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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh changes name amid feud with father

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh changes name amid feud with father

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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh changes name amid feud with father
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Shiloh Jolie granted request to drop dad Brad Pitt's last name
Shiloh Jolie, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has officially dropped Pitt from her last name.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's second-eldest daughter Shiloh Jolie is debuting a new name.
The A-listers' famous daughter debuted her name change during a rare appearance in Los Angeles for the launch of French fashion designer Isabel Marant's capsule collection for women with luxury company Net-A-Porter, according to a press release obtained by Page Six, L'Officiel and Variety.
At the fête, she received choreography credits for an original dance number. Her new name? Shi Joli.
Last year, Jolie, formerly known as Jolie-Pitt, was successful in legally removing Pitt from her last name. The 18-year-old's name change petition was originally granted in August by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, according to a filing reviewed at the time by USA TODAY.
Shiloh Jolie granted request to drop dad Brad Pitt's last name
"There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted," the order read. "The Decree is signed and filed. The Petitioner's name is changed from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie."
Nearly a year ago, Jolie filed the petition to use only her mother's maiden name on May 27, her 18th birthday, according to a court filing obtained by USA TODAY. As legally required in California, Jolie posted weekly public notices of her effort to change her name to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie in a newspaper prior to her scheduled hearing.
Pitt, 61, and Jolie, 49, share six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox. In recent weeks, Pitt spoke out about his divorce from his former "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" costar.
On May 28, GQ published a feature story on Pitt's latest film, "F1," and asked him about his December divorce settlement with Jolie following their eight-year battle in court. Pitt had a surprisingly toned-down response to the question about whether the finalized matter brought any "relief."
"No, I don't think it was that major of a thing," Pitt told the magazine. "Just something coming to fruition. Legally."
Contributing: KiMi Robinson

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