These photos of Bradley Cooper are bad news for those of you who enjoyed his recent bearded, bulky transformation. BCoop is still on the set of American Sniper, but his character has dumped the full beard in favor of a trimmed down ‘stache and goatee. And a belt buckle. That buckle doesn’t quite need its own zip code, but it would be welcome where I live, Tulsa (in celebration of truck month). What do you think of Bradley’s toned-down beard? The outfit isn’t doing him any favors. No one looks good with a giant buckle. Sorry, Garth Brooks.

We haven’t seen Bradley with Suki Waterhouse lately. He’s been working, and she’s been doing the Cannes circuit. That hasn’t stopped some engagement rumors from buzzing. The source of this material, Heat magazine, is slightly shady. Heat cites the Evening Standard, which spoke to Suki on at a recent party. She was reportedly waving around a diamond ring and stated, “Yes, I’m engaged.” Who knows if she was kidding or not, and I’ve been unable to locate this report from the Standard. They have a month old interview where Suki talks about all sorts of stuff, but this engagement story is new. Here are the deets:

Is Bradley Cooper off the market? His equally mega hot girlfriend Suki Waterhouse told the Evening Standard – in an interview published today – that they were, and it’s totally not clear if she’s joking or not.

Upon noticing that the model was sporting a ‘huge diamond ring’, Suki responded by saying “Yep, I’m engaged,” in a breezy fashion while waving a sparkler around (they were at some sort of posh party. You know, the sort that has sparklers).

They started dating in March last year and, most recently, had to deny rumours of a bit of a falling out- however, the 39 year-old Bradley and 22 year-old Suki were seen at the recent Met Ball together looking pretty loved up.

Bradley’s certainly been getting on with the family, having been seen spotted out and about with her 20 year-old sister, and Suki’s also been papped while walking his much-loved dog – plus, the actor’s been gushing about her for quite a while, telling The Sun that he thought the British beauty was the ‘one’: “She’s wonderful, the one for me. It feels great.”

[Heat]

Eh. I think that if Suki said this, she was only messing with the journo. I could be wrong though — this is such a weird coupling. When I see photos of them together, there’s no visible passion. Of course Bradley is already a weird guy on his own. His ex, Jennifer Esposito, described him as cold, distant, and arrogant. Maybe he’s always that way in a relationship.

Suki rarely musters up a smile, but here she is grinning away with Harvey Weinstein at Cannes. There’s no ring on her important finger.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN