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  • Jennifer Westfeldt And Jon Hamm Call It Quits After 18 Years Together

    After 18 years of being together, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have ended their relationship.

    Westfeldt and Hamm didn’t tell exactly when it happened and didn’t discuss any reasons of the separation but they released a joint statement regarding the news.

    “With great sadness, we have decided to separate, after 18 years of love and shared history,” Westfeldt and Hamm told PEOPLE in their statement.

    Hamm completed rehab for alcohol abuse last February and last April there were rumors circulating that Westfeldt had ended their relationship before Hamm entered the rehab.

    They denied the said rumors and Hamm even credited Westfeldt for supporting him all throughout.

    Hamm even said in an interview that he is lucky to have Westfeldt in his life.

    “Our lives are entwined,” the actor said. “It’s a long time together. I’m definitely the guy that repeats his stories! Mostly it’s just paying attention and keeping engaged and not succumbing to inertia or going through the motions.”

    They were last seen publicly last July in New York at the premiere after-party for Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.

    Hamm and Westfeldt began dating 1997 and established a production company, Points West Pictures, in 2009.

    Westfeldt wrote and produced the independent film, Kissing Jessica Stein, and wrote, produced and directed the comedy film, Friends with Kids in 2011, in which Hamm also starred.

    Hamm played the role of talented but troubled advertising executive Don Draper on Matthew Weiner’s period drama Mad Men, in which he won eight Emmy nominations. Mad Men ended last March after seven seasons.

    “We will continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible moving forward,” Hamm and Westfeldt said in their joint statement.

    Though they were together for 18 years, Hamm and Westfeldt were never married and had no children.

  • Misty Copeland, First African-American Principal in American Ballet Theatre’s History, Continues to Inspire

    Misty Copeland, the first African-American woman to be named a principal in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theater, continues to inspire young girls who dream of following in the ballerina’s footsteps.

    On Saturday, Copeland visited the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore to share her story of battling racial inequality to attaining the highly-coveted position of principal, which are typically paid more and take on more prestigious roles.

    Little girls wanting nothing more than to be just like their heroine lined up for hours to get a seat inside the museum and see the prima ballerina.

    Copeland, 32, shared her struggles as well as her accomplishments with the crown, including her early recognition for her natural dancing ability and the heartbreak of being told her body was too big and muscular to really succeed. She also shared how her brown skin kept her from roles traditionally held by white dancers.

    She began to bond with other black dancers and wasn’t shy to speak on the racial inequality in ballet, although she said she never saw herself as an activist.

    “I am just speaking my truth and my experiences,” Copeland said.

    According to the Baltimore Sun, Copeland says she want to use her position to reach other little girls with the same struggles by mentoring young dancers. She began a program with her dance company to improve diversity, but realized real change takes time.

    “That is not something you can just see transform over night,” she said.

    After speaking at the museum, Copeland signed copies of her memoir Life in Motion and her children’s book Firebird.

    Copeland treated each excited girl as if she were special.

    “It’s important for me to be a real person,” she said. “I am not somebody up on a pedestal. It is not about me as an individual. It is about what I represent.