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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & JESSICA BIEL: American pop star Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel got engaged last month, sources close to the couple told UsMagazine.com Wednesday.

The pair dated on and off for more than four years before Timberlake proposed in the mountains of Jackson, Wyo., the report said.

"Justin knows how much she loves snowboarding and the mountains, so it was the perfect place," one insider told the magazine about the location where Timberlake asked for Biel's hand in marriage. "When they reunited, they had a conversation about taking the next step."

A source close to Timberlake told UsMagazine.com he's "never been happier" with Biel.

"He knew it was the right time to propose," the source said.

ANDY DICK: U.S. comedian Andy Dick says he has been sober for nine months and hopes to get his career back on track this year.

The former "NewsRadio" and "Less than Perfect" star, who now lives in a shed on a Los Angeles property owned by ex-girlfriend Lena Sved, admitted to TV's "Inside Edition" he has no one to blame for his current situation but himself.

"It's never good when I drink. No good comes from it. Ever," he said.

The actor said he hopes his new film, "Division Three Football's Finest," will remind people how funny he can be.

"I have a long nice stretch of sobriety and I think 2012 will be big," Dick said.

He said was sober before, during and after filming "Finest," and plans to get tested for drugs and alcohol twice a week to convince producers to hire him for future projects.

"I can scream, 'I'm sober!' till the cows come home, but the proof is in the pudding," he told "Inside Edition. "I've had some hardcore bottoms … . The darkest place I've been is to have had suicidal thoughts. I am not a suicidal guy. I'm a happy, upbeat, loving guy."

Dick said he wants the public to forget about his past drug abuse and brushes with the law and remember he's an actor.

"I'm here to make people laugh," he said.

Dick has three children -- a son Lucas with his ex-wife Ivone Kowalczyk, and a son Jacob and daughter Meg with Sved.

MARTHA STEWART: Tapings of "The Martha Stewart Show" are to cease in April due to low ratings and high production costs, the New York Post said Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said "The Martha Stewart Show" and the rest of its programming slate on The Hallmark Channel -- which includes "Emeril's Table," "Mad Hungry" with Lucinda Scala Quinn and "Martha Bakes" -- will continue at least through September.

However, sources told the Post episodes of "The Martha Stewart Show" airing past April will be repeats.

The weekday, 1-hour talk show debuted in syndication in 2005 but began airing exclusively on The Hallmark Channel in 2010.

TAYLOR SWIFT: U.S. country music star Taylor Swift has been offered the role of Eponine in Hollywood's upcoming movie musical version of "Les Miserables," E! News said.

Victor Hugo's 19th-century French epic has spawned dozens of film and television adaptations.

The latest incarnation is based on the blockbuster stage show, which ran on Broadway from 1987 to 2003 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Amanda Seyfried is in final negotiations to play Cosette in the latest film, which is being helmed by "The King's Speech" director Tom Hooper, E! News said.

The "Les Miserables" cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.