When it comes to the qualities Jude Law looks for in a woman, a talent for posing sultrily while wearing sexy lingerie appears to rank high on his list. The London tabloids snapped the actor, 34, spending quality time in Berlin this weekend with Susan Hoecke, 26, a former beauty queen-turned-men's mag model and actress. According to the Daily Mail, the pair had a "romantic" and "cozy" dinner al fresco Saturday night at a sushi restaurant, where they apparently relied on some liquid courage. "Jude and Susan seemed really happy and were pretty tactile with one another," an eyewitness recounts to the tab. "Over dinner, initially they both appeared pretty nervous and fidgety but, after tucking into a second bottle of wine, they really loosened up, giggling, at times, loudly and uproariously." Law later proved chivalry isn't yet dead, rebuffing the dark-haired looker's attempt to split the bill. The following morning, says the Sun, they were seen exiting the star's hotel together. Hoecke, who reportedly speaks four languages, also seems fluent in media-speak, expertly sidestepping the Sun's question about whether she's dating the former flame of Sienna Miller, saying only, "We've been good friends for two years."

Has Elisha Cuthbert been flattened by the Zamboni of love? OK! magazine says she's put her nearly two-year romance with hockey player Sean Avery -- warning, punniness ahead -- on ice. The New York Ranger apparently responded to the breakup in the usual Hollywood way, clumsily making a move on Elisha's sometime pal Paris Hilton at a weekend shindig in Malibu, Calif. "He hit on her three times, but every time, Paris would give him disgusted looks and move away from his creepy shoulder-brushing and close-talking ways," a spy tells the New York Daily News. A determined Avery then sidled up to several other blondes, adds the snitch, who sneers, "You could tell he just wanted to hook up."

Mandy Moore doesn't need a man to make her all-important finger sparkle. The fresh-faced singer recently touched off engagement whispers after she was spotted wearing a retina-searing ring, but she pooh-poohs its significance to "Extra." "This is called my present to myself," laughs Moore, who was last linked to musician Greg Laswell. "I'm engaged to myself."

Has Justin Timberlake turned a corner in his romance with Jessica Biel? Just a week after the oft-camera-crabby crooner was photographed touching the digits of his strapping squeeze and nearly breaking into a smile, he was captured by shutterbugs holding her hand and flashing an actual grin. The momentous snaps were taken earlier this week in Edmonton, Alberta (via JustJared.com), where Timberlake performed in front of an appreciative crowd that included Biel, who cheered him on from the front row.

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