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"Forget a kiss at midnight on New Year&amp;apos;s Eve -- basketball star LeBron James gave his girlfriend a great big diamond!  PHOTOS: Sexy celeb New Year&amp;apos;s kisses\r\nThe Miami Heat player, 27, popped the question to longtime love Savannah Brinson, Saturday at the Shelborne hotel in South Beach during a private REMY MARTIN V dinner.\r\nA source tells Us Weekly James, who celebrated his birthday on Friday, presented his high school sweetheart with a pear-shaped engagement diamond. The couple&amp;apos;s two children, along with Dwayne Wade, Gabrielle Union, Lance Bass and Jamie Lynn Sigler, looked on as James asked for Brinson&amp;apos;s hand.\r\n\r\nTogether since they were 16, the couple call themselves soulmates.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve definitely not put a fire under his ass,&amp;quot; Brinson told Harper&amp;apos;s Bazaar of tying the knot. &amp;quot;I would never rush him to do something like that.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut, says Brinson, of her fairytale romance with the athlete: &amp;quot;I feel like everything is happening because it&amp;apos;s supposed to. It was all in the stars.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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