Minnie Driver's wedding called off

THE British actress Minnie Driver has broken off her engagement to the actor Josh Brolin, who is Barbra Streisand’s stepson.

A brief announcement A22___: “Minnie Driver and Josh Brolin have decided to cancel their wedding plans. Their decision is mutual and amicable.” They have been engaged for six months after meeting on the set of the film Slow Burn.

Suggestions that Driver, 31, was frustrated by Streisand’s interference in the wedding A23___ had been denied. “I am going to be A24___ control. It’s nonsense to suggest that I am not involved,” Driver had said recently. “Josh and I are A25___ it together. I’m drawing pictures and making scrapbooks of different dresses that I love.

“I’m accruing lists of wedding planners, flowers and dresses. So A26___ now I’m in the information-gathering stage, figuring out where and how we are going to do it.”

The break-up may mean a setback for Driver’s ambition to be a singer, as Streisand had been encouraging her efforts. Driver had said: “Barbra has been very supportive — she is always supportive of A27___ I do.”

Brolin is the son of the actor James Brolin, who was married to Streisand three years ago. Driver had previously been seeing the actors Matt Damon — A28___ announced the break-up of their relationship on the Oprah Winfrey Show — and John Cusack.

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