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1 Britt Ekland (Libra) Rumour Date Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in William Friedkin's The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), and the British crime film Get Carter (1971), which stablished her as a movie sex symbol. She also starred in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man (1973) and appeared as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
2 Tawny Kitaen (Leo) Rumour Date Julie E. "Tawny" Kitaen (born August 5, 1961) is an American actress, comedian and media personality.
3 Nastassja Kinski (Aquarius) Rumour Date Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (née Nakszynski; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with Stay as You Are (1978). She then came to global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film Tess (1979). Other notable films in which she acted include the erotic horror film Cat People (1982), the Wim Wenders dramas.
4 Kim Cattrall (Leo) Rumour Date Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is a British-born Canadian-American actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha Jones on HBO's Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).
5 Samantha Phillips (Pisces) Rumour Date, 1984 (Oct) Samantha "Sam" Phillips (born February 25, 1966) is an American actress, talk-show host, reality TV host, radio DJ, producer, and model. She had an early role in the 1988 action-horror film Phantasm II. Currently she is the host of a radio show called The Single Life.

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6 Diane Lane (Aquarius) Rumour Date Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance.
7 Roberta Earl-Price 1980 - 1981 JT was 20 when they first met. She was a beautician. He was a student at an art college in Bournville, Birmingham, and stocking the shelves at his local Sainsbury’s to earn pin money. They met in a bar. He was Nigel Taylor, a penniless art student with scruffy hair and metal-rimmed specs. "He was what you would call a real weed. He suffered terrible acne and was a blind as a bat." Their first date was a steak and wine meal at a restaurant. "Duran Duran had just signed a deal with EMI," Roberta (then 25), remembers. She was John's girlfriend from Dec 1980 until Dec 1981. They broke up on Christmas Day when Roberta overheard John asking Janine Andrews out for a date on the phone. (Source Story).

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8 Janine Andrews (Scorpio) 1982 - 1984 John & Janine went to school together. In August 1982 she filmed an appearance as a Bond girl in Octop*ssy (released 1983).

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9 Jody Watley (Aquarius) 1984 (Nov) John and Jody hooked up briefly after meeting at the Band Aid “Do They Know It`s Christmas” recording session.

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10 Bebe Buell (Cancer) 1984 (Dec) John Taylor, Duran Duran's bassist, had been dating a model & singer by the name of Bebe Buell and he offered to assemble a funked up version of the old T. Rex rocker ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ for Buell to contribute vocals on. John had asked his Duran Duran band mate Andy Taylor to play guitar on the track, and invited former Chic drummer Tony Thompson to contribute as well. In late 1984 the trio had laid down several demo tracks in the studio, including a few original numbers, before as fate would have it, J. Taylor and Buell went their separate ways.

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11 Diana Ross (Aries) Rumour Date, 1985 (Jan) Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who during the 1960s became Motown's most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Diana was waiting for The Power Station for finish up recording at Power Station Studios in Hells Kitchen, New York. Nile and Bernard were booked to work on her latest album the following week. She delightfully approached John and noted how attractive he was. The pair disappeared into another room for 10mins, while John sang and played "You're The Only Girl For Me" for her. They are said to have dated briefly.
12 Rachel Byrd 1985 (Aug?) John Taylor has a new love in his life, exotic blond model Rachel Byrd. The couple met when Rachel was booked for a sexy magazine photo session with the blond haired bass player. Shortly after the session, John broke up with his previous girlfriend model Janine Andrews. Rachel and John couldn`t spend has much time together cause Duran Duran were always on the road at the time. But, they were spotted a lot in London night clubs together.

"Chicago Tribune 8/1985 Romance-go-round . . .John Taylor of Duran Duran and latest girlfriend Rachel Byrd are no longer together. ."
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13 Virginia Hey (Gemini) 1985 (Sept?) John Taylor made his first film appearance outside of Duran Duran as "The Hacker" (alongside then-girlfriend Virginia Hey) in the pilot episode of Timeslip, a 1985 TV programme that was not further developed. She would later date Michael Hutchence in 1988.

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14 Patsy Kensit (Pisces) 1986 (Feb) Brief relationship, but enough that they were photographed together on a magazine cover.

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15 Christy Turlington (Capricorn) 1986 (Oct) Christy Nicole Turlington Burns (born January 2, 1969) is an American model, charity-founder and campaigner, and filmmaker. She represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014, and also represents Maybelline. Turlington was named one of Glamours Women of the Year in 2013, and, in 2014, was named included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Turlington initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supermodel. She was asked to model for the cover of the Duran Duran album Notorious in October 1986, where she and John are said to have dated.

Christy Turlington Magazine Covers.

16 Renée Simonsen (Taurus) 1985 (Apr)
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Renée Toft Simonsen (born 12 May 1965) is a Danish former supermodel who currently works as a writer. Simonsen was one of the most successful models in the world during the 1980s. In 1985 she dated bass player John Taylor of the British band Duran Duran to whom she was engaged. That same year, she debuted as an actress in Carlo Vanzina's Sotto il vestito niente (Nothing On Underneath The Dress/The Last Shot); where she travelled to Rome for the Premier with John. She flew to Paris to be with John on their second anniversary April 1987. In 1988 she decided to take a break from fashion, after a three month period of illness. In October 1988, she lived for four months in a kibbutz in Israel with her sister Heidi. It is thought that John and Renee split in April 1989? Despite an offer to audition for the role of a Bond Girl for an unproduced James Bond film the following year (May 1990), Renee ended her modelling career and returned to Denmark. (Renée Bio).

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Renée Simonsen Photo Gallery 1, Gallery 2,
Renée Simonsen Magazine Covers.

17 Amanda De Cadenet (Taurus) 1990 - 1997 In March 1990, de Cadenet began dating bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran. She was 17, but turned 18 two months later in May of 1990. They married in late 1991 because she was pregnant, and de Cadenet gave birth to their daughter, Atlanta, in April 1992. They then moved to Los Angeles to allow de Cadenet to pursue her acting career. She became friends with Courtney Love; the two appeared at an awards show together wearing matching dresses and tiaras. By 1995, de Cadenet's marriage was beginning to disintegrate and her divorce from Taylor was finalized in 1997.

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Amanda De Cadenet Magazine Covers.

18 Gela Nash (Scorpio) 1996 - Present Gela Nash-Taylor (nee Jacobson, born 1953) is an American fashion designer and former actress. She co-founded the American brand Juicy Couture in 1997 with Pamela Skaist-Levy.

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