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Goodbye sexy Sadie

A bit like Johnny Depp before him, Hollywood heart-throb Jude Law, recently seen in Steven Spielberg's AI, is to remove a tattoo bearing the name of actress Sadie Frost (Sadie who?) after their troubled marriage failed. Depp famously had the words "Winona Forever" tattooed onto his arm when he was madly in love with actress Winona Ryder then changed them to "Wino Forever" after they split. Law, on the other hand, has the phrase, "You came along to turn on everything, Sexy Sadie" etched onto his arm. Britain's Heat magazine recently reported that the actor is so desperate to remove all trace of his former relationship he doesn't care how much it hurts.

Minogue to marry?

Kylie Minogue can't get French lover Olivier Martinez out of her head so she's going to marry him. Or so says his brother Vincent. Apparently, Martinez proposed to the 35-year-old pert pop star on a cruise in France and gave her a $38,000 diamond ring � maybe he's got a guilty conscience after news reports of a brief romance with Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie.

Vincent Martinez has told Australian magazine New Idea that his brother even consulted his mother before proposing. But then who trusts the newspapers? A Kylie spokesperson said, "As far as I'm aware Kylie is not engaged and has no plans to marry."

Vocabulary

saga (n): a long series of events and/or a report about them
alleged (v): when something is stated as a fact but without giving proof
exchanging (v): giving something to somebody and at the same time receive the same type of thing from them
etch (v): to make a strong clear mark or pattern on something
desperate (adj): in this usage, needing or wanting something very much
propose (v): in this use, to ask somebody to marry you
pert (adj): small and attractive
conscience (n): the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong
consult (v): to go to somebody for information or advice