Tying The Knot

It all went down inside the Hard Rock Hotel Friday night -- AJ and his then girlfriend Rochelle Karidis were partying inside the Wasted Space nightclub, when he sprinted to the jewelry store inside the casino, picked out a ring, and ran back into club.

After a quickie wedding and a lengthy prenup battle, sources close to the situation tell TMZ the happy couple's marriage license was officially recorded in Orange County at the end of last month.

Now, just as a reminder ... according to the prenup, we're told Lamar's $33 million contract with the Lakers is off limits to Khloe -- but she'll get a lump annual sum plus a number of other perks.

Not that we don't think they'll last or anything.

Mark Geragos, Nicole's lawyer, asked his client during the restraining order hearing this afternoon, "Did you call your husband?" Nicole answered, "Yes."

Joe Francis and Rob Kardashian's planned bash at Les Deux got the boot in favor of a dinner at STK and a little livin' it up at Guys and Dolls with his Lakers teammates. His two original party-planners also tagged along.

Chaz Bono can do something as a man which she could never do as a woman in California -- marry her partner.

At a point during the gender change -- typically when breasts are removed -- the subject can go to court and ask a judge to legally change his/her sex. It's discretionary on the part of the judge in determining when the person switches sex and is entitled to a legal change, but typically it's when the breasts are removed.

Judges typically do not require a genitalia switch as a prerequisite to a sex change.

Chaz has been in a committed relationship for several years. Therefore, what Chaz could never do now -- marry his partner -- he can do when the law acknowledges he is indeed a he.

Exact same person -- totally different result. Go figure.

Our boys at Brahsome.com unearthed a few soaking wet photos of the Jacksonville Jags QB letting out his inner party animal (and a whole lotta perspiration) at a wedding back in July.

We know this is going to sound ridiculous, but Scarlett Johansson's engagement ring is actually blingier and more ballin' than she's letting on.

The buzz on ScarJo's bling is that the ring -- designed by Sonia Boyajian -- is around three carats and cost about $30K. Not so, we're told -- the ring is actually "north" of four carats -- and set Ryan back a cool $120,000! Get a piece of that rock.

Well, she's gone and done it. Ellen's gonna get hitched.

A spy in the audience of this afternoon's taping of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" tells us that after Ellen mentioned today's California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state's ban on gay marriage, she surprised everyone and announced that she was going to tie the knot with longtime girlfriend, actress Portia de Rossi.

Portia was in the crowd and after she made the announcement, the studio audience went wild, giving the two a huge standing O.

Brangelina who?! It's all about Beyonjay! After all of yesterday's drama and suspense somebody better have gotten married -- at this point it doesn't matter who!

Yesterday, Beyonce and Jay-Z had some sort of celebration at Jigga-man's NYC penthouse, with the likes of Bey's parents, her sis, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams all showing up. There are reports the two finally got hitched. Beyonce's not giving her milk for free anymore!

1. Jay-Z and Beyonce allegedly applied for a marriage license in Scarsdale, NY on April 1st - uh, April Fool's Day! And in Scarsdale??

2. Jay-Z is playing a concert in North Carolina on Saturday - that doesn't leave very much time for a honeymoon.

3. Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams (those other two from Destiny's Child) posted a silly YouTube video, giggling and declaring, "we're...out of town...at an undisclosed location." Hee hee. How very subtle.

4. Details of the grand wedding have emerged onto the Internet and include tidbits such as:
Beyonce's dressing room is set up in a gym. A gym!? Every bride's dream!

A fridge has been stocked with Jay-Z's favorite champagne. Did the housekeeper leak this? What about those non-disclosure agreements those people sign?

5. They picked Jay-Z's Manhattan apartment for their wedding locale. Why not just set up in the middle of Times Square?

6. People magazine posted photos of cheapy looking flowers and candelabras being delivered to Jay-Z's pad. There's no way Beyonce would allow cheap flowers at her wedding. Not to mention what her mom and dad would do.

7. Jay-Z just signed a $150 million deal with Live Nation. That sounds like a great reason to throw a party. And probably the real reason all this commotion is going down today.