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Article: RINGO, MY GIRLFRIEND AND MER; Ringo Starr's stepdaughter Francesca Gregorini talks for the the first time about her relationship with Ally McBeal star, Portia de.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2002
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Byline: CAROLINE GRAHAM
During Francesca Gregorini's childhood, drugs took over the lives of her stepfather Ringo Starr and her mother, Bond film star Barbara Bach.
Throughout her twenties, she battled her own drug demons. Now, aged 33, she has fallen in love - with Portia de Rossi, star of the top-rating Channel 4 series Ally McBeal.
We meet at The Ivy, a Hollywood landmark, where I spot actor Morgan Freeman, Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer and several studio moguls.
Gregorini, unfazed by the wall-to-wall celebrities, is dressed in rock-chick mode - camouflage-print trousers, a yellow T-shirt bearing the logo 'Winona: Don't do Dru ...