Valerie Bertinelli, Betty White, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves attend the premiere of their new show Hot in Cleveland in New York last night.

Valerie, who at 50 recently got engaged to her boyfriend of several years Tom Vitale says of the wedding plans:

“He’s planning it — I have nothing to do with it! I just have to find a dress!

How awesome is that! Would you trust your man to do the planning?

Finding love at a later stage in life has been wonderful:

“We’ve both been around quite a bit and we both have had marriages that failed, but there are still good parts of those marriages,” said Bertinelli, who was previously wed to rocker Eddie Van Halen (with whom she has a son, Wolf, 19). “So we’re taking the good parts and hopefully not bringing the bad with us!”

As for the cougarlicious Betty White, when asked if she would have enjoyed being kissed by Sandra Bullock (instead of Sandra kissing Scarlett Johansson at the MTV Movie Awards):

“No, no … but if Ryan Reynolds had kissed me, I’d have been very ready.”

Betty White told People that Sandra is doing great and her MTV speech was perfect:

“She’s doing wonderfully,”  ”I thought it was so brilliant of her to say, ‘Don’t worry about me, I’m fine,’ and address the subject, because she is fine.”

Hot in Cleveland airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. Valerie Bertinelli says the show falls somewhere between Sex and the City and the Golden Girls.

Will you be watching?

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Valerie Bertinelli announced her engagement to AARP Magazine, a magazine for the 50+ age group. She has been with her fiance Tom Vitale since 2004.  The following excerpt is directly from the magazine article courtesy of PRNewswire.com:

On Turning 50 and Aging with Grace

“Women of this age are not dead. We’re part of baby boomers. We’re big, man!”

“You know what’s so great about being this age? We’re smarter.  And we’re not too old to grow.”

“I’ve never been a big age person.  I’ve got the lines.  I’m aging.  But so what? Now is the best of time of my life…I hope it just gets better, because this is really fun.”

“I’m proud to be an AARP member!”

“When I was [my son] Wolfie’s age and my mom would try to tell me something I was like, ‘She doesn’t know what she’s talking about. God she knew what she was talking about.’”

On Finding Love

“I’ve never had a male friend like I have with Tom…Mature love doesn’t mean you have to be mature all the time—we definitely have our immature moments.  But when disagreements come up, we’re able to talk in a way that’s not attacking, and we’ll still love one another.”

“If my life wasn’t starting to turn around, I couldn’t have welcomed [fiancée Tom Vitale] into it.”

Fiance Tom Vitale on Valerie

“We just understood each other completely…My family is her family. It wasn’t love at first sight; it was family at first sight.”

“If the timing wasn’t right, I wouldn’t have asked.”

“We’re both still a little afraid of commitment but then we were over there [Italy), and it was like our souls were calibrated.”

On Getting Healthy, Physically and Mentally

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Sophie Monk goes jogging with her bodyguard in West Hollywood making me feel real guilty I haven’ t worked out in a couple of days

Valerie Bertinelli arrives at Barnes & Noble in Hollywood for her booksigning

Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt are at Club Voyeur in Hollywood

That 70′s Show’s Laura Prepon is outside Club Voyeur (sounds like my kind of place) in Hollywood

Sarah Jessica Parker returns to her hotel in London after doing some retail therapy

Lukas Haas is also at Club Voyeur. Make mental note to self:  if ever in Hollywood stalk hang out at Club Voyeur

LeAnn Rimes leaves a medical building in Beverly Hills

How you doin’ Mark Ballas?? He and his baggy pants are in Los Angeles.  He can do no wrong in my book although I think he needs a haircut.  I’m just saying.  It takes away from his gorgeous face.

A pregnant Rebecca Gayheart arrives at the Beverly Hills Hotel

HIMYM’s Alyson Hannigan is also in London with Sarah Jessica Parker and returns to her hotel after their shopping spree

Atlanta Housewife NeNe Leakes has lunch in Beverly Hills

Breckin Meyer arrvies at Sunset Plaza on his motorcyle

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Hillary Duff, Valerie Bertinelli, Nia Long and Katie Couric were spotted around Bryant Park for the Mercedes-Benz IMG New York Fashion Week Fall 2009 shows.  Although very unassuming, I love what Hillary Duff is wearing.  It flatters her very much!!

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Photos:  WENN.com

Kathy Griffin cleans up well, doesn’t she?  I think the hair and outfit suit her perfectly.  She attended last night’s Creative Arts Awards, the precursor to the Emmys which are Sunday, September 21, 2008. 

Sarah Chalke and Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Creative Arts Awards which will air on Saturday, September 20, 2008.

Lots of celebs in attendance:

• Sarah Silverman – She is actually dressed very feminine in a very poofy dress.  But seriously LOOK AT THE HEELS OF HER SHOES
• Chloe Sevigny
• Jenna Fischer
• Will Arnett
• James Gandolfini & his new bride Deborah Lin
• Valerie Bertinelli – she looks beautiful!!!
• Ashley Tisdale – very cute dress that suits her perfectly

Who do you think had the nicest dress?  I think it’s a toss between Kathy Griffin and Valerie Bertinelli.

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