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Now that Beyonce is pregnant, the 30-year-old singer says her sense of smell isn't what it used to be.

While promoting her Pulse fragrance on ET Canada, Knowles admitted that her 41-year-old husband Jay-Z's signature scent has recently become a turnoff.

PHOTOS: Beyonce's hair evolution

"I smell everything," she said. "If it smells bad, I smell it. My
husband's fragrance, his one that I always love, I hate right now. So
thank God I have this one!"

PHOTOS: Beyonce and Jay-Z's love story

That's not the only change Beyonce has noticed since announcing her
pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. "I feel empowered!"
she recently told the Associated Press. "It is the most powerful
creation for you to be able to have a life growing inside of you."

The couple has wasted no time prepping for the arrival of their first
child. A nanny search is under way, and the pair have already lined up a
live-in expert for the first month -- the Grammy winner's mom, Tina Knowles, 57.

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And so it begins.

Prosecutors delivered their opening statements in the involuntary manslaughter trial against Dr. Conrad Murray Tuesday, arguing that Michael Jackson died due to "gross negligence and incompetence" by his personal doctor.

The prosecution -- who displayed a graphic image of Jackson's dead
body on a gurney -- alleged that Murray repeatedly over-sedated Jackson
with the powerful anesthetic propofol. Murray, 58, is being charged with
involuntary manslaughter.

VIDEO: Michael's mom opens up about her son's tragic passing

The prosecution also alleged that Murray administered propofol on
the day of Jackson's death -- and left him unattended for 45 minutes
while he took a phone call.

To show the effects of the anesthetic that Murray administered to help Jackson sleep, Deputy District Attorney David Walgren
played the recording Murray made on his iPhone six weeks before Jackson
died of a overdose at the age of 50. The tape features the superstar
discussing his upcoming

The Jolie-Pitts and Stefani-Rossdales are BFFs!

On Monday, Angelina Jolie
and part of her brood went to Gwen Stefani's
London home for a playdate. Shiloh, 5, Zahara,
6, and 3-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox were
all smiles alongside Kingston Rossdale, 5.

PHOTOS: Kingston's super cute style

So how exactly do Jolie, 36, and Stefani, 41, know each other? A source tells
Us Weekly that Brad Pitt has been
pals with the No Doubt singer and hubby Gavin
Rossdale for years. He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston
attended the couple's L.A. wedding in Sept. 2002. "They've run in the
same social circle [for a long time]," adds a source.

PHOTOS: Shiloh's adorable fashion choices

When Shiloh and Kingston were born a day apart, the parents became "even
better friends. "Right away they started getting [the kids] together for play
dates," a source tells Us. "Brad had [the Stefani-Rossdales] up
to his Santa Barbara house for the weekend."

In an interview with CNN's Sanjay Gupta last year, Jolie admitted she

She's only six weeks old, but Jordan Kay Federline already has a full head of
hair!

The adorable newborn made her debut when parents Kevin
Federline and Victoria Prince recently took
her out for a beachside stroll in Santa Barbara, Calif.

PHOTOS: Brit and K-Fed's adorable little boys

This is the first child for Prince, 28, and the fifth for
Federline, who has two sons with ex-wife Britney
Spears (Sean Preston, 6, and Jayden, 5) and two children with
ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson (daughter Kori, 8,
and son Kaleb, 6).

PHOTOS: Star dads on duty

Federline, 33, explained the decision to name his daughter Jordan Kay to Us Weekly in April.

VIDEO: K-Fed tips the scales at 232 pounds

"[Victoria] said that if we were going to have a little girl, she wanted to
name her Jordan. And then, we actually thought that it was a boy, but we stuck
with the name Jordan because, you know, it fits both ways."

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Work it, J-Lo!

Jennifer Lopez showed off her figure in a tight,
sexy red dress during her performance Saturday in Las Vegas at the
iHeartRadio Music Festival. Just two months after splitting with hubby Marc Anthony, the 42-year-old glammed things up with bejeweled fishnet tights and a red feather cape.

PHOTOS: How J-Lo's style has morphed for her men

Following Lopez's show-stopping performance, the mom of 3-year-old
twins, Max and Emme, dropped by PURE Nightclub inside of Caesars Palace.
A source tells Us Weekly
the singer arrived at the megaclub "with a very large entourage that
included family, friends, her back-up dancers, [and her longtime
manager] Benny Medina" shortly before 1 a.m.

PHOTOS: More pics of J-Lo's adorable twins

Lopez changed out of her attention-grabbing red number and into a
tight cream-colored dress with hot pink piping and matching hot pink
heels. In the club, she was "surprised" that the entire VIP area was
decked out with decor that mimicked her album

A glimpse into Justin and Selena's near-future?

On Tuesday, Justin Bieber posted a compelling new photo on his Instagram page. Plopped on a picnic blanket in a sunny park, he and love Selena Gomez happily smile and pose with a whopping six adorable babies.

PHOTOS: Justin and Selena pack on the PDA at the beach

Joked the 17-year-old "Baby" singer in the photo caption: "Brangelina 2.0 hahahahahaha." (Brad Pitt and love Angelina Jolie famously have a brood of six kids aged 10 to 3.)

Bieber and fellow teen singer Gomez, 18, went public with their romance at the Oscars in February.

PHOTOS: Inside Justin's workout

No word on Gomez's mommy plans, but Bieber recently told Women's Wear Daily he yearns "to be a young dad...By 25 or 26, I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family."

His own mother Patti Malette gave birth to him as a teenager and largely raised him as a single parent, and sometimes struggled to make ends meet.

"One thing," Bieber clarified to WWD, "I'm not

Mon dieu!

Montreal police have arrested a man for breaking into the Laval, Quebec home of Celine Dion -- where he drew a bath and raided her fridge, the BBC reports.

PHOTOS: Wow! Check out Celine's amazing home in Jupiter, Florida

The 43-year-old French-Canadian singer and husband Rene Angelil
were not home at the time of the bizarre break-in. According to police
spokesman Franco Di Genova, local man Daniel Bedard, 36, jumped a fence
and then used a garage door opener (discovered in an unlocked car) to
break into the house, located just outside Montreal.

"He opened the water faucets, was pouring a nice warmish bath," Di
Genova said. "He even managed to eat some pastry that was in the
fridge."

PHOTOS: Celine and other stars who got pregant past 40

The intruder eventually set off a security alarm; Bedard then claimed
to officers he was a "family friend" of the music super couple.

Officers later found snack wrappers in the kitchen and cigarette butts and discarded notes in an office.

Fierce mama-to-be!

Beyonce continued to celebrate her 30th birthday and first-time pregnancy in Europe on Tuesday.

PHOTOS: Beyonce's bikini bod through the years

After spending the weekend in Venice, Italy for film festival fun,
the "Love on Top" singer popped up in Hvar, Croatia with her husband Jay-Z.
And unlike the bump-obscuring maxi-patterned dress she wore in Venice
on Saturday, Beyonce's Tuesday attire flaunted her expanding belly.

For her Croatian beachside look, the Grammy winner donned a frilly white two-piece bikini as Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter), 41, stood by.

PHOTOS: Beyonce's hair evolution

"He's wanted this so badly," a pall tells Us of the first-time father. "Jay didn't have a father in his life, so he wants to be an amazing dad," adds another source.

PHOTOS: How Bey and Jay-Z fell in love

Beyonce (who famously announced her pregnancy at last week's MTV VMAs
in L.A.), meanwhile, is enjoying the baby prep. "She's been hungrier
for Southern cooking," a source