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LOS ANGELES — Here's a little ditty `bout John and Meg.
Singer John Mellencamp and actress Meg Ryan are getting married.
The 56-year-old announced her engagement to the 67-year-old musician on Instagram. “ENGAGED!” is what she wrote. The post included a drawing of what appears to be the two holding hands. He's also holding a guitar.
They've been dating on and off since 2010.
Ryan was previously married to actor Dennis Quaid, while Mellencamp has been married three times.
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SYDNEY — Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, who is claiming millions of dollars in defamation damages over a newspaper report he behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star, might never work again, his lawyer told a court Friday.Wrapping up Rush's case against Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper and journalist Jonathan Moran, lawyer Bruce McClintock said “there is a significant risk that Mr. Rush will not work again.”In submissions for damages at the end of the 3-week hearing in Sydney's Federal Court, McClintock said the Oscar-winning actor's phone may not ring with job offers and he may never be able to regain his confidence and desire to work.The high-profile non-jury trial ended on Friday, when Judge Michael Wigney said he would “love to start writing his judgment tomorrow” but that his workload would prevent him from delivering the decision this year.Rush sued the Daily Telegraph's publisher, Nationwide News, and Moran over two articles and a newspaper poster published in 2017.They related to a report he behaved inappropriately toward a co-star, later revealed to be Eryn Jean Norvill, during a Sydney Theatre Company production of King Lear in 2015 and 2016.Rush denied the allegation and said the newspaper portrayed him as a pervert and sexual predator.
———LONDON — It seems British fans can't get enough of the soon-to-be reunited Spice Girls.The band has added five shows to its planned reunion tour next year after fans complained they couldn't buy tickets.The Spice Girls added extra gigs in London, Coventry and Manchester.The dates were added after tickets went on sale Saturday morning and fans struggled to get them for the existing shows.The Spice Girls will be performing without Victoria Beckham, who has launched a successful career as a fashion designer.They last performed together during the 2012 Olympics in London.
