CYNTHIA NIXON - CANCER SCARE SENDS NIXON DOWN THE AISLE

Actress CYNTHIA NIXON is making plans to `marry' her partner CHRISTINE MARINONI after beating breast cancer.
The Sex and the City star, 42, underwent surgery and six-and-a-half weeks of daily radiation treatment after she was diagnosed with the disease in 2006 - and the experience has prompted lesbian Nixon's desire to cement her union to Marinoni with an official declaration of the couple's commitment to one another.
A source tells the National Enquirer, "Cynthia and Chris want a quiet autumn ceremony in Vermont under the red leaves.
"It's supposed to be a very low-key gathering, just for close friends and family."
Nixon met Marinoni in 2004, just seven months after ending her 15-year relationship with former lover Danny Mozes, the father of the actress' two children.