Hunky Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine and British pop star Natasha Bedingfield have reportedly struck up a romance. Their friendship is said to have blossomed after the musical pair spent time together in New York while the `These Words’ singer was recording her new album. A friend close to the couple says, “Their friendship started to flourish while she was there.” Adam has been previously linked with Russian tennis beauty Maria Sharapova and actress Natalie Portman, while Natasha was rumoured to be seeing Jessica Simpson’s estranged husband, Nick Lachey. [20 June 2006]