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BIRTH
Zoey 101 actress Jamie Lynn Spears, 17, and fiancé Casey Aldridge, 19, became parents on June 19 in Mississippi. Daughter Maddie Briann is
their first.
EXPECTING
American Idol season 5 alum Paris Bennett, 19, will become a mom. She
hasn't identified the father.
MARRIED
American Idol season 2 winner Ruben Studdard, 29, tied the knot with
Surata Zuri McCants, 30, in Birmingham, Ala., on June 28.... Producer
Timbaland (Justin Timberlake, Madonna), 36, wed publicist Monique
Idlett, 33, in Aruba on June 22. The couple have a 7-month-old
daughter.... Saturday Night Live vet Chris Kattan, 37, and model
Sunshine Tutt, 31, got hitched on June 28 in Yosemite Valley, Calif.
ENGAGED
Uma Thurman, 38, will marry Swiss financier Arpad ''Arki'' Busson, 45. The
actress has been married twice before, to actors Gary Oldman and Ethan
Hawke (with whom she has two children).... Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl),
38, and girlfriend Ceren Alkac reportedly requested a marriage-license
form in Norwalk, Calif., on June 30.
SPLIT
Bill Murray, 57, and Jennifer Butler Murray, 42, finalized their divorce
in Charleston, S.C., on June 13. Butler Murray, who filed for divorce in
May, was given primary custody of their four kids and will receive
unspecified child support as well as $7 million from a prenuptial
agreement signed when they wed in 1997.
DENIED
On July 1, Madonna's publicist refuted reports in the U.K. press that
the singer, 49, recently consulted a lawyer about ending her seven-year
marriage to director Guy Ritchie, 39. Said the rep in a statement:
''There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce.''
COURTS
R. Kelly, 41, was exonerated of all 14 counts in his child-pornography
trial on June 13 in Chicago. The R&B star was charged in 2002....
Model/entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons, 33, and estranged husband Russell
Simmons, 50, agreed on June 24 in L.A. to give her sole custody of their
two kids. The hip-hop mogul must also pay her $40,000 a month in child
support for daughters Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5. Lee Simmons filed papers in
March, but the couple's divorce is still pending.
RECOVERING
Actress Heather Locklear, 46, is being treated for anxiety and
depression, her publicist confirmed on June 24. Said her rep in a
statement: ''She has entered into a medical facility for proper diagnosis
and treatment.'' — with additional reporting by Stewart Allen
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