TMZ reports the 41-year-old Hollywood star filed legal documents on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences.
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“It may say something about ‘it is our intention, ‘ but it’s not determinant, not in NY and not in California, I believe”. He has also asked that the family be given space and privacy at this time.
The planet is shocked – SHOCKED! – at the news Tuesday that Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt; now comes the usual wave of gossipy speculation from the media and divorce-court peanut galleries about why. The UN special envoy was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton from 2000 to 2003.
Pitt will next be seen in the Robert Zemeckis film Allied, opposite Marion Cotillard, which is set to hit theaters on November 23. Sometimes, with all the doom and gloom in the headlines, it’s a guilty pleasure to escape to the fantasy of LaLa land where a rich and photogenic couple are raising a United Nations of stunning children while criss-crossing the globe solving humanitarian crises.
Jolie catapulted to stardom with her role in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted”, taking home an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her fierce portrayal of a rebellious woman in a mental institution.
This is the second marriage for Pitt, 52, who previously Wednesday Jennifer Aniston.
Jolie Pitt has spent much of the previous year making “First They Killed My Father”, her fourth feature as director.
Pitt released a statement Tuesday, telling People his focus is on the “well-being of our kids”. This decision was made for the health of the family.
Brad Pitt plays an intelligence officer during World War II who encounters a French Resistance fighter, played by Marion Cotillard. Maddox took it upon himself to call Pitt “dad”.
This is the second marriage for Pitt and third for Jolie who was Wednesday to Billy Bob Thornton, whom she met on the set of 1999’s “Pushing Tin”, and British actor Jonny Lee Miller, whom she met on the set of 1995’s “Hackers”. Pitt’s interaction with his children also created a problem for Jolie.
Though blissfully unwed for 12 years, Pitt and Jolie chose to officially tie the knot in August 2014.
The pair was last photographed by paparazzi in July in Los Angeles – celebrating Knox and Vivienne’s eighth birthday at The Griddle Cafe in Hollywood and venturing out to Jamba Juice with Shiloh. “In our domestic life, we’re Mom and Dad”, Jolie said in a 2015 Wall Street Journal.
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Their son Maddox, born in Cambodia, was involved with production of the film.
