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JAMES MARSTERS: James Marsters' publicist confirmed the U.S. television actor has married his longtime girlfriend, Patricia Rahman.

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Marsters, 48, is best known for his portrayal of vampire Spike on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." He also has played recurring roles on "Smallville," "Torchwood" and "Hawaii Five-0."

His representative told People.com Thursday the actor married Rahman, a 25-year-old German fashion-design student, in a private Jan. 14 civil ceremony in Los Angeles.

No other details about the wedding were immediately available.


PETER JACKSON: Movie director Peter Jackson has been discharged from a New Zealand hospital where he underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer, TVNZ reported Thursday.

Shooting on Jackson's current project, a two-part big-screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," was due to begin next month, but has been delayed while the filmmaker recuperates at home, the Web site said.

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TVNZ quoted the Oscar-winning director's publicist, Melissa Booth, as saying Jackson wanted to express his gratitude to the doctors and nursing staff at Wellington Hospital for their care and to his fans for their support.

Jackson directed the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, which was also based on works by Tolkien.


MICK JAGGER: British rock icon Mick Jagger is to perform live on the Grammy Awards for the first time, The Recording Academy said.

Jagger will be accompanied by Raphael Saadiq and his band during the Feb. 13 telecast's annual In Memoriam tribute, which pays homage to members of the music community who have died in the previous year.

"In his first-ever live appearance on the Grammy stage, Jagger -- accompanied by soul singer Saadiq and his band -- will honor one of his longtime idols, recently deceased Grammy winner Solomon Burke," the academy said in a news release Thursday. "Jagger has appeared only once before on the Grammy telecast (with the Rolling Stones) via satellite from London during the 28th annual Grammy Awards in 1986, when Eric Clapton presented the Stones with The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award."

Jagger and Saadiq join previously announced performers Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Muse and Katy Perry.

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Justin Bieber and Usher are also to perform with Jaden Smith, while B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae will take the stage together, and Drake and Rihanna will share a duet.

Cee Lo Green and Gwyneth Paltrow also are to sing with the Jim Henson Company Puppets.

Dierks Bentley, Norah Jones, Selena Gomez, LL COOL J, Nicki Minaj and Blake Shelton are to be presenters at the prize presentation, which is to take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles and which will be broadcast on CBS.


JENNIFER ANISTON: U.S. actress Jennifer Aniston says she was offered a job on "Saturday Night Live," but passed it up so she could co-star on the sitcom "Friends."

"They were like, 'You're so stupid,'" UsMagazine.com reported Aniston said on Wednesday's edition of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "They thought I was making a huge mistake."

She then joked about how "Friends," which ran for 10 seasons and earned her tens of millions of dollars, "did alright."

Aniston co-stars with "SNL" alum Adam Sandler in "Just Go With It."

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