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"Did Nina Dobrev speak too soon? The Vampire Diaries actress told Us Weekly earlier this year that she&amp;apos;s in &amp;quot;no rush&amp;quot; to get into a new relationship, but the stunning gal seems to have found herself a new man a lot sooner than she&amp;apos;d anticipated -- and it&amp;apos;s none other than BFF Julianne Hough&amp;apos;s older brother Derek!\r\n&amp;quot;[Nina] was hanging a lot with Derek&amp;apos;s sister Julianne,&amp;quot; a source tells Us. &amp;quot;Then she fell for him.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDobrev, 24, split with her beau of three years, Ian Somerhalder, in May of this year, and has since been vocal about her desire to focus on other things.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been a relationship girl and I&amp;apos;ve been in long-term relationships my whole life until this point, so I think I&amp;apos;m looking forward to spending some time with myself and finding myself again,&amp;quot; she told Us during Cosmopolitan&amp;apos;s Summer Bash on Saturday, Aug. 10. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m just discovering different sides of me and growing and then I&amp;apos;ll figure out what I like in a man when I see it.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Hollywood&amp;apos;s friendliest exes\r\nAnd it seems as though the CW actress is already smitten with her new man. In a post to her WhoSay account on Monday, Sept. 23, Dobrev captioned a shot of the 28-year-old Dancing With the Stars pro with his Outstanding Choreography Emmy with a heartfelt message.\r\n&amp;quot;Those of us touched by your light got to watch you brighten up the rest of the world,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;Keep shining!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHough has similarly fallen head-over-heels for the actress, another insider tells Us.\r\n&amp;quot;Derek is smitten with Nina,&amp;quot; the source says. &amp;quot;He said he hasn&amp;apos;t felt this way for a girl in a long time. &amp;#x2026;Everyone approves!&amp;quot;\r\nAt the Kari Feinstein Emmys Style Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 19, the smooth dancer specifically requested shoes &amp;quot;for his girlfriend&amp;quot; and then &amp;quot;texted Nina for her size,&amp;quot; an eyewitness tells Us.\r\n\r\nBefore romancing Dobrev, Hough dated other A-list Hollywood gals, including Cheryl Cole, Shannon Elizabeth, and Lauren Conrad."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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