Everything that happened in the year that GLAMOUR was born
Who would've thought that Ashton Kutcher and January Jones once dated? Or that Scarlett Johansson was more geek than goddess? We reveal the weird and wonderful events that happened way back in 2001...including the birth of GLAMOUR!
Rex FeaturesDavid and Victoria Beckham weren’t stylish
The matching outfits, the awful hair – it’s hard to forget that one of our favourite stylish couples, David and Victoria Beckham, were once, gasp, chavvy (before we even knew there was such a word). We’d even call Victoria a WAG, but that term hadn’t been invented then either.
PA PhotosTom Cruise and Nicole Kidman split
It was one of the most shocking A-list splits of our time and 10 years on we still don’t really know why Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman called it quits. But with both sides now happily married to others (Tom, of course, to Katie Holmes and Nicole to country crooner Keith Urban), we must say it was for the best.
PA PhotosKate Moss was pregnant
Supermodel, style icon and supreme rock chick Kate Moss settled down with magazine publisher boyfriend Jefferson Hack, sporting a demure cropped hairstyle and a baby due in the next year to prove it.
Rex FeaturesCecily von Ziegesar wrote Gossip Girl
While working for a book-packaging company, Cecily von Ziegesar gets the idea for the Gossip Girl series and spends 2001 detailing the first exploits of Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate, Dan and Jenny.
PA PhotosLady Gaga was a devout Catholic schoolgirl
Back in 2001, 15-year-old Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was a dedicated pupil at Convent of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in New York. Who knew that several years (and a meat dress) later, she’d become the iconic Lady Gaga?
PA PhotosTaylor Momsen was the cute girl in The Grinch
With a penchant for large amounts of black eyeliner and swear-filled rants, it’s hard to believe that rock chick and Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen was once Cindy Lou Who, the cherub-cheeked cutie in The Grinch film.
Rex FeaturesNo one had heard of Net-a-Porter
With ASOS and Net-a-Porter still in their infancy, shopping online was the exception, not the rule. Only 35% of half the UK population shopped from their computers – now 70% of ALL women shop online. How on earth did we survive?
Rex FeaturesThe Sex And The City girls grew up... almost
The fourth series of Sex And The City went beyond the Jimmy Choos and cocktails to see Carrie engaged to Aidan, Miranda pregnant, Charlotte battling infertility and Samantha...erm, seducing a priest.
PA PhotosMiley Cyrus made a life-changing decision
After seeing a production of Mamma Mia! in Toronto, Canada, eight-year-old Miley Cyrus grabbed dad Billy Ray’s arm and declared, “This is what I want to do Daddy. I want to be an actress.”
PA PhotosBritney Spears and Justin Timberlake went public
They were a match made in Disney heaven. Both graduates of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, she was the virginal teen pop queen who turned sexy with “I’m A Slave 4 U” and he was the curly haired hottie in boy band N’Sync. When Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake joined, it was like the stars aligned for one perfect moment. Sigh.
Rex FeaturesThe Spice Girls called it quits
We saw it coming, and it was never the same after Geri said goodbye in 1998. But it was still the end of a Girl Power era when Baby, Posh, Scary and Sporty officially ended the Spice Girls in early 2001. If only they’d ever get back together...
PA PhotosBig Brother ruled!
Like a real-life soap opera unfolding before our very eyes, we couldn’t help but root for hairdresser Helen Adams and modern man Paul Clarke on Big Brother. The did-they-or-didn’t-they question of sexual shenanigans was on everyone’s lips, and as a nation we were thrilled when they left the Big Brother house and promptly checked into a hotel room.
PA PhotosSeptember 11th happened and Russell Brand freaked out
The world as we knew it had changed forever after the events of September 11th. Russell Brand somehow missed the memo and turned up to work dressed as Osama Bin Laden. The sex-mad presenter was promptly sacked from MTV, who also alleged he brought his drug dealer to work.
PA PhotosJen and Brad were in their honeymoon phase
As Hollywood’s newly married golden couple, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had everything – and strangely, we didn’t hate them! We swooned even more in 2001 when Brad guest-starred on Friends with Jen, even earning an Emmy nod for the part.
PA PhotosBeyoncé was so Bootylicious
Bootylicious, the hit song from Destiny’s Child, topped the charts and created a term worthy of the Oxford English Dictionary. Thanks to lead singer Beyoncé, a generation of women now want their boyfriends to answer “yes” to the question, “does my bum look big in this?”
PA PhotosAs were Madonna and Guy Ritchie
With a fairytale wedding to Guy Ritchie at a Scottish castle and newborn baby Rocco to look after, 2001 was the year that controversy queen Madonna was settling into a life of domestic bliss (and a funny accent).
Rex FeaturesAshton Kutcher and January Jones dated
Strange but true! In 2001, Ashton Kutcher and future Mad Men star January Jones were young, in love and trying to make their mark in Hollywood. "He was not supportive of my acting," Jones later told GQ magazine. "He was like, ‘I don't think you're going to be good at this.’”
PA PhotosJustin Bieber was seven
“Bieber fever” was probably only uttered in 2001 if young Justin Bieber, then a seven-year-old Canadian schoolboy with a love of football, ice hockey and chess, had come down with flu. Baby, baby, baby aww!
Rex FeaturesSimon Cowell judged Pop Idol
The battle for the first ever Pop Idol crown was between Will Young and Gareth Gates. Music exec Simon Cowell (‘Mr Nasty’) was the judge viewers loved to hate, and votes had to be done over the phone, as texting wasn’t yet available.
PA PhotosThe first Harry Potter film is released
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone is released to rave reviews from critics and devoted Harry Potter fans alike, making instant stars out of 11-year-old Emma Watson, 12-year-old Daniel Radcliffe and 13-year-old Rupert Grint.
PA Photos‘Starter marriage’ made its first appearance
The term to describe a short-term union without children arrived at the same time Jennifer Lopez had her second starter marriage to dancer Cris Judd. The couple divorced 10 months later.
Rex FeaturesScarlett Johansson was just a geeky girl in Ghost World
Remember Scarlett Johansson in Ghost World? Nope, neither does anyone else. It’s hard to believe ScarJo looking anything less than Hollywood glamour goddess on-screen, but in Ghost World she is surprisingly geeky and inconspicuous. Amazing!
Rex FeaturesJoey loses her virginity to Pacey on Dawson’s Creek
Tom Cruise‘s future wife, Katie Holmes (AKA Joey Potter) loses her virginity to Joshua Jackson (Pacey) on A Very Special Episode of hit teen drama Dawson’s Creek. We always thought it’d be Dawson!
PA PhotosBillie Piper and Chris Evans wed
The tabloids went into a frenzy when 19-year-old teen pop queen Billie Piper married DJ Chris Evans in Las Vegas, after just six months of courtship and with a 16-year age gap. The couple decided to get hitched after Billie proposed to Chris on his 35th birthday.
PA PhotosChristina Aguilera and Ricky Martin got steamy
Ricky Martin was the Latin lovah-boy that all the ladies loved, while Christina Aguilera had yet to embrace a look that based on leather chaps. Together they teamed up for the duet Nobody Wants To Be Lonely, and shared a HOT embrace for the music video.
Rex FeaturesR-Patz’s modelling career stalls, K-Stew becomes a star
At the tender age of 15, Robert Pattinson’s child modelling career was on the wane (was it the pale complexion?), while Kristen Stewart hit the big time and filmed Panic Room with Jodie Foster.
PA PhotosPrince William decides on St Andrews
Prince William enrols at the University of St Andrews under the name William Wales, causing the number of applications to swell, mostly from young women. Amongst them is one Kate Middleton.
Rex FeaturesRenée Zellweger was v. good as Bridget Jones
Renée Zellweger made us eat our words (we were v. bitchy) when she delighted in the big screen adaptation of Bridget Jones’s Diary, opposite Colin Firth appearing as Darcy, in a brilliant stroke of casting.
Rex FeaturesFrankie of The Saturdays joins S Club Juniors
Frankie Sandford ‘never had a dream come true’ until she won a coveted place in S Club Juniors. We’re not sure which is more surprising: that The Saturdays’ singer was just 11-years-old back in 2001, or that S Club 7 was successful enough to spawn a junior version.
Rex FeaturesJake Gyllenhaal failed to woo us in Donnie Darko
With Donnie Darko now a cult classic and Jake Gyllenhaal at the top of our lust list, it’s hard to believe that both the film and the actor received a lukewarm reception upon release. The benefit of hindsight, eh?
PA PhotosNatalie Portman was in uni
Fresh from her Star Wars success, Natalie Portman turned her back on Hollywood to concentrate studying psychology at Harvard. She did make one exception in 2001, and agreed to appear in a very worthy film: Zoolander.
Rex FeaturesGeorge Clooney and Lisa Snowdon were loved-up
Wouldn’t you love to be Lisa Snowdon in 2001? With her boyfriend George Clooney starring in Ocean’s Eleven, you can be sure Brad Pitt and Matt Damon popped into the Clooney/Snowden residence regularly.
PA PhotosAngelina Jolie’s love life was in the headlines
The edgy yet beautiful Angelina Jolie travelled the world to adopt a child, while enduring endless speculation about her love life. So nothing’s really changed then (except Billy Bob Thornton).
PA PhotosAnd God created Paris
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton began to develop a reputation as a socialite, being identified as "New York's leading It Girl" whose fame was beginning to "extend beyond the New York tabloids.”
GLAMOUR hits the newsstands!
With its revolutionary ‘fits in your handbag’ size (GLAMOUR did it first, girls), and Kate Winslet gushing about hubby Jim Threapleton on the cover, the first-ever issue of GLAMOUR hit the newsstands and is a smash success.
