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Hollywood is jam-packed with young celebs who marry early - usually before these kids turn 25 ,and sometimes before they can even legally drink their own wedding champagne - and who then divorce at semi-warp speed. Although these marriages don't always qualify for the shortest ones ever, their frequent occurrence is a bit tragic.

There's Drew Barrymore, who, at 19, married Welsh bar owner, Jeremy Thomas. That lasted 19 days - one for every year of her life. She followed that with her one-year marriage to Tom Green.Way to go Drew!

Angelina Jolie married Johnny Lee Miller in 1996, when she was 20. They separated a year later and finalised their divorce in 1999.

MacCauley Culkin, aged 17, married Rachel Miner (also 17) in 1998. One year later, they called it quits.

Oh and let's not forget Britney Spears who married childhood friend, Jason Alexander, at 22.They divorced 55 hours later. A true 'blink and you miss it' marriage. A few months later, she married Kevin Federline. We know all about their messy divorce! So, at 26, Britney is twice-married, twice-divorced.

Then there's Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillip, Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and A.J. DiScala, LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant...on and on ad nauseum.

What on earth happens in these marriages? Why do they end so quickly?

There is speculation that the rapid rise in fame of one of the partners causes career jealousy in the not-so-famous partner. That the increased publicity and demands on the star adds severe stress to the relationship.

Perhaps it's just a case of lack of maturity. Little girls who grew up too fast and still cling to a fairytale fantasy of marriage. Or possibly it's the fast-paced, celeb lifestyle that lures them to the altar.

Whatever the answer is, I doubt we've seen the last of the celebrity starter marriages.