Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are either engaged or very much enjoying the fact that people think they're engaged. I'm going with the latter, but you never know with Nick Cannon. As we saw in his relationship with Selita Ebanks, he doesn't actually attach a whole lot of meaning to that whole engagement thing. People refers to a "big, gleaming ring" on Mariah's finger quotes Cannon as saying he loves "everything" about M.C. To MTV News, Cannon says about his new relationship, "I can't even know what to say. She's probably the most festive, remarkable person I've ever met. Good friend."

Can't even know what to say? That's love. It should be said that they both have movies that they're promoting right now, although, according to Page Six, Nick skipped the premiere of his film, Ball Don't Lie, to attend the premiere of Carey's Tennessee. I'll give Nick Cannon this, in a competition with Ray J over whose romantic match-up with a far-older R&B diva makes the most sense, Nick wins in a landslide.

ODD COUPLE If, as Janet Charlton suggests, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are really secret lovers, the latter must have turned over a new leaf. I thought the whole point of him being in a relationship was the publicity.

Will.i.am got some of Barack Obama's A-List supporters (and some not as A-List supporters) together to sing/talk along to Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech and, basically, express their undying love. John Legend, Common, Scarlett Johannson, Aisha Tyler, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kate Walsh, Tatyana Ali, Nick Cannon, Herbie Hancock, and some people I don't recognize participated. Will.i.am said stars were eager to join in once word of the song got around.

"I'm blown away by how many people wanted to come and be a part of it in a short amount of time. It was all out of love and hope for change and really representing America and looking at the world," will.i.am said.

Dylan and will.i.am say they did not coordinate the production or release of this video with the Obama campaign and the filmmakers say they don't even know if Obama is aware of the video.

Gabrielle Union and Regina King look like they had a lot of fun yesterday at the 7th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament in the Bahamas. But I've heard that it's always fun when Gabby's around, especially for the fellas. Joking! More pics of the revelers after the jump.

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• Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says he's keeping the $500 a known white supremacist donated to his campaign. [HC]

• Nick Cannon clearly thinks he has something to prove. [C&D]

• The Great Debaters is getting great reviews from the teeny-bopper set after advanced screenings. [CST]

• Lee Thomas talks to Fox News about his struggle with vitiligo. [RL]

• Terrell Owens thinks Jessica Simpson and the rest of the world need to learn how to take a joke. This is a tall order coming from a guy like T.O. [People]

Despite their breakup, Selita Ebanks and Nick Cannon say they are still friends. What they surely won't say is that "friends" is probably all they ever were.

"We're still cool," Cannon, 27, told PEOPLE at a holiday party in West Hollywood for designer Christian Audigier. "I talked to her today. We're still real good."

Cannon popped the question in May with an over-the-top proposal on a Times Square JumboTron. But the two disagreed on wedding plans, with Ebanks, 24, telling PEOPLE in June, "He's all about the bling and having a big wedding. Me? I'm all about the courthouse."

Now that the breakup is behind them, Ebanks and Cannon still share the occasional dinner, she tells the December issue of Esquire.

Meanwhile, as Nick Cannon woos every similar-looking girl from the A-G List, Selita has apparently moved on (read: upgraded) to tennis star James Blake.

We can stop wondering about how Nick Cannon pulls so many girls who are out of his league. He just bothers the hell out of them until they capitulate. Persistence is key.

FRESH off his split from fiancée Selita Ebanks, Nick Cannon is moving on. He has a major crush on Miss USA Rachel Smith and he's been going all-out trying to win her over. "Last week, he sent her several dozen roses, chocolates and balloons," said a source. "When she opened her apartment door, the hallway was flooded with stuff, and on each item was a different hand-written note from Nick to her." No word yet if Smith wants to date him. Cannon's rep had no comment.

Rachel Smith, Selita Ebanks, Christinia Milian, Kim Kardashian, this chick…Nick Cannon definitely has a type.

Well, I certainly called it with this headline. Nick Cannon, has, indeed, quickly moved on from Selita Ebanks to a woman who is also way too hot for him. This time it's Zulay Henao, the Columbian-American actress starring opposite Omarion in Feel the Noise.

What is Nick putting in their drinks? There should be a federal investigation.

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As cocky as Kanye West might be, he certainly is putting in the promotional work with performances at parties from coast to coast. He's getting paid, of course. But still. Last night he graced the Sidekick LX launch party with his musical stylings, no doubt rocking the crowd of semi-famous people. More pics from the party after the jump. And dare I say Nick Cannon seems a bit lackluster? He must not be taking his fake breakup from his fake fiancee very well.

It's quite a rarity to have so many hip hop luminaries in one room, or one (Hammerstein) ballroom, as it was. But VH1 managed to cram as much talent as possible into their Hip Hop Honors show, which taped last night but airs Monday at 10 pm. Yes, there was a lot of talent there, but I don't count Tracy Morgan, who hosted the awards and couldn't quite get that teleprompter thing down. Could his SCRAM have been going off right about that time? No worries, I'm sure they'll have that all cleaned up by Monday.

I had the pleasure of spending the evening in the press room, where the honorees and presenters came back to chat. In fact, so many VIPs were in attendance, I decided to write up my experiences in a handy superlative format. Check out the Best and Worst, plus lots and lots of pictures, after the jump.

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Sometimes opposites attract, but in the case of Selita Ebanks and Nick Cannon, not for long.

Selita and Nick are taking a break to focus on their careers but still very much love each other and remain the best of friends," says her rep, Melissa Raubvogel.

The breakup comes just five months after the Drumline actor made a proposal that lit up New York's Times Square – literally – as he asked Ebanks to marry him with the help of a jumbotron.

This should really come as no surprise, considering the fact that their relationship is widely considered a publicity stunt and Nick's theory on engagements.

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Out of the celebs in attendance at Friday evening's Baby Phat/KLS show in NYC, the only one who might actually be caught dead in any of the B.P. get-ups on the runway is Remy Ma, who was probably salivating thinking of stuffing herself in that pink denim bedazzled suit. They rest came to see and be seen. See them and some looks from the show after the jump.

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See the look on Nick Cannon's face as he hosted last night's Teen Choice Awards? I think we are witnessing the moment, captured for posterity by an ingenious photographer, when Nick Cannon officially realized he was too old for this shit.

And yet, the show had to go on. If you have even the slightest interest in who won what, you can find the list of winners here. If not, check out the stars in their teen-friendly award show gear after the jump.

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Nick Cannon was full of wisdom on love, marriage, and babies at Mark Ecko's golf charity in NYC last night. He takes an interesting position on engagement and rock 'n' roll dads.

Cannon – who is gearing up to host the Teen Choice Awards with Hilary Duff on August 26 – is a fan of the long engagement because, "you get to know people."

"It's that preparation time to see if this is what you really want," the comedian/actor said at the Tuesday night event, held at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.

A friend of Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, Cannon also weighed in on the couple's pregnancy: "She had good parenting, so she'll know how to get it going."

What kind of dad will Joel be? "He'll be a cool dad. The coolest dad. Any rock 'n' roll dad is a cool dad."

I've got to disagree on a number of things, here. Nicole's parents? Not widely considered to have done a very good job. Along the same lines, rock 'n' roll dads are not known the world over for being the best out there.

And while I don't oppose long engagements, it's supposed to be kind of assumed that you know the person pretty well and are aware that "this is what you really want" before you put the ring on the finger. It's called dating.

More pics from the last night after the jump.

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• Nick Cannon announces he's co-hosting the Teen Choice Awards with Hilary Duff. Expect Selita Ebanks to announce soon that it's time to find a grown man. [People]

• Tameka Foster's manipulative, Usher's a sucker, blah blah blah. [NYDN]

• This is the best and worst idea ever rolled into one. [MG]

• At $250 a person, it's cheaper than Oprah's Obama party, but Area ain't a Santa Barbara estate. [TMZ]

• Eddie Murphy, Chris Tucker, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, and Denzel Washington are supposedly (it sounds kind of improbable to me) in talks to star in a heist movie set in Trump Tower. Which they could all buy if they wanted to. [SOHH]