Angelina Jolie hints she wants to QUIT acting for good - as she reveals plans to LEAVE 'unhealthy' LA and 'spend more time' in CAMBODIA after 'losing the ability to travel freely' during bitter divorce from Brad Pitt
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- Published on Sunday, 10 December 2023 10:30
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Angelina Jolie has hinted that she wants to quit acting for good - while revealing that she plans to leave 'unhealthy' Los Angeles and 'spend more time' in Cambodia after 'losing the ability to travel freely' amid her bitter divorce battle with Brad Pitt.The actress, 48, spoke out about her dislike of Hollywood in WSJ. Magazine's new December/January issue, explaining that she believes it is a 'shallow' place, and admitting that she would likely never have become an actress if she was entering the industry today. She explained that she wants to move away as soon as she can to instead live in her home in Asia - but not until her ongoing legal battle with her ex finds a resolution.The pair started dating in 2005 and married in 2014, but split two years later, in 2016 - and since then, they have been embroiled in a lengthy, seven-year divorce proceeding over the custody of their six kids. Angelina told WSJ. Magazine that the court battle has lead to her 'losing the ability to live and travel freely.''It’s part of what happened after my divorce - I lost the ability to live and travel as freely,' she said. 'I will move when I can. 'I grew up in quite a shallow place. Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place. So you seek authenticity.'Angelina - whose parents, Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, were both actors themselves - added that because 'she grew up around' Hollywood, she was 'never very impressed' with it.'I never bought into it as significant or important,' she told the publication.She admitted that if she were to start all over today, she likely wouldn't choose acting as her profession, because of the 'expectation' to share intimate details about her personal life that comes with being a famous person.
She added, 'When I was starting out, it wasn’t as much of an expectation to be as public, to share so much.'She also joked that she 'doesn't really have a social life' anymore and that all of her 'closest friends are refugees.' The movie star has worked with the the UN Refugee Agency for more than two decades, visiting camps in Cambodia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Pakistan over the years. 'There’s a reason people who have been through hardship are also much more honest and much more connected, and I am more relaxed with them,' she said. 'Why do I like spending time with people who’ve survived and are refugees? They’ve confronted so much in life that it brings forward not just strength, but humanity.'Angelina has been embroiled in arguably one of the most public breakups of all time, with the entire world watching on as she and ex Brad, 59, have battled it out in court over the last seven years.She briefly spoke out about the dissolvement of her marriage of WSJ, while opening up about why she decided to step back from the spotlight in recent years.'We had to heal. There are things we needed to heal from,' she explained, when the outlet pointed out that she's only appeared in five movies over the course of her seven-year legal fight.The 48-year-old graced the front of the magazine's latest issue. The close-up profile shot showed the Maleficent alum from the neck up, as she starred away from the camera.Another snap from the photoshoot featured her posing in a black blazer and matching shorts from her new sustainable fashion brand, Altelier Jolie.
A third saw her standing in a floor-length Atelier Jolie black coat with a hand-painted panel on the back.If Angelina does take a break from acting, that doesn't mean she will stop working altogether, with the on-screen star sharing: 'I can't stop. I always think there's a fight coming.'However, her focus has largely turned to her other ventures - like her new clothing company, which she said is designed to empower 'individuality' and 'freedom.'She's currently working on opening a shop for the brand in New York City, which will also include a café run by refugee and immigrant chefs and a space upstairs for private fittings. She also plans to 'host educational events focused on techniques such as silk-screening, studding and embroidery' at the store. 'I’ll probably lose money, maybe even for a while,' she told WSJ of the new venture. 'If I can eventually put into practice some things that I think are improvements and I just break even, that’s a huge victory.'She added: 'Can we avoid doing real damage - not only to the earth, but the garment workers?'Is it possible that I could go somewhere and enjoy making clothes, enjoy wearing clothes and not hurt anybody? And actually maybe treat people well? I don't know the answers.' Angelina and Brad first started dating in 2005 and from the start, their romance was controversial.
They met on set of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith - while he was still married to Jennifer Aniston - and almost immediately, rumors erupted that he had cheated on the Friends alum.It was a love triangle that seemed to capture the entire nation - and while Brad started dating Angelina almost immediately after he and Jennifer split, he has furiously denied that he was unfaithful to his ex. Despite the allegations of infidelity, it seemed as though Brangelina was a match made in heaven, and for over a decade, they were Hollywood's 'it' couple.They tied the knot in August 2014 during a secret ceremony in the South of France, and welcomed three children together during their romance - Shiloh, now 17, in 2006, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 15, in 2008.They also adopted two more, Zahara, now 18, and Pax, now 20, and Brad legally adopted the son that Angelina had adopted before they got together, Maddox, now 22. But in 2016, it came to an explosive end after the pair got into an alleged physical altercation while on a private flight with their six kids. Angelina later claimed that Brad 'choked' one of the children during the horrifying dispute and 'struck' another in the face, leaving her and the kids feeling like 'hostages' and towering in fear under a blanket for hours until they landed.She also alleged that he grabbed her by the head, slammed her against a wall, and violently shook her at one point during the flight - which resulted in her injuring her back and elbow. Brad's rep called Angelina's account 'completely untrue' to CNN at first, but then released an amended statement to the publication that read, 'Angelina's story continues to evolve each time she tells it. 'Brad has accepted responsibility for what he did but will not for things he didn’t do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.'Thankfully, the various public authorities she has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions. Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.'In May 2021, after years of duking it out in court, Brad and Angelina were officially granted joint custody of their six kids - but one month later, the judge's decision was thrown out.Since they split, the two stars have also been fighting in court over the winery that they once owned together.
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Angelina Jolie confirms she will reprise her role as Maleficent in third installment of the Disney franchise... after hinting she wants to quit acting
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 December 2023 07:02
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Angelina Jolie will reprise the role of her villainous character in Disney's Maleficent 3.The actress, 48, confirmed the news in a new profile with WSJ. Magazine, though she did not give any other details. It comes four years after the sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, was released. It's not clear who will star alongside her at the moment. Previous Maleficent movies have starred Elle Fanning as Aurora, Maleficent's step-daughter, as well as Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, and more. In that same interview Jolie also hinted that she wants to quit acting for good - while revealing that she plans to leave 'unhealthy' Los Angeles and 'spend more time' in Cambodia. Maleficent is the evil fairy in the classic 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty, with Angelina playing her in a 2014 live-action film.Just five years on, Jolie played her again in Mistress Of Evil, still wearing black horns, fighting fairies and sorting out her conflicted maternal feelings towards sweet Princess Aurora (Fanning).The original 2014 film grossed a whopping $758 million worldwide, and brought another successful addition to Disney's series of dark fairy tales. The follow-up grossed $491.7 million. Being the entertainer that she is, when Jolie first landed the role in 2014, she used her scary costume to prank her kids.'I actually pranked my kids when I first did Maleficent and I scared one of my kids! And I’ll never do that again.' 'I won't say which kid it was but, I thought, when I had first put it on and they had never seen it, and I thought it would be fun to kind of, you know. But when you’re little, you don't realize what mom means, to a kid,' she shared in 2019.'I think that's why Maleficent's so scary, is because she's a woman,' she continued. 'So it's almost like a mom. Mom means so much and when mom transforms into something that’s like a demon, it had a really bad effect and I had to kind of peel it off and take everything off in front of my kids to say, "It's me! Its me! It's OK."'
Though she confirmed the upcoming role, Angelina hinted she's ready to say goodbye to Hollywood in her new interview, where she discussed leaving the City of Angels for Cambodia, after 'losing the ability to travel freely' amid her bitter divorce battle with Brad Pitt. The actress spoke out about her dislike of Hollywood in WSJ. Magazine's new December/January issue, explaining that she believes it is a 'shallow' place, and admitting that she would likely never have become an actress if she was entering the industry today.She explained that she wants to move away as soon as she can to instead live in her home in Asia - but not until her ongoing legal battle with her ex finds a resolution.The pair started dating in 2005 and married in 2014, but split two years later, in 2016 - and since then, they have been embroiled in a lengthy, seven-year divorce proceeding over the custody of their six kids.Angelina told WSJ. Magazine that the court battle has lead to her 'losing the ability to live and travel freely.''It’s part of what happened after my divorce - I lost the ability to live and travel as freely,' she said. 'I will move when I can.''I grew up in quite a shallow place. Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place. So you seek authenticity.'Angelina - whose parents, Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, were both actors themselves - added that because 'she grew up around' Hollywood, she was 'never very impressed' with it.'I never bought into it as significant or important,' she told the publication.She admitted that if she were to start all over today, she likely wouldn't choose acting as her profession, because of the 'expectation' to share intimate details about her personal life that comes with being a famous person.She added, 'When I was starting out, it wasn’t as much of an expectation to be as public, to share so much.'
She also joked that she 'doesn't really have a social life' anymore and that all of her 'closest friends are refugees.'The movie star has worked with the the UN Refugee Agency for more than two decades, visiting camps in Cambodia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Pakistan over the years.Angelina has been embroiled in arguably one of the most public breakups of all time, with the entire world watching on as she and ex Brad, 59, have battled it out in court over the last seven years.She briefly spoke out about the dissolvement of her marriage of WSJ, while opening up about why she decided to step back from the spotlight in recent years.'We had to heal. There are things we needed to heal from,' she explained, when the outlet pointed out that she's only appeared in five movies over the course of her seven-year legal fight.If Angelina does take a break from acting, that doesn't mean she will stop working altogether, with the on-screen star sharing: 'I can't stop. I always think there's a fight coming.'Angelina and Brad first started dating in 2005, after meeting on set of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.They tied the knot in August 2014 during a secret ceremony in the South of France, and welcomed three children together during their romance - Shiloh, now 17, in 2006, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 15, in 2008.They also adopted two more, Zahara, now 18, and Pax, now 20, and Brad legally adopted the son that Angelina had adopted before they got together, Maddox, now 22.But in 2016, it came to an explosive end after the pair got into an alleged physical altercation while on a private flight with their six kids.In May 2021, after years of duking it out in court, Brad and Angelina were officially granted joint custody of their six kids - but one month later, the judge's decision was thrown out.Since they split, the two stars have also been fighting in court over the winery that they once owned together.
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Angelina Jolie appears in good spirits as she is seen for the first time since being accused of 'playing games' with ex-husband Brad Pitt by trying to turn their kids against him
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 December 2023 07:08
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Angelina Jolie looked in great spirits as she was seen out and about in Milan alongside film mates Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher and director Pablo Larrìn on Monday. The appearance marks the first time the actress, 48, has been seen since those close to her ex-husband Brad Pitt accused her of 'playing games' to turn their children against him. Friends of Brad opened up about the star's devastation over his estrangement from his three adopted children – and blamed his former wife who they claimed has carried out 'textbook parental alienation.'Yet Angelina was seen beaming as she stepped out of the car in the Italian city and seemed undeterred by any family upheaval. The academy award-winning actress cut a chic figure as she donned a black tailored coat which was adorned with pearl buttons. The star's outfit couldn't be seen under the long black coat, but she looked to pair the outfit with some black boots while she wore her golden locks down loosely. Angelina was seen chatting to her film mates and the others in attendance seemingly unaware of the cameras. It has been an explosive time for the star recently after it was recently revealed that the couple's daughter Zahara no longer uses Pitt as her surname and their son Pax called his dad a 'world-class a-hole'. Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, and Zahara, 18 are all believed to be estranged from their adoptive father – with only his three biological children Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15, still seeing him as per a custody agreement. Earlier this month Zahara attended a sorority induction event at Spelman College in Atlanta and gave her name as Zahara Jolie rather than Zahara Jolie-Pitt which is her legal name. Both Maddox and Pax are said to also have dropped the Pitt name in informal contexts 'years ago.' Maddox, who has graduated from college in South Korea, is said to have not spoken to Brad since the incident on a private plane in 2016 which ended the Jolie-Pitt marriage and is apparently openly hostile, saying that he 'doesn't regard Brad as his father' any more. Last week, DailyMail.com told how a bombshell Instagram post from Pax had resurfaced where he called Brad a 'f***ing awful human being' and added: 'You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. 'You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.'You will never understand the damage you have done to my family because you're incapable of doing so.' Friends of the former couple do not dispute that the teen made the comments, published on Pax's private Instagram account, but say that they were made over three years ago. Some claim that they shine a light on the poisonous things their children have been told. One said: 'The publication of the Instagram is sad and frustrating because it does not make things any better. 'Even when what is said is bad for him, Brad would only ever respect the kids voices. He will never ever speak negatively about any of them and will almost never talk about them in public. 'There is no question that he would hit back at them.' The friend added: 'There is a feeling among their friends that the post is a perfect example of parental alienation – I mean this is a textbook demonstration of parental alienation. 'Brad's team think she has been playing these games for years but they do not want to get drawn into battle with her. 'There have been years and years of her telling and retelling the same poisonous things about him and the reality is that she has alienated the kids, and the reality is that it is upsetting to Brad. 'He cares about all of them. It is devastating.' A source from Angelina's side familiar with the matter said: 'Brad Pitt has nobody to blame but himself. All Angelina wants is to heal their family and move on, but he won't let her go.' Brad's friend added that custody of the six children now only involves the three youngest – Shiloh, who is 17 plus Knox and Vivienne, 15.These children are subject to a joint custody agreement which gives more time with Angelina than Brad.It has been reported that Brad has time with them at weekends and for extended periods during school holidays. Angelina has complained that she would like to relocate but that the family has to stay in America as its where Brad chooses to live.
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Angelina Jolie says it was an 'honor' to interview imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi: 'A brave Iranian prisoner of conscience'
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- Published on Monday, 27 November 2023 07:37
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Angelina Jolie highlighted her interview with Narges Mohammadi for Time by sharing a post on her Instagram account on Thursday. The 48-year-old actress shared a photo of the 51-year-old activist, and she also included a quote from the sit-down with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The performer, whose adopted son Pax is currently embroiled in a feud with his father Brad Pitt, also penned a short message to express her excitement about being able to spread awareness about the Iranian national's work. Jolie wrote: 'It was an honor to interview Narges Mohammadi, a brave Iranian prisoner of conscience. Please read her words to learn more of the courage and spirit of Iranian women and the moral power of peaceful resistance.' Mohammadi is currently imprisoned in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she has been incarcerated since 2021. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been arrested twice before on various charges related to her work as an activist. According to Time, the Iranian national has suffered from both mistreatment and beatings while in prison, and she recently embarked on a hunger strike. The media outlet also reported that she has been barred from communicating with her children. Jolie briefly touched on motherhood during her interview with Mohammadi, and stated that she would not be able to stand being unable to see her kids. 'I imagine myself in your situation—and hope that I would have half of your courage if I did—and cannot imagine how I would bear being separated from my children, and how much I would worry about them, probably more than I worried for myself,' she said. The activist then spoke about being arrested in front of her children and was remarkably open about the effects of being kept away from her family. 'I think my detentions in front of my children, enduring solitary confinement, not seeing their faces and not hearing their voices, was unbearable beyond any word, logic or belief,' she said. Jolie later brought up the topic of meeting women in refugee camps and spoke about their resilience in the face of adversity.'I am amazed usually by their fearlessness and the way they manage to even laugh, and express themselves, and to not get crushed by their experiences,' she said. Mohammadi responded by giving the actress a glimpse into the life of women incarcerated in Evin Prison. 'We gather to celebrate the birthdays of our fellow inmates, even the birthdays of their children. The sound of our singing and joy reaches the male wards, and male wardens complain about what happens in the women's ward,' she stated. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate added: 'This is the sound of our vibrant life.'
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Inside the toxic Brangelina family feud: Brad Pitt's pals reveal his devastation at being estranged from his adopted children and blame Angelina Jolie for carrying out 'textbook parental alienation' after son called actor 'a f***ing awful human'
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- Published on Thursday, 23 November 2023 14:28
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Friends of Brad Pitt have spoken of his devastation over his estrangement from his three adopted children – and blame his former wife Angelina Jolie who they claim has carried out 'textbook parental alienation.' Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, and Zahara, 18 are all believed to be estranged from their adoptive father – with only his three biological children Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15, still seeing him as per a custody agreement. At the weekend Zahara attended a sorority induction event at Spelman College in Atlanta and gave her name as Zahara Jolie rather than Zahara Jolie-Pitt which is her legal name.Both Maddox and Pax are said to also have dropped the Pitt name in informal contexts 'years ago.' Maddox, who has graduated from college in South Korea, is said to have not spoken to Pitt since the incident on a private plane in 2016 which ended the Jolie-Pitt marriage and is apparently openly hostile, saying that he 'doesn't regard Brad as his father' any more. On Tuesday, DailyMail.com told how a bombshell Instagram post from Pax had resurfaced where he called Pitt a 'f***ing awful human being' and added: 'You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. 'You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.'You will never understand the damage you have done to my family because you're incapable of doing so.' Friends of the former couple do not dispute that the teen made the comments, published on Pax's private Instagram account, but say that they were made over three years ago. Some claim that they shine a light on the poisonous things their children have been told. One said: 'The publication of the Instagram is sad and frustrating because it does not make things any better. 'Even when what is said is bad for him, Brad would only ever respect the kids voices. He will never ever speak negatively about any of them and will almost never talk about them in public. 'There is no question that he would hit back at them.' The friend added: 'There is a feeling among their friends that the post is a perfect example of parental alienation – I mean this is a textbook demonstration of parental alienation.'Brad's team think she has been playing these games for years but they do not want to get drawn into battle with her. 'There have been years and years of her telling and retelling the same poisonous things about him and the reality is that she has alienated the kids, and the reality is that it is upsetting to Brad. 'He cares about all of them. It is devastating.'
A source from Jolie's side familiar with the matter said: 'Brad Pitt has nobody to blame but himself. All Angelina wants is to heal their family and move on, but he won't let her go.' Pitt's friend added that custody of the six children now only involves the three youngest – Shiloh, who is 17 plus Knox and Vivienne, 15. These children are subject to a joint custody agreement which gives more time with Jolie than Pitt.It has been reported that Pitt has time with them at weekends and for extended periods during school holidays. Jolie has complained that she would like to relocate but that the family has to stay in America as its where Pitt chooses to live.He's said to be on close terms with Shiloh, who is keen on dancing, and she has made some attempts to act the peacemaker between Pitt and her older siblings. In interviews last year while promoting the film Bullet Train he mused about his 'beautiful' girl who had grown up and talked about how talented she is at dance unlike 'Mr Two Left Feet here.' He also spoke of his admiration and love for Zahara and pride in her academic achievements. Friends of Jolie said that the family had been taken slightly by surprise by Zahara's move at the weekend, but pointed out that she and her mother are extremely close. One said: 'It was a very significant day for her and she let them know that that was what she wanted to do.' Zahara has been advising Angelina on her clothing range for the about-to-launch fashion venture, Atelier Jolie. She also came with her on a lobbying visit to Washington last year and was present at meetings with lawmakers where Jolie suggested various judicial reforms. Pax meanwhile is also involved in Atelier Jolie and has sketched the design for its logo. He and older brother Maddox have also been working with Jolie on the film Without Blood which she directed earlier this year in Europe. Both were handed jobs as assistant directors, according to People magazine although they are not credited on IMDB. Jolie commented: 'We work well together. When a film crew is at its best, it feels like a big family, so it feels natural.' A friend of Pitt's said: 'As far as custody goes the legal team continue to be patient it is just frustrating because people keep on focusing on wrong things. In terms of custody nothing has changed.' The pal added of Pitt, who has been dating jeweller Ines de Ramon for a year: 'He is doing great on many levels. People seem to be excited about the Formula One film and that is back in production. His film company Plan B is doing great. There are many things in his life which are good. Obviously they are not all good because of the family stuff. It is obviously very upsetting. He really cares about the kids.'
The romance with Jolie always involved his potential role as the stepfather and father to her children. When they first met on the set of the film Mr and Mrs Brad Pitt, (and he was still married to Jennifer Aniston), he was introduced to Angelina Jolie's toddler son Maddox. At the time sources on the film said that Jolie would show up at Pitt's trailer and tell him: 'Maddox would like to say 'Hi.' Pitt, then 42, was enchanted – by the boy and his mother. Angelina Jolie had started her family in 2002. Having filmed Tomb Raider in Cambodia she decided that she wanted to adopt an orphaned Cambodian baby although her marriage to Billy Bob Thornton was already rocky. She later said: 'Our marriage was falling apart before I adopted and by the time Maddox came home, Billy and I were apart.' As the scandal over Brad's marriage break-up raged in 2004, she was spotted playing with Maddox in Central Park, looking the picture of loving motherhood.Adoption was the path chosen by Jolie. 'Having a child of my own would make me feel that there was a child out there who did not have a home because I had chosen to have a baby,' she told an interviewer in 2005. In that year she adopted Zahara, a baby from Ethiopia – aided by Brad Pitt. The last adoption came in 2007 when Pax, aged three joined the family. Pitt legally adopted all three. By the time Jolie was a mother, her own mother Marcheline Bertrand was engaged in a long and devastating battle with breast cancer. She died in 2007, aged 56, after being diagnosed in 1999. She was close to her mother but never to her father, who had left when she and brother James were young and had been unfaithful, leaving emotional scars on all of them. Voight, around the time she adopted Pax, begged her to seek help for the 'serious symptoms of real problems' he thought she showed. He added, bluntly: 'She has never been normal. She and Brad built perhaps the ultimate dysfunctional household for their six children. Both of them worked periodically, and the whole family spent years criss-crossing the globe. They settled at one time in New Orleans, and in France, and called a myriad of hotels a temporary home. Brad struggled with the relationship and the spotlight; he would drink heavily and said more than once that he would wake up still drunk from the previous night. His friend Quentin Tarantino alluded to his pot-smoking habit, which Jolie disapproved of. (He gave up alcohol in the wake of his split from Jolie).
One hotel employee, Anna Kowalski, alleged that Angelina and Brad habitually slept in separate rooms as long ago as 2010 and had little to do with each other, with Angelina sitting alone drinking wine in the bedroom of the suite, and Brad sitting in another room with a beer.As the kids grew older, Jolie found a passion for charitable missions, and would bring them along. Zahara and Shiloh were taken to Ethiopia to scout locations for a medical centre, Maddox went to Iraq as a birthday treat. At home there were no rules, except that the children weren't encouraged to make any friends outside of the family circle – and the kids ruled the roost. For instance, from an early age, adopted son Maddox had an interest in guns and knives, and was reportedly bought a knife from a martial arts shop by his mother for his seventh birthday. Soon afterwards he drew a picture of a machine gun on her mother's day card – and Pitt apparently had the image made into a gold trinket to hang on a chain. Angelina said in an interview: 'He's all into war and guns. So for Mother's Day he drew a machine-gun, and Brad had it made into a necklace, which is really sweet. It's really cute.' She added: 'My mum took me to buy my first daggers when I was 11 or 12, and I've already bought Maddox some.' For a time Maddox liked to speak French, even though the rest of the family, with the exception of his mother and brother Pax, struggled with the language. Shiloh for some time only answered to the name of John and dressed in boy's clothes, including neckties and fedora hats. The habit arose because of her passion for the Peter Pan movie. One former nanny, who quit in despair, reportedly said that the children insisted on breakfasting on items like pizza or chocolate, and enjoyed a diet of junk food, particularly Cheetos. It was suggested that the nannies varied in number between six and nine, each having one child as their key responsibility. When Shiloh was three and Zahara five both would carry comfort blankies, even on a trip to the grocery store. As the marriage entered its final year, her brother James moved in with Angelina and Brad, having been hired as the chief nanny. He was her great support - who can forget their unsettling kiss on the Oscars red carpet in 2000 – and it is indicated that having James around stoked the tensions which ended the marriage.
I was even told by one source that relations were so sour between the two men of the house that Brad used to make James fly economy when the rest of the family were in first class. Some magazines suggested that the younger children had fallen into the habit of calling James 'Dad' by the summer of 2016. And then came that shattering – and disputed – incident on a plane. In legal documents, Jolie said that Pitt hit and choked the children as well as attacking her, and punching the roof of the plane when drunk. At one point, it was claimed, he poured beer on his wife, while he also poured beer and red wine on the children. Pitt denies the claims. The allegations were investigated by the FBI at the time but no charges were brought Five days later, Jolie filed for divorce — just after the second anniversary of their wedding — requesting sole physical custody of the six children. A lawyer for Pitt said he had accepted responsibility for some things in his past but that he would not accept responsibility for things he did not do. Another source close to the actor dismissed Jolie's account as 'bulls***' and claimed her story was 'constantly evolving'. The source added: 'She continues to rehash, revise and reimagine her description of an event that happened six years ago by adding completely untrue information each time she fails to get what she wants.' Sources in the Pitt camp described the release of the information as a 'media stunt to inflict pain.' Since the split there has been years of court-appointed therapy for the children, who shuttle between their warring parents in their respective LA homes via chauffeur cars, accompanied by security. Angelina has primary custody, Pitt sees them for a certain number of hours on a school day, and every other day of weekends or holidays. Maddox, 15, at the time of the split, reportedly declined to see his father when a first meeting was brokered between Pitt and his children. 'He doesn't really see himself as Brad's son,' a source told US Weekly at the time. Another added more bluntly: 'He never wants to see Brad again.' As the divorce has dragged on, every issue involving the children has been a flashpoint. At one point in their judge issued a 'cellphone protocol' saying that Pitt needed to know the children's phone numbers so that he could speak to them or text them, without her intervening or supervising. Angelina was warned of serious consequences if she created a distance between him and the kids. There was also wrangling about the bona fides of experts and witnesses called during custody hearings. Its understood that Jolie wanted the children to testify about alleged domestic violence. The ruling did not go her way. Judge Oudekirk said her testimony: ' 'lacked credibility in many important areas, and the existing custody order between the parties must be modified, per Mr. Pitt's request, in the best interests of the children.' This was, though, overturned later as the judge had a business relationship with one of Pitt's attorneys which was found by the California appeal court in July 2021 to cast doubt on his impartiality. Pitt's lawyers decried the move as 'crafty.' There have been no further motions over custody since that point. The legal skirmishes now concern the sale of Jolie's share of the Miravel vineyard to the Stoli group. Last week, Pitt's lawyers were given the nod to proceed in a suit against Jolie for the sale. The war, then, continues.
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