Couples

KEEPING UP WITH THE TAYLOR-JOHNSONS

Love this couple. Photographer/director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her husband actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson have been happily married for eight years despite their 23 year age difference. Actually, they fell in love when he was 18 and she was 42! They have two young daughters and are writing a screenplay together. Sam directed the FIRST “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie but couldn’t get along with the book author who had different ideas, so 2 and 3 had a different director. If you saw Tom “the woman hater” Ford’s movie Nocturnal Animals you remember Aaron played the sinister but sexy hillbilly killer. (And he’s English!)

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COURTNEY STODDEN IS STARTING UP WITH A NEW MAN

One minute Courtney Stodden is proclaiming love for her ex-husband Doug Hutchison, 57, and the next minute she’s moving in with a wealthy younger guy! When Doug told Courtney he was moving to Detroit to live with his father, she waved goodbye. Chris Cheng, 37, an entrepreneur specializing in start-ups, offered to help Courtney with her “career,” and one thing led to another. This week she moved out of her West Hollywood apartment into Chris’s spacious LA home and made his dreams come true…

Photo: Courtney and Chris in Las Vegas

CHLOE MORETZ AND BROOKLYN BECKHAM THE DAY AFTER

Last night Chloe Moretz celebrated her 21st birthday (Feb 10) with friends at Beauty & Essex in Hollywood – and Brooklyn Beckham, 18, was her date. Brooklyn is studying at the Parsons School of Design in New York, and Chloe has been working nonstop so they haven’t seen each other for a few weeks. Brooklyn seems like a nice boyfriend – we ran into him at Barneys a few months ago and he was a little shy, but polite and sweet. NOT a know-it-all or loudmouth. Chloe’s parents can rest easy…

(Above, today they went out to lunch in West Hollywood)

THE CRIPS CAN KISS JEREMY MEEKS GOODBYE

At this point it’s a safe bet that Hot Felon Jeremy Meeks will be resigning from The Crips. His life is turned upside down – in a good way. (Jeremy recently admitted his father is in prison for life and his mother is a heroin addict.) Top Shop heiress Chloe Green came along like a Knight in Shining Armor and swept “Cinderfella” Meeks off his feet. They’ve been traveling together in her fancy European circles and living it up. She calls him her “Top Man” and it looks like she’s been treating him to a new wardrobe.
(Above, Jeremy and Chloe in Calabasas)

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KIM BASINGER GAINED A BOYFRIEND BUT LOST A HAIRDRESSER

Nice to see Kim Basinger looking really happy and relaxed at LAX with her boyfriend of almost 4 years, Mitch Stone. Mitch has been her hairdresser for YEARS – even when she was married to Alec Baldwin (he did Alex’s hair too!) They always got along well and one day Mitch asked her out on a date. They’ve been together ever since! Kim looks splendid as usual, but SOMEBODY’S neglecting her hair…

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JERMAINE JACKSON AND HIS CAMERA-SHY DATE

Jermaine Jackson, 63, is in London with his brothers Tito, Marlon, and Jackie getting ready to perform there on July 6. In the meantime the newly single singer is having some fun. Jermaine and his wife Halima Rashid divorced last year after she was arrested for domestic violence (she bit him on the leg.) Charges were dropped and Jermaine forgave her, but Halima decided they were better off apart. Jermaine was photographed arriving at his UK hotel with a female companion who did NOT want to be seen.

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STILL HAPPILY UNMARRIED: JOHN CORBETT AND BO DEREK

In 2002 John Corbett, now 56, and Bo Derek, now 60, were both single and a friend fixed them up on a date and they’ve been together ever since. Who would have guessed it would last this long! Bo says she feels no need to get married – they have no kids and they’re not young, so there’s no pressure. They’ve lived together for years, but give each other plenty of space and private time. Whenever we see them, they look really content with each other, despite their 14 inch height difference. The pair showed up at a TV festival in Monaco.

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YOU DON’T HAVE TO FEEL SORRY FOR MISCHA BARTON ANY MORE!

She’s had a tough year. Mischa Barton has been battling two ex-boyfriends in court whom she claims are trying to sell explicit sex videos taken of her. That’s what probably caused her meltdown – neighbors called 911 when she threatened to kill herself. Now she’s bounced back with a new boyfriend, James Abercrombie, an Australian model from an extremely wealthy family. Yachts and private jets and European vacations. Lucky girl.

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JERRY HALL IS SHOWING RUPERT MURDOCH HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME

We cannot resist photos of this happy couple – Rupert Murdoch, 86, and Jerry Hall, 60. There’s no doubt that Jerry likes to have fun and she seems to be showing media mogul Rupert how to do it. Rupert was actually our boss at Star Magazine in the late eighties and we met him at an office party in New York where we gossiped a bit. While he owned the magazine it was very successful with nice offices and reasonably well paid employees – many with expense accounts. The Glory Days. After he sold Star it was never the same, so we ARE Rupert fans. Above, Jerry and Rupert at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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ZAYN MALIK AND GIGI HADID: ONE OF THE PRETTIEST COUPLES OF ALL TIME

They can’t help it- they were born that way! She may be an inch taller than him, but Gigi Hadid (5’9”) is quite happy to wear flat shoes with her boyfriend Zayn Malik. When Zayn, 23, (the best looking one) left One Direction we wondered what would become of him, but his solo career is booming and he’s worth upwards of 49 million dollars. And Gigi, 21, is already one of the top models in the world. They have things in common – Zayn’s father is Pakistani and his mother is British, and Gigi’s father is Palestinian and her mother is American. Their exotic combinations produced some pretty people.

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