The chiseled cheekbones, the piercing blue eyes, the highlighted buttery blond mane -- if you squint really hard, Jason Lewis could pass for Brad Pitt's younger and slightly prettier brother. But is the guy best known as the eye candy on "Sex and the City" making a move on Jennifer Aniston?

Britain's Closer magazine alleges the affable actress, 38, who last month shot down reports linking her to Orlando Bloom, had an "intimate" dinner date in New York with the erstwhile Absolut hunk, 36, who split from Rosario Dawson this time last year.

"They've met a few times. He thinks she's gorgeous and they just clicked. It's funny how much they have in common," a source is quoted as saying. "Jen seems to really like Jason, but so far they've met up in secret as Jen hates the pressure her fame puts on all of her relationships."

Especially the pressure her fame puts on relationships that apparently don't exist.

Aniston's rep, Stephen Huvane, is quick to dismiss the romance rumors, pointing out to MSN Entertainment that the lately busy star has been in Portland, Oregon, for several weeks filming the comedy "Management."

Prior to that, she was in Los Angeles working on the romance "He's Just Not That Into You," in which she locks lips with Ben Affleck. In early October, meanwhile, she was photographed in Mexico, a brief trip for a friend's wedding that sparked the Orlando rumblings.

"Exactly when was this dinner supposed to happen?" scoffs Jen's spokesman, before declaring for good measure, "Not true."

Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia attend the Race in the Fight Against Epilepsy Benefit in Calabasas, Calif., on Nov. 14.

In less adamant denial news, Milo Ventimiglia is once again downplaying rumblings that he's wooing his "Heroes" co-star -- and on-screen niece -- Hayden Panettiere, whom he was first linked to in September after they were seen looking snuggly -- he supposedly even cut her meat (no, that's not a euphemism) -- at a post-Emmys bash.

The pair who would be Halo were side-by-side Wednesday at a Race in the Fight Against Epilepsy charity event in Calabasas, Calif., but when the frequently shirtless actor (not that we're complaining) was questioned by People about the hookup whispers, he "chuckled then paused" before responding "after a few seconds" with a nonspecific not quite denial.

"She and I are close friends," Ventimiglia carefully offered. "It's only natural that people are going to couple us together."

According to the mag, Milo, 30, and Hayden, 18, stayed close while they lingered outside the shindig, chatting "closely in a shadowy corner" but engaging in no PDA. Later, they holed up in a private VIP room.

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