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Cast member Cameron Diaz arrives for the world premiere of the film "Gambit" at Leicester Square in London November 7, 2012LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters

WEDDING BELLS

Just in time for the holidays: Cameron Diaz and her rocker boyfriend Benji Madden have gotten engaged.

Us Weekly cites multiple sources in reporting that the actress and the Good Charlotte frontman are officially engaged after dating for seven months. No date has been set for the wedding, which will be the first marriage for both.

Best known for her roles in the films Charlie's Angels and There's Something About Mary, Diaz, 42, and Madden, 35, began dating in May of this year.

"Everyone thinks it's wild but are so happy for them," said the unidentified Us Weekly source. "Benji always tends to fall in love easily, but this time it's for real and he landed a great girl. They obviously make each other incredibly happy and there's nothing better than that."

And according to a friend of the couple, going through the formality of an engagement and a wedding was entirely Madden's idea.

"He is more traditional than her," said a friend of the couple. "She really doesn't care about getting married but wants babies. He wants to get engaged and married first."

As for how Diaz and Madden ever hooked up in the first place, give the credit to reality-TV star Nicole Richie, who is married to Madden's twin brother and bandmate Joel Madden.

"I'm going to take responsibility for everything," said Richie during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live last summer.

Maybe the best news of all: Diaz's mother, Billie, is already presold on the idea of having the heavily tattooed rock star as a son-in-law.

"Billie has been gushing about Cameron's new relationship," a source told Us. "She absolutely loves Benji and she hopes this is the man her daughter will finally settle down with."

Happy holidays, Billie.

LAST CALL

Stephen Colbert signed off on The Colbert Report with wisecracks and an all-star singalong. On Thursday's final broadcast of the Comedy Central series, Colbert, who will take over the reins of CBS's The Late Show from David Letterman next year, began the broadcast by saying, "If this is your first time tuning into the Colbert Report, I have some terrible news…" The finale ended with a group version of the Second World War-era song We'll Meet Again, in which Colbert was accompanied by his former Daily Show colleague Jon Stewart, along with James Franco, Willie Nelson, Tom Brokaw, Barry Manilow, Gloria Steinem, George Lucas and several other celebrities.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

OVERDUE HONOUR

It took more than two decades, but Jennifer Aniston finally won her first acting award. The 45-year-old former Friends fixture received the award for Movie Performance of the Year – Actress at Thursday night's inaugural People Magazine Awards in Beverly Hills. Aniston was honoured for her role in the indie movie Cake, in which she plays a woman afflicted with chronic pain. At the same show, Michael Keaton received the trophy for Movie Performance of the Year – Actor for his work in the acclaimed film Birdman.

Source: MTV

FIGHTING WORDS

Sparks were flying between Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell this week on The View. On Thursday's edition of the daytime talk series, things turned nasty when the conversation turned to the recent news story about U.S. first lady Michelle Obama admitting to People magazine that both she and her husband, President Barack Obama, have been mistaken for hired help in the past. "You guys need to know what real racism is," said Goldberg to her fellow co-hosts. Countered O'Donnell: "Racism exists and that's a fact of American history and life today, and so we have to face it." The argument peaked when Goldberg told O'Donnell: "You are a white lady telling me what is racist to you."

Source: The Wrap

MEDICAL CHECK

If you're getting your medical advice from Dr. Oz, you might want to get a second opinion. Earlier this week, the British Medical Journal published a University of Alberta study revealing that roughly half of the medical advice served up by Dr. Mehmet Oz on his syndicated daytime talk show Dr. Oz is either baseless or wrong. In recent months, Oz has been forced to appear before U.S. Congress for his role in advocating coffee beans as a weight-loss methods and other claims. According to the study, "Recommendations made on medical talks shows often lack adequate information on specific benefits or the magnitude of the effects of these benefits. … The public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows."

Source: Washington Post

CHANGING LANES

If you thought teens texting were a danger on the road, wait until you meet their parents. A recent study from Wayne State University in Detroit has concluded that the older a person gets, the more dangerous they are while texting behind the wheel. The study focused on a group of participants who were already proficient at one-handed texting on smartphones while driving. Among drivers aged 18 to 24, on average, approximately 50 per cent crossed from one lane to another. When the same test was conducted on drivers aged 45 to 59, that number jumped to nearly 100 per cent. "There is a perception that more experienced drivers can text and drive more safely because they can manage distractions better than less experienced drivers," said Wayne State professor Doreen Head.

Source: Detroit Free Press

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