"If I wasn't already married, I would marry you right away, " Mrs Berlusconi accused him of telling women at a TV awards dinner.

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If you're gonna marry somebody sheerly for a wad of cash, I guess Liz Hurley would be an incredible coup, but Stiller and Hurley suddenly shift gears after a couple of non-committal scenes and start acting like their marriage is the real thing, with no explanation whatsoever.

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But I also remember the jolt of wonder and delight I felt years ago reading Jean Rhys's novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea, " when I realized that Antoinette Cosway, the main character, was the girl who would one day marry Mr. Rochester and go mad in his attic at Thornfield.

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