Hollywood Exclusive by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Mandy Moore has been seen getting cozy with Nicole Richie's ex-fiance Adam Goldstein, a.k.a. DJ AM, in recent pictures, but her possible new love interest was nowhere to be seen — at least by the cameras — at the premiere of Moore's new movie with Diane Keaton, "Because I Said So." Before being rushed into the movie theater to get to her seat in time, Moore was inundated with questions about her rumored relationship. The pop star said with a smile, "DJ AM? What?"

She did admit, "I have no Valentine's Day plans," when asked about the upcoming romantic holiday. For now she said her focus is on her work. "I just got to make the record I wanted to make, and it's coming out in May. It's called 'Wild Hope,'" she told us of her recent endeavors.

Meanwhile, Moore's co-stars in the flick that opens today (2/1) also hit the red carpet — including Lauren Graham, a disoriented-looking Piper Perabo, Stephen Collins, Gabriel Macht, and Keaton, who looked fantastically casual in jeans and a white button-up blouse.

According to director Michael Lehmann, Keaton really went for it when playing an overbearing mother who refuses to stop meddling in her daughter's life. "7th Heaven's" Collins, who plays Keaton's love interest, points out that unlike her character, Keaton herself is "incredible with kids. I don't get what anybody would call a classic maternal vibe from Diane. I have a feeling she's a really good mother in real life, but she has such a unique personality. She's Diane Keaton, you know?"

HOW TOUCHING: Engelbert Humperdinck sets out on a North American tour Feb. 13 that will keep him doing concert dates in the United States and Canada into May — continuing this year's 40th anniversary celebration of his breakthrough hit, "Release Me."

"It's a strange date to be beginning a tour, but I've never thought of 13 as unlucky for me," says the British singer, whose career includes four Grammys and more than 130 million albums sold, not to mention the popular "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" movie soundtrack tune "Lesbian Seagull."

First, he'll be seen on the Hallmark Channel this Super Bowl Sunday (1/4) — hosting a half-hour show timed to half-time of the big game. "Whole Lotta Love — Full Contact Edition" is a retrospective of Hallmark's commercial spots through the decades, obviously for those looking for something, well — sniff, sniff — a little more sentimental between the Bears and Colts attacking each other.

"They're heart-rending spots.

Three or four of them — like the one with a girl teaching her father to read — brought tears to my eyes, I'm not kidding you," says Humperdinck. "I'm a softie, you know."

In a couple of months, he'll be releasing an as-yet-untitled album for the U.S. market — a celebration of Brit songwriters from Sting and Eric Clapton to James Blunt. He also has a double album about to drop in the U.K. with five new songs on it, including one called "Totally Amazing" that he wrote with his daughter Louise and her fiance.

Humperdink's son, Brad, suggested the British collection. Both Louise and Brad "are instrumental in giving me ideas, putting things together for me." They also used to appear with their dad onstage, but "I told them, 'You've got to start doing your own thing, get on with your own lives and be independent of me as performers.' It's a difficult deal when your father or mother is an international performer."

PINNING DOWN HIS ROLE: "CD USA" co-host John Wynn has been going to the mat — literally. "I'm going to play a senior wrestler in high school who's coming to terms with the fact he's been adopted in a film called 'Beyond the Mat' in March," explains the Asian-American hottie. "It's a real physical film so I've been doing my training hanging out at Santa Monica High School on weekends."

When he first arrived in the gym, the 25-year-old Wynn says, "This, like, 16-year-old kid walked in, picked me up and, before you know it, had his elbow in my chest. He was like 'Go back where you came from, actor boy!'"

He had to convince others to wrestle with him seriously. "One guy was like, 'I don't really want to hurt you right now. My sisters might get mad at me if you go on set with a black eye.'"

However, Wynn says it didn't take him long to get up to speed. "I wrestled in high school, and I'm in good shape, but it's the quickness you lose over time, and these kids are so fast. I'm building up on the speed. I feel like it's my responsibility to make the role look authentic. When someone's watching the wrestling in the film, I don't want them to think 'Oh, they faked that.'"

Still, he admits, "I've definitely been sore … Mondays are usually a very painful day for me."

THE APPEARANCE: So, now that he's done "The Apprentice" out in these parts, what does Donald Trump have to say when comparing and contrasting business people on opposite sides of the country? "There's very little difference" between New York and Hollywood executives, according to him. "They're all sharp, smart, tough and energetic. The only real difference is the way they dress."

(With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster)

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