Love Notes “HE WAS CUTE, but I fell in love with his spirit,” Pauletta says of Denzel. “It’s fun making a movie, but it’s not as much fun as my life,” says Goldie. goldie hawn & kurt russell A romantic 30th anniversary retreat Hollywood’s cutest couple is headed back to the beach! Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell loved their February trip to Mexico — where they swam with dolphins — so much that they’ve booked a return trip, an insider tells Closer. There’s a good reason for the getaway: The couple are celebrating 30 years of unwedded bliss. “I love being with Kurt,” swoons Goldie, 67, who fell for her man on the set of Swing Shift in 1983. “I love the time we get to spend together.” Her soul mate couldn’t agree more. Says Kurt, 62: “I can’t imagine spending my days with anyone else. We just have fun.” denzel washington How he won the love of his life Denzel Washington, 58, proves that persistence does pay off when it comes to proposing. “She turned me down. She said no — twice!” the actor recently revealed about wife Pauletta making him get down on one knee three times before agreeing to marry him. Thirty years and four children later, the 2 Guns star is just grateful that Pauletta, 62, hasn’t let his quirks get in the way of her love for him. “I have a strong personality. If I were Pauletta, I’d get sick of me,” Denzel jokes. DUSTIN HOFFMAn Leaning on his wife after a health scare kelly ripa & mark consuelos “He is the person I was meant to be with forever.” Still madly in love after 17 years together Kelly O n t h e s et oref n A ll My C h il!d in 1999 Photos: K elly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, both 42, may be a married couple with three children, but they looked more like two infatuated teens at a fundraiser in New York’s Hamptons on Aug. 3. “We just love and dig each other so much,” coos Kelly, who could not keep her hands off her husband of 17 years as she showered him with hugs and kisses in the summer heat. “He does it for me, and I think I do it for him,” says Kelly, adding with a laugh, “Otherwise, I don’t think he’d still be here!” After his recent successful surgery for cancer, Dustin Hoffman has been counting on his wife to keep him in good spirits. “It was important to Dustin that we were together as a family,” shares Lisa, his wife of 33 years and the mother of their four children. A friend of the couple’s tells Closer that Lisa, 58, went to every doctor’s appointment with Dustin and made sure that he was surrounded by family and friends who could put a smile “that first on his face. The actor’s publilook and I cist adds that Dustin’s cancer knew,” Lisa says of her was detected early and that the first date 75-year-old is now “in good with Dustin. health and feeling great.” My f irst kiss! “I was in the fourth grade. We made a plan to meet in her garage and kiss. It was like this business deal. I go right up to her, kiss her. Then I ran home.” brad pitt August 26, 2013 31