Mr and Mrs Pitt! Brad and Angelina finally tie the knot
Brangelina wed in a small chapel in southeastern France, in a civil ceremony.
FRANCE:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood’s first couple, married in France over the weekend, following a two-year engagement, ending nearly a decade of fevered tabloid speculation over whether Brangelina would ever tie the knot.
Pitt, 50, and Jolie, 39, were wed on Saturday in a small chapel at Chateau Miraval, the couple’s estate in southeastern France, in a civil ceremony.
The couple — whose long-rumoured nuptials had been celebrity magazine and tabloid fodder and had sent reporters and photographers as far as India and Africa in search of possible “secret” ceremonies — wed much like they live: quietly and far removed from Hollywood’s spotlight.
The power couple’s six children, all under the age of 14, took part in the ceremony, the statement said.
The Maleficent star was walked down the aisle by eldest sons Maddox and Pax, while Zahara and Vivienne threw petals gathered from a garden. Shiloh and Knox were ring bearers.
“It was very much a family affair,” said a source.
Jolie and Pitt, who had said they hoped to wed once same-sex marriage was legal throughout the United States, were married under California law by a judge who traveled to France for the ceremony.
Jolie’s father, actor Jon Voight, told US TV entertainment programme Inside Edition, “That’s nice,” when informed about his daughter’s wedding. Jolie and Voight were estranged for years but have reconciled.
Jolie and Pitt couple announced their engagement in April 2012, seven years after their relationship caught fire on the set of 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
They will star in an upcoming film By the Sea, written and to be directed by Jolie, who will also co-produce the drama with Pitt.
Pitt has said they considered marriage because it meant a lot to their children.
As two of the most prominent and influential figures in the entertainment industry, Pitt and Jolie have taken on humanitarian causes as well as putting their muscle behind serious film.
Jolie was appointed as a special envoy for refugee issues in 2011 after a decade as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Pitt started a foundation to help restore New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jolie, who was previously married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, has also become a voice for women’s health issues. She underwent a double mastectomy last year in a preventative step prompted by her genetic disposition for breast cancer.
Pitt is divorced from actress Jennifer Aniston. Reuters
Published in The Express Tribune, August 30th, 2014.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood’s first couple, married in France over the weekend, following a two-year engagement, ending nearly a decade of fevered tabloid speculation over whether Brangelina would ever tie the knot.
Pitt, 50, and Jolie, 39, were wed on Saturday in a small chapel at Chateau Miraval, the couple’s estate in southeastern France, in a civil ceremony.
The couple — whose long-rumoured nuptials had been celebrity magazine and tabloid fodder and had sent reporters and photographers as far as India and Africa in search of possible “secret” ceremonies — wed much like they live: quietly and far removed from Hollywood’s spotlight.
The power couple’s six children, all under the age of 14, took part in the ceremony, the statement said.
The Maleficent star was walked down the aisle by eldest sons Maddox and Pax, while Zahara and Vivienne threw petals gathered from a garden. Shiloh and Knox were ring bearers.
“It was very much a family affair,” said a source.
Jolie and Pitt, who had said they hoped to wed once same-sex marriage was legal throughout the United States, were married under California law by a judge who traveled to France for the ceremony.
Jolie’s father, actor Jon Voight, told US TV entertainment programme Inside Edition, “That’s nice,” when informed about his daughter’s wedding. Jolie and Voight were estranged for years but have reconciled.
Jolie and Pitt couple announced their engagement in April 2012, seven years after their relationship caught fire on the set of 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
They will star in an upcoming film By the Sea, written and to be directed by Jolie, who will also co-produce the drama with Pitt.
Pitt has said they considered marriage because it meant a lot to their children.
As two of the most prominent and influential figures in the entertainment industry, Pitt and Jolie have taken on humanitarian causes as well as putting their muscle behind serious film.
Jolie was appointed as a special envoy for refugee issues in 2011 after a decade as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Pitt started a foundation to help restore New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jolie, who was previously married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, has also become a voice for women’s health issues. She underwent a double mastectomy last year in a preventative step prompted by her genetic disposition for breast cancer.
Pitt is divorced from actress Jennifer Aniston. Reuters
Published in The Express Tribune, August 30th, 2014.