The only real link between Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie is a photo from a Variety event in 2021 and a fabricated clip that circulated online this year without ever being picked up by a credible outlet. Neither amounts to much, and the two women have nothing else in common right now except timing.
Both are having a major year in 2026, for completely separate reasons. One is working through a public relationship under visible strain, plus a legal matter with no resolution date. The other has cleared the last legal obstacle to a move abroad she has spoken about for years.
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Katy Perry
Where she stands with Justin Trudeau
Perry and Trudeau are still together, according to the most recent reporting from mid-July 2026, though the relationship has hit friction lately. It became public in July 2025, when the two were first seen together in Montreal, weeks after Perry’s split from Orlando Bloom. Since then it has moved through the usual stages of a public relationship: an Instagram confirmation that December, an appearance together at Coachella in April 2026, a red carpet debut at the Tribeca Festival in June 2026. The friction being reported now is more specific than typical breakup speculation. People close to Trudeau describe him adjusting to the scale of Perry’s touring life, including the size of her entourage and glam team. That adjustment, according to the same reporting, is what’s driving the current tension.
The World Cup performance
Perry’s clearest public high point this year came at the FIFA World Cup. She headlined the Los Angeles opening ceremony on June 12, 2026, performing her 2024 song “Wonder” as a duet with ten-year-old Norwegian singer Tius Luka. She closed the number by lifting him into her arms as flags from competing nations circled the field. It was one of three opening ceremonies FIFA staged that week, following Shakira in Mexico City and Michael Bublรฉ in Toronto.
The Ruby Rose allegation
Perry is also the subject of an open police investigation in Australia. In April 2026, actress Ruby Rose accused Katy Perry on social media of sexually assaulting her at a Melbourne nightclub in 2010. Perry’s representative called the claim false. Victoria Police confirmed to CNN and other outlets that its Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team had opened a formal inquiry into the allegation. As of the most recent reporting, in mid-2026, no charges have been filed and the case remains open.
Angelina Jolie
Why the twins turning 18 matters
Jolie’s story this year comes down to one date: July 12, 2026, when her twins Knox and Vivienne turned 18. With all six of her and Pitt’s children now adults, the custody-related reason she had for staying based in Los Angeles no longer applies. Jolie has said for years that she planned to live abroad once her youngest children were adults, splitting time between New York, where she runs her creative space Atelier Jolie, and Europe. She listed her longtime Los Feliz estate for sale in 2025, well before the twins’ birthday arrived.
The kids and the Pitt surname
That same date also shapes how her children handle their last name. Four of Jolie and Pitt’s six kids have moved away from using the surname Pitt in some form, a pattern that started with Shiloh in 2024 and picked up pace this year.
- Shiloh: name change completed and approved in 2024
- Zahara: petition filed, court hearing scheduled for late September 2026
- Maddox: petition filed, ruling expected around the same time
- Vivienne: uses the name Jolie professionally, no formal filing on record
CNN reported in mid-July 2026 that neither pending case has judicial approval yet, and a representative for Pitt has not commented on either one.
The Miraval winery lawsuit
Separately, and unrelated to the custody situation, Jolie is still fighting Pitt in court over Chรขteau Miraval, the French winery they once owned together. Pitt sued in 2022 over her 2021 sale of her stake in the property to a company linked to the Stoli Group, arguing she broke an agreement that required his consent first. A Los Angeles judge ruled in late June 2026 that several of Jolie’s business associates must testify, though the case itself will not go to trial until 2027.
Her work right now
Jolie’s most recent film, Couture, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025 and opened in the United States in June 2026. She is set to appear next in an adaptation of the novel Anxious People, currently in post-production. She also spent two decades with the United Nations refugee agency, first as a goodwill ambassador and later as special envoy, a role she left in December 2022.
Jolie has not said publicly where she will spend most of her time once she leaves Los Angeles, or whether any of her children plan to join her there. For the first time in a decade, that is entirely her choice to make.
