Did you know there’s a romantic link between Liz Taylor & Amanda Bynes? Ellen DeGeneres & Rick James? If not, you’re about to find out how!
Star is my favorite tabloid for many reasons, the first being that it doesn’t look like it was thrown together in MS Paint like In Touch, and also because it has some fun little tidbits on each page. For the past year there’s been an occasional feature in the magazine called Six Degrees of Stimulation, linking seemingly random celebrities through their shared romantic past, and I figured I’d share all of their fun connections with you guys! There’s a few repeats:
1). Elizabeth & Colin Farrell had a non-consummated romantic relationship in the two years leading up to her death. The two met at a hospital when his son Henry was born & Liz was having a stent put into her heart. He’s later claimed that they would talk on the phone late at night, and he was one of the few non-family members invited to her funeral.
2). Colin & Britney Spears went on a couple of dates in early 2003.
3). Britney & Fred Durst hooked up after her split from Justin Timberlake. When he bragged about it to the media, she denied it ever happened.
4). Fred & Paris Hilton dated for a bit in 2004, and during her Sidekick hack the following year a leaked email from him to her revealed that she called him “the one” and that he entered a state of depression after their split.
5). Paris & Doug Reinhardt started dating in 2009 and split the following year amidst rumors that he was using her for fame.
6). Doug & Amanda Bynes became an item in late 2008 after his split from Lauren Conrad. The two split in January 2009, and he later said in an interview during her 2013 breakdown that she has “a few screws loose.” Other rumors have suggested he was abusive to her.
1). Janet & Matthew McConaughey were an item for a hot second in 2002.
2). Matthew & Sandra Bullock dated for a couple of years after costarring in 1996’s A Time To Kill.
3). Sandra & Ryan Gosling dated for nearly two years after meeting on the set of 2002’s Murder By Numbers.
4). Ryan & Rachel McAdams were an item for several years after filming 2004’s The Notebook.
5). Rachel & Jake Gyllenhaal were rumored to have been an item in 2014 & 2015 after filming Southpaw.
6). Jake & Taylor Swift were hot & heavy from October to December 2010.
1). John & Jennifer Aniston were on-and-off from 2008 - early 2009.
2). Jen & Brad Pitt got married in 2000… and we all know how that ended up.
3). Brad & Sinitta were an item for a moment in the ‘80s.
4). Sinitta & Simon Cowell dated for a bit in the '80s, but still remained friends afterwards.
5). Simon & Carmen Electra were an item for a few months in 2012 - 2013, but things ended when he #allegedly cheated on her.
6). Carmen & Dennis Rodman famously got hitched in Vegas back in 1998, but ended things for good the following April.
1). Matthew & Sandra Bullock were an item for a bit in the '90s, and she called him a “powerful force” in her life.
2). Sandra & Ryan Gosling dated for a couple of years in the early '00s, but split due to their busy workloads & long distance.
3). Ryan & Rachel McAdams had an off-and-off five-year romance in the mid-00s.
4). Rachel & Michael Sheen started dated for a few years after filming 2011’s Midnight in Paris.
5). Michael & Sarah Silverman have been dating since 2014.
6). Sarah & Jimmy Kimmel dated for five years before splitting in 2008.
1). Bradley & Renee Zellweger dated from 2009 to 2011 after meeting on the set of Case 39. They were even rumored to have been engaged at one point.
2). Renee & Matthew Perry went on a few dates in 2002 after meeting at a party thrown by Amanda Peet.
3). Matthew & Julia Roberts went on a couple of dates in early 1996.
4). Julia & Liam Neeson started dating after meeting on the set of 1988’s Satisfaction. She was 19, he was 35.
5). Liam & Brooke Shields dated for three months in 1991 before he proposed to her, she said no.
6). Brooke & John Travolta had a summer romance in 1981 after meeting at photographer Patrick Demarchelier’s studio. She was 16, he was 27. Her mother approved.
1). Asthon & January Jones dated from 1998 to 2001. He told her she wasn’t a good actress.
2). January & Josh Groban dated for a few years after meeting at an InStyle magazine party. In 2006 his rep announced they were “taking a break.”
3). Josh & Katy Perry got cozy in 2009, but Josh admitted the two never really dated, only “skated on the line of dating.”
4). Katy & Russell Brand dated for only three months before he proposed in 2010. Their marriage only lasted a year.
5). Russell & Teresa Palmer were an item for a few months in 2008 after meeting on the set of Adam Sandler’s Bedtime Stories.
6). Teresa & Topher Grace dated on-and-off for a few years starting in 2007.
1). Amy & John Stamos went on a dinner date in 2012 fresh off of her split with Will Arnett.
2). John & Paula Abdul made their debut as a couple at the 1990 Grammy’s, and were finished by the Emmy’s.
3). Paula & Emilio Estevez announced they were a couple in January 1992, got engaged a month later, walked down the aisle two months after that, and got divorced within two years.
4). Emilio & Demi Moore started dating after starring together in 1985’s St. Elmo’s Fire. By the end of the year they were engaged, and when it came time for their wedding in 1986, their schedules were both so busy that they couldn’t even attend. They were dunzo by '87.
5). Demi & Ashton Kutcher started dating in 2003, got married in a Kabbalist ceremony in 2005, and lasted all the way through 2011 when Ashton’s many unprotected ’indiscretions’ finally drove them to divorce - and Demi to rehab.
6). Ashton & Mila Kunis got together fresh off of his split with Demi. The two were engaged by 2014, and married in 2015. Currently, she’s expecting their second child.
1). Tom & Nicole Kidman got married in 1990 after nearly a year of dating, and Scientology drove them to divorce a decade later in 2001.
2). Nicole & Lenny Kravitz started dating in the summer of '03, but split the following year amidst cheating rumors. There were even rumors that they were engaged at one point.
3). Lenny & Vanessa Paradis became an item after he helped her produce her first English album in 1992. The couple split several years later after she met Human Trash.
4). Vanessa & Human Trash started hooking up in 1998, and welcomed their first child together - Lily-Rose - the following year. The two split over a decade later.
5). Trash & Winona Ryder started dating after meeting at the premiere of her 1989 film Great Balls of Fire. The two got engaged later that year, and split by 1993. She was a teenager, he was pushing 30.
6). Winona & Charlie Sheen hooked up while making their 1986 film Lucas. He later said he was the one who convinced her to drop the name 'Horowitz’ and go for 'Ryder.’
1). Glenn & Woody Harrelson had a brief romance in 1991 after working on a Los Angeles stage play together called Brooklyn Laundry.
2). Woody & Brooke Shields briefly dated in 1988. Her mother Teri disapproved of the pairing because she thought Woody was too ’low-brow.’
3). Brooke & Matt Dillon were an item for a hot second in 1980.
4). Matt & Cameron Diaz started dating while they were both filming movies in Minnesota. They split after filming 1998’s There’s Something About Mary.
5). Cameron & Timberdouche started their romance in 2003, and split several years later in 2007 amidst rumors he was making moves on Jessica Biel.
6). Timberdouche & Britney Spears started hooking up in 1998 while Brit was touring with 'N Sync. The two confirmed their relationship in 2000, and split after they cheated on each other in 2002, paving the way for his yawn-inducing solo career built on passive aggression and misogyny.
1). John & Kelly Preston dated for five months before getting engaged, and later married in 1991.
2). Kelly & Charlie Sheen got engaged after only a short time together in 1990, but she later ended things after he shot her in the arm… ’accidentally.’
3). Charlie & Denise Richards started dating after meeting on the set of Scary Movie 3. They married the following year, and split a few years later amidst allegations of abuse, cheating, and child porn.
4). Denise & Richie Sambora started hooking up while Richie was splitting from Denise’s BFF Heather Locklear in 2006. Needless to say, the girls are no longer friends.
5). Richie & Cher briefly dated in 1989.
6). Cher & Tom Cruise briefly romanced one another in the '80s, and she’s since called him one of her best lovers.
1). Hugh & Holly Madison got serious in the mid-00s after she became the top girlfriend in the mansion. She left him in 2008 after years of emotional & mental abuse.
2). Holly & Criss Angel briefly dated from late 2008 to early '09, and Holly later revealed he was a possessive, insecure, & fame-obsessed nutjob in her book Down The Rabbit Hole.
3). Criss & Cameron Diaz hooked up in mid-2007 as he was divorcing his wife of four years.
4). Cameron & Alex Rodriguez were on-and-off from mid-2010 to 2011. He later called her “one of the greatest human beings” he’s ever met.
5). Alex & Kate Hudson had a May to December romance in 2009, she left him because he wasn’t over Madonna.
6). Kate & Alpaca Jonas had a brief fling in 2015, and have been spotted together a few times since.
1). Mick & Janice Dickinson hooked up several times from 1981 to 1982 while he was with Jerry Hall. When Jerry caught wind of the affair, she phoned Janice and told her: “Stay the fuck away from Mick! I’ve got a gun in my purse and I know how to use it!”
2). Janice & Warren Beatty dated for a bit in 1983, and Janice has since labeled him one of her best lovers.
3). Warren & Madonna had a 15-month fling after filming 1990’s Dick Tracy. She later called him an “incredible lover” on the Howard Stern show.
4). Madonna & Dennis Rodman were an item for a couple of months in 1994, and he’s since claimed that she was desperate to have his baby.
5). Dennis & Vivica Fox had a fling in 1997.
6). Vivica & 50 Cent dated in 2003, but ended things on a nasty note. The two have since battled it out in the media, and most recently Vivica’s insinuated he’s gay.
1). Matt & Winona Ryder started dating in 1998 after Ben Affleck’s then-girlfriend Goop fixed them up (Ben described the situation as “so gay”). The pair later split in 2000 amidst cheating rumors on both sides, which they quickly denied.
2). Winona & Christian Slater dated for two weeks while filming 1988’s Heathers.
3). Christian & Christina Applegate reportedly had a fling in 1996, but in recent years the two have denied it ever happened.
4). Christina & Brad Pitt went on a date in 1989. The venue? The MTV Movie Awards. By the end of the night she’d left with another man.
5). Brad & Gwyneth Paltrow dated for a couple of years before getting engaged in 1996, but ended things the following May. Goop later said: “My heart sort of broke that day & it will never be the same.”
6). Gwyneth & Ben Affleck started hooking up in 1997, and were on-and-off as a couple through 2000. She later said that Ben’s perfect woman would be “a stripper with a Budweiser in each hand.”
1). Sofia & Tom Cruise dated in early 2005, but she wasn’t interested in Scientology so the fling fizzled fast.
2). Tom & Cher briefly dated in the '80s, he was 16 years her junior.
3). Cher & Elvis Presley were never a couple, but he did ask her out on a date in the '70s - she turned him down because she was ’too scared.’
4). Elvis & Linda Thompson dated for four years in the '70s, splitting only months before his death.
5). Linda & Caitlyn Jenner were married for five years before divorcing in 1986. They had two sons together, Brody & Brandon Jenner.
6). Caitlyn & Kris Jenner dated for several months before getting married in 1991. They split over 20 years later in 2013, and finalized their divorce the following year.
1). Nicole & Joel Madden went public with their relationship in December 2006 after he split from Hilary Duff. Days after his split with Hilary, however, Nicole was arrested for DUI & Joel was listed as her emergency contact… you do the math.
2). Joel & Hilary Duff started dating in 2004. The two split a couple of years later, and she’s since hinted that she lost her virginity to him. She was 16, he was 25.
3). Hilary & Aaron Carter started dating on Aaron’s 13th birthday in 2000. The couple split after he cheated on her with La Lohan, but reunited afterwards - and then split again when he hooked up with Hilary’s best friend.
4). Aaron & Lindsay Lohan started seeing each other in 2002 while he was still with Hilary Duff. They ended things shortly after, but the Duff/Lohan feud lasted for several more years.
5). Lindsay & Timberdouche hooked up at The Beverly Hills Hotel in 2008 while he was dating Jessica Biel.
6). Timberdouche & Cameron Diaz were an item from 2003 to January 2007.
1). Bradley & Renee Zellweger dated from 2009 to 2011. They split amidst speculation that he was putting his career first.
2). Renee & Luke Perry reportedly went on a date in early 2007.
3). Luke & Rebecca Gayheart had a brief fling in the summer of 2003, years after they were an on-screen couple in Beverly Hills, 90210.
4). Rebecca Gayheart & Eric Dane started dating in 2003, and married the following year. They have two daughters together, and a sex tape.
5). Eric & Lara Flynn Boyle dated briefly in the early '00s, while she was still seeing Jack Nicholson.
6). Lara & Jack Nicholson made their debut as a couple when they got into a car accident in 1999 (she was still dating David Spade at the time). She reportedly crawled out of the sunroff and yelled: “I have a boyfriend! I can’t be here!” The romance ended a couple of years later.
1). Charlie & Denise Richards got married in 2002 and split in 2005, yet she’s still putting up with the him to this very day - what a saint.
2). Denise & Nikki Sixx dated for a few weeks in December 2010. The two were neighbors for years beforehand.
3). Nikki & Kat Von D were an item from 2008 to 2010, but they must’ve ended things on a good note since he later posted on MySpace: “You won’t find me saying a bad word about her… we have too much wonderful history.”
4). Kat & Jesse James got together after his split with Sandra in 2010, but the two anti-semites split the following year & Kat revealed he cheated on her with 19 women.
5). Jesse & Sandra Bullock started dating in 2004, got married the following year, and split several years later in 2010 after reports of his many…many extramarital affairs surfaced.
6). Sandra & Ryan Gosling - yeah, we know already.
1). Tara & Tommy Lee had a brief fling in 2005. He was quoted in People as having told a friend: “We’re just playing and having fun. She’s rad.”
2). Tommy & Naomi Campbell partied together quite a few times in 2004, and he told People that the two were “kind of” dating and that they met through Diddy.
3). Naomi & Diddy dated briefly in 2002, but remain good friends to this day.
4). Diddy & Jennifer Lopez started dating in 1999, but split after a two-year criminal trial resulting from a New York City club shooting.
5). Jennifer & Ben Affleck, or Bennifer, revealed themselves as a couple days before Jenny split from her husband Criss Judd in 2002. The pair got engaged that fall, but called off their wedding the following September. The two were dunzo by early 2004.
6). Ben & Gwyneth Paltrow dated for a bit in the late '90s, but she’s since stated that he was ’not in a good place’ during their relationship.
1). Gisele & Tom Brady got together in January 2007, shortly after he dumped his pregnant girlfriend Bridget Moynahan the previous December.
2). Tom & Tara Reid had a fling for a month in 2002.
3). Tara & Tommy Lee were an item for a hot second in 2005, shortly after rumors surfaced she was dating Jesse Metcalfe.
4). Tommy & Heather Locklear met at a REO Speedwagon concert in '85, got married the following year, and split in 1993 amid rumors that Tommy was cheating on her while on the road.
5). Heather & Scott Baio were an item in 1983, and he’s since called her his first true love, adding: “If she had come into my life when I was 40, I may have been ready for something that fantastic.”
6). Scott & Liza Minnelli hooked up in 2005, and reports years earlier claimed that Liza hit up Scott for sperm to transfer into a surrogate womb because he was a “talented, good-looking Italian guy.”
1). Gerard & Brandi Glanville hooked up in August 2011, but he later admitted he had no idea who she was.
2). Brandi & Ben Stiller went on a couple of dates in the late '90s.
3). Ben & Christine Taylor dated for nearly a year after meeting on the set of a scrapped TV pilot. The two married in 2000, and have two children together.
4). Christine & Matt Lillard dated for a bit in the mid-'90s.
5). Matt & Rose McGowan had a brief relationship after meeting on the set of 1996’s Scream.
6). Rose & Marilyn Manson met at a screening of the film Gummo and dated for a couple of years before getting engaged in 1999. The two split in 2001, and Rose has since blamed the demise of their relationship on his heavy cocaine use.
1). Helen & Liam Neeson dated in the early '80s and lived together in London for several years. Helen said she even took his first headshots.
2). Liam & Julia Roberts were an item in the late '80s and briefly lived together in Venice, Calif. before breaking up.
3). Julia & Matthew Perry briefly dated after meeting on the set of Friends.
4). Matthew & Heather Graham hooked up in 2003.
5). Heather & Heath Ledger dated for a year from 2000 to 2001.
6). Heath & Lindsay Lohan were reportedly seeing each other at the time of his death in January 2008, and she later included him in her leaked sex list.
1). John & Brooke Shields had a short-lived relationship in 1982. She later described it as: “Brief, short-lived. It was a good diary entry, that’s all.”
2). Brooke & Liam Neeson were an item in the '90s, and after he proposed to her he disappeared to L.A… only to return and propose to her again - without a ring.
3). Liam & Janice Dickinson hooked up in 1983, and she later said he had the “biggest penis of any man alive. He unzipped his pants and an Evian bottle fell out.”
4). Janice & Sylvester Stallone were engaged for a year in the '90s after she told him that she thought he was the father of her baby Savannah. When it turned out to be untrue, he left her.
5). Sylvester & Brigitte Nielsen got married in 1985 and split 19 months later. She said he was so “obsessed” with her that he carved her image into their furniture.
6). Brigitte & Flavor Flav started dating after meeting on The Surreal Life in 2004. They later had their own show together called Strange Love, but split in 2005 due to constant fighting.
1). Ellen & Anne Heche were an item from 1997 to 2000. Ellen blamed their split on the intense media attention they received as a couple.
2). Anne & Steve Martin dated for a couple of years before splitting in 1997. She explained the breakup by saying she didn’t want to commit her life to him.
3). Steve & Bernadette Peters were in a relationship for four years after filming 1979’s The Jerk.
4). Bernadette & Warren Beatty hooked up after he saw her once onstage.
5). Warren Beatty & Iman dated for a bit in 1977.
6). Iman & Rick James hooked up once.
1). Diane & Warren Beatty dated for a couple of years after filming 1981’s Reds.
2). Warren & Stephanie Seymour briefly dated in 1991 after he reportedly offered to help her kickstart an acting career.
3). Stephanie & Charlie Sheen had a fling in 1992 while she was still dating Axl Rose. Charlie said at the time: “We’re madly in love & very happy together.” Axl & Stephanie split a year later.
4). Charlie & Denise Richards - there’s not much more I can say about these two.
5). Denise & Nikki Sixx went on several dates in December 2010, but have remained good friends since.
6). Nikki & Kat Von D dated for a bit in the late '00s before she ditched him for Jesse James.
Hope you guys enjoyed the post! Which of these couples do you miss the most?