THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
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F E A T U R E S
In this May 5, 2014 file photo, Tom Brady, left, and Gisele
Bundchen attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s
Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating ‘Charles James:
Beyond Fashion’ in New York. — AP photos
In this Dec 1, 2014 file photo, David Beckham, left, and
Victoria Beckham pose for photographers upon arrival at
The British Fashion Awards 2014, in London.
In this Jan 10, 2016 file photo, Jada Pinkett Smith, left, and
Will Smith arrive at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards
at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
In this Feb 1, 2016 file photo, Amal Clooney, left, and
George Clooney arrive at the world premiere of ‘Hail,
Caesar!’ in Los Angeles.
Farewell, Brangelina, but wait: Celeb royalty abounds
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4-month-old son, Brooklyn, was their ringbearer. And they
matched in ivory - his hair was a golden blond then. Victoria
donned a huge gown with a little royal crown on the top of
her head. How did they celebrate their 17th anniversary? By
gushing about each other on Instagram, natch, posting then
and now photos. They, too, have been rocked by rumors, in
this case an alleged affair between David and an assistant that
got the tabloids going in 2004. Victoria later told W magazine
in a joint interview with her husband: “I’m not going to lie. It
was a really tough time. It was hard for our entire families.”
on’t worry, celeb watchers: With the unraveling of
Brangelina, you’ve still got plenty of reigning couples
to obsess over. Some cases in point:
The Wests
He, Kanye West, puts on fashion shows that try the
patience of some critics, drops new Yeezy shoe designs that
sell out in minutes and is currently performing high above
devotees on a platform during his “Life of Pablo” tour. She, Kim
Kardashian West, poses now-routinely in the nude for magazines and on her massively popular Instagram account
(because she loves her body). She lays her life bare on her own
app and her family’s popular “Keeping Up With the
Kardashians” reality show.
Together, they’re Kimye, and they rarely make a move that
isn’t heavily documented on social media, either by themselves, their fans or all those people who love to hate them.
The two married on May 24, 2014, in a lavish ceremony in
Florence, Italy. They have two young children, including 3year-old fashionista North West.
The Carters
He, Shawn Corey Carter, is Jay Z, a high-living rap mogul
who might or might not have cheated on his famous and
influential power wife, Beyonce, as she seems to imply on her
mega-hit visual album “Lemonade.” The two got hitched April
4, 2008, in a private ceremony at their Tribeca apartment, and
have a daughter, 4-year-old Blue Ivy. Her fan base is known as
the Beehive. Jay’s loyalists love to flash him the Roc Symbol, a
diamond shape and reference to his Roc Nation company,
which includes a record label, talent agency, touring and concert production, music, film and TV production and a music
publishing house.
The Clooneys
She, a British international human rights lawyer, used to be
an Alamuddin, until she married him, the dashing movie star,
and became a Clooney. The two wed on Sept. 27, 2014, in
Venice, Italy, sending the paparazzi into high gear, but there’s
more to this Hollywood royalty. They take meetings with the
likes of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about things
In this Feb 20, 2016 file photo, Beyonce and Jay Z attend
the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles
Clippers and Golden State Warriors, in Los Angeles.
In this Aug 28, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West, left,
and Kanye West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in
New York.
like emergency refugee policy. On Monday, Amal pushed for
the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State
group commanders for genocide, saying on the “Today” show
she discussed her effort to legally fight the IS group with her
husband, and he understands “this is my work.” George, once
among the world’s most sought-after bachelors, joked last
year on late-night TV that he loved his gig as Amal’s arm candy. “Shiny and pretty,” he told Stephen Colbert on “The Late
Show, “that’s mostly what I do.”
been married a mighty long time, sealing the deal on Dec 31,
1997. That’s about how many years they’ve been battling
break-up rumors. The divorce mill got so busy that Will took to
Facebook in August 2015 to declare, in part: “NOT GETTING A
DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-) I promise you all - if I ever decide to
divorce my Queen - I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself! #Dumb People
Should Have to Wear Scarlet D’s” For her part, Jada took to
Twitter: “My king has spoken.”
The Smiths
He’s Will Smith, striking movie star, and she’s Jada Pinkett
Smith, striking TV star. Together they have a couple of striking
teenagers, Willow and Jaden. In LA LA land terms, they’ve
The Bundchen Bradys
The Brazilian bombshell, supermodel Gisele Bundchen,
and the New England Patriot, Tom Brady, have two kids
together, 6-year-old Benjamin and 3-year-old Vivian. We know
this because Bundchen and Brady guard their kids’ privacy but
she recently posted a rollicking ‘gram of the good-looking little ones playing outside by a tree. Bundchen has been the
world’s highest paid model since 2002, earning roughly $44
million a year.
They married Feb. 26, 2009, after a couple years of dating.
Bundchen said she fell in love with Brady because he’s a “kind
man,” but she told Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning” last
November that she had considered leaving her “Deflategate”
quarterback after learning his former girlfriend, actress
Bridget Moynahan, was pregnant with Brady’s child back in
2007. Trying times hit again with Brady’s football-tampering
scandal. He’s two games into a four-game suspension, planning to return to the field Oct 9. “I think we’ve been through a
few tough times together,” Bundchen told Rose. “I think that’s
when you know who are your friends, who loves you. ... No
matter how challenging it was, we’ve always been supportive
of one another, and I think that’s the most important thing
you can have in life, a support system and love.”— AP
The Beckhams
As in David and Victoria. The two Brits, he a soccer legend
and she the former Spice Girl turned fashion designer, married
July 4, 1999. They met at a charity soccer match and wed at
Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland after a two-year romance. Their
Key moments in Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie’s relationship
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ctress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from
actor Brad Pitt after 12 years together including two
years of marriage, the end for one of Hollywood’s
most glamorous and powerful couples. Below is a timeline
of key moments in the A-list couple’s relationship over the
years:
January 2005: Brad Pitt and “Friends” star Jennifer
Aniston separate amid rumors that he and Jolie had an
affair while filming the upcoming spy action thriller “Mr
and Mrs Smith.” Neither party confirmed the rumors.
April 2005: Photos appear in media of Pitt with Jolie
and her adopted Cambodian son Maddox, vacationing
together in Kenya.
January 2006: Representatives for Jolie and Pitt confirm to People magazine the actress is pregnant with Pitt’s
child, the first time the couple acknowledge their relationship publicly. A Los Angeles judge grants Jolie’s request for
Pitt to become the adoptive father of Maddox and daughter Zahara, changing their last names to Jolie-Pitt.
May 2006: The couple’s first biological child, a girl
named Shiloh Nouvel, is born in Namibia.
July 2008: Jolie gives birth to the couple’s twins
Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon in southern France.
September 2011: Pitt appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’
show while promoting “Moneyball” to discuss marriage
plans with Jolie. “I’ve said that we would not be getting
married until everyone in this country had the right to get
married,” he said.
April 2012: Jolie and Pitt announce their engagement
after she is spotted wearing a large diamond ring designed
by Pitt.
May 2013: Jolie reveals in a New York Times op-ed that
she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she
had inherited a high risk of breast cancer. She said she
made the decision in part to reassure her children that she
would not die young from cancer, as her own mother
Marcheline Bertrand did at age 56 in 2007.
August 2014: Jolie and Pitt quietly marry in a small ceremony at their Chateau Miraval estate in France. All six children took part and Jolie wore an Atelier Versace white
dress featuring colorful designs drawn by her children.
November 2015: Jolie and Pitt appear at the premiere
of “By The Sea,” a drama directed and written by Jolie in
which they play a married couple drifting apart.
September 2016: Jolie files for divorce from Pitt in Los
Angeles court, citing irreconcilable differences and
requesting sole physical custody of the children. Pitt
responded with a statement to People magazine saying he
was “very saddened.”— Reuters
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz
‘Brangelina’ split: Five other
Hollywood power couples
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s Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt, here’s a
look at some of the other off-screen Hollywood romances
that have kept audiences enthralled:
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
The sultry Bacall made her debut aged just 19 opposite
Bogart, 44, in “To Have and Have Not” in 1944. They got married a
year later; the age gap did not stop them from becoming one of
Hollywood’s most mythical couples. Bacall cemented her status
as a film noir icon with appearances alongside Bogart in “The Big
Sleep” (1946), “Dark Passage” (1947), and “Key Largo” in 1948. They
were married until Bogart’s death from cancer in 1957.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
Taylor and Burton’s famously turbulent romance began in
1963 when the pair were filming “Cleopatra”, she in the title role
and he as her Mark Antony. Both were married to other people at
the time but their instant chemistry was plain to see. They were
married twice: for ten years from 1964, and another year from
1975-76.Both unions were marred by alcoholism and furious
arguments, though they remained close into their later years.
They starred in eleven films together, including “Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?” (1966) and “The Taming of the Shrew” (1967).
In this Nov 12, 2006 file photo, American
actress and UNHCR Ambassador Angelina
Jolie, left, with her daughter Zahara, and Brad
Pitt, right, with Jolie’s son Maddox, walk near
the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. — AP
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
Married for more than a decade from 1987, Moore and Willis
were one of the most prominent Hollywood power couples of
the late 80s and early 90s. Both blamed the collapse of their relationship on not having enough time together as their careers
took off, with Moore the best-paid actress in Hollywood by 1990
and Willis working on the “Die Hard” series. They remained friends
after their split, even spending holidays together to give stability
to their three daughters.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
The pair met on the set of “Days of Thunder”, a high-adrenaline racing movie starring Cruise as an ambitious young driver
and Kidman as his neurosurgeon love interest. It was released in
1990; they were married by the end of the year. “I was a baby
when I married Tom, but I don’t regret any of it,” Kidman later said.
The couple adopted two children and starred in two other films
together-”Far and Away” and “Eyes Wide Shut”-but divorced in
2001. Cruise later married actress Katie Holmes, gaining the
celebrity moniker “TomKat”. Their six-year relationship, ending in
2012, was heavily scrutinized by the press, largely because of
Cruise’s growing involvement in the Church of Scientology.
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz
Spanish actress Cruz-another former lover of Tom Cruisebegan dating her Oscar-winning “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” co-star
Bardem in 2007. Married in 2010, the couple have two children
together and are fiercely private. They sparked a Hollywood row
in 2014 when they signed an open letter blasting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. But both released follow-up statements clarifying their comments, amid rumors that Israel-supporting
Hollywood executives were furious over the move. — AFP