Well, here's an unlikely musical couple: Bon Jovi and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett shared a stage Tuesday at the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy. Buffet, who was there to speak about his charitable efforts, revealed that he learned to play the ukulele 60 years ago "as a way to court girls," Forbes reports.

Bon Jovi, who recently opened Soul Kitchen as part of the JBJ Soul Foundation, also spoke at the event and co-hosted an end-of-night reception, so it was natural the two would cap things off by taking the stage together. Since Buffett didn't know the lyrics to "Livin' on a Prayer," the two played a song he was familiar with: "The Glory of Love," popularized by Bette Midler. Take a listen on the link above.

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Channing Tatum will soon show moviegoers a side of himself he's never revealed on the big screen before when his highly-anticipated, stripper-centric summer flick "Magic Mike" comes out. But for the actor, there's nothing new about the role.

In this case, the fiction is heavily inspired by reality, and Tatum knows a thing or two about taking it all off.

During a Wednesday morning visit to TODAY, the star shared details of his own stripper past and eventually revealed much more.

"Man, it was a crazy time in my life," he said of his not-so-glamorous dancing days at the age of 18. "I'm not ashamed of it, but I don't know if I'm … not proud of it. It was definitely a crazy part of my life, and I survived it."

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And back then it was all about survival. Tatum wanted to make it on his own and not have to rely on his parents, who, as it turns out, were none the wiser about his gig.

"They never knew," he told TODAY's Al Roker. "I never told them. I was like, 'Ah, you know, I'm just working at this other job over here, over there.' But my dad ended up having to find out when I did ('The Ellen DeGeneres Show'). I gave Ellen a lap dance."

So much for family secrets. But of course, as far as his wife, actress Jenna Dewan is concerned, it was never a secret.

"She married a stripper -- kind of," Tatum insisted. "She knew what she was getting into, and it was kind of a prerequisite that I would always, you know, give her dances if she wanted one."

After that reveal, Tatum explained his Broadway ambitions for "Magic Mike," but he was soon interrupted by his body-rolling co-star Joe Manganiello. Of course, it was an interruption that Tatum was prepared for, as it kicked off a flash mob led by the easy-on-the-eyes actor.

Tatum and a few dozen dancers then showed off some of the moves that make "Magic Mike" a must-see flick right in the middle of Rockefeller Plaza.

"Magic Mike" opens in theaters nationwide on June 29.

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Millions have used "Draw Something" to play a game, but design studio head Jimmy Thompson had a different idea -- he would turn a series of "Draw" sketches into an animated video for John Mayer's "Queen of California." And Mayer approves.

"A must-see. So great," said the musician, posting on his Tumblr blog. 

The video features some simple and some intricate drawings that help illustrate the song, and it's visually addicting. 

"There is something really charming about the medium -- the strokes -- and I love the anticipation when you watch someone’s drawing being revealed," Thompson, founder of Brainbowinc, told Mashable. "I thought ("Draw Something" would) be a good match for a song with a lot of nouns."

As Mashable noted, Brainbowinc has worked with Mayer's label Columbia Records before, but they weren't involved in his creating the video. Nor is Mayer the first artist to get the "Draw Something" treatment -- singer/songwriter Isaac Simons asked fans to contribute artwork from the game for his "Call to Arms" video in March.  

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Charlie Sheen as Charlie Goodson on "Anger Management."

Just over a year ago, Charlie Sheen contemplated the future of "Two and a Half Men" without himself. In brief, he decided the hit sitcom had no future.  "No Charlie Sheen, no show," he boasted at the time. Of course, another season of "Men" has come and gone since then, and while its appeal sans Sheen is debatable among fans, it was successful enough to merit yet another renewal.

So, it appears that without Sheen, there's still a show. Now the question is: Is there one with him? That's what viewers are about to decide as the actor makes his small-screen return in FX's new Sheen-centric offering, "Anger Management."

Will "Men" fans still missing that show's former leading man tune in to his new effort? And more importantly, will they stick around long enough to ensure that it's a success?

That all depends on what they're looking for.

Viewers eager to see Sheen break new sitcom ground and show audiences just what he can do outside of the "Men" mold will no doubt be disappointed. "Management" is, after all, another exercise in Charlie being Charlie -- literally.

Charlie Harper is long gone, and in his primetime place Sheen brings Charlie Goodson to life. Where Harper was a baseball fan, Goodson is a former player. Harper joked around with nephew Jake; Goodson shares his laughs with daughter Sam. Harper was known for enjoying the commitment-free company of women -- with the exception of a couple of engagements. Goodson, too, goes for women with no strings attached -- at least since separating from his ex-wife.

Yes, overall, the show that Sheen's already referring to as his "swan song" sounds like a tune fans have heard before.

Innuendo packed jokes? Check. Outrageous stories from back-in-the-day? Check. A wink and a nod to Sheen's real-life bad boy persona? Check and check.

Add to all of that a standard sitcom formula of setup-zinger-laugh track and you get the idea.

But while that been-there-done-that vibe might turn off those looking for something different -- and those hoping for a higher humor aim from sitcoms in general -- "Management" is bound to appeal to viewers who actually want more of the same. And don't count them out!

Often, known quantities are precisely what makes for TV magic -- at least ratings-wise. What better way to give audiences what they want than to give them what they wanted before -- with a twist?

"Anger Management's" twist -- which sees Sheen actually in charge of group-therapy sessions rather than sitting in on them as one might expect -- has the potential to offer plenty of comic fodder, even if it doesn't seem to reach that potential within the first couple of episodes. (And yes, we've seen them.) It's up to audiences to decide if that's enough.

"Anger Management" premieres June 28 at 9 p.m. on FX.

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Country crooner Timothy Michael Poe, the Army veteran who made headlines after he exaggerated his military record on "America's Got Talent," is now out of the running on the reality competition.

We're sure this made some people happy. Country crooner and former soldier Timothy Poe won over America's hearts after his initial audition for "America's Got Talent" when he shared that he was injured in combat, but quickly lost credibility when his injuries couldn't be proven.

And although many viewers were bothered to see Poe continue with the show, they won't need to worry about that any longer.

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Poe sang George Strait's "The Chair" on Tuesday night's episode in hopes of being one of the top 48 to move forward with the competition, but the judges didn't let that happen.

But it wasn't the controversy surrounding Poe's claims that caused his dismissal.

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Tuesday night's elimination was filmed last month, before people started questioning what really happened in Afghanistan, so it was strictly based on his performance.

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Updated, Wednesday, 6:20 a.m. PT: LOS ANGELES -- Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for romantic comedies "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," as well as books and essays, has died in New York after battling leukemia. She was 71.

Ephron, who had suffered from acute myeloid leukemia, died on Tuesday evening at New York's Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center surrounded by her family, they said in a statement.

Reactions poured in from around the arts and entertainment community for the screenwriter who delighted millions with her flair for comedy, romance and the ability to tackle serious subjects with insight.

"She brought an awful lot of people a tremendous amount of joy. She will be sorely missed," her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, said in a statement.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called her death "a devastating one" for the city's arts and cultural community, and the Los Angeles-based Directors Guild of America called her "an inspiration for women filmmakers when there were few."

Writer and actress Carrie Fisher called Ephron "inspiring, intimidating, and insightful" and actor Martin Landau said she was "able to accomplish everything she set her mind to with great style."

Ephron, who often parlayed her own love life into movies like "Heartburn" and gave her acerbic take on aging in the 2010 essay collection, "I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections," had kept her illness largely private except for close friends and family.

"At some point, your luck is going to run out ... You are very aware with friends getting sick that it can end in a second," Ephron told Reuters in a 2010 interview while promoting the book.

The elegant Ephron, known for habitually dressing in black, urged aging friends and readers to make the most of their lives.

"You should eat delicious things while you can still eat them, go to wonderful places while you still can ... and not have evenings where you say to yourself, 'What am I doing here? Why am I here? I am bored witless!'" she told Reuters.

She began her career as a journalist but transitioned into movies, leaving behind a legacy of more than a dozen films, often featuring strong female characters, that she either wrote, produced or directed. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for "Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle" and the drama "Silkwood" in which Meryl Streep played an anti-nuclear activist.

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Other romantic comedies included "You've Got Mail," starring Meg Ryan, and her last film "Julie & Julia" in 2009, which had Streep portraying the fearless celebrity cook Julia Child.

Ephron also wrote for the stage, authoring the 2002 play "Imaginary Friends" about the rivalry of authors Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman, and "Love, Loss and What I Wore," with her sister Delia, in 2009.

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Born May 19, 1941 in New York City and raised in Beverly Hills by screenwriter parents, Ephron worked briefly as a White House intern before going into journalism. She quickly became known as a humorist with essays on subjects ranging from food and fashion to feminism.

She started in the entertainment industry while married to her second husband, The Washington Post's famed Watergate investigative reporter Carl Bernstein.

She helped rewrite a version of the script for the movie "All The President's Men," about Bernstein and Bob Woodward's uncovering of the political scandal that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974. Although that screenplay was not used, it led to a TV movie screenwriting job for Ephron.

Her big movie break came after a messy divorce from Bernstein, which was the genesis for her 1983 novel "Heartburn" that she later adapted into the bittersweet hit film of the same name starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.

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That film ushered in a string of box office successes in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "When Harry Met Sally," "Michael" with John Travolta, "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail," that saw Ephron gradually add producer and director to her resume and become one of Hollywood's most successful makers of romantic comedies.

Although her movies raked in tens of millions of dollars at box offices worldwide, Ephron never won the industry's highest honor, an Academy Award.

After box office flops "Hanging Up" and "Lucky Numbers" in 2000, Ephron focused on essays, writing for the stage, and blogging for the online news site The Huffington Post.

Her humorous 2006 collection "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" became a bestseller on the New York Times list.

At the time of her death, Ephron had a biographical movie about singer Peggy Lee in development that was due to star Reese Witherspoon, according to the Internet movie website, IMDB.com.

Ephron was married three times and is survived by her husband of more than 20 years, writer Nicholas Pileggi, and two children with Bernstein.

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The film was silent, but the poster roared. When German artist Heinz Schulz-Neudamm created a poster for the Fritz Lang's 1927 German science-fiction dystopian "Metropolis," he probably didn't imagine it would fetch a record $690,000 nearly a century later.

The poster's selling price in 2005 is still a record. And it's slated to set a new one.

Earlier this year the illustration, with its jagged lettering, stoic skyscrapers and blank-faced femme-robot has been appraised at $250,000 in a bankruptcy filing by owner Kenneth Schacter, a collector.

But in March, it went up for sale with an $850,000 list price, and some appraisers estimate it could be the first poster to sell for $1 million.

The painting is centered around an animatronic woman, called the Robot, used by a mad scientist to seduce oppressed workers living in a futuristic city where the wealthy rule from chic, towering buildings. Filmed during the pre-Nazi period of the Weimar Republic, "Metropolis" was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou.

Poster dealer Sean Linkenback told the Guardian that Schulz-Neudamm's poster is "the crown jewel of the poster world."

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In one of his final interviews, celebrated children's book author Maurice Sendak said he fantasized about killing former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

The "Where the Wild Things Are" author and illustrator, who died on May 8 at age 83, spoke with Gary Groth for an interview in The Comics Journal. A preview of the interview was published last month.

The famously cranky Sendak spoke at length about his comics career, his life and times, and blowing up the president.

"Bush was president, I thought, 'Be brave. Tie a bomb to your shirt. Insist on going to the White House,'" Sendak told Groth. "And I wanna have a big hug with the vice president, definitely. And his wife, and the president, and his wife, and anybody else that can fit into the love hug.

"And then we’ll blow ourselves up, and I’d be a hero," Sendak said. "To hell with the kiddie books. He killed Bush. He killed the vice president. Oh my God. ... It would have been a very brave and wonderful thing. But I didn’t do it; I didn’t do it."

Eric Reynolds, associate publisher at Fantagraphics Books, where Groth is founder and president, said Tuesday that they've seen quite a bit of outrage on Twitter and a few conservative blogs. "I saw a tweet just a few minutes ago that said, 'I wish I'd read and collected Sendak's books as a kid so I could burn them now.'"

Sendak certainly never shied from expressing his outrage at numerous things. In an interview with The Guardian last fall, he railed against everything from e-books to the American political right to Gwyneth Paltrow.

"Anyone who has watched Sendak's infamous interview on the 'Colbert Report' (or read his books, for that matter), should recognize that not only was he cranky, he had a razor-sharp wit and a very dark sense of humor," Reynolds said. "He was 83 years old when he gave this interview [to Groth]. He was at the point in his life where he clearly didn't give a damn about propriety; he could speak his mind and clearly enjoyed provocation. I see these comments as part and parcel of his personality, not as a legitimate, actionable, treasonous threat."

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Joe Manganiello, best known for his role as a werewolf in the HBO series "True Blood," appears in the upcoming movie "Magic Mike," playing a stripper named Big Dick Ritchie. 

He gave a sneak peek of a few quick stripper moves as he entered the studio, and Kathie Lee and Hoda were left wanting. “That’s it?” KLG asked. “There has to be more,” Hoda said. 

“We had our cash ready and everything,” said Kathie Lee, counting out her dollar bills. “Show us, big boy.” 

Ever the good sport, Manganiello took the ladies through a brief demo. He first showed off a top-to-bottom body roll and then a bottom-to-top body roll. “Stripping is very basic,” he said. “There are only a few moves.”  

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He said one of the best parts of making the movie was that “you’re basically having about 200 female extras scream, claw, grab, body cavity search.” For women, going to a strip club is just about trying to make a girl blush in front of her friends, he said, adding that he was happy to take that on as a mission, and that at the end of the day, it’s all about fun. “You can’t really take yourself too seriously with your American flag thong and your sparkler.” 

TODAY.com contributor Jillian Eugenios thinks there has to be more to stripping than just two moves. She would like to see Joe go through a few more examples.

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What "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" did for animated characters, Todd Berger hopes "The Happytime Murders" will do for puppets -- namely, take them off of the exclusive radar of children, and into adult storytelling.

As the screenwriter told CraveOnline, "I want to try and make the 'Heat' of puppets."

The in-progress film is a dark comedy that takes place in a world where puppets and humans live side-by-side, and it's expected to garner an R-rating when it is released in 2013. But while the puppets may look a little familiar -- Jim Henson's son Brian Henson is directing Berger's script -- don't call them Muppets.

"(I)t's not associated with The Muppets, which are owned by Disney. It's a movie in which puppets and humans co-exist and a lot of the supporting characters are all puppets," said Berger. "There's a whole cast of characters in the script that they're going to create from scratch.

Plot summaries at GeekTyrant.com and IMDbPro.com describe the film as a murder mystery in which the cast of a 1980s kid's show's start to get offed one by one. "A disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private-eye puppet -- with a drinking problem, no less -- takes the case with his former human partner," noted GeekTyrant.

And in case the R-rating won't make it clear enough, Berger says there will be plenty of activity not usually associated with puppets: "There is swearing, there's sex, violence, murder," he said. "Maybe with some work it could be PG-13, but as of now we've embraced the R rating."

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The iconic songs of Girl Power will be back on stage this Christmas, when "Viva Forever!" takes to the stage at London’s Piccadilly Theater.

This new musical features many of the songs made famous by Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell -- corporately better known as the Spice Girls.

And in a rare show of public unity, the five Spice Girls appeared together, briefly, on Tuesday to launch the show -- which is produced by Judy Cramer, the lady behind the Abba musical "Mamma Mia!"

Geri Halliwell (the original Ginger Spice) said, “Years ago we thought -- wouldn’t it be a great idea to turn all this into musical. And all these years later Girl Power is still going strong -- it’s living proof to follow your dreams.”

The musical has been written by British comedian Jennifer Saunders, who has woven Spice Girls songs into a story of talent, fame and the pressures of celebrity on the relationships that really matter.

Emma Bunton (Baby Spice, in her former life) described the transformation from page to stage as an incredible creative process. “It’s a great story,” Bunton said. “The words and the music work so well together, it’s very moving.”

"Viva Forever!" profiles the life of Viva, a talented girl and her best friends, who get swept up in today’s obsession with celebrity culture and talent shows.

“It’s a story that clearly refers back to the early days of the Spice Girls,” writer Jennifer Saunders said, “But it’s as contemporary as the next series of 'The X Factor.'”

As the latest in a series of so-called Jukebox musicals, everyone behind "Viva Forever!" hopes it will introduce a new generation of audiences to the phenomenon that was Girl Power.

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It was the groundbreaking show that elevated Jimmie Walker from an up-and-coming comedian to a household name with his very own dyn-o-mite catchphrase. But despite the success "Good Times" brought Walker's way, from its premiere in 1974 to its finale in 1979, the funnyman never tuned in to the hit show.

"Never -- because I was always busy doing other stuff," Walker revealed during a Tuesday morning chat with TODAY's Matt Lauer. "I had my writing staff, as you may or may not know -- Jay Leno, David Letterman, Louie Anderson, all these guys. What we did was we met all the time. So during the time the show was on, we just never had a chance to watch (the episodes)."

And somehow in the 33 years since the show ended, Walker still hasn't had a chance -- or at least an incentive -- to take a peek at his most memorable work.

"Never watched it," he confirmed. "Because, you know, the people in the street -- you guys have those people -- they'll tell you what you're doing. They'll tell you very much."

Among the things the people in the street still stop and tell him about is that aforementioned catchphrase. They want to hear it one more time, and Walker's only too happy to oblige.

"It's not a burden," he said of the frequent requests to hear his his trademark exclamation. "There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' … even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing."

Learn more about Walker's "Good Times" days and personal bad times in his aptly titled new memoir "DYN-O-MITE!"

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It's a boy for Jason Lee and his wife Ceren! The couple announced to People that their son, Sonny Lee, arrived Saturday, June 16, in Los Angeles. Sonny arrived at 2:57 a.m., and weighed in at 7 lbs., 6 oz.

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Jason Lee.

The couple are also parents to daughter Casper, 3 1/2, and Lee's son Pilot Inspektor (from his prior relationship with Beth Riesgraf) is 8 1/2. Jason and Ceren have been married since July 2008. You can catch Jason on "Up all Night," which returns to NBC this fall.

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DreamWorks Animation has signed on Chloe Grace Moretz and is in serious talks with Jason Schwartzman to bring Good Luck Troll Dolls to animated life in "Trolls."

It’s a face-in-palm moment of cinematic scale. Last week, Dreamworks announced that they’ve offered Jason Schwartzman the lead voice role in “Trolls,” their next major animation project, based on the frizzy-haired Good Luck Troll dolls. Fortunately, Deadline confirms that “Hugo’s” talented Chloë Grace Moretz is set as the female lead, but the devastating news lies in the fact that the film, about tiny plastic dolls popular in the 1960s and again in the '90s, is even being made at all.

While the “Transformers” series has been hyper-successful, grossing over $2.5 billion worldwide, its toy- and game-to-movie model doesn’t always fare well. “Battleship” pulled in scathing reviews and less than a million-dollar profit, according to Box Office Mojo. Yet, this certainly hasn’t stopped major studios from being drawn to the audience recognition and simplicity offered by brand name toys and board games.

Universal's "Battleship," based on the classic Hasbro game, saw dismal reviews and meager box office return.

Universal once had a six-year partnership with Hasbro to produce films based on their toys and games, which include “Monopoly,” “Candy Land,” “Clue,” “Ouija,” “Magic: The Gathering,” and “Stretch Armstrong.” While they’ve since paid to get out of much of this agreement, Relativity Media has said it would be making “Stretch Armstrong” and Columbia Pictures has picked up “Candy Land.” Universal stayed in the game too, signing on screenwriters and producers for a film based on Atari’s late-70s video game, “Asteroids.”

"In honor of" may be too dubious a term, so let's say, in light of "Trolls" move forward to the big screen, here's a look at the notable upcoming game- and toy-based movies.

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'Candy Land'
Adam Sandler is in final talks with Sony and Hasbro to star in the movie version of this board game of pure luck and sweet characters, reports Reuters. Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad called "Candy Land," which was created in 1949 and stars a variety of sugary characters such as Princess Frostine, Mr. Mint and King Candy, more than a mere game, saying “it is a brand that children, parents and grandparents know and love.” As such, Belgrad said, it offers a "larger than life part" for Sandler. While "Enchanted" director Kevin Lima is signed on and the script seems to be steadily moving forward, the 2013 release date is still tentative. We truly hope it will be made, as it will, at the very least, be a much appreciated break from the usual, "That's My Boy"-type fare for Sandler. 

'Stretch Armstrong'
It was a shame to see “Twilight’s” Taylor Lautner bail on the lead role as a gel-infused action figure for Relativity and Hasbro’s “Stretch Armstrong.” But with screenwriter Dean Georgaris hired, a provisional release date of April 11, 2014, and a lucrative merchandising deal set, this film (and plenty of Stretch Armstrong toys) looks to be an odd but enjoyable throwback that'll show "Fantastic Four's" Mr. Fantastic how superhuman limb contortion is really done.

'Asteroids'
Roland Emmerich, the director of end-times fantasies "2012," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Independence Day," is being courted by Universal Pictures to direct this movie based on a popular 1979 arcade game. The game, in which players shoot a series of white dots through a black background to stave off alien attacks, created a four-party bidding war for its rights in 2009. With so little to go off of, a lot of flexibility and creativity will be required to mine this source material for film ideas. Vulture reports that it will be set after human civilization has been destroyed and only a few colonies of humans have survived. While that's certainly vague, it sure sounds better than "Battleship." The post-apocalyptic video game adaptation should hit theaters in 2014.

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"Hangover" star Zach Galifianakis is reportedly off the market, according to Celebuzz, which obtained a copy of a wedding invite for the Aug. 11 nuptials to his longtime girlfriend Quinn Lundberg.

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Zach Galifianakis.

According to the site, the invites have the standard formalities, including the full names of both bride and groom: Zachary Knight Galifianakis and Mary Quinn Lundberg. But the invites weren't all business; they "included a drawing of himself and his bride-to-be. He made sure he looked like a little troll, while Quinn was a stunning tall blonde princess," Celebuzz reports.

There's no word on when exactly the couple engaged, which is not surprising considering the level of privacy Galifianakis and his girlfriend have aspired to achieve. The couple live far from Hollywood on a farm in North Carolina (referred to as "Farmageddon," in GQ). "We put some barriers up," Zach says. "We're too connected, normally. I mean, I can't believe these comics who, like, Twitter their every thought," he told the magazine.

As for wedding gifts, the couple is not going the Kardashian route, and establishing a registry for more than a hundred thousand dollars in gifts. Instead, Celebuzz reports that "the couple has asked guests to donate to the non-government organization (NGO) Growing Voices, which Lundberg co-founded."

No word on whether there will be a bachelor party.

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Which one is the real deal? Teacher Mark Blankenship, right, was thrown out of a Kenny Chesney concert for reportedly looking too much like the singer, shown at left.

Tennessee teacher Nathan Blankenship was booted out of Kenny Chesney's Nashville-area show on Saturday, according to ABC affiliate WKRN-TV. The reason? He apparently looked a little too much like the country-music star.

Blankenship spent $200 to buy his ticket to the Chesney/Tim McGraw "Brothers of the Sun" show. He told WKRN he'd been to several Chesney concerts in recent years -- and when he attends, people naturally want his picture, since he resembles the singer and dresses like him (cowboy hat, sleeveless T-shirt) .

"Here or there somebody asked to take a picture to make their friends or family think they were with Kenny or whatever, that's fine," he said. "I don't mind.... I can't help the way I look."

But security felt otherwise; as Blankenship reported, he was approached by a security officer who asked to see his ticket. "I just thought he was going to lead me back to my seat," he said. Instead, the security guard grabbed his arm and escorted him out. "He just said that (I was) purposely trying to impersonate a celebrity, so we're kicking you out."

WKRN reported that a "high-ranking" venue executive told Nashville's News 2 Sunday that local police were were alerted about Blankenship before the show, and, the network noted, "country music stars saw him in crowds at previous concerts and thought he was a disruption."

But Chesney's label, Messina Group, sees it differently and is working to patch things up. VP of marketing for Messina Kate McMahon said that no one was aware of that Blankenship was shown the door. "We never want our fans to leave disappointed and we are reaching out to him to make this situation right," she said.

Blankenship issued a statement to Nashville's News 2 Monday night, indicating that the company has offered to refund his ticket cost and send him CDs. 

He added, "I am not now, nor have I ever been a Kenny Chesney impersonator and contrary to several reports, I do not sign autographs, pretend to be him for financial gain, or follow him around from concert to concert.... I have never wanted to be famous and after all this attention from the press, I am glad I chose to be a teacher. I am sure that when school starts back in August and the students ask about my summer break, I will have quite a story to tell."

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Emma Stone is not a typical Hollywood celebrity. Sure, she's got the looks and the personality, but there's a twinkle in her big eyes that says she's never taken this whole being famous business too seriously. And as she told TODAY's Ann Curry Tuesday, there are other career paths she has considered.

"I would have loved to be a journalist," she said. "I realize now as I get older I really would love to be an editor. I think that maybe I would be better at editing than actually writing the stories. ... But acting is so different than that, so it's funny. I guess I kind of like both sides of it."

Editing is a considerably less-glamorous profession than being a movie star in films like the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man," so perhaps Stone made the right decision after all. She plays Gwen, Peter Parker's first love in the movie, and says it was about trying to "really get into the humanity" of the teen who would be Spider-Man. "She obviously sees a heroic quality in him even before he becomes Spider-Man."

Still, if the acting thing loses its luster one day, Stone does have that fallback passion for editing -- or possibly cooking, which is something she did during the making of the movie to relieve pressure. "While we were shooting 'Spider-Man' I was baking a lot," she admitted. "I think the control factor was very therapeutic. (There's a) scientific element to baking."

"The Amazing Spider-Man" opens on July 3.

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Emma Stone has had a slew of red carpet appearances and interviews lately to promote “The Amazing Spider-Man,” but it’s been nothing but a breeze for the charismatic actress.

It seems no one is immune to her understated beauty and self-deprecating charm. In fact, her New York Magazine profile was so glistening that some article commenters lambasted its “girl crush” tone. Her fashion sense has been the center of envious attention, and her off-screen relationship with her "Spider-Man" co-star Andrew Garfield (which she’s reticent to publicly discuss) seems to be going swimmingly.

Clearly, Stone is doing something right. Taking a page out of Dale Carnegie’s famous self-help book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” she’s smiling, listening and appreciating her rise to the ("Easy") A-list, making us fall deeper in love with her one step at a time.

From her PowerPoint-fueled Hollywood start to her humble rise to success, here are six ways that Emma Stone has won us over:

Ambitious adolescence
At 14, Stone enrolled as a freshman at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Ariz., but she wanted to go to Los Angeles to be in the movies. So, as she recounted to Blackbook Magazine, in her freshman year she made a PowerPoint entitled "Project Hollywood 2004," set it to Madonna’s “Hollywood” and used it to convince her parents to let her drop out of school and move to L.A. to audition for film and TV. Her mother stayed with her, homeschooling the Scottsdale, Ariz., native through high school.

Discerning choice of roles
Although “The Amazing Spider-Man” will likely be the role that reaches the biggest audience, her success has been climbing ever since she starred as the heart-meltingly hot high-school dream girl Jules in “Superbad.” She honed her comedic chops alongside co-star Jonah Hill before showing that con artists can be silly and sexy in “Zombieland,” and then, drum roll please, “Easy A” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love” helped perfect her smart, sexy, wry sense of humor which she followed with a serious turn in "The Help," establishing a hilarious, serious, various persona for the Emma Stone we now know and love.    

Self-deprecating humor
The way Stone combines her sarcastic humor with real vulnerability has proven to be her siren song. Her turn as Olive Penderghast, a high-school student who video diaries her misunderstood "Scarlet Letter"-inspired life in "Easy A," allowed Stone to showcase a witty, cultured, willing-to-be-humbled character who's nothing but unforgettable. We hope she won’t use her siren song to crash us into a cliff, though, because when she turns on the comedic charm, it’s impossible to look away.

Approachability
Between press tours, filming, photo shoots, interviews and maintaining some semblance of a personal life, the natural blonde seems nothing like the average 23-year-old. But compared to the likes of Angelina Jolie or Sean Penn -- who are off doing good in Cambodia and Haiti, respectively -- her stateside sensibility lends itself to greater approachability and relatability. We're sure she'll take up a cause or two when she's older and more firmly entrenched in the Hollywood elite, but for now, Stone’s youthful, live-in-the-Hollywood moment sensibility is a surprisingly appreciated repose from the busy, hyperaffluent, seemingly out-of-touch movie star we're used to.

Understated (yet unbelievable) looks
Sony Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper noted that with red hair, Stone looks less like “someone who will steal your boyfriend,” according to New York Magazine. But whether she’s a redhead, blonde or brunette, the actress, who’s now the new face of Revlon, could steal a boyfriend or two sporting any hair color. “The pretty thing ... it was never a value to me growing up,” she told the magazine, adding that she signed with Revlon so young girls would know they don’t have to look like models to be beautiful. To judge for yourself whether she doesn't have the looks of a model, here are a few of her "Spider-Man" red carpet looks. (For the record, yes, she's model material.)

She’s not the center of the world (but she is)
Perhaps the most refreshing -- although most difficult to believe -- quality of Stone is that she isn’t too interested in herself or in sharing her stories. “I freak out having a Facebook” she told New York Magazine, noting that she only wants her closest friends to know the most personal details of her life, specifically concerning Garfield. Yet, considering the fact that her face seems to dominate the newstand (now on the July Vogue cover), if she wanted to tell story after self-centered story, we're sure millions would be glad to perk up and listen.

Tune into the TODAY show Tuesday for an interview with Emma Stone. Check your local listings for air time.

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We'll take "Recovery" for $1,000, please.  Alex Trebek is on the mend, two days after the game-show legend suffered what his camp called a minor heart attack.

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The 71-year-old "Jeopardy!" host is "up and about and in good spirits while doctors complete their testing at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute," a show rep told E! News Monday.

"He has been moved to a regular room today and looks forward to returning home as soon as his doctors give their approval."

We certainly hope Trebek's medical team has all the answers!

The Canadian-born TV veteran, who has been helming "Jeopardy!" since 1984, had a previous heart attack in 2007. He also landed in the hospital last summer with a snapped Achilles tendon after giving chase to an alleged would-be burglar who attempted to steal cash and jewelry from his San Francisco hotel room.

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Michael Curtiz's best director Oscar for "Casablanca" will be up for auction and is expected to fetch up to $3 million.

Michael Curtiz's best director Oscar for the movie classic "Casablanca" is going up for auction this week and is expected to fetch $2.5 million to $3 million, auctioneers Nate D. Sanders said on Monday.

The Academy Award won in 1943 by the Hungarian-born Curtiz, who died in 1961, will be sold on June 28 by the Los Angeles-based company. Online bidding, which opened last week, had already reached more than $369,000 on Monday, well past the reserve price that was not disclosed.

"Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, and set in the Moroccan city during World War II, is one of the most enduring romances in American cinema. In 2007, the Los Angeles-based American Film Institute named it as the third best film of the past 100 years.

Curtiz's Oscar for directing the movie was previously sold by Christie's in 2003 for $231,500 to U.S. magician David Copperfield. The auction house declined to name the latest seller.

Sanders said the market for Academy Awards has more than tripled in the past 10 years.

"In some cases, especially for the best movies of Hollywood's Golden Age, Oscars have appreciated beyond that. That regularly happens in the art and collecting market, where the very best items appreciate the fastest," Sanders said.

Oscar statuettes rarely come up for auction following a 1950 agreement between winners and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that banned them from selling their Oscars to anyone but the Academy for the nominal sum of $1.

But several pre-1950s Oscars have gone under the hammer in recent years. Last December, Nate D. Sanders sold Orson Welles' Oscar for his screenplay of "Citizen Kane" for $861,000, and in 1999 the best picture Oscar for "Gone With the Wind" was bought by singer Michael Jackson for a record $1.54 million.

Sanders said Oscars for such classic movies "command prices at the top of the market, with now being a high point for Hollywood Golden Age memorabilia."

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Shirley MacLaine and Maggie Smith.

The dames of "Downton Abbey" have traded their first televised barbs! 

Shirley MacLaine, who is joining the season three cast as Lady Cora's mother, Martha Levinson, was honored on June 7 with a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute. During the ceremony, Elizabeth McGovern (who plays Lady Cora) introduced a clip from the upcoming season, which aired June 24 on TVLand. But it wasn't just any clip -- it was the first meeting between Martha and the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess (played by Maggie Smith). 

Check it out:

Clearly, fans of the show are in for some great dialogue between the two ladies! As Joanne Froggatt (who plays maid Anna) told us, Smith and MacLaine not only have "amazing" chemistry, the two characters will "get to have some spiky conversations between them."

"Downton Abbey" season three will air sometime in 2013 on PBS.

We can't wait!

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Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Channing Tatum, and Matt Bomer in "Magic Mike."

REVIEW: In "Magic Mike," Channing Tatum’s pre-Hollywood experience as a male stripper has inspired not only one of his better roles but also arguably the raunchiest, funniest and most enjoyably nonjudgmental American movie about selling sex since "Boogie Nights," its obvious if considerably darker precursor. Delivering what feels like a young director’s work and not that of a guy nudging 50, Steven Soderbergh taps into the jazzy erotic energy that put him on the map more than 20 years ago with "Sex, Lies, and Videotape."

Following its closing-night premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Warner release should rake in girl and gay dollars on the strength of its ample man candy alone. The script by first-time screenwriter Reid Carolin (Tatum’s producing partner) is stronger on dialogue and character than on narrative originality or emotional conflict. But as Soderbergh showed in his "Ocean’s Eleven" series, the director has a terrific feel for depicting male camaraderie, and the buddy elements should give "Magic Mike" inclusive appeal.

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It might also be the first mainstream movie to feature a casual demonstration of a pump-operated penis enlarger (keep an eye on the left-hand margins of the widescreen frame), which should at least provide a talking point at the multiplex.

A self-described entrepreneur whose small businesses include roof tiling, car detailing and designing custom furniture from found objects, Mike (Tatum) makes his serious cash as one of the "c***-rocking kings of Tampa" in a male dance revue at ladies’ nightspot Xquisite. The fringe benefits are apparent as Mike is slyly introduced, naked and still groggy following a three-way with occasional hookup Joanna (Olivia Munn) and a girl whose name neither of them can remember.

Mike’s stripper guru is club owner Dallas, a gonzo showman in leather vest and tear-away pants, played by a hilariously self-parodying Matthew McConaughey. Sporting more six packs than a beer blast, Dallas’ crew includes pretty boy Ken (Matt Bomer), whose "Living Doll" routine takes its cue from his name; Tarzan (Kevin Nash), a gnarled wild man in the Mickey Rourke mold; Latin stud Tito (Adam Rodriguez); and Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello), whose special talent requires no explanation, though he does get a little help from the aforementioned pump.

The undisputed star attraction, however, and big brother to the troupe is Magic Mike, a role that allows Tatum to show off the slick dance moves he’s kept hidden since "Step Up."

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Choreographed by Alison Faulk, the solo routines and the group numbers are a blast, embracing every cheesy male stripper stereotype from soldiers, sailors and cops to cowboys and firemen. These guys are like a heterosexual rethink of The Village People. Their routines include a fabulously hoary "It's Raining Men" number with trench coats and umbrellas and a boot-camp routine with McConaughey cranking up the crazy intensity as Uncle Sam.

Soderbergh clearly gets a kick out of flipping the gender roles of sexual objectification. The club scenes cater to male fantasies of mass female adoration, while the hordes of delirious, drunken women stuffing singles into jockstraps represent a liberating switch from the usual depictions of sleazy men leering at pole dancers.

The primary focus of Carolin’s story is the friendship between Mike and Adam (Alex Pettyfer), a directionless 19-year-old college football-scholarship dropout Mike meets on a roofing crew. Mike takes Adam under his wing, shoving him onstage without warning to do his first strip, appropriately to "Like a Virgin." Nervous but game, Adam is dubbed The Kid and proves a natural at pleasing the ladies.

Some of the funniest scenes include The Kid getting schooled in crotch-grinding moves by Dallas, glistening in a crop top and short shorts; and Adam’s awkward nonexplanation when his sister, Brooke (Cody Horn), discovers a box full of thongs and sex-fantasy costumes and finds him using her razor to shave his legs. The sibling rapport is sketched with warmth and humor, as is the slow-burning attraction between Mike and Brooke. This is complicated by her protectiveness toward her loose-cannon younger brother and her skepticism about Mike’s line of work.

Tatum deftly shows that beneath all the hard partying and easy sex, there’s a longing for a real relationship in Mike as well as a hunger to explore his creativity by focusing on his furniture designs. There’s also an encroaching fear of ending up a self-deifying nut job like Dallas, who plans to upgrade the act with a move to big-time Miami.

Inevitably, the movie takes a sobering turn. Adam’s lack of maturity impairs his judgment, prompting him to overindulge in druggy sex (notably with Riley Keough as a stoned Kewpie doll with a pet piglet) and split an Ecstasy deal with the club DJ (Gabriel Iglesias). The entree of Adam’s character into stripping was inspired by Tatum’s experience at 18, though the out-of-control spiral reportedly is fictional.

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While this plotline echoes countless perils-of-success movies and easily could have become a male "Showgirls," Soderbergh shrewdly avoids letting it turn lurid or campy by underplaying the melodrama. Instead, he observes droll but humanizing details, like a quick shot of Mike patiently ironing out crumpled dollar bills retrieved from his underwear. The humor is refreshingly low-key and unforced, such as having "True Blood" hunk Manganiello, who’s built like Iron Man, be the delicate one of the troupe, fretting over herpes or throwing his back out while giving a zaftig customer an airborne thrill.

Some of the movie’s best moments are those in which Soderbergh's nimble camera -- he shot the film under his usual cinematographer alias of Peter Andrews and edited as Mary Ann Bernard -- looks on while the guys chill backstage at Xquisite, pumping biceps, mending thongs or doing shots to get into performance mode. This dialogue often has a semi-improvised feel, with Soderbergh eavesdropping on snatches of conversation in a style reminiscent of Robert Altman.

There’s a looseness and buoyancy to the filmmaking and to the naturalistic performances that keeps the story real, and while many of the key castmembers have relatively little to do, even the smallest roles add texture. Tatum’s balance of breezy confidence and nagging restlessness is just right, while Pettyfer scores as the cocky new recruit dazzled by his sudden demi-celebrity. And as the movie’s grounded voice of caution, Horn is enormously appealing. Betsy Brandt from "Breaking Bad" pops up in a nice bit as a bank officer processing Mike’s loan application.

Shot on Red Digital Camera, the well-paced film goes for desaturated exteriors, as if life outside the club unfolds in a sun-blasted permanent-hangover state. Music supervisor Frankie Pine’s playlist keeps the action humming and provides propulsive enhancement to this cheeky peek at a seductive world distilled by Mike to its essence of "women, money and a good time."

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If you haven't heard any of the songs in this pop music mash-up, you're either very lucky or we should be discussing rock. Like the one you live under.

YouTube user Vissagan has uploaded a 3:55 nod to commercial radio, earworms, viral videos, the tween next door and the club downtown with this mix of the best music Auto-Tune can produce.

The seamless blend of bubblegum transitions from Rihanna to Katy Perry to Carly Rae Jepsen to ... we've lost track, we're too busy dancing. And filming a lip dub. And remembering prom.

Here come boy banders One Direction, and LMFAO, and Flo Rida, and Coldplay, and ... is summer over yet? Close your windows!

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Vissagan says in the video description, "I was listening to the radio when I realized I could mix every song I had just heard. Pop songs are so replaceable these days ..."

Perhaps the artists who created these songs would view that as a good thing. You might not like Katy Perry in particular, but thanks to all the stuff that sounds like Katy Perry, you're listening to a lot of Katy Perry.

No one here is opposed to a little dance pop on the radio dial. But when even the shuffle function on your iPod is out of ideas, it's time to mix things up -- in a good way.  

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Daniela Bobadilla as Sam Goodson in "Anger Management."

Charlie Sheen doesn't exactly have the reputation as an actor who's easy to work with. Given his recent history of badmouthing just about everyone related to his former sitcom "Two and a Half Men," it's fair to wonder how the self-proclaimed "rock star from Mars" so quickly rounded up a cast for his “comeback” show,  “Anger Management.” Sure, the money and (dubious) notoriety that come with working alongside Sheen certainly help, but some close to him have chosen to insulate themselves from the harsh realities of Sheen’s not-so-distant past.

“Honestly, I’d heard a little bit of what had happened during that big whole rant, but I’m not big on, like, TMZ or anything, so I didn’t read too much into it,” said Daniela Bobadilla, who plays Sheen’s 15-year-old daughter, Sam Goodson. “As a person, he’s just the most caring, and he’s extremely grateful for anyone and anything around him.”

Though you may not recognize her name, Bobadilla isn’t exactly a newcomer to the small screen. She played Emma on NBC’s just-canceled “Awake,” and guest starred on “Desperate Housewives” this year before the series ended.

The doe-eyed 19-year-old’s character has her work cut out for her on “Anger Management.”  High-schooler Sam has the task of keeping her anger-prone, superficial father (Sheen) on the straight and narrow. While Bobadilla hasn’t a qualm in the world about working with the infamous actor, ignoring his past requires some clever phrasing and unique thinking.

Asked whether Sheen’s past behavior taints the show, Bobadilla demurred, then responded, “Depends what you focus on."

But for her it’s not Sheen’s past but his imminent retirement that’s most upsetting. “Charlie’s just so good I got really sad when he told me that (he’s retiring after ‘Anger Management’). I asked him one day on set, ‘Are you sure?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah. You can watch my earlier stuff. I’ve done it for a while.’ So many people love him. I mean, I’m going to be sad. Really sad.”

Perhaps this sadness stems from an apparently reinvented Sheen who has crafted a kinder image of himself during this final, redemptive hurrah, showing a sweet disposition toward Bobadilla ever since her first audition for the show.

After the audition, “Charlie started singing one of the songs that I had done in a musical theater production, and it totally freaked me out,” Bobadilla recounted. “I was like, ‘Uh ...,’ and he’s like, ‘Yup, I YouTubed you!’ ”

Run a YouTube search for Sheen, however, and it’s clear that he doesn’t lead as bright and smiley of a life as his co-star. It's difficult to see the Sheen that Bobadilla so fondly describes. His frustration with “Two and a Half Men” still lingers, and he maintains a bitterness toward the TV industry that was made evident in his recent interview with The New York Times.

“I watch those yahoos (at "Two and a Half Men") struggle over garbage, and it was still garbage and insisting that they’d done their best, and they hadn’t," he fumed to the paper. "They got lazy. And they got other shows going and abandoned us. Whatever.”

While Sheen works his way through his multitude of recent missteps and the relationships they've destroyed, in Bobadilla's glimmering eyes, the sun is brightly shining and everything is swell for her co-star and "Anger Management."

"I have to see him as the person he hopefully is," she said. "He’s back, he’s OK, he’s trying to make things right!”

Whether it's true is beside the point.

"Anger Management" premieres June 28 at 9 p.m. on FX.

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They may be in the spotlight, but Kim Kardashian insists her relationship with Kanye West isn't about publicity.

Now hear this, naysayers: Kimye is the real deal!

On part two of the Kardashian family's extensive sit-down with Oprah Winfrey on "Oprah's Next Chapter" on OWN Sunday, Kim Kardashian once again defended her surprisingly intense romance with Kanye West.

Winfrey -- familiar with the 31-year-old's penchant for lightning fast romances that often fizzle out -- asked the reality star, "Is Kanye West your new fairy tale?"

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Explained Kim: "We met almost a decade ago, we've known each other for a very long time, we've been friends for six or seven years," she said of the Grammy-winning rapper, 35. "I don't know why it took us so long to get together. I think we've always had an attraction to each other, but we've always been in other relationships or it wasn't the right timing."

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Kardashian's most talked-about relationship was with Kris Humphries, from whom she filed for divorce last October after just 72 days.

"One day it (the relationship with West) just happened," she offered. "It took me by surprise."

And it's anything but a publicity stunt, she insisted to Winfrey. "It's your heart you're playing with," she said. "I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt."

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Although she denied talk of an imminent wedding or plans to move in together, she admitted, "To have him in my life this way, says a lot about us."

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