Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world’s most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances. Though together for 12 years, Pitt and Jolie only wed in August 2014. The couple has six children together: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne.
In this photo, director and cast member Angelina Jolie and her husband and co-star Brad Pitt pose at the premiere of “By the Sea” during the opening night of AFI FEST 2015 in Hollywood, Nov. 5, 2015.
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Angelina Jolie waves at fans as she arrives with Brad Pitt at the premiere of “Maleficent” at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, May 28, 2014.
The couple became engaged in April 2012, but didn’t marry till Aug. 23, 2014.
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Angelina Jolie, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt arrive for the 2013 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on Nov. 16, 2013.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive with their children Knox (beside Pitt), Vivienne (R) and Pax (C) at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on July 28, 2013. Pitt was in Japan for the Japanese premiere of his film “World War Z.”
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Brad Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the World Premiere of ‘World War Z’ at The Empire Cinema on June 2, 2013 in London.
Maddox was adopted from an orphanage in Cambodia by Jolie while she was still married to Billy Bob Thornton. Jolie and Pitt added to their family by first adopting Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005 and then Jolie giving birth to Shiloh in 2006 in Namibia. The couple subsequently adopted Pax Thien from Vietnam in 2007. Their twins, Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline, were born in 2008.
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On February 16, 2013, Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress made the announcement in an op-ed she authored for The New York Times under the headline, “My Medical Choice.”
Photo: Jolie addresses the audience after the premiere of her movie, “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Feb. 14, 2012.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive before the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2012 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the “In the Land of Blood And Honey” premiere during day three of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 11, 2012. Jolie directed the film.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the premiere of FilmDistrict’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey” held at ArcLight Cinemas on Dec. 8, 2011 in Hollywood.
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Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pose on the red carpet for the screening of The Tree of Life at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 16, 2011.
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Angelina Jolie, accompanied by her children (from left to right): Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh. They were arriving at Narita International Airport in Japan on July 26, 2010, to promote Jolie’s latest film, the spy-thriller “Salt.”
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the premiere of her film “Salt” in Los Angeles on Monday, July 19, 2010.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie board a taxi boat with their son Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt and daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (in red coat) in Venice, Italy on February 16, 2010.
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Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 22, 2009.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” premiere on Dec. 8, 2008, in Los Angeles. Pitt starred in the film.
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Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the premiere of the film “Kung Fu Panda,” during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2008.
People magazine scored the U.S. rights to exclusive photos of the couple’s newborn twins, who arrived soon after. Jolie gave birth to son Knox Léon and daughter Vivienne Marcheline on July 12, 2008.
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Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt arrive to the Warner Bros. premiere of the film “Ocean’s 13,” which Pitt starred in, at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on June 5, 2007.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive on May 24, 2007, at the Festival Palace in Cannes, France, for the premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s film “Ocean’s 13” during the Cannes Film Festival.
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Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the premiere for the film “A Mighty Heart” at the Palais des Festivals during the 60th International Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2007 in Cannes, France.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 15, 2007 in Beverly Hills.
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Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt attend the World Premiere of “The Good Shepherd” presented by Universal Pictures at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Dec. 11, 2006 in New York City.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ride a motorcycle on a busy street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Nov. 23, 2006.
The two were on a discreet stay in the city after a surprise visit to Cambodia, where Angelina Jolie pledged to set up a new conservation project.
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Hollywood actors Angelina Jolie, with her daughter Zahara, and Brad Pitt, with Jolie’s son Maddox, walk near the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 12, 2006.
Jolie was in India to shoot for Michael Winterbottom’s film “A Mighty Heart,” about the life American journalist Daniel Pearl who was slain by terrorists in Pakistan. Jolie plays Daniel’s widow, Mariane, on whose book the film is based.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt leave at the end of a session at the World Economic Forum, opened by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (left, with his wife Nane) in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2006.
The couple shared a passion for social activism.
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David Matalon, actor Brad Pitt, producer Arnon Milchan, actress Angelina Jolie and News Corp. President/Chief operating officer Peter Chernin arrive at the premiere of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” at the Mann Village Theater on June 7, 2005, in Westwood, California.
Pitt and Jolie met while filming “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, but they divorced in Oct. 2005. Pitt and Jolie confirmed their romance in 2006.