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    Here's 27 Celebrity Couples Who Dominated Pop Culture In 2002 Vs. 27 New Celebrity Couples In 2022

    Shoutout to Janet Jackson and Matthew McConaughey for filling 2002 with so much love.

    Kayla Yandoli
    by Kayla Yandoli

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt

    Anniston and Pitt at the 2002 Emmys
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    2. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson

    3. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin

    Kunis and Culkin in Park City in 2004
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    4. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

    Markle and Prince Harry in New York City in 2021
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    5. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake

    Spears and Timberlake at Spears' album release party in 2001
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    6. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky

    Rocky and Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty event in 2022
    Rich Fury / Getty Images for Fenty Beauty & Fenty Skin

    7. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Beyoncé and Jay-Z

    Beyoncé and Jay-Z on "TRL" in 2002
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    8. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Beyoncé and Jay-Z

    9. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Hilary Duff and Aaron Carter

    Duff and Carter at the "Lizzie McGuire Movie" movie premiere in 2003
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    10. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Tom Holland and Zendaya

    Holland and Zendaya at the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" premiere
    Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images

    11. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton

    Jolie and Thornton at "Original Sin" premiere in 2001
    Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

    12. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly

    13. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

    Lopez and Affleck at a basketball game in 2003
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    14. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

    Affleck and Lopez at a screening for "Marry Me"
    Steve Granitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    15. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Portia de Rossi and Francesca Gregorini

    De Rossi and Gregorini at a benefit in Hollywood in 2001
    J. Vespa / WireImage / Getty Images

    16. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer

    Stewart and Meyer at a pre-Oscar event in 2022
    Jon Kopaloff / WireImage / Getty Images

    17. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Jessica Biel and Chris Evans

    Biel and Evans at a PlayStation 2 event in 2001
    Gregg Deguire / WireImage / Getty Images

    18. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey

    Jordan and Harvey at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar party
    Kevin Mazur / WireImage for Vanity Fair / Getty Images

    19. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Ryan Gosling and Sandra Bullock

    Bullock and Gosling at an after-party in 2002
    Sylvain Gaboury / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    20. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde

    Styles and Wilde in London in 2022
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    21. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Janet Jackson and Matthew McConaughey

    Jackson and McConaughey at the 2002 Grammy Awards
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    22. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: John Mulaney and Olivia Munn

    Munn and Mulaney at a restaurant with their son in 2022
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    23. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Gabrielle Union and Chris Howard

    Union and Howard at the "Deliver Us from Eva" premiere in 2003
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    24. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade

    Union and Wade at the NBA All-Star game in 2020
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    25. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Erykah Badu and Common

    Badu and Common on "The Tonight Show" in 2002
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    26. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum

    Kravitz and Tatum at the Met Gala in 2021
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    27. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Amy Poehler and Will Arnett

    Poehler and Arnett in New York City in 2004
    Lawrence Lucier / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    28. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Rita Ora and Taika Waititi

    Waititi and Ora at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar party
    Kevin Mazur / WireImage for Vanity Fair / Getty Images

    29. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Jennifer Garner and Scott Foley

    Garner and Foley at a "Women in Hollywood" event in 2002
    Gregg Deguire / WireImage / Getty Images

    30. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor

    Paulson and Taylor at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar party
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    31. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz

    Kidman and Kravitz at Gregory Hines' memorial celebration in 2003
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    32. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

    Kidman and Urban at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2021
    Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    33. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Naomi Campbell and Diddy

    Campbell and Diddy backstage at a fashion show in 2002
    New York Daily News Archive / NY Daily News via Getty Images

    34. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols

    Queen Latifah and Nichols at the NBA All-Star game in 2020
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    35. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Cameron Diaz and Jared Leto

    Diaz and Leto at a Golden Globes party in 2003
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    36. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

    Diaz and Madden posing for a picture in 2016
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    37. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly

    Alba and Weatherly in New York City in 2002
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    38. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker

    Kardashian and Barker at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2021
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    39. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Rashida Jones and Mark Ronson

    Jones and Ronson at a pre-Emmy party in 2003
    J. Vespa / Wireimage / Getty Images

    40. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts

    Nash and Betts at an ESSENCE event in 2022
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    41. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

    The Smiths at a MTV event in 2002
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    42. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

    The Smiths at the premiere for "King Richard" in 2021
    Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images

    43. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Ricky Martin and Rebecca de Alba

    Martin and de Alba at the Latin Grammy Awards in 2003
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    44. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef

    Martin and Yosef at an event in Los Angeles in 2019
    Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for LACMA

    45. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Halle Berry and Eric Benét

    Berry and Benét at a gala in New York City in 2002
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    46. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli

    Wiley and Morelli at a Netflix SAG after party in 2020
    Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Netflix

    47. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Penélope Cruz and Tom Cruise

    Cruz and Cruise on the set of "Vanilla Sky" in the early 2000s
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    48. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem

    Cruz and Bardem at a dinner in Paris in 2018
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    49. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Elton John and David Furnish

    John and Furnish at the White Tie & Tiara Ball in 2002
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    50. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Billy Porter and Adam Smith

    Porter and Smith at "Be More Chill" in 2019
    Bruce Glikas / Bruce Glikas / WireImage / Getty Images

    51. Here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Eva Longoria and Tyler Christopher

    Longoria and Christopher at the Golden Eagle Awards in 2003
    Albert L. Ortega / WireImage / Getty Images

    52. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross

    Simpson and Ross at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar party
    Kevin Mazur / WireImage for Vanity Fair / Getty Images

    53. And here's a celebrity couple from 2002: Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette

    Reynolds and Morissette at the premiere for "Blade Trinity" in 2004
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    54. Here's a celebrity couple from 2022: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

    Reynolds and Lively at the premiere for "Free Guy" in 2021
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