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Celeb Couples: How They Met

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Mar 21, 2013 4:34 PM
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Fergie & Josh Duhamel

The pair hit it off when they met on Duhamel's show Las Vegas. But apparently that wasn't the first time the twosome had met. Before their first real-life encounter Fergie read that Duhamel had a dream about her. The couple is now married and expecting their first child together. Dreams do come true!

 


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Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem

¡Muy caliente! The hot Spanish couple has always kept their romance under wraps, but they couldn't stay away from each other after they first met while filming Jamon, Jamon. Eight years later, Cruz and Bardem had an intimate wedding in the Bahamas, and now they have one kid with another on the way.


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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt

The Hollywood power couple met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Even though Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, he was soon deep into a romance with Jolie. Years later, Brangelina is still going strong with six kids, and they recently got engaged at the request of their children. Now that's love at first sight.


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Jay-Z & Beyoncé

The A-list couple met when Beyoncé was only 18 and started dating when she was 19. Goes to show a little goes a long way, because Jay and Bey's young love flourished and now the power couple is married with a beautiful little girl.


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Liam Hemsworth & Miley Cyrus

The odds were stacked in this couple's favor. The two had to share a kiss the very first day they met when they showed up to work on the 2009 set of The Last Song. The rest, as they say, is history.


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Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer

The True Blood pair met while filming the first season of the show—they even shared their first kiss onscreen. But Anna and Stephen's real-life romance didn't happen until a few months later. Now they're happily married with twins.


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Giuliana & Bill Rancic

This adorable duo very first met at an NBC upfront party. G admits she thought Bill was a "cutie pie" from the get go, but she was with her then boyfriend at the time. Then she interviewed Bill a year later, but they were both in relationships. Then, finally, she interviewed him again when they were both single. As soon as the interview ended, Bill asked Giuliana out—and the rest is history!


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Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan

Art doesn't always imitate life. Channing's character in The Vow has to woo his coma-stricken wife when she doesn't remember him. But it's been smooth sailing for the actor and his missus ever since they met on the set of Step Up in 2006 and swapped vows in 2009.


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Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert

The couple first laid eyes on each other during an onstage performance. Blake was married at the time, but it was true love for the country darlings, because five years later the pair tied the knot in Miranda's home state of Texas.


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Jason Sudeikis & Olivia Wilde

The-oh-so-in-love pair met on Saturday Night Live in 2011. Six months later, the two went on their first date and have been Wilde-ly in love ever since. The engaged couple is in the midst of wedding plans.


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Justin Theroux & Jennifer Aniston

From costars to engaged couple. Jen and Justin met on the set of Tropic Thunder, but nothing happened until they reconnected three years later while filming Wanderlust. Before you know it, the cute couple bought a house together and are recently engaged.


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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart

Twilight fans saw this coupling coming long before the winsome twosome ever got together. The vampire trilogy began shooting in 2008 but K.Stew wouldn't admit to dating R.Pattz until 2011.


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Ellen Degeneres & Portia de Rossi

These two lovely ladies met backstage at an awards show. Four years later, Ellen popped the question and the couple tied the knot.


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Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel

The private couple didn't have a Hollywod-esque meet. In fact, the two were just friends and it became a budding romance. The couple split up briefly, but it was meant to be because Jess and Justin got back together and exchanged their I-dos in Italy. 


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Katherine Heigl & Josh Kelley

The twosome met when Katherine appeared in a video for one of Josh's songs back in 2005. Since then the happy couple has tied the knot and adopted two children.  


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Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck

Boy meets girl on the 2003 set of Daredevil. Boy and girl get married in 2005 in a small tropical wedding in the Turks & Caicos. Three kids later, this is a bona fide Hollywood success story!


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Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale

They met when Gwen's band, No Doubt, toured as the opening act for Gavin's group, Bush, back in 1995. He threw a party as an excuse to hang out with her, and they had their first kiss that night. Awww.


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Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow

Groupies don't get much cuter than Gwyneth. These lovebirds married a year after they met backstage at a 2002 Coldplay concert.


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Victoria & David Beckham

Becks first saw his future wife performing on TV and then pursued Posh Spice after meeting her at a 1997 football game. Wed in 1999, they've been an international power couple ever since.


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Ryan Phillippe & Reese Witherspoon

Cutest encounter ever goes to former couple Ryan and Reese who met on her 21st birthday. "I think you're my birthday present," she quipped. Too bad this love story doesn't have a happy ending. The two split after eight years of marriage.

 

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