Angelina
Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt and is seeking custody of their six
children, TMZ reported Tuesday, spelling the end for “Brangelina,” one of
Hollywood’s highest-profile celebrity couples.
Two of the world’s biggest
stars, they formed a Hollywood power couple second to none, so famous they were
known simply by their combined first names.
The A-listers wed in France in
August two years ago, but have been together since 2004 and have six children
together, three of whom are adopted.
Jolie is seeking physical custody of the children, with visiting rights for
Pitt, according to TMZ, which said she was not seeking spousal support.
Pitt
came into the public eye 25 years ago with a much-talked-about shirtless debut
as eye-candy in the hit movie “Thelma and Louise” — and went on to become a
household name in Hollywood.
A
three-time Oscar nominee for his acting, Pitt took home a golden statuette for
best picture in 2014 as a producer of “12 Years A Slave.”
He has
built a resume of varied film roles, starring alongside some of the industry’s
other mega-watt stars: with Tom Cruise in “Interview with a Vampire,” Anthony
Hopkins in “Legends of the Fall” and George Clooney in “Ocean’s Eleven.”
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.
She has
since played everything from a fairy tale villain (“Maleficent”) to a sexy
video game heroine (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) to the widow of assassinated
American journalist Daniel Pearl (“A Mighty Heart”).
The red
carpet darling is now better known for her humanitarian work than for her
tabloid-ready actions, having served for several years as a goodwill ambassador
for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
–
Golden boy –
In
2012, she was promoted to special envoy and has visited refugees around the
world, from Syria to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
More
recently, she has been a vocal advocate for victims of sexual violence in war
zones, co-hosting a global summit on conflict rape in 2014 in London.
She
also was made an honorary dame by Queen Elizabeth II.
She is
one of the world’s most visible symbols in the battle against cancer, having
undergone a double mastectomy and removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes to
prevent an aggressive form of the disease that killed her mother, grandmother
and aunt.
The
actress had been married twice before, to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob
Thornton.
Pitt, born
to a middle-class family in Oklahoma, supported himself in early adulthood with
a series of part-time jobs, including as a chauffeur, removal man and even
dressing up in a chicken suit to advertise a fast-food chain.
But
from 1987 the work started to trickle in, with bit parts in the television
series “Dallas” and “21 Jump Street” and a few low-budget movies.
His
position as a Hollywood golden boy was assured by his 2000 marriage to
“Friends” star Jennifer Aniston, which made them one of the hottest couples in
the world.
Pitt
and Jolie fell in love on the set of action film “Mr & Mrs Smith,” although
they didn’t get engaged until 2012.
In May
2006 Jolie gave birth to their first child, a girl named Shiloh.
Their
joint fortune is estimated at over $300 million, and they are among the highest
paid stars in Hollywood.
Jolie,
the daughter of Oscar winner Jon Voight, made her directorial debut in 2011
with “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” an unflinching drama about rape as a
weapon in wartime Bosnia.
Her
fourth feature behind the camera, historical thriller “First They Killed My
Father,” is being released on Netflix later in the year.
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