Sir Elton John does not want to get married. The "Rocket Man" singer - who has a civil partnership with partner David Furnish - claims Proposition 8 was passed in California because the word "marriage" discouraged people from voting against it.

Proposition 8 bans same-sex couples from getting married.

Ellen DeGeneres is "saddened beyond belief" at the decision to ban same-sex marriage in California.

The passing of Proposition 8 leaves the U.S. talk show host's two-month marriage to Portia de Rossi in limbo after 52.5 percent of Californians' voted in favor of the ruling, despite extensive campaigning from stars including Ellen, actor Brad Pitt and director Steven Spielberg.

Ellen DeGeneres has expressed her reaction to the news that Barack Obama has been elected president and that anti-gay marriage initiative Proposition 8 has won in the ballots.

The talk show host, who married actress Portia de Rossi earlier this year when same-sex marriage was allowed in California, fought against the initiative measure and even paid for her own public service announcements on TV.

Colin Farrell has urged people not to feel sorry for him because of his troubled life. The 32-year-old actor - who recently revealed he has recovered from his alcohol and drug addictions - feels uncomfortable when he is pitied.

He said: "Don't feel sorry for me. I mean, at the end of the day, the smallest violin wouldn't or shouldn't play for me because I had a lot of fun and a lot of good times."

Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Kate Beckinsale attended Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher's daughter Olive's first birthday party Sunday.

The celebrity couple were joined by their A-list friends to celebrate Olive's landmark birthday with a barbeque at their house in Los Angeles.

Jessica Alba has posed in a Hannibal Lecter mask in a bid to encourage people to vote in the U.S. Presidential election.

The "Fantastic Four" actress is seen with messy hair, no make-up and tears running down her face in the photograph shot by Mark Liddell which shows her mouth tightly hidden behind metal nails - referencing the cannibal character made famous by Anthony Hopkins in 1991 movie 'The Silence of the Lambs'.