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Carmen Electra: We are Taking Wedding Planning Slow!

Lindsay Powers — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:31:03 -0400

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The reality star "feels like everyone else is putting the pressure on it"

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Here comes the bride…eventually.

Carmen Electra says she's "taking it slow" planning her wedding to rocker Rob Patterson.

"I feel like everyone is putting the pressure on it," Electra told Usmagazine.com at the Dodge Celebrity Drag Race in southern California June 3. "He's been great. I feel so lucky."

Electra, 36, became engaged to her boyfriend of less than a year, 37, in April.

Patterson gave his bride-to-be a 2-carat black diamond ring estimated to be worth $100,000. Check out other celeb engagement rings here.

The pair haven't set a wedding date yet and "haven't even had time to think about it. Literally," Electra tells Us.

"We flew to Dubai for the opening of the new Fox movie Channel, and then straight to New Orleans and then Shreveport," where Electra is filming Disaster Movie.

In the meantime, Electra has been sporting a more permanent symbol of affection to her beau: a tattoo on her neck in a cursive "R" that she says she "got a few months ago."

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Carmen Electra and Rob Patterson attend the Dodge Challenger Celebrity Drag Race on June 3, 2008 in Rosamond, California.

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Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds Engaged

Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:15:27 -0400

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The two have been dating for a little over a year

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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are making it official!

Johansson, 23, and Reynolds, 31, who have been dating since Spring 2007, are engaged, their rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

Reynolds was engaged to singer Alanis Morissette. They split in February 2007 after four years together.

Johansson was previously dating Josh Hartnett.

In February, it was reported that the actress was seen shopping for wedding dresses at a Monique Lhuillier boutique in L.A. with her mother and sister.

But her rep told Us, "A family member is getting married, not her. She is not engaged."

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Carmen Electra: Fiance's Proposal Was "Wonderful and Sweet"

Alissa R — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:31:53 -0400

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<b>PLUS</b>: She addresses those pregnancy rumors

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What made Carmen Electra want to walk down the aisle for a third time?

Her fiance, rocker Rob Patterson.

"We have known each other for a long time — it's like we're really good best friends," Electra told Usmagazine.com at a Coachella T-Mobile Sidekick bash Saturday in Palm Springs.

"He understands me – I understand him," she said.

So how will the wedding be different from her two previous marriages to Dave Navarro and Dennis Rodman?

"You can't really compare people," she said. "This is something new and exciting, so we will see where it goes. I am very happy."

Electra wouldn't dish on how he popped the question.

"It's personal," she said, "but it was wonderful and sweet, I will tell you that."

She and Patterson don't have a date set yet.

"We are going to enjoy being engaged for now and just do that," she told Us. "It's funny because people think you are getting married tomorrow, and we just want to take our time and take things very slow."

As for rumors that she is expecting?

"People always say what they want," Electra said. "I don't really have anything to say to that. It's silly."

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Rob Patterson and Carmen Electra at the T-Mobile Sidekick Tone-Def After Party at a private airport hanger in Coachella Valley on April 26, 2008.

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Carmen Electra Is Engaged

Alissa R — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:10 -0400

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She and rocker <b>Rob Patterson</b> have been dating less than a year

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Carmen Electra, 36, is set to walk down the aisle for a third time.

“She is engaged" to rocker Rob Patterson, 37, her rep tells Usmagazine.com.

The two have been dating for less than a year.

"We’re good," she told Us of their relationship in March after she joined him in Europe where he was working.

She said they wandered around "just by ourselves, so it was kind of fun to get lost and just to be together. Very romantic.

When asked if she has a type, she replied, "Definitely. [I like] a little edge. I’m probably living through them, in a way. I like to walk the fine line of edge without crossing it."

Electra wed rocker Dave Navarro in 2003; they two called it quits in 2006.

She and NBA star Dennis Rodman eloped to Las Vegas in 1998. Their marriage was later annulled.

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Rob Patterson and Carmen Electra attend her Birthday Celebration at PURE Nightclub on April 18, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV.

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Idol Kristy Lee Cook Is Engaged!

Alissa R — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:14:15 -0400

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Her beau popped the question on last night's show

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A day after her American Idol ousting, Kristy Lee Cook announced she is getting hitched.

Cook, 24, said her 25-year-old beau, Andrew Dobner, first popped the question on March 17.

They kept the news "on the down-low" because "I just wanted to be focused on Idol," the Oregon native told Usmagazine.com in a conference call Thursday.

He then proposed again last night on Idol.

"He actually got down on his knee this time," she said. "He owed it to me!"

Cook said they're planning to tie the knot "next June sometime."

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Ashlee Simpson Engaged — and Pregnant?

Henry Seltzer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:19:44 -0400

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Reps had "no comment" on reports that she is expecting

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Ashlee Simpson, 23 and her rocker boyfriend, Pete Wentz, 28, are tying the knot, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.

A rep for Simpson tells Us, "Yes, they are happily engaged."

Earlier today, the singer told Us, "I'm really happy!"

One possible cause for the quickie engagement - a pregnancy, to which her rep had no comment and referred Us to friendsorenemies.com, where Simpson posted the following Wednesday:

"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."

Simpson and Wentz began dating in late 2006. (See what a body language expert had to say about their relationship here.)

"They are ecstatic and can't wait to be man and wife," a source tells Us. "They will be getting married before the end of the year."

Wentz told Us this month that he was open to marriage.

"When you find someone you think is your soulmate, it's inevitable," he said.

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Mango Gets Engaged

Noelle Hancock — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:14:51 -0500

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Former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan – who will forever live in our hearts as the kicky recurring character "Mango” – proposed to his girlfriend, model Sunshine Tutt, on Christmas Eve, the Associated Press reports.

Kattan, 36, has starred in the comedies Corky Romano and A Night at the Roxbury. He voices Polar Penguin in the upcoming animated movie "Foodfight!"

You know, when the word “model” is directly followed by a name like “Sunshine Tutt,” the semi-nude-photos-floating-around-the-internet odds tend to increase dramatically. Sure enough.

For the record, we prefer the blue.

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Niki Taylor Engaged

Noelle Hancock — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:31:55 -0400

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Us Weekly has learned exclusively that supermodel Niki Taylor, 31, is engaged to Burney Lamar, 26, a NASCAR Busch Series Driver. Lamar got down on one knee at Taylor’s parents’ house in Florida, on September 15 and asked for her hand. They plan to wed early next year. Taylor's manager Lou Taylor confirms the engagement to Us.

The couple met at a charity event in January 2006. Niki tells Us: "I looked at Burney and said to myself, 'This is the guy I'm going to marry.'" The ring is a custom-made 2-carat oval diamond in an antique setting, designed by Jerry Lindsey of Brentwood, Tennessee.

Taylor suffered a near-fatal car accident in 2001. After enduring over 41 surgeries, she has fully recovered and now owns a Nashville-area boutique called Abbie + Jesse's. She has twin boys, Jake and Hunter, age 11, with her ex-husband of two years, Matt Martinez, whom she divorced in 1996. Taylor also dated country music star Keith Urban on and off in 2002 and 2003.

Lamar, who hails from Sacramento, California, began racing go-carts at the age of 5, and is considered to be one of NASCAR's most promising young drivers. This will be his first marriage.

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