It’s probably safe to say Angelina Jolie, 35, was the love of Billy Bob Thornton‘s life. The two were married for three years, and even though they showed their affections by wearing viles of each other’s blood around their necks, they ended up divorcing in 2003. HollywoodLife.com spoke with Billy Bob, 55, at the Disney On Ice, Starlight Children’s Foundation and AEG’s Season of Giving event Dec. 15 in Los Angeles, and he revealed that he and Angie are still close!

“We talk every now and then, she seems to be doing very well directing her own movie, which I am so proud of her for,” Billy Bob told us. “I always thought she should do that, writing and directing. She’s real smart, and very creative, and I think it’s a great job for her.”

Billy Bob is referring to Angelina’s current project, directing an untitled work in Hungary. If you remember, Angelina and Billy Bob adopted Maddox, 8, from Cambodia in 2002.

— Chloe Melas with reporting by Russ Weakland

Amanda Seyfried got the word “minge” (British slang for vagina) on her foot. Angelina Jolie reportedly has ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton’s name engraved forever and ever amen on her lady parts, and Michelle McGee has ink in a place we (and Sandra Bullock) never want to hear about again. Just what is Hollywood’s obsession with vagina tattoos (or tattooing your vagina)?

“Vagina tattoos are pretty popular. I would say that fifty percent of the women that [come into my shop] get tattooed in that area for sex appeal,” Robert Bachman, a tattoo artist at All-Star Tattoos & Piercings in Venice, Calif. tells HollywoodLife.com. He added, “They want to be able to keep the tattoos hidden, especially if they’re professional women. It’s almost like a double life — professional by daytime and a hidden secret at night.”

Agrees Joel, an artist at Riptide Tattoos in Venice, Calif., “[Women get tattoos in that area] as their own personal secret. Girls want to make sure they look pretty, and tattoos in that area aren’t seen.”

But what kind of ink do women typically get on their lady parts? According to Rob, a lot of gals follow Angie’s lead! “It ranges from men’s names to cherries and flowers. Cute stuff,” he says. Adds Joel, “I get a lot of hearts, stars and flowers.. Feminine things, typical things that a girl would get.”

But showing your sexual side can definitely be painful. Says Rafa, an artist at LA’s Lucky 7, “It’s very painful, because the skin down there is so tough.” Agrees Joel, “On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most painful, I’d say it’s a 7 or an 8.”

Clearly tough girl Angie, 34, has a high threshold for pain (we can’t say anything about Amanda’s pain tolerance, as her vagina tattoo was on her foot!). But if you can’t tolerate getting hurt, we suggest going the Jennifer Love Hewitt route, and decorating your woo by vejazzling (placing rhinestones on your bits to make ‘em pretty).

Or, you know, you can just go bare. That seems to work, too.

– Laura Schreffler

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Vanessa Paradis is saying “no way!” to Johnny & Angelina’s love scene in The Tourist!

With Angelina Jolie‘s history of hooking up with her taken co-stars, it’s no surprise that Vanessa Paradis doesn’t want her man, Johnny Depp, anywhere near the star!  Angelina and Johnny are currently filming The Tourist together in Venice, but according to The New York Post, Vanessa “ordered [Johnny]  to find another gig!”

Angelina co-starred with Billy Bob Thorton in Pushing Tin in 1999, when he was engaged to Laura Dern. By 2000, Angelina and Billy Bob were married in a quicky Las Vegas wedding.  And of course there was Brad Pitt, who was married to Jennifer Aniston — until he met Angelina on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith!

And now, even though Angelina and Brad are together, and even have six children together, Vanessa wants Johnny OUT of the The Tourist!

In the movie, Angelina plays an Interpol agent who seduces Johnny, a tourist, in order to find a former fling. But according to the Post report, when Vanessa found out that Johnny and Angelina were scheduled to “film a long and intense love scene,” she wanted him to quit the flick!

“But by all appearances, Depp has not been able to cut himself out of the shoot,” says the report. Johnny even agreed to leave the movie! “They’re talking about replacing him with Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio,” according to the Post.

Vanessa and Johnny have been together for 12 years, and they have two children together. So we don’t think Johnny would ever leave his lady … but then again, Angie’s powers of persuasion have proven to be pretty strong in the past!

What do you think? Would you let your man film a hot and heavy love scene with Angelina Jolie?