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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 17, 2007

Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, has married Florida U.S. Rep. Connie Mack of Fort Myers.

Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married Saturday in a private ceremony attended by 35 family members.

"It was fantastic," Whitaker said. "It was a very quiet ceremony." A spokeswoman for Mack had said in November that Asheville, N.C., was selected because it is Whitaker's home.

Mack and Bono, R-Calif., had been dating for two years. Bono's chief of staff, Frank Cullen Jr., said Mack proposed in late August while the couple were on a camping trip in Arches National Park in Utah.

Bono, 45, replaced Sonny Bono in Congress in a special election in 1998. Mack, 40, who is divorced, is the son of the Florida senator of the same name and great-grandson of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack.

Dion Finishes 5 Years At Caesars Palace
Celine Dion called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknowledging in her final show that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement.

As adoring fans cheered, stood and clapped through Saturday night's performance, Dion interspersed her usual numbers with emotion-filled monologues.

"At one point, it was like feeling like the Titanic was about to sink again," she said. "But we believed and we went on with it. Even though the vibe was not that positive for us."

She pushed on, fighting through initial bad reviews to make it five years of filling a 4,100-seat arena.

After her last number, Dion invited husband Angelil and her son, Rene-Charles, now 7, on stage with her. Rene-Charles repeatedly reached down to grab rose petals that rained down on the final bow, giving them to her.
Todd Herzog Is Winner In 'Survivor: China'

The final four "Survivor: China" contestants kept their alliance intact all season long, but only self-proclaimed schemer Todd Herzog was able to win the CBS reality show's $1 million prize Sunday.

Herzog, 22, a flight attendant from Pleasant Grove, Utah, bested closest allies Courtney Yates, 26, a waitress from New York, and Amanda Kimmel, 23, a hiking guide from Los Angeles.

"I wasn't the strongest. I wasn't the smartest," Herzog said during the finale. "But I was definitely the most strategic."

Herzog won the 15th edition of "Survivor" with four votes against Yates' two and Kimmel's one.

Coppola Says He's Unlike Character In New Film

Francis Ford Coppola says little would change if he were given a chance to do his life over, like the central character in his new movie, "Youth Without Youth."

"It would be the same life," the Oscar-winning director says in an interview in Sunday's The New York Times Magazine. "When I die, I am not going to be there saying 'Oh, I wish I had done this, and I wish I had done that.' Because I did it."

The director of "The Godfather" and Apocalypse Now" says that goes for his movies, too.

"Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. I don't know of anyone who has done it. I guess Japanese director Akira Kurosawa has come the closest."

Today's Birthdays

Bassist Mike Mills of R.E.M. is 49. Actress Milla Jovovich ("Zoolander," "The Fifth Element") is 32.

Source: The Associated Press

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