When Valerie Bertnelli joined Jenny Craig in March 2007, she had one goal in mind: lose 40 pounds. Not only did she shed the weight, she showed off her svelte new body in a bikini on the cover of People magazine!

Since then, the actress has written two books and released a fitness DVD. So what’s left? “For me, my 2010 goal, believe it or not, is to run the Boston marathon, four days before I turn 50!” says Bertinelli, who revealed her plan during a Jenny Craig press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Last year Valerie reached a previous goal of completing a half-marathon, but she’s still feeling the jitters when it comes to crossing the finish line at 26.2 miles. “I’m a little nervous. I’m a little excited. Just keep your fingers crossed and wish me luck,” said the actress, who was quick to offer encouragement to her fellow Jenny Craig spokespeople. “I wanted to take this opportunity to say to the gorgeous Sara Rue, congratulations. Girl, you go! I’m so very proud of you. And Jason [Alexander], Dude. I so knew you could do this and congrats to you too. And congrats for starting the new year off right.”

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Eddie Van Halen married his longtime girlfriend on the grounds of his seven-acre manse Saturday night. Wearing flip-flops, the iconic guitarist wed Janie Liszewski, in his estate’s garden after she came down the aisle to a performance of Van Halen’s ‘When It’s Love’ by the Sonus Quartet.

According to People, Eddies 18-year-old son, Wolfgang, served as best man for his second marriage. The 54-year-old guitarist’s drummer/brother Alex Van Halen, an ordained minister, officiated at the 20-minute, non-denominational service. Van Halen’s ex-wife, Valerie Bertinelli — who he divorced in 2006, after 25 years of marriage — was among the 100 or so guests who sipped non-alcoholic beverages from the lemonade bar in honor of Eddie’s year-and-a-half of sobriety.

For their first dance, Van Halen chose ‘You Are So Beautiful’ by Joe Cocker, followed by his wife’s selection, Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time.’ The couple intends on honeymooning in New York, Germany and Eddie’s birthplace, the Netherlands.

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Valerie Bertinelli has told Kirstie Alley she would love to team up and help Kirstie overcome her difficulties with her weight. Kirstie recently admitted that she has been struggling with the weight she regained after being spokesperson for Jenny Craig and is jealous of Valerie’s weight loss. “It’s like the student surpassed the teacher, who is now over there in the corner, fat!” says Alley.

Valerie, though believes Kirstie is the reason she is where she is today saying that Kirstie is “a mentor and a motivator. She’s part of the reason I’ve come this far”

Valerie wants to offer Kirstie a friend is she needs it, and says “She should come work out with me! She should remember you can’t do everything in one day [and] her exercise has to be consistent. She can do this. There’s no doubt in my mind.”

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With stars on shows like “90210″ getting skinnier at a controversial rate, Valerie Bertinelli is getting candid with ET about the pressure to be thin in Hollywood!

“I think we’re all sick of trying to be a ‘Skinny Minnie,’” says the Jenny Craig spokesperson. “Not all of us are born that way. A lot of us have to struggle, and we don’t want to struggle anymore. We just want to be happy in the size that we’re in, and the food that we’re eating, and that’s what happens when you eat Jenny.”

After shedding 40 pounds, Valerie tells ET she’s reached her ideal size, and the goal is all about how you feel, not who you compare yourself to.

“It doesn’t matter what’s on the scale, or what jean size you’re wearing — but how do you feel?” she says. “Are you comfortable in your body? What’s your ideal size? What does that mean to you?”

With the Jenny Craig Ideal Size Challenge, Jenny is holding a photo and video contest to find a co-star to appear with Valerie in her fun-filled commercials, but the former “One Day at a Time” star is clearly having a tough time picking just one person!

“I would let everybody win if it was up to me,” she says. “They all sound like me — where I was a year ago, and where I am today. I don’t know how anyone’s going to pick. I just don’t want to pick because they’re all fabulous.”

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Valerie Bertinelli is plotting a return to the sitcom biz, this time playing a single mother of two.

The former “One Day at a Time” star has signed on to a still-untitled TBS pilot from Sony Pictures Television and writer-exec producer Dave Caplan.

Bertinelli will play a woman who struggles to care for two kids and a lumber business after her husband walks out on her. She’ll also have a producer credit on the project. Caplan’s recent credits include TBS’ “The Bill Engvall Show,” as well as “The Drew Carey Show” and “George Lopez.”

Bertinelli was most recently seen in Lifetime original pic “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.”

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“Rock Band doesn’t make a good guitarist. Ed, one of the greatest guitar players in the world, can’t play Guitar Hero!” Actress Valerie Bertinelli pokes fun at ex-husband Eddie Van Halen’s computer game skills.

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Eddie Van Halen’s actress ex Valerie Bertinelli is still upset her marriage didn’t work – because she feels she let her son Wolfgang down.

Bertinelli admits she and the rocker had split long before going public with divorce plans, and she only agreed to stay married to Van Halen for the sake of their son. The couple made their split official in 2006 and divorced in December 2007 – after the actress realized she didn’t need to stay wed to the rocker.

She tells Ladies Home Journal magazine, “Some marriages shouldn’t be saved. When my son was born I wanted to give him a marriage that was intact. But, after many years, I realized that wasn’t best for him. I wasn’t sad when my marriage to Ed ended because our relationship had ended so long ago. I was sad that I couldn’t give Wolfie the family I had promised him.”

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