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“Las Vegas” actor Josh Duhamel and his music star wife, Fergie, exchanged nuptials January 10 in an extravagant wedding ceremony that reportedly had an estimated $1 million price tag.

The affair was held at the ultra-private 8,000-square-foot church Estate Vineyard in Malibu, California.  It included a full string orchestra that played at the ceremony and an enchanted forest themed reception. 

Fergie told Us Weekly that it was “magical, ethereal.”

The bride wore a custom-designed Dolce & Gabbana dress for the big day, and the ceremony included delicate details representing both of the couple’s personalities.

“Lots of nature was important to Josh,” celeb planner Mindy Weiss told Us.  “I knew I could bling it up for Fergie.”

After a traditional Catholic ceremony the party was kicked into high gear with Fergie’s first words to the crowd “I’m married bitches!”

Us Magazine reports Duhamel kept the energy rolling with a surprise segment he produced for Fergie of 40 of the couple’s friends and family lip synching and dancing to her signature hit, “Fergalicious”.

A family friend said “Fergie was hysterically laughing.”

More details of Josh and Fergie’s wedding are featured in the current issue of Us Magazine.

Josh Holloway, otherwise known as “Sawyer” on ABC’s Lost, is expecting his first child with wife Yessica.

The couple, who wed in 2004, is due for the new arrival sometime in 2009.

According to Us Weekly the couple had initially said that they didn’t want children, but earlier this year decided to go for it.

“We have changed our minds … only recently,” Holloway told USA Today in March. “Basically, nature happened.”

“If you’re in a loving relationship with someone, children becomes a part of it,” he added. “I don’t know exactly when or how, but we’re very open to either having our own children or adopting.”

Also exciting for Holloway in 2009 is the return of Lost for season five on January 21.  The new installment will feature the Oceanic Six struggling to return to the Island and the Left Behinders, led by Sawyer, struggling to stay alive in the face of a mysterious new threat.

MTV’s The Hills stars, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, returned to Los Angeles Monday evening after eloping last Wednesday and honeymooning in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

US Weekly reports that during The Hills live post-show Pratt, 25, phoned in to answer why he took the plunge with his girlfriend Montag.

“Hello. What led to it? The fact that I have been trying this for two and a half years now. It came out of nowhere, it was my shot,” he said. “We thought, ‘let’s do it’. We were chillin’ on the beach with Patron margaritas on the rocks talking about how much we love one another, there was a chapel in the neighborhood, we thought, ‘let’s do it!’”

Montag, 22, recalled the vows over the phone. “I really started crying. The love of my life is saying the most amazing things,” she said. “It was the best moment of my life. It was so surreal. I kept thinking I love this man more than anything in the entire world.”

MTV’s The Hills stars, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, exchanged nuptials in a secret ceremony in Cabos San Lucas, Mexico, on Nov. 20, Us Weekly reports in its newest issue.

It wasn’t the first time the couple had wedding planning on their minds. In 2007, Pratt popped the question (after just eight months of dating) with a diamond-encrusted platinum band set with a purple stone that he’d purchased from the mall.

Montag broke it off after only a few months because Pratt apparently wasn’t ready to give up his bachelor lifestyle hitting on other women in a club.

“I’d just turned 21, and it was scary because I was so young,” Montag told Us following the split. But the pair gave it another (evidently successful) try in May 2008.

“The minute we said our vows, I couldn’t stop crying,” Montag, 22, tells Us.

Though, it seems that everyone in the family won’t be quite as thrilled about the nuptials, particularly Montag’s mom.

“I called her right before the ceremony, sort of hinted that something that happened, but her reaction was to ask me if we were breaking up! I told her it might be something else, and she said, ‘Well, if you ever plan on getting married just know that your stepdad is really upset that you want your father to walk you down the aisle,’” Montag tells Us.

“She was starting so much drama, it kind of pushed me toward wanting to get married without that,” she adds. “I don’t know when I’ll tell her.”

Two of the three ‘Girls Next Door’ have moved on after moving out of the Playboy Mansion. On Saturday, Kendra Wilkinson, is now engaged to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett. The relationship that started as a mere rumor has turned into an engagement for the San Diego native Wilkinson.

On another note, former number one bunny Holly Madison has now confirmed her is coupling with illusionist Criss Angel. The two had been photographed in Las Vegas partying together before the break-up between Holly and Hef had become public.

In response to Kendra’s engagement, the Playboy Godfather issued a statement via US Weekly,

“Kendra Wilkinson has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life with. He popped the question last Saturday. I have given her my blessing and will be giving her away at a very special wedding ceremony at the Playboy Mansion this coming June.”

Giving her away at the Playboy Mansion? Will he be doing the same when Holly gets married?

Rumors have been put to rest once again regarding Jennifer Aniston’s suspected pregnancy.  Reconciliation with her boyfriend John Mayer, 31, from their split in August has inevitably started up the rumor mill again for Jen.

Being in a relationship apparently qualifies her to be pregnant. Previously speculated fathers of her “supposed child” include Vince Vaughn, Paul Sculfor, and Sex in the City’s Jason Lewis.

Recently In Touch claimed on its cover that Jen, 39, “looks pregnant” and speculated that the Aniston and Mayer reunion was due to a pregnancy.

“It’s not true,” a souse close to Mayer told Usmagazine.com.

Nonetheless, the couple can’t seem to get the tabloids off their case.

Angelina Jolie made her first red carpet appearance Saturday since giving birth to twins about three months ago.  She and hubby, Brad Pitt, were in attendance at the premiere of her latest movie Changeling at the New York Film Festival.

Jolie worked the carpet, looking stunning in a strapless, black Atelier Versace gown, paired with Sergio Rossi heels, and Mikimoto pearl earrings as reported by Us Weekly.

The mom of six said her older kids Maddox, 7, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2, love helping out with the twins Vivienne and Knox.

“They’re funny,” Jolie told Us Weekly.  “They want to help out a lot now, but they’re still so little.”

When asked how everyone was doing by Entertainment Tonight, Jolie said everyone was great and that her and Brad were just working on keeping the twins on a schedule.

The Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, is set in 1928 Los Angeles.  Jolie plays a mother whose young son goes missing, but when the LAPD finds him she suspects the boy returned is not her son at all.  The highly anticipated drama hits theaters October 24.

Jessica Simpson broke away from the pop scene to take a shot at country music, and found success in her latest album Do You Know.

The album debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and at the No. 4 spot on the all-genre Billboard 200, In Touch Weekly reports.

Jessica told In Touch Weekly that she was excited that fans are embracing her country side.

“I am a country girl,” she told Billboard.com in December.  “I grew up in Texas, and country music was what I listened to.  I always wanted to make a country album, but I wanted to wait until the time was right.”

This is the 28-year-old’s sixth album reports US Weekly which sold 65,000 copies since it was released last week.  Other chart topping albums she’s had include In This Skin in 2003 and A Public Affair in 2006.

“I’m extremely touched by the overwhelmingly positive response to the album,” Jessica told In Touch. “There is so much honesty and raw emotion in there. And, I’m just thrilled that country fans are giving it a chance!”

The pop singing sensation’s autographed self portrait is being auctioned off on eBay to raise money for the Promises Foundation which helps provide behavioral health services to low-income women and their children.

The oil painting, titled “Mixed Media Paint of Britney Spears,” is a 5-by-4-foot creation by artist Daniel Maltzman.

US Weekly describes the painting as the singer in a bikini with her eyes closed and her arms crossing her chest and her belly-button ring showing.

Bidding started at $10,000 and ends September 20 according to E! News. 

The E! Network also reports that in addition to the painting, the highest bidder will also get a letter of authenticity from the artist and a signed ownership letter from Britney’s father, Jamie Spears.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie rank high on The Giving Back Fund’s list of the 30 Most Generous Celebrities.  Intended to encourage the general public to give to charitable organizations, the list ranks the best givers based on public records and donations made in 2007. 

The full article was published in the Sept. 14 issue of Parade.

Topping the list was Oprah Winfrey who donated $50.2 million to causes including her Foundation and Angel Network.  Both help in aiding education, health care, and advocacy for women and children around the world.

Next in line, placing in the top five include: musician Herb Alpert with $13 million; Barbra Streisand with $11 million; Paul Newman with $10 million; and Mel Gibson with $9.9 million.

Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ranked sixth, donating $8.4 million to their Jolie-Pitt Foundation which helps support New Orleans reconstruction, refugee aid, and cross-cultural understanding.

“Some stars set a bad example from time to time, so it’s nice to celebrate those who are doing good work,” Parade editor Janice Kaplan told Us Weekly.

“We can’t all give $50 million like Oprah, but she makes us understand that giving back matters,” Kaplan added.