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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have reportedly married in France.
The Element Of Freedom star and the rapper-producer wed on Satuday and exchanged nuptials on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, according to Contactmusic.
The couple, who announced their pregnancy and engagement in May, had an intimate yet star-studded ceremony that allegedly included guests Queen Latifah and U2 frontman Bono.
Keys wore a white gown and headband, while Beatz wore a white tuxedo jacket, pink shirt and bow tie.
Us Weekly recently retracted a story that claimed that the couple had married on Friday.
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Russell Brand was reportedly left shaken after being involved in a car crash.
The Mirror reports that the Get Him To The Greek star suffered minor injuries after a large truck crashed into the back of his £150,000 Lamborghini Superleggera.
An eyewitness told the paper that the 35-year-old had to climb out of the driver's door after being trapped in the passenger seat. The smash is said to have caused £6000 worth of damage to the vehicle.
"The whole incident was pretty terrifying. Russell was very shaken," a source said.
"He refused to go to A&E despite severe bruising on his arm and cuts. He’s gutted as he’d only just taken loan of the car."
Brand, who had just left the set of his new movie Arthur in New York, has been joined by his mother Barbara, who flew out from London to be with him. His fiancé Katy Perry is in Malaysia to perform at the MTV World Stage Live event.
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Charlie Sheen gets rehab for wife assault
The couple have reportedly agreed to get back together since the row
US actor Charlie Sheen has been sentenced to 30 days in rehabilitation after he pleaded guilty to assault in a domestic violence case.
His wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, had told police he had put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her during a row on Christmas Day 2009.
He denied the claims, and more serious charges were dropped in a plea bargain.
The 44-year-old was given 30 days of probation and must undergo 36 hours of anger management.
He was told to attend the Promises Treatment Center in California, which specialises in drug and alcohol addiction.
According to reports, the couple agreed to reconcile earlier this year.
Sheen married Brooke Mueller, his third wife, in 2008 following an acrimonious divorce from actress Denise Richards.
The actor - one of US TV's highest-paid stars - recently signed a deal to star in US sitcom Two and a Half Men for another two seasons.
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Lily Allen has announced that she is pregnant.
The 25-year-old singer, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Cooper, is three months down the line according to scan results, reports PA.
The 'Smile' singer said: "It brings me great pleasure to tell you that Sam and I are expecting our first child. It goes without saying that we are both absolutely delighted."
Allen, who suffered a miscarriage in 2008 with her former boyfriend and Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons, had fuelled speculation about her pregnancy by cancelling promotional and festival appearances in the past month.
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After a few false starts, Sean Penn and Robin Wright's divorce is finally behind them. The former couple have reached a private agreement on child support, spousal support, split of assets and custody over their son, Hopper Jack, 17, according to court papers filed July 22 in Marin County, Calif. Penn, 49, and Wright, 44, who are now legally single and free to wed others, also have a daughter together, Dylan, 19. The process of divorcing hasn't been without its hitches for the actors. In Dec. 2007, the two started divorce proceedings after 11 years of marriage, only to call it off four months later.
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Oscar-winning US actress Patricia Neal has died aged of 84 from lung cancer.
Neal won an Academy Award for her role in the 1963 film Hud, but gave up acting two years later at the age of 39 after suffering a series of strokes.
But she returned to the screen after rehabilitation to earn a further Oscar and several Emmy nominations.
The star, who was born in Tennessee, was married to author Roald Dahl for 30 years and is the grandmother of model and TV presenter Sophie Dahl.
Indomitable grace
Neal's daughter Tessa is the mother of Dahl.
The actress was a star on Broadway before making the move to Hollywood in the late 1940s.
Among her early screen roles were 1951 sci-fi movies The Day The Earth Stood Still and A Face In The Crowd directed by Elia Kazan.
Patricia Neal's film career began in the late 1940s Her best actress Oscar for Hud recognised her portrayal of a tough housekeeper who refused to succumb to the charms of Paul Newman's character.
Neal had to learn to walk and talk again after suffering her strokes, returning to film in 1968 and being Oscar-nominated for The Subject Was Roses.
The actress's illness had left her with impaired memory and unable to remember large chunks of script.
She went on to play Olivia Walton in a TV drama which was the vehicle for popular series The Waltons, gaining the first of three Emmy nominations.
Neal, who divorced Roald Dahl in 1983, dipped out of the spotlight until 1999 when she returned to the big screen in Cookie's Fortune by Robert Altman.
The actress, who was famed for her husky voice, gained her last screen credit for Flying, made in 2009.
Her family said in a statement that on the day before she died, the screen star said: "I've had a lovely time."
They added: "She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured, with indomitable grace, good humour and a great deal of her self-described stubbornness."
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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster have announced that they are expecting a baby.
The couple, who married in 2007, already have a four-year-old son together and have spoken on numerous occasions about their wish for another child.
The pregnancy was confirmed in a statement to Hello magazine.
"Penny and Rod were lucky enough to be celebrating more than just their third wedding anniversary in June, as the news came that Penny was pregnant with their second child," it read.
The couple added: "We were thrilled and delighted to be able to tell Alastair that he was going to be the big brother to a little baby, expected just before Mummy’s 40th birthday."
Lancaster's agents said: "Everyone in the office is overjoyed at this wonderful news. Penny is such a lovely person and a brilliant mum and we wish her, Rod and Alastair all the very best."
The new arrival will be 65-year-old Stewart's eighth child, the eldest of which was born in 1964.
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Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah have announced they are to separate.
A statement issued by the couple's respective lawyers said it was "with great sadness" that they had decided to split.
Mr Kennedy married Sarah Gurling in 2002 and their son, Donald, was born during the 2005 general election campaign.
The MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, resigned as party leader in 2006.
Mr Kennedy had lost the support of MPs in the wake of his public admission of a drink problem.
In May he refused to vote for the coalition deal with the Conservatives, preferring a tie-up with Labour.
The joint statement from the Kennedys said: "Our ongoing and overriding priority will obviously remain our son.
"We wish this to remain an entirely private family matter."
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Brian Friedman has revealed that Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough are a couple.
The X Factor choreographer, who met up with the pair after they flew out to Los Angeles, said that they were "incredibly happy" together.
He told The Mirror: "I'm very close to them both. They're amazing people and make a great couple. I thought they would make a good couple and I'm so pleased to say they do.
"They're very, very cute together. Cheryl and Derek both seem incredibly happy right now, that's all I can say."
Despite recent reports that Cole was due to meet Hough's parents and that the pair were moving in together, there has not yet been an official announcement about their rumoured relationship
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Neil Patrick Harris and his partner, David Burtka, are expecting twins this fall. Harris tweeted the news earlier today. “So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall,” his update reads. ”We’re super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping the press can respect our privacy…” E! Online reports that the couple will become parents in October with the help of a surrogate.
