Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds got close on the set of Green Lantern but were both in relationships. A year later, they went on a double date — with other people — but couldn't deny that the chemistry between the two of them was waaay stronger.
Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso met when Matt ducked behind the bar of the club she was working at to hide from fans.
The two made drinks together for the rest of the night and completely hit it off.
Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams ~met~ on Twitter, where Sarah often tweeted about Wells on Bachelor In Paradise.
Wells tweeted back, slid into her DMs, and they agreed to meet up for drinks and tacos the next time they were both in LA.
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli felt a connection when they met on the set of Orange Is The New Black to discuss Samira's character in an episode Lauren was writing. Lauren cites Samira as being crucial to helping her understand her sexuality during a very hard time in her life.
Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley were set up by their economics professor at Pepperdine University.
Their professor decided to play matchmaker, giving Tamera's email to Adam — with her permission! — and he won her over with his words.
Emily Blunt met her husband John Krasinski when he abandoned Justin Theroux at a restaurant to chat with her.
"He didn't eat, he just stood there and made me laugh."
Nikki Bella met Artem Chigvintsev when they were partners on Dancing With The Stars, and now the two are engaged.
Reese Witherspoon met her husband Jim Toth when he rescued her from his drunken friend at a party.
Reese was at a friend's house when a very drunk guy started hitting on her, Jim stepped in and explained that his friend was going through a bad breakup and the rest is history.
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One hundred years is a long time. Nearly two world wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights movement, and Jim Crow are all events that 103-year-old Madie Scott lived through.
Madie has seen and experienced so much in her lifetime, that her granddaughter, Shanika Bradshaw (TikTok: @/blackbeauty_305), decided to use TikTok as a way to preserve her grandmother's memories and to share her story.
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It's really no secret that the representation of women on screen still has a long way to go. In fact, in 2020, the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film found that the percentage of top-grossing films in the US that featured a female protagonist actually dropped.
However, there are plenty of women in Hollywood who are fighting for more and better representation in movies and on TV — both on camera and behind it.
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"Sometimes they will then, in the completion of having sex with her, have the entire group of men come barging in the room, and they'll start oinking and harassing the woman until she leaves that space," she continues.