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Alanis Is 'Really Happy' for Ryan Reynolds | Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds

Alanis Is 'Really Happy' for Ryan Reynolds

Originally posted 06/09/2008 12:00PM

Here's one more thing you oughta know: Alanis Morissette has nothing but nice things to say about her ex-fiancé Ryan Reynolds. Even now that he's engaged to Scarlett Johansson.

"I'm really happy for him," the singer, who called off her engagement to Reynolds in 2007, told Newsweek.

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Alanis Opens Up About Hitting 'Rock Bottom'

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Alanis Opens Up About Hitting 'Rock Bottom'

Originally posted 05/09/2008 06:20PM

Alanis Morissette says she's naturally optimistic – but battled hard times over the last few years when she hit "rock bottom."

"I took a break over the past two and half years. I was tending to my personal life," says the singer, who called off her engagement to longtime boyfriend Ryan Reynolds in 2007.

During that time, she says she hit "rock bottom" due to "a personal unraveling of significant relationships in my life." (Morissette did not comment about Reynolds's recent engagement to Scarlett Johansson.)

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Alanis Has a Run-In with The Police (The Band!) | Alanis Morissette

Caught in the Act!

Originally posted 06/22/2007 06:00AM

• Reunited rockers The Police, drawing the stars en masse to their Los Angeles show at the Staples Center, including Alanis Morissette (who's covered their hit "King of Pain"), Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox Arquette. The Friends were spotted heading backstage (with David Arquette) after singing along in their seats. Bonus fact: Cox Arquette is related to Police drummer Stewart Copeland; her step-cousin, Miles, is his brother.

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Fergie Sends Alanis 'Derriere' Cake for 'Humps' Video | Fergie

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Fergie Sends Alanis 'Derriere' Cake for 'Humps' Video

Originally posted 04/11/2007 05:40PM

Fergie apparently believes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds End Engagement | Alanis Morissette

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Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds End Engagement

Originally posted 02/02/2007 03:20PM

Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette have called it quits – and this time, it's official.

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Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds Split | Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds Split

Originally posted 06/07/2006 10:45AM

Singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette and her fiancé for the past two years, actor Ryan Reynolds, have split, a source close to the couple confirms to PEOPLE.

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Celeb Spotlight: Alanis Morissette | Alanis Morissette

Celeb Spotlight: Alanis Morissette

Originally posted 06/13/2005 06:00AM

Age: 31Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario Current gig: Promoting her new album, an acoustic version of her 1995 smash, Jagged Little Pill

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Eva Longoria's Birthday Bash | Eva Longoria-Parker

Eva Longoria's Birthday Bash

Originally posted 03/11/2005 06:00AM

Eva Longoria squeezed as much entertainment as possible into her 30th birthday celebration at a friend's Encino, Calif., home last Sunday. "It was an event-packed night," says Longoria of her early birthday party (her actual b-day is March 15). "She had a coffee grind reader, and psychic readings from psychicgirl.com, a cigar lounge, and a deejay," adds one of her 150 guests (which included Desperate Housewives costars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman). For food and beverage Longoria stuck with a traditional Mexican theme. "They were cooking up chicken and soft tacos," says the partygoer. "The Margarita King was there making drinks all night." Friends and family gathered around an ice-cream cake at 11:30 to sing "Happy Birthday," before Longoria sent them home with a gift bag full of t-shirts, pomegranate juice, mariachi shakers and a thank-you note. But the celebration is not over for Longoria: She heads to Cabo San Lucas this weekend for a vacation with her family. As for the gift she gave herself? "I just bought my house, so that is big enough," says Longoria.

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A New Identity for Alanis | Utopia

A New Identity for Alanis

Originally posted 02/17/2005 06:00AM

Canadian-born singer Alanis Morissette felt particularly moved when she sang the national anthem for the American Express Jam Session at L.A.'s House of Blues recently: She had become an American citizen earlier that day. "I took a test where I memorized a hundred different questions and answers!" she tells us. Jumping headlong into the American dream, Morissette is preparing to tour the States in June and July; recording an acoustic version of her breakthrough CD, Jagged Little Pill, due June 13; producing (with Tom Hanks) a semi-autobiographical show for Comedy Central called We're With the Band; and appearing in the upcoming film Just Friends with her actor fiancé, Ryan Reynolds. Is she also planning a wedding? Not now. "We're just really enjoying this phase," Morissette tells us.

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Alanis Makes Her Bridal Plans

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Alanis Makes Her Bridal Plans

Originally posted 11/08/2004 06:00AM

She's come a long way from her time as a Jagged Little Pill ... nowadays, formerly tortured singer Alanis Morissette is more concerned with her impending wedding to actor and fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds (Blade: Trinity, Van Wilder) than with the old lover who done her wrong. So, what's new on the nuptials front? The pair is "putting the plans together, although just barely," Morissette tells us. "We're thinking sometime next year. I don't believe in the gender thing, so some of my bridesmaids will be men." As for a venue, Morissette said only that the wedding will take place "somewhere mellow." Next up in her professional life: Morissette will appear on an episode of American Dreams and on MAD TV this month. It seems a flair for comedy has been her "back pocket secret for awhile," she says.

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