Tea Leoni has found a shoulder to cry on after separating from husband David Duchovny - Angelina Jolie's ex Billy Bob Thornton. The two stars became friends while shooting new movie Manure, in which Leoni plays a cosmetics boss forced to take over her father's fertilizer business.

And now, Thornton has become a big help as Leoni faces the end of of her 11-year marriage.

She tells More magazine, "Billy Bob Thornton is maybe my new favorite person in the world."

Leoni and Duchovny confirmed they had split in a press statement released on Wednesday.

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