Those shotgun wedding whispers surrounding newlyweds Beyoncé and Jay-Z continue to grow louder. The latest belly rumblings come from the New York Post, which says the chanteuse's "pals" are spouting off about the purported bun in her oven. "She has gained a lot of pregnancy weight," a snitch snipes to the paper. The Chicago Sun-Times is also delving into the procreation speculation, with two sources close to the singer jabbering about the ostensible bundle of joy. "I don't know if she's pregnant," her rep shrugs to the Post, before cheekily adding, "Let me perform an ultrasound and get back to you." For good measure, her father, Matthew Knowles, tells Us, "We don't comment. We just let people make fools of themselves." Beyoncé, for her part, looked her usual enviably curvy self as she styled a figure-hugging pink gown at the Costume Institute gala on May 5 and a green miniskirt on May 13.

Maddox is surrounded by flotation devices as the Jolie-Pitts head out to sea.

Now that Angelina Jolie has finally confirmed long-simmering rumors that she's incubating a pair of Brad Pitt's genetic lottery-winning progeny (odds are still on twin girls), it makes her commitment to family fun time during her brood's sojourn in France all the more impressive. On Tuesday, the bulging-bellied Oscar winner, who is also making the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival to promote "The Changeling" and "Kung Fu Panda," joined Pitt and sons Maddox, 6, and Pax, 4, for a cruise on a yacht owned by billionaire Paul Allen, whose palatial Saint Jean Cap Ferrat villa the photogenic clan been crashing at since late April. Shutterbugs caught the fruitful flames as they helped their tots into life vests ahead of their sightseeing tour of nearby Monaco, where one day earlier Jolie treated daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, who turns the big 0-2 in a couple weeks, to a shopping expedition.

"I never believed women had to be virgins when they got married, or that a woman has to fall in love with a guy just because they're having sex." So opines Jessica Alba in the new issue of Allure. The actress, who will soon welcome her first tot (rumored to be a girl) with fiancé Cash Warren, adds that she doesn't "think sex is a big deal. I hated the hypocrisy of it. Men can do whatever, and it's acceptable." Speaking of the opposite sex, Alba, whose most successful roles have involved her sporting skimpy or skin-tight clothing (see "Sin City" and "The Fantastic Four"), observes that Hollywood will "always play up your sexuality because that's what gets men into the theaters," but she insists she "never really gave a s--- about all that stuff! It's nothing to be ashamed of. But it is definitely not what I am about by any means!"

The patented Posh smile.

Victoria Beckham's typical facial expression is stonier than an outsized noggin on Easter Island, but she insists it's not her fault that she rarely turns her frown upside down. "When I see pictures I do sometimes think, 'You miserable cow!'" she admitted on Britain's GMTV on Wednesday. "But I think it's just the way my face falls. If people like the way I look then great, and if they don't then fine." As for those who do like the way she looks, the erstwhile Posh Spice narrows down her admirers in a chat with the London Sun, explaining, "All the men that like me are gay. It's true. I have a really strong gaydar. I do love gay men, though." She also loves George Clooney, describing him to the tab as "so nice, a real gentleman and absolutely hilarious." But, she points out, her soccer star hubby David "is better looking than him. Definitely." Meanwhile, the fat-free, jutting-clavicled Mrs. Beckham also dismisses rumors that her three sons -- Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz -- will soon be joined by another sibling. "Look, I'm not pregnant!" she tells the London Daily Mirror. "We would love another baby but, right now, the three boys are still really young. Cruz is only 3 and David and I want to enjoy them for a while."

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