... the friendship of the week
... celebrated "Satellite" singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, 28, and "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche, 41 with two emotional videos. In it, the two women tell of their longstanding relationship. "I appreciate our friendship that I can tell you everything. Everything," said Roche. Meyer-Landrut replied: "I appreciate from our friendship that we are not afraid of each other."
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The celebrity women got to know each other on a TV show by Stefan Raab and, according to their own statements, got on very well. "I think that's the coolest thing about you: that you don't care about anything," Meyer-Landrut said tearfully about her friend. "I learned a lot from that, and I got really brave from you."
The ESC winner of 2010 sings in her song "It Takes Two" about her friendship with Roche, which also survived "a dark phase".
... the engagement of the week
... celebrated Lindsey Vonn. The US ski star has proposed marriage to Canadian hockey professional PK Subbaneine - after he asked for her hand some time ago. In a "'non traditional' move", Vonn tweeted, she asked her fiance if he wanted to marry her.
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Double is better: PK Subban and Lindsey Vonn have asked each other an important question
For Vonn, the move is obviously an emancipatory act: "Women are not the only ones who should get an engagement ring," wrote the skier, who has won more World Cup races in her career than any woman before.
... the Christmas clip of the week
... came from Mariah Carey's prominent fans, including Kate Perry, John Travolta, Heidi Klum and Kim Kardashian West. Around 50 stars and starlets can be seen in a new music video for Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Carey's Christmas classic celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and made it to the top of the US charts for the first time.
The US singer reacts accordingly to the video message: "This is one of the best Christmas presents I've ever received," Carey thanked her "friends and favorite artists" on Twitter. "You put a big smile on my face."
... the Christmas card of the week
... sent the British royals Meghan and Harry. On her first Christmas card for three, the seven-month-old Archie looks straight into the camera. Behind him, his parents sit laughing in front of a Christmas tree.
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Meghan's girlfriend, US actress Janina Gavankar, took the picture, as her spokesman confirmed to US magazine People.
The young family is currently spending a Christmas holiday of several weeks in Canada, where Meghan, 38, has lived and shot for the US series "Suits" for seven years. For Christmas, Harry, Meghan and Archie will therefore not be with the Queen at the Sandringham country estate, but will instead spend the festival with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan: Christmas without the QueenThe British Queen Elizabeth II meanwhile strikes unusual private tones in her Christmas speech this year. The 93-year-old monarch addresses the "bumpy" path of the royal family and their country in the past twelve months.
... the baptism of the week
... was at Family Beckham. A few days before Christmas, the eight-year-old daughter Harper and the 14-year-old son Cruz were baptized by Victoria and David Beckham.
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US actress Eva Longoria and singer Marc Anthony acted as prominent sponsors. "I couldn't be more proud of my children and more thankful for my family and the most wonderful godparents," Victoria Beckham wrote on Instagram.
... the wedding of the week
... celebrated US actress Hilary Duff. She married her friend Matthew Koma and posted a traditional "Just Married" photo.
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The newlywed couple posed next to a car with empty cans hanging on its bumper.
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Singer and actress Hilary Duff is married for the second time.
The 32-year-old posted a photo of the couple standing in front of an off-road vehicle decorated with flowers. The words "Just Married" are on the rear window.
The two parents had become a daughter last year.
"This little something has completely conquered our hearts," wrote the singer at the time.
She already has a son with her ex-husband Mike Comrie (right). The couple separated in 2014.
Duff became known as a teen star with the Disney series "Lizzie McGuire" and starred in films like "The Perfect Man". She has also recorded several pop albums.
Duff wore a long, white dress for the wedding ceremony. She got engaged to songwriter Koma, 32, in May. The two have a one-year-old daughter named Banks Violet.
