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Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard have ended their two-year marriage.
A representative of Deschanel confirmed the split to US Weekly. “It was mutual and amicable” – a source added. “There was no third party involved.”
The 31-year-old actress/singer and Death Cab for Cutie frontman, 35, were married near Seattle in late September 2009.
In New York magazine’s September cover story about Deschanel, Gibbard gushed about meeting and pursuing the star, who also fronts the band She and Him. “I’d seen her movies and obviously I thought she was very beautiful” – he said.
When their mutual music manager finally introduced them three years ago, Gibbard was “just awestruck that she was even talking to me”.
Deschanel previously told iVillage that it was “definitely hard” being apart from her indie rocker guy when he was away on tour.
“He’s really good at calling” – she said. “He’s probably better than I am. He’s a very conscientious person.”

Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard.

Kim ‘n’ Kris aren’t the only couple to implode this week.
Zooey Deschanel (31) and indie rocker husband, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard (35) have separated after two years of marriage, says Us Weekly. (That’s more than 72 days.)
“It was mutual and amicable” – Unnamed Source tells the mag. “There was no third party involved.”
Gibbard, who also sings with The Postal Service, told New York magazine in September he wooed Zooey with much ardor.
“I’d seen her movies and obviously I thought she was very beautiful” – he said.
He had Melt-y-Wobbly Knees Complex upon meeting her. “I was just awestruck that she was even talking to me” – he told the mag.
Zooey, thesp sister to thesp Emily Deschanel (35) told the mag that she was surprised marriage required effort. “You can’t expect to make no effort” – she said. “You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding. It sort of just solidifies your commitment.”
That interview was like a couple months ago! So what went wrong?

Ladies and gentleman, we are in the thick of Divorce Season. Is it because of the chill developing in the air? Are people realizing that they can’t deal with the thought of another winter watching their beloved wear their “seasonal depression” sweatpants and cough up phlegm? I have no idea, but it is happening, and it is for real.
The most recent couple to join the diverse list of romantic casualties (which runs from Kim Kardhasian and Kris Humphries to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore): Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard.
Deschanel and Gibbard call the split, which comes three years after being introduced by their managers, “amicable,” with sources claiming that busy work schedules–rather than any dalliances with third parties–pulled them apart.
I have been known to give Zooey a hard time in the pages of this here website, but man, this sucks. Like Gordon and Moore, Deschanel and Gibbard had one of those celebrity marriages that are actually kind of inspiring to a lot of regular people – the kind of marriage that makes you think that two creative, interesting individuals can get together, combine their powers, and be better for it. I mean, duh, I have no idea what life was actually like at Casa De Deschanel-Gibbard, but in a world where gay people can’t marry in all 50 states but Kim Kardhasian can, celebrity marriages that appear to have genuine substance to them serve a real function. Sometimes they help us strive for the dream of making a lasting romantic connection with another person, when we can’t find successful examples of this in our families or among our friends. They embody an ideal that is often hard to find in our day-to-day lives. And so, on behalf of all 20-somethings whose divorced and fractured families left us so clueless about love and marriage that we had to look to indie rock celebrities for tips on how to do it, I bow my head.