Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp stepped out together today, pretty much confirming what we all believe – they’re a couple.

In these new photos, Jack and Diane, er John and Meg, step out of a car together in New York and Meg seems enraptured by her new beau, who coolly stares ahead, with a lit cigarette in his mouth. (For the record, the singer had a heart attack in 1994 and took off more than a year).

John’s son, Speck, started a Facebook campaign in 2009, asking one million people to join a group and then John would quit smoking. (Looks like that didn’t work out so well.)

But Meg at 49 is still smokin’ hot and was apparently pals with John and his wife during the marriage. Now, as you can see, things have changed.

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I posted a story yesterday about Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp dating – and man, everyone got all up in a huff about it! No way – not your John Mellencamp! He wouldn’t do that!  Never doubt the power or Meg’s magic, that’s what I should have said. Looks like Johnny boy did leave his wife of 18 years for Meg Ryan – and this isn’t her first rodeo. She’s back in the center of another alleged affair! (She left her husband, Dennis Quaid, shortly after an affair she had with Russell Crowe.)

According to People (will you argue with People!?) – Meg and John ARE secretly dating!

The pair have spent time together on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.

A source close to Ryan, 49, says the actress and the rock star, 59, began dating about seven weeks ago, and that Mellencamp and his wife had been separated for some time before that.

The pair have been spotted having coffee at Espresso Love, one of Ryan’s favorite spots on the Vineyard, and grocery shopping at Gourmet Garage in New York’s SoHo neighborhood – where observers tell PEOPLE they seemed happy and at ease.

“She usually comes in by herself or with her daughter. I thought that was her husband because they seemed for comfortable and familiar with each other, just like an old married couple,” one observer says.

What’s your opinion now? Has it changed?

Last week a rep for the 59-year-old rocker said he and his wife of 20 years, model Elaine Mellencamp, were over.

The Mellencamps “are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family,” he said.

Now reports are surfacing that Mellencamp may have taken up with “Sleepless in Seattle” star Meg Ryan.

The pair was photographed arm-in-arm walking in New York City in late October, and a source told the New York Post that “Meg has been to a couple of recent shows.”

The Post said that Mellencamp’s rep had no comment on the alleged relationship, and Ryan’s did not return their calls or e-mails.

Mellencamp has been working on a musical, “Ghost Brothers of Darkling County,” and Ryan was may have been involved with that project, the Post reported.

Meg’s marriage to Dennis Quaid ended in 2000 after nine years of marriage. Meg admittedly had an affair with Russell Crowe during the filming of Proof of Life. After her divorce from Dennis – it was reported that Dennis had been unfaithful for years.

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According to New York Magazine’s Vulture, “Top Gun 2″ is in the works and Tom Cruise has agreed to appear in the sequel.

Vulture reports that Paramount Pictures has pursued “Top Gun” producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to film a follow up to their hit 1986 flick about Naval aviators.

Oscar-winning screenwriter (and Cruise pal) Christopher McQuarrie has been tapped to pen the script, which would feature Cruise’s Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a small and not-too-obvious role. In other words, Vulture reports, don’t expect to see Maverick as a “grizzled Top Gun flight instructor.”

The high-flying original film – which also starred Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan – grossed $353 million and helped Cruise soar onto Hollywood’s A-List. As of yet, no actors are currently attached to the sequel.

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Holy cow, Meg Ryan needs a little support! Here she is out shopping in the West Village.

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She was lookin pretty sketchy there for a while, but she showed up at Cannes looking cute as a button! Here she is at a photocall for “Countdown To Zero” during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival.

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