Life is tough for the Hiltons: Paris and Nicky’s little brother, Barron,
pleaded no contest to his DUI charge from last February. His punishment was what
you would expect: Three years probation, a trip to the LA County Morgue and a
one-year license suspension.
But being a true movie star, [Renee can’t] wipe the snot away by herself - oh
no. Our Bridget Jones [has] a dedicated Andrex Annie to make sure her nose is
greenie-free. We couldn’t believe our eyes as a woman armed with a red
handkerchief dabbed at Renee’s A-list nose as she waited to go into the
[Leatherheads] premiere at Leicester Square [Tuesday night].
Maybe it was all the talk about children, but while Angelina Jolie was
discussing Iraq education policy Tuesday in Washington D.C., she "felt kicking
suddenly," she tells PEOPLE. And though it was "in the middle of the event," the
expectant mother of four didn't miss a beat as she talked about her two visits
to Iraq and her new initiative, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
Jolie, 32, says EPCC will be "a center that helps raise awareness and coordinate
all the various efforts of people working towards education for children of
conflict." Even after an exhausting couple days in the nation's capital, Jolie,
who brought sons Maddox, 6, and Pax, 4, with her, shows no signs of slowing
down. She'll continue her work in D.C. all week before re-joining Brad Pitt and
their daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 1. Most of all, Jolie says, she's
savoring this period – unexpected kicks and all – adding, "It is a very special
time in our lives."
Looks like Ashley Simpson can finally rest her head on something real.
The pop star and her alt-beau Pete Wentz are engaged, according to a statement posted Wednesday by the couple on the networking site FriendsorEnemies.com.
"We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best. Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged," Simpson wrote.
"Thank you for all of your support and well wishes—it means the world to us. We consider this to be a very private matter, and we wanted to be the first to tell you and to hear it straight from us."
A source close to the couple tells E! News that Wentz asked the Simpson family patriarch Joe for his permission at one point over the last two weeks.
"He doesn't look like it, but Pete is a very traditional guy,
and he knows Joe is too," the source said. "He never would have asked her
without Joe's permission."Joe likes Wentz because "he is not Nick Lachey," the insider added. "Pete is the furthest thing from a macho man, and Joe likes that."
"It just means that he hasn't asked my dad yet," Simpson
hinted in February when asked about the "promise ring" she was sporting while
taping an interview for Fuse TV's The Sauce. (For the record, she also denied
the ever-ready pregnancy rumor.)
Simpson and the Fall Out Boy bassist have been dating since late 2006, although both initially denied rumors of a burgeoning romance. But by mid-2007, the starry-eyed duo were all about the relationship dish, with Wentz telling In Touch, "I have never met somebody who makes me feel the way she makes me feel."
The couple have dealt with plenty of other types of rumors since, however, including the months-old buzz that Wentz's band was tired of his association with Simpson because of her less-stellar musical pedigree—vicious gossip his mates vehemently
denied. Simpson is "nothing short of awesome," guitarist Joe Trohman wrote on
his Friends of Enemies blog in December.
But although the connection is obviously there, Wentz wouldn't venture so far as to guess what his fiancée might want to wear on the big day.
“I would not even try to step in and design Ashlee’s wedding dress,” Wentz told E! Online Senior Editor Marc Malkin on Wednesday—shortly before announcing the big news—while discussing plans for his new clothing line, Clandestine.
“I don’t think she would want that—Thank God. Anyone who would want a wedding dress designed by me, I would not want to marry them.”
