LOS ANGELES: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — one of Hollywood’s most famous celebrity power couples — are now husband and wife, after a wedding in France described as a “family affair.”
The A-list Oscar winners were married by a US judge on Saturday in a small chapel at Chateau Miraval in the southern French village of Correns, a spokeswoman for the couple said.
Jolie was walked down the aisle by her eldest sons Maddox and Pax. Her daughters Zahara and Vivienne threw petals, while the couple’s other two children Shiloh and Knox were the ring bearers.
“It was very much a family affair,” the spokeswoman said in a statement. Pitt and Jolie obtained a marriage licence in California from a local US judge, who travelled to France to conduct the wedding, which was described as a “non-denominational civil ceremony.”
Yesterday, Pitt was photographed wearing a gold band on his left ring finger during an event in Britain to promote his new World War II film “Fury,” in which he plays a battle-hardened army sergeant.
The Tinseltown royal couple fell in love on the set of 2005 action film “Mr & Mrs Smith” — spawning the media phenomenon of “Brangelina” that has dominated celebrity journalism and the tabloids ever since.
Earlier this year, Jolie, 39, had told People that she and Pitt were “not really in a rush” to get married, adding: “We’re just waiting for it to be the right time with the kids, with work, when it feels right.” Jolie — twice married and divorced before her wedding to the 50-year-old Pitt — took home an Oscar for best supporting actress for her portrayal of a rebellious woman in a mental institution in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted.” She has since played everything from a fairy tale villain (“Maleficent”) to a video game heroine (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”).
AFP
