The hip-hop heavyweights, who had been dating for six years, became Mr and Mrs Shawn Carter in Jay-Z's mammoth Tribeca penthouse apartment.

He liked it, and he put a ring on it! Cue the video!

But watch at your own risk. Every time I hear that song I can't get it out of my head for days. It's like musical crack.

Only 40 guests, among them pals Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, were witness to the nuptials and all were asked to wear white - perhaps to blend in with the 70,000 white Thai orchids which decked out Jay-Z's place.

Beyonce wore traditional white but nothing more was known about her dress, except that it wasn't designed by her mother's fashion label House of Dereon. Luckily.

The pair didn't wear wedding rings publicly or even confirm their nuptials personally (despite the press getting hold of their completed marriage certificate) until August, when Jay told Vibe magazine that he didn't feel he had to confirm what everyone already knew. Tease.

But if Beyonce was bummed about not wearing her wedding bling out in public for the first few months, all was made right with the emergence of a jaw-droppingly humungous 18-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond wedding ring in September, worth five million US dollars.

No wonder she's smiling! That, and the joy of true love of course.

There were the regular run of the mill rumours through April - Jennifer Aniston was pregnant and/or adopting, neither of which turned out to be true. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were breaking up. Kate Middleton quit her job, prompting one particularly snide palace flunky to comment to the press "She needs more on her CV than a knowledge of nightclubs."

I thought there was a whole degree in that, the BA?

I kid, I kid. Love you arts students!

The red mist descends on Naomi once more

Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow airport at the start of the month while awaiting a British Airways flight to Los Angeles. While you can't get busted for being a bitch, in which case she would have been banged up years ago, police in London found an alternative charge for the aging supermodel after she assaulted a cop. Her weapon of choice? Phlegm.

The entire malarkey kicked off after someone had the gall to mess with Miz Campbell's luggage after the hubbub of Heathrow's opening of Terminal 5, a time when over 20,000 items of luggage didn't end up where they were supposed to. The cheek!

Naomi's already well known in the celebrity world for being a bit of an angry pants, having done community service in New York after opening up her housekeeper's scalp with a Blackberry after accusing her of nicking a pair of jeans.

"It's because I'm black," the supermodel later announced.

No, no it's not Naomi. It's because you're angry and unhinged.

Fourth time around for Ivana

On April 28 Ivana Zelníčková Syrovatka Trump Mazzuchelli became Ivana Zelníčková Syrovatka Trump Mazzuchelli Rubicondi when she tied the knot with her long-time beau, Rossano Rubicondi, at her ex Donald Trump's mammoth estate in Florida.

The bride wore pink. The groom entered the wedding to the theme of Rocky.

The Donald also gave his ex the gift of high-priced lawyers, with Trump picking up the tab for his legal team writing Ivana's pre-nup. So good was the document, in fact, that the mags reported "Ivana's lawyers have pretty much been weeping in admiration."

Just as well they did such a good job, as it was all over rover by September.