THE NOTE SHE HID IN HIS TUXEDO POCKET 💌🏆

Ron Howard was sixteen when he spotted Cheryl at high school in 1970. She liked poetry, not Hollywood. Their first date was in his broken Volkswagen Bug—no heat, busted door—but they laughed all night. He proposed on his parents' couch in 1975. When he won Best Director in 2005, Cheryl had slipped a note in his pocket: "You are already everything to me." He still keeps it framed. Same girl. Same heart. Comment if you believe in real love!