Portraits of Power Couples

May 10, 2010 by David Shankbone

Posted under: City, Culture, Media, Photography

Okay, the title of this post is a little hyperbolic, but some of these people are incredibly influential; they were, after all, on the red carpet for the 2010 Time 100.

Ashton Kutcher is one of my favorite celebrities. I’m not one of his Twitter followers, and I don’t rush to see what new thing he does (I just can’t keep up); but every time I hear about him or see his work, I like it. How can you not like someone who Sean “Diddy” Combs said this about on his Time 100 profile:

Most of us want to make as much money as we can, but Ashton, 32, is out to make the world a better place. He is smart — smart enough to leave Punk’d when he could still be making money at it. He has to have a heart in what he does. What he and Demi do with Twitter is a good example. Most people use it to promote themselves, but he uses Twitter to connect, to strike up conversations, to send positive messages to the millions of people who read his words. This guy will show us the future. And it’s gonna be a blast.

Here are some other couples portraits of those who were on the red carpet. All of these images are licensed Creative Commons 3.0:

No, Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg aren’t a “couple”, but they are both comedic powerhouses and I wanted to put this photo in some post. Samberg was a 2010 Time 100 contender.

The famous Palins, Todd and Sarah.

Karls Paul-Noel and “guest” (wife?) – I couldn’t find any other photograph of the two where she was identified. Paul-Noel was a Time 100. Rudy Guiliani wrote this about him: “Karls Paul-Noel, 53, is that kind of firefighter, and his compassion outranks even his bravery…. Less than 24 hours after the quake, Paul-Noel’s team was searching pancaked schools and houses, digging among smashed desks, cinder blocks and the bodies of the dead to find signs of life. His team found 11 survivors in Port-au-Prince, including four children.”

Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow. Mann is an actress who has appeared in many of her her husband Apatow’s films. Apatow was a 2008 Time 100 and a contender for the 2010 list.