Dancing with Stars: Applegate & Pitt’s 1989 Groove

In a glittering snapshot from 1989’s MTV Video Music Awards after-party, young stars Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt are lost in a dance, their budding careers paralleling their brief romantic rendezvous. Applegate, who would later clinch an Emmy for her role in “Samantha Who?”, shines with promise.

Beside her, Pitt, on the cusp of becoming a Hollywood legend and future Oscar-winning producer, matches her step for step. The image captures a fleeting moment of two destined greats sharing the dance floor, their trajectories yet to rocket them to their iconic statuses. It’s a nostalgic look back at two luminaries, dancing under the same constellation before their stars rose independently.