Cox wore a white Valentino dress to the service which took place at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on Sunday.

Fellow Friend Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Brad Pitt were among the 250 guests who attended the ceremony, followed by a reception at a 1930s-style club

Cox, 34, who plays Monica in the hit TV show, and Arquette, 27, met on the set of the movie Scream in 1996.

Angel Charlotte shows a devilish streak

Teenage soprano Charlotte Church may have the Voice Of An Angel but admitted being tempted by some wild behaviour on a visit to the White House.

Charlotte, 13, said she was going to "nick" some solid silver forks, to remind her of the exclusive White House tea party she attended with parents Maria and James.

"I thought I can't put them in my dress, no way." said Charlotte."They're too heavy to carry in my pockets." Instead she took a napkin bearing the seal of the President of the United States.

The Welsh star was in the States on Sunday to perform for President Clinton at Ford's Theater in Washington and was then invited to visit his home.

Pavarotti under fire in the Middle East

Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti has drawn criticism following his first ever concert in the Middle East, with one newspaper asking whether he had sung for peace or a million-dollar fee.

Pavarotti's payment for the concert, which he had billed as a "message of peace" for the country, was "no less than 1.2 million dollars," according to the Al-Anwar newspaper.

"Is this a waste of money in a country hard-hit by an acute economic crisis?" the daily asked.

Around 18,000 spectators paid up to $300 a head - about 50% more than the minimum monthly salary - for tickets to the show at the Beirut City Stadium.

Bishop gives Suncreen his blessing

The Bishop of Liverpool has confessed to being a fan of the chart-topping hit Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen).

The Rt Rev James Jones said the single, which went straight to No 1 last week, contained an important moral code. Speaking on GMTV, he described it as a "really family values song".

He said he could even envisage the Baz Lurhmann song, played non-stop by his three daughters, featuring alongside bible readings in the church.

Amis signs up with leading film maker

Author Martin Amis has signed a lucrative deal with a leading US film production companies.

He will write three books, a screenplay for Miramax Films and a number of articles for Talk magazine as part of the agreement with Talk Miramax, said to be worth a seven-figure sum.

The three books are set to be a novel, a collection of essays and a memoir exploring the relationship with his father Kingsley Amis.

Fans go wild for Ricky in the Big Apple

Latin singing sensation Ricky Martin caused quite a stir when he made a TV appearance in New York.

Fans went wild when he performed a string of hits at the city's famous Rockefeller Center.

Around 3,000 people jammed the plaza to hear him perform live on an outdoor stage. Some fans even camped out overnight to make sure they got a good view.

The 27-year-old heart-throb is riding high in the US charts with his latest single Livin' La Vida Loca - his first English language hit..

Making movies is "traumatic", says Hugh

Notting Hill star Hugh Grant has revealed that the older he gets, the more "traumatic" he finds the whole process of movie-making.

The 39-year-old actor, best known for his role in Four Weddings And A Funeral, made the admission in the July issue of US magazine.

"If someone came up to me today and said, 'Hugh, a law has just been passed that you can't act anymore,' I'd be cracking open the champagne," he added.

Singer Love to tell silent star's story

Courtney Love will narrate the story of silent film star Clara Bow in an American documentary that will be shown in Britain later this year.

Love, who has just finished a tour with her band Hole, said she could identify with Bow, who, although now almost forgotten, was the top actress and sex symbol of the 1920s.

"She came to town and got into a lot of trouble. She never got out of it - but I did."

Gibson may play "wordy" professor

Hollywood hunk Mel Gibson is considering starring as the founding editor of the Oxford English Dictionary in his film company's latest project.

The Professor and the Madman, based on a book by British journalist Simon Winchester, tells the tale of how Prof James Murray helped an imprisoned man.