We tend to forget that celebrities are just like the rest of us. They’ve experienced love and heartbreaks, short-term relationships, and romances worthy of their own movie. What’s different is that their personal lives are frequently revealed in the media, and we are all privy to even the most intimate details of their love lives.
We have produced a list of a few of the love tales that shook Hollywood a decade or so ago, but which you might not remember. Perhaps they are unfamiliar to you. Check it out!
1. Salma Hayek and Edward Norton
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Salma Hayek and Edward Norton were in the midst of their respective acting careers at the end of the 1990s. They were also maintaining a love relationship, which few people remember today. Their relationship began in 1999 and lasted till 2003. They were able to adequately secure their personal lives throughout this time.
The couple made extremely few public appearances, which may explain why we no longer consider them to be a pair. They rarely allowed themselves to be photographed together, unless it was for the purpose of filming a film, such as when they collaborated on Frida.
2. Johnny Depp and Kate Moss
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When Moss was 20 and Depp was 31, they began dating. She was a young popular model who had everyone at her feet, and he was already a very successful actor. They had a scandalous, naughty, and extravagant relationship that resulted in a ruined hotel suite worth thousands of dollars. The pair split up in 1997, approximately three years into their relationship. They were spotted together again in 1998 at the Cannes Film Festival.
3. Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel
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In European cinema, both are considered big names. Their romance blossomed while they were filming The Apartment in 1996. They were even married for 14 years and had two daughters, but in 2013, they divorced. Their breakup was widely publicized at the time due to their status as an iconic pair in the film industry and their enormous popularity.
4. Natalie Portman and Gael Garcia Bernal
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Portman and Bernal began dating in 2006, and the two were frequently spotted together at events such as the China Club in Berlin and the 2007 US Open Tennis Championships. However, after that, Portman married French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied in 2012 after dating him since 2009, and Bernal went on to date Argentinian actress Dolores Fonzi from 2008 to 2014.
5. Jennifer Garner and Scott Foley
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When they met in 1998, the young performers were just starting to establish a name for themselves in the entertainment industry. They were collaborating on the Felicity series. They married when they were both 28 years old, in the year 2000. In the meantime, Jennifer had grown in popularity, and news of their breakup circulated in 2003. Despite their claims that everything was done in a pleasant manner, Garner and Foley said they were “really victims of Hollywood.”
6. Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland
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Flatliners was the film in which these two actors appeared together and fell in love. They even got engaged and were going to marry in Los Angeles on June 14, 1991. Julia Roberts, on the other hand, became a true runaway bride when she called off the wedding two days prior and fled to Ireland with Kiefer’s buddy Jason Patric. In 2016, Kiefer remarked about it, saying he respected his then-fortitude girlfriend’s in making that call. Not everyone would take such a risk…
7. Uma Thurman and Gary Oldman
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Gary Oldman began a romance with actress Uma Thurman in 1990, shortly after his divorce from his first wife, Lesley Manville. The pair was married and living together by the beginning of the following year. However, the relationship terminated 11 months later. She is said to have broken up with him by writing him a letter in which she stated that he was impossible to live with. Thurman later stated that putting up with him requires a certain kind of lady.
8. Sofia Vergara and Tom Cruise
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Tom Cruise and Sofia Vergara dated for a while in 2005. According to Tom’s official biography, this was not just any romance for him because he went to great lengths to get to know her and subsequently wanted to marry her. However, Sofia did not share Cruise’s interest in Scientology, which caused a rift between the two before they split up.
9. Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford
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Richard Gere was one of the most well-known actors in the 1990s, thanks to his role in the classic film Pretty Woman. Cindy Crawford was also a well-known supermodel at the time. They became one of the most well-known couples at the time. They married in a hastily planned wedding in Las Vegas in 1991, with just close friends in attendance. Crawford was 25 and Gere was 42. However, the couple split up in 1995.
10. Bradley Cooper and Renée Zellweger
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Cooper stated at the time that their romance began while they were both working on the film Case 39. Their romance began in 2009 and continued till 2011. Because they were always very private and wouldn’t let themselves be seen together on many occasions, little is known about the causes for their breakup.
11. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow
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In 1994, they starred as a pair in Seven and began a romance that lasted until 1997. She was 24 at the time, thus they were 9 years apart in age. They were on the verge of marrying, but Paltrow was nervous, especially since this was her first high-profile engagement with another star.
12. Jay-Z and Rosario Dawson
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z are one of the most well-known couples in the entertainment world today, although the rapper previously dated actress Rosario Dawson around the year 2000. However, they never mentioned it or made any public statements about it. The majority of journalists who have covered the story believe they dated for roughly three years.
13. Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds
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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were a Hollywood power couple a decade ago, marrying in September of the same year after announcing their engagement in 2008. Their marriage only lasted around three years before their differences were too large for them to endure. In 2010, they announced their separation, and their divorce was formalized in 2011.
14. Naomi Watts and Heath Ledger
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Heath Ledger had a two-year romance with actress Naomi Watts, who gave one of the best Joker performances ever. Their romance bloomed in 2002 on the set of the film Ned Kelly, where she was blown away by Ledger’s dramatic passion. They started a romantic engagement that lasted two years, however they split up in 2003.
Watts still has fond memories of the actor, despite his premature passing. “We had a lovely relationship for a couple of years,” Watts recalled, “but he was a man who was fully full of joy, and there was a lot of laughing and affection in him.”
15. Courteney Cox and Michael Keaton
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They were together for over six years until splitting up in July 1995. Courteney Cox claimed a few months after the breakup, “It’s the most meaningful relationship I’ve ever had, and I think he’s the most wonderful guy I’ve ever met.” In reality, a ring on the actress’ hand had sparked engagement rumors, but she later confirmed that the diamond belonged to her grandmother.
