Here's information on the celebrity relationship of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
What can you learn about marriage from the relationship of Brad and Angelina?
Brad and Angelina are setting an example of working together not only for the sake of their children and one another, but for those living in difficult situations and locales. However, they are not putting a priority on their time alone together and that is a red flag.News Updates:
6/7/06: No wedding plans for Brad and Angelina. Jolie said, "There is nothing in the air. The focus is the kids, and we are obviously extremely committed to the children and as parents together ... to have a ceremony on top of it is nothing."Source: People.com
Born:
William Bradley Pitt: Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 18, 1963. Brad Pitt was raised in Springfield, Missouri.Angelina Jolie Voight: June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California.
How Brad and Angelina Met:
Becoming friends while working on the movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Brad and Angelina denied having a romantic involvement while he was married to Jennifer Aniston.Their first public outing together was at the opening of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky on November 19, 2005.
Previous Marriages:
Brad was engaged to Gwyneth Paltrow on December 20, 1996. The couple ended their engagement in June, 1997.Brad was previously married to Jennifer Aniston. They were married from July 29, 2000 to October 2, 2005 when their marriage ended in divorce.
Angelina was previously married to Jonny Lee Miller, a British actor. They were married on March 28, 1996. The attire she wore at her first marriage was very untraditional. She wore black leather pants and a white shirt that had her husband's name written in her own blood on the back. They divorced on February 3, 1999.
Angelina's second marriage was to Billy Bob Thornton, an actor. They married on May 5, 2000 and divorced on May 27, 2003.
Angelina, on her divorce from Billy Bob Thornton: "I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems. It's clear to me that our priorities shifted overnight. He's focused on his music and career. I'm focused on my baby. It comes down to what's important to you."
Source: IMDB.com
Education and Occupations:
Brad attended the University of Missouri, majoring in journalism with a focus on advertising. He left college before graduating, and became a successful actor.Angelina trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and majored in film at New York University. She is a professional model and a successful, award winning actress.
Children:
Angelina and Brad have six children.- Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie-Pitt, born in 2001 and adopted from Cambodia, 2002. He was adopted by Brad on 1/19/06.
- Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, born in 2005 and adopted from Ethiopia, July 5, 2005. She was adopted by Brad on 1/19/06.
- Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born in Namibia at Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital in 2006.
- Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, a 3-year old boy from the Tam Binh orphanage near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was adopted March 15, 2007. Pax's given name is Pham Quang.
- Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt was born in July 2008 at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France overlooking the Mediterranean.
- Viviene Marcheline Jolie-Pitt was born at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France overlooking the Mediterranean in July 2008.
For Shiloh's birth, Brad and Angelina booked every single room at the Burning Shore Beach Lodge on near Swakopmund and Walvis Bay at Long Beach (Langstrand) in Namibia.Brad was with Angelina and cut Shiloh's umbilical cord. Dr. Jason Rothbart, an obstetrician from Los Angeles said that "Angelina underwent a scheduled cesarean due to breech presentation."
Source: People.com
Residences:
Brad has a home in Malibu and a $28 million home in Beverly Hills reportedly for sale. As of April 2009, they were reportedly living on New York's Long Island."Jolie also said that the family is likely to continue their peripatetic lifestyle and not settle in one place for a while, at least not until the children are older. "So far," she says, "we've moved them a lot, and they like moving."
Source: Stephen M. Silverman. "Angelinia Jolie Already Thinking of Another Adoption." 10/16/08.
Quotes About the Relationship of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie:
Angelina about being with Brad: "I met the right person. I don't like being without him."Source: Stephen M. Silverman. "Angelinia Jolie Already Thinking of Another Adoption." 10/16/08.
Angelina about time with Brad: "Brad and I are starting with the children and are planning to have our time together in our later years ... I try to make sure that my relationship with the man in my life is solid and complete and we're very connected and having a great life together and enjoying our children and being part of the world."
Source: Sara Hammel, People.com, "Angelina Jolie: Alone Time with Brad Will Have to Wait", June 06, 2007.
Note:We believe that this attitude of not making time alone together a priority is a red flag in their relationship.
Angelina about her relationship with Brad: "It's easier to talk when you're naked ... Get naked with me, and I'll talk! ... Our family has grown very quickly, and we have a lot of responsibility together, and we acknowledge that we are lucky we turned out be for each other everything we'd hoped. We could have been very wrong, but every challenge we hit has brought us closer. It has been that kind of relationship."
Source: Marla Lehner, People.com, "Angelina's Bath Time With Brad", 6/05/07.
James Haven, Angelina's brother: "Brad has changed my sister a lot. They have an extraordinary bond, it's not on the usual level ... I've never seen any sign of tension between them, and if it keeps going the way it's going, they'll be together for life."
Source: SFGate.com. 4/07
Brad about getting married: "Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able."
Source: SFGate.com. 9/06
Angelina on having an affair with a married man: "Absolutely not ... To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not, could not, look at myself in the morning if I did that."
Source: Yahoo.com
