The greatest Hollywood power couples of all time—ranked

Newsweek · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 06, 2026 · 1429 words · By Jordan King

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Few Hollywood couples have enjoyed a moment quite like the one Tom Holland and Zendaya are having right now.

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What happened

Few Hollywood couples have enjoyed a moment quite like the one Tom Holland and Zendaya are having right now.

Why it matters

The pair appeared together in two of 2026’s biggest movies: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Common ground

Brand New Day recorded the largest domestic opening in history, according to Forbes, while The Odyssey became another major global hit for Nolan.

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Claim 1: “Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively met while making the 2011 film Green Lantern and married the following year.”

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Claim 2: “They appeared in 11 films together, including The V.I.P.s, The Sandpiper, The Taming of the Shrew and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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Claim 3: “Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024, and a judge finalized the divorce in 2025.”

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Claim 4: “It was the fourth acting nomination for each of them.”

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Claim 5: “Moore starred in Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure and G.I. Jane.”

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Claim 6: “Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez began a relationship after working together on the 2003 film Gigli.”

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Claim 7: “Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men, while Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

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Claim 8: “Bardem was nominated for Being the Ricardos, and Cruz was recognized for Parallel Mothers.”

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Claim 9: “Russell’s credits include Escape From New York, The Thing, Tombstone, Miracle and several installments of the Fast & Furious franchise.”

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The evidence provided for this claim mistakenly returns results for 'Kurt Cobain' instead of 'Kurt Russell'. No evidence for Kurt Russell's filmography was provided in the search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona, he widened the thematic conven…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain

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web search NEUTRAL — On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle. Forensic investigators and a coroner d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was an American musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana, which also included bassist Krist Novoselic and drumme…
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Claim 10: “Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz first worked together in the 1992 Spanish film Jamón Jamón.”

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Claim 11: “They have two children together.”

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Claim 12: “Reynolds’ Deadpool & Wolverine finished first as it passed $1 billion worldwide, while Lively’s It Ends With Us opened in second place with $50 million domestically.”

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Claim 13: “Affleck has won Academy Awards for co-writing Good Will Hunting and producing best picture winner Argo.”

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Claim 14: “Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.”

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Claim 15: “The couple simultaneously occupied the top two places at the North American box office in August 2024.”

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Claim 16: “Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall met while making To Have and Have Not, Bacall’s first film, which was released in 1944.”

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Claim 17: “Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton met while filming Cleopatra, which was released in 1963.”

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Claim 18: “they married in 2014 after nearly a decade together.”

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Claim 19: “Hawn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower and received a Best Actress nomination for Private Benjamin.”

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Multiple web sources confirm Goldie Hawn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 'Cactus Flower'. However, the nomination for 'Private Benjamin' is not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets, though the win is well-documented.

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web search NEUTRAL — Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, comedian, producer, dancer, and singer. She achieved stardom and acclaim for playing lighthearted comedic roles in film and television.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie_Hawn

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web search NEUTRAL — goldie-hawn-top-films-cactus-flower. Image Credit: Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock.For her first major film, Goldie Hawn won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe as the year’s Best Supporting Actress.
https://www.goldderby.com/gallery/best-goldie-hawn-movies-ra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Goldie Hawn won Best Supporting Actress for 'Cactus Flower' at the 1970 Academy Awards, and Raquel Welch accepted the Oscar on her behalf.
https://people.com/movies/goldie-hawn-why-didnt-attend-oscar…

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Claim 20: “Reynolds’ biggest commercial success has come through the Deadpool franchise.”

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Claim 21: “Jolie worked with the United Nations refugee agency for more than 20 years, serving as a goodwill ambassador and special envoy.”

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Claim 22: “Burton received seven acting nominations but did not win.”

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Claim 23: “They later appeared together in Overboard and The Christmas Chronicles, as well as its sequel.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm they starred together in 'Overboard' (1987) and 'The Christmas Chronicles' and its sequel.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress. She achieved stardom and acclaim for playing lighthearted comedic roles in film and television. In a career spanning six decades, sh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Leslie Dixon, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and executive produced by Roddy McDowall, who also co-star…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wyatt Hawn Russell (born July 10, 1986) is an American actor and former professional ice hockey goaltender. Since 2021, he has played John Walker / U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Russell

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Claim 24: “They married in 1945 and remained together until Bogart’s death in 1957.”

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Claim 25: “The couple briefly separated in 2013 before reconciling.”

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Claim 26: “Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie worked together on the 2005 action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

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Claim 27: “Zeta-Jones became an international star through The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment and Traffic.”

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Claim 28: “Lively’s film credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Town, The Age of Adaline, A Simple Favor and It Ends With Us.”

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Claim 29: “Tom Holland and Zendaya first appeared together in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

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Claim 30: “Zendaya has also won two Emmy Awards for her performance in HBO’s Euphoria.”

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Claim 31: “They ended their first engagement in 2004, reunited in 2021, and married in 2022.”

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Claim 32: “Jolie had won an Academy Award for Girl, Interrupted, while Pitt later won an acting Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and a best picture Oscar as a producer of 12 Years a Slave.”

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Claim 33: “In 2022, they became one of a few married couples nominated for acting Oscars in the same year.”

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Claim 34: “Douglas won an Academy Award as a producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and another for his performance in Wall Street.”

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Claim 35: “Bogart won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The African Queen, while Bacall continued working in film and theater for decades and received an honorary Oscar in 2009.”

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Claim 36: “The films helped propel the North American box office to a record-breaking weekend when the latest Spider-Man movie opened in August.”

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Multiple sources confirm the film's opening led to a record-breaking North American box office weekend, specifically mentioning it beat the record set by 'Avengers: Endgame'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a 2026 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man, a superhero character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for American comic books published by Marvel Comics, has appeared in virtually every form of media, including film since the 1970s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Marc Webb and written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, and Steve Kloves from a …
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Claim 37: “The couple made three other films together: The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo.”

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Claim 38: “Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been together since 1983, when they reconnected while making the 1984 film Swing Shift.”

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The provided evidence confirms Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are a couple, but the specific detail about reconnecting in 1983 while making 'Swing Shift' is not present in the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor before transitioning to leading roles as an adult in various genres such as action adventures, scien…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Overboard is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Rob Greenberg, who wrote the screenplay with Bob Fisher and Leslie Dixon. A characteristically-reversed remake of the original 1987 film (…
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Claim 39: “Outside the franchise, Zendaya starred in the Dune films and in Challengers, while Holland led the video game adaptation Uncharted.”

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Claim 40: “They have three daughters together”

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Claim 41: “Lopez has led films including Selena, Out of Sight, The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan and Hustlers”

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Claim 42: “She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Chicago.”

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Claim 43: “Moore has continued to take part in Willis’ family life since their divorce, including after his diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia was announced.”

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Claim 44: “The pair appeared together in two of 2026’s biggest movies: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.”

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While evidence confirms the existence of a 2026 film 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day', there is no evidence provided regarding a film called 'The Odyssey' directed by Christopher Nolan, nor evidence that Tom Holland and Zendaya appear together in both.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — English actor Tom Holland started his acting in theatre with a supporting role in 2008 for Billy Elliot the Musical and was promoted to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. He then ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roles_and_awards_of_To…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is a British actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award as well as two Critics' Choice Awards nominations. Holland's films as a leading actor have grossed ove…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman ( zen-DAY-ə; born September 1, 1996), known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Known for her work in television and blockbusters, he…
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Claim 45: “They married in 1964, divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975 and divorced for a second time in 1976.”

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Claim 46: “The couple also established the Jolie-Pitt Foundation”

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Claim 47: “They returned for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”

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Claim 48: “Taylor won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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Claim 49: “They began a relationship years later and married in 2010.”

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Claim 50: “Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones met in 1998 and married in November 2000.”

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Claim 51: “Bruce Willis and Demi Moore married in 1987 and divorced in 2000.”

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Claim 52: “Willis led films including Die Hard, Die Hard 2, The Last Boy Scout, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon and The Sixth Sense.”

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Claim 53: “The couple has never married.”

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One web source explicitly states they have been together for 37 years 'without marriage'. Other sources confirm they are a couple but do not explicitly state they have never married.

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web search NEUTRAL — Clifford Joseph Price (born 19 September 1965), known professionally as Goldie, is an English music producer, DJ, graffiti artist and actor. Initially gaining exposure for his work as a graffiti artis…
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web search NEUTRAL — Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress. [1] She achieved stardom and acclaim for playing lighthearted comedic roles in film and television. In a career spanning six decades…
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web search NEUTRAL — Scheduling, reminders, payments and more. Grow your business and reduce no-shows with Goldie, the trusted choice of 150,000 beauty professionals worldwide.
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Claim 54: “Brand New Day recorded the largest domestic opening in history, according to Forbes”

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Multiple independent web sources report that 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' set the biggest domestic opening day and overall domestic opening record, surpassing 'Avengers: Endgame'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Brand New Day" is a comic book storyline in The Amazing Spider-Man, published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2008. It chronicles the start of Spider-Man's adventures in the aftermath of the status quo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Day_(comics)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Brand New Day composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack …
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