'Big Love' star engaged; Tyler Perry's pledge

'Big Love' star Goodwin engaged

"Big Love" star Ginnifer Goodwin has some big news: She's engaged to her boyfriend Joey Kern, People magazine reports. "We couldn't be happier than to celebrate our engagement over the holidays with our families," the couple told People. Goodwin, 32, and Kern, 34, were set up by a mutual friend and have been together for two years. Kern proposed earlier this month and designed the ring himself. The couple plans to marry next fall.

Tyler Perry's Christmas pledge

Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is offering to rebuild the home of an 88-year-old great-grandmother who lost all her belongings in a fire. Rosa Lee Ransby and her 4-year-old great-granddaughter escaped the fire Tuesday that destroyed her home of 40 years in Coweta County, southwest of Atlanta. Coweta County firefighters began soliciting donations, and calls flooded in. The Atlanta-based filmmaker visited Ransby's neighborhood Thursday and pledged to rent her a house for a year, pay for her utilities, buy her furniture and then build her a new home. Coweta Fire Chief Todd Moore said Perry's decision "made my Christmas." "I've been doing this a long time - seen a lot of bad things come and go - but this is special," he said.