Jessica Simpson's New Man -- A Real Tight End
TMZ has learned Jessica Simpson has a new boyfriend and he is not a current NFL player -- he's a former one.
Sources tell TMZ Jessica is dating ex San Francisco 49ers tight end Eric Johnson. He last played for the New Orleans Saints back in 2008. Johnson split from his wife earlier this year, filing for divorce in February.
Simpson -- whose show, "The Price of Beauty," returns to VH1 in 2011 -- began dating Johnson in May.
A source tells us they are "very happy."
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Rihanna Gives Matt Kemp the Kiss Off
Rihanna planted a wet one on her Dodger boyfriend Matt Kemp as she dropped him off at LAX on Friday.
Traveling really does suck for Kemp.
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Kim Kardashian & Miles Austin -- Chaotic Date Night
Miles Austin's road to the Super Bowl began in New York last night ... where the Dallas Cowboys star celebrated his birthday by going out with Kim Kardashian ... and it was pure mayhem in the streets.
About 5 gazillion people followed the couple -- and their respective posses -- as they walked a few chaotic blocks from dinner at STK to the after-party at SL Lounge.
No word on what Kim got Miles for his birthday ... besides a guaranteed championship.
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Katy Perry Did What She Only Sang About Doing
On Wednesday, life imitated art for faux sapphic singer Katy Perry when she ... wait for it ... kissed a girl.
While she was in Paris, this doesn't really qualify as a French kiss.
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Hot 'Twilight' Vamp Sucks Face
"Twilight Saga: Eclipse" star Ashley Greene gave a little mouth-to-mouth action to some actor named Brock Kelly in L.A. this weekend.
Love bites.
Vienna Girardi & Gregory Michael Hand In Hand
Just hours after Vienna Girardi moved her ass out of Jake Pavelka's home -- she was already partying with the man she was rumored to be hooking up with on the side ... Gregory Michael.
Vienna and the "Greek" actor were dancing with each other -- hand-in-hand -- at the Reality Cares CHOC Children's Hospital Prom on Saturday night.
As we previously reported, sources close to the production of "The Bachelor" tell us Jake eventually pulled the plug on the relationship with Vienna because he thought she was "stepping out" with Gregory on the side.
But Vienna claims she never cheated on Jake -- and her stepmom claims the split was all Jake's fault ... because he's a fame-whoring fraud.
The drama never ends ...
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NBA Star I'll Hump Kim K for a Championship!
We've been saying it for months -- but now an NBA star has finally recognized that hooking up with a Kardashian leads to championships ... and NBA star Ty Lawson wants to take one for the team.
The Denver Nuggets superstar rookie went to his Twitter page today and posted the following message, "I heard if u hit a kardashian i win a championship .. Kim k holla me!!! I need ya for 17 min."
Lawson continued, "I'll take one for the team lol ... If miles Austin miles or wateva his name is win a chip next ye ... Then thing is amazing."
As TMZ previously reported, the Kardashians are 2-for-2 in the last year -- with Reggie Bush winning a Super Bowl and Khloe's man Lamar Odom locking up an NBA title.
Now, with Kim dating NFL wide receiver Miles Austin -- the smart money is on the Dallas Cowboys to take it all next season.
Thanks to the Huffington Post for scoping this out.
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McConaughey & Freeman's Bromantic Comedy
While leaving a restaurant in Milan this weekend, Matthew McConaughey and Morgan Freeman cuddled and man-kissed on the cheek.
Matt & Morgan teamed up to make this action pic.
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Chace Crawford Busted ... With England Goalie's Ex
"Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford definitely didn't drop the ball this weekend -- instead he spent a night out in London with the ex-girlfriend of England's most hated villain ... former starting goalie Robert Green.
It had been reported that Green fumbled that infamous shot during the World Cup match with the U.S. because his mind was all messed up from a recent breakup with Elizabeth Minett.
Either way, it seems she's in good hands now.
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Green Day's Man-on-Man Kiss
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong pulled an Adam Lambert and kissed a male fan on the lips while on stage at a concet in England on Wednesday.
No word if "GMA" will cancel any future Green Day performances.
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Larry David's Wife Curbs Al Gore Affair Report
Larry David's ex-wife Laurie just blasted a report that she was involved in an affair with Al Gore -- calling the story a "total fabrication."
Laurie just told the Huffington Post, "The story is completely untrue ...I adore both Al and Tipper. I look at them both as family. And I have happily been in a serious relationship since my divorce."
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Paris -- From Burrito Heir to Nightclub King
Paris Hilton has officially rebounded from her days with chimichanga heir Doug Reinhardt -- and unlike D.R., her new guy is completely self-made.
TMZ has learned Paris' new dude is Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits -- who, along with his brother Jesse and Victor Drai, owns celebrity hot spots XS, Tryst and Drai's.
We're told the two have been dating for roughly a month.
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Kim K. & Justin Bieber -- Flirting with Disaster
Kim Kardashian is about to have Justin Bieber's rabid fans all over her giant behind after frolicking in the Bahamas with the golden boy.
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Biebs and The Butt were holding hands for a photo shoot just one month after Kim said his fans sent her death threats -- all because JB jokingly Tweeted that she was his girlfriend.
Deep breath, Bieber Nation.
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Rachel Uchitel -- Locked and Loaded
Rachel Uchitel -- the pilgrim of mistresses -- honed in like a heat-seeking missile on an unsuspecting Australian dude at L'Auberge Hotel in Del Mar, CA on Thursday night.
So that's what they mean by "poor" guy.
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Lady Gaga Gets to First Base with Chick at BB Game
Lady Gaga was at the Mets game last night in New York -- firmly planting a kiss on an unknown woman.
Just remember this: A kiss is just a ... photo op.
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Sandra Bullock Kisses Scarlett Johansson!
Sandra Bullock sucked face with Scarlett Johansson at the MTV Movie Awards -- talk about one helluva rebound!!!
The girl-on-girl action went down last night -- after Sandy got a huge standing ovation while receiving something called the Generation Award.
After the smooch, Bullock addressed the attention now placed on her personal life, saying "Can we please go back to normal because therapy is really expensive. Go back to making fun of me, I don't care, it's time to get back to normal."
The kiss comes around the 4:00 mark.