I know-the Kardashians and their extended clan have been appearing all too often in this column lately. But, once again, one of this week's biggest headlines in the entertainment world involves none other than Kris Jenner (mother of the Kardashian sisters) and her husband, Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner. In a joint statement to E! News last Tuesday, they confirmed that they have separated, and are living apart.

Still, Bruce, 63, insists that he and Kris, 57, are not filing for divorce just yet, simply telling People Magazine that "Kris has her own place and I have my own place. There's no animosity." The couple has been married for 22 years. For her part, Kris has also been emphasizing her contentedness with this arrangement, posting a happy photo of herself on Instagram from a visit with Bruce and his sons from a previous marriage, Brody and Brandon, a clear counter to TMZ's claim that the Jenner boys were "thrilled" with their father's separation from Kris. Together, Kris and Bruce have daughters Kendall, 17, and Kylie, 16.

People Magazine also speculates that Kim and Kanye West are moving back into the Jenner house this summer with their baby daughter. North was the final straw in Bruce's decision to separate with Kris. He felt that the home had become too crowded, and that Kim's return drew all of Kris's attention away from him, though the crowdedness of the home the couple shared seems like too light of an issue to be the sole cause of their separation.

In other news from the land of pop culture, actress Hayden Panettiere confirmed she is engaged to her beau Wladimir Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxer, during an interview on the Wednesday taping of the show Live with Kelly and Michael. Ever since Panettiere, 24, was photographed this summer with a big rock on her finger, speculation has followed that Klitschko, 37, proposed. The couple has had a notoriously on-and-off relationship, splitting in 2011 and then getting back together as recently as February of this year. Their 13-year age difference parallels their severe height difference (the photographs of the 5'2" Panettiere standing next to the 6'6" Klitschko are really quite comical).
More engagement news came this Friday, when reps for Once Upon a Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas confirmed to People that the couple's on-screen romance had indeed bloomed off-screen as well. Dallas, 31, who plays Prince Charming on the popular ABC series, apparently asked Goodwin, 35, the show's Snow White, to marry him last Wednesday in Los Angeles. Their nuptials will surely take the term 'fairytale wedding' to a new level.

To bring this week's pop culture news to a close, I leave you with the wise words of Robin Thicke, defending his Video Music Awards performance with Miley Cyrus to Oprah Winfrey. If you haven't seen clips of it yet, the singer, 36, sat down for an interview for the Sunday episode of the OWN network show, Oprah's Next Chapter, explaining that he did not think the performance was sexual: "I [was] twerked upon. I don't twerk myself." That makes total sense, right? Well, I don't know about you, but I certainly never thought I'd hear those sentences uttered, let alone one after the other.
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