Couple check: Who’s together, who’s not
We now take a break (very temporary, we assure you) from Bennifer. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are together (who could miss them at Saturday’s Red Sox-Yankees game?), even if baseball is more important at the moment than marriage. But with the hysteria over the couple’s postponed nuptials, it has been easy to overlook other celebrity couplings and bust-ups of late. USA TODAY’s Karen Thomas updates the scorecard.
Ethan Hawke, 32, and Uma Thurman, 33
ï They hooked up: On the set of 1997 futuristic thriller Gattaca
ï Time together: Six years (married for five)
ï Why it ended: Hawke reportedly was seeing Canadian model Jenny Perzow, 22, while filming Taking Lives in Montreal.
Halle Berry, 37, and Eric Benet, 33
ï They hooked up: At a party in 1999 for Berry’s HBO movie, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
ï Time together: Four years (married for nearly three)
ï Why it ended: Benet had checked in to a clinic for sex addiction last year; People magazine reports that another indiscretion was the final straw for Berry.
Heath Ledger, 24, and Naomi Watts, 35
ï They hooked up: On the Australian set of Ned Kelly
ï Time together: 16 months
ï Why it ended: Busy career paths kept the Aussie couple on separate continents more often than not, and career ó not love ó looks to be the priority right now.
Nicole Kidman, 36, and Lenny Kravitz, 39
ïFirst sighting: In June at Manhattan’s Soho House and days later at P. Diddy’s birthday bash
ï Time together: About four months
ï The buzz: The Aussie beauty and her music man were photographed arriving together at Lincoln Center for a performance of La Traviata at the Met. The big rock she was wearing sparked rumors this week in the British press that they’re engaged. But her publicist, Catherine Olim, says it’s just a ring Kidman owns.
Britney Spears, 21, and Columbus Short, 21
ï How they met: He was hired to be a backup dancer for her upcoming tour
ï Time together: About three weeks
ï The buzz: He’s married with a child on the way, and he denied in Star that there’s any fire between him and Britney. Still, pictures of them hanging out continue to pop up ó and the tour hasn’t even started.
Salma Hayek, 37, and Josh Lucas, 32
ï First sighting: At a party in L.A. in early August
ï Time together: Two months
ï The buzz: The Frida star is fresh off a long relationship with Edward Norton, but it looks to be getting hot and heavy fast with Lucas. She was his date when his Wonderland premiered Sept. 24, and rumor is Lucas recently took his new sweetie home to Washington state to meet Mom.
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