Our Most Unexpected Celeb Couplings

The recent news that Benicio del Toro was expecting a child with Kimberly Stewart (Rod Stewart’s daughter) had us all scratching our heads yesterday. Who even knew that they had ever met, much less become so intimately acquainted that they made a baby? But this isn’t the first time that a celeb couple has us all asking: What the heck is going on here?!

Here are five couples, some successful and some not, that shocked the world:

Lindsay Lohan and Wilmer Valderrama

How They Met: Wilmer is one of Hollywood’s most notorious Lothario’s and Lindsay Lohan is just notorious. So maybe it made more sense than we originally thought when they hooked up in May of 2004, but then again maybe not. The 17-year-old Freaky Friday starlet was barely legal when they began dating and they didn’t go public with their romance until her 18th birthday that July.

Current Relationship Status: Just four-months after going public (though they dated for nearly a year), their heavily documented relationship was over. We can’t say we were that surprised. Valderrama spoke out about his relationship with Lohan (and Mandy Moore and Jennifer Love Hewitt) in an infamous Howard Stern interview in 200

Kat von D & Jesse James

How They Met: Jesse James became America’s Most Hated Man when news broke that he’d cheated on Sandra Bullock (repeatedly) just days after her triumphant 2010 Oscar win. But apparently, that didn’t stop famed LA tattoo artist Kat Von D from falling for his charms and they two began dating in later that summer. After denying their romance for a few months, the couple finally came clean and have been photographed all around town since.

Current Relationship Status: Von D and James are currently engaged, and possibly already married. They are avid believers in Twitter PDA so it’s easy to keep tabs on this tattooed twosome.

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon

How They Met: Nick Cannon fessed up to having a crush on the “Honey” singer long before they ever met, but it was on the set of Mariah’s music video for “Bye, Bye” that the sparks really began to fly. Less than two months later, Carey and Cannon married in an intimate ceremony at Mariah’s Eleuthura, Bahamas home on April 30, 2008—and we were just as shocked as everyone else when we broke the news!

Current Relationship Status: Married happily for three years and expecting their first set of babies, a matching set of boy & girl twins; this couple is going stronger than ever despite their apparent age and fame difference!

LeAnn Rimes & Eddie Cibrian

How They Met: LeAnn and Eddie met on the set of their made for television movie Northern Lights. Though both were married at the time, they couldn’t stop that feeling and soon found themselves embroiled in a cheating scandal when US Weekly magazine obtained video of them making out in a restaurant.

Current Relationship Status: Surprising everyone, us included, LeAnn and Eddie both divorced their significant others to start anew with each other. They are now engaged and plan on marrying sometime in 2011.

Melanie Griffith & Antonio Banderas

How They Met: The dashing Spanish actor and American Working Girl met on the set of the comedy Two Much in 1995. Though Griffith was still in an on-again-off-again relationship with Don Johnson, and Banderas was married to his first wife, he swept his leading off her feet and they were married a year later in May of 1996. Though Griffith has struggled with substance abuse many times over the course of their marriage, Banderas has always stood by her side.

Current Relationship Status: Still married and going strong, the couple has one daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith. On his relationship, Banderas told Hello! magazine: “There were people who literally didn’t give us more than six months! But we love each other and above all we love our family. We’ve figured out how to get past obstacles - and some of them have been really tough ones.”

Source Mariela Rosario

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Penelope Cruz: The Very First Spanish Actress to get a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

It was no surprise that Penelope Cruz will definitely get her Hollywood Walk of Fame star because of her superb acting career and undeniably beautiful face. But there is beyond that she must be proud of, and that is of becoming the very first Spanish actress to receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The unveiling ceremony of her star took place on Friday, April 1, at 11:30 am in front of the El Capitan Theatre, 6834 Hollywood Boulevard, in which she was proudly joined in with her husband Javier Bardem and the cast of her latest movie with Johnny Depp “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” set to be released in May 20, 2011. Renowned movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall were also there to show their support to Penelope.

The Latina actress dressed in a body fitting 3/4 length sleeve purple dress from  L’Wren Scott Fall 2011 collection graciously accepted her star and acknowledge the day "a very special day that I will always remember."

The ceremony was really touching and humorous at the same time because of the message Penelope addressed to her long time friend and co-star Johnny Depp.

“I want to thank the man with the hat. Let me tell you about the man with the hat. I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994, I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two things, two sentences. One was, ‘How are you?’, the other one was, ‘I want to work with Johnny Depp. In the last 10 years I have worked with him twice and that has improved my English, so now I know how to say, ‘I want to work with Johnny Depp again!’”said Penelope

After being in the film industry for 20 years in a row, all her hard work has paid off.
This honorable merit is her “second firsts” in her fruitful acting career as she was also the first Spanish actress to win the covetous Academy Award in 2008.

Penelope Cruz indeed has proven that she is not just a pretty face with a strange American accent, modeling for renowned fashion and cosmetic brands like Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal but a versatile actress that can play her roles that are required in the movies effectively. She is one true exemple that your accent is no big deal at all when you can definitely blow their mind with your excellent acting skills.

Let us take a glimpse on how Penelope began conquering the acting world and later on the Hollywood:
At the age 15, she made her first movie debut “Jamon, Jamon” in 1992, succeeded by Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000) wherein she showed her innate acting skills.

After that, she starred in different movies in different genres like comedy, thriller, action adventure, musical drama and even animated. The movies that mark her superstardom are are Volver (2006), for which she earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which she received an Academy Award.

More so, Penelope is also involved in some charity endeavors for organizations like Worldwide (RED) campaign lead by Bono and Bobby Shiver,  Artists for Peace and Justice in Haiti (APJ), UNICEF The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

By Joanna Rossi, www.salsacircuit.com

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Sandra Bullock and Demi Lovato Donate $1 Million Each to Japan Disaster Relief

  
 Sandra Bullock and Demi Lovato have donated $1 million each to the Japanese disaster relief, according to several reports.

CNN is reporting that Bullock sent the donation to the American Red Cross to help with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan. The contribution was made by 'The Blind Side' actress on behalf of her family.



The Red Cross reports that this was the largest celebrity donation to date, although the charity may have received larger contributions that were kept confidential at the donors' request.

CeleBuzz says that Lovato also donated $1 million to the relief efforts in Japan, and she is encouraging her fans to donate as well.

Lovato was spotted in Los Angeles holding the Japanese flag with the words "Please Help" written across it, trying to drum up monetary support for the relief efforts.

Other celebrities have joined the relief effort as well. The Daily Mail is reporting that the Black Eyed Peas are dedicating their latest video to the victims of the Japanese Disaster.

The Peas shot the video for the song 'Just Can't Get Enough' in Japan just a week before the disaster hit.

The video will now start with the message, "This video was filmed in Japan one week before the earthquake and tsunami."

And the message continues to say, "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people of Japan. We love you."

Lady Gaga was one of the first celebrities to lend support to the Japanese relief effort. The singer designed a white and red wristband for fans to purchase in her official online store, and she said that all sales proceeds will benefit victims of the disaster.




Gaga also revealed that the $5 price tag can be voluntarily increased by any buyers wishing to boost their monetary donations.

The Red Cross urges: "Text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific."

Source: Christo Varghese

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