Jay Z & Beyonce Knowles-Hollywood’s King and Queen of hip-hop- are now also the highest paid celebrity couple out there. When the sexy 80 million dollar ex- Destiny’s Child married the 82 million dollar mogul, a 162 million dollar empire was created. That’s how much the dynamic duo earned from June 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008. In one year! The list of top-paid power couples also includes Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.

“Naturally powerful people tend to gravitate towards other powerful people,” explains clinical psychologist and celebrity researcher Jim Houran, for reasons that range from proximity (stars hang around other stars) to familiarity (people are attracted, at least initially, to others like them) to clearer expectations (shared priorities make it easier for celebrities to relate). No matter how they get together, the results are good for the bottom line.

Maybe all these powerful people who campaigned for the president-elect should throw some of that money in a bucket and help this economy of ours. I mean, what do you do with $162 mill anyways?

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Hollyscoop is reporting that R&B star Beyonce Knowles is pregnant with rapper/husband Jay-Z’s baby. You probably remember their very strange and rushed wedding just four weeks ago. Well there likely was a reason for the nitro wedding.

Hollyscoop has learned exclusively through multiple sources that Beyonce is expecting. A source close to the couple revealed, “Beyonce is 100% pregnant, which is why the couple rushed their wedding.” The source also told Hollyscoop that all the friends and family that attended the ultra private wedding were all aware that Beyonce was already expecting.

Our source added that Beyonce is in her early stages, but don’t expect this star to come out with a confirmation statement anytime soon.

Two high profile shot-gun music collaborations in the same month? First there was news of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz engagement and Ashlee’s strongly rumored pregnancy. Now it looks as if there is going to be a Rocafella Jr. up in the club.

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• Speaking of Radio City, former White House team Bill Clinton and Al Gore will make appearances at the venue for ‘The Minds That Move the World’ speaker series.




• Joining DMX in the totally clueless club, former Hear’Say singer Suzanne Shaw admitted that she had never heard of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Really?




• Ministry’s Al Jourgensen told Spinner that he thinks Bush is evil. Oh yeah, and he’s supporting Barack Obama.




• Former Soul Coughing singer Mike Doughty told Spinner that he’s firmly for … anyone who’s NOT Bush in his recent visit to the Interface.




• Heather Mills posted a pro-Clinton message on her Web site.




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Singer Beyonce and longtime rapper boyfriend Jay-Z got married Friday night in New York according to PEOPLE magazine.  The two created a buzz yesterday when they went to apply for a marriage license together.

The ceremony was followed by a lavish party at the rapper’s Tribeca apartment that drew Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, her father/manager Mathew, her sister Solange, her Destiny’s Child mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple’s friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

The lavish ceremony had many people in motion to make sure everything was in place last night.

Early Friday morning, workers erected a white tent atop the building in Tribeca, where Jay-Z owns a penthouse apartment. Not long after, an SUV carrying what seemed to be AV equipment arrived, followed by deliveries of party rentals and flowers.

A source tells PEOPLE that Amy’s Orchids was hired to provide 50,000 to 60,000 white orchid blooms from Thailand for a “big party.” At the apartment, waiters were seen practicing their service.

The two had been dating since 2001.  It is the first marriage for both stars.  Jay-Z is twelve years older than his beautiful 24-year-old bride.

The ceremony was followed by a lavish party at the rapper’s Tribeca apartment that drew Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, her father/manager Mathew, her sister Solange, her Destiny’s Child mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple’s friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

Congrats to the new King and Queen of Hip-Hop!