1.   In time-honored tradition, inspiration came on the heels of a split with her longtime boyfriend.

2.   Isabel dumps her longtime boyfriend after an intense chance meeting with a hunky housepainter on a vacation in Rome.

3.   She and her longtime boyfriend, actor Hugh Grant, have their own production company, Simian Productions.

4.   She returned to Los Angeles and married a longtime boyfriend, but that show closed after a six-month run.

5.   Singer Gwen Stefani was in the midst of breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, band bassist Tony Kanal.

6.   Soon after, Shannon phoned from St. Louis to inform me that her longtime boyfriend, the ROTC guy, has proposed marriage.

7.   The idea is to recruit five young women who have had trouble dragging their longtime boyfriends to the altar.

8.   A radiant smile on her face, Dutch swimmer Wilma van Hofwegen told how her longtime boyfriend popped the question in the Olympic Village.

9.   Eory, a native of Iran, died Sunday from a cerebral hemorrhage, her longtime boyfriend, actor Carlos Monde told local media.

10.   Halle Berry has secretly married her longtime boyfriend Eric Benet.