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STRANGER Things star Maya Hawke has married her long-term boyfriend in a surprise wedding on Valentine’s Day.

The actress, 27, tied the knot with musician Christian Lee Hutson in New York City on Saturday.

Maya’s famous Hollywood star parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman were among the famous faces in attendance.

Her Stranger Things co-stars Finn Wolfhard, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Gaten Matarazzo and Charlie Heaton attended the big day.

Photos showed Maya looking stunning in a classic sleeveless white gown paired with a veil over her head and a long trail.

Maya wore her hair in a chic updo and completed her look with subtle makeup.

Her father appeared full of pride as he walked alongside his daughter on the streets of New York while holding her bouquet of flowers.

Other snaps showed the happy couple taking photos outside the venue, while Maya’s bridal team helped rearrange her dress.

Maya and singer Christian were first romantically linked in 2023.

The pair frequently worked together on music projects. and even collaborated on Maya’s second studio album Chaos Angel in 2024.

Maya also appeared on Christian’s album Paradise Pop. 10 and joined him for a few stops on tour early 2025.

“Christian has been so encouraging to me as a musician, helping me to make the transition from a being a poet in a band to sort of being a musician,” Maya told Variety in June 2024.

In 2023, Maya and Christian were first spotted sharing a kiss in New York City.

They were seen strolling through the city and stopped at a jewellery store.

The couple went on to make their relationship red carpet official on April 2025, at the opening night of Broadway’s John Proctor Is the Villain.

Maya attended the event in support of her co-star Sadie Sink, who was starring in the play.

The pair were good friends for four years before they took things to the next level.

Maya previously said she ‘cannot recommend dating a friend enough’.

“It’s the best,” she said.

“They know you, they understand that you are a person and a human being who has dated other people … not just a piece of paper for them to project their image of a perfect girlfriend onto.”

STRANGER Things fans have been left shocked as they realise that show star Charlie Heaton has an 11-year-old son.

The actor, who turns 32 next month, portrays Jonathan Byers in the popular Netflix series – which recently came to a hotly-anticipated end.

And this week, Charlie has made a rare admission about his son, leading fans to only know find out he is a dad.

Charlie welcomed little one Archie in 2014, when he was just 20 years old.

He shares the youngster with ex-girlfriend Akiko Matsuura, who at the time was 32 – meaning the pair have a 12 year age gap.

In a new interview, Charlie said that Archie is finally reaching an age where he is getting into his dad’s show Stranger Things.

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“He has just started getting into it,” the actor told US outlet PEOPLE.

He continued: “He got to come to set last year and that was really cool.”

Charlie’s rare insight into family life has left fans online more shocked that he has a son.

Talking on a Reddit thread, one fan said: “SON??!!!????!! TWEEN!!?!!??????!!!??”

Another wrote: “I’m 33, about the same age the mother of his child was when she was with him and had their baby. I can’t even fathom being with an 18/19 year old like he was at the time”.

“The fact that he has an eleven year-old; I am speechless. I am without speech,” said a third.

While another fan wrote: “What in the actual f***?? I can’t with the ages of Charlie, his kid, and the mother”.

Charlie was in a relationship with Akiko when they were bandmates in rock group Comanechi.

The duo met when Charlie was a teenager and are thought to have split shortly after Archie’s birth, but it’s not known exactly how long the relationship lasted.

Charlie is now in a relationship with his Stranger Things co-star Natalia Dyer.

The duo fell in love on the show’s set and confirmed their romance back in 2017.