As the final curtain falls on 2025, it's time to look back at a year that kept celebrity news feeds buzzing with seismic shifts. From headline-making breakups of long-standing power couples to joyous baby announcements and lavish, star-studded weddings, the year was a rollercoaster for the world's A-listers.
High-Profile Splits That Shocked Fans
The year delivered several stunning relationship endings, none more surprising than the split of one of Hollywood's most enduring pairs. Australian icon Nicole Kidman and her husband of 19 years, country music star Keith Urban, ended their marriage. The actress filed for divorce in Nashville on September 30, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple, who wed in 2006 and share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, reportedly listed the same date for their separation.
Another globe-trotting duo called it quits, with pop superstar Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom confirming their separation in July. Representatives stated the pair had been focusing on co-parenting their daughter for many months prior. Perry has since moved on, making her relationship with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Instagram-official in December.
Other notable splits included Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney and her fiancé Jonathan Davino, ending a seven-year relationship, and British singer Lily Allen and American actor David Harbour parting ways after four years of marriage. Comedian Amy Schumer also announced her divorce from husband Chris Fischer in December after seven years together, emphasising the split was amicable.
New Arrivals and Expanding Families
Amid the breakups, 2025 was also a year of celebration and new life for many celebrities. Australian tennis legend Ash Barty and her husband Garry Kissick welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Jordan, in June.
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi announced the adoption of a baby girl in August, while High School Musical actress Vanessa Hudgens welcomed her second child with husband Cole Tucker in November. In a busy November for celebrity births, TV presenter James Tobin and his wife Farrah welcomed their first child, a daughter named Tilda, and rapper Cardi B became a mother-of-four after welcoming her first child with footballer Stefon Diggs.
Completing the baby boom, music icons Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcomed their third child, a daughter named Rocki Irish Mayers, in September, continuing their family tradition of names starting with 'R'.
Lavish Weddings That Captured Global Attention
Love was certainly in the air for other stars, who tied the knot in spectacular ceremonies. Australian singer Delta Goodrem married her long-time partner, musician Matthew Copley, in a lavish 'magical' ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in Malta in June. Goodrem described the day as a "family fairytale wedding."
In a star-studded event in Santa Barbara, California, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco exchanged vows in September wearing custom Ralph Lauren outfits. The guest list was a who's who of entertainment, including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Paris Hilton.
The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger also married his long-time girlfriend Abby Champion in September at a luxurious ranch in Idaho, with his father Arnold Schwarzenegger in attendance.
From heartbreaking goodbyes to joyful hellos and 'I dos', the personal lives of the world's celebrities provided a captivating narrative throughout 2025, reminding fans that even under the brightest spotlights, life's most fundamental moments unfold.
