There are no wedding bells in Ashley Olsen’s near future, according to her rep.

“Contrary to several tabloid reports, Ashley Olsen is not engaged to be married,” Nicole Caruso said in a statement exclusively to PEOPLE Wednesday. “Ashley is dating Justin Bartha and they are very happy.”

Earlier this week tabloid reports began surfacing that Olsen, 22, and Bartha, 30, are planning an elaborate $1 million wedding in the South of France.

In September, Olsen visited her actor beau on the set of his movie The Hangover in Las Vegas. Last month, they were spotted getting cozy over dinner at L.A.’s Sunset Tower Hotel’s Tower Bar.

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FANS of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen gladly lined up to get the tiny twins to sign copies of their book, “Influence,” yesterday – but they had to follow a slew of rules at the Union Square Barnes & Noble.

Racked.com posted a long list of obligations for anxious collectors. “Mary- Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen will be with us for a limited time,” the sheet stated. “They will only be signing copies of their book . . . They will not be speaking, reading or taking questions.” The 9-point list also warned that the Olsens “will not sign any memorabilia or product other than ‘Influence;’ ” “There is a limit of one book per person and, “There is no photography allowed. You must put away your camera or cellphone before approaching the signing table.” Meanwhile, Olsen-hating activists from PETA were parked outside the store in unflattering masks of the sisters, reports The Post’s Aliyah Shahid.

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MARY-Kate and Ashley Olsen are acting like their old, inseparable selves. Countering rumors that all’s not well in celebutwin land, the Olsen sibs trotted into Paris nightclub Regine’s for a Fashion Week party thrown by the owners of New York’s Mr. West Lounge. “They arrived holding hands and were totally inseparable all night,” one source said. “They mostly stuck together but chatted a bit with Kate Bosworth, Jessica Stam and Lauren Davis.”

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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, 22, have spent their whole lives in synch, and together created their clothing lines, The Row and Elizabeth and James, but an insider says their work ethics don’t match anymore — causing a serious rift in their relationship. “Ashley really wants to be a respected businesswoman and be taken seriously,” says the pal. “MK does too, but she hasn’t been willing to give up her lifestyle and act like an adult for their job.” So Ashley has taken a drastic step: distancing her twin from the couture end of their joint fashion empire. “Ashley came to a difficult decision. She decided that MK should not be involved with The Row,” says the insider. “She asked her sister to step back from her current responsibilities until she has her personal life together.” Instead, MK will focus on their more affordable line, Elizabeth and James, for which their roles were always less hands-on. “It’s tough because The Row was so much of Mary-Kate’s idea,” says the insider. “Mary-Kate has a unique fashion sense,” notes an insider. “I just see myself more as a businessperson,” Ashley says.

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MARY-Kate and Ashley Olsen always complain they want more privacy – so why are they drawing so much attention to themselves on their quiet West Village block?

Residents on West 13th Street are annoyed by the tiny twins’ “military presence.” One neighbor fumed to Page Six, “They are disruptive, intrusive and totally disrespectful.”

In May, The Post’s Braden Keil reported the multimillionaires were renting two floors of a brownstone on West 13th for $12,000 a month. A source reported seeing the party princesses “piling out of their gas guzzlers in their little club outfits” in the wee hours.

Since then, it’s only gotten worse. One resident called the frail fashionistas “two spoiled brats” who “change the character of the neighborhood” by posting security guards outside. The goons have even rousted residents of the building from their perches on the brownstone’s stoop so the twins can climb the steps in privacy.

A block resident told us two giant GMC Denali trucks are parked outside the townhouse every night, with hired muscle who keep the engines idling for hours at a time. “You would think there was a government operation going on,” the resident said.

“It is a peaceful, quiet street,” the source added. “Plenty of other celebrities around this block [Sarah Jessica Parker, Liv Tyler, Gisele Bundchen and Julianne Moore] are good neighbors and blend in with the neighborhood – but these two are invaders.”

Mary-Kate’s late-night partying during Fashion Week consisted of hitting the Rock & Republic party Saturday, having dinner at Cipriani on Monday, partying at Santos on Tuesday, and tearing up Lit and the Beatrice Inn on Wednesday.

“The good news is that it’s only a rental,” said our source, “and we all hope it’s not a long-standing one.”

A rep for the Olsens denied that security has ever asked anyone to leave the stoop and told Page Six, “If there were significant issues, you would think that the neighbors would address Ashley or Mary-Kate directly, rather than calling the media.”

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ASHLEY Olsen and her boyfriend, actor Justin Bartha, hardly came up for air during a recent dinner at Serafina on East 61st Street, where they were holding hands and making out all through the meal. “She was all over him,” said our spy. “Another girlfriend of hers was also at the table. Ashley was very nice to everyone, but seemed more occupied with her boyfriend than anything else.” The tiny Olsen downed two Bloody Marys on the terrace and ate a little bit of spaghetti.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are gearing up to take the literary world by storm – or at least glam it up a little – with their upcoming coffee-table book Influence, and PEOPLE has a preview of its two covers.

One version of the 272-page hardcover book – due out Oct. 28 – will feature Mary-Kate on the cover, with Ashley on the back, while the other version swaps their positions.

“Ashley and Mary-Kate take readers on a journey through their celebrated young lives, pausing to reflect on what has helped shape them into who they are today,” the book’s publisher said in a statement. “They interviewed 20 people and wrote brief essays about each other. In each interview, the girls explore what inspired the interviewee.”

Those interviewed include fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Diane Von Furstenburg, John Galliano and Christian Louboutin, as well as model-actress Lauren Hutton.

“We interviewed the people who have inspired us, with the hope that they will inspire and teach others,” Mary-Kate said. “We want to explain culturally how ideas evolve.”

Chimed in Ashley: “We have filled Influence with the most interesting, challenging, creative people we know – the ones who helped pave the way for us and our generation.”

The book’s artwork includes photos and drawings provided by the interviewees, as well as never-before-seen photos from the 22-year-old twins’ private collections.

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The duo made their first public appearance together Monday night at the Cinema Society screening of “Trumbo,” about blacklisted Hollywood writer Dalton Trumbo, who penned “Spartacus” and “Roman Holiday.” “They huddled close together most of the night,” said our spy. The pint-size twin and Bartha partied after at Tribeca Cinemas with Josh Lucas, Amy Sacco, Kelly Bensimon and her date Maximiliano Palacio, and new lovebirds Joan Allen and Shawn Diamond, who locked lips on the red carpet.

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