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NDTV
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Brad Pitt Breaks Silence On $80 Million Divorce Settlement With Angelina Jolie: "Not That Major"
Hollywood star Brad Pitt has opened up on his divorce settlement with former wife and Mr and Mrs Smith co-star Angelina Jolie in a new interview, calling the end of legal proceedings something that was not that "major of a thing". The couple, who tied the knot in 2014, finally settled the legalities around their divorce in December 2024. What In an interview with GQ magazine to promote his upcoming film F1, Brad Pitt made light of the divorce settlement. "I don't think it was that major of a thing. Just something coming to fruition. Legally," he said. The Oscar winner, who has been in a relationship with LA jewellery executive Ines de Ramon since 2022, said he is used to his personal life being the talk of the town for over three decades now. "My personal life is always in the news. It's been in the news for 30 years, bro. Or some version of my personal life, let's put it that way... It's been an annoyance I've had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do. So, it's always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that, I don't know. I don't know. Mostly I feel pretty…. My life is fairly contained. It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am, that, you know, it's like this fly buzzing around a little bit," he added. How Trouble In Paradise Began Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had been embroiled in a bitter legal feud since 2016 when the latter filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences". She had accused him of violent behaviour towards her and six children during a private plane flight the same year. According to US media reports, Angelina Jolie received $80 million in post-divorce earnings, including her share of a winery she co-owned with Brad Pitt and a Winston Churchill painting she received as a gift from her former husband. In A Nutshell Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who were given the portmanteau 'Brangelina' by the press, started dating after co-starring in the 2004 film Mr & Mrs Smith. He was at the time married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston and this sparked rumours of an affair. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's seven-year high-profile marriage ended in 2005. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie dated for two years before tying the knot in 2014. But this marriage also ended in divorce in 2019, with the settlement being announced in 2024.
Metro
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Brad Pitt, 61, officially aging backwards with bold new haircut
Brad Pitt appears to have discovered the fountain of youth after giving flashbacks to his younger career with a new hairdo. The Fight Club actor, 61, embodied his iconic character, Tyler Durden, after he was spotted sporting a shaved head. The star has lopped off his signature blonde locks in favour of a close cut similar to that of his son Knox, whom he shares with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. He is still sporting stubble on his chin as shown in the snap, which was taken as he sat in a car rocking black sunglasses and a white jacket. Pitt has shaved his head several times over his career, most notably for some of his biggest film roles. He most famously braved the shave for his role in the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club, in which he played mysterious antagonist Tyler alongside fellow lead Edward Norton as the unnamed protagonist. In 2004, the actor sported a buzzcut for his role in Mr & Mrs Smith, the film in which he met Jolie while still married to ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. When he appeared in the 2014 war film Fury, Pitt also cut off his famous locks for the part of Wardaddy, where he had short, shaved sides and a pompadour on top. At the opposite end of the spectrum, he sported flowing blonde locks for his role as Louis de Pointe du Lac in iconic 90s horror film Interview With The Vampire, but he is best known for his grown out, slicked back, and tousled looks we've seen in the likes of Ad Astra, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and most recently, F1. It was recently rumoured that Pitt will return to his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood for an upcoming sequel. According to multiple US outlets, the acclaimed director is writing a follow-up to the 2019 hit, with David Fincher serving as director. More Trending In a surprise move, the unnamed project will be coming to Netflix, meaning it may not get a cinematic release like the first film, which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, and Mikey Madison among others. Variety reports that it is unlikely that Leo and Margot will return as Rick Dalton and Sharon Tate. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood follows actor Rick Dalton (Leo) and his stunt double Cliff as they navigate the changing culture of Hollywood in the 60s, struggling to claim their place in the industry. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Music industry pays tribute to agent Dave Shapiro after death in San Diego plane crash MORE: Jamie Foxx addresses wild conspiracy theory Diddy tried to kill him with stroke MORE: Justin Bieber shares warm message for Chris Brown after singer was bailed
Malay Mail
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Blackpink's Lisa joins Maroon 5 for ‘Priceless' as band revives guitar-driven sound in spy-themed MV (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, May 2 — A week after it was first teased, California-based pop rock band Maroon 5 today released 'Priceless', its new single which features K-pop star Lisa. The Blackpink rapper and vocalist also features in the music video, which came as a nod to the spy romantic-comedy Mr & Mrs Smith. 'It's just a guitar-based song, which we haven't really done in so long,' Levine said in a statement cited by entertainment magazine Rolling Stone. 'It happened first for us while we were recording the album. I think it's just the purest and we are so happy to have Lisa on it. The guitar intro is literally me playing into an audio message on my iPhone with an unplugged guitar.' Levine described the song as a return to the band's roots, with guitarist James Valentine quoted saying the sound represented Maroon 5's earlier days. Maroon 5 are preparing to announce a world tour after 40 shows at an extended residency at Las Vegas' Dolby Live at Park MGM. The release was on the back of Lisa's celebrated solo performance at 2025's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival which ended last weekend. Fellow group member Jennie also performed solo. Lisa had released her debut album Alter Ego in February this year, which listed several international features such as Doja Cat, RAYE, Megan Thee Stallion, Rosalía, Future and Tyla. This continues a recent trend of K-pop superstars collaborating with pop-rock bands, following Twice's collaboration with Coldplay with 'We Pray'. BTS had also linked up with Coldplay for 'My Universe' in 2022, and TXT partnered with Jonas Brothers for 'Do It Like That' in 2023.
Telegraph
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
$100 million, zero TV shows: Why Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Amazon deal hasn't paid off
Less than 48 hours after dominating the 2019 Emmys – with four wins for her hit series, Fleabag – Phoebe Waller-Bridge was confirmed in her status as the world's hottest TV writer. Amazon proudly announced that it had signed her up to a lucrative 'golden handcuffs' deal, worth a reported $20 million (£15 million) each year, to create new series for Prime Video. Jennifer Salke, then the head of Amazon Studios, hailed the Fleabag creator as 'clever, brilliant, generous and a virtuoso on multiple fronts'. That deal was renewed in 2022, and again (albeit on looser, less lucrative terms) in the past few months. Yet in the six years since she initially signed with Amazon, nothing Waller-Bridge has made as part of her contract has yet made it to air. The 39-year-old has earned the sharp end of $100 million without any real achievements to show for it. Her first big project was a new version of 'married spies' thriller Mr & Mrs Smith, in which she would write with and act opposite Donald Glover, but that soon foundered amid reports that the two stars did not see eye-to-eye. Waller-Bridge was replaced on screen by Maya Erskine, and she did not even get a writing credit, suggesting none of her material had made the cut. 'Amazon stuck with him and moved her out,' says an insider. 'Maybe that is somewhat indicative of where she is with Amazon at the moment.' Unfazed by the setback – plus the fact that Waller-Bridge helped rewrite Daniel Craig's swansong as James Bond, No Time to Die, and starred in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny outside her deal – Amazon later announced that Waller-Bridge would create a series based on the Tomb Raider video games. It should have been the perfect combination: Waller-Bridge was a keen gamer growing up and idolised the no-nonsense protagonist Lara Croft, who has been played in film versions by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, but wanted to put a new twist on a character often accused of being a cartoonish male fantasy of a female hero. 'She had an attitude. She was very deliberate in what she wanted to do,' Waller-Bridge told Vanity Fair in June 2023. 'The opportunity to have… a female action character…. Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actor on Indy, I feel like I've been building up to this. What if I could take the reins on an action franchise, with everything I've learned, with a character I adore, and also just bring back some of that 1990s vibe?' The only vibes around the series at this point are negative. Puck News, one of the most reliable Hollywood outlets, reported last month that the project had 'gone through two writers' rooms and tens of millions of dollars in development costs', but still has no script. Some reports have suggested that Amazon has shelved Tomb Raider entirely, but The Telegraph understands that the streamer is still committed to the project with Waller-Bridge at the helm. When Waller-Bridge's deal was originally renewed, in 2022, without anything to show for the previous three years, a TV executive told The Hollywood Reporter that the streaming service was guilty of 'star-f—ing' – i.e. chucking cash at big names without any overarching strategy – and only signed her up again to save face. For years, Amazon executives have been faced with questions about what exactly Waller-Bridge has been doing to earn her keep. In a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Vernon Sanders, Amazon's TV chief, 'bristled' when asked what she was up to. 'Phoebe has not only fully embraced Tomb Raider and I think is feeling very committed to it, but she's in a writers room right now working on it,' he said. 'She's a perfectionist, so she absolutely wants to make sure that what she does is great and right, but she's proven that when she does deliver, she delivers.' That was more than two years ago, and still nobody seems quite sure about what, if anything, Waller-Bridge has completed. Prime next-day delivery it ain't. For her part, Waller-Bridge does not like being described as a perfectionist. 'Happy to be called creatively controlling,' she told Vanity Fair two months after Sanders's comments. 'What I look for in something is that little bit of electricity, of danger or saying something, doing something that hasn't been done before. If I don't feel that, I can plow and plow and plow, I just won't make it.' She also said that Amazon bosses understood why things have not moved more quickly. 'They've been with me along this process where I'm like, 'I'm getting there, but I want it to be f—ing amazing.' ' Salke appeared to confirm this in October last year. 'When we look at a long-term commitment to a creator like Phoebe — we're so happy now that we retained her,' she told Variety. But Jeff Bezos's lieutenants will not wait around forever. Salke was abruptly dismissed last month amid a litany of failings, not least the slow progress on a new James Bond film, for which Amazon now has full creative control. One of Salke's last acts was to sign Waller-Bridge up to yet another deal, though this one is said to be much less lucrative and not on an exclusive basis. It is part of a trend in the industry as money becomes tighter for creatives to be paid when projects are delivered, rather than in these 'golden handcuffs' agreements. From those heights at the 2019 Emmys, when Waller-Bridge won gongs for both her acting and writing, there is a sense that she has become lost and fallen behind fellow star writers, such as James Graham, Jack Thorne and Sharon Horgan. 'She's become very rich out of it but I feel sorry for Phoebe,' says one senior TV executive. 'She's a once-in-a-generation British talent. She was clearly developing stuff and Amazon was knocking it back. The viewer isn't gaining out of it, are they?' By this executive's telling, much of the problem must lie at the feet of Amazon, which remains a retail giant with a streaming service bolted on. 'It feels like it's part of an old world: where global streamers pay stupid money to take people off the table,' he adds. 'Their most important thing is selling stuff, they don't seem focused on creating a really coherent content strategy.' Though Amazon has a large, and growing, roster of Prime Video staff in the UK (which has launched hits such as Clarkson's Farm) Waller-Bridge has reported to those in the American mothership as they sought a global mega-hit that would provide a large return on the investment in her. 'When people talk about global shows, what they really mean is shows that are big in the US that become big in other territories around the world,' says an insider. 'The size and scale of those output deals… it is not worth doing a niche, UK public service broadcaster-style show. You are really swinging for the fences on high value international global franchisable formats. 'The US really wanted to find something to break her in America. She had a ton of ideas but none of them really materialised in a big manner that the US thought, 'We would take that, make it better and get US audiences on board with it',' they add. 'I think they were thinking 'What is the US version of Fleabag?' It becomes a Friends or Curb Your Enthusiasm-type show. I don't think that is a direction she was very interested in.' None of which is to say that Waller-Bridge's creative abilities have deserted her. 'It is certainly true that had she been in the UK making shows, you would have imagined another Killing Eve, Fleabag-type project would have come pretty quickly. For whatever reasons her projects just haven't met Amazon's view of what they expect from a global property.' Waller-Bridge's hunt for an international hit goes on. As well as Tomb Raider, Waller-Bridge is also said to be working on an adaptation of Sign Here, the 'darkly humorous' debut novel by Claudia Lux about a man in hell who needs to collect one more soul to win freedom. And the fruits of Waller-Bridge's labour will become apparent next month. She has narrated and executive produced a two-part documentary series called Octopus! about Pacific cephalopods. It launches on Prime Video on May 8.
