Apr 23, 2008 11:46 am US/Eastern
Proof Beyonce Did Marry Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus Memoir
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Tara Lipinsky
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Beyonce & Jay-Z Are Husband and Wife
A village clerk says a marriage license for Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, dated April 4 and signed by the person who officiated at the wedding, is being filed with the state.
The license was received by mail last Friday, says Scarsdale Clerk Donna Conkling. She would not say who officiated.
The celebrities and their representatives had refused to confirm widespread rumors about the marriage. But there was a lavish party at Jay-Z's Manhattan apartment on April 4, with guests including Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce's former Destiny's Child bandmates, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
The couple has apparently been dating for six years. Knowles, 26, and Jay-Z, 38, whose real name is Shawn Carter, have collaborated on the songs "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" and "Crazy In Love."
Miley Cyrus, author.
The multi-hyphenate teen star has signed a book deal to tell the story of her young life, it was announced Tuesday. The memoir by Cyrus, who stars in the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana," is planned for release next spring.
Disney said the book will focus particularly on the guidance of Cyrus' mother, Leticia.
"I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me," the 15-year-old singer-actress said in a statement. "I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams."
The Disney Book Group, in a clear bit of synergy for the Walt Disney Co., has world rights to the book. Disney said Cyrus' book will feature previously unseen photos, family stories and "a look at her inner circle of loved ones."
The book, the first by Cyrus, will be published under the Disney-Hyperion Books imprint.
Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus.
Broadway has its Billy Elliot -- all three of them.
The three young men who will alternate as the stars of "Billy Elliot the Musical" were introduced Tuesday by the show's composer, Elton John, in the auditorium, appropriately enough, of New York's Professional Performing Arts High School.
"It's one of the greatest joys of my life," said the pop superstar, dressed in basic black and red eyeglasses, as he talked about the show and presented the boys who will be the backbone of the $18 million musical opening Nov. 13 at the Imperial Theatre. Preview performances begin Oct. 1.
The trio includes David Alvarez, 13, born in Montreal and now living in New York; 14-year-old Kiril Kulish of San Diego, and Trent Kowalik, 13, of Wantagh, N.Y., and already an alum of the show's London production.
"Billy Elliot" is based on the successful 2000 movie about a young boy who longs to dance but lives in the bleak coal-mining area of Northern England. His story is set against the backdrop of a bitter miners' strike.
John first saw the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
"I was completely wiped out," he said. "I had to be helped out sobbing from the screening because it mirrored, in a way, my personal journey and my professional journey ... my father really never approved of what I was going to do either. ... This journey of Billy's reminded me of what I went through."
Within the hour and at the urging of his partner, David Furnish, John said he was talking about writing the music for a stage adaptation. It opened in London in 2005 to rave reviews and has been running there ever since.
Casting the New York Billys was an arduous process, taking more than a year with auditions being held all over the country.
But then, as Stephen Daldry, who directed both the film and the stage version, said: "It is the most unique and demanding role ever asked of a young performer in the history of musical theater. ... It's a little like asking a child to play Hamlet and run a marathon at the same time."
Daldry then proceeded to enumerate why:
The lad, who is never off stage during the nearly three-hour show, has to:
-- be proficient at ballet enough to get into the Royal Ballet School.
-- be a tap dancer good enough to impress Savion Glover and/or Tommy Tune.
-- have extraordinary contemporary dance skills.
-- be an extraordinary acrobat.
-- have the skill to sing Elton John ballads.
-- do the whole show in a very particular accent.
"And on top of all that, they need to have that ... difficult thing to define ... charisma, X-factor or whatever you want to call it ... that allows 1,500 people a night to cheer for this child," the director said. "It's an extraordinary mountain to climb."
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