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Katy Perry, Russell Brand marry at tiger reserve in India

RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK, India

British comedian Russell Brand and American pop singer Katy Perry were married Saturday at a luxury resort in a tiger reserve in northwestern India, a hotel official said.

A Hindu priest conducted the ceremony, which was attended by family and close friends of the couple, the hotel official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Security has been stringent with private security guards stationed at the resort and other nearby hotels where guests and the couple are staying for the six-day wedding celebration.

Photographers and media reporters were not allowed into the Aman-e-Khas wildlife retreat. The couple have given the exclusive coverage rights to a London magazine, and no other photographers or journalists will be allowed into the resort.

The wedding venue was lit with lamps, colorful lights illuminated the trees, and flower garlands festooned the luxury tents at the resort, the hotel official said.

Both Brand and Perry wore traditional Indian clothes to the wedding, the hotel official said. Perry donned a sari, as did a number of other female guests at the ceremony. On Friday, at a prenuptial celebration, Perry, like a typical Indian bride, had henna designs applied on her palms and hands.

Celine Dion gives birth to twin boys by C-section

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach.

The Canadian pop singer’s high-risk pregnancy went smoothly, doctors said, and the boys were born by cesarean section at 11 a.m. and 11:12 a.m. One weighed 5 lbs.,10 ounces, and the other weighed 5 lbs., 4 ounces.

“This is a joyous moment,” said their father, Rene Angelil, who also has a 9-year-old son with his superstar wife.

Dion, 42, who has a home in Jupiter, Fla., was admitted to St. Mary’s a week ago to be monitored, according to her physicians, Dr. Ronald Ackerman and Dr. Ruel Stoessel. She was 34 weeks’ pregnant at the time.

Randy Quaid, wife seek refugee status in Canada

VANCOUVER

Actor Randy Quaid told Canada’s immigration board Friday that he and his wife are seeking asylum from “the murderers of Hollywood” and will therefore apply for refugee status in Canada, after they were arrested on U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges.

The pair were arrested on Thursday afternoon in a shopping area of an affluent Vancouver neighborhood and were jailed on outstanding U.S. warrants.

The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, Calif., where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges.

The Quaids were ordered released from custody Friday but must each post $9,750 bail and fulfill their promise to appear for their next hearing Thursday.

Vindicator wire services