If spring brings flings, winter calls for hot cocoa and cuddling: You know—cold nose, warm heart. But does the sight of Vin Diesel and Mariah Carey together mean romance—or were they just shaking off the shivers? Are the winter winds blowing celebrities closer together or simply whipping up rumors? Here's the current word on who's hot and who's not.
Breakups, Makeups, Mixups
DREW BARRYMORE and FABRIZIO MORETTI
Question: She often publicly displays her affection for the Strokes' drummer. But are reports that they're engaged fact or fiction?
Answer: "That is so not true," says a Strokes spokesman. Barrymore's rep adds, "There is no ring."
EMINEM and KIM MATHERS
Question: After a notoriously nasty split, are the couple—who have a daughter, Hailie, 7—once again living together in suburban Detroit?
Answer: Strange but true. "They've been together since July," observes Joe DePonio III, one of Eminem's neighbors.
JOHN CUSACK and MEG RYAN
Question: Last month they had an intimate dinner in L.A., and they were on the town in New York City. Was a fling afoot?
Answer: Her rep says, "No comment," but with no recent sightings of the couple, it appears that the relationship has waned.
JANET JACKSON and JERMAINE DUPRI
Question: She has been linked to Justin Timberlake, but is Dupri—a producer who remixed her 2001 hit "Someone"—her real someone?
Answer: Yes. Dupri recently said he and Jackson have been a couple for 18 months.
MARIAH CAREY and VIN DIESEL
Question: The songbird and the strongman warmed up to each other over a holiday dinner in Aspen. Was it a just a quick bite or a budding romance?
Answer: "They simply had a meal together," says his rep. "They're definitely not dating."
ODESSA WHITMIRE and MATT DAMON
Question: Damon is going steady with pal Ben Affleck's former assistant, whom he met in 2001. But are the reports of an impending marriage true?
Answer: Asked if the couple are engaged, Damon's rep doesn't just say no, she says, "No, no, no."
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