Highlights Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce was public and messy. Pitt's history with alcoholism had a profound impact on the family. Pitt has a close and loving relationship with his three youngest children as well as his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were already massive stars when they met and filmed Mr and Mrs Smith. Read More...
Are happily ever afters only for young, single women? I used to believe so. Why wouldn't I, given the rom-coms of my 2000s childhood? Love, according to Hollywood, was for the (mostly white) 35-and-under crowd. Even the few "unconventional" protagonists in those movies — plus-sized women, women of color, or LGBTQ+ singles, for example — were still young. I was convinced from an early age that middle-aged women, especially single mothers like my mom, were too late for a fairy-tale ending of their own. Read More...