ADDITIONAL TEXT BY SARA BORDON PHOTOGRAPHS BY BACKGRID, INSTARproduced the 2017 Best Picture Oscar winner,
Moonlight. ‘Brad wants her involved again,’
says the source, ‘and Jen wants in on such
prestige projects.’
The rekindled friendship has had a positive
effect on Brad. ‘Jen has a way of calming and
encouraging Brad,
which he needs in
his hectic life right
now,’ says the source.
And now that
he’s not drinking,
‘he’s in a great
place mentally
and physically.
He’s in touch with
his emotions and
his true self like
never before. He is closer to the kids than
he has been in months, and he’s shown
tremendous maturity and patience with
Angelina concerning the divorce.’ Having a
loyal friend like Jen back in his life is a bonus
and a blessing, adds the source. ‘He hopes
to count on her for a long time to come.’JEN HAS A WAY
OF CALMING BRAD,
WHICH HE NEEDS IN
HIS LIFE RIGHT NOW
design aficionados have bonded about their
love of overhauling homes. ‘It’s something
Brad always shared with Jen, as opposed
to Angelina, who couldn’t care less about
interior design or home renovation,’ says
an insider.
Ange recently
told Vanity Fair
that design was
‘Brad’s thing...
I didn’t even know
I needed throw
pillows [for my
new house].’
Meanwhile, Jen
recently declared,
‘If I wasn’t acting,
I would do
[renovation] full-time.’ Now the exes are
swapping ideas. Says the source, ‘They’ve
been talking about ideas for future houses
and building projects.’
They may even join forces on movies.
Before they split, they were partners on
Brad’s Plan B production company, which30 WWW.OKMAGAZINE.COM.AU
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Angelina’s new film First They Killed My Father shines
a light on Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime that
slaughtered the country’s citizens in the 1970s.
However, according to published reports, the
actress-turned-humanitarian unknowingly
did business with a former Khmer Rouge
general accused of genocide. An intermediary
working on Ange’s behalf bought a piece
of land, where she now keeps a home, from
alleged mass murderer Ta Tith in 2002.
The star – who created the Maddox Jolie-Pitt
Foundation, which aims to create peace and
stability in Cambodia and is named for her adopted
son – had no idea who the land belonged to.BRAD’S ‘DADDY’
ISSUES
They may have one of the most famous
fathers in the world, but Brad’s six kids
seem to be confused – they’ve been
sprung calling their bodyguard ‘Dad’!
‘Angie’s caught twins Vivienne and Knox
saying “Hey, Dad!” a few times, same
with the older kids,’ tells an insider.
‘Friends have overheard it, too.’ With the
security staffer said to be making dinner,
helping with homework and playing
soccer with them, you’d understand why
the kids might need a gentle reminder
who their real father is. But Ange won’t
do it! ‘The weirdest part is, she didn’t
correct them,’ adds the insider.ANGELINA CAUGHT IN
CAMBODIA SCANDAL
‘It feels like a second home
to me,’ Angelina says of
Cambodia, where she owns
a traditional estate adjacent
to a wildlife reserveANGE’S
NEW LOW
Angelina allowing the
kids to call the security
staffer ‘Dad’ is ‘another
example of [her] taking
the low road’, spills
the source.