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Pink Trades Sweatpants for Breast Cancer Benefit in L.A.

Originally posted 11/14/2012 06:00AM

Pink took a break from mommy duties to perform at Sony Studios in Culver City,Calif., benefitting the Margie Petersen Breast Center at Saint John's Health Center on Monday.

The "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" singer wore a black long-sleeved top and a black leather skirt to perform an 11-song set. The star-studded audience included Heather Locklear, Valerie Bertinelli, Melanie Griffith and Rita Wilson.

"It's been a while since I sang. I'm usually in sweatpants singing 'Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me,'" joked the mother of 17-month-old old Willow.

Earlier in the night, Locklear and Bertinelli were seen sitting together and chatting in the VIP area close to the stage.

Guests at the event enjoyed hors d'oeuvres by Wolfgang Puck, including tuna tartare, crab cakes, mini sliders, and fire-roasted eggplant tarts, as well as cocktails and Stella Artois.

Getting ready for the #PowerOfPinkBenefit and so thankful for all of the support and donations and we bout to bring it girls and boys

— P!nk (@Pink) November 13, 2012

– Gabrielle Olya

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Antonio Banderas & Melanie Griffith Are 'Absolutely Fine,' Says Source

Originally posted 07/19/2012 06:00PM

Are Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith on the brink of divorce?

Despite persistent Internet buzz that Banderas, 51, and Griffith, 54, are fighting to save their marriage, two sources maintain all is well with the couple of 15 years.

"They seem absolutely fine. Honestly, they seem happy," a source who saw them together recently tells PEOPLE.

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Antonio Banderas & Melanie Griffith: We've Had As Many Problems As Anybody

Originally posted 09/22/2011 08:00AM

In 15 years of marriage, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith "have had as many problems as anybody," he admits. Among them was Griffith's stint in rehab, her third, two years ago.

"We've never hidden it. We've been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie," the actor tells AARP The Magazine in its November issue.

This openness extends to their children, says Banderas. The couple have one daughter together, Stella, who turns 15 this week. Griffith also has two children from previous relationships, Alexander, 26, and Dakota, 21.

"The pretending is the worst, because kids are so smart," Banderas says. "They can see through all of those things, and if you don't talk openly about problems, it creates a very dark place. They carry that through the rest of their lives, to their marriages, to their kids."

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Antonio Banderas: Passion Keeps My Marriage to Melanie Alive

Originally posted 05/13/2010 01:05PM

Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith are a rarity in Hollywood – a couple married for 15 years and still going strong despite divorce rumors and stints in rehab. So, what's their secret?

"There is one virtue that is very underrated and that's passion," Banderas told PEOPLE at the New York launch of his fragrance, The Secret. "If you lose your passion, all these other virtues that are way more important, they just all fall."

The actor, 49, who also displayed his first photography exhibition "Secrets on Black" with pieces auctioned via Charity Buzz to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, says that hard times can make a union stronger.

"We have been in crisis sometimes and we knew that if just waited to cross that tunnel that we were just in, at the end we were going to be stronger," he said. "We believed, very much, in each other and we've been battling with everything that happens in our lives because at the end we knew there was a reward. And the reward in my case was her."

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Melanie Griffith No Longer Feeding the 'Monster' of Addiction

Originally posted 04/21/2010 06:30AM

After battling substance-abuse problems on and off for more than 30 years, Melanie Griffith says the "monster" has been contained.

"Addiction's a tough enemy to defeat," the Oscar-nominated actress tells Spain's ¡Hola! magazine in a new interview. "I think of it as a monster. If I feed it, it will always want more and more, so now I'm letting it starve to death in a corner. But it's always there."

Last August, the actress, 52, entered rehab for a third time, following stints in 1988 and 2000. She tells the magazine she became addicted to painkillers following a skiing accident.

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