Hot Famous Couples

How Marc Anthony And Jennifer Lopez Found Lasting Love

Both Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez have super talent, legions of fans, and critical acclaim. They also share a loving marriage and two beautiful children. While their path to familial happiness was a bumpy one, they appear to have successfully navigated the rough waters of fame, divorce and scandal.

Jennifer Lopez began her rise to superstar as a dancer on the television show, In Living Color. A star making role as the title character in 1997’s Selena made Lopez a household name. Countless music hits, blockbuster films and product endorsements elevated Lopez to entertainment icon.

Lopez’s personal life was as headline worthy as her professional career. She married Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997. The union lasted less than one year and resulted in a flurry of scandalous lawsuits. Next came a two year relationship with fellow superstar Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. That romance ended on the heels of a felony gun possession charge against Combs.

On September 29, 2001, Lopez wed backup dancer Chris Judd. By June, 2002 Lopez was rumored to be seeing Ben Affleck. Despite Lopez’s published claims that Affleck was ‘the one, ‘ their engagement was called off in September, 2004, just hours before the wedding.

Meanwhile, Marc Anthony, credited with helping to raise the profile of Latin music in America, was busy enjoying his own successful music career and storied romances. Anthony got his start in the eighties as a session vocalist and Freestyle artist in New York City. He later changed to a Spanish musical style and released a string of Grammy award winning Salsa hits.

Already a father from a previous relationship, Anthony married former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres on May 9, 2000. Torres filed for divorce in January of 2004. They have two sons together. Over the course of divorce proceedings, Anthony and Lopez collaborated on a duet for an upcoming film. The pair had been friends for years and had casually dated prior to Anthony’s first marriage and Lopez’s second.

Lopez and Anthony married in a small, private home ceremony on June 5, 2004. Despite a string of rocky romances in their past, the marriage appears to be a stable, happy one and all signs point to lasting love for these two entertainment icons.

Keith Urban And Nicole Kidman

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman met in Los Angeles in January of 2005. Urban was single and Kidman had been divorced from former husband Tom Cruise since 2001. Both Kidman and Urban were born elsewhere and raised in Australia; the two Aussies made an instant connection and began to date.

From the public’s perspective, their relationship began to move quickly: rumors about the couple stated that they spent the 2005 holiday season together in Nashville, along with their parents. While magazines showcased photographs of Nicole wearing a suspicious looking diamond ring in November of 2005, the couple did not publicly announce their engagement until May of 2006. June 21st of that same year, Nicole Kidman held her bachelorette party. Fiance Keith held his bachelor party just two days later, a low key get together at a local Aussie bar.

Then, on June 25th, 2006, thirty-nine year old Nicole Kidman married then thirty-eight year old Keith Urban. The ceremony boasted a thousand candles, fresh flowers and a view of the Pacific Ocean via Sydney Harbor. According to guests, which ranged from Hugh Jackman to Neil Finn, it was a touching, romantic tribute to the couple in love.

True to their socially conscious nature, they requested that guests not bring gifts and instead, donate to Sydney Children’s Hospital in honor of the union. Philanthropic behavior is common from these stars. Reportedly, at one time, the usually highly private stars went as far as giving a cold case of twenty-four Victoria Bitter beers to paparazzi who were camping outside their home.

Still, the story of Mr. And Mrs. Urban’s love would not be complete without the arrival of Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. Born July 7th 2008, Sunday Rose is Kidman’s first biological daughter(Isabella and Connor Cruise were adopted in her previous marriage) as well as Urban’s first child. Urban would later explain on the Ellen Degeneres Show that Sunday Rose was named for the void she filled on lonely Sundays during a time before Keith had Nicole and a family of his own.

Chris Martin And Gwyneth Paltrow

Few couples are as high-powered or as glamorous as Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow. She is a commercially and critically successful Academy Award Winning actress and he is the lead singer of “Coldplay, ” the most popular rock band currently around. Together the couple have been in perfect harmony, making good career decisions and keeping their marriage healthy.

It is a good sign in today’s scandal-loving society if a couple can be together for over six years and the only waves they make are due to the unusual names for their children. Their first child, a daughter, was named Apple Blythe Alison Martin. Their next child, a son, was named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin. The names have long been media jokes.

The couple is fairly reclusive. Few details were given to their meeting, though they met a a concert. Many did not think they would marry or did not think they would stay married for so long. Gwyneth Paltrow has dated many other high-profile celebrity men, the most famous of which was Brad Pitt, to whom she was engaged.

But the secret of this couple’s closeness and good working-relationship is the fact that they are private. They held a private wedding and released no pictures. There have been rumors spreading about Chris Martin’s infidelity, but Gwyneth was always ready to stand up and declare them to be untrue. They are very much united against the media’s influence and interruption.

It seems the couple has a romantic side, too. Before their secret wedding, Chris had written a song and played it for Gwyneth. It was entitled, “Moses, ” and touched her so much that she felt compelled to name their son after the song.

Though they may not physically have any more children, they have discussed adoption. This is among the latest of celebrity trends, though their reason seems more organic. They would like more children, but Gwyneth suffered from post-partum depression.

Bella Swan And Edward Cullen

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are the two main characters in the popular fictional book series Twilight by Stephanie Meyers. The first two books have also been made into movies.

Bella is a quiet natured self admitted clumsy girl who lives with her father in Forks, Washington, where she has recently moved to from her mother’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. While transitioning into her new high school she become intrigued with and eventually falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire.

Edward Cullen is a man with a secret. He is a vampire. His adoptive vampire father, Carlisle Cullen, has instilled a sense of morality uncommon in vampire. Living in the rainy town of Forks, Washington, he lives under the disguise of being a 17 year old high school student even though he was actually born in June, of 1901. This is where he meets and falls in love with Bella.

A sort of forbidden love, this couple has a unique set of issues. The fact that Bella was a human at the beginning of the relationship made it hard at time for Edward to control his blood lust. Because he loved her so much he worried constantly about her safety. At one point he convinced himself that she would be safer with out him so he broke up with her and left. He changed his mind after she almost died when she went cliff diving. She was saved buy Jacob, a werewolf who also sought her affections.

After being reunited Bella struggles with the idea of marriage due to her parents relationship. And Edward struggles with Bella’s insistence on being turned into a vampire and having sex before she is turned. They come to the compromise of getting married, then having sex and later turning her into a vampire. Plans change a bit when she becomes pregnant. The strength of the vampire baby inside her almost kills her. Bella almost dies while giving birth. As soon as their daughter Renesmee is delivered he bites Bella transforming her into a vampire and curing all her injuries.

Though their troubles are not over the fictional Bella, Edward and Renesmee continue on to live a normal life. Or as normal as a vampire’s life can be.

The Love Of Queen Victoria And Prince Albert

For most of the monarchies in the 17th century, marriage was very important in solidifying relationships between countries, opening communication, and maintaining peace. This was true of England as well. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were cousins who were very close in age, barely months apart. The arranged marriage of Victoria to Albert was initiated by their uncle Leopold who had been King of the Belgiams. He felt that by arranging a marriage between Victoria and one of his nephews he would gain more power in England. So a meeting was arranged where Victoria would meet both Ernest and Albert who were sons of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Victoria would find one suitable for marriage.

The love affair that followed Queen Victoria and Prince Albert throughout their married life began upon first meeting. Victoria was taken with Albert almost from the first glance. He was obviously well educated by home tutors as Victoria had been. They shared many common interests and talked for long periods about different topics of the day. But, more than that they found very quickly that they genuinely like each other.

Victoria often referred to Albert as her friend and husband. She depended on his council for every decision that she made. To the public both the Queen and Prince presented a facade of coolness and distance. But when they were alone they were a family that loved and cared for each other.

Early in their married life both the Queen and Prince found that they shared a love for the country and the peace and tranquility of a life that could be shared with their nine children away from the many duties that were required of them as royals. To that end Prince Albert went about securing residences that allowed the family to get away from London as often as possible.

For the first six years of their marriage the Queen and Prince were never apart. It was not until 1846 that the Prince made a trip without the Queen and both suffered loneliness and despair at being apart. Aside from depending on the Prince as her trusted advisor the Queen also depended on him for support and love that would be found with no other.

While the Prince knew for some time that he was very ill, he never shared this information with the Queen or his children. He carried on with his duties, both public and private, and sought to assure that his children would all be successful and dedicated to the people they would serve. Even as he lay on his deathbed he rewrote a letter that had to be diplomatic and serve the best interests of his Queen. Then, after completing the letter, he died.

Having lost her husband and best friend the Queen was left alone. As many women who are totally in love with their husbands her life ended and the sovereignty that had been created by a Queen and her beloved consort over twenty years would end as well.

Young Love Pete Wentz And Ashlee Simpson

Pete Wentz is a popular bass guitarist and lyricist. His wife, Ashlee Simpson is a popular actress. Both are young, He is 30, his wife is 24. They have a baby boy that they both adore. Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson are young and are growing up.

It is very hard sometimes to figure out why people are attracted to each other. When one looks at all of the couples who seem drawn to each other, from all outside appearances they have little if anything in common. But, for some reason, they seem to make it work.

One of the things that people learn as they grow older is that love does not hold a relationship together. Lots of people love each other but can’t live together. Children can’t hold a relationship together either. Although some people stay together for their children. What holds a couple together and gets them through all the trials that come with growing old together is “liking” each other.

When people have been together a long time they will often refer to their partner as their best friend. They have common interests, like to share information with each other, and are genuinely interested in what is going on in each other’s lives. Love looks really good in photo ops, but it is friendship that will keep a couple together when the cameras are off and a partner has the flu.

Individuals who are constantly in front of the media often do not have a chance to find out if they are friends. They may share something in common, but whether or not they have enough in common to make them lasting friends, often does not come to light for several years.

There are many reasons that a person would be hesitant to talk about love between two people who are very young and are only known through media releases and photos taken by paparazzi. It would be judgmental and would be purely subjective. In ten, fifteen, or twenty years when one is looking at the pictures of Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson and they are still together and still enjoying each other’s company, then there will be a basis to ask them the secret to the success of creating a lasting relationship and love story.

One can look at these two young people with a beautiful child and hope that they beat the odds and that they make their relationship work. For now though it is too early to say if they will join the ranks Bogart and Bacall, or Newman and Woodward and embody the essence of a true love story. One must just wait and see.

John Travolta And Kelly Preston - The Romance

John Travolta and Kelly Preston are a popular couple that have been happily married since 1991. This is quite a while for a couple that are in the limelight these days.

The two first met while filming the movie The Experts in 1987. They became friends at this time as they were both in different relationships. When they met again in 1990, both of them being single at this time, things were far different. Sparks were flying between them.

They were the apple of each other’s eyes from this day forward. He proposed to her on New Year’s Eve, in Switzerland and gave her an absolutely stunning 7. 5 carat diamond ring.

Planning the wedding was a bit trying for them as they were both so busy at the time. This is when the decision to elope in Paris was made. They being Scientologists were joined in wedlock on September 5, 1991 by a Scientologist Minister. Unfortunately this marriage was found not be a legal union. So on September 12, 1991 they had another wedding, but this time it was in Florida.

They were finally man and wife and were ecstatic when they became parents to their son Jett in April of 1992. This would be followed with the birth of a baby girl, Ella Bleu in 2000. They were a very happy family now.

Like many marriages in Hollywood they have endured the ups and downs that have happened. One of the most devastating events that could happen to any couple happened to them on January 2, 2009, when their son Jett died while the family was on vacation.

Even with this traumatic event occurring they are still together. They are moving on with their life despite the grief that they are experiencing. They know that marriage is hard work and have proven that there love is not going to be something else to die.