- Title: Showbiz in 2024: celebrity new relationships, weddings, splits and babies
- Date: 3rd December 2024
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- Keywords: Aespa's Karina and actor Lee Jae-wook Ambani wedding Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez officially divorced Bennifer Brad Pitt's new girlfriend Ines de Ramon Cardi B and Offset baby Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz split Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson reportedly engaged Doja Cat and Joseph Quinn Emma Roberts and engaged to actor Cody John Halle Bailey splits from DDG Halsey confirms engagement to actor Avan Jogia Henry Cavill announces baby with girlfriend Natalie Viscuso Isla Fisher Jennifer Lawrence pregnant Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck getting divorced Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber Lady Gaga engaged to Michael Polansky Lana del Rey marries alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene Lupita Nyong'o and Joshua Jackson breakup Margot Robbie son Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Rebel Wilson marries Ramona Agruma Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse Rupert Murdoch marries Elena Zhukova Sacha Baron Cohen Saoirse Ronan marries actor Jack Lowden Usher marries partner Jen Goicoechea Vanessa Hudgens baby
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EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT IS PART OF A SERIES OF SHOWBIZ YEARENDERS RUNNING DEC. 2-5, 2024
Lavish weddings, Hollywood babies and a few breakups - 2024 saw plenty of headlines about celebrities' personal lives.
When the son of Asia's richest person Mukesh Ambani married in Mumbai in July, it was a four-day extravaganza attended by a gamut of VIPs from former British prime ministers to Kim Kardashian.
The wedding of the billionaire's youngest son Anant Ambani, 29, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, was the culmination of lavish celebrations throughout the year that drew international and Indian household names.
"Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown married fiance Jake Bongiovi, the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, in a private ceremony in May. Bon Jovi confirmed the nuptials during a television appearance. Brown, 20, and Bongiovi, 22, had confirmed their relationship in a 2021 Instagram post.
Hip hop star Usher announced he had married his long-term partner Jennifer Goicoechea, in Las Vegas on Super Bowl Sunday (February 11). The 46-year-old singer, who posted several wedding pictures on social media with 41-year-old Goicoechea, tied the knot a few hours after headlining the Super Bowl half-time show, according to People magazine.
Actor Rebel Wilson also took to social media to announce her September wedding to fashion designer Ramona Agruma. The couple, who welcomed a daughter in 2022, married in Sardinia.
A month later, singer Lana Del Rey married alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene. The couple married in the place where they met - the bayou where Dufrene runs swamp boat tours, according to People magazine.
Actors Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden wed in Scotland in July. The notoriously private couple met on the set of the 2018 film "Mary Queen of Scots".
Rupert Murdoch wed retired marine biologist Elena Zhukova in California in June, the fifth marriage for the 93-year-old media mogul. The couple, who met through Murdoch's third wife, Wendi Deng according to media reports, began dating in 2023.
There were several engagements too this year, including that of music star Lady Gaga to businessman Michael Polansky. The "Born This Way" singer first went public with the entrepreneur in early 2020 when Gaga shared photos of them on social media.
News of their engagement emerged in September and Polansky stood by the singer and actor's side as she premiered the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux".
Singer Halsey confirmed her engagement to actor and musician Avan Jogia in a social media post in September. The couple were first linked together a year earlier.
Actor couple Emma Roberts and Cody John announced their engagement in July. The "Space Cadet" actress shared a selfie of herself wearing an engagement ring while outdoors with John. The couple went public with their relationship in 2022.
In March, People magazine quoted a source as saying singer Chris Martin and actor Dakota Johnson had gotten engaged "years ago but were in no rush to get married". Johnson shared details about their relationship in an interview with Bustle published in March, saying she loved watching the Coldplay frontman perform.
The notoriously private couple have faced various headlines about their relationship, with a representative for them shutting down a report in August that they had broken up.
Hollywood star Brad Pitt made a glamorous red carpet debut with girlfriend Ines de Ramon at the Venice Film Festival premiere of his and George Clooney's film "Wolfs". The Oscar winner, 60, and 31-year-old Ramon, who works in the jewellery industry, were first linked together in late 2022.
Romance blossomed between the "Gladiator 2" actor Joseph Quinn and rapper Doja Cat after photos of the two of them together circulated online in the summer. Neither have commented publicly.
Several celebrity couples welcomed babies this year.
Singer Justin Bieber and his model wife Hailey announced they were expecting in May. Their son Jack was born in August.
"Barbie" star Margot Robbie and her producer husband Tom Ackerley also welcomed a son in the autumn. They have yet to disclose his name or birth date.
Rappers Cardi B and Offset welcomed their third child together, a baby girl, in September. The birth came just a few months after the "WAP" artist had filed for divorce from Offset.
"The Batman" actor Robert Pattinson and singer-actress Suki Waterhouse welcomed their first child together, a daughter, in March.
In July, "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens announced she and her husband, baseball player Cole Tucker, had welcomed their first baby together, without revealing the sex.
"Superman" actor Henry Cavill shared news that he and his girlfriend, television executive Natalie Viscuso were expecting a child together, posting a photo of himself in a nursery. The picture, posted in June, showed him in front of a baby crib and changing table.
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence revealed she was expecting her second child with her art gallery director husband, Cooke Maroney when she stepped out in October with a baby bump.
In November, actress Megan Fox shared a picture of a positive pregnancy test to announce she was expecting her first child with rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
And there were also splits.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, the Hollywood stars who rekindled their romance and married two decades after a high-profile split, are getting divorced. Lopez, singer of "Love Don't Cost a Thing", submitted divorce papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court in August. The filing came two years to the day after the pair held a lavish wedding celebration in Georgia. They had initially exchanged vows in July 2022 at a Las Vegas wedding chapel.
Pop star and actor Ariana Grande and her former partner Dalton Gomez finalised their divorce in March. Grande, 31, and real estate agent Gomez, 29, went public with their relationship in May 2020 and announced their engagement in December of the same year. They married in a private ceremony in May 2021 and reportedly separated in 2023. Grande cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for her divorce petition.
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his actress wife Isla Fisher announced their shock split in a tennis-themed Instagram story on both their handles in April. Accompanying a photo of the pair in tennis gear, a message read: "After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family's wish for privacy."
The pair met at a party in Sydney in 2001, got engaged in 2004 and married in Paris in 2010. They have three children.
Actors Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz called off their engagement, People magazine reported in October. The pair, who had been together for three years, had promoted Kravitz's directorial debut "Blink Twice", which stars Tatum, together not long before.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o appeared to confirm her split from actor Joshua Jackson in an interview with Harper's Bazaar published in October. “My love for my cat is singular. If I'm ever so lucky to be in a romantic relationship again, it'll be because of him,” the actress told the magazine. Nyong'o and Jackson had first been linked together in late 2023.
K-pop star Karina, a member of the successful girl group Aespa, and actor Lee Jae-wook split in April, shortly after the singer had apologised to fans for surprising them with news of their relationship.
In a hand-written letter shared on her Instagram account in March, Karina wrote that she was aware that her fans must have have been surprised and upset by the news of her dating Lee, adding she was sincerely sorry and that she wanted to show a more mature side of herself and work harder in order not to disappoint her fans. It is rare for K-pop idols to go public with their romantic relationships.
In October, "The Little Mermaid" star Halle Bailey said she had split from rapper DDG. The pair have a son, who was born in December 2023.
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