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Billy Bob Thornton and thne wife Angelina Jolie went to the world premiere of "Bandits" together on Oct. 4, 2001.

He's made me a woman' ,Jolie said of former husband Billy Bob Thornton.

What used to be just two really pretty actors has become one all-encompassing word in international pop culture. Throw in three kids, and you have the perfect family.

What with the oh-so-private birth of Shiloh Nouvel in Namibia, "the Brangelina"quest for privacy has become even more mythic.

It wasn't always that way.