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"Dawson, get ready for daddy duty.\r\n James Van Der Beek and his girlfriend, business consultant Kimberly Brook, are expecting their first child, the actor, 33, announced on Twitter Friday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Yes, it&amp;apos;s true &amp;#x2013; the woman I love and I are expecting our first child,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Currently experiencing joy on levels I never knew existed.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nVan Der Beek &amp;#x2014; star of the NBC drama Mercy &amp;#x2014; began dating Brook last July.\r\nLast June, UsMagazine.com was first to announce that the actor and his wife, actress Heather McComb, separated after nearly six years of marriage."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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