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Late Saturday, Star Magazine's Web site ran an article that BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE had married earlier in the day in New Orleans. Suddenly, the Internet was ablaze with gossip bloggers anxious to report the news. But was it really Hollywood's hottest couple saying "I do," or just the wishful thinking of the press?

Alas, by mid-afternoon on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the original posting, Star retracted their earlier report with the following update: "Sources in a position to have information regarding a secret wedding ceremony between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had confirmed to Star that the couple married in the French Quarter Wedding Chapel on Saturday, March 29. ... After further investigation, the sources are not standing by their story."

Star's update supports the facts uncovered by ET -- within moments of Star's original posting, Brad's publicist told ET's 24/7 news squad, she had "no idea" about a weekend wedding nor did she have any information about wedding plans. Angelina's rep did not offer a comment.

ET's New Orleans affiliate, WDSU Channel 7, reported that they had seen no evidence of a wedding or that Brad and Angelina are even currently in the Big Easy. Photo agencies reported that they hadn't spotted the pair in Louisiana in recent days -- the Pitt-Jolie family has been encamped near Austin, Texas, over the past few weeks while Brad films TERRENCE MALICK's 'Tree of Life.'

In spite of multiple blogs touting the wedding as fact, the celebrity wedding of the year turned out to be more rumor than real.

People magazine reported that a source close to the couple told them there was "no wedding." According to OK! mag, a reverend who was said to have performed the ceremony told them, "I've never even met them." And, The NY Daily News interviewed a shop owner in the neighborhood who said there was a hubbub over a wedding in New Orleans on Saturday -- it just wasn't Brad and Angelina's.

"Rumors were flying all over the quarter today that Brad and Angelina were getting married. The cops closed the French market to the public," he told the newspaper, continuing, "Catering trucks, florists and people with fancy chairs started showing up." But in the end, it was a false alarm, he said, as the happy couple who walked down the aisle weren't Brad and Angie.

Regardless of their marital status, the pair continues to display their commitment to each other through their ever-growing family. Brad and Angelina (who are already mom and dad to MADDOX, 6, PAX, 4, ZAHARA, 3, and SHILOH, almost 2) are expecting again -- Angelina debuted a pregnant belly at last month's Independent Spirit awards.