Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

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The end draws near for Brangelina, Hollywood's highest-profile celebrity couple, a couple since 2004 but only married in 2014.

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Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

21/09/2016
AFP News Agency

LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pit.

She is also seeking custody of their six children.

This will spell the end for "Brangelina", one of Hollywood's highest-profile celebrity couples.

Angelina Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children, with only visiting rights for Brad Pitt.

Jolie was not seeking spousal support.

News of Jolie's third divorce spread quickly on social media, with #brangelina the top trending hashtag on Twitter.

Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 81st Academy Awards (Source: Wikipedia)

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES

The 41-year-old Jolie filed legal documents on Monday citing irreconcilable differences, differences that cannot be overcome, with Pitt, 52.

The couple listed their date of separation as September 15.

"This decision was made for the health of the family," Jolie's attorney Robert Offer said in a statement circulated to US media.

"She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this difficult time."

Angeline Jolie gets a very large tattoo in Bangkok.

HOLLYWOOD POWER-COUPLE SECOND TO NONE

Two of the world's biggest stars, Pitt and Jolie formed a Hollywood power couple second to none, so famous they were known simply by their combined first names.

"I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids," People magazine quoted Pitt as saying in a statement.

"I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time."

MARRIED ONLY TWO YEARS AGO

UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at the beginning of day three of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in 2014 (Source: Wikipedia)

The couple wed in France in August just two years ago.

They have been a couple since 2004 and have six children together, three of whom are adopted (meet the kids here).

Pitt and Jolie fell in love in 2004 on the set of action film "Mr & Mrs Smith," although they didn't get engaged until 2012.

"Because of the film, we ended up being brought together to do all these crazy things, and I think we found this strange friendship and partnership that kind of just suddenly happened," Jolie-Pitt told Vogue magazine in 2006.

Their joint fortune is estimated at over $300 million, and they are among the highest paid stars in Hollywood.

BRAD PITT'S CAREER

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, he took home an Oscar for best picture in 2014 as a producer of "12 Years A Slave".

Pitt has built a resume of varied film roles, starring alongside some of Hollywood's elite: with Tom Cruise in "Interview with a Vampire", Anthony Hopkins in "Legends of the Fall" and George Clooney in "Ocean's Eleven".

Angelina Jolie's famous Bangkok tattoo (Source: Wikipedia)

ANGELINA JOLIE'S CAREER

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").

Jolie is now better known for her humanitarian work, having served for several years as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

One of the world's most visible symbols in the battle against cancer, Jolie underwent a double mastectomy and removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes to prevent an aggressive form of the cancer that killed her mother, grandmother and aunt.