Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch Are Engaged: A Look Back at the Chicest Power Couples of All Time Inline
Photo: Getty Images1/15Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald
One of the most dynamic and complicated couples in literary history, Zelda made Fitzgerald work for it: After years of being together, she agreed to marry him only after he sold his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. They were also two heavy-hitting style icons of the fringe- and flapper-filled Jazz Age.
Photo: Corbis2/15Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
The painter and photographer started living together while Stieglitz was still married, but they had an unbreakable bond and inspired one another artistically. They married in 1924, but eventually grew apart, quite literally—she didn’t want to be with him in New York, as the pull toward New Mexico and her work there was too strong to ignore.
Photo: Getty Images3/15Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Tracy remained married to his wife throughout his 25-year affair with the legendary, tailored suit–wearing actress Hepburn. They starred in nine movies together and were never married, instead living separately but continuing to see each other for years before he died in 1967.
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.4/15Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
Theirs was a classic Old Hollywood love story: Married in 1945, when she was only 20 and he was 45, they met on set and were together until his death in 1957. They lived glamorously together, and she became widely known as a symbol of all-American style.
Photo: Getty Images5/15Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
A comedic power couple both on and off the set of I Love Lucy, Ball and Arnaz were married in 1940 and founded Desilu Productions together.
Photo: Getty Images6/15Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
A highly publicized affair during the filming of Cleopatra in 1962 brought these two Hollywood legends—“Liz and Dick” as the media liked to call them—together for the first time. After many breakups and even more diamonds, Taylor was once quoted as saying, “After Richard, the men in my life were just there to hold the coat, to open the door. All the men after Richard were really just company.”
Photo: Getty Images7/15Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
She has an Hermès bag named after her and together they are staple pins on many a fashion enthusiast’s inspiration board. Both singers, they recorded an album together called Je T’aime . . . Moi Non Plus, released in 1969.
Photo: Getty Images8/15Yoko Ono and John Lennon
Married in 1969, the prolific artist and musician were the poster children for peace, love, and bohemia. When they first met in 1966, at one of Ono’s gallery shows, she alleged that she had no idea who the Beatles were.
Photo: Getty Images9/15Cher and Sonny Bono
Together, they made the song and the phrase “I Got You Babe” famous. They were married in 1964 and formed their pop music group, Sonny and Cher, that same year. Perhaps the cheeriest music couple in history, their ornate, sequined, and fur-laced ensembles became some of the most memorable red carpet and stage looks ever.
Photo: Getty Images10/15Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller
Married since 2001, DVF and Diller are pretty much the unofficial mayors of New York City. She heads up her fashion empire and the CFDA, while he is the chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia and is responsible for creating Fox and USA broadcasting companies. Together, they sit on numerous political and philanthropic boards, and recently gave at least $113 million for a new island park project in Manhattan from their Diller–Von Furstenberg Family Foundation.
Photographed by Bruce Weber, Vogue, 199511/15Iman and David Bowie
The late, great musician married the Somali supermodel in Tuscany in 1992. As Bowie once said of Iman, “I’d never gone after anything in my life with such passion. I just knew she was the one.”
Photo: Getty Images12/15Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
They’ve been together for years and have six children together, but they only recently tied the knot, in 2014. (She wore an Atelier Versace dress that was embroidered with designs drawn by the kids.) Aside from their acting careers, Jolie and Pitt are on a mission to save the world through their involvement in an impressive array of charities.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, July 201413/15Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Say what you will about these two: There’s no denying that they have a huge hold on pop culture at the moment. She’s streamlined her fashion sense and he’s gained some well-deserved cred in the fashion industry. They’re modern-day celeb royalty, with money, power, and a strong sense of style that, at the very least, gets people talking.
Photographed by Mario Testino, 201514/15Beyoncé Knowles and Jay Z
The couple everyone wants to be: Bey and Jay are the pinnacle of the power couple. Together, they’re worth a reported $1 billion. Drop the mic.
Photo: Getty Images15/15Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 10: Business magnate Rupert Murdoch (L) and model Jerry Hall attend FOX Golden Globe Awards Party 2016 sponsored by American Airlines at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images for FOX)
