Celebrities Got Married In 2012
check out the many stars who tied the knot this year.
Though the couple had already debuted their wedding bands months earlier, Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied had a “wedding celebration” on August 4, more than a year after Portman had given birth to their son Aleph. Portman, 31, and Millepied, a 35-year-old dancer and choreographer, exchanged vows in a traditional Jewish ceremony at a home in Big Sur, California. The 45-minute ceremony took place under the moonlight on a bluff that ...
It was love at first sight for Alec Baldwin when he met yoga
instructor Hilaria Baldwin, 28, at a restaurant and told her, “I must
know you.” A little over a year later, the 54-year-old actor sealed the
deal on June 30. Their wedding, held at the 203-year-old St. Patrick’s
Old Cathedral in New York City, drew 175 guests, including Baldwin’s
co-star Tina Fey, Woody Allen, and Mariska Hargitay. Baldwin, who was
previously married to Kim Basinger, told People, “Marriage was made for you to make a commitment to someone who is worth it. And I met someone who is worth it.”
"The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" star Amber Tamblyn, 29, married
long-time boyfriend, 49-year-old "Arrested Development" actor David
Cross, in an outdoor ceremony on October 6. Tamblyn ditched the white
gown and arrived for her wedding – via canoe – wearing a yellow dress
and no shoes. Now that's a unique way to take the plunge!
"The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" star Amber Tamblyn, 29, married
long-time boyfriend, 49-year-old "Arrested Development" actor David
Cross, in an outdoor ceremony on October 6. Tamblyn ditched the white
gown and arrived for her wedding – via canoe – wearing a yellow dress
and no shoes. Now that's a unique way to take the plunge!
It sounds pretty perfect: A
wedding at sunset at a private home in picturesque Big Sur, California
... and it was the wedding Anne Hathaway got to have when she tied the
knot with boyfriend of four years, Adam Shulman, on September 29. The
“Les Miserables” star wore a dress designed by her pal Valentino for the
ceremony, which was held in front of about 180 guests. And while she
donned a pixie cut for the occasion (after having to cut her hair for
her "Les Mis" role), it wasn't her ideal style for the big day. In a
recent interview with The Sun, Hathaway recounted how Shulman
kind of proposed: "He said, 'OK, without giving anything away about what
is coming in the next few months
Though Annie Lennox had previously said she’d never marry again
after two failed attempts, the Eurythmics songstress just couldn’t help
herself, and on September 15 tied the knot with Dr. Mitch Besser, a
South African doctor who founded Mothers2Mothers, a group focused on
preventing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The couple, both 57,
married on a private boat on London’s Thames River. The two met when
Lennox began working with Besser’s foundation. He was married at the
time.
After welcoming their son,
Antonio III, in May 2011, hunky actor Antonio Sabato Jr. and
singer-songwriter Cheryl Moana Marie said their “I dos” in an intimate
sunset ceremony on Anini Beach on the island of Kauai on September 25.
Marie, who grew up on the lush Hawaiian island, stunned in an
off-the-rack gown and a sparkly pair of Tom Ford for Gucci heels, while
Sabato and his little man opted for white linen pants and shirts. During
the 18-guest reception, Marie’s sister, Sharla, performed a traditional
hula dance for the happy couple. "It was a dance to send us off on our
way to love," the 41-year-old told People. "Everybody was mesmerized by
her."
It's a real-life reality show
romance ... that actually led to marriage! Former "The Bachelorette"
contestant Ashley Herbert and the lucky fellow she gave her final rose
to, J.P. Rosenbaum, tied the knot in Pasadena, California, on December
1. Fittingly, several “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” alums including
Emily Maynard, Trista and Ryan Sutter, and Jillian Harris attended the
(televised) nuptials officiated by none other than host Chris Harrison.
In one of the biggest celebrity surprises of the year, stars Blake
Lively and Ryan Reynolds pulled off a super secret wedding in Mount
Pleasant, South Carolina – just outside of Charleston – on September 9.
The couple, who had only been dating about a year, exchanged vows in
front of 60 family members and friends at Boone Hall Plantation &
Gardens, a location that has served as the backdrop for several movie
and TV productions, including, most notably, scenes from 2004’s “The
Notebook.”
After proposing to his manager
Alicia Etheredge during a concert in 2010, Bobby Brown finally got
hitched in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 18 with a family-friendly affair.
The couple was joined by Brown’s children, Landon, 23, La'Princia, 22,
and Bobby Jr., 19, and their son, Cassius, 3, who served as ring bearer.
However, his 19-year-old daughter with the late Whitney Houston, Bobbi
Kristina, chose not to attend the wedding, which even featured
flame-throwing dancers. Unfortunately, Brown’s 2012 marriage got off to a
pretty rough start – the New Edition singer did a stint in rehab and
picked up a DUI in October.
“So
You Think You Can Dance” hostess Cat Deeley headed across the pond to
marry Irish comedian Patrick Kielty on September 29, but she didn’t go
home to her native Britain to do it. Instead, the couple wed in a secret
ceremony at St. Isidore's College Church in Rome in front of 60 guests.
“I'm having a fabulous time!” Kielty, 41, recently told Us Weekly of married life. “So
You Think You Can Dance” hostess Cat Deeley headed across the pond to
marry Irish comedian Patrick Kielty on September 29, but she didn’t go
home to her native Britain to do it. Instead, the couple wed in a secret
ceremony at St. Isidore's College Church in Rome in front of 60 guests.
“I'm having a fabulous time!” Kielty, 41, recently told Us Weekly of married life.
They
finally did it! "The Good Wife" actor Chris Noth and his longtime
girlfriend, Tara Wilson, got married in Maui on April 6, a full decade
after meeting back when she was working as a bartender at Noth's NYC bar
The Cutting Room in 2002. The couple are parents to son Orion, who
turns 5 in January. They finally did
it! "The Good Wife" actor Chris Noth and his longtime girlfriend, Tara
Wilson, got married in Maui on April 6, a full decade after meeting back
when she was working as a bartender at Noth's NYC bar The Cutting Room
in 2002. The couple are parents to son Orion, who turns 5 in January.
“Bridesmaids” actor Chris O’Dowd got his very own bride when he
married Scottish-born TV host and writer Dawn Porter on August 27. In an
unusual move, Porter announced she wouldn’t keep her maiden name as is,
but wouldn’t take O’Dowd’s name either, instead coming up with a
compromise: O'Porter. "I am lucky that I have the option to keep Porter
prominent and take a tiny letter that, for me, expresses the unity with
my husband that I am proud of," she wrote in Glamour magazine.
“How I Met Your Mother” star Cobie Smulders won’t have to tell
3-year-old daughter Shaelyn about how she married her father … the
little girl got to attend the wedding herself. Smulders, 30, and her
longtime fiancé, “SNL” castmember Tarran Killam, also 30, got married on
September 8 at Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California,
near Santa Barbara, where the actress donned two dresses: a long one for
the ceremony and a short one for the reception.
For “Sex and the City” star
Cynthia Nixon and her fiancée of three years, Christine Marinoni,
getting hitched was worth the wait. Once same sex marriage became legal
in New York City, the pair decided to make their union official on May
27. Nixon, who wore a chartreuse gown by Carolina Herrera and a
silver-and-white ribbon headband adorned with Fred Leighton diamond
lovebirds, described her dress to Elle as an “art deco
skyscraper,” and noted that she felt like Titania from “A Midsummer’s
Night’s Dream” while wearing it. Marinoni chose a suit with a
color-coordinated tie to match her leading lady for the emotion-filled
day. In addition to Nixon's two children (Samantha and Charles) from a
former relationship, she and Marinoni have a 2-year-old son named Max.
Lady
Antebellum member Dave Hayward tied the knot with music exec Kelli
Cashiola on April 14 … and the couple kept it country! They had their
wedding just outside of Nashville at Front Porch Farms in Ashland City,
Tennessee, and asked singer-songwriter Dave Barnes – who’s co-written
tunes for country crooners including Blake Shelton and Billy Currington –
to perform at the ceremony. Lady
Antebellum member Dave Hayward tied the knot with music exec Kelli
Cashiola on April 14 … and the couple kept it country! They had their
wedding just outside of Nashville at Front Porch Farms in Ashland City,
Tennessee, and asked singer-songwriter Dave Barnes – who’s co-written
tunes for country crooners including Blake Shelton and Billy Currington –
to perform at the ceremony.
Talk about a May-December romance! Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke,
86, married makeup artist Arlene Silver, who is a whopping 46 years his
junior, at his Malibu, California, home on February 29. “Kind of on the
spur of the moment, we decided Leap Day would be the best time to do
it," Van Dyke told RumorFix earlier this year. The couple met in 2006
when Silver did the "Mary Poppins" star's makeup prior to the SAG
Awards. “He’s the happiest person I ever met,” Silver said in the same
interview. “He’s got an infectious spirit.”
Since Drew Barrymore and art consultant Will Kopelman were already
expecting a child together, they decided to go ahead and make it
official, exchanging vows in the backyard of Barrymore’s $5.7 million
Mediterranean-style home in posh Montecito, California, on June 2. "The
day was perfect," Barrymore, who wore a Chanel dress accessorized with
over 14 carats worth of diamonds, told People. "Everyone we love
and care about was there. It was as fun and meaningful as we ever could
have hoped." The couple welcomed a daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman,
on September 26.
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson
probably wanted to omit the phrase “to be faithful to you alone, as long
as we both shall live” from his wedding vows. The former Miami Dolphins
wide receiver married reality star Evelyn Lozada in a lavish Miami
ceremony on the Fourth of July, while the cameras rolled for their VH1
show, “Ev and Ocho.” Unfortunately, like the patriotic holiday, his
marriage ended in fireworks. On August 11, Johnson was arrested on
domestic violence charges for allegedly head-butting his wife following
an argument they had about his infidelities. Their made-for-TV marriage
was annulled 41 days later.
Lady Antebellum songbird Hillary
Scott got more than “Just a Kiss” when she penned the award-winning
ballad about her romance with her then-boyfriend, Chris Tyrrell. After a
six-month engagement and a Grammy award, the 25-year-old married the
man of her dreams at a surprise wedding in upstate New York on January
7. Scott – who looked ethereal in a custom-designed, lace mermaid gown
by Vera Wang – shared the happy news with her fans in a video on her
website. “We got married, and we just wanted you to hear it from us
first,” she gushed. “We're so excited to be starting our life together.”
Jack Osbourne and girlfriend Lisa Stelly saw some real ups and downs
prior to their October 7 nuptials. In April, the couple got to welcome
daughter Pearl, but just two weeks later Osbourne was dealt a huge blow
when he learned he had multiple sclerosis. Osbourne, now 27, announced
the bad news in June, telling People, "I was just angry and
frustrated and kept thinking, 'Why now?' I've got a family and that's
what's supposed to be the most important thing." The couple was able to
focus on happy times in October, however, when they married in Hawaii in
front of 50 guests including, of course, Jack’s parents Sharon and Ozzy
Osbourne, and baby Pearl.
Country singer Jake Owen headed back to his hometown of Vero Beach,
Florida, on May 7, when he said “I do” to model Lacey Buchanan in a
sunrise ceremony on the water in front of 30 guests. The couple followed
the nuptials with brunch at a nearby hotel. On Thanksgiving Day,
30-year-old Owen and 22-year-old Buchanan marked another milestone when
they welcomed daughter Olive Pearl.
Kings
of Leon bassist Jared Followill tied the knot with model Martha
Patterson on October 29 at Front Porch Farms in Charlotte, Tennessee.
The young couple, both 25, couldn’t contain their excitement about their
big day, and immediately hit up Twitter after the ceremony. While
Patterson quickly switched her Twitter name to Martha Followill, the
rocker tweeted: "Aaaaaand I'm married. Happiest man in the world." Kings
of Leon bassist Jared Followill tied the knot with model Martha
Patterson on October 29 at Front Porch Farms in Charlotte, Tennessee.
The young couple, both 25, couldn’t contain their excitement about their
big day, and immediately hit up Twitter after the ceremony. While
Patterson quickly switched her Twitter name to Martha Followill, the
rocker tweeted: "Aaaaaand I'm married. Happiest man in the world."
Jerry Lee Lewis became infamous when, at age 23, he married his
13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, back in 1957. And the “Great Balls
of Fire” singer found his love life back in the news this year after he
married his seventh wife, his 62-year-old caregiver Judith Brown. The
couple tied the knot on March 9 in Natchez, Mississippi. Coincidentally
(or not), his new wife was previously married to Lewis’ second cousin
Rusty Brown … who happens to be the brother of Lewis’ first wife, Myra
Gale Brown, who divorced Brown back in 1970 after 13 years of marriage.
Small world!
Though
“J. Edgar” actor Josh Lewis had originally announced he’d be marrying
girlfriend Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, a writer, over Christmas, the
couple bumped up their wedding by quite a bit when Lewis, 41, and his
27-year-old expectant bride tied the knot on St. Patrick’s Day at the
Conservatory Garden in New York’s Central Park. The couple became
parents to son Noah Rev Maurer just a few months later, on June 29. Though
“J. Edgar” actor Josh Lewis had originally announced he’d be marrying
girlfriend Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, a writer, over Christmas, the
couple bumped up their wedding by quite a bit when Lewis, 41, and his
27-year-old expectant bride tied the knot on St. Patrick’s Day at the
Conservatory Garden in New York’s Central Park. The couple became
parents to son Noah Rev Maurer just a few months later, on June 29.
Justin Timberlake, 31, and Jessica Biel, 30, looked pretty ecstatic in their wedding photo on the cover of People
in October ... and the "SexyBack" singer was literally jumping for joy.
The on-again, off-again couple had family and friends fly all the way
to Italy to attend their lavish nuptials on October 19 (where Timberlake
serenaded his bride) and followed it up with a $5,715-a-night African
honeymoon. Must be nice!
Justin Timberlake, 31, and Jessica Biel, 30, looked pretty ecstatic in their wedding photo on the cover of People
in October ... and the "SexyBack" singer was literally jumping for joy.
The on-again, off-again couple had family and friends fly all the way
to Italy to attend their lavish nuptials on October 19 (where Timberlake
serenaded his bride) and followed it up with a $5,715-a-night African
Singer Mark
McGrath, 44, finally said “I do” to longtime girlfriend – and the mother
of his 2-year-old twins – 39-year-old Carin Kingsland on September 24
at Santa Barbara, California’s San Ysidro Ranch. "After 18 years of
breakups, makeups, beautiful twins and an unwavering love that provided
some pretty damn good song lyrics, we are happy to announce that we are
finally married," the couple told People after the wedding.
Singer
Mark McGrath, 44, finally said “I do” to longtime girlfriend – and the
mother of his 2-year-old twins – 39-year-old Carin Kingsland on
September 24 at Santa Barbara, California’s San Ysidro Ranch. "After 18
years of breakups, makeups, beautiful twins and an unwavering love that
provided
Matthew McConaughey and the mother of his two children, model Camila
Alves, looked like the picture-perfect couple when they got hitched in
front of 120 of their closest friends and family on their Austin, Texas,
estate on June 9. Celeb guests included Reese Witherspoon, Kenny
Chesney, and Woody Harrelson — and, of course, their adorable children
Levi, 4, and Vida, who turns 3 in January, who served as the ring bearer
and flower girl. "Somehow they both seem to understand what we are
doing on a spiritual level," Alves told People after the wedding. In July the couple made another big announcement: They’re expecting baby number three!
Though actress Meagan Good had
known producer DeVon Franklin for years, the two didn’t strike up a
romantic relationship until after production wrapped on 2011’s “Jumping
the Broom,” a film she starred in and he produced. After that, however,
the couple jumped on the fast track, getting engaged in March 2012 and
married less than three months after that in June. Good and Franklin
remained abstinent until marriage. Prior to their nuptials, Good told Life & Style
magazine that she knew Franklin, who is also a Seventh-Day Adventist
minister, was the one for her because he agreed to be abstinent until
their wedding day.
Former Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump married longtime
girlfriend Elisa Yao in Chicago on September 28 in front of family and
friends, including Stump's old bandmate Pete Wentz. The 28-year-old
groom has dropped and kept off 60 pounds in recent years. "I lost the
weight for health reasons, but embracing looking different was me
reclaiming my identify because I was hiding for so long," he told Us Weekly last year.
The word elope might conjure up images of quickie weddings at a
Vegas chapel, but Ricki Lake eloped in a different way. The 43-year-old
married in a secret ceremony somewhere in Southern California in early
April, and tweeted out a photo of herself in a wedding a dress, writing,
"Yup, this is me. Sadie Sadie married lady. :) :) Love is in the air.
Xo." The talk show host – who has two children, Milo, 15, and Owen, 10,
from her first marriage – wed 40-year-old jewelry designer Christian
Evans, whom she had been dating for 18 months.
"Grey's
Anatomy" star Sara Ramirez said "I do" to business analyst Ryan Debolt
during a small ceremony in New York on the 4th of July. And she
certainly felt the fireworks. “There’s nothing like the first kiss once
you’ve been pronounced husband and wife," she recently told Latina magazine. "It’s such a wonderful moment!”
"Grey's
Anatomy" star Sara Ramirez said "I do" to business analyst Ryan Debolt
during a small ceremony in New York on the 4th of July. And she
certainly felt the fireworks.
After announcing their engagement in November, Stanley Tucci and
literary agent Felicity Blunt quietly exchanged vows in early August
before hosting a star-studded weekend reception in London several weeks
later. Their A-list pals, including best man Steve Buscemi and maid of
honor Emily Blunt, made the trip across the pond to attend the ceremony
held at Middle Temple Hall followed by the reception at L’Anima
restaurant. The bride – who wore a classic Nanette Lepore gown – can
thank her little sister for her wedded bliss: Emily played cupid for the
pair after starring alongside the 51-year-old actor in the hit flick,
“The Devil Wears Prada.”
Tiki Barber and Traci Lynn
Johnson, a couple who courted controversy from the very start of their
relationship, tied the knot in a rather casual and quiet way when they
wed at City Hall in Manhattan on July 19. The two first made headlines
together in 2010 when reports surfaced that former New York Giants
player and “Today” show contributor Barber had left his pregnant wife
(and mother of his two older sons), Ginny Cha, for Johnson, a
then-23-year-old intern on the morning show (Barber was 37 at the time).
“Many thanks to the NYC Clerk's office, especially James Mitchell who
married me to my love Traci Lynn Johnson!” Barber tweeted after the
nuptials. “Excited for the next chapters ...”
Though
country singer Wynonna Judd had known fellow musician Cactus Moser for
more than 20 years, the two only struck up a romance in 2009. After
Moser popped the question at Christmas in 2011, the couple tied the knot
on June 10 in Tennessee – in between tour dates. Sadly, the newlyweds
faced tough times right away when Moser was seriously injured in a
motorcycle accident two months later and had to have his leg amputated.
Though
country singer Wynonna Judd had known fellow musician Cactus Moser for
more than 20 years, the two only struck up a romance in 2009. After
Moser popped the question at Christmas in 2011, the couple tied the knot
on June 10 in Tennessee – in between tour dates.
