Vanessa Minnillo was thisclose to landing a role on The CW’s upcoming revival of the ’90s soap Melrose Place. That’s why the former MTV VJ was devastated to learn that she’d lost the part that would have seen her working side by side with Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, the former sister-in-law of her boyfriend Nick Lachey.

“She was down to the wire to be a series regular,” a friend tells Star. “When she found out she didn’t get the role she was devastated.”

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Vanessa Minnillo and reality star Kim Kardashian chatted about their new spoof comedy Disaster Movie, and Double K’s overnight trip to the emergency room, on The Today Show Monday.

Disaster Movie, also starring Carmen Electra, opens in theaters this Friday.

Nearly a year after leaving MTV’s Total Request Live in her rearview, Vanessa Minnillo has finally landed a new gig. The former Miss Teen USA is set to begin filming a movie called Redefining Love. Read the rest of this entry »

Rumor Alert: Someone’s been telling Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo that they are important again. We hear that more pics of Nick and Vanessa little hot tub tryst down in Mexico last summer are about to leak to the Net and the couple’s legal team has already hopped on defense; slamming blogs with the threat of legal action existing flicks of the has-beens aren’t removed. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a reason why Nick Lachey hasn’t proposed to his girlfriend of more than a year, Vanessa Minnillo, just yet. The Clash Of The Choirs champ is looking for a free engagement ring! Read the rest of this entry »