by Philippa Cross who would rather be outdoors than in, alone than in a crowd. She prefers dogs to cats, with a major leaning towards bulldogs. She hopes to win the Pulitzer prize for her yet unpublished novel. She started Thumb Media with a partner in June 2009

She’s absolutely gorgeous. Her phases are never mediocre, always extreme. That’s what keeps her in the news.

I’m talking, of course, about Angelina Jolie-Pitt.

 She started out dark, mysterious and scary, what with a vial of blood around her neck and reports of a Velcro wall in the bedroom she then shared with Billy-Bob. Then she outgrew the whole dark scary routine and embraced motherhood, transforming gracefully into a nurturing mother-earth figure. She became an ambassador for something or other and built an orphanage somewhere. I think the same place where she found her first son. A cute little chap. And she brought him home to America and named him Maddox.

Like Brad, who’s performance in Legends of the Falls inspired every second mother in the 90s to name their sons Tristan, thanks to Angelina, the last 5 years has seen the names Shiloh, Knox, and Maddox in the top 10 baby names worldwide.

When Madonna copied her whole routine, and her newsworthiness started to wane, she transitioned again, to beautiful wife of the most desirable man in Hollywood, if not the world. And she didn’t just meet him; she STOLE him from under the nose of Jen. Not an easy thing to do.

With the front page announcement of the split of the Pitts fresh out of Hollywood, the question on everyone’s lips is this: What’s next for Angelina and the kids? Here are some options  to consider if she’s serious about retaining her number one spot in terms of fame, she could….

Watch this space.