Mraz, Prettyman announce engagement
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, a Virginia native, says he and girlfriend Tristan Prettyman are engaged to be married.
Mraz, 33, and Prettyman, 28, announced the news via Twitter, E! Online reported.
In his tweet, Mraz typed "SHE SAID YES."
Prettyman tweeted: "For once. I Am Speechless … I did good! holy crap! Man of my dreams!!! for the rest of my life!!!"
Mraz's representative confirmed the engagement, AccessHollywood.com reported. His fourth album will be released in 2011.
Crowds gather to see queen, family members
NORFOLK, England, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people turned out to greet Britain's Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family at a Christmas service, officials said.
The queen and the royal family attended the morning service at St. Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, Sky News reported Saturday.
Attending the service were the duke of Edinburgh, the prince of Wales and the duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, the duke of York and his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and the earl of Wessex.
Absent was Prince William, who volunteered to work at Royal Air Force Valley, where he is stationed. His fiancee, Catherine Middleton, spent Christmas with her family.
A Sky News correspondent said hundreds of people watched the royals arrive at church.
"We've been doing it for a year or two, we just like to come down and see the royals," said a spectator named George. "We started doing it with my mum but now she's not very well, but I keep coming down here with my wife."
The queen was scheduled to broadcast a message later Saturday.
'Housewife' star in Beverly Hills fracas
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- "Real Housewife of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump and her guests were involved in a Christmas Eve altercation at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the star said.
Vanderpump, her husband, two elderly guests and a reporter were at the hotel early on Christmas Eve when the brouhaha occurred, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
An allegedly inebriated man, seated at a nearby table, reportedly told Vanderpump, "You're wearing a lot more makeup now and your eyes are darker and smokier," before asking, "Why are you sitting with old people?"
At that point, KNBC-TV reporter Robert Kovacik, who was part of Vanderpump's group, asked the man to stop and was punched in the jaw. The man then allegedly pushed Vanderpump's husband to the floor, the newspaper said.
When police arrived, Kovacik refused to file charges, but later changed his mind. The report didn't name the attacker or specify if he was arrested.
Vanderpump took Kovacik to plastic surgeon Paul Nassif, the husband of her co-star, Adrienne Maloof, the Times said. Kovacik received five deep sutures and 24 stitches and later filed charges against the alleged attacker.
Bristol Palin buys Arizona home
MARICOPA, Ariz., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, paid cash for a home she purchased in Arizona, her friends said.
Palin, 20, reportedly paid $172,000 in cash for the 5-bedroom home in Maricopa, Ariz., a Phoenix suburb in Pinal County, TMZ.com reported.
The former contestant on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" reportedly told friends she might enroll at an Arizona college after she moves into her new home.
Her new house is near the Arizona State University school of broadcasting and Palin has expressed an interest in public speaking.
The Arizona Republic said the home built in 2006 and sold for $329,560 went into foreclosure in January and was purchased in May by Michael and Cynthia Smith for $137,200.
They fixed it up and put it back on the market.
"I'm not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her," Michael Smith told the newspaper.
