By Jessica Wedemeyer
8:24am PST, Feb 1, 2018
On Jan. 26, several media outlets identified Dane Cook's girlfriend of a year as 19-year-old singer Kelsi Taylor. The 45-year-old funnyman took to Instagram in April 2017 to encourage his followers to check out his lady's music: "My girl @itskelsitaylor is one of my favorite people on the planet. She's a talented singer but more importantly she's a genuine person. Check out her music and get to know her. She's gonna go far!" he captioned a photo of them together. According to People.com, Kelsi — who posted this selfie with her beau on Instagram on Aug. 31, 2017 — has provided background vocals on tracks by Demi Lovato and Little Big Town.
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A rep for Darren Aronofsky shot down rumors that the director and model-actress Suki Waterhouse are an item to Us Weekly on Jan. 26. The rumors kicked off after the duo were photographed together during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22: "Darren and Suki met up two nights in a row during Sundance. She went over to his house, but she was incognito," a source told the magazine on Jan. 24. "Darren is very into her and was telling friends how sweet and hot she was on his plane ride back." The "Black Swan" director split from Jennifer Lawrence in late 2017 — around the same time Suki was last seen publicly with Diego Luna.
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Quincy Jones told GQ as part of an interview published in late January that he has 22 girlfriends — ranging in ages from 28 to 42 — from various parts of the world and that they all know about each other: "[They're from] everywhere. Cape Town. Cairo. Stockholm — she's coming in next week. Brazil — Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio. Shanghai — got a great girl over there from Shanghai, man. Cairo, whew," he said. The 84-year-old music mogul, who's been married three times, added that he'd never date a woman his own age: "You see me with an 84-year-old woman? Are you crazy?" he asked. "There's no upside. You gotta be kidding." He also joked that he has technology in his home to "keep fat and old [women] away."
According to a Jan. 31 report in the National Enquirer, "The Price is Right" host Drew Carey is set to wed family and marriage therapist Amie Harwick, to whom he was first linked in mid-2017. "Drew's convinced that Amie's the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with!" a source told the tabloid. People magazine also confirmed the engagement news.
A source told Us Weekly as part of a report published on Jan. 26 that Cardi B has no plans to leave her fiance, Migos rapper Offset, in spite of evidence that he was unfaithful on more than one occasion: "Cardi lives and breathes Offset," a source told the magazine. "He has committed to her and they're both very happy and stronger than ever now. She has zero intention of leaving him."
Despite recent reports that Michael B. Jordan and Ashlyn Castro have been an item since late 2017, the "Black Panther" star told "Entertainment Tonight" on Jan. 29 that he's not in a relationship: "Technically, I'm single," he said. "Dating but, you know, technically single." Someone better tell Ashlyn!
On Jan. 25, the same day reports surfaced claiming that Minka Kelly and Jesse Williams had parted ways after months of dating, the gorgeous actress was seen dining with a mystery man in Malibu. In photos obtained by The Blast, the casually-dressed "Friday Night Lights" alum can be seen kissing her companion on the cheek as their night out comes to an end. (Minka and Jesse were first linked in April 2017 in the wake of his breakup from wife Aryn Drake-Lee.)
In October 2017, Tamar Braxton filed to divorce music exec Vincent Herbert after nearly a decade of marriage amid rumors that he'd been unfaithful. But her sister, Toni Braxton, doesn't think the breakup will stick: "I think Tamar and Vince are just going through a 'I hate you, Jody' phase," the "Un-Break My Heart" singer said during an interview with Angie Martinez on New York's Power 105.1. "Remember the movie ['Baby Boy']? 'I hate you, Jody!' You know that's just their phase. And I think those two are going to get back together." Added Toni, who bet Angie $100 that Tamar and Vince will reconcile, "I think those two are going to get back together if they haven't already. They love each other." As for the rumors that Vince got another woman pregnant, "I don't know if it's true," said Toni, who denied the breakup is a publicity stunt.
Andrew Taggart of The Chainsmokers is dating model Meredith Mickelson, Us Weekly revealed on Jan. 31. The duo were photographed walking together with their arms entwined in New York City on Jan. 29. The blonde beauty also attended the Chainsmokers' pre-Grammy party with Velocity Black in New York City on Jan. 26 (pictured).
Tricia Helfer filed to divorce her husband, lawyer Jonathan Marshall, in January 2018 after more than 13 years of marriage, TMZ reported on Jan. 26. The "Battlestar Galactica" star cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and listed the date of separation as May 2017 in divorce documents. The former couple reportedly have a prenuptial agreement. Tricia has also asked a judge to reject any claim to spousal support that her ex might make.
Katie Stevens and musician Paul DiGiovanni are engaged, ETonline reported on Jan. 26. The "American Idol" alum has yet to confirm the engagement, though she hinted at their commitment to one another in the caption of an Instagram selfie on Jan. 30 that celebrated their anniversary: "Happy anniversary @paulblg ♥️ 4 years down, forever to go!" she wrote. Hmm!
Elle King's rollercoaster romance with Andrew "Fergie" Ferguson is on the upswing. The duo got engaged in February 2016 and were set to wed in April 2017, but on the day that they were supposed to tie the knot in New York City, the singer took to Instagram to share a video of herself at a concert in Seattle. "Skipped out on my wedding ," she wrote in the caption. "I married Rock&Roll instead…" A month later, Elle took to Instagram again to mourn the relationship — "My heart is broken. My soul aches. I am lost," she wrote. While dishing on the breakup, she also revealed that she'd actually married Fergie just three weeks after they'd met the previous year. Eventually, the volatile duo reconciled, and on Jan. 24, 2018, the "Ex's & Oh's" singer took to Instagram to celebrate their two-year anniversary. "2yrs," she captioned a photo of cupcakes adorned with images of herself and her man.
Steven R. McQueen took to Instagram on Jan. 25 to announce that he'd asked girlfriend Allie Silva to be his wife. "She said yes," he captioned a photo of himself kissing his future Mrs. during a candle-lit dinner. The former star of "The Vampire Diaries" has been seeing the model since 2016.
In a preview for the Feb. 9 episode of "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman," which Netflix released on Jan. 31, George Clooney opened up about how he met his wife, Amal Clooney, when she tagged along with a mutual friend during a visit to his home in Italy: "It's the wildest thing," explained the Oscar winner. "A mutual friend of ours said, 'I'm stopping by and can I bring my friend?' And I was like, 'Of course.' I got a call from my agent who called me and said, 'I met this woman who's coming to your house who you're gonna marry." Added George, "The funniest thing was my mom and dad were visiting, so my parents were there, and we just talked and we stayed up all night talking and then, you know, I got her email address 'cause she was going to send me some pictures of my parents and then we started writing and I didn't really know if she wanted to go out with me. I just thought, you know, we were buddies." The rest is history!
During an interview with Van Jones that aired on Jan. 27, JAY-Z opened up about his relationship with Beyonce and why they fought for their marriage following a cheating scandal: "That's my soul mate. It's the person I love," said the rapper. "If you haven't experienced love or don't understand it or you don't have the tools to move forward then you are going to have complications. Period." Jay added that he and his wife of almost a decade strove to avoid becoming another statistic: "We chose to fight for our love, for our family to give our kids a different outcome — to break that cycle [of divorce] for black men and women," he said. Jay also denied that he and his missus fit the mold for the celebrity-couple cliché: "We were never a celebrity couple. We were a couple who just happened to be celebrities. Real people," he said. And finally, he offered advice to other men who've caused pain in their marriages: "You have to acknowledge the pain and you have to let that person have their say," said the father of three. "You have to get on the floor, get on the mattress and you have to really work through it. And really be honest. It takes a while. It's hard. It's difficult to hear, difficult to stay, it's difficult to listen to that sort of pain — but you have to be strong enough to go through that."
Expect Gwyneth Paltrow's second wedding to be a small event. "I think I'm [too] old to have a big wedding and a big ol' white dress and all that. I gotta dial it back," the actress-entrepreneur, who is engaged to Brad Falchuk, told "Entertainment Tonight" in late January. Gwyneth also opened up about co-parenting with her ex-husband, Chris Martin: "It's been really a process to get to the point where we can all be together and luckily I have a deeply loving ex-husband who's very open-minded, and we've been able to create something. It's for the kids. You don't want your kids to suffer," she said. "Obviously if I could have stayed married to the father of my kids, that's kind of the dream, but it didn't work out for me. So you have to adapt and learn, learn your lessons and move on, and that's what we're trying to do." But despite her claims that she wants a small affair with Brad, she admits she can't wait to walk down the aisle again. "I'm excited about everything!" she told PeopleStyle in a report published on Jan. 31. She then referenced the fact that she and Chris had eloped without any family members present. "I've never had a wedding before," she added. "So even though I'm 45, I sort of feel like a 21 year old."
Mandy Moore opened up about her divorce from Ryan Adams as part of an interview with Cosmopolitan that the magazine published on Jan. 30: "It's a combination of getting older and wiser and going through the hard knocks of a divorce. You realize, I'm not going to take anyone's s—," she said of gaining confidence in herself through the breakup. "It's emboldened me. There's power in saying no and in asking for what you deserve. There is power in knowing your value… I know myself better now. I know what I want and what I deserve." What she wants, apparently, is Dawes singer Taylor Goldsmith, who became her fiance in 2017. (Mandy and Ryan split in early 2015 after nearly six years of marriage.)
Sarah Jessica Parker opened up about her marriage of more than two decades to Matthew Broderick as part of an interview with the Girlboss Radio podcast released on Jan. 31: "We have lives that allow us to be away and come back together," she said. "His work life takes him here, and mine takes me there. In some ways, I think that that's been enormously beneficial because we have so much to share in a way… Relationships are hard. I always felt that I wanted to invest more. I love him and I think he's brilliant. I'm sure I annoy him. He annoys me sometimes. I'm enormously proud of the person he is."
Elton John dished on Prince Harry's relationship with Meghan Markle during an appearance on ITV's "Lorraine" show on Jan. 25: "I spent some time with him at Google camp in Sicily last summer and I could tell that he was totally in love," said the superstar. "And I thought, 'Good for you.'" (Elton was friends with Harry's late mother, Princess Diana, and has maintained relationships with the royal and his older brother, Prince William, in the years since her death.)
Nas appears to have moved on from his late 2017 split from Nicki Minaj. The rapper was seen with Tasha Smith at TAO Los Angeles in Hollywood on Jan. 23. In a photo obtained by The Blast, the "Empire" actress can be seen smiling at Nas as she leaves the restaurant with a doggie bag in hand.
Jack Antonoff might have claimed on Jan. 16 that he's "not seeing anyone" after fans speculated that he and frequent collaborator Lorde were an item following his split from Lena Dunham. But according to a Jan. 27 report in Us Weekly, he's actually seeing model Carlotta Kohl. The duo were photographed sharing a candle-lit dinner at a restaurant in New York City on Jan. 25.
"Little People, Big World" star Jacob Roloff took to Instagram on Jan. 27 to announce that he'd asked girlfriend Isabel Rock to be his wife. "…we got ENGAGED! It happened in Iceland on the frozen pond, Tjörnin, late on Christmas 🎄 So much love for this beautiful soul @izzysofia_ . Here's to many more Christmas', you n me," he captioned a photo of himself giving his future bride a piggyback ride.
