Celebrity Mound

The hip-hop star was smooching with the statuesque tennis great in Central Park the other day when an aspiring French rapper who drives a pedicab recognized him, cycled after him and tried to slip him a homemade CD. “Yo! I’m outta here!” growled Common, who quickly jumped into a motorized taxi with his Wimbledon-warrior sweetie and zoomed off.

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TENNIS titan Serena Williams, who last dated director Brett Ratner, has a new man. The 2003 Wimbledon champ, dressed in a shiny baby-doll dress, was spotted holding hands and getting “very close” with rapper Common last week at Tenjune during a party for her sister Venus. “They were very friendly, arm-in-arm. She looked great,” said a spy. “All night they were sitting together. They were keeping it cool, but you could tell Common likes himself some Serena. I asked a friend of his and was told they are dating.”

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