Stephen’s sequel.

While his ex-girlfriend and Laguna Beach co-star Kristin Cavallari has been linked to Brody Jenner, Nick Lachey and just about anyone else within her reach, Stephen Colletti has been quietly dating actress Hayden Panettiere. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Hayden, you’ve got good reason, unless you were a fan of her when she worked as a child actor on soap operas One Life to Live and Guiding Light. From there, she went on to more grown-up roles, including a featured part as Ally McBeal’s supposed daughter, Maddie Harrington before peaking as the rebellious one in the Kate Hudson vehicle Raising Helen. She’s most recently completed work on the third incarnation of the cheerleader comedy Bring it On: All or Nothing, where her co-stars include singer Rihanna and perpetual second choice Solange Knowles. If that’s not something to cheer about, I don’t know what is.