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  • Robin Wright Calls Off Engagement To Fiancé 14 Years Her Junior, Says He Was Too Immature

    Robin Wright, 49 and Ben Foster, 34, called it quits on the whole engagement thing for the second time after calling their first engagement off last November 2014. According to an insider, their 14-year age difference is one of the factors that caused them to call off their engagement.

    “Ben was kind of immature,” an insider said, “Robin Wright couldn’t deal with him anymore.”

    They had their engagement for the second time last December 2014, but then their schedules got crazy and Wright realized it was not the right decision.

    Though this couple have an on and off relationship, they were able to keep this split quiet from the media, the source said, they called of their engagement a few months ago.

    Robin Wright and Ben Foster met on the set of their show Rampart last 2011, and started dating early 2012 when they were reportedly seen together in Australia. They got engaged the first time last January 2014.

    In February 2014 Wright opened up about her divorce from her second husband Sean Penn, and proudly said that she moved on with the help of Foster. She also said that Foster’s first proposal was a pleasant surprise.

    “His proposal was such a shock,” Wright told The Daily Telegraph. “But we felt married anyway. We’ve been together ever since the first date,” she added.

    In March 2014, Wright told Vanity Fair how Foster inspired her to be the best of her.

    “There’s so much to learn.  It’s endless. How great!” Wright said in the interview.

    November 2014, they called of their first so-called great engagement but then were reunited a few months after.

    “They gave it another go,” the insider also said, “but were still having the same issues.”  The issues of her age difference and lack of time with her fiancé age differenceage differenceare lessons Robin Wright may need to learn from just in case she wants to give their engagement yet another try.

  • Age Difference No Issue For Dick Van Dyke

    Age Difference No Issue For Dick Van Dyke

    You’re as young as you feel and evidently Dick Van Dyke is feeling less than half his age these days. The legendary comedic actor who is best known for playing in the movies, “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “Mary Poppins” and for his series, “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” celebrated Leap Day this February by getting married. Van Dyke turns 86 this year and his new bride and current Make-Up Artist, Arlene Silver will be 40.

    According to Van Dyke, “It was kinda on the spur of the moment, we just decided Leap Day would be the best time to do it.” Van Dyke and Make-Up Artist, Silver met in Los Angeles at the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards in 2006. Van Dyke was previously married for 36 years and was divorced in 1984 after a long separation. He lived with Michelle Triola, a long time companion for over 30 years until she died in 2009. Van Dyke has four children.

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    The couple had their Leap Day Wedding ceremony at a chapel in Malibu near the home of Van Dyke. “Despite their obvious age difference, Dick has never been happier. She brings a lot of light into his life,” Van Dyke’s publicist, Bob Palmer told ABC News. “I’m not a loner. I have to have a life partner. I found the perfect one,” Van Dyke said in an interview about his new bride. “The last couple of years we kind of fell in love and she keeps up with me,” added the Octogenarian groom.

    The newly married Make-Up Artist, now mate Sliver got the final word in their interview with RumorFix, “He’s the happiest person I have ever met. He’s got an infectious spirit.”