Angelina Jolie's relationship with father Jon Voight was mended, behind the scenes, by her now-estranged husband Brad Pitt.
And it seems the healing has persisted despite her marital drama as the actress was seen with her movie star dad on a sweet outing in Los Angeles Saturday, following one of Hollywood's most bitter family feuds.

The 42-year-old and her father, 78, took the UN ambassador's daughter Vivienne, nine, to a Color Me Mine class in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of LA.

It is still rare that the 78-year-old is seen with his grandchildren, following the end of his six-and-a-half year estrangement from Angelina.
However, the trio looked thick as thieves as they laughed and chatted on the way to the class.

At the end of their outing Jon leaned in and gave his smiling daughter an affectionate peck.
The Salt star wore a black dress and minimal makeup while her father sported a button down shirt and Nike sneakers.

The father and daughter, who reconciled in 200 after a bitter and long-running feud, have been making up for lost time and bonding as a family.

'He's been very good at understanding they needed their grandfather at this time,' Angelina told Vanity Fair in July.
'I had to do a therapy meeting last night and he was just around. He knows kind of the rule—don't make them play with you. Just be a cool grandpa who's creative, and hang out and tell stories and read a book in the library.'

Jon, who is still best known for his appearance in the 1969 movie Midnight Cowboy, split from wife Marcheline Bertrand when their daughter was only an infant, with the two divorcing by the time Angelina turned four.
Jon and Angelina had only sporadic contact during her childhood, yet in her early TV and film work she still used her full name of Angelina Jolie Voight. 

But, perhaps because she did not want to be seen as trading on her father's fame, she had dropped the Voight in favour of her middle name by the time she appeared as Lara Croft, a female version of Indiana Jones.

It is not known what caused her to fall out with Voight, who played her father Lord Croft in the movie.
By July 2002, however, she was applying to have her non-acting name legally changed to Angelina Jolie, losing the Voight.
The following month, Voight gave an interview on U.S. television in which he claimed his daughter, who had just adopted a Cambodian boy named Maddox, had 'serious mental problems'.

'I'm broken-hearted... because I've been trying to reach my daughter and get her help, and I have failed and I'm sorry,' he said.

'Really I haven't come forward and addressed the serious mental problems she has spoken about so candidly to the press over the years, but I've tried behind the scenes in every way.'
Angelina responded by cutting off her father completely, saying that, as a new mother, she did not think it was healthy to associate with him.
In an interview a year later, she said Voight's comments were damaging because they could have affected her relationship with Maddox.

'They could have decided he's right, she's crazy, let's remove that child from her custody, and that's unforgivable.
'My father and I don't speak. I don't believe that somebody's family becomes their blood. Because my son's adopted, and families are earned.'

Voight repeatedly tried to regain contact with his daughter, particularly after her mother's death from cancer in 2007.
And finally, with Pitt's blessing, she is said to have responded in 2009. To the surprise of many, Jon and Angelina were first pictured together in 2010, when he visited her on the Venice, Italy, set of The Tourist.

A friend of the actress told the Daily Mail at the time: 'Angie made the initial contact. Brad has been supportive - a key factor in her reaching out.'

Following news that Angelina had filed for divorce from Brad late last year, Jon spoke out in her support.
'Angelina's OK. She's holding on,' he said, adding that he planned to spend the festive season with his grandchildren.

Now, as Angelina begins her new life as a single mother, it seems she has forged a closer bond with the father she once despised.
Meanwhile, divorce proceedings have stalled for Jolie and Pitt, friends of the stars claim.

A new report by Us Weekly sees multiple sources claiming the former power couple, who had a very public and very bitter split in September 2016, have not moved forward with proceedings to end their marriage.

One insider told the publication: 'The divorce is off. They haven't done anything to move it forward in several months and no one thinks they are ever going to.' 

The reason given for the alleged stall is Brad coming clean about his boozing in an interview with GQ this past May.
A friend of Jolie, 42, told Us Weekly that the commitment to self-improvement has struck a chord with the actress, who reportedly previously claimed she would consider taking Brad back 'if he showed he was committed to raising a family'.

The source went on to add that Brad had 'got sober to try and win her back' and that the move to quit drinking was 'all she ever wanted'. 

Meanwhile, the insider claims: 'Everyone thinks they are going to get back together. 

It wouldn't be surprising if they announced that they're calling [the split] off and trying to work things out.' 
A source told DailyMail.com that the ‘divorce process has significantly slowed down but there has been no real change’.
The insider claimed that the former couple ‘are getting along for the sake of their children’. 

They have six kids together:  Maddox, 15; Pax, 13; Shiloh, 11; Zahara, 12; and twins Vivienne and Knox, nine.

After filing for divorce, Angelina took the kids and stayed in a rental before purchasing a $25 million mansion in Los Feliz, California.  
The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star said the new house was 'a big jump forward for us, and we're all trying to do our best to heal as a family.' 
The Salt star and Brad were together for 12 years before they announced their split in September; the divorce has not yet been finalized.

She is seeking sole custody of their children.  

In September 2016, there was an alleged 'altercation' that involved Brad and Maddox aboard a private jet that was heading from Nice, France to Los Angeles, California; after they landed, Angelina 'kicked him out,' according to Vanity Fair. 
Brad was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Angelina and Brad, who became known as 'Brangelina,' met on the set of their film Mr. And Mrs. Smith in 2004 when Brad was still married to Jennifer Aniston. 

They married in an intimate ceremony on August 23, 2014 in Correns, France

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