Celebrity Gossip

Good songwriters avoid clichés, and Mandy Moore's new fiancé is a pretty solid songwriter: Ryan Adams has popped the question, and didn't do it on Valentine's Day.

The 24-year-old singer/actress and Adams, 34, have dated off-and-on since March 2008, according to People. Further details on the engagement have not been released.

Moore has been romantically linked to DJ AM, musician Greg Laswell, tennis star Andy Roddick and actors Zach Braff and Wilmer Valderrama.

Adams is best known for his song "New York, New York."

Moore's next album, Amanda Leigh, is slated for a release date of May 26.

Rihanna has decided to end her relationship with Chris Brown following their alleged altercation last weekend, according to a report.

Brown was arrested on February 8 amid claims that he had turned violent in an argument with the 'Disturbia' singer.

The News Of The World has now suggested that Rihanna considered taking Brown back following the incident, but changed her mind following discussions with her family and close friends.

An insider revealed: "Rihanna really did think that Chris was the love of her life. But when everyone started to question their relationship, she burst into tears and reluctantly agreed that they were right. She just can’t believe it's ended this way."

Brown's father recently insisted that the R&B star is "very remorseful", but warned that there are "two sides to every story".

Peter Stringfellow has reportedly tied the knot with his 27-year-old girlfriend during a Valentine's Day ceremony on Barbados.

The 68-year-old nightclub boss began dating Bella Wright five years ago after she quit the English National Ballet to work at his London lapdance club.

An onlooker told the Sunday Mirror that the former ballerina was "radiant - and stunning in her tiny swimsuit".

Stringfellow, who has been married twice before, is apparently "besotted" with his new wife and said: "I'll never want to be with anyone more than I want to be with Bella. I love Bella."

A friend added that the age gap between the two no longer bothers either of them.

Jimmy Osmond has revealed that he had no idea he had a hole in his heart until he suffered a stroke at the age of 40.

The youngest of The Osmonds, who is currently appearing as the Teen Angel in the West End version of Grease, said that he was overcome with a blinding headache five years ago as he was recording his TV show Jimmy Osmond's American Jukebox.

The 45-year-old told the Mail On Sunday that doctors decided to examine his heart after diagnosing the stroke.

"I'd been feeling pretty exhausted and assumed the stroke had been something to do with that," he said. "Yet I had never had high blood pressure, high cholesterol or any other problems that could have given any clues as to why I would have a stroke. The doctors decided to take a look at my heart."

A scan revealed a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) - a hole in the wall separating the upper chambers of the heart. It was a birth defect that had never been discovered.

Osmond has since vowed to enjoy life in moderation, exercise more and look after his health. "I am getting things under control. I think that I have finally realised that I can have it all - just not all at once," he said.

A stroke at age 40 :eek:

Chris Brown said he was "sorry and saddened" on Sunday, his first statement since the R&B singer skipped the Grammy Awards and turned himself in to police in a domestic violence investigation a week ago.

Brown, who has not been charged, was booked for investigation of a criminal threat stemming from an argument with an unidentified woman, authorities said. He was released on $50,000 bail.

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones, and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person," Brown said in a statement issued through publicist Michael Sitrick.

"Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and-or reported in the media is wrong," he said. But he said he couldn't discuss that claim in detail until his case was resolved.

Several media outlets, citing anonymous sources, have reported Brown's girlfriend, Rihanna, accused him of attacking her after a pre-Grammy party.

Brown and Rihanna each canceled their performances shortly before the Feb. 8 awards show. A call to Rihanna's rep on Sunday was not returned.

US Weekly magazine has reported that Heroes couple Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia have split.

Sources told the mag, 'It was a lifestyle conflict – they were in different places,' but insists that the pair are ‘still on friendly terms.'

They began dating last year, but some reckon the 12 year age gap between 19-year-old Hayden and 31-year-old Milo might have had something to do with the split: 'She's young. She likes to go out in the Hollywood scene and that's not his style.

Actress Salma Hayek has married her fiance, French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her publicist has said.

Cari Ross confirmed the Mexican-born star married on Valentine's Day in Paris, but gave no further details.

The couple have a daughter named Valentina who was born in September 2007, several months after they announced their engagement.

The nuptials follow a rocky romance - the pair called off their engagement in July 2008, but later got back together.

Hayek, 42, was Oscar-nominated for portraying artist Frida Kahlo on the big screen and is an executive producer of hit US TV show Ugly Betty.

Last week, the star was filmed breastfeeding an African baby while visiting a Sierra Leone hospital.

During the fact-finding mission for children's charity Unicef, Hayek fed the baby boy because his own mother had stopped producing milk.

"He was very hungry - I was weaning my daughter Valentina, but I still had a lot of milk that I was pumping, so I breastfed the baby," she said at the time.

Pinault, 46, is chief executive of the French luxury and retail group PPR SA, which owns high-end labels such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Puma.

Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown has revealed that he was raped by another man at the age of 19.

The star admitted that he was drugged and sexually abused while touring with the band in America 30 years ago.

"Date rape is the best way I can think of to explain how I was cajoled into a situation through drugs into having sex with another man," he explained in a new documentary for Living TV.

"It happened in America in a hotel room. I was given Quaaludes, a drug for lowering your inhibitions and making you horny.

"Afterwards I felt really used and abused. I never told anybody about it, not even the other guys in the band, because I was ashamed."

McKeown, who is the only original member still in the band, admitted that the experience made him question his sexuality.

"Maybe part of the shame was that I actually enjoyed it. Before that, I always thought I was straight, but what was happening to me was very erotic and I felt pleasure from it," he said.

"Now I think a lot of the shame I've felt ever since has to do with the person who did that to me. I hated him. I tried to drink it away and push that memory into obscurity."

The Bay City Rollers sold over 300 million albums worldwide after rising to fame in the 1970s with hits including 'Shang-A-Lang' and 'Bye Bye Baby'.

Dame Vera Lynn has consulted her legal team after the British National Party (BNP) used two of her performances on a compilation CD without her permission.

The BNP has named the album White Cliffs Of Dover after the 91-year-old's famous wartime song and also includes her version of 'All Alone In Vienna' on the disc.

Lynn's tracks feature alongside songs from other artists including The Andrew Sisters and Glenn Miller.

Her solicitor Nigel Angel said: "Her position is that the song was included without her approval. She does not align with any political party. I will be discussing it with her further."

Her MP Norman Baker added: "The BNP will try to imply they have the support of individuals by this kind of action when they clearly don't have their support - it's extremely regrettable."

Defending the move, BNP deputy leader Simon Darby commented: "It is a commercially available piece of music and it is not as if we have bootlegged it.

"It is something you could buy off Amazon and we are proud to stock. There are a number of songs on the album and by no means are we implying Dame Vera is a nationalist."

I bet they aren't paying royalties on those tracks.

By using her songs they are implying that she supports them. Nobody in their right mind would want to be associated with a political party that can be likened to the Nazis.