Charlize Theron To Marry

Actress Charlize Theron has changed her mind about marriage - she's planning to walk down the aisle with her Irish actor boyfriend Stuart Townsend.

The couple have been together since they met on the set of new thriller "Trapped" but Theron was adamant that she didn't need to institutionalise the relationship to verify it - only to reassess her stance in view of her great love of her boyfriend.

Charlize, 27, says, "I've been in something beautiful for two years. When I first met Stuart, I was like, 'No, I'm never going to get married. I'm going to be like Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Who needs a piece of paper?'"

"But Stuart made me see that there's something really beautiful about a ritual, about an occasion where you say it loud in front of people closest to you, 'I want to be with you for the rest of my life.'"