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Barrymore engaged to art consultant

NEW YORK

Drew Barrymore is engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman.

Barrymore’s publicist confirmed the engagement Friday. The couple reportedly were engaged over the holidays in Sun Valley, Idaho. It will be the actress’ third marriage.

Us Weekly first reported the engagement. A photo of the pair, in which Barrymore sports a diamond ring, was released to People magazine.

The 36-year-old Barrymore was briefly married to Jeremy Thomas in 1994 and to comedian Tom Green in 2001.

Kopelman is the son of former Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman.

Sheen donates $25K to Ala. tornado relief

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

Actor Charlie Sheen has donated $25,000 to help tornado relief in Alabama, making good on a promise to help survivors of the deadly twisters.

The head of Tuscaloosa’s tourism agency, Don Staley, says Sheen gave money that came though his fundraising website, and more cash might be on the way.

Sheen visited Tuscaloosa after the April 27 twisters and talked about staging a relief show and celebrity ball game to raise funds. Staley says those plans didn’t materialize, but the actor donated the money shortly before Thanksgiving.

Some people criticized Sheen for coming to Alabama after his firing from the hit CBS show “Two and a Half Men,” and some in Tuscaloosa didn’t expect him to follow through on his promises. Staley says Sheen gave the money without making any public announcement and just wants to help.

Ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Weston dies

LONDON

Bob Weston, a British guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac, has died at 64.

Police say Weston’s body was found in his north London home on Tuesday after neighbors raised the alarm.

Police said Friday that his death was not being treated as suspicious. An autopsy revealed the causes of death as gastric intestinal hemorrhage, cirrhosis of the liver and throat problems.

Weston joined Fleetwood Mac in 1972 as replacement for Danny KirwanSDLq and played on the band’s albums “Penguin” and “Mystery to Me.”

But during an American tour the next year, Mick Fleetwood discovered Weston was having an affair with his wife, Jenny Boyd. Weston was fired.

New NBC chief says ‘Community’ to return

PASADENA, Calif.

NBC’s new entertainment chief says he wants to clear up some misconceptions: both “Community” and “Law & Order: SVU” have a future at the network.

Bob Greenblatt said Friday that many people believed the Thursday night comedy “Community” was going to quietly disappear because it wasn’t on the fall schedule, but he promised that it would be back later this fall.

He also said that star Mariska Hargitay was not leaving the drama “Law & Order: SVU” and will be back next season. Later this season, her character will have a new love interest in actor Harry Connick Jr.

Greenblatt said “we had a really bad fall, worse than I had hoped for but about what I expected.”

Associated Press