The actress and her clothing-designer boyfriend Robert Godley are engaged, PEOPLE has confirmed. "Mr. Godley proposed to Ms. Krakowski over the holidays," says her rep. "She is very, very happy."

The 30 Rock star and Goodley, a co-founder of Psycho Bunny upscale menswear who was born in Kent, England, but grew up in London, have dated for more than a year.

Access Hollywood first reported the engagement.

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"Just out of the hospital," husband Dean McDermott wrote on Twitter on Monday. "After a battery of tests, no conclusive answers. She still feels terrible. Hope it passes soon. She's in a lot of pain."

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Spelling, 36, has been chronicling her illness, which is shared by her husband and children, and which she called "The McDermott Family Bug" in a Tweet, for days.

"Thnx 4 all the well wishes! [Dean] & I R at the ER," she Tweeted the afternoon of Sept. 20. "They R givn him IV. He's very dehydrated. Running tests.will keep our tweeps updated!"

The country star tells PEOPLE she's protective of those close to her.

"I have respect for everyone that is involved and everyone's family, including my own," she said at the Dior Beauty Lunch at the Shangri-la Hotel in Santa Monica on Wednesday afternoon.

Continues the singer: "I would never want to hurt my husband or anyone else with more lies dragged out in the press."

Earlier on Wednesday, a rep for Rimes stepped in, calling the "stalking" accusation by Cibrian's wife Brandi Glanville “incredibly defamatory.”

"It is what it is," says Rimes. "I can’t control other people but I can control what I say and what I don’t. I refuse to get down on any one else’s level and I’m going to take the high road on everything."

Hough, who danced with her boyfriend, country singer Chuck Wicks, this season, now says she in no way meant to imply that she was leaving the show for good.

In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, Hough said: “I am appreciative to be taking this coming season of Dancing with the Stars off to focus on my other career paths like touring in support of my album and recording my next one. I look forward to returning to DWTS in early 2010.”

And she has the go-ahead from Dancing executive producer Conrad Green, who tells PEOPLE that he gave Hough his blessing to “take a breather. It’s a really intensive show so we welcome our dancers the opportunity to take a break.”

With Hough’s growing popularity, Green adds, “It doesn’t damage the show to have her pursue her music. What’s lovely is she’s committed to the show and she wanted to get that message out there that she’ll be back.”
Hough is not the first dancer to take time off to pursue outside ventures. After landing in the finals with partner Mel B. in season 5, pro hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy took the following season off to focus on choreographing the Las Vegas show La Rêve before returning in season 7 to team up with Olympic volleyball champion Misty May-Treanor.

• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, working the room and greeting celebrity pals including Renée Zellweger and Clint Eastwood after finishing their meal at Nobu West Hollywood. The pair, who was dining with two other couples, grabbed seats in the main dining room near the sushi bar.

• Christina Aguilera, hubby Jordan Bratman and 16-month-old son Max went shopping at baby boutique Bel Bambini in L.A. Among her purchases, the singer picked up an Animal World lion toothbrush holder and several California Baby products. The three "were in a great mood and enjoying an afternoon out together," says a source.

• Hilary Duff and her hockey player boyfriend Mike Comrie, joining another couple for dinner at SushiSamba Park. The four dined on tiraditos, yellowtail ceviche, sea bass anticuchos and a selection of samba rolls – and sipped cucumber martinis with dinner.

Possibly. The actress has approached the producer of Peepshow, a new Las Vegas revue, about joining the act in several months, PEOPLE has learned.

"I think she would be great in the show," Peepshow's producer Jerry Mitchell told PEOPLE. "I would need to meet with her and dance a bit as I would with anyone who would love to be a part of Peepshow."

Lohan was in Las Vegas Saturday taking in the performance that stars former Dancing with the Stars contestants Melanie Brown and Kelly Monaco. If Lohan were to join the show, she would take over for Monaco in several months in a role that requires Monaco to strip down to almost nothing – something that won't change if Lohan starred.

"When the character strips she does it because she has learned to be strong by the other character/dancers in the show, and by watching them take charge with their considerable assets," Mitchell said. "I am sure I could do the same for Miss Lohan."

He added, "The show is a perfect match for Lindsay and her beauty as well as her acting talents."

Joseph Chigona, registrar of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal, said Monday, "As with all court cases involving infants, this one will be in chambers, not in an open court."

Alan Chinula, Madonna's Malawian lawyer, said he already has presented grounds for his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal and was hopeful. "We believe the lower court judge erred by basing her judgment on an archaic law of over 50 years ago," he said.

According to Chigona and Chinula, the singer is not required to be present during the appeal, which may last for two weeks.

Madonna, 50, adopted her son, David Banda, now 3, from Malawi in 2008; she was granted custody and allowed to take him out of the country two years earlier. That adoption caused controversy, including claims that her application received special status because of her celebrity.

• Gwen Stefani also played No. 1 Fan: She checked out hubby Gavin Rossdale's Grammy/T-Mobile Sidekick concert at the Hollywood Palladium from a VIP balcony. Joined by No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal, the singer sang, danced and even snapped pictures on her cell. Afterward, Rossdale met his wife in VIP and the two watched the beginning of Leona Lewis' set together.

• Newly engaged Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford spent a day at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., with son Liam. The group got up close and personal with Happy, a 5,00-lb. hippopotamus, which they fed, before checking out the giant panda exhibit together.

• Carmen Electra and fiancé Rob Patterson went shoe shopping together in New York's Upper East Side. The duo stopped into Upper Echelon Shoes, where Electra nabbed a pair of black leather and gold-studded Chuck Buckle's.

The bride, in a long designer dress and a veil that trailed 10 feet, and holding a bouquet of white orchids, “looked so gorgeous,” a source tells PEOPLE. “She looked beautiful.”

Security guards blocked off key access points to Bündchen's house in Santa Teresa, where 25 or so guests gathered under a tent set up on the home’s balcony.

After the ceremony, Brady, 31, in a gray suit and vest with white pants, held his 1 ½-year-old son John on the balcony and spoke with guests like Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. Bündchen, 28, also hugged guests while friends and relatives snapped photos.

They all seemed “very happy, like they were having a great time,” says one onlooker.

That afternoon, Bündchen got dressed at the nearby Hotel Flor Blanca while workers readied her home.

How much? His widow, Candy, is putting the expansive home, called "The Spelling Manor," on the market for a whopping $150 million.

The largest home in Los Angeles County, the French chateau-style property has 56,000 square feet of space and is settled on 5 acres of land.

"This house is the equivalent of a mid-sized hotel," Spelling tells PEOPLE. "It's a lot of work."

The manse requires an army of gardeners, security personnel and housekeepers, and boasts a bowling alley, wine cellar, three gift-wrapping rooms, library, gym, screening room and humidity-controlled silver storage room, among many others. Also on-site? A tennis court, fountains, a water fall, a pool and spa, a reflecting pool and 16 car ports.

"I have wonderful memories here," Spelling sighs. "But I feel like it's a new chapter in my life – and it's just me in this big house!"


But on Motown night the strain was a living presence on the stage; no longer could the contestants afford to laugh off bad notices from the judges; the grueling schedule and unimaginable pressure of a million choices made under the pitiless eyes of tens of millions are beginning to take to their toll. 

And much worse lies ahead. Each will find their limits and many will reach the place where they only pray for a quick and painless end to their trials.

It is the moment when the pack begins to separate; when the true contenders for the crown break out and others begin the painful meltdown process that sees their once bright hopes evaporate.

At this point in the season, every singer who has not delivered a signature show-stopping moment is playing Russian Roulette each week, hoping for a lucky break to save them. Every time a singer turns in one of those moments, he or she builds up a resevoir of good will that can last them one to three weeks, until they fall back in the crosshairs again. In the seasons first few weeks, we’ve only had a handful of those moments and thus only a very small number can be considered truly untouchable. The field remains remarkably fluid.

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"I love horror movies," she says.

"I like movies about vampires -- that's why I liked 'Candyman' so much; it was like 'Dracula.' Did you ever see Frank Langella play Dracula?" She purrs: "My God, can you imagine what that did to a teenage girl?"

Take it to long form and you can quickly run into trouble. Parenting often boils down to a series of repetitive tasks and maddening dialogue, much of which has to do with such fascinating topics as bedtime, personal hygiene, sibling-on-sibling violence and the nutritional value of Cheetos.

Which is why television comedy writers so often either genetically manipulate the family -- the parents are liberals, the son's a Republican! (“Family Ties”) -- or mix and match it -- look, three guys raising kids (“Full House”), two divorced women living together (“Kate and Allie”), a single mom and a male housekeeper (“Who’s the Boss?”) -- just to keep things interesting.

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