Angelina Jolie says she is 'not a perfect parent' to her six kids adding she can be 'tough' on herself: 'Every day I feel like I'm more aware of everything I DON'T do right'
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- Published on Friday, 29 October 2021 06:00
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Angelina Jolie has been a single parent since splitting from husband Brad Pitt in 2016 but it has not been the easiest road for the Hollywood veteran.On Wednesday The Eternals actress told People magazine that she is 'not a perfect parent' to her six kids adding she is very 'tough' on herself when it comes to being a matriarch.'Every day I feel like I'm more aware of everything I DON'T do right' the beauty shared. But she noted that the kids are patient and their 'kindness' has been very healing to her as she continues to fight Pitt in court over custody of five out of the six kids as Maddox is an adult. The kids are Maddox, 20, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. Jolie said at times she says she can be 'tough' on herself when it comes to being a single parent.'I'm not a perfect parent by any means,' she shared.'Every day I feel like I'm more aware of everything I don't do right. And I'm pretty tough on myself, because I feel often, "Am I doing the right thing? Did I say the right thing?"' The daughter of Jon Voight then added: 'My children have done many, many loving things. My children's kindness has been very healing to me.'She also noted that she has felt the need to be very 'honest' with the six children they raised together. 'I'm very honest with my kids. And I'm very human with my kids,' the Gia actress told People in the 2021 Kindness Issue as she graced the cover wearing a caramel beige sweater.Jolie also said she finds tremendous joy is seeing them grow up. 'I have six very individual human beings in my home. I am so excited about all the different stages and feelings and curiosities that they go through. Why wouldn't you be?' added the beauty who has recently been romantically linked to singer The Weeknd.'We're supposed to help them figure out who they are. And you can't figure out who they are if you don't enthusiastically develop with them.' And she thinks highly of her kids whom live with her in Los Feliz, California but also spend time with their father Pitt on his nearby compound. 'They're pretty great people,' Jolie, 46, shared with the site adding 'and because there's so many of them, I think they've had a very significant effect on each other. 'It's not like I'm the head of anything. I'm very honest with my kids. And I'm very human with my kids.' She added that she is 'curious about all the different aspects of who they are.'And Jolie wants to support and develop all the different aspects of who they are.' In February Jolie said she is still working on being 'happy.'The Maleficent actress has admitted she 'doesn’t know' if she’s happy, as she said she’s been so focused on 'healing [her] family' following her split from Pitt that she hasn’t had time to work on her own happiness.When asked if she’s happy, Angelina said: 'I don’t know. The past few years have been pretty hard. I’ve been focusing on healing our family. It’s slowly coming back, like the ice melting and the blood returning to my body. But I’m not there. I’m not there yet. But I hope to be. I’m planning on it.' Since splitting from Brad, Angelina has moved into the former estate of Cecil B DeMille, where she chose to live because the property is just 'five minutes away' from Brad meaning their kids could be close to both parents.She said of her move: 'I wanted it to be close to their dad, who is only five minutes away. I felt a little pressure moving in. Like I had snuck into where DeMille and Chaplin would hang out. I love most that there is no entertainment room, but lots of pathways and places to walk and think. I feel very fortunate we have that at this time.'And although she may not have found true happiness just yet, the actress has said she much prefers life now that she’s older.She told British Vogue magazine: 'I do like being older. I feel much more comfortable in my forties than I did when I was younger. Maybe because … I don’t know … maybe because my mom didn’t live very long, so there’s something about age that feels like a victory instead of a sadness for me.' Things are still not going as well as they could with the Pitt custody battle.In September Pitt insisted the judge shouldn't have been removed from his long-running custody case with Jolie.The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor's legal team have filed a petition with the California Supreme Court to raise an objection to the recent disqualification of private Judge John Ouderkirk from their case, which effectively voided a previous ruling that granted the 57-year-old star more time with the former couple's five younger children.The petition argues that removing the judge 'effectively upended the constitutionally authorized temporary judging system in California' and now 'throws open the door to disqualification challenges at any point during a case, even if the party raising the motion has long been on notice about the alleged grounds for disqualification.'The document added: 'In so doing, the opinion is guaranteed to fuel disqualification gamesmanship and raises serious questions as to whether the temporary judging system is a viable option in California's severely backlogged judicial system.'Angelina's team had sought to have the judge - who was hired in 2016 - removed because they felt he could be biased in his rulings as he had failed to disclose continuing or new cases he'd been hired by Brad's lawyers to oversee and the three judges who oversaw a hearing on the matter last month agreed Ouderkirk's 'failure to make mandatory disclosures' about the work he was doing on other cases involving the Moneyball star's team 'might cause an objective person, aware of all of the facts' to doubt his impartiality.However, in Brad's new petition, they insisted the star had been 'made aware of Judge Ouderkirk's significant professional history with Pitt's counsel from the very start' of their custody battle but had waited for years to have him removed.The lawyers argued: 'After more than four years of contentious litigation, every day of which has harmed the children and their father, an important and considered custody decision will be entirely undone as a result of an administrative error that is wholly unrelated to the merits of the custody dispute itself.'California law requires that a party seeking disqualification of a judge file a written statement objecting to continued proceedings before the judge 'at the earliest practicable opportunity after discovery of the facts constituting the ground for disqualification'. 'Failure to do so constitutes waiver or forfeiture of the party's right to seek disqualification.'Brad's team confirmed to People they are seeking a review in the California Supreme Court.They said in a statement they wanted the review because: 'The temporary judge, who had been appointed and repeatedly renewed by both sides, was improperly disqualified after providing a detailed, fact-based custodial decision, following a lengthy legal process with multiple witnesses and experts.'Angelina's team branded the move to have the judge reinstated 'disturbing.'Her lawyer, Robert A. Olsen, said: 'The Court of Appeal unanimously refused to tolerate the ethical violations of the private judge who had heard custody matters, and correctly vacated that judge's orders.'Mr. Pitt's counsel's petition to the California Supreme Court displays how they are clinging to this private judge who exhibited bias and refused statutorily required evidence.'It is disturbing that in full knowledge of unethical behaviour, and having previously failed to disclose their new and ongoing financial relationships with him, Mr. Pitt's counsel would seek to reinstate the private judge. Ms. Jolie hopes Mr. Pitt will instead join with her in focusing on the children's needs, voices, and healing.'
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Bought in 60 seconds: Angelina Jolie stuns London shoppers as she picks up some bargains for daughter Vivienne, 13, during unlikely appearance at packed Oxford Street branch of H&M
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 03:55
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The high glamour of Hollywood was traded for the fast fashion of Oxford Street as Angelina Jolie made an unlikely appearance at a popular high street clothes shop on Tuesday. The Gone In 60 Seconds actress was joined by daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 13, for an impromptu visit to the central London branch of H&M, where they were surrounded by stunned shoppers. With her instantly recognisable features concealed behind a precautionary face covering, Angelina, 46, browsed the budget rails for some affordable apparel while Vivienne remained by her side. The actress wore a monochrome houndstooth coat while making her way around the three-level store, a popular destination for fashion conscious teenagers and shoppers constrained to tight budgets due to its accessible prices.Fortunately Angelina, whose net worth is estimated to be $120million, had no cause to watch the purse strings as she paid for a range of items selected by her teenage daughter, her youngest biological child with ex Brad Pitt. Vivienne looked relaxed in a casual white T-shirt and grey joggers, while her own face covering remained firmly in place as she followed her mother around the packed store. Angelina is a mother to six children in total; adopted sons Maddox, 20, and Pax, 17, and adopted daughter Zahara, 16, as well as Shiloh, 15, and twins Knox and Vivienne from her former marriage to fellow actor Brad Pitt. Star-struck shoppers looked on as the celebrated actress draped a protective arm around Vivienne, who looked mildly startled by the attention their visit to the store inevitably generated. Angelina appeared to be taking a short break from her promotional commitments after arriving in London via Italy, where she attended the 16th Rome Film Festival premiere of her new film Eternals on Sunday evening.Eternals is a 2021 Marvel film based on the fictional race of humanoids of the same name which appears in the American comic books. The film sees the Eternals, an immortal alien race, come out of hiding for thousands of years to protect Earth from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.The movie, which premiered in Los Angeles earlier this month and then in Rome on Sunday evening, stars Angelina as elite warrior Thena and Gemma as the character Sersi.Earlier this month, Angelina said the diversity in the cast is 'how it always should have been.' The actress appears as part of a superhero ensemble featuring queer characters, people of colour and deaf actress Lauren Ridloff.She told Variety: 'What's really quite stunning is that when we walked out all of us together, it didn't feel like: "This is so new and cool," it felt like: "This is how it always should have been." Why did it take so long? It felt so right'.She was asked why she feels it takes so long, and while she has 'many things' to say on the subject, she focused on the idea that people should watch the film without actually focusing on its 'diversity.' She added: 'I could say many things, and I could go on for a while, but I think...it is so good to just bust a hole right in that...'The star argued: 'What I hope is that when people watch this film, they're not seeing it and saying: "Oh, this is a film about diversity. This is a film that shows this person can be a superhero." 'They'll just say: "Well of course that person's a superhero, and of course that person also is. Of course."' 'And more shame on us for every questioning that they couldn't be because: "Of course."'The film - which is set to hit the big screen next month - is written and directed by Nomadland filmmaker Chloe Zhao. As well as Angelina, Gemma and Ridloff, the cast of heroes also features Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee and Salma Hayek. Meanwhile, Kit Harington will feature as Dane Whitman, also known as the Black Knight. Eternals, which features a score by Ramin Djawadi of Game Of Thrones fame, will get a wide theatrical release on November 5.
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Angelina Jolie enjoys a relaxed chat with daughter Shiloh, 15, as star goes for scenic stroll with her children in Rome
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- Published on Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:04
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Angelina Jolie looked typically chic as she stepped out with five of her six children in Rome while enjoying some downtime from the film festival on Sunday. The actress, 46, donned a black and white chevron print coat on top of a black dress as she walked along the historic streets with daughters Shiloh, 15, Zahara, 16, and Vivienne, 13, and sons Knox, 13, and Maddox, 20.Shiloh, 15, opted for a black sweatshirt and denim shorts which she paired with neon yellow patterned trainers. Shiloh was back in her comfort zone with the casual ensemble after wearing a dress for the first time on the red carpet earlier this week at the Eternals premiere in Los Angeles. Angelina was taking five of her six children for a day of sight seeing in the Italian capital which saw them meandering down the Spanish Steps. Knox, 13, meanwhile, wore a black hoodie and cargo trousers and 20-year-old Maddox wore a grey beanie with matching black sweats. Angelina's youngest daughter Vivienne wore black shorts and a baggy white T-shirt as she walked with her family. The family all protected themselves from Covid-19 by wearing disposable face masks. The only child missing from the family's outing was 17-year-old Pax. Last year, Shiloh's father Brad Pitt was said to be 'so proud of Shiloh and who she had become' as he celebrated the teenager's 14th birthday.'Brad is so proud of Shiloh and who she has become,' a source told Entertainment Tonight. 'He loves that she always stays true to herself and is so good to her brothers and sisters.' Meanwhile, Angelina spoke out about Shiloh's androgynous dress sense, saying her daughter considered herself to be 'one of the brothers'.'She wants to be a boy,' she told Vanity Fair in 2011. 'So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys' everything. She thinks she's one of the brothers.'Apparently coining a new fashion term, she said: 'Shiloh, we feel, has Montenegro style. She dresses like a little dude. It's how people dress there. She likes tracksuits, she likes [regular] suits.' Back in 2008 it was revealed that Shiloh had requested she be addressed as John since the age of two.Brad told Oprah Winfrey: 'She only wants to be called John. John or Peter. So it’s a Peter Pan thing. So we’ve got to call her John. "Shi, do you want…" "John. I’m John." And then I’ll say, "John, would you like some orange juice?" And she goes, "No!"'So, you know, it’s just that kind of stuff that’s cute to parents and it’s probably really obnoxious to other people.' Addressing the name change at the time, Angelina said that there was no need to 'interpret' anything from the request.In an interview with The Daily Mail, Angelina said: 'I don’t think it’s for the world to interpret anything. She likes to dress like a boy and wants her hair cut like a boy and she wanted to be called John for a while.'Some kids wear capes and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her brothers. It’s who she is. It’s been a surprise to us and it’s really interesting, but she’s so much more than that – she’s funny and sweet and pretty. But she does love a tie…’Angelina has been promoting the new film Eternals at the film festival in the Italian city. Eternals is a 2021 Marvel film based on the fictional race of humanoids of the same name which appears in the American comic books.The film sees the Eternals, an immortal alien race, come out of hiding for thousands of years to protect Earth from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.The movie, which premiered in Los Angeles earlier this month, stars Angelina as elite warrior Thena and Gemma as the character Sersi.
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Angelina Jolie shares rare snaps of daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, doing their 'summer reading'...after admitting she feared for her children's 'safety' during marriage to Brad Pitt
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- Published on Sunday, 12 September 2021 07:44
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Angelina Jolie has continued to ramp up her social media presence after joining Instagram on August 20. On Friday, the 46-year-old actress shared rare photos of daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, doing their summer reading with her 10.2million followers. Angelina — who shares all six of her children with ex Brad Pitt — recently confessed that she feared for the 'safety' of her kids throughout the course of their marriage.The Maleficent actress posted a snap of adopted daughter Zahara reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and another of Shiloh reading The Dark Lady by Akala. 'End of #summerreading. These are some of the favorites in our house. Would love to know yours,' she wrote. She had spoken to HELLO! about the challenges of homeschooling amid the Coronavirus pandemic. 'I have four different schools going on with six different kids, so it's all different. I'm also terrible with math and I question history, so I'm a really challenged parent when it comes to a lot of this stuff.'Fortunately, I have very capable, smart children. They are getting through, but it's hard,' she added. Us Weekly reported in April 2020, that amid her ongoing custody battle with Pitt, the pair had come to an agreement on 'traditional schooling' for the kids. 'Brad wants the kids to be in a school setting, and not isolated being homeschooled,' the insider said adding that the children's therapist had also recommended it. Eldest son Maddox, 19, is a student at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea but had returned home to take virtual classes amid the pandemic. Angelina's post comes shortly after she spoke out publicly about her marriage to Pitt, while promoting her new book Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth. Fiercely protective over her brood which includes Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh, Pax, 17, and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, amid a ruthless custody battle, she told The Guardian that she 'feared' for the safety of her kids during the marriage.'Yes, for my family. My whole family,' she said. When the outlet asked her to explain what caused her to fear for their safety she said that she 'can't speak about' it because of her legal situation. It was added that she 'confirmed by nodding that she was alluding to her divorce and the allegations of domestic abuse she made against Pitt.'One particular report of abuse was that Pitt had gotten into an alcohol-fueled violent screaming match with Jolie, prompting Maddox, 19, to defend his mother. In the interview she called the situation 'horrific' but said: 'It doesn't start with the violation [the plane incident]. It's so much more complicated than that.' The Girl Interrupted star added: 'It took a lot for me to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children,' adding: 'There's a lot I can't say.'Angelina filed to absolve their marriage in 2016 after two years, and said in a June 2020 interview with Vogue India that it was for 'the well-being of my family,' adding 'it was the right decision.' Jolie was granted temporary custody over all six children and Brad was granted visitation rights with a court-appointed therapist present.In 2018, a court ruled in favor of Brad after he alleged that Angelina was preventing the children from having a consistent relationship with him. He was given a temporary summer custody that allowed him to spend time with the kids without Jolie present.She then alleged that summer that he had not been paying 'meaningful' child support for over a year, with Pitt retorting that he had loaned Angelina $8M and given an additional $1.8M to help with bills. The custody trial was supposed to begin in November 2018 but the two reached an agreement instead, as it was in the best interest of the children and eliminated the need for a trial.The pair were ruled 'legally single' in April 2020 but the status did not finalize the custody battle, as Brad continued to seek joint custody — which he finally got in May 2021. However, in July, Judge John W. Ouderkirk — the private judge overseeing both the divorce and custody case independently — was disqualified after it was said he had not sufficiently disclosed financial relationships with Pitt's attorneys.The ruling vacated all of Ouderkirk's decisions — including the joint custody ruling — which means Angelina retains full-time custody at this time. As Maddox is not a minor the decision does not apply to him. Pitt is now going to the California Supreme Court to request a review of the California appellate court's ruling to disqualify the private judge. Jolie's attorney Robert Olson told ET on September 1, that the petition to the California Supreme Court 'displays how they are clinging to this private judge who exhibited bias and refused statutorily required evidence.'Her camp called it 'disturbing' that he would 'seek to reinstate the private judge' who exhibited 'unethical behavior' and said: 'Ms. Jolie hopes Mr. Pitt will instead join with her in focusing on the children's needs, voices, and healing.' Brad's attorney Theodore J. Boutrous stated that their decision to go to the Supreme Court was due to the fact that the judge was 'improperly disqualified after providing a detailed, fact-based custodial decision, following a lengthy legal process with multiple witnesses and experts.' His camp added that the ruling caused 'irreparable harm to both the children and families' involved in the case and said that 'allowing this kind of crafty litigation' deprives parents of 'irreplaceable time with their children as judges are disqualified for minor reasons in the midst of their cases.'
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Angelina Jolie is ever the stylish mom in a flowing top and pleated pants while out on a shopping trip with son Pax, 17, in Beverly Hills
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- Published on Saturday, 14 August 2021 10:06
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Angelina Jolie was seen out on a shopping trip with her son Pax in Beverly Hills on Friday afternoon.The 46-year-old actress and her son, aged 17, strolled close to one another while pounding the pavement, before making their way around an eyewear store.The performer is a mother to a total of six children, all of whom she co-parents with her former husband, Brad Pitt.Jolie was dressed in a sleek gray long-sleeve t-shirt during her outing with her son.The actress also sported a pair of black pleated pants that paired well with her top.She carried a light brown bag on her right arm and wore a near-matching set of high-heeled shoes during the outing.Jolie and Pax wore matching black facial coverings to keep themselves protected from COVID-19 during their time outside. The Salt star adopted her first child, Maddox, currently aged 18, in 2002 when he was just a year old.At the time, she was married to Billy Bob Thornton but the pair ultimately separated in 2003, and she brought up her son by herself. She went on to bring a daughter named Zahara, aged 16, into her life in 2005.Jolie began dating Brad Pitt that year after the two met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, although they did not make their relationship public until 2006.That year, the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child, and she later gave birth to a girl named Shiloh, aged 15, that May.In 2007, the actress adopted Pax, whom she first encountered during a trip to an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.The following year, Jolie and Pitt, 57, welcomed a pair of twins named Knox and Vivienne, both aged 13.The couple eventually became engaged in 2012 and tied the knot in 2014, but their marriage suddenly came to an end two years after it started.The two began a lengthy custody battle upon their separation, and a tentative agreement concerning their children's welfare was reached in 2018.Their legal proceedings eventually became acrimonious, with Jolie alleging that the judge in charge of the case had an agreement with Pitt's lawyer.This past May, the Fight Club star was granted joint custody of the children, much to the consternation of his former partner.
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