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Star Magazine (30th Oct 2001) Ally McBeal beauty and gay galpal tying the knot Ally McBeal star Portia de Rossi is sporting a wedding band on her ring finger these days – and that has sent Tinseltown tongues into a tizzy. Is Portia in a committed relationship with the stepdaughter of Beatle Ringo Starr? Or is she in a lesbian lifetime partnership? Portia's people swear up and down she's not, and that a recent birthday party at the $750,000 penthouse that Portia shares with lover Francesca Gregorini was nothing more than the celebration of Portia's 29th. But sources who were at the party told me they witnessed Portia and Francesca, 33, a fledgling singer-songwriter, swear that they'll take care of each other for life. And they sealed it with an exchange of rings. Hers (Portia's) was a big 1 1/2 -carat rock, and hers (Francesca's) was described as a white-gold band encrusted with small diamonds. Then witnesses saw the woman who plays Ally McBeal's ice-cold colleague, nicknamed Subzero Nell, melt right before their eyes. "Portia looked really happy," an eyewitness, her voice choking with emotion, said. "Her eyes were getting all teary. She's head over heels in love with Francesca. They said really cute things to each other." The relationship became public last November when Star published pictures of Portia and Francesca, the daughter of former James Bond girl Barbara Bach and the stepdaughter of Beatle Ringo Starr, groping one another on a West Hollywood back alley. The ceremony, which has no legal standing in California since lesbian marriages are not officially recognized, went well into the night. But the two were spotted early the next morning sipping coffee at a local diner, giggling like high-schoolers. "This one will last forever," one witness said.
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