Edward Norton and longtime girlfriend, producer Shauna Robertson, are engaged, according to the NY Post. Was ex-girlfriend Courtney Love the one who let the cat out of the bag?

While Courtney was speaking with The New York Post, she congratulated her old boyfriend on his engagement, trouble is – he hadn’t even announced it yet himself.

The Post writes that Norton proposed to Robertson while in India three weeks ago, one of the only press reports of their decision to tie the knot. The story reports the engagement as a matter of fact, featuring a quote from Norton’s former girlfriend, Courtney Love, about her reaction to the news.

“Wow, it’s about time. He’s 41, they’ve been together for six years,” Love said. “He needs to have babies. I wonder what kind of ring he got her? He bought me a ruby.”

Last year, Love, who dated Norton in the late 90′s, said that he has helped serve as an intermediary between herself and daughter Frances Bean, with whom she was barred from communicating.

Robertson is a prominent comedy producer, teaming with Judd Apatow on his acclaimed comedies, including “Knocked Up,” “Superbad” and “Pineapple Express.”

Norton was recently announced as a cast member in Wes Anderson’s next film, “Moon Rise Kingdom.”

“He bought me a ruby.” Hmm, sounds like someone still misses him!

When E! asked Norton’s publicist about the engagement, the answer was “We don’t have any information on his private life and don’t comment on it,” his publicist told E! News when asked whether Norton and Robertson, a film producer, are getting ready to tie the knot.

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Third time’s the charm?

The search is on for yet another actor to play the green monster, The Incredible Hulk. Marvel revealed yesterday that they would not be asking Edward Norton to reprise the role in the upcoming ensemble movie, The Avengers.

Eric Bana first played the Hulk back in 2003, and Norton took over in 2008.

Edward responded today via his Facebook:

As most of you know, I don’t like to talk much about the business of making movies because it means a lot to me to protect the audience’s fullest enjoyment of the ‘magic’ that films can have.  It seems it won’t work out for me to continue playing Bruce Banner for Marvel in ‘The Avengers.’ I sincerely hoped it could happen and be great for everyone but it hasn’t turned out as we all hoped. I am very sincerely grateful to Marvel for extending the offer and even more so for giving me the chance to be a part of the Hulk’s long and excellent history. I grew up with Banner and Hulk and have been a fan of every incarnation. I’m really proud, and very blessed, to have been one of them and will be thrilled to see him live on through other actors. Hulk is bigger than all of us, that’s why we love him, right?

Who do you think should take over as The Hulk?

Now that Courtney Love’s career is hot again, she says she’s been turning to an old boyfriend to help her with her daughter. Courtney, whose new single “Skinny Little Bitch” is already a smash, isn’t allowed contact with her 17-year-old daughter, Frances Bean, after the two had an altercation at their New York apartment in October.

A judge took Frances away from Courtney in December to live with of the mother and sister of Frances’ father, rocker Kurt Cobain, who took his own life in 1994. But Courtney says the two have been communicating through her ex, Edward Norton, whom Courtney calls a “force of good” in the mother-daughter relationship.

In other Love news, Courtney has been seen on the arm of hotelier Andre Balazs, ex-husband of modeling mogul Katie Ford and ex-boyfriend of Uma Thurman.

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HBO is reportedly on the brink of snatching up the rights to a “behind-the-scenes documentary” about Barack Obama, says the New York Post.

The paper says the unfinished doc’s cameras have been rolling for almost two years, and it’s being produced by none other than ‘The Incredible Hulk’ star Edward Norton.

HBO reportedly wants to air the film “within the first 100 days” of Obama’s presidency, if he wins, that is.

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Edward Norton is leading a campaign to create more affordable housing in his New York neighborhood.

The millionaire Fight Club star is appearing in TV and radio advertisements asking residents of the city to welcome new developments in their areas.

Norton, who lives in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, has long been associated with the Enterprise Community Partners, founded by his grandfather.

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