The king of awards season has arrived. Brad Pitt,the night’s Best Supporting Actor winner, finished out awards season in style, arriving at the92nd Annual Academy Awardswearing a classic black tux from Italian menswear line Brioni, for which he’s a brand ambassador, andFred Leightonjewels. He looked appropriately golden for his first-time Oscar win; during his acceptance speech, he got political andthanked his children. David Fisher/Shutterstock Last month, the 56-year-old star looked dapper at theGolden Globesin a bespoke Brioni three-piece tuxedo, white cotton shirt and black silk bow tie....

Brad Pitt.Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Brad Pittis having one hot summer! Earlier in the day, Pitt, 55, opened up about what the movie meant to him, revealing that he sees it as a commentary on masculinity. “In retrospect, what [director James Gray] and I were digging at was that definition of masculinity,” Pitt said at a press conference alongside costar Liv Tyler and Gray. “We’ve both grown up in an era where we were asked to be strong…and there is a value in that, but [also a] barrier because you’re hiding some of those things you feel ashamed of....

Brad Pitt.Photo: Gregg DeGuire/GettyBrad Pittis keeping it “low-key” for his birthday weekend.The two-time Academy Award winner doesn’t intend to go all out with the festivities when he marks his 58th trip around the sun on Saturday. “He plans to have a low-key birthday. Just sort of hanging out,” an insider tells PEOPLE.“He’s staying low-key in general. That’s really the kind of guy he is anyway,” the source says, adding that since his birthday is at the end of the year, “it’s a natural time for reflection for him....

SinceBrad PittandAngelina Jolieannounced in September 2016 they werecalling it quits, Pitt has maintained a relatively low profile. Now, amid acustody battlewith his estranged wife, Pitt prepares to return to set shootingQuentin Tarantino‘sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodabout the Charles Manson murders withLeonardo DiCaprio. “Brad is doing great,” a source close to the actor tells PEOPLE. “He has his energy back.” Before filming begins, Pitt is spending time in London with kids Maddox, 16, Pax, 14, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 12, and 9-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, who alllive full-time overseas with Jolieas she filmsMaleficent 2....

Brad Pittissingle againbut the actor is more focused on being a dad than on dating.A source tells PEOPLE the 55-year-old actor “seems happy to focus on himself and his kids” following a judge’s ruling that he and ex-wifeAngelina Joliecan go back to being legally single before finalizing their divorce settlement.Pitt and Jolie, 43, have been negotiating peaceably and privately for the last several months. The source says the two “are getting along better....

Brad Pitthas been spending time with Alia Shawkat, most recently at Kanye West’sNebuchadnezzaroperaat the Hollywood Bowl. Prior to attending West’s concert together, the pair were seen visiting the Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles. But as a source tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, Pitt is “very much about keeping friends as friends.” “He just loves surrounding himself with good friends,” says the source. “Brad loves the art world,” the insider adds....

Brad Pittis having a blast in the South of France.TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodactor, 55, attended theCannes Film Festivalto world premiereQuentin Tarantino‘s film on Tuesday and posed happily alongside his costars,Leonardo DiCaprioandMargot Robbie.“He was very happy to be there,” a source tells PEOPLE.“[He was] absolutely relaxed and smiling like I haven’t seen him for some time,” the insider adds.This is a good time to be the Oscar-winning producer and actor, who last starred in 2017’s Netflix filmWar Machine....

Brad Pittis in a good place these days despite hiscustody battlewith exAngelina Jolie. A source tells PEOPLE says that Pitt, 54, has spent time with his friends recently and is in great spirits. “He seems like a better version of the old happy Brad,” the insider says. “He looks like he has aged in reverse. You can tell he is taking better care of himself. He also seems very positive about the future....

After a challenging few years,Brad Pitt’sOscar win on Feb. 9 proved the actor is back on top and that his career is hotter than ever. “He has been enjoying a little slower personal life. It has worked wonders,” a source tells PEOPLE. “We can see that it has shot him to the top professionally.” In 2016 Pitt, 56, andAngelina Jolie, 44, split after two years of marriage and 12 years together....

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Looking good,Brad Pitt! The Oscar winner, 54, made a rare public appearance at the 2018 Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night where he presented the Breakthrough Director Award toBeautiful Boydirector to Felix van Groeningen. During his speech, the actor took time to praise the movie’s portrayal of love while speaking of the tense political climate in America. “Beautiful Boyillustrates an unwavering commitment to each other, and the belief in unconditional love, above all of us....

Brad Pitt and Joey King on the set ofBullet Train.Photo: BACKGRID (2) Brad Pittis back to work on his latest movie! In a first look, the actor was photographed on the set of the upcoming movieBullet Trainalongside his costarJoey Kingin Los Angeles. Pitt, 57, wore a torn white T-shirt with fake blood and dirt smeared on it as well as cuts and bruises on his forehead as he filmed a crash scene with King, 21....

Brad Pittalready has the perfect idea for his next project withOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodcostarLeonardo DiCaprio.The two actors appeared on NBC’sTodayalongside costar Margot Robbie and director Quentin Tarantino to discuss their new movie and finally getting to work together. Though Pitt and DiCaprio found fame around the same time, they had never shared the screen before Tarantino’s upcoming film — and they’re already looking forward to the next one.“Of course,” DiCaprio, 44, said of whether he wants to work with Pitt, 55, again....

Brad Pittis getting closer and closer to what could be his first Oscar in an acting category. TheOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywoodstar, 56, has won an Oscar before in 2014 for Best Picture for producing12 Years A Slave. While Pitt has been nominated for acting Oscars in the past — for12 Monkeys, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, MoneyballandThe Big Short— he’s never won one. The actor is now heading into the final half of awards season with an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Quentin Tarantino’s film....