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Lopez & His “Saved By The Bell” Castmates Reunite on “The Tonight Show”

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Mario Lopez heads back to Bayside High…

Saved By The Bell Reunion

Jimmy Fallon brought back together cast members of cult high school comedy Saved By The Bell, including the 41-year-old Mexican American actor and television host, on The Tonight Show on Wednesday night

Fallon, circa 1990s, walks the halls of Bayside High while reminiscing about his time at the school.

Saved By The Bell Reunion

In addition to Lopez, who rose to acclaim as A.C. Slater on the iconic series, Fallon was also joined by Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley and Dennis Haskins reprising their roles from the Saturday morning series.

Lopez to Pen His Memoir

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Extra! Extra! Read all about Mario Lopez…

The 40-year-old Mexican American actor and Extra host is writing his memoir, entitled Just Between Us.

Mario Lopez

The book’s publisher Penguin will release Lopez’s book on September 30.

Lopez is best known for playing athletic hunk A.C. Slater on NBC’s Saturday morning teen sitcom Saved by the Bell, which aired from 1989 to 1993. Saved by the Bell: The College Years, a primetime spin-off, lasted one season (1993-94). Other members of the cast included Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley and Lark Voorhies.

Specific details about what Lopez will cover in the book haven’t been released but Penguin is touting the book as “a behind-the-scenes look into his successes and disappointments in the entertainment industry” and the “most intimate never-before-told stories, including the details of his often tumultuous and largely public love life—giving readers a look at the ups and downs of his romantic past leading up to a happily-ever-after with his beautiful wife and their two children.”

Added Lopez in the statement, “I share my most intimate stories and pivotal moments, some of the best and most important times of my life and the heartbreaking mistakes that still haunt me. There are no do-overs in life, so I had to learn to pick myself up and move forward, never forgetting the hard-won lessons.”

Post-Bell, Lopez has been the host of the entertainment news show Extra since 2008. He was also a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2006, finishing second to former NFL great Emmitt Smith. He was also the subject of the VH1 unscripted series Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby about the arrival of his first child with wife Courtney Mazza. He was also briefly married to Ali Landry in 2004.

Just Between Us will be published via Penguin’s Hispanic celebrity imprint Celebra, which has done books by Ricky Martin, Pele, George Lopez and Soledad O’Brien among others.

Lopez has previously published two health and fitness books with Celebra. Both were New York Times bestsellers.

Lopez Marries Longtime Girlfriend Courtney Mazza

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Mario Lopez is officially off the market…

The 38-year-old Mexican American actor and The X Factor host and his longtime girlfriend Courtney Mazza tied the knot in Mexico this weekend.

Mario Lopez & Courtney Mazza

The couple, who has been together for four years and share two-year-old daughter Gia together, married at the $30 million seaside Punta Mita estate of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe  Francis, with Eva Longoria among guests.

The couple met in 2008 when the former Saved By  the Bell actor was starring in A Chorus Line on Broadway.

Gia served as flower girl on the occasion and wore a dress similar to her mother’s wedding gown, according to Us Weekly.

A mariachi band played during the festivities,  which will air in a two-hour television special called Mario & Courtney’s Wedding Fiesta on TLC later this month.

Muniz to Make a Cameo Appearance on “Don’t Trust the B—-“

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Frankie Muniz is about to meet the B—- in Apartment 23…

The 26-year-old half-Puerto Rican actor has signed on to appear on the second-season premiere of ABC‘s Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, which stars James Van Der Beek as a heightened version of himself.

Frankie Muniz

Muniz, best known for starring on Fox’s family comedy Malcolm in the Middle, will play himself In the episode, in which TV JVDB (as producers call the onscreen version of James Van Der Beek on the show) will attempt to stage a Dawson’s Creek reunion, enlisting the help of former co-star Busy Philipps — who played Audrey on the former WB coming-of-age drama.

In addition to Muniz, the episode will star Mark-Paul Gosselaar—aka Saved by the Bell‘s Zack Morris—will make a cameo appearance as himself in the episode, which will reunite child stars who fronted their own series.

Apartment 23 returns in its new time slot on Tuesday, October 23 at 9:30 pm ET.

Lopez Getting Hitched!

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Mario Lopez is about the break a whole lot of hearts…

The 38-year-old Mexican-American television host proposed to Courtney Mazza—the mother of his daughter Gia— over the New Year’s weekend in Ixtapa, Mexico, according to US Weekly.

Mario Lopez

The Saved by the Bell actor got romantic before asking Mazza to spend the rest of her life with him.

“We took a walk alone as the sun was setting,” Lopez told US Weekly. “I told Courtney that I wanted the mother of my children to have their last name. She was silent at first from shock, then she leaped for joy and did a little jete!”

Lopez plans to say his vows with his fiancée in Mexico sometime this year.

“Besides our daughter’s birth, this was the best moment of my life!” Mazza added.