Picture - Harry Slatkin and Laura Slatkin

"She’s awesome. There are a lot of women who are struggling with medical decisions, and when they hear that the undeniably most sexy woman on planet Earth, as far as we know, is willing to take control of her health and be public about it, I think it gives other people courage to do that, too." Matt Damon salutes Angelina Jolie after she opted to go public with news she had undergone a double mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer last week (ends17May13).