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WASHINGTON - American actress Christina Ricci and her boyfriend actor Owen Benjamin have reportedly ended their engagement. A source close to the couple revealed that everything had been fine with the two, but after they got into a fight, they decided to break off their engagement. “Owen had a birthday party this past Sunday, and everything seemed fine. Sometime after, they got into a fight and decided to re-evaluate things. (Then) the engagement was off,” People magazine quoted the source as saying.
LONDON - Singer Nelly Furtado is to release her first album recorded completely in Spanish, it has emerged. According to US music magazine Billboard, the 30-year-old has already been heard singing in Spanish on duets with Colombian rock star Juanes, and on her 2006 Latin American single, No Hay Igual, reports The BBC. Furtado, who shot to fame in 2000 with her hit single I’m Like a Bird, also announced a Portuguese language album via her Myspace blog.
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