20 Most Powerful Celebrity Couples
America’s Sweethearts - Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Actors marry other actors for one obvious reason: Attractive people
are generally attracted to other attractive people. But in addition to
being hot, they're intimately familiar with the trade-offs that come
with celebrity (the loss of privacy, the rumor-mongering, the burdensome
six-figure tax bills) in ways that the average American can’t grasp.
That’s doubly true for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who, independent of
one another, are among the most recognizable faces on the planet.
They get the nod here not only because of their relatively equivalent
level of fame and talent but because, with their large family of
adopted and biological children and extensive humanitarian work, they
are among the most globally-minded couples in Hollywood. In November,
Jolie is slated to become the youngest recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
for her philanthropic work, while Brad Pitt has been credited as a
producer on several films with a strong social message, most recently
“12 Years A Slave.”
