Nicole Richie clad in white. Joel Madden in his best suit. Courthouse. Marriage.

All were in play today in downtown L.A., but it's not exactly what you think.

Richie appeared Monday afternoon in court, where she was granted a permanent protective order against a couple of shutterbugs she had accused of harassing her.

Richie, dressed in a sheer white blouse with her hair pulled tightly back in a bun, showed up with Madden, dressed in a black suit, and gave testimony of a car accident she blamed on the the paparazzi.

But the news that caused the most buzz was her lawyer's pronouncement of them as husband and wife.

Attorney Mark Geragos repeatedly referred to Madden as "your husband" during questioning of Richie.

And that was news to us.

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Glad to see Ron Livingston doesn't have Berger's commitment issues.

The 42-year-old actor, who just couldn't deal with Carrie Bradshaw's success on Sex and the City, married fellow thesp Rosemarie DeWitt last week, People reports.

They tied the knot Nov. 2 in San Francisco after more than three years of dating.

Livingston, best known for sticking it to the man in Office Space, fighting for his country in Band of Brothers and reluctantly taking the Goofy job in Swingers, met DeWitt on the set of the short-lived Fox series Standoff.

DeWitt, who was one of Don Draper's pieces on the side in the first season of Mad Men, can now be found in The United States of Tara on Showtime.

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Marla Sokoloff has tied the knot! 

The Practice star wed Deadsy drummer Alex Puro at Il Cielo restaurant in Beverly Hills Sunday evening in an intimate Jewish ceremony. 

Known for her role as receptionist Lucy on the David E. Kelley dramedy, the 29-year-old actress ditched her office duds for a cream strapless, low-cut silk bridal gown wrapped with a black sash and topped with a veil. 

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When you're an NBA champ, it makes sense to do your courting on the court.

And in this clip from this Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians wedding special, Lamar Odom and Khloé Kardashian shoot the breeze and shoot some hoops as they flirt their way toward the altar.

Check it out, and then catch Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Wedding on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, only on E!

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There's a National Enquirer report going around today that our own E! star Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, Reggie Bush, are planning a secret wedding once football season ends.

She cleared that rumor up on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM show this morning. "Gosh, I hope so," Kim K. sighed. "I don't know, I haven't heard that one. No, I'm definitely not planning my wedding."

It's this "Gosh, I hope so" that makes us think Kim might have been a little jeally of her little sister's quickie wedding. Ryan got her to address that too...

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We'll call this one love-all.

We may not have even cared known that they were dating, but Rescue Me's Jennifer Esposito is going to tie the knot with tennis star turned reality-show love-seeker Mark Philippoussis.

"They are happily engaged and enjoying their time together," a rep for Philippoussis told People.

There's no word on a wedding date just yet, but it'll mark the second trip down the aisle for Esposito—who, for the briefest of flashes, enjoyed life as Mrs. Bradley Cooper—and the first for the consonant-favoring Aussie sports star.

The duo got engaged over the summer, which, incidentally, seems to be the most productive season for Philippoussis' love life. Just two years ago, he starred in NBC's reality smarmfest Age of Love, in which he was tasked with choosing a ladylove from one of two groups: the kittens or the cougars. He chose the former.

But seeing as how the 32-year-old athlete opted this time around for a (slightly) older woman in 36-year-old star of Rescue Me and Crash, he's clearly learned from his mistakes.

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Peggy Sue Olson got married!

After a 10-month engagement, Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss and Saturday Night Live funnyman Fred Armisen tied the knot in New York yesterday—the one-year anniversary of Jon Hamm's SNL hosting stint, a date that also happened to be the very first meeting of the newlyweds.

Moss' rep confirmed to E! News that the duo swapped vows at The Foundry in Long Island City yesterday. Moss modeled a Claire Pettibone gown in a ceremony attended by family and friends.

No word on whether those friends included Don Draper himself or any SNL cohorts; considering the couple's well-guarded privacy, we may never know.

Which means we'll just have to assume Armisen promised his Scientologist bride a pan, a comb and perhaps a cat.

In fact, we can thank a rather surprising source that their nuptials went public...

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We've gotta hand it to them—understated is just not a Trump thing.

Ivanka Trump wrapped her three-month engagement on Sunday, tying the knot with publisher fiancé Jared Kushner before 500 friends and famiy members in a private ceremony, according to People.

The intimate lavish affair took place at one of The Donald's countless stomping grounds, Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, with Ivanka walking down the aisle in a Grace Kelly-inspired Vera Wang gown.  

On hand to entertain at the reception was Donald Trump bestie Regis Philbin, who serenaded the newlyweds.

In the hours leading up to her big day, the bride kept fans in the mix via Twitter.

"At a very casual 'rehearsal' dinner with friends...just 5 of my lady friends and me having a casual dinner and getting excited," Trump tweeted Saturday night. "Perfect!"

And prewedding jitters?

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Memo to Bruce Jenner: There might be a reason your family likes keeping you in the dark.

The loosest-lipped member of the reality clan is at it again, this time becoming the first family member to go on the record about stepdaughter Khloé Kardashian's hitherto unconfirmed prenup with Lamar Odom.

"Khloé is very smart," he said at last night's launch of his new son-in-law's clothing line, Rich Soil. "They both have careers and assets and that's the smart thing to do, for both of them. I think they're doing the right thing."

Just as long as he doesn't also think he won't be on the receiving end of a few stink-eyes around the family table, it shouldn't be a problem.

Fortunately, he didn't divulge any specifics.

"You've seen the show! I get told nothing," he said.

Sources close to the Kardashian clan said that the newlyweds' prenup negotiations were amicable and far from the dramafest that's been reported.

As for who would get what...

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Trent Reznor wrote a song called "Ringfinger" on his first album, and now he's finally ready to put something on that digit.

The 44-year-old Nine Inch Nails star married Mariqueen Maandig in a ceremony Saturday, E! News has learned. 

Former West Indian Girl singer Maandig announced news of their engagement on the band's website in May. 

The groom's bandmate Danny Lohner broke news of the newlyweds' nuptials via Twitter, writing, "Goths the world over will mourn this day – off to a wedding" and posted a pic of the newlyweds dancing together with the caption "Congrats!" 

Celebrity photographer Robert Evans, who's done Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding as well as that of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, shot the ceremony.

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