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kids regularly, he’s pub
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and Angelina’s 12-yea
ship. “I was boozing too
just become a problem,
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was published in early M
drink a Russian under the table with
his own vodka. I was a professional.
I was good.” Brad said everything
that happened was “self-inflicted,”
and now that he’s sobered up and
started going to therapy, he says his
life is “family first.”
Angelina is now creating a new
family for herself and wants her
wedding day to be magical. “She’s
planning a small outdoor wedding
this summer. While it will be the
wet season in Cambodia, the country
will also be at its most beautiful,”
says the family friend. “She has a
Brad’s Devastating Loss
Brad is reeling after losing two close
friends within just three days of each
other. On May 14, former Paramount
Studios chairman Brad Grey, who
had once led Brad’s management
company and co-founded the actor’s
Oscar-winning production company,
Plan B, died of cancer at 59. Then
on May 17, rocker Chris Cornell
committed suicide after a Detroit
concert. “It’s a great loss for Brad,”
says a family friend, adding that
Chris and Brad had bonded in recent
months over their substance abuse
struggles. “Brad is devastated.”
special spot on her property in Battambang
picked out that overlooks
a river. She feels it’s perfect for the
ceremony.” She’s looking to the local
culture for inspiration. “Angie’s considering
wearing traditional Cambodian
garb and wants the food at the
reception to be of the region as well:
fish and beef curries, green mango
salad, barbecue pork and rice, fried
bananas, Lort Chha noodles and
pumpkin custard,” adds the family
friend. “She only wants her nearest
and dearest in Cambodia for the
wedding and she insists she’ll be
happy with the outcome no matter
how hastily it’s put together because
it’s being done with love.”
Angelina wants all her kids
to be there on her big day. “She’s
thinking of having Shiloh, Zahara
and Vivienne as bridesmaids and
Maddox as the groom’s best man
since Maddox feels like the man
of the family now,” says the family
Uh-Oh, Angelina!
Brad’sWritingaTell-All
Since Brad Pitt’s bitter split from wife
Angelina in September, the actor has
been spending most of his free time
“writing in his journal. He finds it very
therapeutic,” says a source, adding
that Brad has completed almost
300 pages and is considering
having it published. “At the
beginning it was just to get all
of his thoughts out in a very
concise manner so that he
could share it with his
therapist. But it started to
become a lifeline for Brad as
he pieced together his new
life without Angie.” In his
journal, Brad — who recently
admitted to GQ Style that he’s
living a sober life post-split — “is
extremely blunt and authentic in
describing what led to the breakdown
of his marriage to Angie,” says the
source, adding that Brad offered to
share some of his journal entries
with his ex. “Angie said she wasn’t
interested in reading it and
expressed concern about Brad
releasing any sort of book because
of the impact it could have on their
kids.” The War Machine star isn’t
listening. Says the source: “He
believes that by releasing the book, he
can help others with similar issues.”
friend. “Knox will assume ringbearer
duties, and like he did in Angie
and Brad’s wedding, Pax will be
responsible for baking a cake for the
reception. There will be some Buddhist
elements to the ceremony, too,
as Angie, Maddox and Pax are Buddhists,
but what she really wants
is just for all the children to be involved.”
Brad won’t fight her on it,
says the insider: “He will sign off on
the kids going.”
Of course, Brad still believes it’s
too much, too soon. “He thinks she’s
getting married on the rebound,” says
the insider. “He doesn’t think it will
last.” But Angelina insists she’s in
love and that marrying so quickly after
the divorce is the right thing to do.
“Her marriage to Brad was pretty volatile,”
says the family friend. “She
doesn’t have that with her new man.
She’s convinced he’s the one — and
marrying in Cambodia is a dream
come true.”