Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z married over the weekend.

The ‘Dangerously in Love’ singer and the hip-hop mogul tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at Jay-Z’s New York apartment, with their parents and a host of celebrity friends, including Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin, and Beyonce’s former Destiny’s Child bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland looking on.

A guest at the wedding said: “It was amazing - very special, very private, very intimate. Everyone had so much fun. It ended up being a wild party.”

Beyonce, 26, wore a stunning white dress with a plunging neckline, and had her hair put up in a half ponytail accessorised with a white flower. All the female guests also wore white. (more…)

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LOS ANGELES - It was shaping up as the best of both worlds for pop culture phenomenon Miley Cyrus, who came into Saturday night’s 21st annual Kids Choice Awards with nominations for favorite singer and favorite actress.

Cyrus, whose television series “Hannah Montana” was also nominated for favorite show, was scheduled to perform at the awards program, singing “Girl’s Night Out” from her hit album “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus.”

Also scheduled to take the stage was the Naked Brothers Band.

“I’m curious to see Miley Cyrus perform. She’s such a phenomenon and I’ve never seen her live so I’d kind of like to see what all the hype is about,” said Quddus Philippe, a former host of MTV’s “Total Request Live,” who was among the celebrities scheduled to walk the show’s orange carpet.

Cyrus won last year’s favorite TV star award but Beyonce captured the favorite singer trophy. The two were nominated again this year, along with Fergie and Alicia Keys. (more…)

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A second case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in turkeys in a farm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said today.

The farm was one of four where culls were taking place because of fears of “dangerous contact” with the initial case at Redgrave Park Farm, discovered last week.

All 9,000 turkeys have already been slaughtered at the new infected premises, which is operated by the same company as the site of the first outbreak.

The site of the new infection, Hill Meadow Farm, Knettishall, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, is outside the original 3km protection zone set up around Redgrave Park farm, but inside the wider restricted area which covers Suffolk and much of Norfolk.

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