So Carrie Underwood supposedly said Michael Phelps was cute and now the two might be getting together in the near future.

Michael was over the moon after hearing a rumor that the one-time American Idol thinks he is "cute." According to celebrity tattles on-site at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, the twentysomethings are frequently texting each other and have already begun planning a "quiet first date" near Carrie's home in Nashville, Tennessee.An excited Michael is hoping there won't be too much eating involved on this outing. The 23-year-old athlete told Carrie, "I'm not so sure you'd want to see me eat! It might not make a great first impression."

"Carrie needs someone who is going to stick by her," a skeptical pal of Carrie's revealed to the National Enquirer. "She was devastated when her relationship with Tony Romo broke. The last thing she needs is a relationship with another high-profile celebrity who's going to end up loving and leaving her."

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I guess everyone deserves happiness so why be a hater? Still...I didn't see this one coming.

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Well, after winning eight gold medals at the Olympics, we're sure to be hearing about Michael Phelps for a long, long time. He'll have the usual assortment of promotions for everything from sports equipment to breakfast cereal and now, he's also nailed a major book deal with a cool $1 million advance payment. The book will be called Built to Succeed and it will be out by the end of the year. It's going to talk all about his dedication and training philosophy as well as tell his life story.

Personally, I don't need the full book because I get the idea. You trained hard and can swim like hell. Roger that dude.

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Amanda Beard who's an Olympic swimmer and model has a really strong reaction to the idea of her dating Michael Phelps. I guess what she's trying to say in various terms is that he's not very attractive. That's my guess anyway.

"Eww, that's nasty!" she said via telephone from Beijing on 93.7 KRQ Tucson's Johnjay and Rich in the Morning.

"Come on, I have really good taste," she added. "He's not really my type."

Beard — who has a boyfriend (a photographer) — said she has no clue how the rumors started.

"We don't even talk to each other," she said.

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Jessica Simpson is now a beer company owner, since she's getting a percentage in the company. I've never heard of Stampede Light Plus though. What's the "plus" anyway? Isn't the purpose of a light beer to have a minus? Why would they add it back in?

Now she's adding beer to the table as well:  it was announced today that she will be the new face of Stampede Light Plus, a beer marketed by Dallas' Stampede Brewing Co. as a beer for active people.

She'll appear in ads for the beverage and is also taking a 15 percent stake in the company.  Jessica said in a statement that she's ''always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people.''

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Ricky Martin now has twin boys via surrogate. I'm not sure why he couldn't just get a woman pregnant himself though. Oh wait...now I remember.

"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care," Ricky's rep said in a statement. "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."

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Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is about to be naming his running mate. This is important stuff folks because it's about the future of our country. Get out and vote!

While the paper reports that Obama has yet to inform his prospective vice-president of the nod, the candidate's focus is primarily on three men: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana and foreign policy expert Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.

The Times cited unnamed advisers to the Democratic hopeful as saying Obama had reached his decision last week while on vacation in Hawaii.

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