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The infamous love triangle between Brad Pitt and his exes Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie is finally breaking up - geographically.
The Daily Mail can reveal that after 25 years of messy hookups, marriages and splits that have gripped Hollywood, the famous trio now appear to be quietly making moves away from Los Angeles.
Last month it was reported that Jolie, 50, is planning to sell her $24.5million Los Feliz estate and leave Tinseltown for good once her youngest children are out of the house.
The actress has previously complained about being 'stuck' in LA due to custody arrangements with Pitt. She told the Hollywood Reporter: 'I am here because I have to be here from a divorce. But as soon as [twins Knox and Vivienne turn] 18, I'll be able to leave.'
Jolie bought the historic six-bedroom, 10-bathroom mansion - once owned by legendary director Cecil B DeMille - in 2017. But with the twins coming of age next July, she is now looking abroad, specifically Cambodia, where she owns a sprawling estate in Battambang.
The Daily Mail can also reveal Oscar-winning Jolie has quietly set up two new Delaware-registered companies, Atticus Six Inc and Atticus J LLC. The classical Greek name is associated with with sophistication and wisdom.
In another symbolic gesture of leaving her past behind, Jolie has scrubbed her ex-husband's name from their joint charity, the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
The nonprofit focused on rural Cambodia is now simply the Maddox Foundation.
Meanwhile, both Pitt and Aniston are allegedly staying Stateside. Though, each have recently been spending more time away from LA despite keeping property there.
Pitt's main abode is now said to be a $40million property known as Seaward, the former home of American author DL James, up the California coast in Carmel.
He purchased the historic estate outright with no mortgage for $40million in July 2022.
In June, Pitt, 61, was reported to have holed up at the property with girlfriend Ines de Ramon for some private quality time together ahead of the Hollywood premiere of his summer blockbuster F1.
'Brad and Ines sightings in Carmel are regular,' a local told the Daily Mail at the time.
'They hit the fancy restaurants and shop at boutiques like Tancredi & Morgen just like all the locals.
'No one hassles celebrities here because the locals don't like to make a fuss, they think approaching a celebrity is classless. So Brad and Ines get their space.'
The seaside town was famously once led by actor Clint Eastwood as mayor. It has a population of just 3,000.
Back in LA, Pitt is currently selling his three-bedroom, two-bath Los Feliz home, which he bought for $5.5million in 2023 from oil heiress Aileen Getty.
The sale comes after a break-in at the property in June while the actor was in Tokyo, despite 24/7 security. Four teenagers were arrested last month in relation to the burglary.
The actor also recently bought a $12million six-bedroom Hollywood Hills house from the Killers guitarist Dave Keuning, which features improved security and more privacy due to its bigger size of 8,385-square-feet.
'He wanted somewhere that could provide an optimal security system and privacy, and this place caught his eye,' a source told The New York Post last month.
'Long before his home was burglarized, security was always a priority.'
Pitt's first wife, Aniston, 56, has also faced her own security issues this year after a stalker rammed the front gates at her $21million Bel Air home in May.
On the back of this security scare, the Daily Mail was the first to reveal that she plans to make her $15million Montecito house - which she purchased from Oprah Winfrey in September 2022 - her main base from now on.
The 4,320-square-foot home has four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms with a pool and guest house, which had been under renovation until June.
Sources revealed Aniston, known best for starring in Friends, had planned to spend the summer at the property, away from LA.
'Jen is happy to have a safe place to run to where she can let her hair down,' the insider said.
'Though she loves Los Angeles because it is where she grew up, she is craving more of a country setting these days away from the noise.'
The Daily Mail can reveal Aniston is also expanding her Bel Air footprint, quietly buying the house next door for $7.25million in January under the name InThreeDogsWeTrust - a nod to her beloved pets.
The Riviera-style home boasts five bedrooms, a pool and solar panels. But property insiders say it is all about privacy.
Aniston's reason for buying the pad could be solely for investment purposes, although she recently applied for a grading permit to fill in the swimming pool.
Property expert Doug Perry, strategic financing advisor at HouseCashin, said this purchase will give Aniston more privacy while she is in LA.
'It sounds like this is more of an acquisition to get additional land so she can have a larger perimeter around her home,' Perry told the Daily Mail.
'Although $7.25million is a heck of a lot on a national level to buy the property next door, in her neighborhood, this is a bargain.
'When buying an investment property the last thing you want is to live next door to the tenant. They would be bugging you all the time.
'This purchase clearly isn't about acquiring an investment. This is about expanding the boundaries of her current home.'
The three A-listers are the latest in a string of celebs to distance themselves from Hollywood.
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossi moved to The Cotswolds in the UK, and Jay-Z and Beyoncé are soon to follow with their own purchase in the English countryside.
Jerry O'Reilly, real estate investor at Cash Home Buyers Crew, added that for some, it's not just about security, but the risk of fire after the destructive blazes in January destroyed large swathes of exclusive areas including the Pacific Palisades and Malibu.
'I don't know any of these celebrities personally, but I do have friends in the LA area and the reason they're leaving is due to the fire and flooding danger. The fire brought the risk home for many,' he said.
Still, he maintains that each of the relocations could have a number of motives.
'Aniston's temporary move away from LA may in part be the break-in attempt at her Bel-Air property,' he said.
'While Jolie has repeatedly stated she wants to live abroad and hinted at a permanent home in Cambodia with travel for her humanitarian projects.
'Pitt's Carmel Heights home, Seaward, is a Greene and Greene architectural masterpiece - a true treasure. And given his purported architectural tastes, he'll probably keep it forever. I know I would.
'He's just purchased a vintage mission revival-style home in the Hollywood Hills. He'll keep his NoCal house, but also live in his new LA digs.'
Meanwhile, top security firm TorchStone, who provide protection for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, claim that celeb stalking is on the rise - and it's more disturbing than ever.
The firm said there is an increasing threat to the stars from what are called 'Intimacy Seeking Stalkers,' who 'often, through delusional relationships with their target, seek inappropriate contact.'
'They tend to resort to aggression and violence if they perceive that their target is ignoring or rejecting their advances,' a spokesperson said.
TorchStone said it has received numerous reports of 'unwelcome appearances at clients' homes' and advises all high-worth clients to hire residential security and protective intelligence teams.
'While a sturdy wall and reinforced gate can slow an assailant down, they are not enough to stop a committed attacker,' the firm warned.
'For that reason, those with the resources to do so - and a threat profile to justify it - should strongly consider hiring security personnel to guard their homes.'