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Jessica Simpson Is Basically Selling Her Baby Announcement

Jessica Simpson Is Basically Selling Her Baby Announcement

Some mags say they've got her official announcement, but this mama is holding out for the big bucks!

Wait—Jessica Simpson hasn't admitted she's pregnant yet? Though it's obvious to anyone with a pair of eyes that the 31-year-old singer is trying her hardest to conceal a growing baby bump, the mother-to-be has yet to publicly announce her pregnancy to the world. What's stopping her? Oh, just a few hundred thousand dollars!

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"Jessica was so much more beautiful," someone Tweeted to Nick Lachey about his ex-wife.

Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo Air Their 'Dream Wedding' On TV

And, according to Vanessa, Jessica Simpson was the 'elephant in the room' during the wedding plans.

If you watched TLC this past weekend, you may have caught Nick and Vanessa's Dream Wedding, the reality show special documenting Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's recent and super-secret nuptials on Necker Island. And while the couple went through the typical wedding process of picking out flowers and deciding on a location, there were times when 30-year-old Vanessa, a first-time bride and a first-time reality show subject, seemed like she was trying really, really hard to be entertaining.

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Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo Got Married On A Tropical Island

Nick and Vanessa kept their wedding plans secret and said their 'I do's' on a cliff near the ocean.

If you're reading this somewhere besides a top-secret tropical island, chances are that you weren't one of the lucky guests that Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo invited to their super-private wedding this weekend. (Although, don't be sad, we're sure that your — and Jessica Simpson's — invites were just lost in the mail!) According to People Magazine, the couple flew their 35 friends and family members to an island location, without telling them where they were going!

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Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's Nuptials To Hit the Airwaves

Eat your heart out, Jess! There just might be a 'Newlyweds' redux in store.

The wedding countdown has begun for Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo, who each said sayonara to singlehood last weekend—Nick was seen at LA's Supper Club, flanked by two female friends, and Vanessa did it up (where else?) in Vegas with her girl posse.

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Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's Exuberant Wedding Shower

If the wedding shower is any indication, the pair may outdo Jessica Simpson's nuptials after all.

We may not know the exact date of Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's wedding, but by the looks of the wedding shower they threw this weekend, it's going to be all things classy, expensive, and liquor-friendly of course. Nick and Vanessa's joint shower was held at the London West Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Guests such as Drew Lachey (Dancing With the Stars winner) and NFL player Matt Leihnart were able to enjoy the roof top pool garden in the hotel and enjoy their fair share of booze.

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A-List Links: How Are Celebs Spending The Holidays?

Sandra is celebrating with Jesse, Elin is taking the kids to Europe without Tiger, and more...

Happy holidays, Celeblovers! You'll be glad to know that while you are unwrapping presents, stuffing yourself silly with rich food, and making your way across town in the freezing temperatures to visit Aunt Eunice and Uncle Bob, all of your favorite celebs will be doing the same...in their sunny vacation houses in Cabo, of course. Read on to find out what Hollywood's stars have planned for Christmas and New Year's Eve.

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Jessica Simpson Is Sad About Nick's Engagement

Nick's pending nuptials to Vanessa Minnillo is terrible news for Jessica. Will she get through it?

It has to be a major bummer to find out that your first, real love is marrying what seems to be his true love. And it must be especially bad if the news is splattered all over the internet and celebrity magazines, like, in the case of the engagement of Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo, which apparently is really getting to Nick's ex-wife Jessica Simpson.

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Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo Are Engaged!

Something tells us that Jessica Simpson will not be happy about this news.

Pop a bottle of champagne, folks! It looks like Nick Lachey has finally decided to put a ring on his long-time girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo and make their relationship official. After four years together (and one brief summertime breakup), the couple has gotten engaged! "We're excited and incredibly happy about our engagement and we look forward to a wonderful future together," said Nick, 37, and Vanessa, 30, in a statement to US Magazine.

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A-List Links: Is Reese Witherspoon Engaged?

Plus, Jon Hamm refuses to wear underwear. We're guessing his female co-stars don't mind!

Pumped about all of the political campaigning this week? No? Neither are we! We'd much rather read about the catfight beween the Sister Wives than the one going on in California between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina. So if you're like us, enjoy this extra dose of celebrity news links that we compiled from around the web, including a couple you might have missed this week here on CelebLove.

Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo's Steamy Secret

Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo's Steamy Secret

According to Nick and Vanessa, the couple that showers together, stays together.

In another case of celebrity TMI, Vanessa Minnillo revealed to Parade.com that she and her boyfriend of four years, Nick Lachey, take all their showers together. But contrary to what you might have been thinking, these shared showers aren't about conserving water, seeing as Minnillo also said they occur twice a day, and nor are they a steamy form of foreplay.

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Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Back Together

Nick and Vanessa on a date – is it ex sex or a reunion?

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo reunited for a night of hot, forbidden ex passion in Los Angeles over the weekend, almost three months after they went their separate ways in June. The two were spotted at Dime bar, according to Radar Online, and per a spy, rekindled their romance with some public snogging.