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The 40 Best Modern Celebrity Love Stories of All Time

"Power couple" doesn't even begin to describe these stunning pairs.

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These tales of celebrities meeting and falling in love are almost too cute for words. Find out how your favorite couples met, and how they make their relationships last in the face of Hollywood rumors, scandals, and other drama. Who needs fairytales when you have these real-life modern love stories?

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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis

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Everyone's favorite That '70s Show couple, Kelso and Jackie, became real-life loves when they started dating in 2012. In a 2014 interview with W magazine, Kunis said, "“My first real kiss ever was with him on the show ... We all get movie star crushes. I’m marrying mine." They tied the knot in 2015, welcomed daughter Wyatt (4) and son Dimitri (2), and most recently addressed divorce rumors in the best, most modern way possible. In a video, they "inform" everyone of the very untrue accusations featured on the front page of In Touch. "I guess it's over @intouchweekly have fun selling magazines this week. Maybe next week my wife will be having twins. For a third time. But who's counting," Kutcher captioned the post.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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A couple that needs no introduction! This royal love story unfolded before us over the past couple of years. Set up by a mutual friend, the Suits actress and British prince met for drinks in July 2016. It was a whirlwind romance, as they experienced dates all over the world (Did you know their third date was in Botswana?!). "The fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was sort of confirmation to me that all of the stars were aligned, everything was just perfect," Harry said. "[There] was this beautiful woman, who just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life [and] I fell into her life." They were married in May 2018 and celebrated the birth of their son Archie in May 2019.

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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian

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In one of the most hilarious, adorable meet-cutes of all time, the pro tennis player happened to be at the same Rome hotel as her now-husband, the co-founder of Reddit. At breakfast one morning, Alexis took a seat close to Serena and her friends. In an effort to get him to leave, they tried to scare him by saying they saw a rat near him. His response was everything: "I'm from Brooklyn. I see rats all the time." His bold answer encouraged Serena to invite him to her table, and they went on their first official date in Paris a few days later. Today, they share their life with their one-year-old daughter Alexis and the family of three couldn't be more beautiful.

4

Julia Roberts and Danny Moder

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Everyone knows who Julia Roberts is, but many are unfamiliar with her other half and husband of 17 years, Danny Moder. He was working as a cameraman on the set of her 2000 film The Mexican, and Roberts has said that her life changed forever after that. "He truly, to this day, to this minute is just my favorite human," Roberts told Gwyneth Paltrow on her Goop podcast in November 2018. "I'm more interested in what he has to say or his point of view just than anybody. Really, we're so lucky in that way. We just really, really like each other and we just enjoy each other's company." The dynamic duo share three kids, 14-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, and their 12-year-old son Henry.

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Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec

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When the Shark Tank star was paired with the Australian pro for season 20 of Dancing With the Stars in 2015, neither of them predicted they'd meet the love of their life. In August 2018, Herjavec shared a throwback photo of them rehearsing and wrote, "how it all began - you've been making me smile from the very first dance." Since their first dance, they've gotten married and welcomed their twins Haven and Hudson, who turned one in April 2019.

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Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer

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In her Netflix special, Growing, the comedian opened up about her struggles with pregnancy prior to the birth of her son Gene and her marriage to her chef husband. More specifically, she spoke about learning of Fischer's Autism diagnosis, and how it gives him the qualities she loves most about him. "I fell in love with him and I wouldn't trade him in for anybody," she told Seth Meyers in March 2019.

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7

Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith

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What's more modern than connecting over Instagram? The This Is Us star loved Goldsmith's new music on his band Dawes' album All Your Favorite Bands so much that she had to share it on Instagram. Goldsmith saw this and reached out. Not long after that, they started dating and went on to marry in a small ceremony in November 2018. Now, they're collaborating on Moore's upcoming album and we can't wait to hear the sweet music they're making together.

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David Foster and Katharine McPhee

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Perhaps the first picture of the couple, who wed in June 2019, was back in 2006. McPhee was on American Idol, and she performed a song her now-husband wrote: Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing." After years as friends, they eventually became partners. Their 34-year age gap has proven to be irrelevant, and Foster's daughters Sara and Erin absolutely adore their new stepmom (who happens to be younger than them).

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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

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It's been 15 years since they went on their first date, and the couple has been "nearly inseparable ever since." From that fateful day to now, they've gotten married and welcomed their now 8-year-old twins Harper and Gideon. Their secret to success? "Just perseverance, you know?" Harris told Entertainment Tonight. "It's not always pretty ... but he's pretty, so it makes it easy."

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

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The adorable couple have been married for 31 years — longer than many Hollywood pairs. And it hasn't always been an easy ride, especially when Wilson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. But they came through stronger than ever. "When we first looked at each other there was definitely a kind of, 'Hey, this is the place!' — I felt that anyway," Hanks said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard

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Between sweet Instagram posts and cameos in each other's projects, they're adorably affectionate. But they're aware that a happy marriage doesn't come easy. "You really have to be maintaining the relationship, and it is work," Shepard told Today.com. "And it's often uncomfortable work, but it needs doing or we won't stay together."

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick

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They keep the spark alive with regular date nights on Broadway, where they originally met in 1991. Parker says their marriage has worked because they embrace change. "You and your partner are going to change. It seems so silly, but I think you're very lucky if you like the person. I still just really like him," she said.

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Meryl Streep and Don Gummer

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The iconic actress has enjoyed an amazing career, all while having a happy family with her husband of 41 years, Don Gummer. The couple stays relatively private about their personal life, but Streep has said that the secret to a strong marriage is "goodwill and a willingness to bend – and to shut up every once in a while." Words to live by.

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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham

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In 1986, when Winfrey and Graham began dating, no one could have predicted how wildly successful she would become. The couple has never officially tied the knot, but they've stayed together for more than 30 years, in spite of various challenges. Graham addressed some of those challenges in a 2015 interview on OWN, where he said "I want her to succeed and be as successful as she possibly can, so I encourage that. That's not always an easy thing to do when you're a man in a relationship with a very powerful woman."

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

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Jada auditioned for a role as Will's girlfriend on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and while she didn't get the role, she quickly became his real-life girlfriend. The key to their strong 21-year marriage is simple, according to Jada. "We love to learn together and we just love each other. We just have a good time together. I guess that's the secret. We just really like each other," she said on Watch What Happens Live!

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi

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The couple met initially in 2000, but didn't start dating for nearly four years. DeGeneres was dating someone else at the time, but later said of de Rossi, "I really never stopped thinking about her, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life. So there's that." In 2008, after the Supreme Court struck down a law banning gay marriage, the couple got married at their Beverly Hills estate.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

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It's clear just from looking at their body language that these two are truly in love. They tied the knot seven years ago and are now parents to two daughters, James and Inez. Lively says the secret to making their marriage work is making sure family comes first.

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Viola Davis and Julius Tennon

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Davis shared a story about meeting her husband in Us Weekly that is almost too cute for words. "I was the loneliest woman in the world, and someone said, 'You should just pray for a husband.' I said I wanted a big black man from the South who looked like a football player, who already had children, who maybe had been married before. Three and a half weeks later, I met my husband." He met all of her criteria, and the two got married in 2003.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall

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The couple went on to star on SNL together, but they actually met in college at Northwestern University when Louis-Dreyfus auditioned for a play Hall was producing. In 2013, Louis-Dreyfus told Craig Ferguson that she knew very quickly that she wanted to marry Hall. "There were a couple of moments, some of which I will not share, but I would say that I knew almost immediately. It's really the truth," she said.

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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn

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The famous couple has been together for 36 years, but never married. "A lasting relationship isn't about marriage. It's about compatibility and communication," Hawn said to Us Weekly. She also shared the secrets to making any long-term relationship last: "Love, gratitude, compassion, because sometimes every man or every woman will drive their partner crazy. Family. Fun. Laughs. Sex," Hawn said to PEOPLE. "If you don't nurture that, and remember, you're done."

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