I'm still of two minds about whether to stump up for a toaster for pop diva Alla Pugachyova and her boy toy, television host Maxim Galkin. This month, the tabloids have revived the long-standing rumor that they plan to tie the knot, and Zhizn even gave us details of a huge designer bed that Allochka has picked out for Galkin's castle. It all sounds very romantic, but then again they do have a new talk show to promote.

Pugachyova has been constantly photographed with Galkin ever since they met at a song competition in 2001. She introduced him to society, changed his hair and encouraged him to inflict his crooning on the nation. Once a comedian noted for his impressions, he now co-hosts a celebrity karaoke contest with Alla, who sings a duet with him at the beginning of each show. The pair has been romantically linked since Pugachyova announced her divorce from her latest husband, pop star Filipp Kirkorov, despite a difference in age of 27 years.

This month, Zhizn got all excited, even asking a registry office worker if Galkin could change his surname to Pugachyov if they got married. (He could.) It also revealed that Galkin is putting the final touches to his chateau in the Moscow region -- a vision in pink stone and wrought iron -- and Alla has picked out a bed for the master bedroom. The Italian-made model is "in the style of a French boudoir" and will be trimmed with Versace fabric. All together, the furnishings of the bedroom will cost more than $60,000.

Pugachyova and Galkin have never said officially that they are a couple or that they are getting married. But they haven't exactly denied it either. As Komsomolskaya Pravda pointed out, they earn 100,000 euros for hosting corporate parties together, so there's not much incentive to spoil the fun. On their television show, they exchange coy hints, and they recently stoked the fire by dressing up as a bride and groom for a sketch at a Latvian song festival. Alla even threw a bouquet.

There will be more opportunity to watch the body language in the autumn, when Pugachyova and Galkin will present a new talk show on Channel One, Tvoi Den reported on Thursday. Perhaps they'd better not invite the ex-husband, Kirkorov, who still refuses to take off his wedding ring. Although I expect they will.

The wedding mysteries don't end there. Tvoi Den is convinced that Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend, Darya Zhukova, got engaged on Darya's 25th birthday in June. But then again, The New York Times wrote this week that she is 27, so I'm not sure how far you can trust that information.

Tvoi Den even described the proposal. "They didn't go somewhere alone, they didn't hide. They discussed the forthcoming wedding right here at a table near the bar," said an unnamed witness, who may or may not be a barman at the nightclub where Zhukova celebrated her birthday. He quoted Zhukova as saying, "Yes, of course I'll marry you. I consent."

Tvoi Den has lots more detail on the supposed wedding. Amy Winehouse is due to sing -- as she did at the opening of Zhukova's new gallery on Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa -- and the bride has commissioned a dress from Roberto Cavalli for 250,000 euros. It says there will be a series of six ceremonies, starting with a small one for 100 people in Moscow at the end of October, followed by parties in the Maldives and Los Angeles and ending with a bash in London.

The invitations will be sent out in early September, Tvoi Den promises. So at least this is one wedding rumor that can't run and run.