LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Billy Bob Thornton, according to court documents made public last week.
Representatives for Jolie, 27, could not immediately be reached for comment, but a spokesman for Thornton, 46, said the only comment from the actor-writer and musician was, "It's a sad thing."
Word of the divorce filing came a day after Jolie acknowledged in a magazine interview that she and Thornton had been living apart in separate hotels and had not seen each other since June 3.
In divorce papers filed last Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie cited "irreconcilable differences" and sought sole custody of their 11-month-old adopted son, Maddox, who was born in Cambodia. She also sought possession of "miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects," as well as her earnings since the day the day she and Thornton separated.
The breakdown of one of Hollywood's most high-profile and eccentric marriages has been the subject of frenzied gossip and tabloid headlines for weeks.
"I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time," Us Weekly quoted Jolie as saying.
"Sometimes you don't see things coming, even though they are happening," she told the magazine. "It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems. It's clear to me that our priorities shifted overnight."