US pop diva to marry casino magnate
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US pop star Mariah Carey and Australian casino tycoon James Packer are engaged to be married, according to friends who yesterday said they were “over the moon” for the lovebirds.
They have been dating for several months and celebrated New Year’s Eve at billionaire Packer’s Crown Casino in Melbourne, where the singer took to the stage to perform before an intimate audience that included Packer’s mother.
“I’m so excited to be in Melbourne with James for New Year’s Eve,” the husky-voiced songstress reportedly said at the fete.
A close friend of the couple confirmed the upcoming nuptials, saying she was “over the moon that James has found such happiness with Mariah.”
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Packer proposed to his girlfriend in New York on Thursday.
Sources close to the Packer family said “the family is overjoyed that they have found each other,” the newspaper reported.
E News entertainment website described her 35-carat engagement ring as “breathtaking.”
Carey was previously married to rap artist and actor Nick Cannon with whom she had fraternal twins.
Her five-year union to legendary music producer Tony Mottola ended in divorce in 1998.
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