princess 1,712 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Famous Mismatched Couples By Ryan Murphy Lifestyle Commentator - Every 2nd Tuesday askmen.com From the tabloids to late-night TV, everyone is obsessed with the coupling of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. While mismatched in age and demeanor, the pair is destined to be a mere footnote in the history of odd couples. Do opposites really attract? The little black book of entertainment hookups would seem to suggest so. Read on for a glimpse of the most mismatched couples of all time. Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall 1994 to 1995 (his death) She was a busty stripper with generous proportions and an 8th-grade education. He was an 89-year-old wheelchair-bound billionaire. Naturally, it was love at first sight... of his bank account. The unlikely couple married in 1994 and, while little is known about their courtship, Smith must be eternally grateful that Viagra wasn't yet available to the public. When Marshall took a dirt nap one year later (as old coots are wont to do), Smith was astonished to discover she wasn't in the will. The ensuing battle over his estate resulted in one judge awarding her $475 million while anothe revoked it. But oddly enough, that's exactly how much it would take for us to sleep with an 89-year-old man, too. Oddest moment: So much for conjugal bliss: Smith left her husband immediately following their wedding and flew to Greece with her bodyguard. Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn 1997 to present (2 children) Nothing says the relationship is over faster than "I'm dating your daughter." That's exactly the message neurotic director Woody Allen gave Mia Farrow when she discovered nude pictures of her adopted daughter in Allen's apartment. While marriages like this usually only work out in Tennessee, the result of this union has been marital bliss and two children (three if you count Allen). Oddest moment: Soon-Yi was only eight when she was adopted by Farrow during a trip to Korea. In retrospect, she probably wishes she had brought back a different souvenir. Michael Jackson and Anybody Is he gay or is he straight? Is he black or is he white? Not even his exes know for sure. First, there was Brooke Shields; then, he had Elvis spinning in his grave (or the Topeka Wal-Mart where he presently works) when he married The King's only daughter, Lisa Marie. Will the gloved one ever find his true love? Possibly, but frankly, we find it odd that any woman would want to be with a guy who still wears white socks with black shoes. Oddest moment: Michael shocked his three remaining fans by allegedly moving to the Gulf state of Bahrain. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller 1956 to 1961 (divorced) She was a blonde bombshell with a penchant for Kennedys. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright obsessed with middle-aged salesmen. The attraction was surprisingly straightforward. Monroe valued Miller's intelligence and sensitivity, while Miller valued her "enormous sense of play, inventiveness and unexpectedness." In other words, he couldn't get over the fact that he was having sex with Marilyn Monroe. Unfortunately, it didn't last. The couple's differences -- as well as Monroe's sudden realization that she had married a bookworm -- drove them apart. Monroe went on to other high-profile romances, but Miller got the last laugh with his play After The Fall , in which he told the story of Maggie, a self-destructive blonde modeled on his former wife. Oddest moment: Miller first announced their marriage to the world on national TV while appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Lewis 1957 to 1970 (divorced, 1 child) The "Great Balls of Fire" composer decided to keep romance close to home when he married his 13-year-old second cousin in 1957. Did we mention he was born in the South? The negative backlash was so great that he had to cancel tours and re-invent himself as a country singer before getting back on the charts. The marriage itself lasted until 1970; by then, Lewis had grown tired of dating a woman who could legally drink in bars. Oddest moment: Myra gave birth to a son, Jerry Lee, Jr., a month after their wedding. Here's guessing she didn't wear white. Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart 2002 to present (engaged) Harrison Ford is our generation's preeminent action star, a chiseled hunk who could battle an entire army of Nazis with the mere crack of a whip. Calista Flockhart is the poster child for anorexia, a one-dimensional woman who has to jog in the shower just to get wet. Yet, despite 22 years (and at least 140 pounds) difference, they're happily engaged. If he manages not to snap her in half, it might just work. Oddest moment: The couple met at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards when the Ally McBeal star strategically spilled her drink on Ford in order to strike up a conversation. Not particularly subtle, but it certainly beats getting kicked in the nuts. Celine Dion and Rene Angelil 1994 to present (1 child) How do you advance your career if you're a French hillbilly from a remote Quebec town? The answer is simple: You marry your Santa Claus-lookalike of a manager. The couple first met when she was 12 and he was 38. Nothing creepy about that. The happy pair then popped out a child in 2001 after Dion underwent in vitro fertilization. Oddest moment: Paying homage to A Thousand And One Nights, Dion and Angelil renewed their vows in Las Vegas with a lavish Arab theme. Sadly, without the veil, it would have been nearly impossible to differentiate between Celine and the camels. Liza Minnelli and David Gest 2002 to 2003 (filed for divorce) She was a show tunes-singing diva. And so was he -- thus precipitating many of their problems. The song-and-dance star married the androgynous event planner in March of 2002, flanked on one side by matron of honor Elizabeth Taylor, and on the other by best men Tito and Michael Jackson. It's hard to say what ultimately drove them apart. Was it Minnelli's drinking? Did Gest borrow her makeup without permission? Perhaps we'll never know. Oddest moment: Following their breakup, Gest claimed in a lawsuit that Minnelli regularly beat him during their 16-month marriage. Maybe that explains why his face looks the way it does. Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg Early 1990s The freaky-haired comedian's romance with the Cheers star had many scratching their heads. Were they truly in love or was he just a really big fan of Hollywood Squares? Further complicating matters was Goldberg's alleged lesbianism. As she said, "There was a time I played on both sides of the street. Now I go straight down the middle." Oddest moment: Danson set the clock back to 1864 when he performed in blackface at a Friars Club event feting Goldberg. Al Jolson would have been so proud. Honorable Mention: Bert and Ernie Are they or aren't they? Frankly, how couldn't they be? Anyone that spends that much time with a hand up their butt must be fielding offers from the same team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GimmeSumSugar 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) Honorable Mention: Bert and ErnieAre they or aren't they? Frankly, how couldn't they be? Anyone that spends that much time with a hand up their butt must be fielding offers from the same team.Oh come on, Bert and Ernie are easily the best of a bad bunch in that list. Edited April 12, 2006 by GimmeSumSugar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soho2chelsea 3 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Honorable Mention: Bert and ErnieAre they or aren't they? Frankly, how couldn't they be? Anyone that spends that much time with a hand up their butt must be fielding offers from the same team.Oh come on, Bert and Ernie are easily the best of a bad bunch in that list. Yeah, they seem like a good match. One is nerdy and straightlaced, the other is goofy and fun...isn't that usually a good coupling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
princess 1,712 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Next thing I know, you guys will tell me that Shaggy from Scooby Doo isn't a pot head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedandBlue 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Hey this could be fun. What about:Julia Roberts and Lyle LovettDon Johnson and Barbra StreisandEvery Rolling Stone and their supermodel wife/girlfriend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soho2chelsea 3 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 This one kind of confuses me - John Corbett and Bo Derek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MC 1 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Joan Collins and Percy Gibson. He's 32 years younger. They married in 2002. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler 408 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Toothy Tile and any of his alleged girlfriends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bittermuch? 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Jeez, how about Joan Collins and her death mask? Holy crap! It's like there's a whole other face laid on there.I always thought John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry were a weird mismatch. What with her having style and personality to spare (not to mention being a bit incautious about expressing her opinions and then not apologizing for it), and him making Al Gore look like a wild and crazy guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Are they still together?? If you mean John & Bo, yes, they were just at some event in New York (they don't like to be photographed together--there's a blurb about it in his thread--so that photo was sort of unusual) I like them together--think they're a cute couple and hope they're happy. I'd say the only "mismatch" would be the age, but since she started out with John Derek being--what, 30 years?--older than she is, she's probably used to a little age mismatching.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
princess 1,712 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 I always thought John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry were a weird mismatch. According to the locals in Sun Valley, ID where they have a house, they are both power hungry snobs. I did get to see a quick driveby of their house though, very pretty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Queen G 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Not sure that they qualify as a couple yet, but Heather Locklear and David Spade are definitely mismatched! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Not sure that they qualify as a couple yet, but Heather Locklear and David Spade are definitely mismatched! David Spade and MANY of the women he's hooked up with over the years seem a mismatch. Except that the smart dorky looking funny-guys do something right to get the hot chicks, it would appear. Guess making you laugh is a great quality for Hollywood hotties, same as regular gals like me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soho2chelsea 3 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 Are they still together??If you mean John & Bo, yes, they were just at some event in New York (they don't like to be photographed together--there's a blurb about it in his thread--so that photo was sort of unusual) I like them together--think they're a cute couple and hope they're happy. I'd say the only "mismatch" would be the age, but since she started out with John Derek being--what, 30 years?--older than she is, she's probably used to a little age mismatching.... yep, I think they are still together. She strikes me as a little crazy and he always seemed rather mellow, plus she is way older than he is. Which reminds me! Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persiaa 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 Jeez, how about Joan Collins and her death mask? Holy crap! It's like there's a whole other face laid on there. Maybe Death Becomes Her wasn't really just a movie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GimmeSumSugar 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Oh god, how embarrassing for this poor girl. About a month ago, one of UK group, Girls Aloud (Nadine Coyle, if I remember rightly) hooked up (or got hooked up) with none other than the alleged 'desperately-gardening-for-the-other-team' Housewives hunk, Jesse Metcalfe. Soon after a blind item appeared which suggested a UK singer had just found out from a PR flack which tune the bf played to. It was all over the place and the girl is (hopefully) no idiot. Most people were guessing Jesse Metcalfe, who has a lot of rumours around him.Last week one of the UK tabs invented this cringingly embarrassing luvvy story of Nadine finding out Jesse Metcalfe was seeing some 'stunning' model who he was 'making out with' at various London clubs. Huh, talk about convieniently getting the poor gal off the hook. Probably less embarrassing to have him cheat on her with a made up model type. So, that is my terrible mismatch of the month. Jesse Metcalfe and Nadine Coyle flash in the pan. Next week they'll probably be back together but it did look like a face-saving Public Relations release for all the parties concerned. Edited April 14, 2006 by GimmeSumSugar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanlee 49 Report post Posted November 2, 2009 Hulk Hogan's ex-wife and the boy she's dating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freckles 79 Report post Posted November 2, 2009 I like John & Bo - they always look happy together. Besides: she deserves some young tail after BEING the young tail for so many years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted August 19, 2010 Lyle Lovett doesn't have a thread anywhere and I didn't want to start one, but I have to repeat what my mom and I have said for years - when he sings, we KNOW how Julia Roberts could have married him. Saw him in concert last night- he's just amazing. After all these years, and all the hardships he's had (that bad accident where he was crushed by a bull) His voice is just amazing, and he has such a dry but lively wit. I could watch him for hours. It was worth staying out until midnight and then having to get up at 6am for work :4biggrin: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duh 10 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Lyle Lovett doesn't have a thread anywhere and I didn't want to start one, but I have to repeat what my mom and I have said for years - when he sings, we KNOW how Julia Roberts could have married him. Saw him in concert last night- he's just amazing. After all these years, and all the hardships he's had (that bad accident where he was crushed by a bull) His voice is just amazing, and he has such a dry but lively wit. I could watch him for hours. It was worth staying out until midnight and then having to get up at 6am for work :4biggrin: I completely and totally agree!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Woody ALlen being his obnoxious usual self - talking about how much better he's made Soon Yi's life, yet it's always about him....He really does think he's Pygmalion.... http://pagesix.com/2016/05/04/woody-allen-on-how-hes-improved-soon-yis-life/ “She had a very, very difficult upbringing in Korea … so I’ve been able to really make her life better. I provided her with enormous opportunities, and she has sparked to them. She’s educated herself and has tons of friends and children and got a college degree and went to graduate school, and she has traveled all over with me now. She’s very sophisticated and has been to all the great capitals of Europe. She has just become a different person. So the contributions I’ve made to her life have given me more pleasure than all my films.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
princess 1,712 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Woody ALlen being his obnoxious usual self - talking about how much better he's made Soon Yi's life, yet it's always about him....He really does think he's Pygmalion.... http://pagesix.com/2016/05/04/woody-allen-on-how-hes-improved-soon-yis-life/ “She had a very, very difficult upbringing in Korea … so I’ve been able to really make her life better. I provided her with enormous opportunities, and she has sparked to them. She’s educated herself and has tons of friends and children and got a college degree and went to graduate school, and she has traveled all over with me now. She’s very sophisticated and has been to all the great capitals of Europe. She has just become a different person. So the contributions I’ve made to her life have given me more pleasure than all my films.” 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanlee 49 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Woody ALlen being his obnoxious usual self - talking about how much better he's made Soon Yi's life, yet it's always about him....He really does think he's Pygmalion.... http://pagesix.com/2016/05/04/woody-allen-on-how-hes-improved-soon-yis-life/ “She had a very, very difficult upbringing in Korea … so I’ve been able to really make her life better. I provided her with enormous opportunities, and she has sparked to them. She’s educated herself and has tons of friends and children and got a college degree and went to graduate school, and she has traveled all over with me now. She’s very sophisticated and has been to all the great capitals of Europe. She has just become a different person. So the contributions I’ve made to her life have given me more pleasure than all my films.” I barfed at that too! Still unremorseful and unapologetic for his actions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler 408 Report post Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) onan Farrow calls out the media and slams actors who work with his father Woody Allen View image on Twitter Follow Hollywood Reporter ✔@THR .@RonanFarrow pens blistering essay about dad Woody Allen and the media for THR: http://thr.cm/8EzYRK 3:00 AM - 11 May 2016 Ronan wrote a article for The Hollywood Reporter about the victims of sexual abuse (including Bill Cosby victims and his sister) and how the media (including himself) turns a blind eye to it. He also blasts the many celebs that work and continue to work his father, Woody Allen. Here are a few excerpts: View image on Twitter “But the old-school media’s slow evolution has helped to create a culture of impunity and silence. Amazon paid millions to work with Woody Allen, bankrolling a new series and film. Actors, including some I admire greatly, continue to line up to star in his movies. ‘It’s not personal,; one once told me. But it hurts my sister every time one of her heroes like Louis C.K., or a star her age, like Miley Cyrus, works with Woody Allen. Personal is exactly what it is — for my sister, and for women everywhere with allegations of sexual assault that have never been vindicated by a conviction,” Ronan wrote. “Tonight, the Cannes Film Festival kicks off with a new Woody Allen film. There will be press conferences and a red-carpet walk by my father and his wife (my sister). He’ll have his stars at his side — Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg. They can trust that the press won’t ask them the tough questions. It’s not the time, it’s not the place, it’s just not done." Source 1/2Very powerful essay by RonanTags: mia / ronan farrow, woody allen Posted at 10:29 am | Link | Leave a comment | 270 comments | Add to Memories | Share| Track This | Flag Courtesy ONTD Edited May 11, 2016 by tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
