10 hottest couples

Ebony, March, 1992

WHETHER they're newly married or newly rumored, some couples transcend the ordinary. There's something magnetic, something almost combustible, about their relationships. They strike sparks in the imagination. They turn heads and attract flashbulbs and headlines.

Among the couples who fell into that category in the last 12 months were newlyweds like David and Valerie Robinson and certain couples who changed partners and figured prominently in speculation about forthcoming marriages. Also attracting national attention were new and solid couples and new and trendy couples who were "items" in columns and who turned heads and set tongues wagging. For better or worse, their almost every move was played out before the public eye. They were, by almost every definition, exciting couples, who will bear watching as the year progresses.