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- Angelina Jolie Walks Tony Awards Red Carpet With Daughter Vivienne Amid Brad Pitt Custody Battle (newsbreak.com)
Angelina Jolie made a striking appearance at the 2024 Tony Awards, accompanied by her 15-year-old daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, this past Sunday, June 16. Jolie dazzled in a creation by Atelier Versace, amidst ongoing legal battles with her former husband, Brad Pitt, concerning custody of their children and the future of their French vineyard, Château Miraval. The couple parted ways in 2016, and their divorce proceedings have been prolonged.
Vivienne took on the role of assistant for the Broadway musical version of S.E. Hinton’s novel, “The Outsiders,” a project where Jolie, 49, was a producer.
The musical, which opened in March, received 11 Tony nominations, including for Best Musical and Best Direction. Jolie shared with Deadline how the experience of working on the musical deepened her bond with her daughter.
She expressed how it allowed her to see the impact the project had on Vivienne, providing insights into her daughter’s interests and connections to the material. In a notable move, Vivienne chose to use only her mother’s surname, Jolie, in the musical’s playbill, a decision previously made by her siblings Zahara and Shiloh in different contexts, indicating their preference for their mother’s maiden name. Brad Pitt, who also shares children Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and Vivienne’s twin, Knox, with Jolie, is reportedly finding the evolving family dynamics challenging, according to an insider speaking with Us Weekly.
The revelation adds to the ongoing narrative of the family’s public and private life, highlighting the complexities of their relationships amidst legal negotiations over their divorce. A recent insider hinted to Us that the end of Pitt and Jolie’s divorce proceedings might be approaching, a situation that brings a mix of relief and sadness, especially as allegations of past abuses come to light, complicating the narrative of their separation and the impact on their family.