They were my first guess, too, followed by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (46) and Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (52 when she died)
Do Hepburn and Tracy count for anything?
They always annoyed me. Bland and pretty. Pretty bland. It brightened my day to hear they split up. Here’s hoping it’s a messy, bitter divorce. 
It won’t be.
They always struck me as fairly ballanced, considering how crazy things are in Hollydumb. In interviews he always came across as down to earth and very nice, if a bit shallow. She came across as a person with loads of empathy. I remember an interview where she said that their favorite thing to do together was stay home, order pizza and curl up on the couch to play Playstation.
And I don’t think 7½ years is a failure. There are many people who don’t get relationships that are that long, celebs or not.
Finally, bashing actors/celebs because they’re good looking is extremely airheaded. I think it’s ok to bash celebs based on their actions or attitudes, but it’s as juvenile to sneer at someone for looking great as it is to do it with someone who’s ugly.
I expect Pitt to inherit Robert Redford’s place in Hollywod. Respect will come to him slowly, but he’ll grind down the resistance. Aniston will have an Oscar within ten years, probably as supporting actress. Before she’s 60, she’ll have another one for leading actress.
What about Bob and Delores Hope? According to IMDB, they were married from February 1934 until his death in July 2003. Thats… uhm… 69 years…
69 YEARS???
Ooh, I liked the idea of Brad Pitt being single until I read the bit about him wanting “a passel of kids”. I suppose I’d have to turn him down, then. 
He wants kids? Fine. Yeah, I’m 50 – but with the progress in reproductive technology, I could have a dozen kids. Probably in one litter, but whatever. 
I never really thought of myself a father material, but if Jennifer only wants one or two kids, I suppose I could sire them…
let me think about that…
back in twenty minutes.
Although I’m not interested in the “passel of kids” thing, I would be more than pleased to offer poor Brad some comfort and sympathy and be his rebound girl
You owe my employer a new keyboard, my dear.
I’ve always hoped they’d make it okay - they were doing such a good job of staying private and all. It seems from the speculation at least that they broke up for the same reasons normal people break up, not because of the pressures of fame or the paparazzi in helicopters or anything. It’s strange to say that that’s a good thing, but it is - it always seemed they didn’t let it eat their marriage.
Pitt is getting much more interesting in his old age, IMHO. I think the Redford comparison is the way to go.
I was rooting for them - in addition to being stunningly attractive, they both seemed to be pretty level headed and without tremendous egos. I’m sorry to see their marriage end; HOWEVER, I’m willing to pull myself together and offer myself to either or both of them.
Jen, Brad, take it out on me. Really…I can take it…please.
Maybe Jennifer wasn’t good in bed. For Brad’s sake, I’m willing to be her tutor.
Nope, not married.
Nope, not both celebrities (again, she was known only for being his wife).
I heard he was screwing around with Angelina Jolie. If any woman could sway him from beautiful Jen, it’s the siren song of Ms. Jolie. At any rate, I doubt she will give him a “passel of kids” either. She’s into the single mom adoption thing.
I guess I’m a bit disappointed. I had hoped they could last longer. But, in any interview about their marriage, neither ever seemed wholly committed to it. They were very wishy washy.
“Separated” is not “single”. “Divorced” is “single”.
Put me in that category of people who really are a little bummed about it. I KNOW it’s stupid of me, but they just looked like such a perfect couple! They just seemed so sweet together…
I wonder who they will be dating next, though!
(Please let Brad pick me! I’m a Missouri girl… He’s from Missouri… I’d love to have as many children as possible with him, and I am willing to leave my husband).
haha
Maybe they’ll work out their differences and get back together? They’re not divorced yet, and I always thought they seemed pretty committed to each other. They seem like sensible people, and sensible people realize that problems are inevitable, and sometimes try to work things out, they don’t just give up. (Brad? Jen? Are you reading this?) Heheh… wishful thinking.
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy had a lovely, long marriage of 52 years before she died in 1994…they were such a sweet couple
I guess I’m more disappointed than surprised at Jennifer and Brad’s breakup. I remember some awards show not too long ago when she showed up without him and I thought, “well, it won’t be long now before they’re splitsville”.
What’s interesting is that the prevailing sentiment seems to be genuinely “That’s too bad, they seemed like nice people.”
I’m not sure what to make of that.
This is a slight hijack – only in an effort to brag, of course – but I feel maybe a little bit qualified to speculate on the lovely couple’s demise.
I have catered three events featuring the lovely couple, one of which was their wedding. In fact, I can lay claim to being the last person (but it now appears not final person) to serve Brad as a single man: he ran to my bar just before taking the altar to wet his whistle (Perrier, no ice). You never really know what kind of masks these people wear, but they struck me as really genuine people. And Brad is mega cool. Two of the events were Bar Mitzvahs and Brad didn’t even flinch once suffering the emotional torture of chatting with 13-year-old girls for nearly an hour (something I probably couldn’t even do). And he was pretty damn mellow at my bar when he was 30 seconds away from tying the knot. Jennifer seemed to be just sweet and genuine, the only celebrity I’ve ever had wish me (and some others) a “drive safe” wish for the trip home.
That said, rumor has it they smoke a lot of pot (Brad more than Jennifer). First hand knowledge: umm, yeah, where there’s uh, smoke, there’s fire. And they also seemed to smoke (tobacco) a lot, too. Based on my minimal interaction, Brad seems like the type who might not be overly concerned if the kids were or weren’t brought up in a clean, healthy atmosphere; maybe he’s more “they’ll be fine, who cares, pass the joint” type. Whereas Jennifer, perhaps a little more caring (“Drive safe, you guys…”) might not thinks it be the most responsible action to have a gaggle of kids when Daddy is in a pot haze and Mommy’s got that nicotine fit making her nuts.
Just a thought. Just as likely, Angelina Jolie is the homewrecker here.
I hope they work it out. There are probably a fair share of celebrity couples steeped to the nines in pretension and B&J certainly didn’t seem to be. Plus, I still have a bottle of Dom Perignon from the wedding and it certainly loses its value if they’re apart. It also can no longer make a great gift to give back to them on their 25th anniversary.