When Celebrities That Date Younger

Lance Armstrong (36) and Ashley Olsen (21)’s new romance takes them on a well-traveled Hollywood path. Here’s how other celebrity couples have handled a decade-plus difference:

Marilyn Manson (38) and Evan Rachel Wood (20) - PIC

Marilyn Manson (38) and Evan Rachel Wood (20): After splitting with wife Dita Von Teese, rocker Marilyn Manson took up with actress Evan Rachel Wood, 18 years his junior. Manson told Rolling Stone that Wood, “was a real catalyst to help me realize that I wasn’t delivering the message that I always stood for.” And Wood seems defiant about the seemingly bizarre match, telling GQ, “I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?”

Demi Moore (44) and Ashton Kutcher (29) - PIC

Demi Moore (44) and Ashton Kutcher (29): When Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher started dating in 2003, they were the most unexpected and fascinating couple in Hollywood. After two years of marriage, the novelty has worn off, but the love is still going strong. Kutcher says of Moore, “She’s my best friend, my everything.” And Moore has hinted that she’d like to have children with her strapping young hubby. “Once you hit three [children] and you’re outnumbered, it’s really like, ‘What’s the difference between three or four or five?’”

Warren Beatty (70) and Annette Bening (49) - PIC

Warren Beatty (70) and Annette Bening (49): Annette Bening is more than just an award-winning actress — she’s the woman who tamed notorious Hollywood bachelor Warren Beatty. The couple, who have been married since 1992 and have four kids together, provide each other “proper perspective” on Tinseltown’s highs and lows, Bening has said. That was never more true than when Beatty accepted the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe, telling the audience, “It isn’t easy being humble when you’re married to Annette Bening.”

Angelina Jolie (32) and Billy Bob Thornton (52) - PIC

Angelina Jolie (32) and Billy Bob Thornton (52): Angelina and Billy Bob’s 2000-2003 marriage is best remembered for the extreme displays of affection that earned criticism from even her estranged father Jon Voight (“So much exhibitionism!”). But while Billy Bob still seems to hold a torch for Jolie (he has said that his ex “is an amazing, sexy person who happens to be beautiful”), the global do-gooder has moved on. Of her current beau (and father of her children) Brad Pitt, Jolie says “Brad is the first man to understand me.”

Justin Timberlake (26) and Cameron Diaz (35) - PIC

Justin Timberlake (26) and Cameron Diaz (35): In hindsight, when Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz both professed their fear of commitment on Ellen DeGeneres’s show, we should have known the relationship was doomed. While Timberlake told the host that any wedding was a good “15 years” off, Diaz confided, “I’m a commitment-phobe… don’t want to [get married].” Since their January split, both have found more age-appropriate hookups: Timberlake is dating actress Jessica Biel, 25, and Diaz has been spotted with actor Bradley Cooper, 32.

source: Love Through the Ages [us magazine]

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