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It seems this New Year’s weekend was the weekend of "love." Several celebrities either got engaged or got married this weekend. Aw.. you know none of ‘em – except, maybe, one – will last. ENGAGED:Michael Jordan is engaged to longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto, 32, a Cuban-American model he’s been dating for three years. This offiically happened earlier in the week, but we’re going to lump it in with the weekend proposals and weddings.Aerosmith’s frontman Steven Tyler is engaged to Erin Brady. Tyler has been married and divorced twice. No other details were provided. Boo!Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William "Willie" Wilkerson. The Grammy-winning singer told The Associated Press in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding.LeBron James, 27, proposed to Savannah Brinson, the woman he’s dated since high school and the mother of his two children, on New Year’s Eve. He gave her a 7-carat pear-shaped center diamond with classic tapered baguette sides.MARRIED: Johnny Weir – Olympic skater, author and reality star – married boyfriend Victor Voronov, on Dec. 30. First, Weir tweeted to followers “I’m married! @vitya_zvesda ♥.” Then, his reps sent out an official statement: "Johnny Weir, 27, married Georgetown Law graduate, Victor Voronov, 28, in an early morning civil ceremony at the New York City Courthouse on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011."Brandi Glanville of the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, tied the knot with Darin Harvey, a mixed martial arts manager, after a tequila-filled night in Las Vegas. But, apparently, it was all a "drunken BFF thing." The couple plans to have the union annulled."American Idol" finalist James Durbin has married longtime girlfriend Heidi Lowe in a New Year’s Eve ceremony at the edge of a California redwood forest. The couple says in a statement that the wedding in a Santa Cruz Mountains chapel was a perfect way to kick off 2012. NO BEYONCE BABY: Rumors of Beyonce’s baby being born were all over the Internet recently. They aren’t true yet, according to her sister. That doesn’t mean she isn’t close. The very pregnant singer was seen out with her husband having dinner Saturday.HEADLINES‘The Bachelor’ season premiere recap: Ben wowed by horses, hats and hissy fits on first night Why Seattle is obsessed with ‘Portlandia’Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2012: Shooting Stars Wednesday Morning2011 HIT MASH-UP: Say good-bye to 2011 with DJ Earthworms mash-up of hits from last year: SHOWBIZ MIN: Steven Tyler gets engaged again; Aretha Franklin announces engagement; Cruise tops box office. COMMENTS ADVISORY: Users are solely responsible for opinions they post here; comments do not reflect the views of The Virginian-Pilot or its websites. Users must follow agreed-upon rules: Be civil, be clean, be on topic; don’t attack private individuals, other users or classes of people. Read the full rules here. – Comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language, but readers might find some comments offensive or inaccurate. If you believe a comment violates our rules, click the report violation link below it.

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