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Alexa Vega is engaged to be married. Breaking the news of her engagement to film producer boyfriend Sean Covel is HotSpringsStar.com, to which the pair shares details when he proposed to her. The site, moreover, reports a wedding is planned for next year.

Covel says via phone interview from his office in Hollywood that he planned to propose to Vega after he picked up a custom-designed engagement ring from his jeweler friend in Beverly Hills. "I planned to propose in a grove of Christmas trees in Los Angeles," he reveals further. "But when I realized we would be back home doing a screening in Hot Springs, I knew this was the perfect opportunity, so I scrapped the old plan and whipped up a new one."

17-year-old actor Taylor Lautner tells Seventeen magazine in an interview that he had his first kiss when he was still a junior high student. "It was sometime in junior high. I don't remember what year, but it was definitely in junior high," he opens up. "I think it was just with a random girl from school. I mean, it's not like I walked up to her and was like 'You're just a random girl and I'm going to kiss you,' but just a girl from school, and we had a little thing in junior high."

Speaking of girls, the Jacob Black of "Twilight" admits that though he has become famous, he still finds it hard to talk with people from the opposite sex. "I definitely wouldn't say I overcame that. I guess it just depends on the girl. Sometimes I'll feel free to completely open up, and I wish I could do that more often because that's what I look for in a girl. Someone that can open up and be herself, but no, I definitely haven't overcome it completely," so he confesses.

Notwithstanding Robert Pattinson's worldwide fame, his "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" co-star Justine Wachsberger doesn't think he is the cutest guy on the film's set. In an interview with OK! Magazine, she says "The guy I find the cutest is not Rob. It would be Charlie Bewley, who plays Demetri. He's part of the Volturi. He's just cute. He's this little British boy, who is in the same style as Rob, but I believe cuter."

Physical appearance aside, Justine in fact only has good words for the "Twilight" leading actor when it comes to his personality. "Rob is really nice. He really got into his character. Edward (Cullen) is part of him now, but he's really a gentleman, he's really sweet, he has great manners, he's funny, but he's shy," so she enthuses. "You would think that with the notoriety that he's gotten that he's pretty outgoing, but he's actually really shy but really nice and low-key."

The secret to his tousled hair and his plans of going to college are some of the things that TIME's readers would like to know from Zac Efron. Jennifer Cheng from Freehold, N.J. asks him about how he keeps his hair looking so great all the time. To that question, the actor has this to say, "I've never told anyone this before. This is a hair scoop. Shower before you go to bed, and then sleep on your wet hair. Towel-dry it. In the morning, it's all messed up naturally. If you have that messed-up thing going when you wake up, it's more willing to stay that way."

And when it comes to going to college, a question given by Emily Hansen from Sands Point, N.Y., Zac reveals "I can't say for certain right now." He however is quick to add, "I know at some point I will go back and study, but at this point I'm definitely focusing on working as hard as I can on film."

All is well with Nicole Richie following announcement made by her publicist earlier this week that the celebrity socialite was hospitalized with pneumonia. Giving up-date on her latest condition is her musician husband Joel Madden who confirms through a post on his band Good Charlotte's official site that his wife has returned home and is recovering.

"So I stepped off the plane after a month out of the country, and basically went straight to the hospital for the week," Joel states in the message. "But don't worry all is well and we are home with no problems. I was supposed to go into the studio a finish the last few vocals for the record, but that had to wait. Family first."

It's official, Heidi Klum is now Heidi Samuel. The supermodel has her request to legally adopt her husband Seal's last name being approved by a Los Angeles court commissioner on Friday, November 20.

Notwithstanding the approval, Heidi is yet to make public announcement whether or not she intends to be known professionally as Heidi Samuel. Statement also hasn't been made by her people.

Miley Cyrus and her family are quick to respond to breaking news regarding the accident happened to one of her four tour buses that killed its driver Bill Douglas. In a statement posted on the actress-singer's website, they share their heartfelt support and prayers for the family of the so-called "Uncle Bill".

Bill, whose real name is William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene when the bus he was driving ran off the left side of Interstate 85 in Virginia, struck an embankment and overturned. The accident occurred at around 8:15 A.M. Friday, November 20 in Dinwiddie County, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Speed and weather weren't considered factors.

Included in People magazine's annual list of Sexiest Men Alive of 2009, Adam Lambert has nothing but gratitude for his newly attached predicate. On the red carpet of the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party on Thursday, November 19, he told MTV News, "It's weird to me because I don't think of myself in that way. So when I hear stuff like that, it's very flattering and I just have to say thanks, I guess."

Fellow "American Idol" star Kris Allen, who also attended the affair, took time to share his thought on what makes Adam sexy. "It's the hair, man. I think it's the hair, that's what all the ladies like, the hair," he commented.

18-year-old Nicole Fox, the winner of "America's Next Top Model" cycle 13, isn't shy to admit that she has never been on a date. And she relates the matter to her personality, telling People "Coming into the competition, it was pretty obvious to everyone that I didn't have the most self-confidence, the most presence of all the girls out there. I never say the right things. I've never [ever] had a boyfriend."

The particular character, however, is a blessing in disguise for Nicole who credits it for her triumph in "ANTM". "It seemed like the judges saw me being able to do [high] fashion as well as commercial modeling," she explains. "But beyond that, I suspect that the fact that I'm a more shy, quiet person helped me in that Tyra Banks and the judges knew that a lot of girls out there could relate to my personality."

Despite rumors to the contrary, Rihanna isn't dating anyone. The Barbadian songstress confirmed to Access Hollywood and "The Billy Bush Show" on Thursday, November 19, "I'm not dating anyone ... I'm not dating anyone. I'm single and ready to mingle!"

"I don't really want to date night now," she continued. "I don't want a serious relationship only because it's a lot of time and energy and a big commitment. And right now I'm just focused on 'Rated R', [which] is like a child, it needs a lot of attention and is a lot of hard work and a lot of sleepless nights."

A revelation is made by Leighton Meester, who tells British Glamour in an interview for its December issue that she always resists falling in love. On the reason why, she explains, "My problem is, I lose interest. Every time I've fallen in love, it's just momentary."

Dishing on her love life, the Blair Waldorf of The CW's series "Gossip Girl" claims she hasn't kept in touch with any of her ex-boyfriends and would rather forget them completely. "Honestly, I've hated every boyfriend I've had," she confesses. "I don't want to have a boyfriend unless I want to be with him forever. If I don't see an end, that's nice. Because I always see an end."

Not giving direct answer when she was asked in an interview with Seventeen if she is dating rumored boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus sang the actor praise instead, claiming he makes her feel good in everything she does. "All you want is for one person to say, 'You did a really good job today.' Or 'You look really beautiful,' or 'I was really moved by that.' You just want one person to make you feel good about something you're doing," she said, before then adding "Liam has been a big part of that."

When pressed to address the nature of her relationship with the Aussie actor, the Disney star played it coy. "We've decided that any type of relationship that we have, we will always just keep it very D.L. First and foremost, we are best friends, so that's what I tell people all the time," she explained.

It's a weekend wedding for Coldplay's guitarist Jonny Buckland who married his longtime girlfriend Chloe Lee-Evans on Saturday, November 14. The nuptials, as reported by Us Weekly, took place at "London's exclusive One Marylebone Road, a neo-classical church with high ceilings, chandeliers and flowers lining the room."

Jonny's bandmates Chris Martin, Will Champion and Guy Berryman were in attendance. "X Factor" contestant Daniel Pearce and his band reportedly took the stage at the reception. No other detail of the wedding has been shared with reporters though.

It was an unplanned encounter when "America's Next Top Model" cycle 13 winner Nicole Fox met Robert Pattinson for the very first time. Recounting the surprise run-in with the heartthrob, she tells E! News that it happened backstage at "Live with Regis and Kelly", where she made an appearance.

"I was backstage going to the bathroom - in a bathroom I probably wasn't supposed to be using," Nicole opens up. "But when I came out, [Pattinson] was in the hallway, like two feet away from me, [just] standing there. I was shaking." Asked if she approached the "Twilight" leading actor and talked to him, she answers "I didn't. He was surrounded by his throng of people. And so I didn't want to feel like a dorky fangirl. I just looked down at my shoes and walked away."

New dating rumor has just been brought forth by Us Weekly, linking Audrina Patridge to Mark Salling of hit TV series "Glee". The twosome is said getting up close and personal while attending Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party at L.A. hotspot Voyeur on Thursday, November 19.

Patridge, 24, and Salling, 27, sat at a shared table and spent 45 minutes "talking into one another's ear and laughing", reports the publication. A source in the know, in the meantime, tells Just Jared that Patridge and Salling "seemed quite friendly with each other."