Actress Angelina Jolie‘s lingering ties to ex-husband Brad Pitt have formally been severed after their youngest youngsters, twins Vivienne and Knox, turned 18—bringing the former couple’s custody settlement to an finish.
It marks a major milestone not only for the youngsters, however for his or her mom, too. Jolie has made no secret of her need to depart the U.S., one thing that she mentioned she was unable to do whereas she was nonetheless certain by the custody circumstances set in place within the wake of her divorce from Pitt.
“I grew up on this city. I’m right here as a result of I’ve to be right here from a divorce, however as quickly as [the twins] are 18, I’ll have the ability to go away,” she instructed The Hollywood Reporter about her causes for remaining in Los Angeles.
Jolie, 51, went on to disclose her need to spend extra time overseas, significantly in Cambodia, the place her eldest son, Maddox, is from, and the place she has owned a house for years.
“When you have got a giant household, you need them to have privateness, peace, security. I’ve a home now to lift my youngsters, however typically this place might be … that humanity that I discovered internationally just isn’t what I grew up with right here. [After Los Angeles] I’ll spend lots of time in Cambodia. I’ll spend time visiting my relations wherever they could be on this planet.”
Whereas Jolie is now legally free to maneuver overseas, there’s one slightly giant hurdle that she should climb earlier than she is ready to give up the town for good: the sale of her historic Los Angeles mansion.
The “Tomb Raider” star put the property available on the market for $29.9 million in early Might—greater than two months earlier than Vivienne and Knox’s birthday on July 12—having bought it for $24.7 million in 2017, lower than a yr after she filed for divorce from Pitt.
Beforehand owned by legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, for whom it’s now named, the property options six bedrooms and 10 loos, and has served as Jolie’s main residence since she purchased it.
The property—which sits on almost 2 lush acres—is listed with Jon Grauman of Resident Group and Ernie Carswell of Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty.
Jolie’s identify just isn’t talked about within the itemizing, which went stay on Might 4. Nevertheless, the property’s illustrious historical past options prominently within the description, which described the house as an “iconic compound.”
“The legendary Cecil B. DeMille property is now discretely being provided, marking a once-in-a-generation alternative to personal a bit of Hollywood historical past—an iconic compound from which Hollywood’s future was formed, and the place Mr. DeMille helped outline the business because the leisure capital of the world,” it reads.
“Initially conceived in 1913 by architect B. Cooper Corbett, the high-walled property stands as a cornerstone of Hollywood’s architectural and cultural legacy. Acquired by Cecil B. DeMille in 1916, it shortly developed right into a sanctuary of cinematic innovation and social grandeur.”
The itemizing notes that the prevailing property was expanded by DeMille in 1920, when he acquired a neighboring abode that was as soon as residence to Charlie Chaplin—after which set about connecting the 2 dwellings “by the use of a sleek glass hall.”
“This union of artistry and imaginative and prescient reworked the property right into a singular masterpiece, embodying the glamour and artistic pressure of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” the outline goes on.
Whereas a lot is product of the house’s spectacular Hollywood historical past, the itemizing options little to no details about the adjustments that Jolie has made to the dwelling since shifting in almost 10 years in the past—and it options no inside pictures of the property, doubtless in a bid to guard the actress’s privateness.
Among the many upscale facilities which might be talked about within the description are a health studio, a tea home, a visitor home studio with its personal front room, fire, and personal gated entry, and a pool home, in addition to a “separate storage with safety station.”
“Perched on the highest level inside the prestigious Laughlin Park enclave, the grounds command sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Observatory—including additional romance to this timeless legacy property,” the outline provides.
DeMille bought the unique property for simply $27,893 in 1916—and he lived on the property till his dying in 1959. Since then, the extraordinary compound has modified arms on only a few events, with data exhibiting that it was bought for simply $1.5 million in 1990 and remained with that very same purchaser for almost 30 years earlier than it was bought by Jolie.
When the actress purchased the property, it had simply undergone an in depth six-year renovation, which included the grounds and the swimming pool.
“A more moderen traditional outdated Hollywood fashion pool with arched fountains, surrounded by rolling lawns, specimen bushes, rose gardens and dramatic views from the Observatory to Ocean sunsets,” the unique itemizing description mentioned.
The 11,000-square-foot abode has now been available on the market for 79 days, which is above the median for 52-day median for all listed properties in Los Angeles however it’s near the benchmark for properties within the luxurious market.
Based on Realtor.com® knowledge, the median variety of days spent available on the market by properties within the 99th percentile within the L.A. metro, that are properties listed for $21,977,888 and above, is 77.
Nevertheless, there are numerous celebrity-owned residence which have spent much more time available on the market earlier than discovering a purchaser—together with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s marital residence in Beverly Hills and the enduring “Holding Up With the Kardashians” mansion that was listed by Kris Jenner in February 2025.
Whereas Jolie has but to dump her residence, that won’t cease her from leaving Los Angeles within the meantime—significantly on condition that she already has a residence in Cambodia the place she will stay.
Jolie has not commented on the property’s itemizing—and it’s unclear whether or not she plans to dump her different U.S. dwellings forward of her reported transfer overseas, though she has beforehand revealed that her condo in New York Metropolis is presently getting used as a “crash pad” by her youngsters.
It is also not identified whether or not Jolie or any of her youngsters are presently residing within the historic Los Angeles dwelling; each of her twins attended highschool within the metropolis, however could nicely find yourself leaving quickly with a view to attend school.
Jolie’s youngsters are all notoriously personal and no data has been shared by the actress about their future plans.
Quickly after the twins celebrated their 18th birthday, nonetheless, Vivienne took one other daring step in direction of ending her personal connection to her well-known father, submitting paperwork within the Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on July 20 to legally take away “Pitt” from her identify.
Based on Web page Six, Vivienne has requested that her identify be modified from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Pitt—protecting the center moniker that was given to her in honor of her late maternal grandmother, who died in 2007.
The transfer sees {the teenager} following within the footsteps of her older sibling, Shiloh, 20, who efficiently filed an identical petition in Might 2024, shortly after she turned 18. Maddox, 24, additionally petitioned a courtroom to vary his identify in Might of this yr, whereas Zahara made the identical transfer in June.
In the meantime Vivienne’s brother, Knox, was revealed to have used the identify Knox Jolie on his highschool diploma when he graduated earlier this summer season, nonetheless he’s not identified to have filed a authorized petition to official change his moniker.
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