Is Hilary Duff looking to commit to forever at the ripe old age of 20? The toothy starlet flashed a suspicious sparkler on her ring finger as she stepped out with beau Mike Comrie, 27, for dinner at a Los Angeles eatery Friday night. The Duffster, who's been dating the lantern-jawed hockey player for about a year, made no attempt to hide the glittery gold band on her left hand, a move that immediately touched off betrothal speculation. But when a paparazzo quizzed the pair for "news on the engagement," Hilary responded with an incredulous, "What?" while Comrie opted to deflect the question with a laugh, joking to the shutterbug, "You're not supposed to tell anyone." Duff's rep didn't respond to our request for comment on the engagement chatter, which grew louder last month when Star claimed the NHL-er was secretly shopping for a diamond ring. "His relationship with Hilary is so good that he wants to propose," said a source at the time.

The only thing Phil Collins can probably feel coming in the air tonight is a Brinks truck set to haul away a hefty portion of his fortune. The London Daily Mirror reports that the easy-listening staple, 56, is coughing up an estimated $47 million to extricate himself from third wife Orianne, 35. That whopper of a figure makes this the largest celebrity divorce settlement in British history, beating even Paul McCartney, who forked over a similarly obscene but slightly smaller amount to get rid of Heather Mills. Phil's marriage, which ended in 2006, lasted close to seven years and produced two children. Chances are, the massive payment is feeling like a painful case of déjà vu for Collins, who shelled out more than $30 million when he ditched second wife Jill -- by fax, no less -- in 1994.

Samantha and Lindsay at a Los Angeles club on Aug. 14

Lindsay Lohan rarely goes anywhere these days without Samantha Ronson, but is she looking to follow her to Temple? E! News says the road-to-recovery-walking, thankfully-back-to-red-haired starlet is considering converting to Judaism after becoming interested in the religion from her inamorata, whose family is Jewish. But as usual, her bigmouthed and sporadically estranged dad can't help but blab about and belittle her supposed life choices to the media. "As long as she believes in God," born-again jailbird Michael Lohan kibitzes with E!, before pessimistically adding, "She's exploring right now. She's explored the Church of Scientology, she tried Kabbalah, and now this. I think it's just another phase. But either way, she's involving God in her life, and I'm happy about that."

Someone get Jessica Simpson an evil eye, because she seems to be doing her best to jinx her romance with Tony Romo through her repeated, rhapsodic declarations of amour. "I love every quality that Tony has," the lately countryfied starlet enthuses to People of her Dallas Cowboys quarterback beau. "I can't predict the future, but right now I'm as happy as I could possibly imagine." One of Tony's finer qualities: "He really inspires me." And even though they've been an item for only about nine months, Simpson says, "I don't think that I would be in a relationship this long if I didn't hope for happily ever after."