Famous Weddings & Divorces in 2000
Famous Weddings
- Mar 4 "American Beauty" actress Mena Suvari (21) weds cinematographer Robert Brinkmann (38)
Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton
May 5 Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie (24) weds actor Billy Bob Thornton (44) at The Little Church of The West Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Marc Anthony
May 9 Puerto Rican actress and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres (25) weds singer-songwriter Marc Anthony (31) in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2004
- May 20 "Benny and Joon" actress Mary Stuart Masterson (33) weds film director Damon Santostefano
James Cameron
Jun 4 Canadian "Titanic" producer-director James Cameron (45) weds American actress Suzy Amis (38) in Malibu, California (his fifth, her second)
- Jun 10 "Live! with Kelly and Michael" executive producer Michael Gelman (38) weds CBS's Early Show correspondent Laurie Hibberd (36) at a Long Island estate
- Jun 15 "Murphy Brown" actress Candice Bergen (54) weds New York real estate magnate Marshall Rose (63) at a Manhattan synagogue
- Jun 17 Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson (28) weds Kristin Willits (29) at Lee County's Cathedral Domain in Kentucky
Natalie Maines
Jun 24 American "(Dixie) Chicks" lead vocalist Natalie Maines (25) weds American "Profit" actor Adrian Pasdar (35) at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2019
- Jun 28 Business magnate Ron Perelman (69) weds actress Ellen Barkin (46) in a traditional Jewish ceremony at an upper East Side synagogue
Kristi Yamaguchi
Jul 8 American Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (28) weds American Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey player Bret Hedican (29) at the Mauna Lani Resort in Kona, Hawaii
- Jul 22 American "X-Men" actor James Marsden (26) weds American actress Lisa Linde (28); divorce in 2011
Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt
Jul 29 American actress Jennifer Aniston (31) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (36) in a private ceremony at Malibu, California; divorce in 2005
Dave Matthews
Aug 10 American singer-songwriter Dave Matthews (33) weds long-time girlfriend American naturaopoathic doctor (Jennifer) Ashley Harper (32) in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Aug 23 "7th Heaven" actor Ed Begley Jr. (51) weds actress Rachelle Carson (40) in Las Vegas
- Sep 2 "The Backstreet Boys" lead vocalist Brian Littrell (25) weds actress Leighanne Wallace (31) at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 3 "Will & Grace" actress Debra Messing (32) weds actor-screenwriter Daniel Zelman (33) at a private estate in Santa Barbara, California
Ken Jennings
Sep 16 American software engineer and future "Jeopardy" game show champion Ken Jennings (26) weds American pre-school teacher Mindy Boam (24) in Utah
Rod Steiger
Oct 10 American actor Rod Steiger (75) weds his fifth and final wife, American actress Joan Benedict (73) in Malibu, California, until his death in 2002
- Oct 14 Asylum recording artist Bryan White (26) weds actress Erika Page at Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas
Brian May
Nov 18 "Queen" guitarist Brian May (53) weds "EastEnders" actress Anita Dobson (51) in a civil ceremony at Richmond Register Office
Thalía
Dec 2 American record company executive Tommy Mottola (51) weds third wife, Mexican 'Queen of Latin Pop' Thalia (29) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
Madonna
Dec 22 Pop singer Madonna (42) weds film director Guy Ritchie (32) at Skibo Castle in Scotland
Famous Divorces
- May 25 Television producer and director Mark Tinker (49) divorces actress and painter Kristin Harmon (54) after 12 years of marriage
- Sep 22 Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
Demi Moore & Bruce Willis
Oct 18 Actress Demi Moore (37) divorces actor Bruce Willis (45) due to irreconcilable differences after 13 years of marriage
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