Eddie Murphy is set to marry fiance Tracey Edmonds in a small and intimate ceremony. Film producer Tracey is busy planning the couple's nuptials and is adamant it won't be an over-the-top affair.

She said: "It's getting closer and closer. We've got a lot of work to do yet."

Mel B has slammed claims her new husband is a wife beater. The Spice Girl, who secretly wed film producer Stephen Belafonte in June, was distraught following allegations Belafonte had attacked his ex, common law wife Nicole Contreras.

The 32-year-old singer says she would never marry an abusive man. Mel told Britain's Hello! magazine: "Everything I stand for is about being a strong, independent woman, so for him to be seen as a wife beater is devastating for me because he's not - he never has been."

Mel B's new husband is wanted by police - for killing a duck. Film producer Stephen Belafonte has a warrant out for his arrest in his home state of New Jersey for killing the bird with a brick.

Belafonte - who secretly married Mel in June - has admitted to bludgeoning the duck to death outside his Point Pleasant home, but fled to Los Angeles before paying his $600 court-ordered fine.

Mel B didn't tell her Spice Girls bandmates about her secret wedding.

The 32-year-old singer - who married her film producer lover Stephen Belafonte in a Las Vegas ceremony on June 6 - kept quiet because she wanted to avoid being criticized for marrying while simultaneously fighting a paternity battle with ex-lover Eddie Murphy.

Melanie Brown has made sure that her daughter will have a father figure in her life no matter what happens with Eddie Murphy.

The former Spice Girl has secretly married her new boyfriend, music producer Stephen Belafonte. The couple have only recently stepped out together as an item, however they officially became husband and wife on June 6 according to Clark Country public records.

Chris Rock says DNA test results show he isn't the father of an ex-love's 13-year-old son. The 'Bad Company' star and his wife Malaak released a statement yesterday slamming Kali Bowyer for her "grossly inaccurate" claim that he is the father of her son Jordan.

The couple said: "We feel it is necessary to respond to the many grossly inaccurate media reports that were sold to the tabloids by Kali Bowyer who falsely claimed that Chris Rock fathered her 13-year-old son."