Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett tried to marry in Germany

Jun 5, 2009, 1:44 GMT

Marriage attempted. Happier days, Redmond\'s parents Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O\'Neal - Fawcett has undergone experimental treatment abroad, and has video journaled her fight with the disease in what may be her last smallscreen production. © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Los Angeles - Terminally ill cancer victim Farrah Fawcett tried to marry longtime partner Ryan O'Neal while she was receiving treatment in Germany but ran out of time, her friend Joan Dangerfield said Thursday.

Dangerfield revealed the news to YB show Extra! and also said that the 62-year-old actress was feeling so much better that she had even sent out for a steak from her favourite restaurant.

'They thought about getting married in Germany,' Dangerfield said. 'They had me check into all the laws to see if that was possible. But we just didn't get it together in time.'

'I did take a nun to see her and a bishop ... and they prayed and the nun gave her a little rosary,' Dangerfield said. 'Shortly after, she felt so good she sent me on an errand to Mastro's to buy a steak and we came back and sat around the bed and had a little dinner.'

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Bobby Brown welcomes fifth kid

Los Angeles (dpa) - R&B singer Bobby Brown is a dad for the fifth time, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Thursday.

Whitney Houston's ex-husband broke the happy news on stage during a concert at Rok nightclub in New York. The mother of baby Cassius is his manager and girlfriend, Alicia Etheridge.

The star has four other children from previous relationships, including 16-year-old Bobbi Kristina, his daughter with Whitney Houston.

Brown and Etheridge have been dating since Brown's break up with Houston in 2006.

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Jackman and Craig to star in Broadway cop play

New York (dpa) - Actor Hugh Jackman revealed Thursday that he will star in the Broadway play A Steady Rain, together with James Bond star Daniel Craig.

'I'm just really excited to be working with Daniel Craig, working with him. And just working on Broadway in a play, which I'm trained in and I haven't done yet,' he told TV programme Entertainment Tonight.

The play by Keith Huff, is about two Chicago cops whose lifelong friendship is put to the test when they become involved in a domestic dispute in a poor neighbourhood.

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Whitney Houston to release comeback album

Los Angeles (dpa) - Pop diva Whitney Houston will release a new album in September, her record label announced Thursday. The album with be the first in seven years for the talented but troubled star, who has sold more than 170 million records since 1985.

Houston, 45, has been battling drug and alcohol addiction in recent years and also divorced husband Bobby Brown in 2006. She started her comeback in February, when she performed at a pre-Grammy party hosted by record producer Clive Davis, and was also a presenter at the Grammy Awards.