Love Bites: Madonna's A-Rod Moves, a 'Gossip Girl' Hookup?

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Is Madonna planning to kick off 2009 by stepping into the spotlight with Alex Rodriguez? That's the word from the Chicago Sun-Times, which says the Kabbalah-loving confidants, who have recently been spotted in proximity to each other in Miami and Mexico City for her Sticky & Sweet tour, will "go public ... to some degree" at a still-to-be-determined New Year's Eve bash. "She wants to wait until an appropriate interval -- and allow enough time ... like at least a couple of months ... since the divorce became finalized," a source close to the newly ex-Mrs. Guy Ritchie informs the paper. But A-Rod may still be learning how to follow her rules. Madonna, who spent Tuesday reliving her "Evita" heyday by meeting with Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, where parts of the movie were filmed (she also greeted activist Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by guerillas for six years), was said to be less than pleased when the New York Yankees star responded "very good" when asked by reporters how it felt to be in Mexico City at the same time as the Big M. Meanwhile, the New York Post believes Madonna and A-Rod are "quietly shopping" for high-end real estate in Manhattan. Seems the frozen-faced, bulging-bicepped pop icon and the meaty slugger may be movin' on up to the East Side, where they've been "discreetly looking" at high-end properties, hoping to score one with a coveted garage for added privacy. "Madonna personally came to look at one house a couple of months ago, and Alex has been looking recently," a spy tells the paper. "We're talking about private, double-width mansions in the vicinity of $30 million to $60 million." They're also rumored to be house hunting in the Hamptons, where they reportedly enjoyed a clandestine rendezvous at Jerry Seinfeld's sprawling estate in October. Rodriguez's rep, however, denies he's looking to feather a love nest with Madonna, who has maintained that she and the baseballer are just friends.

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Amy and Blake are spotted in Toronto last year. (©Retna Ltd.)

So, remember earlier this week when Amy Winehouse's rehabbing hubby Blake Fielder-Civil insisted he was living substance-free? He may have been exaggerating a wee bit. Just a month after being sprung from the pokey, he's reportedly heading back behind bars for another year, ostensibly for failing a drug test. But he's not going quietly. The London Sun says he broke out of his rehab facility Tuesday night and made a beeline for the bedside of his disaster zone of a missus, who's been hospitalized since last week for a reported reaction to "medication." "Blake did a runner. He turned up in [the] hospital and hell broke loose -- everyone was totally shocked," a source tells the tab. "He was asking Amy to forgive him. As he was going back inside anyway he felt he didn't have much to lose." Sighs another snitch, "If he had stayed in prison last month rather than taking the rehab option, he was set to be released at the end of this month. He's blown it." Winehouse, who supposedly hadn't seen Fielder-Civil since he was released from prison after serving nearly a year for assault and perverting justice, is rumored to be initiating divorce proceedings. In an interview last week with Britain's News of the World, Blake accepted responsibility for turning the once-promising singer into the drug-ravaged shell she's become and promised to cut her loose for her own good: "Now I have to let her go to save her life. I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love. ... If something bad happened to Amy now, I would kill myself without a question."

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The "Gossip Girl" co-stars hit a New York club earlier this year. (©WireImage.com)

There's nothing like having your personal belongings manhandled, sending your shoes through security and being deprived of personal space and oxygen to put you in the mood for a little lovin'. And so it was for "Gossip Girl" co-stars Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr, who were reportedly getting frisky at the Dallas airport on Sunday night. A spy tells W that the actor, who plays nostril-flaring Machiavellian teen dandy Chuck Bass, was puckering up with the starlet, who portrays the much-maligned Vanessa, relaying to the mag that it was "definitely on the lips. Not a French kiss, but a smooch definitely. They were being very flirty when people were not paying attention." Seconds an eyewitness to the New York Post, "They were trying to be discreet by stealing kisses near the gate." The pair's coziness apparently continued once they got to their seats in -- horrors! -- coach for the flight to New York. "They were kissing in the aisles," the mole tells the paper, "but once they sat, she read her script and he drank a Heineken." If the hookup talk proves true, Westwick, who was last seen tangling tongues with Drew Barrymore, and Szohr will join castmates Blake Lively and Penn Badgley in the fishing-off-the-company-pier club.

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Justin and Jessica speak at the Last Chance for Change rally in Las Vegas on Oct. 11. (©Retna Ltd.)

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel enjoyed some cultural pursuits over the Thanksgiving holiday. People reports the squeezes turned up at the Elvis Presley Museum outside the crooner's hometown of Memphis, Tenn. "They had a nice, hourlong visit," says an insider. Later that afternoon, they took their dog for a walk, an outing on which the source apparently tagged along. "Justin went on the fallen leaves by the water," says the snitch, "and Jessica bent over to snap a close-up photo of him." All that Elvis memorabilia and perambulating must have helped them work up an appetite: They wound down the day by joining Timberlake's family for dinner at the local Cheesecake Corner eatery.

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Balthazar and Sienna take a walk through New York on Oct. 25. (©Tom Meinelt/Jackson Lee/Splash)

Balthazar Getty had much to be thankful for over the holiday: namely, his continued tabloid relevance after reportedly reuniting with Sienna Miller, whom he was rumored to have briefly parted ways with last month (by the by, her rep denies they ever split). The two were spotted in London a few days back, and the Daily Mirror purports that the semifamous starlet has ordered the equally fame-challenged actor to do his darndest to woo her. "She's told him it's time they got back to basics and started taking things more slowly," says a source. "That means nice meals out, romantic dinner dates -- wholesome stuff that they can enjoy together." All of which, we presume, requires them to wear shirts, something they didn't bother to do when they first went public in July with a make-out session on a boat in Italy. Another alleged reconciliation provision: Getty's estranged wife, Rosetta, with whom he has four kids, is a verboten topic, although the tattoo of her name over his heart likely makes that a moot point. "Sienna and Balthazar have an unwritten rule that he is not to mention his wife by name," asserts the mole. "They are simply trying to move on with their lives as a couple and make a fresh start." But does that new beginning include trying to work together? The London Sun claims the derided duo is unwisely hoping to find a movie in which to co-star. "Her advisers are warning [her] how unpopular that would be," an insider tells the tab. "People haven't taken to them as a pair due to the way they got together. They fear people will find it a bit too sickly -- and as though they are rubbing his wife's face in it. But Sienna insists it could be movie gold and is looking for a script." Because if there's one thing Miller is known for, it's mining movie gold. Oh, wait ...

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Kate Moss and Jamie Hince are spotted at Heathrow Airport in London on Oct. 30. (©Retna Ltd.)

Kate Moss and her rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince might want to ask Santa to bring them a pair of helmets and some gift certificates for couples counseling. The London Daily Mail claims the worse-for-wear supermodel was overheard at a recent soiree explaining that she and her beau were left with banged-up faces -- she had a cut on her cheek; he was sporting a black eye -- after getting into a tussle over where to celebrate in the birth of the baby Jesus. "We had a fight yesterday about what to do for Christmas. We had a bit of a scuffle and I was wearing a chunky ring, which caught him right in the eye," Moss is quoted as saying (see the pics here). "It's all OK now, though. We fight and we have our ups and downs -- like anyone, really."