Famous Weddings & Divorces in 2000

Famous Weddings

Albert Pujols

Jan 1 Dominican-American baseball player Albert Pujols (19) weds Deidre "Dee Dee" Corona (22); separate in 2022

Mar 4 "American Beauty" actress Mena Suvari (21) weds cinematographer Robert Brinkmann (38)

Vince Gill

Mar 10 Country singer Vince Gill (42) weds christian pop singer Amy Grant (39) in Nashville, Tennessee

Emmitt Smith

Apr 22 NFL football player Emmitt Smith (31) weds Miss Virginia USA beauty queen Patricia Southall (29)

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

Noah Wyle

May 6 Actor Noah Wyle (28) weds makeup artist Tracy Warbin

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

Manny Pacquiao

May 10 World champion professional boxer Manny Pacquiao (21) weds Jinkee Pacquiao

May 20 "Benny and Joon" actress Mary Stuart Masterson (33) weds film director Damon Santostefano

Scott Weiland

May 20 "Stone Temple Pilots" front man Scott Weiland (32) weds model Mary Forsberg (25)

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

Jim Davis

Jul 16 Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis (54) weds Jill Davis

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

Gordon Brown

Aug 3 British PM Gordon Brown (49) weds Sarah Jane Macaulay (36) in North Queensferry, Fife

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

Will Ferrell

Aug 12 "Saturday Night Live" actor-comedian Will Ferrell (33) weds Swedish actress Viveca Paulin (31)

Newt Gingrich

Aug 18 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (57) weds former congressional aide Calista Bisek (34) in Alexandria, Virginia

Aug 23 "7th Heaven" actor Ed Begley Jr. (51) weds actress Rachelle Carson (40) in Las Vegas

Patrick Stewart

Aug 25 British "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor Patrick Stewart (60) weds film producer Wendy Neuss (39) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2003

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

Gloria Steinem

Sep 3 American feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem (66) weds environmentalist David Bale (59) in Adair County, Oklahoma

Steve Austin

Sep 13 Wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (35) weds WWE Diva Debra Marshall (40) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas

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

Pete Sampras

Sep 30 Tennis star player Pete Sampras (29) weds actress and former Miss Teen USA Bridgette Wilson (27) in Los Angeles, California

Rod Steiger

Oct 10 Actor Rod Steiger (75) weds actress and fifth wife Joan Benedict (73) in Malibu, California

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

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas

Nov 18 Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (31) weds actor/producer Michael Douglas (56) at the Plaza Hotel in New York City

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