Um, guys … we know, you’re married, the secret’s out. While I think they made a really cute couple, I think they’d look even cuter if they pretended that they were actually together. Nonetheless, I’m very happy that they’ve found love with one another :) These two have to be my fave new married couple of the year … even if they pretend they don’t know one another.

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I’m not entirely sure why she felt the need to try and hide her ring. Her spokesperson confirmed the news that she and Ryan got married so it’s not really a secret. She really shouldn’t be scared by the rock that she’s got … she should proudly show that thing off! I’m still having a bit of a difficult time accepting that Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams actually got married … especially considering the long list of women that Ryan has been attached to over the years (Parker Posey, Leona Naess, Winona Ryder and on and on). But finally it was sweet little Mandy (who has a substantial list of exes of her own — Andy Roddick, Wilmer Valderrama, Zach Braff, DJ AM) who ended up winning his heart, tamed the savage beast and got him to say I Do. They do make a cute couple (tho, I’ve always been pulling for Ryan and Leona Naess to end up together … they both seems so perfectly jaded together). I really hope they’ll be making beautiful music together for many, many years to come.

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As you may recall, we heard last month that the couple were planning to be wed but … I’m not sure anyone expected it to happen so soon. Honestly, tho, I can’t say that I’m surprised that R-Andy M-Adams went ahead and did the deed on the sly. Now, this news of the the couple’s nuptials is still unconfirmed but something tells me that this might be the real deal. In anticipation of a confirmation of their marriage, I’d like to send out much love and congrats to the happy couple!

UPDATE: Reps for Mandy and Ryan confirm the wedding. Woot!!

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Mandy Moore and her singer-songwriter boyfriend, Ryan Adams, are engaged, a close friend of Mandy’s tells Life & Style. Mandy, 24, and Ryan, 34, who have been on and off since last March, were spotted grocery shopping in LA yesterday — and Mandy was sporting a ring on her engagement finger! “She is so excited about their engagement but admits it’s been a whirlwind. She’s really happy,” the friend tells Life & Style. Mandy was most recently linked to ex-boyfriend DJ AM after running to be with him following the plane crash he endured with Travis Barker in September. Mandy and AM called it quits in December. Shortly after, Mandy returned to her now-fiancé, Ryan. A rep for Mandy declined to comment.

While I don’t necessarily believe these sorts of reports right off the bat … the fact that Mandy’s rep declined to comment seems fishy. Generally when reports like this are not true, the reps say so. HMMM. Oh, and for the record, the above photo is from last summer when the pair started going out together in public. I would not be surprised at all if Mandy and Ryan decided to get hitched. Firstly, it was widely believed that Ryan nicknamed Mandy “bug” and used that name when he talked about her or to her on his now defunct blog … then, he dedicated his book of poetry Infinity Blues to “bug”. Mandy has started blogging on her official site and there are pictures of Ryan interspersed in her personal pics … Ryan, too, has started blogging again on the Cardinals official website and, lo and behold, Mandy shows up in various photos there as well. At the very least, we know they’re hanging out together again … is it really so hard to think they might be gettin’ hitched?

UPDATE: Woot! It’s official! Mandy’s rep is now confirming that YES she and Ryan Adams are engaged to be wed. Congrats!! I can’t wait to see those wedding photos.

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Ryan Adams’ latest album with his band the Cardinals, “Cardinology,” is barely a month old, but the artist is already back in the studio tracking demos for more than a dozen new songs under the working album title “Dear Impossible.” Songs put to tape with engineer Noah Goldstein include “Firefly,” “So Quiet, It’s Loud,” “Goodbye Sunshine,” “Universe Size Arms,” the title cut, “Please, Hold On,” “Souls Full of Holes,” “OK, I Surrender,” “Wild & Hopeless,” “Kaleidoscope Eyes,” “Your Name Here,” “Mirror-Gold,” “The Lights” and “Lost in Space.” Adams apparently intends to incorporate contributions from the Cardinals at a later date. “Songs need seasons. So it’s springtime for these,” he wrote on his blog. “The guys, my BFF’s in the Cards, all gave me way thumbs up on almost all of them so I figured why not get the working model down now.” The artist describes the material as similar to his 2004 album “Love Is Hell,” and “like a more pop, melodic style.” He’s also drawn comparisons to Sonic Youth’s “Sister” and the Smiths’ “Hatful of Hollow.” “But man, these tunes, they’re tiny little things compared to those records,” Adams says. The Cardinals began another run of support dates with Oasis tomorrow (Dec. 3) in Oakland, Calif., and will then head to Australia and New Zealand in late January. A headlining tour begins Feb. 20 in New Haven, Conn.

As I have mentioned many times here on the blog, I am such a huge Ryan Adams fan. The man rarely disappoints with his music and manages to put out new material at a pace not unlike Prince used to do back in the ’80’s (ie. all the damn time). While I love the stuff Adams has been doing with the Cardinals, I have to admit that I really prefer his less audacious work … just him and a guitar. Ryan offers fans a preview of one of his new demos titled Annihilator HERE … which sounds exactly like I like him to sound. Raw, honest, alone. I can’t wait to hear more.

Incidentally, on Monday night I found myself standing in front of the window of the Left Bank bookshop in the West Village and was forced to share the space with some guy who was smoking up a storm … I stood back to let him look first and then realized that it was Ryan Adams. We were both looking at the first edition books in the window (I was eyeing a First Ed. First Printing of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road). I didn’t say anything to him … he was really interested in the books so I just went on my way to meet up with David for dinner. For me, Ryan Adams is the kind of artist that you admire from afar … which I am very happy to do. That being said … I just can’t get enough of his blog. Even if you’re not particularly a fan of the man’s work, I think his blog is a great example of what makes reading blogs so much fun.

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HMMM … I mean, it’s totes impossible to be absolutely sure who this message is meant for but I have the sneaking suspicion that Ryan is referring to and possibly trying to reach out to Mandy Moore. Ignore the cameras appears to refer to the paparazzi that began following Ryan and Mandy when it was discovered that they were dating. “Bug” seems like a cute little nickname that could be attributed to her, don’tcha think?

[Source; thanks Niki]

to whom it may concern,

p.s. as a former catholic and a lifelong mystic, i have and still hold true to the idea that stealing is wrong. and if the saying “karma is a bitch” is true then for godsakes let it be a b.c.rich “bitch” AND DONT PUT ANY STICKERS ON IT ITS NOT A STATION WAGON ITS A VEHICLE OF ROCK

UHHH … yeah. Take that Courtney! The ball is now in your court … we’ll be expecting your response post shortly.

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Yeah, I dunno that the indie/emo/grungy/hipster look is exactly right for Ms. Moore. I get that the break-up of R-Andy M-Adams is tough to deal with (for all of us) but Mandy shouldn’t be going around town impersonating her ex-boyfriend. The show Single White Female schtick is so 1992 … it’s time to move on! She might want to give back his glasses, too … if Ryan Adams has to continue on without his hipster spectacles then he might lose all of his cred altogether. Let’s move on … shall we?

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“Mandy is one of those genuinely sweet angelic people you wish to meet your whole life. I am grateful for our friendship and how it allowed us both to grow and learn more. Unfortunately I am allergic to paparazzi and have found the best antidote to that sort of nonsense is staying behind the guitar and typewriter, staying close to my support group of friends and band mates and not engaging in activities that prevent me from taking care of myself or others. I found the entire speculation and subsequent photographs and intrusions terrifying and only wish to live as normal a life as possible, so that I might always remain punk as fuck AND sober. Also, I just want to jam. Plus I like metal A LOT.”

I understand the couple, R-Andy M-Adams, started hooking up back in December but managed to keep things quiet until March and then earlier this month the first pics of the couple together surfaced … and now they’re over. Mandy had to be the most wholesome of Ryan’s string of babes and Ryan was deffo the most interesting of Mandy’s men. I was taken aback when I first heard that these two were dating and now that they’re dunzo, I’m kinda mourning the loss. Sure, they made an odd pair but the thought of the two of them together was an intriguing one … what in the world do they have to talk about? Would they ever collaborate musically (like Ryan did with his ex-girlfriend Leona Naess)? What in the world was the sex like? I guess now we’ll never know. Peace the Spork Out, R-Andy M-Adams … you shall be missed.

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