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February 27, 2001 - Interesting comment from Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman who implies a Gisele marriage conspiracy saying, "Leonardo DiCaprio getting married? Frolicking all over the world with Gisele 'My name hasn't been in the paper this week' Bundchen? All doubtful, since Leo’s been in Rome since Jan. 5 and is still in Rome shooting Gangs of New York for Martin Scorsese. Maybe Gisele forgot about all that when she phoned her item into Brazilian newspapers."

February 23, 2001 - Salon.com's Amy Reiter reveals that Veja may have mistaken Gisele saying Leonardo DiCaprio was her fiance since boyfriend sounds very similar in Portugese.

February 23, 2001 - "Bullsh**!" was Leo DiCaprio's rep after Ted Casablanca asked if his client was is "acting out" on the set and giving the award-heaped Scorsese "a hard time." Ted also reports additional details on his and Gisele's rumored engagement.

February 22, 2001 - Gisele Bundchen tells Brazilian magazine Veja that Leo DiCaprio "is my fiancé." Gisele also had kind words for Leo saying he was "a wonderful person, with a big heart, very wise, intelligent and sensitive."

February 21, 2001 - From Ted Casablanca's E! Online chat last week, a questioner asks if there is any Leo related gossip besides the horse manure story. Ted replied, "Aren't you in a smelly mood?! I hear his filming with Scorsese has been problematic. More scoop in the next column."

February 20, 2001 - Confusion is erupting from recent comments by Gisele saying she didn't plan on getting married anytime soon but that she also admitted to be engaged to Leonardo DiCaprio.

February 18, 2001 - Gisele denied claims she plans on getting married soon to Leonardo DiCaprio telling reporters in Brazil, "Not him, not anybody, because I'm too young."

February 18, 2001 - Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for a Razzie Award for his role in The Beach. Winners will be announced March 24th, the eve of the Academy Awards.

February 17, 2001 - For insight on Leo's role in the controversial Don's Plum, check out this article where co-star Amber Benson talks about the film.

February 14, 2001 - More on Don's Plum from MSNBC, who reports DiCaprio has a nude scene in the black-and-white flick.

February 11, 2001 - Reuters reprots Don's Plum was released at the Berlin film festival on Saturday, despite Leo DiCaprio's legal efforts to block it. The film will not be available in the US or Canada after the legal dispute involving the film was settled in 1999.

February 7, 2001 - The New York Post's Cindy Adams quotes Leo saying, "I'm a video game freak. A product of that generation. I've had every video game there is. It becomes a drug."

February 3, 2001 - Leonardo DiCaprio was all over entertainment news Friday as he hurled a cup of horse manure at the paparazzo in Rome Thursday during filming of Gangs of New York. A horse drawn carriage tipped over injuring three women. DiCaprio had thought the paparazzo's cameras may have spooked the horses causing the accident.

February 3, 2001 - Conan O'Brien took a shot at Leo following his paparazzo trouble saying that it wasn't actually horse manure thrown, but the script from his latest movie.

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