Jessica Simpson may have kept her distance from ex-husband Nick Lachey while co-hosting the Teen Choice Awards Sunday night, but it appears she's been getting up close and personal with someone new. People reports the dizzy starlet was recently spied sharing a smooch with an unidentified date at hipper-than-thou L.A. hotspot Hyde. "Jessica was very touchy-feely with him," a spywitness tells the mag. "They were lovey-dovey. It seemed like she really liked him." Simpson's rep, however, nixes the romance rumblings, insisting she's "not dating anybody." As for Nick, who made the Teen Choice scene without squeeze Vanessa Minnillo, he charmed the crowd by stating the obvious as he collected a surfboard award for his autobiographical ditty "What's Left of Me," quipping, "I just want to start off by saying, awkward? A little bit."

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In related news, Cupid's random romance generator has worked its head-scratching magic to bring together CaCee Cobb, Jessica's poodle-haired ex-assistant and BFF, and "Scrubs" cutie and father-of-four Donald Faison. People says the newly minted duo joined Simpson, who was purportedly pursued last month by Faison's co-star and pal Zach Braff, on her PDA-filled night out with the aforementioned mystery man.

Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson are apparently doing their best to keep their recently announced split amicable. Paparazzi caught the estranged couple perambulating with son Ryder on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Did Pete Doherty's umpteenth arrest last week put the kibosh on his plans to take Kate Moss as his unlawfully wedded wife? London's Mail on Sunday says the recidivism-prone rocker and the rehabbed supermodel were hoping to hold an "intimate spiritual ceremony" last week in Bali (translation: the marriage probably wouldn't be legal). Moss, who in recent days has been sporting a knuckle-crushing sparkler on her ring finger, reportedly jetted friends and family into a swanky resort for the ersatz nuptials, but was left "in tatters and very distressed" after Doherty was once again charged with drug possession (for heroin and crack) and once again sent to rehab. Kate's rep, however, insists to the paper there "have never been any plans" for a wedding, "spiritual" or otherwise.

Hope for happily-ever-after springs eternal in Hollywood, even for B-listers. People reports onetime "Baywatch" eye candy David Charvet popped the question on Saturday to expectant "Rock Star" host Brooke Burke, whom he began dating last year, not long after she split from her plastic surgeon husband Garth Fisher (they have two daughters). "It was a total surprise," gushes Burke. "It was all very romantic." Also getting engaged on Saturday, according to the mag: underrated "Scrubs" crankypants John C. McGinley, who proposed to yoga teacher Nichole Kessler, his girlfriend of two-plus years.

Absence apparently made Mischa Barton's heart grow fonder for hirsute honey Cisco Adler. The mismatched squeezes looked very much together as they hit Malibu last Thursday. Their coziness comes after weeks of speculation about the status of their romance, with the sylphlike starlet shooting down rumors linking her to eligible bachelors in both London, where she was taking an acting class at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and Australia, where she was stumping for a Sydney department store. Her Whitestarr frontman beau, meanwhile, was seen getting friendly with a blonde in early August, claims In Touch.

From our "probably untrue but too good to ignore" file comes this gem from the London Sunday Mirror, which claims unsteady steadies Jude Law and Sienna Miller recently had another blow-up because he allowed Sadie Frost, his ex-wife and mother of his three kids, to crash with their brood at his six-bedroom London pad while he was out of town (seems Frost's house was undergoing renovations). The supposed Goldilocks-like issue for Sienna? Jude told Sadie she could sleep in his bed. "Sienna was furious," a "friend" blabs to the paper. "She couldn't believe Jude would let Sadie stay in the main bedroom." Faced with Miller's chilly reaction, Frost reportedly opted to take shelter elsewhere. Last week, Jude was snapped -- sans Sienna -- enjoying quality time with his kids while vacationing on the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of England.

Do Joel and Benji Madden share a genetic predisposition for all things nubile? According to the New York Post, Benji, 27, has followed the lead of his twin brother, who began wooing 18-year-old Hilary Duff in 2004 (you do the math), by dating the 17-year-old daughter of movie producer Christine Peters. While Benji maintains they're merely friends, a pal of the teen tells the paper, "It's no big deal -- she turns 18 next month."