George Clooney gets 'engaged'...with a napkin ring

By Myrddin Gwynedd

Herald online·

16 Aug, 2010 11:00 PM7 mins to read

Cool your jets, ladies and gents, and form an orderly queue: Hollywood's most eligible bachelor

George Clooney

is still up for grabs.

Despite fevered reports and supposed pictorial evidence (yes, I'm looking at you, trigger-happy

TMZ

), suggesting the silver fox had popped the question to his lady

Elisabetta Canalis

, his rep assures us he's not engaged.

Canalis was snapped flashing what looked like a giant rock on her ring finger while dining with Clooney and some pals over weekend, prompting speculation that the two are finally heading down the proverbial aisle.

Exhibit A: Canalis flashes her 'love bling'

here

and

here

But Clooney's publicist, no doubt in a fit of hysterics and ROFL gymnastics, is the bearer of bauble-busting news. The "jewellery" flaunted by Canalis is no bling, "It's a napkin ring," the rep says.

It's not the first time there's been some serious gum-flapping that the lovebirds were heading for a vow-swapping ceremony. It was reported a couple of weeks ago that Clooney was about to pop the question. But, surprise surprise, we've yet to get any concrete proof of 'down on bended knee' shenanigans.

Keep dreaming,

TMZ

Speaking of Clooney...word reaches me that he's about to pair-up with

Angelina Jolie

and star in a new film about legends

Marilyn Monroe

and

Frank Sinatra

Sources say

Jolie will star as the blonde bombshell alongside Clooney in a film adaptation of the book

The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe

No op up on top

Reports that

Miley Cyrus

is about to go under the knife and upgrade her chest are a load of cobblers, says her rep.

Tabloid headlines over the weekend screamed that the transitioning starlet was unhappy with the size of her boobs and was keen to have them adjusted.

A snitch said: "The only thing Miley Cyrus likes less than a flat note is a flat chest. [She has] already seen a plastic surgeon and aims to up her cups to Holly Madison proportions."

Consider that report well and truly busted, folks. Her rep tells website Gossip Cop that the "rumour is as silly now as when it first surfaced."

Get a room

Yet more proof that

Katie Holmes

has morphed into a Stepford wife.

The fembot blabs to

New York

Magazine about working with hubby

Tom Cruise

, and thinks the sun shines out of his derriere.

"Well, we do collaborate on everything at home. But I mean, he's Tom Cruise! His body of work is incredible. Every movie he's done has done really well," she said.

"I look back, and everything's a classic. I definitely come home and say to him, 'So, imagine a scene... how would you play it?' And he's helpful and sweet and gracious. He's quite an incredible human being."

Lohan's early release?

She's done some bird, and now she's washing away her sins in rehab.

Lindsay Lohan

's been serving a 90-day court mandated stint at a facility in California since her release from the slammer earlier this month. Word is she could be out as early as this week.

TMZ

reports

that it's "very possible" she'll be released imminently and receive outpatient care.

Lip-locking R-Pattz?

Is this the final proof that

Robert Pattinson

and

Kristen Stewart

are very much an item?

Twi-hards rejoice: Cop an eyeful of

these snaps

of what's claimed to be the lovebirds kissing and hugging in Montreal, where Stewart is filming her latest flick,

On the Road

Law and disorder

Jude Law

's ex-wife,

Sadie Frost

, is set to flip the lid on her doomed marriage to the star in an upcoming autobiography.

Frost, who was married to Law for six years, is releasing an autobiography next month, detailing her battle with post-natal depression, and demise of her marriage.

The book, titled

Crazy Days

, was the subject of much ire between Frost and Law. Law launched legal action last month in a bid to stop the book being published, and demanding the removal of all passages relating to their marriage be removed.

The pair eventually settled out of court.

Britain's

Daily Mail

is serialising segments from the book, which reveals Frost's battle with depression and how it led to her checking into a mental institution for a week.

"Jude tried to understand, but the more we had to socialise at grand dinner parties in Hollywood, the more I felt my self-esteem slipping away," she writes.

"Soon I admitted defeat and went to see a doctor, who diagnosed PND and put me back on medication. The more I worried about my condition, the more self-obsessed I became and the less attention I gave to Jude."

Frost describes that she knew her marriage was over after a holiday in Thailand.

"Right away I knew something was wrong," she writes. "I knew it was over, the way he looked at me.

"I was underweight, depressed and scared...

"I asked him if he loved me but he didn't need to reply - I knew the answer. The moment had arrived and I knew the relationship with the man I loved was over."

Click here

to read more of Frost's tell-all.

Mel Gibson 'fine' after car crash

I doubt tanty-tape Mel will ever be 'fine' again, but am glad to hear he's still in one piece after his car crash over the weekend.

Gibson reportedly lost control of his car on Sunday night, causing him to run off a road in Malibu.

"Mel Gibson was alone and driving southbound on Malibu Canyon Road south of the tunnel," said Law enforcement officials. "For unknown reasons, Mr. Gibson steered his car to the right and struck the rock hillside."

A rep for the actor said "He's fine."

"There were no objective symptoms of intoxication, any level of impairment and we've ruled out speeding as well based on the damage to the car, which was moderate," the official added. "Mr. Gibson was alert, oriented and cooperative."

Well, there's always a first for everything!

What the...?

It's a dark day for

Daniel Craig

fans. If you'd like to freeze-frame

that image

of a budgie-smuggling Craig emerging from the seas as a keepsake, do not

click here

Hold on to your lightsabers...

Big news for

Star Wars

fans.

George Lucas

has announced that all six

Star Wars

films will be released on Blu-ray for the first time next year.

But it's not all good news: According to the

NY Times

, Lucas says it'll be the 1997 special editions of the first three films included in the boxed set.

"Releasing the originals is kind of an oxymoron because the quality of the original is not very good.

"You have to go through and do a whole restoration on it, and you have to do that digitally. It's a very, very expensive process to do it. So when we did the transfer to digital, we only transferred really the upgraded version." Lucas said.

The silver lining: Lucas promises a hefty Blu-ray release "with extensive special features - including documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives."

Ah yes, the juicy extras. The souped-up re-releases will definitely feature the legendary 'lost' scene from

Return of the Jedi

which never made it to the final cut.

The deleted scene was unveiled at a

Star Wars

convention over the weekend, and the fanboys have yet to recover.

Watch the clip below:

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