, the wife of slain reporter Daniel Pearl, called the Tomb Raider beauty "a sister" during her acceptance speech, and the two spent the day together, as their kids – Maddox, Pax and Adam – played.

On Tuesday, Jolie, 32, participated in a Council on Foreign Relations event in Washington D.C. The event was to help launch Jolie's new venture, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which will focus on the work of prominent charity organizations as well as tell the stories of the children in need.