A YEAR OF LOVE

FROM NEW ROMANCES TO WEDDING BELLS, THESE STARS MADE A SPLASH

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CO-STAR ROMANCE

ADA NICODEMOU & JAMES STEWART

The Home and Away co-stars had been friends for decades before things developed for the single parents after 49-year-old Stewart’s divorce from Sarah Roberts in March. “[It was] this spark that happened that wasn’t there before and it was weird,” Nicodemou, 47, told Mamamia’s No Filter podcast in September, a month after they made their red-carpet debut as a couple at the TV WEEK Logie Awards.

SPORTING SPARKS

MARY FOWLER & NATHAN CLEARY

In April, Matildas star Fowler, 21, and Penrith Panthers co-captain Cleary, 27, went Instagram official, and have since become increasingly open about their long-distance love. “When we do see each other, it’s the best thing ever … Constant communication is what works for us,” Cleary spilled on the Keegan & Co. podcast in December, adding he looks forward to starting a family someday. “I’d love for it to be with Mary. I just think she’d be the best mother.”

NEW MAN AND A BABY

JOAQUIM VALENTE & GISELE BÜNDCHEN

News broke in February that Bündchen, 44, was in a relationship with her jiujitsu trainer, and in October, it was revealed she was pregnant with their first child together – her third overall. “Gisele and Joaquim are happy for this new chapter,” a source said.

THE ARISTOCRAT

PEREGRINE PEARSON & SOPHIE TURNER

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