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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."
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.
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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