Beyonce Now Mrs. Z?
Brangelina who?! It's all about Beyonjay! After all of yesterday's drama and suspense somebody better have gotten married -- at this point it doesn't matter who!
Yesterday, Beyonce and Jay-Z had some sort of celebration at Jigga-man's NYC penthouse, with the likes of Bey's parents, her sis, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams all showing up. There are reports the two finally got hitched. Beyonce's not giving her milk for free anymore!
No official confirmation has come from either camp.
Why We're Not Buying It Let Us Count the Ways
1. Jay-Z and Beyonce allegedly applied for a marriage license in Scarsdale, NY on April 1st - uh, April Fool's Day! And in Scarsdale??
2. Jay-Z is playing a concert in North Carolina on Saturday - that doesn't leave very much time for a honeymoon.
3. Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams (those other two from Destiny's Child) posted a silly YouTube video, giggling and declaring, "we're...out of town...at an undisclosed location." Hee hee. How very subtle.
4. Details of the grand wedding have emerged onto the Internet and include tidbits such as:
Beyonce's dressing room is set up in a gym. A gym!? Every bride's dream!
A fridge has been stocked with Jay-Z's favorite champagne. Did the housekeeper leak this? What about those non-disclosure agreements those people sign?
5. They picked Jay-Z's Manhattan apartment for their wedding locale. Why not just set up in the middle of Times Square?
6. People magazine posted photos of cheapy looking flowers and candelabras being delivered to Jay-Z's pad. There's no way Beyonce would allow cheap flowers at her wedding. Not to mention what her mom and dad would do.
7. Jay-Z just signed a $150 million deal with Live Nation. That sounds like a great reason to throw a party. And probably the real reason all this commotion is going down today.
8. The entire gossip blogosphere has gone crazy with wedding fever - everyone but E! that is. They haven't written anything about the wedding fiasco. Interesting, being that E! airs Ashton Kutcher's lame punking the paps show. We're just sayin'...
Girl Interrupted, Er, Engaged?
Pharrell's Big Fat Jewish Wedding!
Drop the knish like it's hot! Pharrell, rapper and producer extraordinaire, was driving around Miami when he happened upon a big Jewish Orthodox wedding -- so he got in on the party!
The wedding between Rachel and Tuvia Lind took place last month at a private residence in Miami Beach. Pharrell spotted men dancing in the front yard and stopped to watch -- when he was invited to participate! It's a simcha, bitches!
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Nicole Richie and Joel Set a Wedding Date?
TMZ has learned that Nicole Richie and baby daddy Joel Madden may have finally set the date!
Sources tell TMZ that the Wedding Fairy, a wedding planner based in the OC, will coordinate the small ceremony that is to take place October 13 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Looks like their baby will be born into wedded bliss!
TMZ contacted Lorraine Keseloff, the wedding planner and owner of the company, who had no comment and quickly hung up the phone. Nicole's rep did not return our call seeking comment either.
Nicole Gets Prettied Up, Joel MADden Returns
He's been pretty good with the paps lately, but yesterday, Joel Madden had a moment of Hulk-like rage -- when a photog got too close to his baby mama. Lifestyles of the rich and the famous!
TMZ was outside Neil George Salon on Robertson Blvd. when Joe and Nic made a fast break to their waiting car. A menacing Madden swatted at a nearby photog and yelled, "Get outta the f**kin' way!" No need for a bodyguard here!
In related news, today is national "Marry Your Baby Daddy Day."
Nicole Richie: Growin' and Glowin'
Nicole Richie was spotted yesterday afternoon in Westwood, and the lil' mother to be is no longer hiding her 4-month baby bump! The simple new life!
Miss Richie was seen in a gray stretchy dress with black sweater, accentuating the little Madden nestled in her petite womb. Joel Madden, Nic's rocker boyfriend/baby daddy, apparently proposed last week to the soon-to-be incarcerated baby mama.
Nicole revealed to Diane Sawyer that since her pregnancy, she has learned to "just say no." Thank god!
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Joel Madden: I'm Gonna Marry My Baby Mama!
Looks like Nicole Richie's baby won't be born out of wedlock after all!
Sources who attended the Hot 99.5 concert last night featuring Good Charlotte at the Clarendon Ballroom tell us Joel told the crowd he had just proposed to his jail-bound baby mama on Thursday. Congrats!
TMZ contacted Richie's rep to confirm the good news ... but haven't heard back yet.
Mel B Secretly Married in Vegas!
TMZ has confirmed that Scary Spice Melanie Brown was secretly married to beau Stephen Belafonte last month!
As first reported by Perez Hilton, Scary and Stephen were married in a quickie Vegas ceremony on June 6. A clerk at the Clark County Marriage Bureau confirms there is a marriage certificate.
Brown was supposed to appear on tonight's "Larry King Live," but was a no-show because Mel and her
baby are sick.
Mel's rep tells TMZ the couple are "very happy" and "very much in love. They have had a deep friendship for a number of years," adding, "that has developed into a loving relationship." As to the reason for secrecy, Mel's rep says there was none. "They just value their privacy."
Bai Ling's Vegas Wedding?
While most people celebrated the 4th with a swim, fireworks and a barbecue, Bai Ling spent her Independence Day getting married! Well, at least that what she said.
TMZ spotted the always wacked-out, self-described "crazy movie star" and chicken dancer outside Area last night, where she announced to the world, via paparazzi, that she got hitched in Sin City earlier that day. She may want to tell her reps now, since they told TMZ that no wedding occurred.
Her "husband" would only say his name was "anonymous" ... though it isn't hard to see why he'd want to keep his identity secret!
UPDATE: An astute TMZ viewer has correctly identified the "husband" as Damon Elliott, son of singer Dionne Warwick.
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Post-Pokey, Same Old Paris?
Paris Hilton said she wanted to change her image from party girl to charity worker, but reports from her recent Hawaiian getaway say that the socialite was up to the same old, same old. Page Six reports that Paris went clubbing at the Hyatt while in Hawaii, and swapped spit with a couple of the local boys. Even worse, a source said, "The paparazzi told us that Paris calls them herself." A lensman told the source, "We love her. She lets us know where she's going to be so we can take as many pictures as we want."
Paris' rep Elliot Mintz says that just ain't so. "The last thing she needs is more paparazzi coverage."
Angry Elton Flips Off Cop
Elton John was not a happy camper after last Sunday's Concert for Diana. When Sir Elton's chauffeur-driven ride was stopped on his way to the concert's after-party, he flew into a wild rage. All cars were barred from within 50 yards for security reasons, but the "Tiny Dancer" singer didn't care. He chewed out the offending cop, and then some. "Get out of my f**king way," he screamed. "Don't you know who I am? I've been working all f**king day and I need to get to my f**king dressing room."
Reports say Elton was in an especially bad mood because he was forced to cut his finale performance short due to technical difficulties.
Nicole Narrows Wedding Dress?
Preggers Nicole Richie is closer than ever to figuring out what she'll wear for her shotgun wedding to rocker Joel Madden. 24Sizzler.com reports that Nicole is considering "Giorgio Armani, YSL, maybe Zac Posen, and some L.A. designers she likes. Nicole's not fixated on getting some huge designer name, though, like how Katie [Holmes] got Armani. And she's already checking out L.A. bridal shops. She's reached out to high-end L.A. bridal boutique Renee Strauss for help in getting a wedding dress fast, so she's fueling the wedding fire, but she loves it. Let's hope she finds something in an empire waist style.
Mango Not a Fruit After All
You can't have-a de Mango, but look who is.
Not only has former SNL funnyman Chris Kattan gotten engaged to a woman, but his fiancee is a hot model!
Chris and his soon-to-be bride, Sunshine Tutt, were caught having lunch in West Hollywood over the weekend.
Sunshine was thumbing through a bridal magazine while Chris chowed down. Although they're definitely not your average Hollywood couple, you can never tell what's gonna work in Tinseltown.
Aaron Carter Is a Lovesick Idiot
Aaron Carter has fallen headfirst into love. Unfortunately, "love" may be a brick wall -- and the singer seems to have a concussion.
The 19-year-old was all over the news recently, after proposing to Playmate Kari Ann Peniche, then breaking off the engagement ... after just one week!
Luckily, the teenage pop singer won't be alone forever. Last week he met 18-year-old singer Kaci Brown, and now he's in love ... again. Carter told People magazine, "Now I'm in a great relationship. I've only known her for, like, seven days, but I have a connection with her that's like nothing else I've ever experienced." Like, wow!
To top off his lovestruck interview, Carter was asked what Kaci's friend had given him for his birthday, and the Carter bro responded, "She got me love." (Insert retching sound here.)
We give it a week.
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So, HOW Do You Know Tom and Katie Again?
Who knew that TomKat and J.Lo were such bosom buddies? Not us -- maybe not even them.
Given that we thought the guest list at the Cruise-Holmes nuptials in Italy seemed more like a Fellini film, or an episode of "The Surreal Life" -- Marc Anthony? Jenny McCarthy? Jenna Elfman? -- we tried to break down exactly what some of these people were doing all the way over in Bracciano, so far away from home. It should make for some awkward moments during the dinner hour.
Several of the guests -- John Travolta, Elfman and her husband Bodhi, and Leah Remini -- are members of the Scientology tribe, so that makes sense. But what about J. Lo? It turns out that Lopez and Remini are close pals ... and remember that Remini was the first celeb to cop to a Suri sighting, so we know she's in the inner circle.
Now we're pretty sure that Jenny McCarthy and TomKat haven't worked together on anything recently, but J-Mac's squeeze, Jim Carrey, used to go out with Renee Zellweger, who, of course, was Cruise's co-star in "Jerry Maguire." No word from Carrey's rep on whether this rather tenuous connection is the precise reason for his attendance.
Perhaps J.Lo's husband Anthony said it best in a toast he reportedly gave last night in the bar at the wedding hotel in Rome: "To life, to the occasion, and to new friends." Or, as the case may be, complete strangers.
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TomKat's Guests: When in Rome ...
With just one day left until the colossal Roman wedding, guests keep pouring in. Today saw the arrival of Will Smith, British tab faves Victoria and David Beckham. Fellow Scientologist Jenna Elfman has also been spotted in the Italian city of Bracciano.
Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, who arrived yesterday, was spotted enjoying the sights of Rome, and the shops ... she had a handful of shopping bags. Tom and Katie's moms, along with Holmes' sister, were seen headed into the Vatican Museum this afternoon. Can you say "souvenir Pope snowglobe?"
The TomKat wedding circus will (hopefully) die down after tomorrow's ceremony. Then comes the honeymoon circus!
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Winslet's Titanic-size Heartache
Today, four-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet is "genuinely happy" with two beautiful children and loving husband director Sam Mendes. But just as her career was enjoying a meteoric rise, her personal life was sinking to new lows.
Prior to the red carpets and acting accolades, Kate tells Parade magazine she grew up being called "blubber" and sought comfort in the arms of her first love Stephen Tredre.
Regarding Tredre, Winslet says, "He was the most important person in my life. My life revolved around him." In 1994, Tredre was diagnosed with bone cancer and Kate rushed to his side.
In late '97, the same week that the movie that would make her a household name, "Titanic", opened, Tredre died. Kate says it was "unbelievably heartbreaking."
Winslet managed to pick up the pieces and, after a failed marriage to James Threapleton which produced her daughter Mia, eventually fell in love with Mendes. In 2003, the NY-based couple had a son, Joe.
With her career and personal life now at the top of their game, Kate's life couldn't be better. "I love being married to Sam and I love motherhood more than anything."
Check out the entire interview with Kate Winslet in Sunday's Parade Magazine.