Taylor Swift Isn't Alone: Julia Roberts, More July 4 Celeb Weddings

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Taylor Swift picked out a white dress and may have said yes to a Fourth of July wedding with Travis Kelce. But she's not the only celebrity bride to have Independence Day nuptials on her Wi$h Li$t.

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No doubt Taylor Swift sees sparks fly whenever fiancé Travis Kelce smiles.

So perhaps she will drop everything now and meet the NFL tight end in the pouring rain, sorry, Madison Square Garden to celebrate Independence Day with a huge commitment.

She'd hardly be the first bride who put the Fourth of July holiday on her "Wi$h Li$t."

Because while July 4 (or, in Swift's case, the previous business day) doesn't have the same baked-in romance as, say, Valentine's Day (the date Benedict Cumberbatch, Salma Hayek and, most recently, Maya Hawke chose to exchange vows), there's sure to be literal fireworks.

While flying under the radar was never truly a viable option for Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs standout, both 36, Julia Roberts and cinematographer Danny Moder were able to spring the committing-to-forever section of their 2002 Fourth of July bash on guests like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who gathered at their New Mexico ranch for barbecue and sparklers.

And Billy Joel did the same for the pals invited to his annual summertime kickoff, turning a 2015 barbecue at his sprawling Long Island estate into surprise vows as he married equestrian Alexis Roderick.

As for Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, they ensured that no one crashed their party, marrying on July 3, 2021 at his 1,300-acre Oklahoma ranch.

"It was beyond what I thought it was going to be," the No Doubt frontwoman later confessed to Jade Iovine on her Tell Me About It podcast. Reflecting on how lucky she felt, Stefani added, "My spiritual journey has really guided me towards this place of peace and now I just need to figure out how to do the rest of my life."

As for Swift, she seems primed for a summer that's anything but cruel as she kicks the season off with a literal bang. Just three years after she celebrated her fave holiday with well wishes "from your local neighborhood independent girlies," looks like it's gonna be forever with the pop star and her guy from the Chiefs.

And we've got a long list of July 4 brides. Allow us to fill in the blank spaces.

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Julia Roberts & Danny Moder

Though they marketed the day as a standard Fourth of July bash to pals like Brad Pitt and George Clooney, the Pretty Woman actress married the cameraman at her estate near Taos, New Mexico in 2002. She wore a pink dress while her groom wore a ruffled red shirt.

"19 years," the actress wrote on Instagram on July 4, 2021, alongside a rare selfie showing herself with her husband. "Just getting started!"

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Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher

The Secret Garden at Parrish Ranch in Oak Glen, Calif. offered stunning mountain vistas and plenty of seclusion when the former That 70's Show co-stars tied the knot in 2015. For the big day, Mila and the couple's then-infant daughter Wyatt wore coordinating white dresses.

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David & Victoria Beckham

Why yes, the Spice Girl's 1999 wedding to the soccer star was quite posh, the pair selecting the 560-acre Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Ireland for their vows. Sitting upon golden thrones at the altar, the couple reportedly had nude figurines of themselves on their wedding cake, which they cut with a sword, naturally.

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Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne

The Black Sabbath frontman married his manager's daughter in Maui on July 4, 1982. Ozzy later said that he chose this date so he would never forget his wedding anniversary.

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Tom Hardy & Charlotte Riley

The British actors, who met while filming an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, made the leap in a castle in the South of France in 2014.

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Billy Joel & Alexis Roderick

For his fourth wedding, the "Uptown Girl" singer married equestrian Roderick at his Long Island estate. The 2015 ceremony was officiated by now-disgraced former Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. The couple welcomed their first child the next month.

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