DeGeneres weds de Rossi

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres married girlfriend Portia de Rossi over the weekend. The couple were wed Saturday night in a small ceremony at their home in Los Angeles, according to their spokesperson. DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, both wore Zac Posen and exchanged rings by Neil Lane during the ceremony. The ceremony was attended by 19 guests, including DeGeneres's mom, Betty, and de Rossi's mother, Margaret Rogers, who flew in from Australia for the occasion. The pair have been together since December 2004.

Thousands of mourners turned out for a memorial service in Chicago honoring Bernie Mac Saturday. Some fans had slept outside overnight to get a seat in the House of Hope church on the city's South Side, according to the Chicago Tribune. Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and Rev. Jesse Jackson attended the emotional service, during which photos from the comedian's career were shown on projectors and the White Sox presented Mac's widow, Rhonda, with a No. 1 jersey bearing his name, said the paper. Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Andy Garcia also sent condolences. Mac, who suffered from the autoimmune disease sarcoidosis, passed away a week ago from complications relating to pneumonia.

Batman was finally overwhelmed at the box office, ceding its No. 1 spot after four weeks to "Tropic Thunder," starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, and Tom Cruise. The comedy debuted with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place, according to studio estimates yesterday. The Batman flick pulled in $16.8 million to raise its total to $471.5 million. "The Dark Knight" passed the original "Star Wars" and now ranks No. 2 on the all-time domestic charts, behind only "Titanic," which earned $600.8 million. The animated tale "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" opened at No. 3 with $15.5 million. "Tropic Thunder" was the third R-rated comedy to open well in recent weeks, following "Pineapple Express" and "Step Brothers."