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Although Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have known each other since they met on the set of soul friends in 1981, they didn’t start dating until several years later, as Tom was still married to his first wife. This is what he and Rita looked like in 1986, when they publicly confirmed their relationship:
They got married in 1988 and have been together ever since. This is what they look like in 2022:
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Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar met in 1997 on the set of I know what you did last summer and they began dating a couple of years later, in 2000, when they ended up on an accidental date after a friend they were supposed to meet for dinner missed her flight. This is what they looked like back then:
The couple got married 20 years ago, in 2002. This is what they look like now:
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Elton John and David Furnish met at a dinner at Elton’s house in 1993 through one of their mutual friends. The two hit it off right away and have been together ever since. Here’s a photo of them that same year, at Elton’s 40th birthday party:
They officially got married in 2014. Here’s what they look like now in 2022:
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher first met at a party in 2001, where they made fun of other guests, and they hit it off. This is how they looked in 2002, when Isla attended the premiere of Sacha’s movie for the first time as his girlfriend:
Sacha and Isla got engaged in 2004, but didn’t get married until six years later, in 2010. Here’s what they look like now, in 2022:
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Kristen Bell and Dax Sheppard first met at a dinner party in 2007 and didn’t hit it off. However, two weeks later, they saw each other at a hockey game and started talking. This is what the couple looked like at the beginning of their relationship, in 2008:
Although the relationship was rocky at first, the couple got engaged in 2009 after filming When in Rome together. This is what they look like in 2022:
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Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson met in college, where they both performed as the Morehouse Spelman Players. While they officially began dating in 1970, this is one of the first public photos of them together, at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 1995:
The couple finally tied the knot in 1980. Here’s what they look like now, in 2022:
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The arc from friends to lovers of Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen began in 1993, on the set of pontiac moon. They were both recently divorced and felt that they were not in the place to be in a serious relationship. But, the pair grew closer and closer as they worked together, eventually falling in love. This is what they looked like back then:
They officially got married in 1995. Here’s what they look like now:
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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones first met at the Deauville Film Festival in 1996. It wasn’t all smooth sailing: Michael tried out a corny line on Catherine, joking that he knew he would be the father of her children. She wasn’t here for it, but luckily, Michael sent her flowers and apologized. They continued to talk about dating for nine months before deciding to define the relationship and be official. This is how they looked then, in 1997:
They got engaged in 1999 and married in 2000. Here they are today, at the 2021 Emmys:
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds originally met on the set of Green Lantern in 2010, but they were both dating other people. After splitting from their respective exes, the couple began dating in 2011. Here’s what they looked like then:
Blake and Ryan secretly got married in 2012. Here they are today, in 2022:
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Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa met in 1995 on the set of All my kids, in which Mark was cast as Kelly’s love interest. Here’s what they looked like on the show, as well as a red carpet photo of the couple from 1997:
They eloped in a Las Vegas chapel in 1996, and here we are! This is what they look like now, in 2022:
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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick hooked up on the set of lemon sky in 1988, which they both starred in. This is what they looked like back then:
The couple married in 1988. Here’s what they look like now, in 2022:
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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness met on the set of the Australian television show, Correlli. Four weeks later, Hugh revealed his feelings for her at a dinner party he had arranged, and as a result, she felt the same way. Here’s what the couple looked like in a 1995 episode of the show and in a public appearance in 1997:
After just four months of dating, Hugh proposed to her. The couple have been married since 1996. Here’s what they look like in 2022:
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Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann met when Leslie auditioned for the cable boy, a film Judd was working on in 1995. As Leslie left the audition room, Judd, who had been reading the lines for Cable Guy, told Ben Stiller that she would be the future Mrs. Apatow. She eventually convinced her to go on a date with him, and they’ve been together ever since. Here’s a photo of them on the red carpet, from 2005:
The couple married in 1997. Here’s what they look like now, in 2022:
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Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann met in 2001, when Peter guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: SVU. Here’s a photo of the two from their first few years together in 2003:
The couple married just a year after that photo, in 2004. Here’s what they look like now:
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw first met in 1994 at Radio Country’s Annual Seminar in Nashville. It wasn’t until two years later, when Faith opened for Tim’s 1996 Spontaneous combustion tour, that the couple fell in love. Tim had recently broken off his previous engagement, and Faith also called off her engagement to give her relationship a chance. This is what they looked like back then, in 1996:
The two got engaged and had a surprise wedding later that year. This is what they look like now, in 2022:
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban first met at the G’Day USA gala in 2005. Although they have different stories about what it was like, Keith got Nicole’s number and called her four months later. Not long after, they started dating. This is what they looked like back then, in 2006:
The couple married that same year. This is how they look now:
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Annette Bening and Warren Beatty met in 1990, when he invited Annette to lunch while he was looking for the lead actress for buggy. Warren told the film’s director, Barry Levinson, that he loved Annette and was going to marry her, but he also told Annette that he would not go near her after she was cast in the film. . However, after filming wrapped, the couple became official. Here’s what they looked like in the movie and on a red carpet in 1992 (the year they got married):
And this is what they look like in 2021:
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David and Victoria Beckham first met at a charity football match in 1997. This is how they looked a year later, in 1998, just after they got engaged:
The couple married in 1999. Here’s what they look like now, in 2022:
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Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell met on the set of The unique, genuine and original family band, but they were both married at the time. They didn’t start dating until 16 years later, in 1983. Here’s a photo of them from that year:
And this is what they look like now, on a red carpet in 2020:
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick first met in 1991, through the theater company that Sarah’s brothers ran. A month later, Matthew called her and asked her out of it, and the rest is history. Here’s what the couple looked like a year after they made it official, in 1993:
The couple married four years later, in 1997. Here’s what they look like today:
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Jay-Z and Beyoncé first met in 2000, on a trip to Cancun for the MTV Spring Break Festival. They began dating a year later, having a first date at Nobu. This is how they looked at the beginning of their relationship, in 2002:
The couple had a secret wedding in 2008. Here’s a more recent photo of them from 2020:
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall originally met as students at Northwestern University in the 1980s. While they have kept many of the details of their romantic life private, the couple dated while in Saturday night live together and eventually got married in 1987. Here is a picture of them in a snl sketch in 1982:
And here’s a more recent photo of the couple, from a red carpet in 2020:
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And finally, Jamie Lee Curtis decided she would marry her now-husband, Christopher Guest, when she saw him in a magazine in 1984. Although she reached out to her agent to say she was interested, she never got a response. Months later (and immediately after a breakup), she went to dinner at a restaurant in West Hollywood and they locked eyes with her. She called the next day and they went on a date. Here’s a photo of them a year later, in 1985:
They got married in December of the same year they met and have been together ever since. This is how they look now:
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