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The Most Memorable Breakups in Hollywood History

From Sonny and Cher to Ben and Jen, take a look back at the biggest star splits of all time.

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Statistically, December 11 is the most popular day of the year for couples to break up. Whether the pressure of the impending holidays or the after effects of a family-filled Thanksgiving is to blame, breakups are all around us. As a nod to the splitting season, ELLE.com is tackling all things breakups this week. Here, the most memorable star splits of all time.

There's nothing like a Hollywood love story—unless it's a Hollywood breakup story. When it comes to famous couples uncoupling, they do it big and don't skimp on the drama. From Sonny and Cher to Ben and Jen, take a look back at the most memorable star splits of all time.

1

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles

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Oh, Harry Styles, we have so much wonderful, hip-shaking music to thank you for. We knew you were trouble when you walked in, and even though you and Taylor might never ever, ever be getting back together, your relationship will live on in the gloriousness that is 1989.

2

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

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After getting married in 2014, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt just two years later. Their love withstood a total of 12 years and six children, but they ultimately decided to split in September 2016. Oh well, we'll always have Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

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Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik

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Hadid and Malik broke up in March 2018 after more than two years of dating. They each released personal statements to announce the split and expressed their mutual love and respect for each other.

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Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield

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Former co-stars Stone and Garfield seemed like the perfect couple, but the duo ended things for good in October 2015. As cute as they were together, they're still very cute as very friendly, supportive exes.

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5

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan

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After meeting on the set of Step Up, Tatum and Dewan got married in 2009. The couple announced their divorce in April 2018, with a statement to People. "Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one another, but love is a beautiful adventure that is taking us on different paths for now," they wrote.

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Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus

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Well, we'll always have "Wrecking Ball." And their reconciliation years later when they got re-engaged.

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7

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

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Twihards everywhere will NEVER forgive K.Stew for cheating on R.Patz. However, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen will shimmer together, forever.

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Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron

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When these High School Musical stars broke up after five years together, Zac Efron—and his abs—were finally on the market. Together, they were super cute, but alone, we can just appreciate the fact that he is super, super hot.

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Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri

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Most people debate whether they have to give back the expensive gifts their significant others gave them because it's the right thing to do. For Anne Hathaway, after her ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri was convicted for swindling investors out of millions of dollars back in 2008, she had to hand jewelry she'd been given over to the FBI. When asked in an interview a few years later what her deal-breakers are when it comes to men, Hathaway jokingly replied, "Uh...fraud?" Live and learn, right?

10

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber

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Ah, Selena and Justin, the on-again, off-again kind of love that could only exist in a world with Instagram and Segways. Who knows what the current status of this forever tweenage couple is, but even the biggest Bieber haters feel some feelings about the ordeal, thanks to Gomez's raw, super emotional video "The Heart Wants What It Wants."

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe had already been married twice—to James Dougherty and Joe DiMaggio—when she wed playwright Arthur Miller in 1956. Their marriage unraveled very publicly on the set of The Misfits—written by Miller and starring Monroe—and the two divorced before it was even released in 1961.

12

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

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The naysayers were out in full force when Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore got together. With their 16-year age difference it seemed hard to believe that it would last eight months, let alone eight years. So, when the two split in 2011, finalizing their divorce in 2013, it was a thing.

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13

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston

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Brad and Jen: Could there BE a more attractive couple? Well, after Brad met Angelina Jolie while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith, starred in an editorial titled "Domestic Bliss," and totally didn't have an affair while Pitt was still married, Hollywood's golden couple broke up in a very public way, and Brad moved on to become one-half of Brangelina. The Jolie-Pitts might not be a more attractive couple, but the portmanteau is certainly catchier. Still, #teamjen forever.

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Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady

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Shortly after Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady split in 2006, the quarterback started dating another model: his now wife, super beautiful human Gisele Bündchen. Then—surprise—Moynahan discovered she was pregnant with Brady's son, John, and drama was born.

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Bruce Jenner and Kris Kardashian

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After 23 years, two kids, and 130 episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Bruce and Kris Jenner called it quits earlier this year. "Finally," was the reaction from everyone in America. Now Jenner can retreat to his Malibu man cave and do whatever he's doing in peace.

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Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales

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Fifteen years after their fairytale wedding, Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorced in a rather unfairytale fashion amid rumors of infidelity on both sides. Diana was given about $22.5 million in cash and stripped of her "Royal Highness" title, reportedly at Prince Charles' insistence.

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Chris Brown and Rihanna

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It's hard to forget what went down with Chris Brown and Rihanna. Of the argument that escalated into a physical assault, Rihanna told 20/20: "It escalated into him being violent toward me, and it was ugly....He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him. It was almost as if he had nothing to lose. He had so much to lose. But it was almost as if he had nothing to lose. It wasn't the same person that says I loved you. It definitely wasn't those eyes."

18

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook

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Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's messy, mud-slinging, 2008 public divorce is the stuff tabloid dreams are made of.

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Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods

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Welp, you can't get much more public than a Tiger Woods-style breakup. After Tiger was revealed to be a super cheater, Elin attacked him and his car with a golf club.

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Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant

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They dated for 13 years, but a few years after the adorable, floppy-haired British hunk not-so-adorably cheated on Hurley with a prostitute (and was arrested for it), the two split in 2000.

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