Avril Lavigne has been able to demonstrate the potential of the internet as a promotional and money-making machine with a partnership she struck up with popular online video sharing site YouTube.

Shakira appears on the cover of the August 2008 edition of Cosmopolitan magazine in Russia. Take a look as the Hips Don't Lie star looks pretty perfect in pink.

The worst kept secret in celebrity circles appears to have been broken - Beyonce and Jay-Z are officially married. The couple filed a signed wedding license last Friday in Scarsdale, New York,