CHANNING & CHARLIZE DATING!

“They always liked each other, but it was bad timing,” an insider says of the duo, who met while rehearsing their intimate Oscars performance.

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Last April, blond beauty Charlize Theron declared she’s “shockingly available,” telling potential suitors to “step up” and ask her out — and, according to an insider, Channing Tatum has done just that! A month after the actor, 39, split from Jessie J, he reached out to the Bombshell star, claims the insider, and they’ve been getting to know each other ever since. The pair first crossed paths in 2013, when they partnered up for a sizzling dance number at the Oscars (above, inset), and though the insider says “