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If Jessica Simpson's awkward bump-and-grind with Tony Romo at sister Ashlee's wedding didn't convince you that they have yet to throw in the towel, would an intimate dinner do the trick? Reports have conveniently surfaced of the duo's meal at N9NE Steakhouse in Dallas on Saturday night. "They were holding hands, in a good mood and happy," a spy informs People. "They looked like they were on a date together." Jessica and Tony sat in a corner booth, where they "looked happy and were laughing and smiling," adds the snitch. Perhaps they were just really enjoying their meaty meals. The Dallas Morning News says the svelte starlet ordered a steak, while the Dallas Cowboys quarterback downed a burger. But has Romo made their couple-y status contingent on Simpson's string-pulling father-manager Joe butting out of their six-month-old romance? "[Tony] did agree to go to the wedding -- keeping his promise to Jessica," a pal of the NFL-er tattles to the Chicago Sun-Times. "But he made it super-clear that if they were to give it another go, her dad had to seriously back off." That allegedly means Joe must refrain from offering Romo unsolicited advice on "how to run his life, career and endorsement deals."

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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz on her name change: "I think that that's something that a woman should do when they're marrying a man."

In other Simpson news, it seems Ashlee's unconventional streak only extends so far. Marrying Pete Wentz in an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed wedding with an English bulldog serving as ring bearer? Fine. Not taking her husband's name? Horrors! "I think that that's something that a woman should do when they're marrying a man," the pregnant warbler declares to People. "It's a tradition that I think is a great tradition." (Also a great tradition: not being narrow-minded or repetitive.) She'll now go by Ashlee Wentz, although professionally she'll be Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, a name that just trips off the tongue (go on, try to say it three times fast). Pete, for his part, says the moniker change was "completely up to Ashlee," but he confesses to being tickled by the switch. "The Wentz family, our Christmas card just got upgraded!" the Fall Out Boy bassist crows. "It feels insane. It feels unreal." Meanwhile, nothing says "thanks for being my wife" quite like a gift of Legos. Lots and lots of Legos. E! News reports Wentz plans to present Simpson with a behemoth bumblebee created from 18,000 of the toy bricks, which he commissioned from artist Nathan Sawaya. "I made this bee for a boy who wanted to give his girl a special wedding gift," the artist says on his Web site. No word on what the bee cost or if it comes with a fake bottle of calamine lotion.

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Did Jennifer and John dive into the dating pool earlier than previously believed?

Was Jennifer Aniston's uncharacteristically overt smoochiness with John Mayer in Miami earlier this month a calculated move? That's the theory proposed by the New York Post, which is convinced the robustly coiffed pair, who were last spotted together in New York on May 15, have been carrying on a surreptitious liaison for three months. "They'd been keeping it under wraps and hiding out together on their dates," a mole alleges to the paper. "Then Jen realized it wasn't just a fling and decided to take it public."

Beyoncé and Jay-Z appear to be working their way toward a minivan. TMZ.com says the newlyweds, who recently took in the scene at the Cannes Film Festival, are eyeing the suburbs, specifically, Scarsdale, N.Y., the same moneyed area where they picked up their marriage license. Beyoncé and Jay have supposedly purchased an under-construction, 15,000-square-foot pad on one of the swankiest streets of the upscale town.

And, finally, grab a hanky before you read Natascha McElhone's moving tribute to her husband, Dr. Martin Kelly, a prominent British surgeon who died suddenly last week of an apparent heart condition at the age of 42. "I just can't believe I won't feel his skin any more, how is that possible? I loved and touched him every day, and thank goodness I did," the grieving actress writes in London's Mail on Sunday. "I can't believe that that magical, beautiful creature is not here any more. He was too good to be true ..." McElhone, who is pregnant with their third child, insists she still feels "like the luckiest woman alive, even though he's not here. To have been given such a love, to have had ten years of utter bliss waking up next to someone who made my heart flutter, I could never in my wildest dreams have wished for more than that. I don't know why I'm not surprised that his life came to an abrupt end. I didn't think, 'Why us? Why me?' I just thought, 'Thank God I've lived like this thus far. Whatever happens, it was worth every ounce of pain I'm going through now.'"

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