Brothers & Sisters

Yeah, we’re all high-minded TV viewers into discussing the intricacies of plotting and fine acting, but heck, it’s Friday, it’s been a stressful week, and who really couldn’t use a little dose of mindless celebrity gossip right about now? Here’s a sampling of news flashes from Gossip Land, gleaned from all the Google alerts that have been building up in my mailbox:

Rob Lowe Killed a Bird!
An unfortunate golf ball incident at a charity game in Iowa got Lowe’s name in a lot of online items this week. While it was undoubtedly embarrassing for the actor and lethal for the goldfinch, it did give Lowe an opportunity to show again that he has a pretty healthy sense of humor about himself. According to an ABC News report: “As the rest of the players in his group broke out in laughter and applause, Lowe raised his arms in mock celebration. ‘That’s my birdie,’ he said after looking at the bird, which lay motionless on the ground. ‘That’s unbelievable. Who comes here and kills the state bird? Only me.’”

Calista Flockhart Will Not Marry!
Lowe’s onscreen fiancee has no intention of wedding anybody offscreen, no matter what the gossips keep saying about Harrison Ford proposing. According to the recent round of non-stories about the non-marriage, Flockhart is quoted as declaring: “Marriage is not important to me. My belief system doesn’t work that way. I feel like our commitment is made in other ways, so I’m very happy (with the way things are).” Celebrity wedding denials often directly precede celebrity weddings, so expect much more fact-free speculation in the weeks and months to come.

Marika Dominczyk Did Marry!
One celebrity couple who actually announced an engagement and followed through on it is Marika Dominczyk, who played Justin’s girlfriend Tyler, and actor Scott Foley, currently of The Unit. According to US Magazine, “The couple wed on Tuesday in a modern Hawaiian ceremony before approximately 30 guests at an exclusive private resort.” If this was a Walker wedding, everyone would jump into the ocean after.

Eric Winter Is Dating a Woman!
And in the time-honored tradition of actors playing gay characters coincidentally being photographed with their beautiful real-life girlfriends, Winter, who plays Kevin’s potential love interest Jason, is shown on the blog Televisionista smooching with Roselyn Sanchez from Without a Trace, whom he has been dating for over a year. They were caught by the camera at a film premiere in her native Puerto Rico.

Balthazar Getty’s Having Twins!
Well, his wife is, anyway. The couple joined Grey’s Anatomy cast members, including Balthazar’s buddy Eric Dane, at a fund-raising event recently to help the homeless, at which, according to USA Today, Mrs. Getty “announced that the couple is expecting twin girls in the fall.” Twins? Yikes. How creepy must it be to have a storyline going in which one of your twins dies shortly after birth when you are in fact expecting twins in real life? That kind of makes me hate that plotline even more. And puts me out of the mood for gossip, anyway.

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