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Associated Press
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston Split
Updated 10:36 PM ET January 7, 2005
By JOHN ROGERS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood glamour couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer
Aniston have split, his publicist confirmed Friday. "We would like to
announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally
separate," the couple said in a statement.
"For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain
that our separation is not the result of any speculation re****ted by the
tabloid media," the actors said.
The couple didn't indicate if they plan to divorce, and publicist Cindy
Guagenti declined to comment beyond the statement, which also said, "We
happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and
admiration for one another."
The separation, first re****ted on People magazine's Web site, comes 4
1/2 years after the pair's wedding and after months of speculation that
their marriage was in trouble.
Aniston has recently been photographed in public without her
diamond-studded wedding ring, according to People, although the magazine
said the couple had spent the New Year's weekend together on the
Caribbean island of Anguilla with Aniston's former "Friends" co-star
Courteney Cox and her husband, actor David Arquette.
Pitt, 41, and Aniston, 35, have been together since being set up on a
blind date in 1998. They were married in a lavish wedding on July 29,
2000, on a Malibu estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Some 200 people
attended the event, which included four bands, a gospel choir, fireworks
and tens of thousands of flowers.
Part of Pacific Coast Highway was shut down to accommodate the influx of
guests, which included actress Cameron Diaz and most of Aniston's
"Friends" co-stars. It was the first marriage for both.
Until rumors began swirling that they were about to split, there were
near-constant tabloid rumors that Aniston was pregnant. The actress had
told People in 2002 that she and Pitt eventually wanted to start a family.
"Absolutely it will happen but probably not for a while," she said at
the time.
Since their wedding, Pitt and Anniston have been touted not only as one
of Hollywood's most glamorous couples but also one of the film
industry's most powerful. They are co-owners of the Plan B production
company with producer Brad Grey, who earlier this week was hired to
replace Sherry Lansing as head of the Paramount studio.
Aniston is perhaps the most recognizable star of "Friends," the ensemble
show that concluded a 10-year run last year as one of television's
highest-rated comedies. She also has starred in such films as "Along
Came Polly," "Bruce Almighty" and "The Good Girl." Her father is veteran
soap opera actor John Aniston.
Pitt, long one of Hollywood' most bankable film stars, is currently seen
in "Ocean's Twelve." Other film credits include "Ocean's Eleven," "Fight
Club," "Meet Joe Black," "Seven Years in Tibet," "Sleepers," "12
Monkeys," "Legends of the Fall," "A River Runs Through It" and "Thelma &
Louise."
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