LOL, no, of course Brad Pitt’s side isn’t leaking to Us Weekly! Of course not! That’s why Us Weekly put this glamour shot of Brad on their cover this week. That’s why their cover story is all about Angelina’s temper and how she’s “spinning” the press in her favor, at least according to sources close to Brad who are spinning the press in his favor. Us Weekly says that Brad is “putting his kids before his pride” and that the temporary custody agreement reached last Friday is not “sole custody” for Angelina, which no one said it was – everyone reported that Jolie got primary temporary custody while the DCFS investigation is ongoing, and now Brad is trying to spin it like that was his call and his choice, because he cares so much about the kids.

Though spun in the press as a win for Jolie, 41 — TMZ originally reported Jolie got “full custody” — a Pitt insider slams that assessment in the new issue of Us Weekly, noting that the voluntary arrangement is a parenting plan, not a custody agreement. In other words, the two continue to share legal custody, as they always have. Letting the children live with their mom in Malibu — where Jolie secretly rented an $8.5 million home before filing for divorce — is “a logistical thing,” says another source. “They have six kids and want things to be as uninterrupted as possible. It didn’t make sense, all of a sudden, for the kids to have two different households. You don’t just immediately create a new world for those children.”

The Allied star, 52, under investigation by the FBI and the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services after drinking and allegedly becoming physical with one of his children aboard a private jet September 14, “will cooperate in any way he can to see the kids,” says a Pitt friend. “By agreeing to this, he can see them, which is what he wanted.”

An amicable resolution would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. With DCFS investigating his behavior aboard the plane, the social services organization — and Jolie’s camp — could reasonably restrict his access to the children. And at first, Jolie — who, sources say, disagreed with Pitt’s strict parenting style — was out for blood. “Angie says she’s going to destroy him,” a source told Us in the days after she quietly filed for divorce just as the courts were about to close. But Jolie’s attorneys, knowing a custody battle in court could get ugly and public, talked her off the ledge. “Her legal team worked with her temper,” says a Jolie friend, “so they could reach an agreement for the sake of the kids.”

Both Pitt and Jolie let the DCFS be in charge. According to Beverly Hills divorce attorney Hossein Berenji, who is not involved in the case, “A social worker probably interviewed Brad and Angelina and maybe the kids as well.” (Because Maddox is older than 14, he can state which parent he’d prefer to live with, according to California law, but officials still have final say.) After assessing the situation, the DCFS, confirms the insider, “made some suggestions and recommendations for Angie and Brad to consider.”

For days, attorneys on both sides hammered out fine points. Pitt “was dealing with this all day, always on the phone with his lawyers,” says the Pitt friend. Jolie too had the phone glued to her ear as she paced around her home, according to her friend. Finally, after days of back-and-forth, both Jolie and Pitt agreed to the terms.

[From Us Weekly]

There’s a lot more, but it’s basically overkill analysis about a temporary three-week solution that is supposed to give both sides the space and time to work out a more permanent solution to their problems. Considering the moves both sides have been making… I’m doubtful that they’re using this time to work through issues.

People Magazine obviously has the Jolie-Pitt drama on their cover too – you can see People’s story here. Let’s see… Angelina is “staying strong for her kids” through “a traumatic situation.” Her brother is staying with her and the kids. Brad is “absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the events of the past several weeks, both in terms of how those events have been wrongfully portrayed and how they have threatened to jeopardize his family’s ability to heal and move forward.” Wrongfully portrayed? Can he really say that when he couldn’t even get his story straight in the immediate wake of the divorce filing? What else? Angelina and the kids have been staying in the house, playing in the pool and just spending time together.

Covers courtesy of People, US Weekly, photo courtesy of WENN.