Holly Madison Talks About Love & Marriage

Reality star and Vegas performer Holly Madison recently called it quits with boyfriend Jack Barakat, and shared her views with Buzznet about love and marriage.

Despite their breakup, Holly had nothing but nice things to say about her former rock star beau, even revealing that she admires him. “It’s funny that you mentioned Jack in the question before, because the first thing that popped into my head when you said what do I admire about other people, is Jack’s ability to balance work and fun in his life. He’s a really hard worker, but still has time for the people in his life and to have a good time. Sometimes I think all I do is work and I need a little more balance in my life! Balance is key.”

In addition to Jack, the reality star has been linked to some big Hollywood names including Hugh Hefner and Criss Angel, but is she thinking about marriage?

Holly told Buzznet, “Perhaps, though I’m more concerned about having children in the future than getting married. Marriage is not the best thing that can happen to you, as a woman. If I woke up one morning and discovered I was getting married (be it to anyone) and that everything I’d accomplished for myself in the last few years was all a dream, I’d be devastated!”

So what’s up next for this independent woman? “I have several diverse business projects coming up in the next year that I am really excited about. In the super-near future it’s all about shooting Season 3 of Holly’s World and developing another show, but as one of the producers, not as the star.”

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Kim Kardashian Is Engaged to Kris Humphries!

It was a dream come true for Kim Kardashian when she walked into her Beverly Hills home May 18. Her boyfriend of six months, New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries, was waiting in her bedroom on bended knee with four words written in red rose petals: "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"

"I didn't expect this at all," Kardashian, 30, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview (out Friday) of the romantic, surprise proposal. "I was in such shock. I never thought it would happen at home, and I never thought now."

Humphries popped the question with a custom-designed, 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond sparkler. "I just knew I wanted it to be big," says Humphries, 26, who, with the help of Kardashian's mom Kris Jenner, planned an intimate family celebration later that evening.

"Kris really didn't want a big celebration, but he had jokingly told my mom he'd be fine if there were mini-horses there," says Kardashian with a laugh. "Later that night at the party, my mom brought out two mini-horses, covered in glitter, for us! It was hysterical!"

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Hef Is "Very Fortunate" To Have Crystal Harris

Hugh Hefner is happier than he has even been thanks to his fiancee Crystal Harris.

The 85-year-old Playboy founder will marry the 24-year-old blonde beauty at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on June 18 and Hugh - who has been married twice before - insists Crystal is the only woman for him.

He said: "I'm devoted to her. This is as happy a time in my life as I've ever had. I feel very fortunate."

For Hugh, having a happy home life is especially important as he admits he had a strict upbringing and sought comfort in movies when he was a child.

He told Total Film magazine: "I grew up in the 30s and 40s. 'Frankenstein', 'The Bride of Frankenstein', I loved them. 'King Kong' was my favourite.

"I didn't exactly come from a home full of hugs and kisses.

"It was a typical conservative, puritan home and I was quite a solitary child, a bit of a dreamer. Movies showed me another world and sparked a desire in me." 

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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Are Married!

It's official: Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes are husband and wife!

"LeAnn and Eddie were happily married today surrounded by their closest family and friends," the bride's spokesman, Rhett Usry, confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. "They thank everyone for their well wishes."

Country star Rimes, 28, wore a Reem Acra gown as she and actor Cibrian, 37, exchanged personalized vows on Friday in front of about than 40 guests, including Cibrian's sons Mason, 7, and Jake, 4, from his previous marriage.

The couple had led friends and family to believe that they'd been invited to an engagement party, but surprised the guests by tying the knot at the intimate ceremony held at a private home in California.

"I'm looking forward to settling down," Rimes recently told PEOPLE of her impending nuptials. "Settling into our life."

The couple got engaged in December when Cibrian proposed with a 5-carat diamond ring from jeweler Brent Polacheck, who also crafted their wedding bands.

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Hugh Hefner: 'Everything's in Place' for Wedding

While some playboys get cold feet when it comes to matrimony, Hugh Hefner tells Us Weekly he's not worried about marrying centerfold Crystal Harris this summer.

"I'm not nervous at all, I'm excited," says the Playboy founder, who celebrated his 85th birthday with a Casablanca-themed bash last weekend. "June is a big month -- Crystal and I will be in London opening a new club, then we'll come back and get married at the mansion! It's going to be a very special year. It's the Chinese year of the rabbit, so the bunny is back!"

While Harris, 24, has made most of the arrangements, Hefner says she does ask for his input, and is a "relaxed" bride-to-be.

"Everything is in place," he says. "She's wonderful and she's done a really terrific job so far with all the planning. She is the one for me!"

And the Girls Next Door star had nothing but good things to say about ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson, who's competing on this season's Dancing With the Stars.

"I have absolutely been watching. And voting!" Hefner tells Us. "I call in. And I've been telling others to vote for her as well. I think she's doing great. There's nothing fake about Kendra. She's a very special lady."

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Kim Kardashian Reveals Future Wedding Plans

Although they've been dating for only five months, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have quickly fallen head over heels in love! "Kris just gets me," the reality star told Life & Style at the April 4 launch party for Unbreakable, the unisex fragrance from her sister Khloé and Khloé's husband, Lamar Odom.

In fact, the couple are already talking engagement rings, wedding plans -- and even what they'll name their children! "I want Lorraine to design me a big diamond ring," Kim gushed to friend Brittny Gastineau at the Beverly Hills Nail Design on April 10. Kim was describing the engagement ring she wants jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz, her longtime pal, to create for her! A friend tells Life & Style, "Her idol is Elizabeth Taylor, who was a good friend of Lorraine's, so she wants to take inspiration from one of Elizabeth's prized possessions: her famous cushion-cut Krupp diamond. Kim's been talking to Lorraine about it a lot lately."

And Kim tells Life & Style that she's fantasized about her wedding ever since she was a little girl. "I've envisioned the whole thing," Kim tells Life & Style. "I can't wait to get married. I've found my wedding dress -- I mean, I already know what my gown is going to look like. I've thought about it all for so long. What woman hasn't thought about her wedding since she was a little girl?" Kim plans to take a trip to Paris to shop for a Chanel couture wedding gown, the friend reveals to Life & Style. Her dream dress? "She wants a white strapless floor-length gown that's traditional but sexy and makes her feel like a princess," says the pal.

Kris and Kim -- who both come from families in which the kids' names all begin with the letter K -- have already discussed what they're going to name their children. "I think I'll name my kids with K's to keep the tradition going," Kim says. She even has a favorite name picked out for a baby boy, the friend reveals: Kristopher Jr., named after the man she plans to marry. "I want a big family," Kim told Life & Style at the Unbreakable event. "Three to five kids!"

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Are Wedding Bells In Paris Hilton's Future?

With her new Oxygen reality show, a famous family and millions in the bank, it seems like Paris Hilton has it all. But The World According to Paris starlet, who has been dating Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits for nearly a year, may soon have a hunky husband on her arm as well. “I can see myself marrying him. We are so happy!” Paris told In Touch about her beau at the Oxygen Upfront Presentation at Gotham Hall in New York on April 4.

Unlike her past boyfriends, Paris swears Cy sees past the glitz and glamour of her Hollywood life. “He's different. He doesn’t care about the spotlight," she added. "He loves me for me."

Thankfully, Cy has the close-knit Hilton clan’s seal of approval. “There have been a few guys Paris has dated that I have openly told her were wrong for her. But Cy is amazing,” mom Kathy told In Touch as she supported her daughter at the red-carpet event. The proposal may come sooner rather than later - Cy and Paris were recently caught ring-shopping at celebrity jewelry store Jacob & Co. in New York.

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Britney Spears Tells Us About Marriage Plans!

She's already been married twice, but is Britney Spears ready to become a bride once more for love Jason Trawick?

As she enjoys blockbuster sales and the strongest reviews of her career for seventh studio album Femme Fatale, Spears, 29, tells all in the new Us Weekly (out Wednesday) about finding Mr. Right in agent Trawick, 39, her boyfriend of over two years.

"We have such a great time together!" Spears tells Us exclusively. "He makes me laugh, and we are so comfortable being ourselves."

Marriage plans? "Maybe," she teases. "Never say never!"

Indeed, a family source tells Us that the blissful pair will likely wed. Trawick, after all, the source says, "was one of the only people who stuck by her through everything," including Spears' dark 2007 and early 2008 -- when she lost custody of her sons Sean, 5, and Jayden, 4, to ex Kevin Federline, and was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

"[Jason] was someone she felt she could be her true self with. [Marriage] is what they talk about and the direction they're going in," the insider says.

Whatever and whenever their nuptial plans, one thing is certain, Spears tells Us: "I've never been happier!"

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Hef to Crystal Harris -- We Don't Need A Prenup

He's 84 and worth $43 million ... she's 24 and knows he's worth $43 million -- yet sources close to Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris tell TMZ neither has uttered those dreaded words ... "prenuptial agreement."

Hef's third wedding is just 10 weeks away, but we're told he hasn't raised a prenup convo because he "actually cares" about Crystal and doesn't want to ask her to sign one.

We're told Crystal doesn't think Hef will bring it up before they tie the knot.

What could go wrong?

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Vanessa: Nick Wants A "Tailgate" Wedding

Some brides-to-be love planning their big day, but Vanessa Minnillo's walk down the aisle has her flashing back to high school.

"I always feel irresponsible, like I'm unprepared for my test at school," the actress tells Rachael Ray on her show airing next Monday. "We have nothing yet, except for the wedding planner."

Still, Minnillo, 30, isn't about to turn over the reins to hubby-to-be Nick Lachey, 37, a notorious fan of Cincinnati sports teams.

"If I let Nick plan the wedding it'll be around some sporting event," she said. "We'll have a big old tailgate party with Miller Light! We'll have University of Cincinnati Bearcats running around!"

Wedding aesthetics aside, Minnillo tells Ray that she was "floored" when the Sing Off host finally got down on one-knee and proposed in November after four years of dating.

"Since we've been together for so long every time he asked me to do something romantic, I thought it might be the moment," she says. "So even if I didn't want to, he'd be like 'Baby let's go watch the sunset,' I'm like, 'okay.' Just in case it was. Nothing. 'Baby let's go take a hike.' Nothing. This went on for like a year! But I don't think you're ever prepared for the moment."

One moment, Minillo's really not ready for? Having kids.

"Let's do it one chapter at a time, why rush?" she says. "We have the rest of our lives. If you have children, once they're there, they're there. You can't say, 'I don't think I want to deal with you today.' No, they're there!"

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Did Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Get Married?

Was it a misnomer – or did Kristen Bell have some very happy news to share?

On Wednesday night, the actress, who is engaged to actor Dax Shepard, Tweeted a photo of him watching American Idol with a (possibly) revealing caption.

"My adorable husband, @daxshepard1 voting 4 his favorite american idol. Over and over again," she wrote.

A rep for Bell assures PEOPLE they are not married, and she has called him "husband" a few times in the past.

Last year, Bell, 30, who will appear next in Scream 4, raved about her relationship with Shepard, telling Parade, "I never loved dating. I think it's very uncomfortable to put yourself out there and be vulnerable."

"I'm much more comfortable in a relationship," she continued, "and I'm very happy."

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Brody Jenner, Avril Lavigne: Ready for Marriage?

Is Brody Jenner getting ready to put a ring on Avril Lavigne's finger?

"They're almost a year together," Jenner's mom Linda Thompson told us last night at the Global Action Forum awards gala in Beverly Hills. "She's an amazing young woman and I feel really fortunate that she's in our lives."

So have the couple started planning a walk down the aisle?

"Not yet," Thompson said. "I mean they're very young. They both have their careers to concentrate on."

But that doesn't mean Brody's mama doesn't think they'll one day tie the knot!

When asked if she thinks they'll be together forever, Thompson gushed, "I actually do yeah."

"You never know what will happen but they are well suited for each other," she said. "She's such a lovely person and surprisingly, she's a real home body. She loves to cook and she's really grounded and very familial. She's into close-knit family time. I really respect her."

What makes Jenner and the punk-pop singer click so well?

"They have the same sense of humor," Thompson said. "They both love to laugh and have fun. They both have a little streak of irreverence which is pretty delightful and a lot of fun to be with."

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Paris Hilton's Plan To Wed Boyfriend Cy Waits

Love is in the air for Paris Hilton who has revealed her plans to marry boyfriend, Cy Waits.

"It's really serious and I'm so happy," she told Ryan Seacrest when asked how her relationship with her beau was going. "He is an incredible person and I'm so lucky. Things have never been better in my life. I'm in a great place."

And when the KIIS Fm radio host asked her if she thought Waits was going to propose, she said; "I'm sure. Yeah. We love each other very much so we will see what happens."

Hilton - who is celebrating her 30th birthday today - received a $375k Lexus LFA sports car from Waits for her big day.

But the reality star admits the yellow version wasn't the real one she will be driving around Beverly Hills.

"The yellow was a joke," she said. "At first he pulled up the yellow one and I was laughing, like, are you serious? Then they pulled up the white one which was the real one."

Hilton - who has been dating Waits since August 2010 - is currently filming her own reality show, The World According To Paris which is set to air on the Oxygen network.

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Star Magazine Reporting Hilary Duff Is Pregnant

We watched Hilary Duff grow up on Lizzie McGuire. Now a newlywed, she’s expecting a baby of her own, Star can exclusively report.

In the Jan. 31 issue of Star, on sale today, we report that the actress and her NHL hockey star hubby, Mike Comrie, are gearing up to be first-time parents with Hilary about seven weeks pregnant.

“They weren’t actively trying to conceive but agreed that if it happened, it happened,” her close friend tells Star.

How are they feeling about the surprise? “They’re ecstatic,” the pal adds.

Hilary, whose first book, Elixir, made it to the New York Times Best-Seller List, married the Pittsburgh Penguins center in Santa Barbara, Calif., in August.

She's been very candid about wanting to start a family, recently saying they were "excited" about having little ones of their own, especially because Mike comes from "a really big family."

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Lamar Odom: Marrying Khloé Changed Me

For those who have ever doubted his love for wife Khloé Kardashian, Lamar Odom says he's a dedicated monogamist – though that wasn't always the case.

"Being married, that's a responsibility," the L.A. Lakers star says in the February issue of Playboy, on newsstands Friday. "I always used to tell that to women. I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility," he explains, adding that, "Most men like more than one woman."

But that was the old Odom. Kardashian, he says, quickly tamed him.

"With her I was like, 'If I do what I normally do, I'm going to lose her,' " he says. "And if I lose her, I think it's going to hurt a lot. Right then and there I knew. We were together every day."

That commitment, already on display in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, will face even more scrutiny in their upcoming E! show Khloé & Lamar.

But, he stresses, their love isn't some PR stunt.

"That's just how gossip works, you know? You can't stop it," Odom, 31, says, adding that the couple falling in love and marrying so swiftly may have gotten tongues wagging.

"It was quick," he says. "I guess that just added to the speculation – 'Why can't they wait?' I didn't want to wait."

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Singer Kellie Pickler Marries In The Caribbean

After a proposal on the beach last June, country singer Kellie Pickler, 24, and Kyle Jacobs, 37, eloped, exchanging vows on Jan. 1, in a "small, intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean," her rep tells PEOPLE.

The couple, who have been dating since 2008, got engaged on June 15, 2010, when Jacobs popped the question on a Florida beach.

"It was the most spiritual moment." Pickler, who got her start on American Idol, said of the proposal. "We would've gotten married that night had there been a preacher walking by!"

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Joe Francis, Wife Separate After Seven Weeks

After tying the knot in early November, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has separated from wife Christina McLarty, Us Magazine has learned.

"Things completely changed in the relationship and it just became painful," a source close to the couple tells Us. "They are not sure if they are going to divorce yet. They're just taking some time apart."

Though Francis' rep denied that McLarty moved out of their shared Bel Air pad, an insider tells Us that the two are indeed living apart as they evaluate their relationship.

"The rumors are true despite the rep's denial, but that's because he's hoping to reconcile with her," the source says. "It's just a spat. They've turned to friends for counsel."

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Hugh Hefner Engaged to Playmate Crystal Harris

Hugh Hefner rang in the holidays with an engagement ring.

The Playboy founder is engaged to girlfriend Crystal Harris, 24, he announced on Twitter.

"After the movie tonight, Crystal & I exchanged gifts. I gave Crystal a ring. A truly memorable Christmas Eve," Hefner, 84, wrote. "When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears. This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory."

Later, he clarified, "Yes, the ring I gave Crystal is an engagement ring. I didn't mean to make a mystery out of it. A very merry Christmas to all."

This will be the third marriage for Hefner. In 2009 he filed for divorce from his second wife, former Playmate Kimberly Conrad, after the two separated in 1998. He was previously married to Mildred Williams; their marriage ended in divorced in 1959.

Harris was December 2009's Playboy Playmate. 

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How Katy Keeps Russell Brand Sexually Satisfied

The honeymoon isn't over for Katy Perry and Russell Brand!

After exchanging vows with the British comic in October, the 26-year-old "Firework" singer says things are hotter than ever in the bedroom.

"I have secrets and magic tricks, of course. I can't share them because then you'd all know," Perry tells the new issue of Grazia (on sale now). "But let's just say I'm not shy."

The newlywed admits that despite how it may appear, her marriage to Brand, 35, is far from perfect.

"We're both busy, but this is a huge part of my life. I call the shots on my schedule," Perry says. "There are weekends for Russ and weekends for me and my friends. Neither of us ever wants to lose ourself or the other in fame."

Perry tells the magazine that she "absolutely" plans to have "lots of children" with Brand in the future -- but for now, she's focused on enjoying her first year as a married woman.

"Every day he amazes me," she gushes. "He makes me laugh like no one else. We are each other's perfect match."

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Vanessa Minnillo Shows Off Engagement Ring

Yes, diamonds really are a girl's best friend!

A beaming Vanessa Minnillo proudly showed off her gorgeous engagement ring Thursday in Mexico where she's vacationing with fiance Nick Lachey and some pals.

The ring is an Asscher-cut diamond with baguettes from Bader & Garrin.

"We're excited and incredibly happy about our engagement and we look forward to a wonderful future together," the couple announced in a joint statement after word leaked of their impending nuptials.

Lachey, 36, popped the question in traditional form to Minnillo, 29, last Thursday.

On his Twitter page Friday, Lachey wrote: I popped the question on bended knee. I do a lot of squats so my knees are very strong.

The couple began dating in 2006, a year after he split from wife Jessica Simpson.

Lachey and Minnillo broke up for a while last year before reuniting.

No wedding date has been announced.

Interesting fact: Lachey and Minnillo share the same birthday; on Tuesday, November 9th, she turns 30 while he turns 37.

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