Brad Pitt has seemingly reached a crossroads in his life. He’s simply too big of a fish to fit in whatever pond you can think of — and with a massive-budget movie and a divorce settlement that seems just as large, Pitt has had some time to contemplate his very, very public personal life.

GQ caught up with the Fight Club star for a cover story that featured him alongside his co-star in the F1 movie, Damson Idris, and actual seven-time motorsport champion Lewis Hamilton. Sporting a new look, the story naturally veered toward Pitt’s much-discussed interior life — unlike Hamilton and Idris, who have so far managed to keep a tighter lid on their personal affairs. For Brad Pitt, things could not have turned out more chaotic.

In a case of life mimicking art, Pitt’s production of F1 was filled with ups and downs, much like his marriages. In the GQ article, it’s revealed that the star was actually supposed to be in an entirely different car racing movie: Ford v Ferrari. That film was originally set to co-star Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise, but due to creative differences, it eventually ended up with Christian Bale and Matt Damon in the lead roles.

F1 was no walk in the park either — there was a writer’s strike, then an actor’s strike, and a ballooning budget that attracted quite a bit of bad press. Behind the scenes, Pitt was moving on from his long-term partnership with Angelina Jolie while also facing accusations from his family about his conduct during that period. Serendipitously, the final day of filming in Abu Dhabi reportedly coincided with the day Jolie and Pitt reached a settlement in their long-contentious divorce. Pitt was long-rumored of being abusive in their relationship.

Pitt was open about how he’s been feeling amid the constant media attention. According to him, this has been the case for three decades. When asked if filming his new movie at least provided a refuge from the negative press, Pitt pushed back, saying, “It’s been an annoyance I’ve had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do. So, it’s always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Pitt is clearly trying to manage all the pressures that come with his celebrity status by minimizing what he truly lets in. As for what his actual life is like, he says it is pretty “contained.” What fans see in the headlines, Pitt calls “just a version of my personal life.”

There are very few accomplishments left for the 61-year-old to chase in Hollywood. He’s won the biggest awards, worked with the most visionary directors, and broken all manner of box office records. He’s simply had a harder time figuring out how to deal with the press — and, as reports suggest, maybe even his own family. If he feels he needs to ignore everyone to gain control over that, then that’s what he has to do.

F1 hits theaters June 27.

As a Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie is used to portraying various roles. But in real life, there’s only one role that she’s focused on mastering, and that is being a parent. However, insiders say it’s also the role that her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, longs to fulfill for their children. But then we all know the actor doesn’t really have their kids’ best interests at heart.

Pitt’s alleged history with their children does not really inspire confidence in his ability to parent them. If anything, it reinforces the idea that the kids are better left under Jolie’s care. As such, Jolie, 49, seems to be taking it all in and casually pulling the parent card to drive her ex up the wall.

On Thursday, May 1, Jolie stepped out for yet another publicized outing with their youngest son, Knox. The mother and son duo went grocery shopping in Los Feliz, California, and the paparazzi came prepared to capture their heartwarming bond in the parking lot.

Photos obtained by Page Six showed Knox almost towering over his mother as he pushed a cart filled with grocery items they had just bought from Lazy Acres. The actress, clad in an all-black ensemble, walked closely with her son, and she seemingly spotted the cameras at one point since she was captured flashing a smile directly into the lens.

Knox, who looked like a carbon copy of his mother, kept it low-key for their casual outing, wearing cargo pants, a “Little Tokyo” shirt, and a pair of white and gray sneakers. Jolie must have media-trained the 16-year-old as he kept smiling in every shot released by the outlet.

At first glance, it would seem like Jolie and Knox’s outing was no more than a cozy mother-son trip to replenish their supplies at home. But knowing how Jolie likes to flash the parent card in public once in a while, it’s obvious that she’s subtly sending a message to her 61-year-old ex-husband about why she’ll always be the better parent between them.

Angelina Jolie likes to push Brad Pitt’s buttons

Jolie’s latest outing with Knox is one of those moments that the actress seemingly stages to either annoy or show her former spouse what he’s been missing out on after allegedly being a sad excuse of a father to their children. In November 2024, she did the same thing when she brought Knox to the Governors Awards to parade him in front of the press.

At the time, an insider said Pitt saw the gesture as a calculated jab. “He believed it was meant to push his buttons,” the source said, noting that it happened while the pair’s nasty custody battle was dragging on longer than most celebrity marriages. Things did not end there as Jolie took another swipe at her ex in a subsequent interview, where she proudly said, “My work is not everything. Being a parent is everything.”

Pitt is largely estranged from the six children he shares with Jolie — Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne. Although we can’t blame any of them for keeping distance from their father after reports of how he allegedly assaulted their mother and one of them during a 2016 airplane flight, which became a contentious subject in their legal battle.

So far, three of Pitt’s children — Shiloh, Zahara, and Vivienne — have opted to drop his surname and use their mom’s last name instead. Meanwhile, Pax penned a scathing post on Father’s Day 2020, calling his celebrity dad a “world -class a-hole” and “a terrible and despicable person.” If these are telling us something, it’s that Jolie has every right to parade her harmonious relationship with their children at Pitt’s expense.

Just like their love story, the tale of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s separation became a big public spectacle after she accused him of abusing her and her children. The allegation may have never become a legal charge against the actor, but he has evidently lost the respect of his children, especially Pax, who called Pitt a “f – – king awful human being” in a deleted Father’s Day post. And yet, despite it all, she has no qualms about living it all again, including marrying her ex-husband.

Jolie had alleged that Pitt physically assaulted her and their children – he choked one child and struck another in the face when they rushed to protect her. The allegation was investigated by the FBI, but the Bullet Train actor is yet to face any charges. Three of his kids have already dropped his name from their surname, while Pax has made it pretty clear what he thinks about his father.

While no one knows the full story of what prompted the former Hollywood “It” couple to tie the knot after being in a relationship for a decade, a source had claimed back in 2019 that the Wanted star never wanted to get married in the first. But allegedly, “Brad pressured her” into saying yes.

But when she sat down for a chat with Hello! magazine, she shared that she would repeat it all, every good and bad decision, because she is who she is because of them. 

“I’d repeat every single one of them, and I would still get my tattoos! I’m a big believer in no regrets because you wouldn’t be who you are without mistakes, even big ones.”

For Jolie, the good lesson from her marriage to Pitt was learning to love herself and embracing the vulnerable part of herself. 

“At my core I’m soft and vulnerable — it’s not my dream just to be strong. I want to be allowed to be soft and I don’t want to be harmed or feel uned when I am.”

Though the ex-couple remains tangled in a separate legal battle over their tly owned French winery, Château Miraval, they reached a divorce settlement in December 2024, thus ending the dispute that has been going on for eight long years. While official details of the settlement are not public knowledge, it is presumed that Jolie gained custody of all six kids while Pitt has been granted visitation rights.

Angelina Jolie may be an enormous star known for playing powerful characters ranging from Lara Croft to Maleficent, but several decades ago, she was just a little kid with divorced parents. Jolie’s dad Jon Voight and mom Marcheline Bertrand were married from 1971 to 1980, and the end of their marriage is something the actress has thought about a lot.

When Jolie was given the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 5, 2025, she shared her family story. In particular, she talked about when Bertrand, who ed away in 2007, watched Voight bring “the other woman” Stacey Pickren to the 1979 Academy Awards.

According to People, Jolie said, “She was in her twenties, because she had me when she was very young. She was divorced to a very famous man and she was home with her babies in an apartment watching him win an Oscar with the other woman.” In a 2020 piece for The New York Times, Jolie wrote about how hard it was for her mom when Voight was unfaithful.

Jolie explained that since then, she has ed the difficult emotions that her mother must have been dealing with. When Jolie took home the 2000 Best ing Actress for Girl, Interrupted, it was a huge deal for them both. It also brought up the complex feelings of knowing that when her mom was raising two little kids, she had to see Voight at this important awards ceremony with someone else, which feels cruel and unfair. The actress said of her big victory, “To have that moment, to get off that stage and call her and say, ‘It’s yours’ — and I gave it to her — one of the best moments of my life.”

Jolie discusses her late mother with a lot of love and respect. In a 2011 interview with The Sun, she said Bertrand would always treat her as a “friend,” and she loved that. While parenting is wonderful, people sometimes hope to break the cycle of how they were brought up. However, Jolie and Bertrand got along great. Jolie said, “When we talked, I felt she wanted to hear what I had to say. She enjoyed me and I feel I’m enjoying my kids.” The actress cared about her mom so much that she got her first acting job to give her mom money. According to Buzzfeed, she said during a Q&A at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, “I needed to work to help my mom.”

Although it has been several decades since Bertrand watched Voight at the Oscars, Jolie could likely relate to her mom’s tough experience when she got divorced herself. Jolie and Brad Pitt’s super long divorce has dominated headlines and hasn’t seemed easy (to say the least). Besides sharing the brutal experience of the end of a marriage, the Mr. and Mrs. Smith star and her late mom shared a talent of acting, too. Jolie explained in her NY Times piece that after her mother ed away, she saw a short film she was in, and knew her mother had the talent to go all the way. Jolie has never forgotten her mom’s choice to ignore her acting desires and look after her and her brother, James Haven.

No matter how many accolades and awards Jolie gets, she has never forgotten her mom’s journey. Although it’s awful to hear about what her mom experienced, it’s heartwarming to see how close Jolie still feels to her late mom.

Angelina Jolie has made another confession amid the rumored tension between her and ex-husband Brad Pitt just as their divorce was officially finalized. Now she’s claimed that during a tumultuous chapter of her life, her “light was dimmed.”

The 49-year-old actress reflected on her struggles and artistic rediscovery while preparing to portray opera legend Maria Callas in her new movie. In an interview with Times Radio, released on Monday, Jan. 6, but filmed late last year, the Oscar winner got candid about how the role forced her to confront parts of herself that had been buried.

“I think you’re an artist, and you go through different things in life, and you wonder if certain parts of you have shut down, or who you are, what you have inside of you, and if your lights dimmed, and if you have less to contribute, or if you don’t know your yourself, and so to push and rediscover things and try for things that I hadn’t ever tried,” Jolie shared. She went on to disclose that she’s thankful for Maria because it “pushed” her to face “something that terrified [her]” at this point in her life.

Throughout the promotional run for her new film, Jolie had dropped several subtle digs against her ex-husband, so it wouldn’t be surprising if her latest statement also had something to do with him. In November 2024, the actress said “nothing else matters” to her, aside from her children with Pitt. The exes share six kids: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.

Then, in early December, she seemingly threw some major shade against her Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star when she said in another promotional interview that “being a parent is everything” to her. Jolie seemingly made those remarks as Pitt remained estranged from their children.

Pitt was granted t custody in 2021. However, their kids have mostly stayed with their mother since then. In recent months, the Ad Astra actor struggled to find a way to be with his children, with one insider revealing this past December that he was “begging” for some time with them on or before his 61st birthday on Dec. 18, or during the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately, he was unable to fulfill his wish since the kids had been preoccupied with their mother’s packed working schedule.

Maddox and Max have been working with their mom on her new Hollywood projects. Vivienne collaborated with Jolie on the Broadway musical adaptation of The Outsiders. Meanwhile, Knox and Zahara took turns attending red carpet events with their mom. As for Shiloh, she’s busy attending dance classes based on her sightings and social media appearances.

Despite the longstanding issues between them, Jolie and Pitt finally settled their divorce about eight years after the actress filed for the dissolution of their marriage in 2016. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over,” her attorney, James Simon, told People about the settlement that took place on Dec. 30. Her Times Radio interview was reportedly filmed before that.

Now legally single, Jolie appears more than ready to turn the page. Yet, her words about her dimmed light suggest the scars of her marriage will linger on.

Angelina Jolie is making headlines again, not just for her stunning red-carpet appearances but for the bond she shares with her children. Since finalizing her tumultuous divorce from Brad Pitt last month, Jolie has been more open than ever about her life as a doting yet unconventional mother of six. And if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that individuality and freedom of expression reign supreme in the Jolie household.

The Oscar-winning star of Girl, Interrupted revealed in December that several of her children already share her love for body art. Eldest sons Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, reportedly have matching bird tattoos that mirror Jolie’s ink, symbolizing their unbreakable connection. And as if tattoos weren’t enough, daughter Zahara, 19, recently turned heads with her dazzling display of piercings at the Golden Globe Awards.

On Sunday, Jan. 5, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Zahara, 19, accompanied her mom to the star-studded event, sporting a jaw-dropping 28 piercings — 14 in one ear, 12 in the other, plus a diamond nose stud and a bold septum ring. While Zahara’s edgy look had everyone talking, Jolie wasn’t far behind, showing off her collection of earrings and a statement ear cuff. The mother-daughter duo looked effortlessly glamorous when they stood together on the red carpet, proving that style and self-expression run deep in the family.

Jolie, who’s currently filming Stitches in Paris, took a break from her busy schedule to attend the awards ceremony, where she was spotted catching up with longtime friend Salma Hayek. The two actresses forged a close bond while filming Marvel’s Eternals in 2021. In the movie, Jolie played the fierce warrior Thena, while Hayek portrayed Ajak, the Eternal group’s spiritual leader. Their friendship has deepened since, with Hayek even ing the cast of Jolie’s film Without Blood.

The project, which Jolie directed, has also become a family affair. Sons Maddox and Pax worked on the set as part of the assistant director team — a move that further proves Jolie’s commitment to nurturing her children’s talents while keeping them close to her. Speaking about their experience, Hayek shared with People at the Toronto International Film Festival that Jolie was “very professional” with her sons, adding that they earned the respect of the crew through their hard work. “They are very serious about what they do,” Hayek gushed and called the dynamic “kind of fun” but also deeply professional.

It’s clear that Jolie runs her sets much like she runs her home: with discipline, love, and a healthy dose of freedom. Hayek even described their role reversal during the making of Without Blood, explaining, “In [Eternals], I was a little bit of a mother figure to her. In this movie, I felt like she was my motherly figure because she would come to the set and run it like a family.”

Jolie’s family-oriented approach has become a hallmark of her new chapter since divorcing Pitt. Whether it’s bonding over matching tattoos, ing her children’s creative ventures, or simply dazzling alongside them on the red carpet, she’s showing everyone, including her ex, what it means to be a single mom in Hollywood.

As for the Babylon actor, he’s been trying to reconnect with his children but to no avail. In December, he was allegedly “begging” to spend time with them on his 61st birthday on Dec. 18, but it was impossible because many of them had already severed their ties with their estranged father. Of their six children — Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne — only the two youngest are believed to maintain with him.

If you’ve been paying attention to Zendaya (Euphoria, Dune: Part 2) over the last few years, you probably know that the young actress and producer is a force to be reckoned with. A two-time Emmy winner (and the youngest actress ever to win twice), she’s already got her sights on what she plans for the future of her career: directing a movie.

That reveal came during a roundtable that The Hollywood Reporter set up for the Oscar frontrunners, which aside from Zendaya included Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Demi Moore (The Substance) and Angelina Jolie (Maria). They all got to talk about their experience on sets and, during the conversation, Zendaya revealed that she’s interested in contributing to a project with more than her acting.

“That’s what we were just talking about with directing, because I would love to direct one day and you’ve been able to do it — and in a beautiful way. Something that makes me so nervous is [directing], and [Jolie, before] was like, ‘but there are people to help you.’ There are these gorgeous teams of people that we get to work with that create just as much as we do, the characters that we play.”

Jolie has ventured into the world of directing a handful of times and was met with praise in titles like Unbroken (which was nominated for 3 Oscars), First They Killed My Father (nominated at the BAFTAs) and In The Land of Blood and Honey (nominated at the Golden Globes). During the interview, Jolie had some words of wisdom about directing.

“I was always an actress that loved the crew and understood I was a piece of a whole. But after being a director, you are much more aware of all the pieces and all the needs, and you are very conscious that an actor is important, but a piece.” Jolie added that her way to deal with actors when directing is to “push them and I root for them.”

Even though Zendaya’s directing effort may take a while to come to fruition, the actress already found ways to have her voice heard in the sets. She became an executive producer of her HBO series Euphoria and also co-produced the Luca Guadagnino sports drama Challengers. This means that she has a say about what goes on in of story and can offer inputs in several aspects of production — something that actors who aren’t also producers aren’t always allowed to do.

Zendaya did reveal that it was a “scary” process, though. Challengers marks her first role as a leading lady on the silver screen, and she had to find a way to deal with that pressure. One way might have been with the help of her boyfriend Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home), who recently commented that he’s incredibly ive and revealed why he doesn’t always walk the red carpet beside her.

Zendaya and Holland met on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming, and as long as the franchise keeps going, they’ll be able to mix their dating life and work life together by continuing to play onscreen lovebirds Peter Parker and MJ. The next installment of the blockbuster, Spider-Man 4, is slated to hit theaters July 24th, 2026. This means that Zendaya and Holland will head to work together — but in separate cars — on the Marvel Studios set at some point this year when filming begins. The Oscar nominees will be announced on January 17.

Angelina Jolie has a pet peeve we all can attest to at least partially share in — a deep disdain for liars.

Angelina Jolie is probably one of the most documented, judged, and celebrated public figures in our lifetime, so it’s no surprise that she chose Maria Callas as her big comeback to acting. And fittingly, she’s already courting Oscar talk for her lead role in the biopic Maria. Jolie was picked by W for an interview in the annual Best Performances special issue.

Maria’s story directly connected to a side of Jolie that gave her a clear pathway to breathe new life into Callas in a way that both introduces her to a new audience and clears up any lingering misunderstanding of her public persona. From the public criticism, her hidden illnesses, the vitriol toward her — all these are things Jolie has had to deal with as well in a very notable and public way. But what stuck with most of us was when Jolie shared with the magazine that, despite all these things she’s dealt with, it’s people who say one thing and mean another that remain her biggest pet peeve. In full, she said:

“So many things. But my pet peeve is somebody who is a liar. Somebody who feels a need to not say the truth or what they want, what they feel. There’s a big version of that—and I’m not trying to be heavy about it—but people who say one thing and mean another, who aren’t completely who they are. I think a lot of people don’t say what they mean.”

Jolie and Pitt have just recently finalized their divorce settlement with private counsel and a mutual agreement to seal the sensitive court documents that certainly would have given more context to their very acrimonious breakup, which had accusations of abuse and incessant mudslinging. Although a source commenting on this divorce told People that Jolie has vowed never to speak ill of Pitt in a public or private setting, it’s hard to imagine that her sharing her dislike for liars doesn’t at least take a subliminal jab at her former husband in a “if the shoe fits” kind of way.

Jolie herself may have taken the high road in this elongated divorce, but that doesn’t mean that her lawyers, business partners, and even shared children with Pitt have taken the same route. Jolie’s close confidants have accused Pitt of unbecoming behaviors such as alleged embezzlement from their tly owned vineyard and a vindictive PR war that maligned Jolie’s name.

The latter of which fans finally get some context of how it actually goes down thanks to the Baldoni-Lively controversy. Of course, Pitt’s representatives deny all these accusations, but considering his adult children keep dropping his name, it suggests there’s at least some truth to his accused misbehavior. So Jolie saying that liars are exactly the type of person she cannot stand certainly checks out.

Jolie and Pitt’s finalized divorce is just one part of their legal face-offs. Pitt has sued Jolie and her business partners for their unauthorized sale and purchase of her share — Jolie’s business partners are also countersuing for $250 million.

In situations like this, from the outside looking in, it’s difficult to even take any sides because it’s clear that these long, drawn-out legal and publicity battles are taking a toll on everyone involved. We can only hope that after the divorce, Jolie’s career can now take precedence and she — who seems to overly prioritize protecting her children — can now finally shield herself and them from the liars that keep circling around her life. Maria is currently streaming on Netflix, and Angelina Jolie has already garnered a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Maria Callas for what we consider her best performance ever.

Hollywood icons Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – once known as Brangelina – have finally ended their eight-year divorce saga with a hard-fought settlement that was finalized on Dec. 30, just in time for the new year. James Simon, Jolie’s lawyer, released a statement about the divorce agreement, saying that his client is “exhausted” but “relieved.”

“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.” 

Jolie and Pitt first crossed paths in 2003 while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith, where they played husband-and-wife assassins tasked to eliminate each other. At that time, Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston, but the marriage ended in 2005, just before Mr. & Mrs. Smith was released in theaters. 

Jolie, meanwhile, was a single mother to Maddox, whom she adopted from Cambodia in 2002. In 2005, she expanded her family by adopting Zahara from Ethiopia, with reports indicating Pitt was by her side during the trip. The new couple welcomed their first biological child, Shiloh, in 2006, followed by the adoption of Pax from Vietnam in 2007. Their family grew further in 2008 when Jolie gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne.

Angelina and Brad were married for two years

Months before their engagement in 2012, Pitt expressed his desire to marry Jolie, saying, “We’d actually like to… It means so much to my kids, and they ask a lot. And it means something to me, too, to make that kind of commitment. The couple married in Aug. 2014 in a ceremony held at their lavish property in , Chateau Miraval. The wedding was attended by family and close friends, with their six children part of the wedding party.

Two years later, Jolie filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. According to sources, part of the reason why the marriage didn’t work out was that the actress didn’t agree with her husband’s parenting methods, as well as Pitt’s “anger problem” and consumption of alcohol. At that time, Jolie’s lawyer said the decision to end the marriage was “for the health of the family.” Months later, the ex-couple released a t statement, saying that they agreed to work with a private judge to “preserve the privacy rights of their children and family” throughout the proceeding.

What came afterward was a back-and-forth court battle regarding the custody of their six children, as well as the division of their finances and assets. In 2019, a judge ruled Jolie and Pitt legally single despite their ongoing divorce settlement. Two years later, information came out about an alleged plane incident that reportedly led Jolie to file for divorce, stating that Pitt had been abusive toward Jolie and their children. The allegations against the actor were investigated by the FBI and DCFS, but no charges were filed.

After years of exhausting legal disputes, Jolie has now put one issue to rest. However, her lawyer said the divorce settlement is “just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago,” adding that Jolie is trying her best to be “light after a dark time.” 

Angelina Jolie has been the epitome of beauty for three decades. She’s always set the standard for being effortlessly cool and ahead of Christmas, was nothing but brilliant on a last-minute Christmas shopping spree.

The actress has a lot on her plate — balancing her high-profile career with her personal life, being a mom of six, and enduring an ugly divorce with ex Brad Pitt. However, Jolie doesn’t let it affect her and keeps on shining, looking like the picture of happiness. Of course, she had a lot of reasons to.

Angelina Jolie’s recent outing featured a sleek Dior trench coat

The actress was seen out and about doing some holiday shopping in Los Angeles, smiling and looking extremely well. She first stopped for gifts and art supplies at Blick Art in Hollywood and later stepped out accompanied by her bodyguard. For the day out, Jolie looked relaxed and happy, as she held the presents. She wore a classic tan trench coat from Dior, which was enough to make her look effortlessly stylish.

The whole look was in monochrome and paired with Viv’ in the City pumps in the same shade, the BC Duo ivory bag from Brunello Cucinelli, Celine large sunglasses, and a long sweater dress. She kept her straight hair down and had minimal makeup with a pinky lip.

In reality, Jolie has a lot to be happy about. The actress’ longtime trial from Brad Pitt is finally making progress. The former couple, publicly known as Brangelina, had a highly publicized relationship since the beginning of their romance. The two co-starred in the action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, where their chemistry was off the charts. The relationship was highly scrutinized because, at the beginning of their love affair, Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston.

The two got together and had a family with six children, biological and adopted. However, they didn’t have a happy ending and announced their separation after a fight between Brad Pitt and his children. The actor was accused of being violent and their children are not close to their father, with two of his daughters dropping the “Pitt” surname from their names.

Their never-ending battle over their French winery, Château Miraval has just received a breakthrough in Jolie’s favor. In the meantime, Jolie sold her shares, which led to a nasty battle over it going against a verbal agreement they had. The legal case had its twists and turns, and now Pitt is being accused of hiding “embezzled property.”

The actor was accused of using the winery as his piggy bank, as Jolie’s lawyers claimed Pitt asked the CEO of the winery to divert the funds into his personal ventures. Tenute del Mondo — a subsidiary of the company that bought Angelina Jolie’s shares in the winery — further claimed Pitt had “criminal intent” in the case.

While Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not anywhere close to settling their longtime legal feud, the actress seems unbothered and continues to be as relaxed and happy as always, which proves that being unproblematic works well for you.

At this point, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been in court for months, still ironing out the specifics of their divorce. And things have only gotten messier.

The two had a highly publicized beginning to their relationship when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fell in love on the set of their smash hit Mr. & Mrs. Smith which inspired the Donald Glover 2024 remake. Their romance was especially complicated by the fact that Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston at the time. They soon found a way to navigate the intense media scrutiny and had a family of their own with six kids. Their divorce, however, threw them back into never-ending chaos and turned them into everyday fodder for Hollywood gossip.

The two initially announced their separation after an altercation between Brad Pitt and his children, where he was accused of being violent toward them. While Pitt still speaks of these allegations in a dismissive manner that suggests everyone involved has since moved on, over the last couple of years, two of Brad Pitt’s daughters dropped the ‘Pitt’ surname as soon as they turned 18, which tells a different story and is a confirmation that all is certainly not well between the actor and his kids.

To add to Pitt’s woes, he has been embroiled in a never-ending battle with Jolie over their former tly owned French winery, Château Miraval.

Jolie decided to sell her share of the winery to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler. Brad Pitt took umbrage at that decision and promptly sued her in court for disregarding their earlier agreed-upon condition of never selling their shares without the other party’s consent. Jolie disagreed and, through her business partner’s lawyers, has since countersued, asking Pitt for $250 million, alleging that Pitt misused and embezzled the winery’s assets.

Jolie’s lawyers have alleged that Brad Pitt used the winery as his personal piggy bank. They claim that Pitt funneled the company’s funds into vanity projects that had no financial viability. Jolie’s representatives also allege that while Pitt was directing the CEO of the winery to divert the funds to his own personal ventures, they approached the CEO and confronted him about the funneling of funds to Pitt. The CEO simply responded, ‘What am I to do? He’s my boss.’

To make matters even grimmer, Tenute del Mondo — a subsidiary of the company that bought Angelina Jolie’s shares in the winery — also claimed Pitt harbored “criminal intent” in the case.

“Tenute pleads that neither [Brad] nor Chateau Miraval’s CEO had the authority to divert property to side businesses or personal expenses. Tenute also pleads criminal intent because [Brad and his company] deliberately concealed their misappropriation.

Tenute alleges that [Brad] and Mondo Bongo have misappropriated millions of dollars of Chateau Miraval funds that should have been distributed to Tenute to their side business, Miraval Studios, in which they hold a 40% interest but in which Tenute has a mere 5% interest.”

Reportedly, Brad Pitt’s representatives issued the usual run-of-the-mill celebrity response to the allegations, calling Jolie’s countersuit a ‘desperate attempt.’ Pitt’s lawyers called it just another effort to exploit the California legal system and claimed the case should be heard overseas. However, Tenute del Mondo disagreed, arguing that Pitt directed the company from California.

The case seemingly will drag on in court for a long time because the two don’t seem likely to see eye to eye on anything anytime soon.

Brad Pitt may have celebrated his 61st birthday yesterday, but Angelina Jolie having the time of her life, professionally and personally. Jolie was spotted on Wednesday, Dec. 18 – the day of Pitt’s birthday y- in Paris alongside their eldest son, Maddox, on the set of her latest project, Stitches, a fashion drama that seems poised to be Jolie’s next big hit.

Maddox, 23, is reportedly involved in Jolie’s new movie, and this feels like yet another gut punch to her ex-husband, who’s apparently been “begging” for time with their children on his birthday and the holiday season.

Jolie, 49, appeared unbothered by their ongoing family drama as she stepped in front of the camera to shoot scenes at a wig shop and a hospital courtyard that day. Clad in a chic leather coat over a cozy gray sweater and cuffed pants, Jolie looked every inch the movie star and in her element, as seen in the photos obtained by the Daily Mail.

Meanwhile, Maddox was seen casually strolling around the Parisian set in an all-black ensemble, embracing his role as the third assistant director. This isn’t Maddox’s first foray into filmmaking with his mom. The Yonsei University alum previously served as assistant director on Jolie’s Maria and Without Blood and even executive produced her 2017 film, First They Killed My Father.

According to the Daily Mail, Maddox has nothing but praise for his mother, calling her “fun, funny, and easy to work with.” The sentiment likely stung for Pitt, who is said to be struggling to connect with his children with Jolie — Maddox, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne.

Page Six recently revealed that Pitt has been longing for a closer bond with his offspring, especially during this sentimental time of year. But the legal battle with Jolie over their French vineyard and custody arrangements has only deepened the divide between him and his children. Some have even dropped Pitt’s surname entirely, confirming their fractured relationship.

As if Jolie needed another reason to twist the knife, she’s been keeping her kids close and visibly involved in her projects. Their daughter Zahara has also been spotted on the Stitches set, though it remains unclear if she has an official role in the film.

For Pitt, their situation is very one-sided. Jolie’s public displays of family unity — be it Maddox assisting her on set or Knox accompanying her to high-profile events like the recent Governors Awards — are reminders of his strained ties with his children. Sources say that he believes Jolie is doing this on purpose to “push his buttons.”

But Jolie is seemingly not done rubbing salt on Pitt’s wounds. Every chance she gets thus far while promoting her new film, Maria, she highlights her role as a hands-on parent. “My work is not everything. Being a parent is everything,” she said during a recent promotional interview. “[I am] grateful this film gave me a time to stop and learn and listen and appreciate.”

The exes, who divorced in 2016, have been locked in a bitter legal battle for years, with tensions showing no signs of easing anytime soon. Despite this, a Hollywood producer still hopes to capitalize on the former couple’s undeniable on-screen chemistry. Recent reports revealed that a $60 million World War II-inspired romance is being pitched with Jolie and Pitt in mind. But given their contentious history, the odds of them reuniting professionally seem slim at best.

For now, Jolie appears to be relishing her time in the spotlight, both as an actress and a mother, while Pitt grapples with what could only be described as a “lonely” birthday and holiday season.