Emilio Estevez announces wedding plans at Festival

By Stone Martindale Sep 5, 2006, 20:02 GMT

Emilio Estevez and his girlfriend Sonia pose for a photo and announce happy news during a press conference to promote the movie \'Bobby\' at the Venice Film Festival in Venice on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI

People magazine is reporting that actor and director Emilio Estevez is engaged to writer Sonja Magdevski.

Estevez is promoting his latest film Bobby at the Venice Film Festival - a film about Robert Kennedy's assassination.

The couple had been dating for a year and a half before getting engaged over Christmas, according to People.  Regarding marriage dates: "Don't know yet. Gotta get through this," he said, referring to the film, which was six years in the making.

Estevez, 44, wrote, directed and co-stars in the movie along with Demi Moore, Anthony Hopkins and his dad, Martin Sheen.  Sheen is currently enrolled at the University of Ireland in Galway as a student and was unavailable to be at the festival.

Magdevski, accompanying Estevez in Venice, has a bit part in the film.

"My sister was supposed to do the part but she had a conflict with The West Wing," Estevez reports to People. "So I said to Sonja, 'Get in wardrobe. Get in makeup!' "

Estevez was married to Paula Abdul for two years in the early nineties.   Previously, he dated model Carey Salley, with whom he has two grown children: Taylor, 22, and Paloma, 20. He was also engaged to Demi Moore.

Magdevski is reported by People to be a former Fulbright scholar and has written about wine, a shared passion for both her and Emilio, who makes his own label at his vineyard.