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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly rowing because she refuses to do anything other than her own thing. She banned him from smoking in their Paris apartment, refused to take his advice about not flying late in her pregnancy and is said to have turned down his marriage proposals on more than one occasion. Below are more A-list ladies who wear the trousers, and whose men are happy (ish) to serve them
- Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend
- Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
- Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas
- Julia Roberts and Danny Moder
- Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
- Madonna and Guy Ritchie
- Celeb couples who are equally matched and loving it
Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend
They met in August 2001 on the set of Trapped. Now engaged, they have worked together in Head In The Clouds, and Stuart, 33, also had a small role in her movie, Aeon Flux. Thirty-year-old Charlize, who has earned $6.4 million from advertising Dior alone, is fiercely ambitious and addicted to working, placing her among the top ten most powerful women in Hollywood.
Who's in charge?
Charlize has reportedly been using her influence to help Stuart find scripts after the shock cancellation of his ABC series Night Stalker. Townsend, a former boxer from Ireland, has had little luck attracting the kind of roles he wants - he was originally cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen after four days of shooting because they realised he was too young for the role.
The imbalance in their relationship has even prompted gossip in recent months that they were on the verge of splitting. But South African Charlize, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is protective of her underexposed partner. 'I think the most important thing is not what the person's occupation is, but just the personalities. We understand each other's jobs. We're very supportive of each other and know how much our careers mean to us - so we never stand in the way of each other,' she says. Got that, Stu?
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
These Southern belles met at her 21st birthday party and then worked together on Cruel Intentions. They married in 1999 when she was 23 and have two children, six-year-old Ava and Deacon, two. 'When you marry young like we did, you find that you're evolving during your partnership,' says Reese, 'and your ideas and needs may be changing. You have to be responsive to that and not ignore things.'
Who's in charge?
Since winning an Oscar for Walk The Line, 30-year-old Reese has been fighting off rumours her marriage is on the rocks and that Ryan feels that he is in her shadow. Now the most highly paid woman in Hollywood, commanding $30 million per film, she remains pragmatic about the ups and downs of the industry. 'We both understand the nature of the film business and we know that there's so much chance involved - it all comes down to getting the right film and the right role,' she says.
Rumours of the couple leading separate lives have refused to disappear, but Reese does run her own production company, Type A Films, and they also have two young children. 'No couple spends 24/7 together,' says their rep. They go on weekly dates to keep their romance alive, and Reese herself insists they are just like any normal couple. However Ryan, 31, is battling to outdo his famous wife - he has four films in the pipeline, including Flags of our Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood. Meanwhile, Reese has defended him for his lack of blockbuster appeal. 'Ryan is confident in his own abilities and doesn't equate his identity with how well his film does at the box office,' she says.
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