{"id":363400,"date":"2025-12-21T23:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363400\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:32:24","slug":"biggest-celebrity-moments-of-2025-including-taylor-swifts-engagement-nicole-kidman-and-keith-urbans-split-and-robert-irwins-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363400\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest celebrity moments of 2025, including Taylor Swift’s engagement, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split, and Robert Irwin’s rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 2025 dawned, nobody could have known the year ahead would hold the end of one of Hollywood’s ultimate power couples<\/a> or Katy Perry blasting into space<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet… here we are.<\/p>\n

It’s been a big 12 months in the world of celebrity<\/a>, bringing moments and milestones that left us delighted and speechless.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above for Richard Wilkins’ recap of 2025.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"CelebrityIt has been… quite a year in celebrity news, to say the least. (Getty, Instagram, ABC)<\/p>\n

From weddings<\/a> and new romances to headline-dominating splits\ufeff, here are some of the big celebrity stories that had everyone talking in 2025.<\/p>\n

Ring a ding ding<\/p>\n

Starting on a happy note, this year has \ufeffbrought us plenty of exciting engagements<\/a> \u2013 though none as headline-dominating as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce<\/a>‘s.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Why the demise of another celebrity relationship cuts deep \ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Celebrity engagements that have had the world talking in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: The celebrity red carpet trend nobody saw coming this year<\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"TaylorTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement sent fans into overdrive. (Instagram\/Taylor Swift)<\/p>\n

The pop superstar and the NFL icon announced the happy news in August with a series of photos taken after Kelce popped the question.<\/p>\n

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the pair’s joint Instagram post declared.<\/p>\n

That wasn’t Swift’s only big news this year; the singer dropped her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl in October.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"ZendayaFans honed in on a shiny new ring on Zendaya’s finger at the Golden Globes; her engagement was confirmed days later. (Amy Sussman\/Getty)\"MaxxMiley Cyrus also revealed her new engagement ring on the red carpet in December. (Variety via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Zendaya and Tom Holland \ufeffalso got engaged in January, while Miley Cyrus<\/a> flashed her new diamond ring from Maxx Morando at the Avatar: Fire and Ash premiere in December.<\/p>\n

Speaking of rings, Cristiano Ronaldo proposed<\/a> with an absolute whopper.<\/p>\n

The football icon popped the question to Georgina Rodriguez, his partner of eight years, in August. It’s estimated the ring is as big as 30 carats and worth millions.<\/p>\n

\"CristianoGeorgina Rodriguez has a whopping new diamond on her ring finger, thanks to fiance Cristiano Ronaldo. (Instagram\/@georginagio)The ‘wedding of the century’\ufeff<\/p>\n

It was an equally big year for celebrity weddings \u2013 including, of course, that of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in June.<\/a><\/p>\n

The lavish affair, dubbed the ‘wedding of the century’, saw the canals of Venice flooded with A-list guests \u2013 from the Kardashians to Oprah \u2013 uniting to see the Amazon CEO and the journalist say “I do”.<\/p>\n

The Kardashians were among the many famous guests who travelled to Italy for the Bezos wedding. (AP)<\/p>\n

\ufeffDelta Goodrem also opted for a European wedding in June.<\/p>\n

The Aussie chart-topper walked down the aisle with fellow musician Matthew Copley in Malta, but waited until July to announce the happy news.<\/p>\n

“It was more magical than we both could have dreamed … We can’t wait to come back to Australia and celebrate as Mr & Mrs,” Goodrem wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\"SelenaSelena Gomez and Benny Blanco said “I do”. (Instagram\/@selenagomez)<\/p>\n

Selena Gomez also entered her bride era in 2025.<\/p>\n

The singer married producer Benny Blanco in September, sharing the dreamy photos with fans.<\/p>\n

Splitsville\ufeff<\/p>\n

There was plenty of love in the air in 2025, but it wasn’t all rosy on the celebrity romance front.<\/p>\n

\"NicoleThe news of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation sent shockwaves around the world. (CBS via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\ufeffPlenty of high-profile couples, many of whom had been together for several years, called it quits.<\/p>\n

Arguably the most shocking was Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban<\/a>, \ufeffwhose separation dominated headlines in September.<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning actress and the country singer had been married for 19 years, sharing two children.<\/p>\n

Kidman reportedly cited “irreconcilable differences”\ufeff as the reason for the split in her divorce filing.<\/p>\n

\"KatyKaty Perry and Orlando Bloom ended their engagement after almost a decade together. (Getty)\"HughHugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness finalised their divorce two years after their shock split. (AP)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom confirmed their separation in June, six years after their engagement.<\/p>\n

Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson also separated from their respective husbands, Cash Warren and Eric Johnson.<\/p>\n

In May, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness finalised their divorce<\/a> after separating in 2023; in a statement, Furness said she had been navigating “the traumatic journey of betrayal\ufeff”.<\/p>\n

New romances<\/p>\n

\ufeffAs some love stories end, others begin.<\/p>\n

We saw plenty of new couples go public in 2025 \u2013 including Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster<\/a>, who made their red carpet debut in October after months of romance reports.<\/p>\n

\"HughHugh Jackman and Sutton Foster made their red carpet debut as a couple in October. (Getty)The pairing nobody saw coming: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. (Instagram\/@katyperry)<\/p>\n

\ufeffAnother surprise development was Katy Perry moving on from Orlando Bloom with Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n

After a couple of sightings, the pop star and the former prime minister of Canada went ‘Instagram official’ during a trip to Japan in December.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Aniston also hard-launched her new man, Jim Curtis, on Instagram, while Billy Ray Cyrus found love with Liz Hurley in a pairing that made a while lot of sense.<\/p>\n

\"JenniferMore than Friends: Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Jim Curtis made things Insta-official. (Instagram\/@jenniferaniston)\"ElizabethElizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus took everyone by surprise with their romance reveal. (Instagram\/elizabethhurley1)The rise of Robert Irwin<\/p>\n

He’s had fans since he was a tiny floppy-haired kid, but 2025 was the year Robert Irwin well and truly cemented his ‘golden boy’ status.<\/p>\n

In April, he bared all for a Bonds campaign, leaving many unsure how to feel about the sight of Steve Irwin’s little boy in his undies.<\/p>\n

Then, in September, he hit the stage in the 2025 series of Dancing With The Stars US, \ufeffdazzling us all with his twinkle-toed efforts.<\/p>\n

\"RobertRobert Irwin won even more hearts around the world with his Dancing With The Stars victory. (Disney via Getty Images)\"RobertWho could forget this moment? (Disney+\/ABC)<\/p>\n

Whether he was leap-frogging over dance partner Witney Carson or ripping off his shirt and gyrating, Irwin had the whole world talking, and nobody was surprised when he was named the winner.<\/p>\n

Stars in space<\/p>\n

\ufeffKaty Perry might have a hit song about extraterrestrials, but even she couldn’t have predicted she’d one day end up in space.<\/p>\n

In April, the singer joined an all-female crew, also including Lauren Sanchez Bezos and Gayle King, for a 10-minute space flight with Blue Origin\ufeff.<\/p>\n

Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry and Gayle King were part of the six-person crew that flew to space with Blue Origin. (Blue Origin via AP)<\/p>\n

To put it mildly, the expedition was divisive, with plenty of celebrities both ridiculing and slamming Perry, King and co. for taking part.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Losses that left us reeling<\/p>\n

On a more serious note, \ufeffwe lost a number of beloved celebities this year from Hollywood and the music world.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Remembering the stars we’ve lost in 2025<\/p>\n

We farewelled actors including Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Val Kilmer, Gene Hackman, Julian McMahon and Michelle Trachtenberg.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the music world mourned icons like Ozzy Osbourne and Brian Wilson.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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