CELEBRITY
COUPLES WHO GOT MARRIED IN SECRET.
Their
best-kept secrets! From Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner‘s Las Vegas vows to Niecy
Nash‘s hush-hush ceremony, some celebs have hidden their wedding days from the
public eye.
The
Jonas Brothers singer and the Game of Thrones alum tied the knot two times in
2019: first during a private ceremony in Las Vegas and again in France in front
of friends and family. Clips from their Vegas nuptials were shared online by
Diplo and took everyone by surprise — even Jonas’ parents.
“Well,
in my mind, you know, that was the legal portion of the marriage,” the DNCE
singer said during a radio interview in June 2019. “So I was thinking, like,
‘Look, this is not the most important day. There’s an important day, I mean,
I’ll keep private, but ahead of us. So we were, like — this is, like, just
whoever’s in town.”
The
former Disney star later revealed that his mom and dad, Denise and Paul Kevin
Jonas, learned about their son’s legal ceremony secondhand.
“[My
parents] have an amazing restaurant in North Carolina and I think, like, a
couple of their staff walked up and were, like, ‘Congratulations! I saw.’ And
then they had to find out,” he said, teasing that he was “doing a lot of
apologizing” in the aftermath.
The
Jonas family aren’t the only ones who’ve been late to the party. Some celebs
have made their big announcements solely via social media, leaving fans and
followers shocked by the reveal.
“Mrs.
Carol Denise Betts,” Nash wrote via Instagram in August 2020 alongside a photo
from her wedding to singer Jessica Bettes. In a separate post on her Instagram
Story, the Claws star joked, “#PlotTwist.”
Niecy
was previously married to Don Nash from 1994 to 2007 and to Jay Tucker from
2011 to 2019. In February 2020, the When They See Us star tearfully discussed
the end of her second marriage, admitting that she and Tucker were “better
friends than life partners.”
“The
one that made me laugh the most was an ode to him being attractive. [They said]
‘Well, you never had to put a sack on his head to sleep with him,'” she said of
her family’s reaction to her divorce. “I replied, ‘What about my happiness?'”
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down to see more stars who married in secret!
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Courtesy Erin Lim/Instagram
ERIN
LIM AND JOSHUA RHODES
The
E! journalist played coy about her newly married status via Twitter in March
2021, teasing, "Oh ya so like," alongside a snapshot from her January
nuptials. The duo got engaged in September 2020 after meeting at church two
years prior.
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Courtesy Chloe Sevigny/Instagram
CHLOE
SEVIGNY AND SINISA MACKOVIC
The
Bloodline alum revealed via Instagram in March 2021 that she exchanged vows
with the Croatia native one year earlier. "Married on a Monday, March 9th
2020. Happy one year anniversary my love 💍," Sevigny wrote alongside a snap from the
special day. The pair welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, two
months after their wedding.
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NICOLAS
CAGE AND RIKO SHIBATA
The
National Treasure actor's rep confirmed to Us that he married Shibata in a
"small" Las Vegas wedding on February 16, after about one year of
dating. "The date was chosen to honor the birthday of the groom's late
father," Cage's rep revealed in a statement.
Cage
further confirmed the union, telling Us, "It's true, and we are very
happy."
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KRISTEN
WIIG AND AVI ROTHMAN
During
a February 2021 interview on The Howard Stern Show, the Saturday Night Live
alum revealed that she and Rothman had tied the knot amid the pandemic.
"I'm very lucky about having these two babies and my husband. They make it
all better. It's changed my life," she gushed at the time. Us confirmed in
August 2019 that the pair got engaged after three years of dating. In June
2020, they welcomed twins via surrogate.
RIZ
AHMED AND FATIMA FARHEEN MIRZA
Surprise!
In January 2021, the Nightcrawler actor told Louis Theroux on his “Grounded”
podcast that he married the novelist in a quarantine ceremony. The couple
initially met when they sat next to each other at a New York cafe years earlier.
Although he kept her identity a secret at first, he later revealed her name
during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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JONATHAN
VAN NESS AND MARK LONDON
During
a lengthy recap of his 2020 experience, Van Ness revealed via Instagram that he
exchanged vows with his "best friend" in secret. "Yay!! That was
a hard secret to keep!! love you Mark
and Johnny!
,"
Queer Eye costar Bobby Berk teased on New Year's Eve.
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TAISSA
FARMIGA AND HADLEY KLEIN
Taissa
Farmiga secretly tied the knot to screenwriter and director Hadley Klein in
August 2020, the pair revealed via Instagram in November. "Married my best
friend. 08.08.2020," the American Horror Story vet at the time. Her
husband posted the same photo on Thanksgiving Day, adding, "Still feeling
thankful this year."
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SCARLETT
JOHANSSON AND COLIN JOST
In
October 2020, Meals on Wheels announced via Instagram that the Marriage Story
actress and the comedian quietly tied the knot. “We’re thrilled to break the
news that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were married over the weekend in an
intimate ceremony with their immediate family and love ones, following COVID-19
safety precautions as directed by the CDC,” the post read. “Their wedding wish
is to help make a difference for vulnerable older adults during this difficult
time by supporting @mealsonwheelsamerica. Please consider donating to celebrate
the happy couple.”
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JOHN
CENA AND SHAY SHARIATZADEH
Us
Weekly confirmed that the couple quietly tied the knot in Tampa, Florida, on
October 12, 2020. One day before the news broke, the actor and former wrestler
posted a message about happiness. “’I will be happy if I only get (x).’ This is
a great way to mold an entire life spent chasing happiness and never finding
joy,” he tweeted. The couple were first linked in March 2019.
LARRY
DAVID AND ASHLEY UNDERWOOD
The
Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and the producer wed in Southern California in
October 2020. The couple met through mutual friend Sacha Baron Cohen at the
Borat actor’s birthday bash in 2017 and dated for three years before exchanging
vows. David was previously married to activist Laurie David from 1993 to 2007.
The pair share daughters Cazzie and Romy.
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NIECY
NASH AND JESSICA BETTS
In
August 2020, Niecy Nash revealed she secretly married singer Jessica Betts.
"Mrs. Carol Denise Betts," the Claws actress captioned a wedding
still via Instagram. "#LoveWins."
PRINCESS
BEATRICE AND EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI
The
British royal and the property tycoon quietly married at the Royal Chapel of
All Saints at Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England, in July 2020 after
postponing their wedding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their 20-person guest
list included Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Sarah Ferguson and Prince
Andrew.
DENNIS
QUAID AND LAURA SAVOIE
The
actor and the doctoral student tied the knot in front of only their pastor in
Santa Barbara, California, on June 2, 2020, after one year of dating.
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RAVEN-SYMONÉ
AND MIRANDA MADAY
The
Cheetah Girls actress confirmed via Instagram that she and her partner
exchanged their vows in a low-key backyard ceremony in June 2020. "I got
married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to
midnight snack, from stage to home," Symoné captioned her first photo as a
married woman. "I love you Mrs. Pearman-Maday!"
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DEBBY
RYAN AND JOSH DUN
The
former Insatiable actress and the Twenty One Pilots artist announced in May
2020 that they secretly tied the knot on New Year’s Eve in 2019. After dating
off-and-on beginning in 2013, Dun proposed to Ryan in December 2018. The duo
planned their Austin wedding in 28 days.
“We
began to flirt with the idea of having a destination party celebrating the new
decade,” she told Vogue at the time. “Then [we] decided in December to get
married [in Austin] on New Year’s Eve, and just keep dancing until after the
ball dropped.”
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MICHELLE
WILLIAMS AND THOMAS KAIL
Us
confirmed in March 2020 that the Dawson’s Creek alum and the director secretly
wed as they awaited the arrival of their first child together. The news came
three months after they announced their engagement.
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PAMELA ANDERSON AND JON PETERS
30 years after they dated, split and got back together,
Pamela Anderson and film producer Jon Peters tied the knot in a private
ceremony in Malibu on January 20, 2020. The duo never even publicly revealed
they were dating again. They split less than two weeks after the wedding.
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HILARY DUFF AND MATTHEW KOMA
The couple tied the knot in a low-key backyard wedding in
December 2019, saying “I do” in front of close family and friends. Duff and the
music producer first met in 2015 while working on her album Breathe In Breathe
Out. Together, they share daughter Banks.
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LENA WAITHE AND ALANA MAYO
The Master of None alum announced on The Ellen DeGeneres
Show in November 2019 that she quietly wed her longtime love at a San Fransisco
courthouse. “We snuck and did it,” she said.
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HILARIE BURTON AND JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN
The couple surprised fans in October 2019 by announcing they
secretly tied the knot after a decade of dating. Reports previously claimed
that Burton and Morgan, who share son Gus and daughter George, wed in 2014.
“I’d say words... but there aren’t any,” the Walking Dead
star captioned a photo from the wedding via Instagram. “Mrs Morgan.... I love
you. Thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world. Xojd.”
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ED SHEERAN AND CHERRY SEABORN
After months of rumors, the singer finally confirmed that he
quietly wed his longtime love. He called her his “wife” in his song “Remember
the Name,” explaining in an interview that he actually wrote the track “before
me and Cherry got married and I knew that we’d be married by the point that the
song came out.”
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HEIDI KLUM AND TOM KAULITZ
Us Weekly confirmed in July 2019 that Klum and Kaulitz tied
the knot after quietly obtaining a marriage license. The couple began dating in
February 2018 and announced their engagement in December of that year.
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USA
HUNTER BIDEN AND MELISSA COHEN
The son of former vice president Joe Biden reportedly
married the South Africa native in a secret Los Angeles ceremony on May 16,
2019. The news came shortly after his split from Hallie Biden, the widow of
Hunter’s late brother, Beau Biden.
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ELIZA TAYLOR AND BOB MORLEY
The 100 costars kept their nuptials under wraps until June
2019 when they revealed they had already wed. "Recently I married my best
friend and soul mate @WildpipM We are very happy and ask that you keep your
comments kind and respect our privacy at this time," Taylor captioned a
photo at the time, with her husband sharing a similar sentiment. "It is
with such a full heart that I call @MisElizaJane my wife This is something we
both cherish very deeply and are beyond happy," he wrote.
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ZOE KRAVITZ AND KARL GLUSMAN
Us broke the news in May 2019 that the Big Little Lies star
and the Love actor are “legally married.” The private couple got engaged in
February 2018, but waited eight months to share the proposal story.
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JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE TURNER
Us exclusively revealed in November 2018 that the Game of
Thrones star and the Jonas Brothers member were planning to tie the knot in
France in summer 2019. However, the duo decided to throw caution to the wind
and get hitched in Las Vegas after the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1.
The pair said, "I do," in front of an Elvis Impersonator, who later
revealed that he was booked for the ceremony a week prior. Jonas and Turner's
French extravaganza will likely still take place, but will serve as a
celebration for the newlyweds.
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MIRANDA LAMBERT AND BRENDAN MCLOUGHLIN
Not only was the country singer's wedding a surprise — the
fact that she's even been in a relationship was a complete shock. After
declaring herself "happily single" in August 2018, Lambert
unexpectedly revealed on February 16, 2019, that she said "I do" to a
mystery man named Brendan Mcloughlin. "In honor of Valentine's Day I
wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life," she wrote on
Instagram at the time. "And we got hitched!"
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REBECCA FERGUSON
The Mission: Impossible – Fallout actress revealed in
January 2019 that she and partner Rory — whose last name she has never shared
publicly — secretly married in a cottage over the holidays. Ferguson wore a
“wedding skirt” in lieu of a traditional dress while guests sported “Wellington
boots and big woolly socks and big ruggy jumpers” and celebrated with games.
The couple share a daughter. The Greatest Showman star is also the mother of
son Isaac with ex-boyfriend Ludwig Hallberg.
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COLLEEN BALLINGER AND ERIK STOCKLIN
2018 was a busy one for Ballinger. "This year i got
pregnant, engaged and married, all in the same year. Yeah, we got married ...
woops, forgot to tell you that one," she told viewers in an end-of-year
review video posted on her YouTube channel in December 2018. The former Haters
Back Off star didn't reveal any other details about her wedding to Stocklin,
whom she met on the set of the now-cancelled Netflix show.
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MILEY CYRUS AND LIAM HEMSWORTH
Cyrus and Hemsworth sparked wedding speculation on Christmas
Eve in 2018 after photos of the twosome cutting a cake in front of “Mr. and
Mrs." balloons surfaced. Two days later, the Disney alum confirmed that
they’d tied the knot by sharing multiple black-and-white pictures of the couple
dressed up in formal attire. Cyrus captioned one of the sweet snaps, “10 years
later…” (Cyrus and Hemsworth dated on and off for nearly a decade after meeting
on the set of The Last Song in 2009.)
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HILARY SWANK AND PHILIP SCHNEIDER
The actress quietly married the entrepreneur at the Santa
Lucia Preserve in Carmel, California, on August 28. She opened up about the
"stunning private community" and shared wedding photos with
Vogue. "It was timeless. There is just no other way to
describe it. I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying
the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle
of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true," she gushed.
Her maid of honor was best friend Mariska Hargitay.
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MICHELLE WILLIAMS AND PHIL ELVERUM
Williams tied the knot with the musician in a secret
ceremony in the Adirondacks, the actress revealed in a Vanity Fair cover story
published in July 2018. Only a small group of their friends and their two
daughters were present for the exchange of vows. The Manchester by the Sea star
said of falling for Elverum a decade after the death of partner Heath Ledger:
“I never gave up on love.”
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DANIEL TOSH AND CARLY HALLAM
Comedian Daniel Tosh secretly married Carly Hallam — a
writer on his Comedy Central show, Tosh.0 — at a private ceremony in Malibu,
California, on April 15, 2016, TMZ reports. Hallam has written for the Comedy
Central series since 2012 and also writes for NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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CARDI B AND OFFSET
The rappers secretly married in Atlanta on September 20,
2017, according to a marriage license obtained by TMZ the following June. The
Migos member, who referred to the “Bodak Yellow” rapper as his “wife” at the
2018 BET Awards, did not publicly propose to Cardi until October 2017, one month
after they wed.
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KEVIN MCKIDD AND ARIELLE GOLDRATH
The Grey's Anatomy star, 44, announced in a post on his
website on March 2, 2018, that he and the private chef had wed and were
expecting their first child together. "Arielle and I are so happy to
announce our marriage and new baby, who is soon to join our growing
family," the Trainspotting star, 44, wrote. "Close friends and family
came together with my Grey's family to share in our celebration day – an intimate,
low key gathering culminating in a Scottish Ceilidh dance."
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AMY SCHUMER AND CHRIS FISCHER
Surprise! Multiple sources confirmed exclusively to Us
Weekly that the actress and chef tied the knot in Malibu on February 13, 2018.
The pair first were spotted out as a couple while dining at Café Altro Paradiso
in New York City just three months earlier.
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KERRY WASHINGTON AND NNAMDI ASOMUGHA
A Blaine County, Idaho marriage license filing gave away the
Scandal actress' secret wedding to San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi
Asomugha. The couple tied the knot on June 24, 2013, but have yet to confirm
the marriage themselves.
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BLAKE LIVELY AND RYAN REYNOLDS
The Green Lantern costars didn't give any warning when they
said "I do" in a surprise, ultra-private ceremony on Sept. 9, 2012 at
Boone Hill Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A source told Us that
Lively, who wore a custom-designed dress by Marchesa, "was a creative
bride with a clear vision of what she wanted."
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SHAUNA ROBERTSON AND EDWARD NORTON
A source confirmed to Us in April 2013 that Norton secretly
wed his longtime love Shauna Robertson before they welcomed their first child
together, a baby boy, in March.
KATE WINSLET AND NED ROCKNROLL
In late December 2012, the Titanic actress' UK rep confirmed
that Winslet married Rocknroll in New York "earlier this month in a
private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and
family." The two had been engaged "since the summer," but never
made a formal announcement.
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FELICITY BLUNT AND STANLEY TUCCI
Eight months after announcing their engagement, the Hunger
Games actor revealed he secretly tied the knot with Blunt in August 2012. The
couple is reportedly planning, however, a second, more formal wedding ceremony
with their loved ones.
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Natasha Henstridge and Darius Campbell
The Canadian actress and British actor wed in a romantic,
Valentine's Day ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara in March 2011.
"We didn't tell our parents for a few days afterwards," Henstridge
told the UK's Hello! magazine. "We wanted to be together and enjoy it for
awhile. It was really spontaneous."
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MIKE MYERS AND KELLY TISDALE
Five months after the fact, Myers confirmed that he quietly
married longtime girlfriend Tisdale in a private ceremony in NYC in March 2011.
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MIRANDA KERR AND ORLANDO BLOOM
One month after announcing their engagement, the Lord of the
Rings actor secretly married the Victoria's Secret model in an intimate
ceremony in July 2010. One month later, Kerr announced she was pregnant with
their first child, son Flynn.
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WIZ KHALIFA AND AMBER ROSE
To the surprise of their fans, the rapper announced on
Twitter that he married the model on July 8, 2013, four months after welcoming
their son Sebastian together. "Me and Amber got married today,"
Khalifa tweeted. "Wedding's this fall. Thought I'd let y'all know."
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JAVIER BARDEM AND PENELOPE CRUZ
Only close family members were invited to Cruz and Bardem's
small ceremony at a friend's house in the Bahamas in July 2010. Though they
kept the wedding hush-hush, Crus went all out with a Dior Haute Couture gown
designed especially by John Galliano.
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MEGAN FOX AND BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN
The longtime couple tied the knot on the beach in Hawaii
with Green's son, Kassius, as their witness on June 24, 2010.
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JULIA ROBERTS AND DANNY MODER
The Runaway Bride actress and Moder invited their close
family and friends over to their ranch in Taos, New Mexico under the impression
they were celebrating the 4th of July in 2002, but the couple also had a
surprised wedding planned.
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DANIEL CRAIG AND RACHEL WEISZ
The Skyfall actor pulled off a secret wedding to the actress
in upstate New York in June 2011. "I did it secretly -- I can't tell you
how I pulled it off," he told Access Hollywood. "My private life is
incredibly important to me, and certainly that aspect of it is more than
incredibly important to me."
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BEYONCE AND JAY-Z
The superstar couple played coy about their marriage in New
York City on April 4, 2008. Beyonce revealed the marriage in a video montage
during a listening party for her third album, I Am . . . Sasha Fierce, in
October 2008.
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JENNIFER GARNER AND BEN AFFLECK
The Daredevil costars quietly married in Turks and Caicos on
June 29, 2005, while Garner was pregnant with their first child. The guest list
was tiny, but Affleck's good pal Matt Damon made the cut.
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PRISCILLA CHAN AND MARK ZUCKERBERG
The Facebook founder invited less than 100 friends and
family members to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school in May 2012.
What their guests didn't know, however, was that Zuckerberg and his Harvard
sweetheart were also tying the knot at their Palo Alto, Calif. home.
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HARRISON FORD AND CALISTA FLOCKHART
After dating for over eight years, Ford and Flockhart
exchanged vows in an ultra-private ceremony in June 2010 in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. "I was 60 when I fell in love with Calista," Ford told Hello!
in 2009. "What surprised me most was that I was still capable of
establishing a long-lasting relationship, making a serious commitment."
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MANDY MOORE AND RYAN ADAMS
The musical couple tied the knot in quiet ceremony in
Savannah, Georgia in March 2009, just the way Moore wanted it to happen.
"Hopefully, it can happen and slip by unnoticed by everybody," Moore
said of her dream wedding. "I guess we have to be sort of sneaky about it,
but I'll see what I can accomplish."
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GWYNETH PALTROW AND CHRIS MARTIN
No family members were invited to the Coldplay rocker and
actress' surprise nuptials in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Dec. 5, 2003. At the
time, Paltrow was pregnant with the couple's first child.
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CHRIS HENCHY AND BROOKE SHIELDS
Bait-and-switch! The actress/model invited some friends and
family to have dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in California, but instead
transported them by boat to Catalina Island to witness her exchange vows to TV
writer Chris Henchy on April 4, 2001.
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WILL SMITH AND JADA PINKETT SMITH
With extra security measures in place to keep the ceremony
private, Smith married Pinkett at the Cloisters, a mansion near her hometown of
Baltimore on Dec. 31, 1997.
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