Weekly Gossip

Emmitt Smith Wins Dancing with the Stars

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2006 12:00AM EST

By Monica Rizzo

Photo by: Adam Larkey / ABC

It was a partisan crowd that cheered former NFL great Emmitt Smith onto victory at the Dancing with the Stars finale on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

While Smith and fellow celebrity finalist Mario Lopez received identical scores on Tuesday night's show, it was Smith's fan base that voted him and professional dance partner Cheryl Burke onto victory.

Smith, 37, beat out the former Saved by the Bell star in the third season of the popular ballroom dance show.

"I am so proud of this trophy and I am proud to share it with Cheryl," Smith told PEOPLE while gold-colored confetti fell from above. "We worked our tails off."

"Emmitt embodied what this competition is all about," season 3 contestant Shanna Moakler said. "He deserved to win. Absolutely."

Oprah Wasn't Invited to Tom & Katie's Wedding

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2006 10:30AM EST

By Stephen M. Silverman

Cruise (left) and Winfrey Photo by: L. Gallo / WENN; Asadorian / Splash News

Tom Cruise may have famously jumped on Oprah Winfrey's couch to declare his love for Katie Holmes, but Winfrey won't be at his wedding in Italy Saturday.

"It's not that I'm not going," Winfrey tells Extra's AJ Calloway in a segment to air on Tuesday. "It's that they had a limited number of people that they could invite. I was not one of the invitees. That's fine. I don't get invited to everyone's wedding. I don't invite them to everything I do. But I wish them the best."

She continues, "I have a great deal of regard for their relationship and so I'm trying to think of what to get them."

Asked what she'll get the couple, she says, "I don't know! I was thinking … I'm easier (to shop for) – you can get me a bubble bath I'm okay – but I don't know what to give them."

Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo Is Engaged

MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2006 12:40PM EST

By Stephen M. Silverman with Elizabeth Leonard

Ivery and Pompeo Photo by: picture perfect

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and her boyfriend, record producer Chris Ivery, are engaged, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Ivery proposed to Pompeo on Friday, her 37th birthday, after breakfast at home. "She was surprised and thrilled," the actress's rep tells PEOPLE. Ivery presented Pompeo with a 3.5-carat emerald-cut diamond in a platinum setting from jewelry designer Tacori.

Pompeo and Ivery, 37, both Boston-area natives, grew up minutes away from each other, but didn't meet until pals introduced them in Los Angeles in 2003. They didn't start dating right away. "We were friends for six months; then one night she just looked different to me," Ivery told PEOPLE in October.

Their relationship is laid-back. "We had a great day yesterday," Pompeo told PEOPLE. "We walked on the beach, then we came home, took a shower and went out for sushi. Then we laid on the couch with the dogs and watched TV."