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12:20 PM ET, April 5, 2008

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People.com:
Source: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Married  —  After years of speculation, singer Beyoncé Knowles wed her longtime boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, on Friday, a friend of the couple tells PEOPLE.  —  Though there is no official confirmation, the friend says, “It happened earlier this evening.
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TMZ.com:
We Are Sooooo Not Buying It  —  Please refresh for the latest updates!  —  Tongues are wagging all over that Jay-Z and Beyonce are getting married RIGHT NOW — check out all the camera crews!  Things don't add up for us though — we say don't believe the hype!  On the other hand, flower arrangements were delivered this morning.
Jeffrey Mayer / Us Weekly:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin Arrive for Jay-Z & Beyonce Event  —  The A-listers are turning out for what may be Jay-Z and Beyonce's wedding.  —  Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin were just spotted pulling into the garage of Jay-Z's downtown Manhattan apartment building …
Discussion: That Other Blog and OH NO!!
MissInfo.tv BLOG:
Mathematically Ever After: Jay and Bey tie the knot...  I like these two as a couple, private and committed.  And....with a healthy appreciation for precious coincidinks, lol...  There were paps on patrol outside Hov's penthouse, which is right down the block from the job.
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Beyoncé & Jay-Z's Wedding Party?  —  Wedding license in hand, Beyoncé and Jay-Z threw an elaborate party Friday night with orchids and candelabras, and invited everybody closest to them - family members, Destiny Child partners Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and celebrity friends.
OK! Magazine:
Jay-Z & Beyonce Marry in Private Ceremony  —  After six years of dating and a thousand rumors of their wedding later, Jay-Z,38, and his lady love Beyonce,26, were married on Friday night in New York City.  —  Though there has been no official confirmation, the ceremony took place sometime Friday evening …
People.com:
Scarlett Johansson's Album Cover Art Revealed  —  She's calling her debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head - and it looks like Scarlett Johansson is taking a literal approach to her album art.  Due May 20, the album features covers of alternative troubadour Tom Waits's music, plus one original composition.
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John Shearer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Richie “Not Even Engaged”  —  Online reports that new parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning a summer wedding are “not true,” her rep told Usmagazine.com.  —  “They are not even engaged,” the rep added.  —  OK! magazine had reported online that …
Discussion: The Bosh and TMZ.com
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Shakira Sex Tape Threesome  —  Sex tapes come and sex tapes go, some of them suck, and some of them blow.  But there's a new sex tape that probably does all of the above and more.  According to AOL Latino Musica, there is a Shakira sex tape that involves her, her boyfriend, Antonio de la Rúa …
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Tina O'Brien is expecting first child  —  Former Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien is pregnant with her first child.  —  The actress and her partner Ryan Thomas, better known as Weatherfield builder Jason Grimshaw, celebrated their happy news at a family dinner earlier this week.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
New York Post:
‘HOUSEWIVES’ COSTS EXEC HIS JOB  —  A FEW innocent bystanders on “The Real Housewives of New York City” have suffered some bad luck since being thrown in the show's spotlight.  —  Jason Colodne, the boyfriend of Bethenny Frankel, the only unmarried “housewife,” was fired from his Wall Street job because he appeared on the TV show.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
USA Today:
James Bond series takes a ‘Quantum’ leap  —  ANTOFAGASTA, Chile — It looks like the surface of Mars.  The rust-colored rolling hills of the Atacama desert appear alien, devoid of life — just sand and dirt and rock baked into vast, barren slopes that stretch endlessly into the bruised horizon.
 
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Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning WaPo editorial cartoonist since 2008, quits after she says her cartoon criticizing CEOs currying favor with Trump was killed

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