Angelina Jolie stunned as she attended the opening night of the Broadway musical The Outsiders on Thursday night after serving as executive producer. The Oscar-winning actress, 48, said she was ‘honoured’ to be part of the film’s production, looking stunning in a gold dress paired with a rust-colored cape. Jolie is currently involved in a lawsuit with ex-husband Brad Pitt, 60, over their French vineyard, but she put aside her pain to attend the event. She was joined by daughter Vivienne, 15, at the premiere. It is noteworthy that the two worked together on the project due to the teenager’s interest in theater. Vivienne first saw the musical in San Diego.
Vivienne wore a stylish blue outfit for the event as she joined the cast and her mother on the red carpet. In a statement last year, Jolie said that her daughter “reminds me of my mother in that she is not focused on being the center of attention but on being supportive of other creatives.” “She is very thoughtful and serious about theater and works hard to best understand how to contribute,” the actress continued. ‘I hope to contribute while continuing to learn from this wonderful team who have worked with me since my daughter took me to see the show at La Jolla Playhouse.’ ‘I cannot express how excited I am for this musical to premiere on Broadway and look forward to sharing this new adaptation of The Outsiders with the world.’
Jolie told People magazine that she was “inspired” to do the musical based on S.E. Hinton’s 1987 novel because she felt “strong about the material and the team”. She said: ‘It’s an honor to be involved in this process. I have great respect for Broadway and everyone who works there.’ ‘I was in the theater watching the first reactions come in, including often very emotional reactions from young people. It was very touching.” Jolie’s outing comes after her legal team said Brad Pitt had abused her before their 2016 argument on a plane, in newly filed legal documents related to the fight between the pair the old couple returns to their French winery.
Jolie’s attorneys on Thursday filed a motion in Los Angeles County Superior Court, saying Pitt had a history of physical aggression toward Jolie before the well-documented altercation on September 14. 2016 on a flight from Nice, France to LA. Pitt has denied all allegations of physical abuse and has not been charged amid an FBI investigation into the incident; Dailymail.com has contacted Pitt’s representative for comment on the story.
Jolie’s legal team said in court filings: “Although Pitt’s history of physical abuse toward Jolie began before the family’s flight from France to Los Angeles in September 2016, the This flight marked the first time he physically abused children.” Legal proceedings are ongoing.
A source close to the Maleficent actress said Pitt refused to attend domestic violence counseling and disregarded serious family issues by seeking partial custody of their six children: Maddox , 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17 and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15. “Pitt never understood this and sought more than 50-50 custody — including with the children with whom he had not had a stable relationship for many years —,” Jolie’s lawyer said. but also seeks sole custody if the children do not have a full relationship with him.” told the court in legal documents.
Jolie’s legal team said in court filings Thursday that “despite this distressing request, Jolie is not seeking sole custody” of the children. ‘Instead, she advocates that the children’s wishes and needs must be prioritized, based partly on what the children feel they can do and a care plan built in their best interests of the children to heal their wounds.’ Jolie’s attorney, Paul Murphy, told Dailymail.com in a statement that the information released in Thursday’s filing reveals why the Fight Club actor wanted Jolie to sign a non-disclosure agreement in separation time. ‘Grandfather. Pitt refused to buy out Ms. Jolie’s interest when she was not silenced by his NDA,” Murphy said.
‘By refusing to buy out her interest but then suing her, Mr. Pitt directly raised the issue of why that NDA was important to him and what he hoped it would bury: his abuse of Ms. Jolie and their family. After eight months of delay, this motion asks the Court to compel Mr. Pitt to finally produce that evidence.” An insider familiar with the situation told Dailymail.com that the Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood actor has caused problems for himself with his long-running lawsuit over a winery in France. “Pitt is drawing all of this from Angelina,” the insider said. ‘She didn’t want to be here, she didn’t want to raise any of these facts and she did it only because Pitt’s lawsuit against her forced her to defend herself.’
The insider described the situation as “extremely sad” and added that Jolie “just hopes” Pitt “can move on and leave her alone.”
By prolonging the legal battle over the winery — which the former couple bought in 2008 for $28.4 million — Pitt has exposed himself to more criticism, insiders say. Further problematic allegations could spread through the court system and then into the public. Pitt has since accused Jolie of being a ‘hypocrite’ for claiming he wanted her to sign an NDA to ‘control’ the actress while selling their French vineyard.
The actor’s lawyer informed LA Superior Court on Friday that Jolie’s claims about the NDA were simply a cover to ‘rationalize’ her betrayal of Brad, according to TMZ. His legal team also confirmed that Angelina asked Pitt to sign an NDA a few months later. At the end of March, a source told DailyMail.com that the former couple’s years-long divorce battle was nearly over and in the final stages of negotiations.
