Justin Timberlake is nothing if not hardcore and intense. Even if you’re not a fan, it’s hard to deny that he tends to put all of himself into most everything he does. Even dating. He was serious with Britney Spears as a teenager (no easy feat); Cameron Diaz in his early twenties, and now Jessica Biel. The pair have been together for almost a year and a half, and several media outlets are reporting that Justin is planning on proposing to Jessica in the very near future. Supposedly he’s already scouting private islands for the ceremony.

He has dated some of the most beautiful women in the world but gorgeous actress Jessica Biel has finally tamed Justin Timberlake. I hear he will soon be proposing and has already started looking at potential wedding venues — or in his case, islands.

The two have been dating since January last year and rumours are rife they may already be planning a family. One source said Jessica has not been drinking recently, sparking pregnancy rumours. They added: “Justin is 27 and thinking about marriage and kids. “For the first time in his life he is feeling settled and has definitely decided to pop the question to Jessica.

His No 1 choice is the beautiful West Indian island of Mustique. Words can’t do the place justice, although the official website comes close, describing it as: “An exclusive, 1,400-acre island in the southern Caribbean with lush, rolling terrain cooled by trade winds, surrounded by pristine white beaches and clear, aquamarine waters.”

Because it is privately owned by those who live there, he would be able to ban all paparazzi — and more importantly, Bizarre reporters — from even landing there. His friend added: “Although Justin has lived his whole life in the public eye, he feels his wedding is the one day that should remain private. To get all his close friends and family to Mustique will cost a fortune. But he can’t put a price on how he feels about Jessica.

[From the Sun]

I wonder if tabloids are aware that people get married for any other reason than impending pregnancy. Of course lately they’ve been proven right quite a bit, so I really don’t have a leg to stand on. But somehow I doubt Jessica Biel is pregnant. Justin Timberlake seems like he could be a pretty intense guy to be married to. And he very much overshadows Jessica. Maybe she’s fine with that. I don’t think I’ve heard a word about her without hearing much more about him. She wasn’t a huge star before dating him, but it seems like marrying Justin might kill any chance she has for a decent career of her own – a la Katie Holmes. Marry a big star and that’s all anyone’s going to talk about.

There were rumors that Justin had cheated on Jessica with Kate Hudson this past winter, and it seemed like they could be legitimate. But the pair are clearly going strong. I don’t even want to imagine what this will do to Britney Spears.

Here’s Justin and Jessica leaving a wedding held at the Oviatt Hotel in Los Angeles on May 4th. Is it me or is Justin looking a little gaunt? Images thanks to WENN.

My favorite Spice Girl, Geri of the Union Jack dress, is getting married. No prizes for guessing what frock I’d like to see her wed in. Geri plans to wed her back-up dancer, Ivan ‘Flipz’ Velez.

A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Geri has a huge diamond and an even bigger grin on her face now that she and Ivan are marrying.

“It’s been a whirlwind affair but when you know, you know and she doesn’t care if she’s criticised for being hasty.

“Her daughter loves Ivan and that’s the only opinion she cares about.”

The ceremony will reportedly take place at London’s St. Bride’s church, often dubbed the ‘writer’s church’ because it is located on Fleet Street the former home of many newspapers, after Geri recently launched a new career as a children’s novelist.

The source added: “She’s always wanted to be a September bride.”

Monsters and Critics

Geri has previously said that she’d love to have a sister for her daughter Bluebell Madonna, so a pregnancy could be planned for the near future.

Geri and Flipz have been dating since the Spice Girls world tour last year, where he was their back up dancer. Hopefully her marriage to a dancer goes better than fellow Spice Girl Mel B’s marriage to dancer Jimmy Gulzar. Mel and Jimmy were married less than 18 months, and he received a $1.25 million divorce settlement.

Congratulations to the couple.

Jerri and Ivan are shown on 4/6/08 at “Idol Gives Back,” thanks to PRPhotos.

Even though Halle Berry once said that she would never get married again, it looks like her hunky boyfriend and father of her baby girl, Gabriel Aubry, might be the man who changes her mind. Twice married and twice divorced (hey! just like me! Call me, Halle- let’s dish) Berry said, after her split from cheating jazz singer husband Eric Benet, that marriage was not for her- but she may have re-thought that statement recently. Reportedly, Aubriel proposed by offering her his grandmother’s diamond ring, and the actress accepted.

New mom Halle Berry is engaged to her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry after he gave her his grandmother’s ring.

“Gabriel felt the time was right to propose. He gave her the family heirloom because he wanted to show her how much she means to him, and how she will be accepted into the Aubry family,” a source close to the couple said.

“The ring belonged to Gabriel’s grandmother – it was her engagement ring.”

The ‘X Men’ actress, 41, was snapped flashing the diamond ring in Hollywood this past weekend.

Berry gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Nahla Ariela, in March.

Halle and Gabriel, 32, started dating in November 2005.

[From Showbiz Spy]

Congrats to the happy couple. And much credit to Halle for giving love a try again after two failed marriages. I know how that feels- and what I’ve learned is, you cannot write off an entire gender or the concept of marriage just because two men weren’t right for you. Figure out what went wrong, learn from your mistakes, and keep trying. It looks like Halle did that, and now she gets a gorgeous man and a beautiful baby. Hooray!

Note by Celebitchy: People claims she’s not engaged
It doesn’t sound like it’s time to celebrate on Halle’s behalf just yet. People Magazine cites a source who says “t’s not an engagement ring. Halle just saw it and thought it was beautiful so she bought it for herself.” They say the ring is designed by Amrapali, which has been manufacturing rings since 1978, according to their website. That would mean that it’s not likely a heirloom ring from Gabriel’s family, but it could still be some sort of engagement ring. As of now there is no official denial and we just have rumors suggesting it could go either way.

I think it’s an engagement they’re trying to downplay. Halle put her hands up to her face an awful lot at the Revlon run/walk for women over the weekend, so it really looked like she was trying to give us a hint. It wasn’t an accident that she wore the ring on the her left hand and not her right.

Scarlet Johansson proudly showed off her new engagement ring at the Costume Institute Gala last night in NY. She wore an linen-colored Dolce and Gabanna dress with a tight bodice and tulle skirt. Her hair was up in a messy style accented by a beaded flower headband with loose soft waves falling around her face. She looked incredibly happy and relaxed.

Johansson’s ring looks like its a round cut solitaire on a gold band.

Yesterday Johansson’s rep confirmed the rumors that she was engaged to her live-in boyfriend, actor Ryan Reynolds. Jaybird observed that it’s quite a coincidence that she’s due to release her album at the end of the month and just happens to announce her engagement now, but maybe she really wanted to wear the ring out to this special event and couldn’t wait.

Thanks to Splash for these photos.

OK! Magazine is claiming they have it confirmed that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are indeed engaged. Scarlett’s ’s publicist Marcel Pariseau confirmed the engagement today. Johansson and Reynolds have been dating a little over a year, and engagement rumors have been plaguing them for several months. They’ve hardly ever spoken about each other in interviews, and have barely even acknowledged that a relationship exists.

OK! can confirm that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are engaged! So far no wedding date has been set, and sources close to the couple tell OK! not to worry about marking the calendar anytime in the near future. “Scarlett doesn’t want to get married anytime soon,” says the insider. “So expect it to be a long engagement.”

According to the source, the Lost in Translation star’s reluctance to walk down the aisle had been a source of tension between the couple, so they came up with a compromise — “Get engaged now, and worry about the wedding down the road,” explains the pal.

However, says the friend, don’t mistake Scarlett’s hesitancy to mean there’s any lack of love on her part. “She has said time and time again that Ryan is the one who she wants to spend the rest of her life with,” says the source.

[From OK!]

Scarlett’s first album Anywhere I Lay My Head is due to be released on May 20th. It’s pretty interesting how all these starlets keep announcing engagements/marriages/and possible pregnancies right around the time their albums are due, no? First Ashlee Simpson got engaged/maybe knocked up with Pete Wentz, then Mariah Carey got married to Nick Cannon, and now Scarlett and Ryan are engaged. If they elope and/or she’s suddenly maybe sorta kinda pregnant, I’m going to have some serious questions.

Access Hollywood is reporting that Mariah Carey and actor/rapper Nick Cannon are really engaged, according to a source. JayBird reported on Monday that Carey has been spotted out wearing a “gimme some attention” ring, because the diamond sparkler she’s flashing on her left hand doesn’t look like a typical engagement ring.

According to the NY Post, it’s an incredible $2.5 million rare pink and purple diamond 17 carat ring with a 10 carat center stone. Cannon is said to have bought it at Jacob & Co, and to have been spotted there several times.

Cannon, 27, skirted around the issue when asked if he and Mariah were engaged. He didn’t give a direct answer, saying “I can’t even know what to say. She’s probably the most festive, remarkable person I’ve ever met. Good friend… Rumors happen. They do.”

Now Access Hollywood claims that “a source close to Mariah” has confirmed the news that the self absorbed singer, 38, is engaged to the 11 years younger Cannon.

Cannon was engaged to Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Selita Ebanks last year, but called off their engagement. This will be his first marriage and Mariah’s second - if this news is true. They at least seem to be dating, and I bet Cannon is getting some benefits from all the high end lingerie Mariah keeps in a separate walk in closet.

You kind of assume Mariah’s too into herself to get married again, and she certainly doesn’t want children, but maybe she’s ready to settle down with someone who also enjoys outrageous extravagances.

Mariah Carey is shown oh-so-subtly smoothing back her hair to show off her enormous ring at the premiere of Tennessee on 4/26/08, thanks to PRPhotos. It’s hard to notice the ring though and I found myself staring at her cleavage.

Update: Perez Hilton reports that the ring Mariah Carey is wearing is the same one Cannon gave Selita Ebanks when they were engaged last year. Obviously he got it back. Guess The NY Post had the details wrong, or maybe one of Cannon’s camp leaked that story to make it seem like the ring was new.

Carmen Electra’s rep confirms that she’s engaged to guitarist Rob Patterson from the band Korn, according to People Magazine. Patterson, 37, is said to have proposed in Las Vegas over the weekend, where they were celebrating Electra’s 36th birthday. He gave her a black diamond engagement ring with white diamond accents.

It will be Electra’s third marriage and Patterson’s first. They’ve been dating less than a year, but Carmen has already tattooed Rob’s initials on her body. She has the letters R and P overlaid on each other in a script font behind her left ear.

When I looked up recent photos of Electra I thought that she might also have some baby news to go with this engagement story. It’s hard to tell though, and The National Enquirer says in their latest issue that she’s had a lot of plastic surgery recently, including replacing her saline breast implants with silicone, having lipo on her stomach, and transferring some of that fat to her face and butt for fillers. If she’s pregnant she would probably delay that type of work.

Carmen Electra and Rob Patterson are shown on 4/19/08 at her birthday party at Pure Nightclub. She is also seen on 2/7/08 at Fashion Week. Thanks to Splash News.

Pete Wentz denies pregnancy rumors
A couple of days ago Ashlee Simpson’s brooding mate, rocker Pete Wentz, e-mailed MTV to deny the claims that his intended bride was pregnant. He likened the stories of a pregnancy to a “witch hunt,” saying that the press was all too eager to drum up pregnancy rumors whenever celebrities got engaged. When asked directly if he was denying pregnancy reports he responded “yeah.”

This was after he and Ashlee made a stupid parody video that featured Ashlee wearing a big fake belly and acting like a hick. The credits listed “and the unborn baby, as himself,” and Pete said “Street date, July 2008″ as if he was disclosing Ashlee’s due date.

Ashlee Simpson gets flustered, calls pregnancy question “inappropriate”
When directly asked if she was pregnant during an an interview yesterday, Ashlee said “Some things you want to keep personal.” She did even more verbal sidestepping when MTV news asked her about it, and again said it was a personal matter:

The newly-engaged singer also told MTV News, ” I just think it’s an inappropriate question to ask any woman. For me, that’s something that I didn’t ever want to respond to, because I think it’s an inappropriate question.”

Simpson, however, did not put the rumors to rest. “Some things, you want to keep personal, and I think that when people deny [pregnancy reports], it’s probably because it’s something they want to keep personal.”

[From People.com]

People claims Ashlee is pregnant and planning a shotgun wedding next month
The latest and most legitimate gossip magazine to claim that Ashlee is pregnant is People. They claim to have a source that states that not only is she pregnant, but that she and Pete are planning to marry next month “at a friend’s house in La Jolla, California.”

Great timing for Ashlee
All of this news comes at a time when Ashlee could definitely use the publicity for her third album, Bittersweet World, which is out next week. You can’t help but think it’s all less than a coincidence that it’s coming out now.

Ashlee is shown in the header image at JFK airport on 4/14/08. She is shown below visiting TRL yesterday, thanks to Splash News.

Ashlee Simpson’s new album isn’t even out yet, and it looks set to be a flop. What’s a girl to do? Get engaged and sell those wedding pictures. If that doesn’t push up sales, then the next step is to push out a baby.

Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson are officially engaged:

“We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best. Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged. Thank you for all of your support and well wishes - it means the world to us. We consider this to be a very private matter, but we wanted you to hear it straight from us.”
- Ashlee and Pete

Friends or Enemies

Emo girls the world over have even more reason to be sad.

Congratulations to the couple, who have not set a wedding date. The couple started dating in late 2006, and speculation has been rife that they would tie the not since about four days after they started dating.

Just remember Pete – when you marry a girl like Ashlee, her whole family comes in the package. That includes Jessica Simpson, Mama Tina Simpson and Papa Joe Simpson. Are you ready for this? Although I consider that another Newlyweds reality show is unlikely.

The couple did not comment on the pregnancy rumors that surfaced in February after Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson made a silly video blog that showed Ashlee with a fake pregnant belly.

Ashlee and Pete are shown on 2/23/08 before one of Ashlee’s shows at LAX nightclub at Luxor, thanks to PRPhotos.

Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant and officially engaged, all at the tender young age of 17 (as of this Friday). The actress was spotted wearing an engagement ring a little over a week ago, and since then fiancé Casey Aldridge’s cousin (and a few of Jaime Lynn’s friends) have confirmed the impending nuptials. OK! claims to have several exclusives on Jaime Lynn’s wedding plans – though of course we have to wait until it’s on newsstands for all of the specifics.

OK says Jamie Lynn will wait until after the baby is born to marry Casey. Her friends speculate that she’ll want to set the date several months after the birth so that she can get her figure back in order to wear her perfect wedding dress. There’s also a bit of talk about her dream wedding – though something tells me that in Jamie Lynn’s dreams, her wedding was never supposed to happen quite so soon – and probably not with her new baby at the ceremony.

The Zoey 101 star is expecting her first baby in late June with boyfriend Casey Aldridge, and is happily riding out the last months of her pregnancy with Casey by her side. After announcing her pregnancy exclusively to OK! in December, Britney Spears’ little sis has been busy lying low in her hometown of Kentwood, La. As OK! was the first to report, Jamie Lynn and a cousin recently registered for her baby shower at a Babies ‘R’ Us store in the nearby city of Baton Rouge.

And those closest to Jamie Lynn tell OK! the teen plans to stay true to her small-town roots, most likely exchanging vows with Casey in Kentwood at “Serenity,” the estate owned by Britney — who obviously leads the list of possible bridesmaids. “She’ll have the baby there, and soon after, she will also get married there,” says a pal of the teen. “I expect she’ll want to wait at least several months to get her figure back so she can wear a beautiful wedding gown and then have her dream wedding.”

[From OK!]

You can’t help but worry for anyone who gets married at 17. And to be fair, you can’t help but worry for anyone who has a baby at 17. Putting the two together seems like a lot of pressure on such a young couple. They’re certainly better off financially than any other 17-year-old couple I’ve ever heard of, but money doesn’t equal maturity. Hopefully Jamie Lynn’s got a better head on her shoulders than some of her family members… or will at least hire a very, very qualified nanny.

Here’s Jamie Lynn showing off her engagement ring while running errands near her Louisiana home on April 1st. Images thanks to Splash.