AMERICAN rapper Eve and British entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper exchanged vows at the Gumball 3000 rally in Ibiza, Spain, on Saturday.

According to E! News, Cooper said he was ecstatic about making Eve his wife.

“We met on the 2010 Gumball 3000 rally so it only seemed right to have the wedding at the finish of this year’s rally in Ibiza, which was the final stop on this year’s event,” he said. “We couldn’t be happier to celebrate such a special day with all our family and friends.”

The Gumball 3000, a 3,000-mile international motor rally, was founded by Cooper.

The Grammy winner, according to the report, wore a custom wedding dress by Alice Temperley.

“It’s so beautiful. It’s so different than anything I thought I would have ever wanted, but it’s perfect,” she was quoted as saying.

The Grammy-winning rapper is now stepmom to Cooper’s four children from a previous relationship.

She won the inaugural Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002 for Let Me Blow Ya Mind, with Gwen Stefani.

Eve has appeared in the films Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and on the TV sitcom Eve. She has a clothing line called Fetish.

Queen honours Angelina Jolie

LONDON (AP) — Angelina Jolie can add royal recognition to Hollywood stardom. The Oscar-winning actress has been named an honorary dame — the female version of a knight — by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Jolie, a United Nations special envoy, received the honour on Friday for her work combating sexual violence in war zones.

Jolie, who won a supporting actress Academy Award in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted, has spoken of scaling back her movie roles to focus on humanitarian work. She said that “to receive an honour related to foreign policy means a great deal to me, as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life to.”

Because she is not a British or Commonwealth citizen, Jolie won’t be entitled to use the title “dame” before her name. Previous US recipients of honorary knighthoods include director Steven Spielberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former President Ronald Reagan.

Jolie, who was in London this week to co-host an international summit on sexual violence, was among hundreds of people recognised in the queen’s annual Birthday Honours List for services to their community or national life.

Most of the honours go to people who are not in the limelight — from soldiers and civil servants to academics and entrepreneurs — but there is always a sprinkling of famous names.

Kelly Clarkson announces daughter’s birth

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Clarkson has something to sing about: She’s celebrating the birth of her first child.

The Grammy winner announced the arrival of her daughter, named River Rose Blackstock, in a Saturday post on Twitter.

She says the baby arrived on June 12, and she and her husband are “on cloud 9.”

Her rep confirmed the tweet.

The 32-year-old singer, known for hits like Stronger and Since U Been Gone, married music manager Brandon Blackstock last year.