Lara Croft Online
07-18-2002, 11:58 PM
Marriage Interrupted: Jolie Files for Divorce
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Actors Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie
Thursday, July 18, 2002
LOS ANGELES — After weeks of rumors about a split, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband, actor Billy Bob Thornton.
In an interview with Us Weekly to hit newsstands Friday, Jolie confirmed that she and Thornton had separated. And she added that she hasn't spoken to her Oscar-winning hubby in at least a month.
Regarding the split, Thornton, 46, issued a statement Thursday that said only: "It's a sad thing." Representatives of Jolie, 27, refused to comment further.
In the Us interview Jolie said, "I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time."
"Sometimes, you don't see things coming, even though they are happening. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems."
In divorce papers filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie cited "irreconcilable differences" and sought sole custody of their 11-month-old adopted son, Maddox, who was born in Cambodia. The papers also revealed that the couple have been apart since June 3.
Jolie wed Thornton after a whirlwind courtship in Las Vegas in 2000, the same year she won a best-supporting actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted. Thornton was dating actress Laura Dern when he became involved with Jolie and started a romance with her unbeknownst to Dern. It was Thornton's fifth marriage and her second.
Thornton won an Oscar in 1997 for best screenplay for Sling Blade, for which he was also nominated for best actor.
The couple's love life has created much media buzz over the years and at one time they wore vials of each other's blood around their necks.
Jolie and her son are living in a hotel away from the couple's Beverly Hills, Calif., home; Jolie says she is unsure of where Thornton has been staying.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Actors Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie
Thursday, July 18, 2002
LOS ANGELES — After weeks of rumors about a split, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband, actor Billy Bob Thornton.
In an interview with Us Weekly to hit newsstands Friday, Jolie confirmed that she and Thornton had separated. And she added that she hasn't spoken to her Oscar-winning hubby in at least a month.
Regarding the split, Thornton, 46, issued a statement Thursday that said only: "It's a sad thing." Representatives of Jolie, 27, refused to comment further.
In the Us interview Jolie said, "I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time."
"Sometimes, you don't see things coming, even though they are happening. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems."
In divorce papers filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie cited "irreconcilable differences" and sought sole custody of their 11-month-old adopted son, Maddox, who was born in Cambodia. The papers also revealed that the couple have been apart since June 3.
Jolie wed Thornton after a whirlwind courtship in Las Vegas in 2000, the same year she won a best-supporting actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted. Thornton was dating actress Laura Dern when he became involved with Jolie and started a romance with her unbeknownst to Dern. It was Thornton's fifth marriage and her second.
Thornton won an Oscar in 1997 for best screenplay for Sling Blade, for which he was also nominated for best actor.
The couple's love life has created much media buzz over the years and at one time they wore vials of each other's blood around their necks.
Jolie and her son are living in a hotel away from the couple's Beverly Hills, Calif., home; Jolie says she is unsure of where Thornton has been staying.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Source: Fox News http://www.foxnews.com