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The ‘Terminator’ star and Maria separated after 25 years together in May but put on a united front over the festive period for their four children, Katherine, 22, Christina, 20, Patrick, 18 and Christopher, 14.

A source told People.com: “They had a really nice time over the holiday.”

Arnold – who Maria filed for divorce from after it emerged he had fathered a child with a housekeeper – visited their former marital home in Brentwood, California, and they also attended basketball team Los Angeles Lakers’ opening game of the season at the city’s Staples Center.

Arnold and Maria have spent a number of occasions together since separating, including his 64th birthday just two months after they parted in May.

However, the situation has not been easy for Maria and she has previously admitted she was left “down and confused” about the breakdown of her marriage.

Speaking about a recent experience with a friend who has intellectual disabilities, she said: “When I was going through my own challenges this year; feeling down and confused, I got an email from him. He wrote me a note saying, ‘You’re my best friend Maria and you will never be left out.’

“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. Thank you to everyone who came up to me this weekend and wished me well.”

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger might have blown past an autograph hound as he was leaving the Columbus, Ohio, Hyatt early Sunday morning – but only because he was in a hurry to meet with hundreds of other fans and answer their questions at the Arnold Training Seminar, which was part of the Arnold Sports Festival for bodybuilders. The Governator’s press secretary, Aaron McLear, told us, “He was signing autographs and posing for pictures throughout the weekend.” And Schwarzenegger does it for free: “He receives no financial benefit from the Arnold Sports Festival.” Plus, the former Mr. Universe is leading the fight against steroids. “At the governor’s insistence, the festival requires the governing bodies of all 37 sports represented to have drug-testing protocols,” McLear said. “This means that all 17,000 athletes are subject to steroid testing.”

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When remarking on a familial likeness, the quotation ‘like mother, like daughter’, is typically invoked.

But looking at former action star Arnold Schwarzenegger and his equally tall teenage daughter Christina – it appears, that the phrase may need to be amended somewhat.

The actor-turned-politician, aka ‘The Governator’, is in danger of being overlooked by his lofty daughter, who at 16, has not yet reached her full height, but is already shoulder to shoulder with her famous father.

Which is no mean feat when your father is 6ft 2 tall.

The star of the Terminator movies and the comedy Twins, in which he starred alongside diminutive actor Danny DeVito, appears to have birthed a twin of his own – in height at least.

Arnie’s daughter cut an imposing figure as she strolled next to the Hollywood star while on a shopping trip to Barney’s in New York.

Christina, whose mother, broadcast journalist Maria Shriver, is a member of the famous Kennedy clan, looked positively statuesque in her ballet-style flats, next to her ageing father who appeared somewhat shrunken in her presence.

And with a few growing years yet to go, Christina is a dead cert to outflank her once similarly imposing father, in height at least.

Meanwhile, Arnold, whose term as governor of California ends in January 2011 is said to be considering another movie comeback.

A source said: “He wants to be prepared for the time when his political career comes to an end and he’s already started thinking about it seriously.

“He believes there will be room for him in the movie business and still sees himself as a big star.”

Schwarzenegger’s spokesman didn’t deny the claim and said: “He may go back to the movies”.

The 60-year-old star’s last high-profile role was in the third instalment in the successful Terminator series, ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.’ in 2003.

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ADVISERS to Mayor Bloomberg are definitely thinking outside the box. According to a blurb in this week’s New York magazine, Bloomberg’s brilliant “political guru,” Kevin Sheekey, wants California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hizzoner’s running mate should he run for president. “The East Coast-West Coast alliance would have its advantages in the Electoral College, certainly,” New York reported, “But other parts of the Constitution are more problematic, like where it mentions that only a ‘natural-born citizen shall be eligible for the Office of President,’ ” according to the mag’s source. The source also said Bloomberg’s lawyers are “studying things like ‘succession plans’ to see how it would work: If something happens, say, to President Bloomberg, does that mean Vice President Schwarzenegger is overlooked and the speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) gets to take over?” Bloomberg reps declined comment to New York.

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Did Burt Reynolds stop by a funeral home and get a makeover for the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards? Looks like he is wearing 3 feet of makeup and a wig!

Harrison Ford and Burt Reynolds

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Burt Reynolds, recipient of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award for an Action Movie Star