When People magazine’s hottest bachelor of the year, 37-year-old Joe Manganiello, was spotted cozying up to Sofía Vergara, 42, in early July, it seemed like a relationship forged by the gods. The pair are so good-looking, in fact, that Vergara’s “Modern Family” co-star Julie Bowen deemed them “a genetic explosion” during an interview with “Entertainment Tonight Canada.”
But they aren’t the only celebrity couples heating up this summer. A bevy of new A-list duos have been spotted frolicking in the waves — whether they’re summer flings or the real thing, only time will tell.
Meanwhile, other couples are turning it up a notch, such as Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, who tied the knot in Mexico over the weekend after two years of dating. And women around the world shed a single tear when news broke that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are expecting their first child this fall. We’re already planning to add “DILF” to his impressive résumé.
Dating!
Joe Manganiello & Sofía Vergara
The “True Blood” hunk and curvacious actress were first seen together at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on May 3 (pictured here), but it wasn’t until Vergara split with fiancé Nick Loeb that the two got serious.
Lea Michele & Matthew Paetz
27-year-old “Glee” star Michele is moving on after heartbreak; less than a year after her boyfriend, Cory Monteith, was found dead in a hotel room from a drug overdose, the starlet was spotted in an LA park with new beau, Paetz. The two reportedly met in April on the set of her music video, “On My Way.”
Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden
Tattooed rocker Madden, 35, and the 41-year-old “Sex Tape” actress were introduced by Nicole Richie this spring and they were surprisingly intimate while lounging on a Florida beach earlier this month.
Heidi Klum & Vito Schnabel
Notorious cougar-hunter Schnabel, 27, hasn’t been able to keep his hands off his 41-year-old girlfriend Klum, including a pat on the rear during the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Zac Efron & Michelle Rodriguez
Hot off the heels of Rodriguez’s highly-publicized relationship with supermodel Cara Delevingne, the “Fast and Furious” bad girl, 36, has rebounded with former Disney star Efron, 26. The pair spent several weeks soaking up the Italian sun in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.
Newlyweds!
Adam Levine & Behati Prinsloo
Maroon 5 frontman Levine, 35, popped the question to his 25-year-old Victoria’s Secret model bride-to-be last July, and the two shared a loving look at the NYC premiere of Levine’s latest flick, “Begin Again,” on June 26. The couple took the plunge in Mexico over the weekend.
Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson
The songstress flaunted her newly svelte figure at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in May before tying the knot on July 6. The pair, both 34, have two children, Maxwell, 2, and Ace, 1.
Olivia Palermo & Johannes Huebl
Socialite Palermo, 28, married German model Huebl, 27, in secret on June 29. The newlyweds were spotted at the NYC premiere of “Magic In the Moonlight” on July 17.
Katie Couric & John Molner
After losing her first husband to cancer in 1998, Couric, 57, found love again in 51-year-old financier Molner. The two made it official in a June 21 ceremony in East Hampton after a four-year courtship.
Leighton Meester & Adam Brody
“Gossip Girl” star Meester, 28, wed her beau of two years, former “The O.C.” icon Brody, 34, in a private ceremony early this year, but it wasn’t until June that they made their first public appearance as husband and wife at the Tony Awards on June 8.
Engaged!
Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union
The Miami Heat guard, 32, proposed to the 41-year-old actress in December, just weeks before this photo, at the South Beach Battioke, was taken. Recently, the pair’s save-the-date invites were leaked online, revealing they will wed in August in Miami.
Courteney Cox & Johnny McDaid
The 50-year-old “Cougar Town” star announced her engagement to Snow Patrol rocker McDaid, 37, on Twitter in late June and they were spotted at the August Details party two weeks later. Cox’s ex-husband, David Arquette, announced his engagement to reporter Christina McLarty a week later.
Lauren Conrad & William Tell
Reality star Conrad, 28, made a number of red carpet appearances with her fiancé, Tell, 34, including the October 2012 “Designs for the Cure” gala, before the musician and law school graduate proposed a year later. In advance of her fall nuptials, Conrad hosted a girls’ getaway in Cabo in late June, which the group fully documented on Instagram with the hashtag #DontTellMrTell.
George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin
The world came to a halt when eternal bachelor Clooney, 53, popped the question to 36-year-old British lawyer Alamuddin over a homemade meal in April. The pair was spotted scouting venues in Como, Italy, in June for their September wedding.
Expecting!
Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes
Women vented their sorrow on social media when it was announced Mendes, 40, was seven months pregnant with the 33-year-old heartthrob’s child. The pair hadn’t been seen together in several months, and hadn’t been publicly intimate since holding hands on a coffee run in NYC back in May 2012.
Scarlett Johansson & Romain Dauriac
Johansson, Esquire magazine’s reigning Sexiest Woman Alive, sported a growing baby bump outside her Upper East Side apartment on July 12. The 29-year-old “Avengers” star is expecting a child with fiancé Dauriac, 32, sometime this fall.
Kelly Rowland & Tim Witherspoon
Less than two months after making an appearance at Sony Open Tennis in March, the former Destiny’s Child singer, 33, and her manager Witherspoon wed in Costa Rica. Rowland announced her pregnancy on Instagram shortly after the wedding.
Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen
Bilson, 32, and Christensen, 33, have been on and off since first meeting in 2007, but the expectant mother was seen shopping for baby clothes last week for their future baby girl.
Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher
Former “That ’70s Show” co-stars Kunis, 30, and Kutcher, 36, reignited their relationship in the fall of 2012 and confirmed in March that they are expecting a child later this year. Kunis, seen here while grabbing lunch in LA on July 16, has sported a very casual pregnancy style.
Hayden Panettiere & Wladimir Klitschko
“Nashville” actress Panettiere, 24, told Glamour magazine she felt she was “born to be a mother.” She confidently bared her bump while vacationing with her heavyweight boxer fiancé Klitschko, 38, in Porto Cervo, Italy, last month.