In the world of celebrity splits, it doesn’t get much bigger than this: Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, and she’s going for full custody of their six kids. 
 
 From here on out things could go one of two ways: quick and quiet, or long and loud. 
 
 “If you remember the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes situation, you barely read any of the actual details of what happened in that case in New York,” said attorney Robert Preston, co-chair of Greenspoon Marder’s matrimonial and family law practice group in New York. “It happened very quickly. There was a mutual understanding that if this went to the press it would be impossible to resolve and it would end up in court.” 
 
 When two A-list celebrities are involved there’s a common goal of keeping things out of the media and out of the court of public opinion, said Preston, who has more than two decades handling high-profile divorces. By contrast, when a megastar is married to a someone who’s not so famous, “the spouse has a hell of a lot less to lose by going to the press and trying to make the other side look bad.” 
 
 Preston suspects that this case will have little to do with money or property and everything to do with custody. There’s no indication on the divorce petition of a pre- or post-nuptial agreement, he said, and any custody wishes laid out in such a document would be unenforceable because the court has to act in the best interest of the children, not the parents. 
 
 All of this conspires to incentivize Jolie and Pitt to settle their dissolution issues quickly and behind the scenes. Because California is a no-fault state, there doesn’t have to be a complaint alleging lots of bad acts, Preston said, if the parties can reach an agreement out of court. 
 
 “If you go to the next step of the actual complaint needing to be served about why one party is entitled to custody of the kids,” he said, “you’re going to see a lot of very press-worthy stuff.” 
 
 Already there has been speculation in the media about what might have pushed Jolie to file. Unconfirmed rumors spread by social media are kind of thing that can complicate a celebrity divorce even more than it would affect a run-of-the-mill split. 
 
 Stacy Phillips, a family law attorney with Blank Rome in Century City, found one thing about the filing to be “a bit odd”: The fact that Jolie is asking for sole physical custody of the kids but joint legal custody, which includes the ability to make decisions about the kids’ lives. 
 
 “If somebody’s not capable of having custodial time then one would surmise that they’re not capable of making decisions,” she said. But the fact that all six kids — three of them adopted and three of them born to the couple — are listed on the petition with Pitt and Jolie as mother and father is a good thing. 
 
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 “It means that these kids are going to be treated as a unit, that he formally adopted them, because they’ve known him as their dad,” she said. “That’s secure and it’s healthier for the kids.” 
 
 The kids will “sort of go as a pack” when it comes to custody, said divorce attorney Christopher Melcher of Walzer Melcher in Woodland Hills. He was the L.A.-based attorney in Katie Holmes’ divorce. 
 
 Travel for work by Pitt or Jolie is unlikely to affect a custody determination, Melcher added, because in this case both parents have more than enough resources to hire nannies, teachers and others to help out, even in the case of 50-50 custody. 
 
 At 15, eldest child Maddox Jolie-Pitt has the right to express his custody preference to the court, Phillips said, and if the request is reasonable and rational then it must be taken into consideration. 
 
 “Hopefully he won’t have to do that in court,” Phillips said, “because putting a child up in court is scary. Having to ‘choose between your parents,’ no child should have to be put in that position. 
 
 “Especially when you have kids who’ve been adopted, they have a fear of abandonment, and putting them through another go-round of that, that’s really hard on kids in general, especially adopted kids,” she said. “I hope that Angelina and Brad can work this through.” 
 
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 Longtime friend of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reacts to the news that the couple is filing for divorce after just two years of marriage. 
 
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 Whoopi Goldberg has taken to social media to address televised comments she made about Angelina Jolie’s filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, which were widely interpreted as mocking the couple’s dissolution. 
 
 In a Facebook video and a series of four tweets, the longtime View cohost indicated she meant no offense to Jolie and Pitt, and that her remarks on Tuesday’s episode were partly intended as commentary on the nature of Hollywood gossip. 
 
 “I hear I’m getting a little bit of heat because people thought I was making fun of Brad and Angelina,” Goldberg says in the video. “At 11 a.m., they asked me to make this announcement. To me it’s gossip until somebody says, ‘Yes, this is absolutely what’s happening,’ which apparently has happened by this evening. But I’m not a gossip fan, and I don’t think it’s fair to announce stuff when you don’t have all of the information. But I had to do it anyway, so I did it the way I thought I could do it.” 
 
 She adds that “people were really freaked out” about the split. “Really? Nobody has died here.” 
 
 Earlier in the day, Goldberg had brought up the divorce on air and assumed a distressed Valley Girl accent. 
 
 “Before we start … don’t laugh at me,” she said. “Something has happened in the world I just feel so upset about. Just before we went on the air, some news broke on TMZ [which was] also corroborated by CNN — and that’s really corroboration — that after 12 years together, two years of marriage, and six children, Angelina and Brad are breaking up. … It’s just too much.” 
 
 Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. 
 
 See Goldberg’s video and tweets below. 
 
 (1/4) I’m hearing that people thought I was making fun of the Angel/brad split 1 at 11 am when I was asked to do it on — Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 20, 2016 
 
 (2/4) The view it was unsubstantiated and therefore gossip - to me if u know anything about me you know I hate talking about — Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 20, 2016 
 
 (3/4) So the idea that anyone would think that I was making fun of the possible divorce without knowing if it — Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 20, 2016 

 If anyone knows a thing or two about breakups, it’s Adele. 
 
 The singer said hello to the sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd in New York City Tuesday night, before dedicating the second of her six nights at the venue to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. 
 
 A few songs into her show, the Grammy winner asked if she could “address the elephant in the room,” saying news of the Hollywood couple’s divorce marks “the end of an era,” according to fans who posted on Twitter. Playing “2 hours of misery,” as she put it, the British singer-songwriter, whose 2011 album 21 was largely about a personal breakup and the ensuing heartache, led the audience “in a group Brangelina breakup therapy session,” said one person on social media, adding, “Also, there are songs.” 
 
 Adele, in one great note among many, just dedicated her show, "2 hours of misery," to "Brangelina." "End of an era." pic.twitter.com/uNOtfbc8wK — Jacob Bernstein (@BernsteinJacob) September 21, 2016 
 
 Adele just dedicated this show to Brangelina, says, like all of us, that it's 'the end of an era.' #AdeleLive2016 — Jessica Derschowitz (@jessicasara) September 21, 2016 
 
 Now #Adele is leading us all in a group Brangelina breakup therapy session. Also, there are songs. — Kristopher Jansma (@KristopherJans) September 21, 2016 
 
 Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. She did not request spousal or child support, but did ask for physical custody of the six children she shares with Pitt. The two married in August 2014. 

 (CNN) Divorce in Hollywood is almost as common as sunshine and paparazzi. 
 
 And everyone knows that if you want to come out on top, you hire the best of the best. 
 
 Enter attorney Laura Wasser. 
 
 Wasser is known as the go-to-divorce lawyer in Tinseltown, and fresh off of representing Johnny Depp in his very conscious uncoupling from Amber Heard, she is now representing Angelina Jolie in her split from Brad Pitt. 
 
 In honor of the dozen years Jolie and Pitt have been linked in the headlines (they became the subject of speculation in 2004 and publicly confirmed their relationship in 2005), here are 11 other things to know about Wasser beyond her helping Depp get unhitched: 
 
 It's in her genes 
 
 Wasser is the daughter of well-respected family attorney Dennis Wasser. The father and daughter practice law together at their Los Angeles firm Wasser, Cooperman & Carter. 
 
 Even her name speaks to it 
 
 Wasser's father named her "Laura Allison Wasser" so her initials would spell "LAW." 
 
 Her client list 
 
 The list of clients Wasser has represented reads like a who's who of Hollywood. 
 
 In addition to Depp and Jolie, Wasser has represented Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Reynolds, Heidi Klum, Nick Lachey and many other celebrities. 
 
 A well earned nickname 
 
 Early on, the tabloids dubbed her the "Disso Queen" -- as in dissolution of marriage. 
 
 A published author 
 
 Her book, "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself," was published in 2013. 
 
 She has personal experience with divorce 
 
 The high profile attorney's first case hit close to home. 
 
 She represented herself during her divorce in 1993 from a man she met while a student at Loyola Law School. 
 
 "I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous," she is quoted. "But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs." 
 
 Wasser is a mom 
 
 She has two sons from two relationships, but did not marry their fathers. 
 
 She believes in pre-nups 
 
 The litigator says she's happy to negotiate prenuptial agreements, but told Vanity Fair she doesn't force them on her clients. 
 
 "If somebody comes to me -- the client, their business manager, their entertainment attorney, or one of their parents -- and says, 'I think at this point, [he/she] really needs a pre-nup,' then I will write the pre-nup," she said. 
 
 Understanding the romance 
 
 "A lot of Hollywood is fantasy and when that idea of walking down the aisle in a beautiful dress or suit is so lovely, and you've got unlimited funds, why wouldn't you want to do it time and time again," she said. "They think: 'So, the first one didn't work out and the second one didn't work out, but this one really is the one!' I'm being glib, but if there's one thing I've learned, it's that people love to get married." 
 
 Don't look for a reality show anytime soon 
 
 Wasser has said she's been approached but has absolutely no desire to become a reality TV star. 
 
 Wasser is still famous anyway 

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 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 'By the Sea.' (Photo: Universal Pictures, AP) 
 
 The planet is shocked — SHOCKED! — at the news Tuesday that Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt; now comes the usual wave of gossipy speculation from the media and divorce-court peanut galleries about why. 
 
 Was she upset with his parenting policies? Were there concerns about drinking and drugs? Did one of them have — gasp! — an affair? (Not that this would be unusual in Hollywood.) 
 
 The impending divorce of a widely admired "golden" couple after 12 years together, and just two years of marriage, comes after more than a year of multiple Hollywood divorces, including the toxic split just last month of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after 15 months of marriage. 
 
 But that messy business could pale in comparison to the divorce of Jolie and Pitt, both multimillionaire movie stars, both famous human-rights activists, owners of luxury properties in the USA and abroad, and the parents of six children. 
 
 Here's what we know and what questions remain: 
 
 What does Jolie's divorce filing say? 
 
 The document, filed in Los Angeles Monday, cites "irreconcilable differences," the usual boilerplate language in divorce proceedings, with no details about what the differences entailed. It says the two separated last Thursday, Sept. 15. It indicates she is not seeking spousal support. 
 
 She lists "miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects," and earnings from and after the separation as "separate" property, and indicates community and quasi-community property are to be determined. 
 
 It lists their six kids (Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 8). 
 
 What do Jolie and Pitt have to say? 
 
 Not much and what they did say was mostly boilerplate. 
 
 Her lawyer, Robert Offer, issued a statement Tuesday on her behalf, confirming Jolie, 41, filed for divorce, a decision "made for the health of the family. She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this difficult time." 
 
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 Later, Pitt, 52, issued a statement to People, saying, "I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time." 
 
 
 
 What's the most surprising aspect of Jolie's filing? 
 
 She wants Pitt to have joint legal custody of the kids but she wants their sole physical custody. Divorce attorneys say that's rare, even in celebrity divorces. 
 
 "They've been co-parenting for so many years, it's unusual and surprising to see one parent asking for sole custody at this late stage," says celebrity-divorce lawyer Neena Tankha, a partner in the New York firm Warshaw Burstein. "It suggests there was some incident or series of incidents that made Angelina think to question his parenting. It's a very aggressive move for someone who has co-parented in the way this family has been accustomed." 
 
 It suggests that Jolie believes she is the better parent to the children and she doesn't want Pitt to have a say after the divorce, says divorce lawyer Joshua Forman, a partner in Chemtob Moss and Forman in New York. 
 
 "It's saying, I want to make all the decisions for the children, I want to do what I want when I want, jet around the world, live where I want ... without Pitt getting in the way," Forman says. "When one party asks for primary custody, (it means) they don't want interaction with the other party and they don't think the other party has good decision-making processes." 
 
 Is there a pre-nuptial agreement covering custody issues? 
 
 No one knows for sure if there is a pre-nup covering anything, including their extensive assets or their kids. (Divorce lawyers agree it would be imprudent for two multimillionaires with six kids not to have one.) But assuming there is and that it has language dealing with custody, it may not matter, says Lois Liberman, partner and leader of the Blank Rome matrimonial division in New York. 
 
 "It may say something about 'it is our intention,' but it’s not determinant, not in New York and not in California, I believe. The best interest of the children is what controls custody determinations," Liberman says. "Courts have found that it's in the best interests of the children to have as much access and input as possible to both parents." 
 
 For most non-celeb marriages, a pre-nup spelling out custody in event of a divorce due to bad behavior, such as adultery, would be unusual, she says. Not so for Hollywood marriages. But it still wouldn't be the bottom line in deciding custody, she says. 
 
 "Given the way they built their family (giving birth and adopting both before and after the marriage), it wouldn’t be weird for them to consider a custodial arrangement in event of a divorce," she says. "But being an adulterer does not mean you’re a bad parent, not in the eyes of courts now. It has to do with parental judgment." 
 
 On the other hand, if there are allegations of, say, drug use or anger issues, that could lead to the non-custodial parent having supervised parenting time, says Kelly Frawley, a divorce lawyer in Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman in New York. 
 
 "In situations like this where the children presumably have multiple nannies, supervision should not prevent an amicable resolution because such nannies can act as the supervisors, thereby limiting disruption to the children and embarrassment to the supervised party," Frawley says. 
 
 Why is this divorce seen as different, more shocking than other recent celebrity splits? 
 
 "It’s not different, it’s just that it's Brad and Angelina," shrugs Forman. "People love to read about golden people falling. They had this great affair, they're the best couple, this and that and the other thing, and people want to read about it." 
 
 "They have six children and that’s not typical for celebrity couples at all — in fact, I can't think of another celebrity couple with six children," says Tankha. 
 
 Plus, says Liberman, there's the "unorthodox way" they built their family and focused so much attention on their kids. "Clearly the children are on the forefront of their brains, their relationship is built on caring for their children and other children," she says. 
 
 But in the end, even a celebrity divorce is still a divorce, she says. 
 
 "It's not that different from other divorces, and the law provides some mechanisms to deal with these questions even if the couple have more zeroes after their names and prettier faces and a unique family." 
 
 So now what? 
 
 As in any divorce, the lawyers will commence dickering, mostly behind closed doors. As in any celeb divorce, the usual unnamed "sources" will commence leaking like sieves to favored media to benefit one side or the other. If everyone keeps their head, Jolie and Pitt will avoid the sort of media circus that surrounded the Depp/Heard divorce, with its dueling allegations of domestic abuse and mendacity. 
 
 But Hollywood life will go on: Jolie is set to star in Disney's Maleficent 2, though the film has yet to go into production. She's keeping up her directing chops, too, with three films since 2011. She just finished directing the Netflix film First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia, about the brutal Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s in the country where son Maddox was born. 
 
 As a special envoy for the UN, Jolie is stepping up her do-gooder activism: This year she became a visiting professor at the London School of Economics, and has worked to shine a spotlight on the worldwide refugee crisis for years. On Sept. 8 she made a surprise appearance at a major UN summit, blasting the peacekeeping organization for incidents of sexual assault, saying cases of women and children being sexually exploited by those in charge of protecting them were "intolerable." 
 
 Meanwhile, Pitt will release two films this fall: War Machine and the highly-anticipated WWII spy drama Allied, with Marion Cotillard (out Nov. 23). A recent T Magazine profile of Pitt did not mention Jolie. 
 
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 What the hell is wrong with you people? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are divorcing and all Twitter can do is post Jennifer Aniston memes in response? Uh, you’re damn straight that’s all people can do. Because it’s about fucking time. As a longtime, devoted member of Team Jen, scrolling through GIFs of eternally perky Aniston reveling in their loss is something I don’t want to admit I love, but I Can’t. Stop. Gloating. It’s also totally dumb to suggest that a grown-ass woman would be reveling in her ex’s pain. But c’mon, this is what social media is made for. 
 
 I’m sorry, I know the breakup of Hollywood’s golden couple is hurting some people. Pitt and Jolie were two lovers who were totally OK with sneaking around, leaving Aniston to the tabloid wolves, and running off to build their family and do charity work (and brag about it at every chance). It’s sad this power couple has irreconcilable differences. Jolie’s attorney, Robert Offer, said in a statement, that the “decision was made for the health of the family.” So either Pitt has some crazy substance issues (since she’s asking for sole custody and no spousal support) or he’s banging a nanny. 
 
 It’s not nice to gawk, but I have to say — this has been a long time coming for Team Jen, and everyone is well within their right to simultaneously be a little vindicated and make fun of Rachel Green all at the same time. This is what Tuesdays are made for. 
 
 Breaking the news 
 
 Screw privacy 
 
 #Brangelina Angelina and Brad: we ask you to respect our privacy during this difficult time Jen: pic.twitter.com/A1qqebVwJv — Joe (@joebaynton) September 20, 2016 
 
 Nothing lasts forever, bitches 
 
 Try to contain yourself 
 
 I like to think this is how Jennifer Anniston reacted when she heard about #Brangelina… (I certainly did) pic.twitter.com/26jC2iBkDf — Anna Collinson (@AnnaCollinson) September 20, 2016 
 
 People are just mean AF 
 
 https://twitter.com/RecklessRai/status/778252199784767488 
 
 It’s about time, really 
 
 September 20th is quickly becoming Jennifer Anniston Meme Day #brangelina pic.twitter.com/9ScaZxdsiX — Katie Brennan (@KatieLBrennan) September 20, 2016 
 
 So cocky 
 
 Sorry, not sorry 
 
 Rachel Green reacting to the news that #Brangelina is over… pic.twitter.com/h8XVBOYgNb — Ezra Zaid (@EzraZaid) September 20, 2016 
 
 She probably doesn’t give AF 
 
 https://twitter.com/YasminDems/status/778257288041730048 
 
 But it has to feel a little good 
 
 It’s really not about her 
 
 #Brangelina divorce fast becoming Jennifer Anniston gif day. The internet has no mercy. pic.twitter.com/9WCuX0c2a1 — Rita Vaz da Silva (@RitaVazdaSilva) September 20, 2016 
 
 I mean, she put up with a lot way back when 
 
 She can’t be that petty 
 
 Jen watching her cheating ex getting divorced #brangelina pic.twitter.com/hJkS1oc9sM — luisa (@dontlulume) September 20, 2016 
 
 She definitely deserves a few texts to friends 
 
 It’s refreshing, too 
 
 To everyone who said one love was better than another 
 
 Really, though — Hollywood couples are all just BS 
 
 But we all know right now Jen's just like… #brangelina pic.twitter.com/X8HpfN9IJv — Tory Knacke (@toryknacke) September 20, 2016 
 
 It’s a little dumb to paint Aniston as a catty, bitter woman just loving all of this. But fans and the tabloid media have long been beating Jen up since her split from Pitt. It’s worth acknowledging that it has to feel at least a little something. She’s only human after all.
– The surprise divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt continues to dominate the entertainment headlines. Some coverage: George Clooney didn't know about his friends' split until asked about it by a reporter. "I feel very sorry to hear that," says the surprised actor. See his full reaction at CNN. Jolie wants sole physical custody of their six kids but is willing to grant Pitt joint legal custody, allowing him to share in decisions. A family attorney finds that "odd" because "if somebody’s not capable of having custodial time then one would surmise that they’re not capable of making decisions." More details on the custody issue at the Los Angeles Times. Adele dedicated her Madison Square Garden show to the pair Tuesday night and led the audience “in a group Brangelina breakup therapy session." Details at Entertainment Weekly. Jolie divorce lawyer Laura Wasser is experienced with Hollywood breakups—she just finished representing Johnny Depp. Read a profile at CNN. Whoopi Goldberg caught flak from viewers who thought she was mocking the couple when talking about the divorce on the air. The View co-host insists she wasn't. Also at EW. A roundup of everything related to the divorce can be found at USA Today. See some of the best early reactions here. (Click for 17 of the best Jennifer Aniston memes related to the split.)