Guests were told to wear ivory to Jay-Z and Beyonce’s wedding on Friday (that’s Gwyneth Paltrow arriving, above); I wore a white dress with black piping to a friend’s wedding in October and got dirty looks (but only compliments from the bride, thank you very much); traditional etiquette says that wearing white to a wedding that is not your own, is bad manners. Where do you stand?

It’s official, sort of. Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z were wed in an intimate ceremony at a loft in New York on Friday evening. Though their reps have acknowledged that the event took place, everyone from the singers Destiny’s Child bandmates to Gwyneth Paltrow were in attendance. Oh, and everyone was instructed to wear ivory, a detail I will address in a post later on today. [People]

Speaking of weddings, half of Hollywood turned out for the wedding of superstar stylist Estee Stanley, including Justin Timberlake and girlfriend Jessica Biel and the Olsens, wearing creepy white masks. [DListed and Just Jared]

Speaking frickin’ weddings again, Ok says that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are getting hitched this summer. Her rep says that they’re not even engaged. [Ok]

Jay-Z and Beyonce are getting married this Friday in New York City. [Perez Hilton]

In Bobby Brown’s new autobiography, the singer claims wife Whitney Houston drove him to a life of hard drugs. Which came first—Whitney the Crackhead or Bobby the Crackhead? [Page Six]

Is Jessica Alba planning on naming her baby Honor? That’s a lot to live up to, Lil’ Alba! [DListed]

 

People claims Beyonce and Jay-Z took out a marriage license in Scarsdale, NY. The license is valid for sixty days, which means starting from this very second up until…umm…May 29th, Jay and “B” could get hitched. Edge. Of. Our. Seats. [People]

Though they’ve broken up and gotten back together nearly a half dozen times, the marriage between Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler is officially over…for now. [DListed]

Ooh! Ooh! Even though her rep denied she was engaged to BF Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson was spotted shopping for wedding dresses in LA. [Page Six]

Tony Romo let Jessica Simpson accompany him to the Pro-Bowl in Hawaii—you know, because it’s the only game that doesn’t count for nothin’. [Pop Sugar]

Rumors of Beyonce not liking her boyfriend Jay-Z getting close with his collaborator Rihanna were fueled even more when Rihanna and J won a Grammy Award and Rihanna grabbed the rapper’s hand—and he pulled away when he realized Beyonce was watching. Cat fight! [DListed]

Ryan Phillippe tells the new issue of W that there were problems in his marriage to Reese Witherspoon before he met “the other woman”, Abbie Cornish. A little problem called “My wife is more famous and successful than I am”? [Us Weekly]