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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt physically separated … sort of

Jolie wrote and directed the project and frequently brought her kids to the set, and she was reportedly outraged by Pitt’s tendency to show up to work hungover and disheveled.

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Jolie files for divorce from Pitt in a Los Angeles court, citing irreconcilable differences and requesting sole physical custody of the children.

Jolie and Pitt appear at the premiere of By The Sea, a drama directed and written by Jolie in which they play a married couple drifting apart.

“This decision was made for the health of the family”, attorney Robert Offer also said in a statement. Although they are not seeing eye-to-eye on matters of custody, Pitt is hopeful that their opposing viewpoints will not get in the way of their ability to effectively co-parent. At 8-years-old, Vivienne and Knox are the youngest of the Jolie-Pitt children. The first pictures of little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt reportedly went to People magazine and the British press for almost $8 million combined; the proceeds went to charity.

“Generally speaking, the healthier a divorce one can have, the better the outcome for the children”, said Dr. Gail Saltz, associate professor of psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Three years later, Jolie adopted Zahara, now 11, from Ethiopia.

Jolie and Pitt quietly marry in a small ceremony at their Chateau Miraval estate in France.

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In 2013, Jolie wrote a New York Times op-ed about deciding to have a double mastectomy after discovering she carried a gene that sharply increased her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. All six children take part in the ceremony and Jolie stuns in an Atelier Versace white dress emblazoned with colourful designs drawn by her children. The piece sparked a larger conversation about the preventive procedure. “We were saying, like”. And then this is 10 years later.

Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt in November 2015