WHY ANGIE Finally GAVE IN

After spending seven years and millions of dollars - battling Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie agrees to settle

In mid-July, after shutting down production of his Formula One movie, Apex, in Budapest, Hungary, to abide by the actors' strike, Brad Pitt hopped on a private jet with his girlfriend of a year, Ines de Ramon. Destination? His beloved, 990-acre Château Miraval estate in the south of France. "They've been spending a romantic summer together," says a source, adding that despite his lengthy, nasty battle over the winery with his ex Angelina Jolie, "Miraval really is his happy place."

Even more so now. Seven years after their shocking split, "the divorce is final," confirms a source. According to court docs, Angelina has also agreed to go to mediation to settle their separate Miraval lawsuit, in which Brad accused her of "vindictively" selling her part of the $164 million business out from under him. "They've spent so much money on these legal battles, including the custody fight, and Angie eventually could have gone broke, so it's smart to cut her losses," says the source. "It's a huge victory for Brad."

Theirs has been one of the most contentious splits in Hollywood history. The pair's 11-year relationship infamously imploded after an explosive fight aboard a private jet in September 2016, during which Angelina claimed a drunken Brad, 59, physically and verbally attacked her in front of their crying children and choked and struck two of the kids who tried to intervene. She filed for divorce days later, and the pair had been embroiled in a heated divorce and custody battle over their kids - Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15 until now.

LONG NIGHTMARE