Country singer Jordan Harvey married professional dancer Madison Fendley, 30, on Jan. 5 at Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian, Scotland. “I knew from the second I saw Madison carrying a red velvet cake out at a friend’s pool party that we were going to be together forever,” Harvey told People.
Good Morning America’s senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, 30, announced during a Jan. 8 broadcast that she is engaged to Elliott Smith. “[It] was a total surprise,” she said. • Sistas star Branden Wellington, 35, proposed to longtime girlfriend and former Miss California Meagan Tandy, 38, on Dec. 25. “The engagement has brought about another level of excitement to our lives,” he told People.
Singer Kali Uchis, 29, revealed in her music video for “Tu Corazón Es Mio” that she is expecting her first baby with boyfriend rapper Don Toliver, also 29. • YouTube star and former Real Housewives of Atlanta personality LaToya Forever, 36, (born LaToya Howard) and her fiancé, actor-director Slick Two Three (born Earl Barlow), welcomed a son, Yari Barlow, on Jan. 9 in Atlanta. She shares daughters Ayah, 4, and Samia, 9, and son Zayn, 7, with ex Adam Ali.
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On Jan. 8 Baywatch alum Nicole Eggert, 51, revealed to People that she was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in early December. Eggert will need surgery to remove the cancer and said she is waiting to determine when chemotherapy and radiation will start.
After 24 seasons and six Super Bowl wins, coach Bill Belichick, 71, and the New England Patriots announced a mutual parting of ways on Jan. 11. The team introduced Jerod Mayo, 37, as his successor a day later. • On Jan. 10 the University of Alabama announced the retirement of coach Nick Saban, 72, after 17 seasons and six NCAA football championships. Former University of Washington Huskies coach Kalen DeBoer, 49, will replace him.
Crime
Food Network star Darnell Ferguson, 36, was arrested on Jan. 9 in Kentucky on felony charges of burglary and strangulation in connection with an alleged attack on his estranged wife Tatahda Ferguson. His lawyer told People that the couple had a “disagreement.” He was arraigned the following day and released after posting a $10,000 bond and pleading not guilty. He is also facing charges of assault, terroristic threatening, menacing, criminal mischief and theft and receipt of a stolen credit or debit card.
Actress Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the classic sitcom The Honeymooners, died on Jan. 13 at her home in New York City. She was 99.
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