Country singer and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood 27, married her hockey player boyfriend Mike Fisher 30, who plays for the Ottawa Senators in Georgia on Saturday. The ceremony was held at The Ritz-Carlton, Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. Security at the wedding was very tight and among some of the 250 guests there were some big names there which included Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul. Carrie wore Chantilly lace dress created for her by Monique Lhuillier. The couple reportedly left Sunday morning to go on a romantic honeymoon in a secret location. The couple plan to live in Nashville and in Peterborough, Ontario. Congrats!

After the surprising news that Paula Abdul will not be returning this season as a judge on “American Idol”, now comes the even more surpising news of who will be replacing her! Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres will be joining Simon, Randy, and Kara to judge this season. Ellen will begin after the audition rounds which have featured some other celebrities as guest judges including Shania Twain, Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas and Kristin Chenoweth. Ellen is very excited and has been quoted as saying “I’m going to have a day job and a night job” and her “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will continue as usual. I think this is very exciting news! What do you guys think?

Paula Abdul will not be returning to Season 9 of American Idol. She took to her twitter account to say “With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to Idol. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenom”. Kara DioGuardi has renewed her contract and will be returning, so it looks like the show is back down to three judges. Fox did not want to give Paula the pay raise she was requesting. We will miss you Paula!