Zooey Deschanel’s new screenwriter bf: “He’s funny, a little geeky… he’s into her!”


Zooey Deschanel has slowly won me over with her unassuming personality, her hard work ethic and especially her comedic timing. I love her on “New Girl”! Kaiser got me into watching it and I recently finished the season with a very satisfying marathon. (It doesn’t come back until September 25th, boo.) The show is so funny and I enjoy watching her and seeing the dynamic she has with the other characters.

So I have the (false) sense that I know her and I’m hoping for good things for Zooey in her personal life, too. That’s why I got oddly excited to read that Zooey, 32, has a new boyfriend. It’s been about six months since she filed for divorce from her husband, and now Zooey has a new romance with a screenwriter named Jamie Linden. It sounds like they’re getting serious, since they went to an industry party together and we were seen holding hands. Cute!

Over half a year since her split from husband Ben Gibbard, Zooey Deschanel is ready to get romantically adorkable again — and she hit Sunday’s after party for the Magic Mike premiere in Hollywood holding hands with a mystery guy.

Who was he? It’s screenwriter Jamie Linden, who’s penned scripts for the films 10 Years, Dear John and We Are Marshall.

“Jamie’s a really nice guy,” a source tells Us Weekly, confirming his budding Linden’s new relationship with Deschanel, 32. “He’s funny, and a little geeky. . .he’s into her!” Deschanel’s rep had no comment.

At the Magic Mike bash, the new couple appeared inseparable — holding hands and hooking their arms together — as they chatted with pals, with Deschanel in an especially happy (and dance-y!) mood.

Earlier this year, Deschanel told Marie Claire she wasn’t quite prepared to open her heart again. “Honestly, I’m just going through a divorce, so I don’t really think [dating] is something I want to get into now. . . I don’t have time to date. I literally don’t have time.”

She and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Gibbard, 35, wed in September 2009; the indie supercouple announced their separation last November, with the New Girl actress filing for divorce in late December, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

[From US Weekly]

I get the sense that Zooey has a good head on her shoulders and that she has her sh*t together. Her finances were made public during her divorce and she lives reasonably given how much money she makes, she has no debt, and she lives beneath her means. I hope she picked a good guy here, and it sounds like she has. I like that he’s a screenwriter and isn’t another musician or famous guy. Plus she waited a little while after her divorce, and didn’t jump into something right away. That’s always a good sign. Doesn’t he look good for her too? I know you can’t judge by a picture, but he looks like a nice guy. (These photos are not flattering at all though, he looks better in the one on US’ site).

Zooey is shown with her mom, Mary Jo Deschanel, on 6-18-12. Jamie is shown in 2011. Credit: Brian To/WENN.com

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  1. monette says:

    I approve of this union! :)))))

  2. TheOriginalKitten says:

    He looks like he has a *good personality* – if you know what I mean…

    • Cait says:

      I had some classes with Jamie in college. He’s a nice guy. I’m still Team Death Cab, though. 😉

  3. Jenna says:

    He reminds me of a cub or something…but still, I think they’re cute together. 🙂

  4. Aria says:

    Good for her

  5. EmmaStoneWannabe says:

    Yay how cute. I want her to be happy, in whatever quirky, lovey relationship she’s in. Just slightly disappointed she and JGL didn’t make “it” happen. That’s OK, more JGL for me 😉

  6. Amelia says:

    ‘indie supercouple’ …. I quite like that. Couples categorised by genre. It would make Hollyweird a little less muddled, that’s for sure.

  7. daz says:

    his eye’s say serial killer

  8. Amelia says:

    Double post, sorry!

  9. bns says:

    Of course he’s geeky.

  10. sup says:

    her hair and style in that pic is a big no-no. even the shoes are horrid and totally wrong.

  11. Kasey says:

    I’m sorry to drag this into it but how come it’s okay for her to be dating before her divorce is final but Kim K gets criticized for the same. I wish Kim woul give Humphries his divorce and had waited until it was finished first but Zooey did the same so she gets the same degree of contempt from me.

    • Boxy Lady says:

      Zooey and her husband were together for awhile before they married and then were married for 2 years. I think that relationship spanned 4 or 5 years, beginning to end. Kim, on the other hand, met Kris, dated him, got engaged, married him in a hugely garish and overexposed wedding, and then filed for divorce, all in the space of barely a year. I think that’s where the derision towards Kim stems from.

    • sup says:

      why does she have to wait until it is legally finalized? they’ve remained separate for good since a while. it’s all but formally over. i don’t think people have to wait after they haved filed for divorced.

  12. Aubra says:

    This brawd aint Indie! lmao

  13. ToastedSkin says:

    he looks a lot like her ex though…

  14. tmnt says:

    I’m way better looking than that dude.