Kevin Costner is giving his more youthful self a shoutout whilst reminiscing on his 69th birthday.
“Celebrating another year of life today and taking a moment to honor this kid who had big dreams,” Costner, 69, wrote by way of Instagram on Thursday, January 18, along a throwback photograph of himself in a cowboy hat. “It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come.”
The actor thanked his lovers for “all the birthday wishes,” crediting them for his a long time of luck. “It’s because of your support that I’ve been able to chase my dreams all these years,” he added.
Costner has somewhat the profession to seem again on. After emerging to prominence in a string of flicks like The Untouchables and Box of Goals within the Eighties, he catapulted to reputation by means of starring in and directing the 1990 western epic Dances With Wolves, a movie which earned him two Academy Awards for Perfect Image and Perfect Director. He has since starred in quite a lot of different severely acclaimed and field administrative center hits, nabbing 3 Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy and two Display Actors Guild Awards alongside the way in which.
Extra not too long ago, Costner’s existence has been stuffed with alternate. In 2022, he wrapped up the 5th and ultimate season of his hit Paramount sequence Yellowstone, on which he performs circle of relatives patriarch John Dutton. He’s additionally gearing up for his subsequent venture, Horizon: A Western Saga, to hit theaters later this 12 months.
Costner has additionally confronted ups and downs in his non-public existence. He and ex-wife Christine Baumgartner break up in Would possibly 2023 when she filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage. The pair engaged in a contentious and messy criminal combat, which integrated a long dispute over kid toughen, earlier than finalizing their divorce in September 2023. The exes percentage 3 youngsters: Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13. (Costner stocks children Annie, 39, and Lily, 37, and Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva and son Liam, 27, with ex Bridget Rooney.)
Costner has since moved on with Jewel. The twosome had been first romantically related in December 2023 after they had been noticed vacationing within the Caribbean in combination. A supply later solely instructed Us Weekly that the duo have identified every different for for much longer, working in the similar social circles “for years” earlier than their dating started.
The insider added that Costner and Jewel’s mutual love of song is what “organically” sparked a connection between them. “He’s really into his [band, Modern West], and singing, and she’s very much a part of that country-and-western world,” the supply defined. “Some of their mutual friends joke how it’s surprising they didn’t get together years ago.”
The couple have at all times had a particularly prime opinion of one another and feature at all times gotten alongside nice because of their “go with the flow” attitudes, the insider instructed Us.
“The consensus is that he’s found a real keeper in Jewel and that this has the makings of something that could be very special,” the supply added, telling Us that there isn’t any “pressure” or “expectation” from each side. “The consensus is that he’s found a real keeper in Jewel and that this has the makings of something that could be very special.”