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Nicole Richie and her long time boyfriend Joel Madden have announced that they are getting married. The couple have kept the news quiet until the actress announced it during the taping of Late Show with David Letterman on Monday night. The show will air on Friday, February 19, 2010.

Madden ‘tweeted’: Yep, i’m engaged. Very happy. yeah we’ve been engaged for a while so your all kind of late on that. but thanks for the hooplah all the same. P.s. that’s why i love my family and friends. None of them are sources. All good tight lipped people who let us enjoy it! Thanks everybody.”

Her father Lionel Richie said, “My happiness for Nicole and Joel knows no boundaries. They have given me two beautiful grandchildren, Harlow and Sparrow, and have proven to be great parents. I am not sure who is luckier, Nicole and Joel to have each other, or me, to have both of them in my life. I cannot wait to give away the bride!”

Joel, 30, and Nicole, 28, recently were involved in the star-studded remake of an original Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie song that raised $63 million for African famine relief in 1985. Check out We Are The World 25 for Haiti here.

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