Oscars 2024: Four Couples Who Made Their Red Carpet Debut

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Celebrity couples made a splash at the 2024 Oscars, many of them for the first time. Though some established lovebirds walked the red carpet together before the big night at Dolby Theatre, several others took the chance to debut their new love at Vanity Fair‘s beloved afterparty at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills later that same evening.

Here’s a roundup of four couples who made Oscars night a public date night.

Chris Evans and wife Alba Baptista

After tying the knot in September 2023, Captain America star Chris Evans and his newlywed wife Alba Baptista arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscars party together. The appearance was the couple’s first-ever red carpet appearance; they first sparked romance rumors in 2022, per People, and have kept their relationship out of the spotlight ever since.

Reneé Rapp and Towa Bird

Reneé Rapp confirmed her rumored romance with Towa Bird on the red carpet outside the Vanity Fair Oscars Party, initially posing separately and then standing together. Rapp and Bird first caused fans to speculate about their relationship while performing together during Rapp’s shows; Bird, also a singer-songwriter, was the opening act for Rapp’s Snow Hard Feelings Tour in North America and Europe. She often joined the Mean Girls star onstage for her song, “Tummy Hurts.”

Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom

Actor Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom first sparked dating rumors in February 2023, per People, but have kept their relationship quiet since then. They walked the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party on Sunday, marking their first public outing together as a couple.

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan

Singer Sabrina Carpenter and actor Barry Keoghan debuted their relationship on Sunday at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party red carpet, where they posed separately but next to each other. As part of his look, Keoghan wore a friendship bracelet with Carpenter’s name — the Saltburn actor also donned a similar bracelet in Singapore earlier this month, where he traveled to support Carpenter when she opened for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

The couple, who first sparked dating rumors in December, posed for a photo together inside the event.

Bonus: Kim Kardashian and Odell Beckham Jr.?

Though not seen on the red carpet together, reality star Kim Kardashian was seen leaving the Vanity Fair Oscars party with Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The spotting comes amid rumors the Kardashian and Beckham are dating. Per Page Six, they were also seen later that night leaving Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s afterparty together.