A lovely moment went down at the NY Film Festival yesterday when Dakota Johnson, there for the Call Me By Your Name screening on the night before her 28th birthday, got a surprise HBD hug from Selena Gomez, who stopped by to see her.

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Alex Russo and Anastasia Steele, true friends IRL. You can see it in their smiles:

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They even took pics with fans after:

While the two have never talked about their friendship, the girls notably work with the same stylist, Kate Young, which may be how they met. They have hung together at industry events for at least the past two years.

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Johnson and Gomez with Kate Young in October 2015.

They're also both friends of Taylor Swift.

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Swift and Johnson in October 2016.
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Swift and Gomez in April 2016.

Whatever their origin story, the result is beautiful.

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