Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1998

Famous Weddings

  • Jan 5 "Hercules" actor Kevin Sorbo (39) weds actress Sam Jenkins (33) at the Beurge Chapel in Pacific Palisades, California

Barry Bonds

Jan 10 Major League Baseball outfielder Barry Bonds (33) weds Elizabeth Watson (28) at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco

Sharon Stone

Feb 14 Golden Globe Award-winning actress Sharon Stone (40) weds San Francisco Examiner executive editor Phil Bronstein (47) in Beverly Hills, California

  • Feb 20 American warrior monk "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine (61) weds actress Marina Anderson (45) on the Laramie Street set on the back lot of Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood; divorce in 2001
  • Feb 22 Singer-songwriter Tori Amos (34) weds British sound engineer Mark Hawley (34) in West Wycombe, England

Danielle Steel

Mar 27 Novelist Danielle Steel (50) weds financier Thomas James Perkins (66)

Ronan Keating

Apr 30 Irish "Boyzone" singer Ronan Keating (21) weds Irish model Yvonne Connolly (24) on the Caribbean isle of Nevis; separate in 2010, divorce in 2015

Uma Thurman

May 1 American "Reality Bites" actor Ethan Hawke (27) weds American "Pulp Fiction" actress Uma Thurman (28); separate in 2003, and divorce in 2005

Lance Armstrong

May 1 American cyclist Lance Armstrong (26) weds Kristin Richard; divorce in 2003

  • May 2 Actor-comedian Jim Belushi (43) weds Jennifer Sloan (30) at their home garden in Brentwood, Los Angeles
  • May 3 American "Jekyll & Hyde" Broadway singer Linda Eder (37) weds American "Jekyll & Hyde" composer Frank Wildhorn (38) at their new 8-acre estate in North Salem, New York; divorce in 2004

Cindy Crawford

May 21 Supermodel Cindy Crawford (32) weds restaurateur Rande Gerber (36) on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

Lucy Lawless

May 28 "Xena: The Warrior Princess" Lucy Lawless (30) weds executive producer Rob Tapert (43) at Saint Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California

  • May 30 Nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (30) weds to commoner Marilene van den Broek (28) in Apeldoorn

Adam Yauch

May 31 American "Beastie Boys" rapper Adam Yauch (33) weds daughter of prominent Tibetan activists Dechen Wangdu in New York

Larry Flynt

Jun 20 Magazine publisher Larry Flynt (55) weds Elizabeth Berrios (his fifth and final time)

Macaulay Culkin

Jun 21 "Home Alone" actor Macaulay Culkin (17) weds broadway actress Rachel Miner (17) in Stone Church in New Preston, Connecticut

  • Jun 27 American "Murphy Brown" actress Faith Ford (33) weds personal trainer and writer Campion Murphy (35) on Clint Eastwood's 22-acre Mission Ranch in Carmel, California
  • Jun 27 Prince Michael of Greece daughter Princess Alexandra (29) weds perfume executive Nicolas Mirzayantz (37) in Torcello Island

Barbra Streisand

Jul 1 Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer Barbra Streisand (57) weds actor James Brolin (58) in Malibu, California

Robert Evans

Jul 12 "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg (36) weds "Chinatown" film producer Robert Evans (68) in Beverly Hills, California. Marriage lasts nine days.

Nelson Mandela

Jul 18 Nelson Mandela marries 3rd wife Graça Machel on his 80th birthday

  • Aug 22 FOX News Channel correspondent and Robert F Kennedy's youngest son Douglas Kennedy (32) weds Molly Stark (29) in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Susan Wojcicki

Aug 23 YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (30) weds Google executive Dennis Troper in Belmont, California

  • Aug 29 "Baywatch" actress Traci Bingham (30) weds Robb Vallier at First United Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa

Kim Cattrall

Sep 4 American "Sex and The City" actress Kim Cattrall (42) weds American audio designer Mark Levinson (51); divorce in 2004

Melanie Brown

Sep 13 "Spice Girls" pop singer Melanie Brown (23) weds Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire; divorce in 2000

  • Sep 19 American "Full House" actor John Stamos (35) weds American supermodel Rebecca Romijn (25) at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
  • Sep 21 American "Northern Exposure" actor Rob Morrow weds American actress Debbon Ayer, on his 36th birthday

Brendan Fraser

Sep 27 "The Mummy" actor Brendan Fraser (30) weds actress Afton Smith (32) at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2007

  • Oct 3 American "The Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer (41) weds second wife, Dutch-born model Annette Roque (33) at Presbyterian Church in Bridgehampton, New York; divorce in 2019
  • Oct 25 "Punky Brewster" actress Soleil Moon Frye (22) weds American television producer and actor Jason Goldberg (26) at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2022

Tony Curtis

Nov 6 American "Some Like It Hot" actor Tony Curtis (73) weds for a sixth and final time, horse trainer Jill Vandenberg at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, until his death in 2010

  • Nov 14 "Can't Hardly Wait" actor Ethan Embry (20) weds Amelinda Smith

Dennis Rodman & Carmen Electra

Nov 14 Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds "Baywatch" actress Carmen Electra (26) at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada

Kate Winslet

Nov 22 "Titanic" actress Kate Winslet (23) weds assistant film director Jim Threapleton (25) at All Saints Church in Reading, England

  • Nov 28 "The Truman Show" actor Noah Emmerich (33) weds "The West Wing" actress Melissa Fitzgerald (30) in a tent outside Philadelphia's Memorial Hall

Chuck Norris

Nov 28 Actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris (58) weds former model Gena O'Kelley (30) at The North Church in Carrolton, Texas

  • Dec 12 TV personality Melissa Rivers (30) weds horse breeder John Endicott at The Plaza Hotel in New York City
  • Dec 19 American actress Vivica A. Fox (34) weds American singer Christopher Harvest at the Park Plaza in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2002
  • Dec 20 "Def Jam" business magnate Russell Simmons (41) weds model Kimora Lee (23) on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy

Angela Merkel

Dec 30 Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (44) weds quantum chemist Joachim Sauer (49) in Bonn, Germany

Clyde Drexler

Dec 30 NBA player Clyde Drexler (36) weds attorney Gaynell Floyd; divorce in 2011


Famous Divorces

Roseanne Barr

Jan 8 Roseanne Barr files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas

Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee

Feb 28 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (31) divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (35) after 3 years of marriage

Mariah Carey

Mar 5 Singer Mariah Carey and music mogul Tommy Mottola divorce after 2 years of marriage