U.S. officials fear singer Beyonce Knowles’ passport has been improperly accessed, making her the latest celebrity to be targeted by crooks.

The government has launched an investigation into claims that many famous U.S. stars have fallen victim to illegitimate snooping, with the internal state department declaring that 127 celebrities have had their personal details illegally accessed.

Other victims include model Anna Nicole Smith and presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

Investigators took a sample list of 150 stars and found that 127 of them had suffered an invasion of privacy, with Knowles’ passport file said to have been accessed more than 100 times.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has issued an apology over the security breaches.

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Oprah Winfrey has still got it, according to Forbes Magazine, which on Wednesday released its Celebrity 100 List, ranking the most powerful names in Hollywood.

Based on earnings and fame, Winfrey came in at Number 1, earning $275 million before taxes over the last 12 months. She was followed by Tiger Woods at number 2 with $115 million and Angelina Jolie who earned a reported $14 million and enjoyed unrivaled levels of fame.

Rounding out the top 10 was Jolie’s boyfriend Brad Pitt, who last year banked $20 million.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was the year’s top earner, making $300 million with the help of her last installment of the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

To see who else made the top 10 see below!

1. Oprah Winfrey

2. Tiger Woods

3. Angelina Jolie

4. Beyonce Knowles

5. David Beckham

6. Johnny Depp

7. Jay-Z

8. The Police

9. J.K. Rowling

10. Brad Pitt

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After a decade of marriage and three children later, rapper Snoop Dogg has a few words of advice for new husband and wife Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles.

“I told them to go home and make babies,” he told reporters at the Dodge Celebrity Event in Rosamond, Calif. “They should, that’s the next step as far as marriage, having kids … add on to the family, so hopefully that’s what they’ll do.”

When asked if he’d be planning on adding to his already full nest, he shook his head, grinning. “No. I’m good.”

Snoop’s key to lasting marriage? “Communication, and being able to fight and get back up,” he says. “To have misunderstanding and [then] get some understanding.”

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Jay-Z and Beyonce have bought their first house as husband and wife - in the same New York county that they wed in last month.

The newlyweds exchanged vows in a private ceremony at a chapel in Scarsdale Village in Westchester County on April 4th, before holding a reception at the rapper’s luxury penthouse apartment in the TriBeCa area of New York City.

And the stars have now decided to call Scarsdale home, after purchasing a modern colonial property measuring 15,000 square-feet in the quiet community, according to TMZ.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z refused to tell the world about their marriage - because they want to keep their relationship free of “tabloid drama”.

The Crazy In Love star wed rapper Jay-Z on April 4th in New York, although neither of the newlyweds spoke out to confirm the happy news - until now.

And Knowles insists her reluctance to share details of their nuptials stems from their desire to steer clear of media scrutiny.

She says, “I don’t deny it (the wedding). I just don’t talk about it. We’ve never talked about us and it’s kind of protected our relationship. I think it’s kept us out of tabloid drama. A lot of actresses that have had successful relationships don’t talk about them, so neither do I.”

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Kelly Rowland has laughed off reports her close pal Beyonce Knowles is pregnant, insisting her former Destiny’s Child bandmate would be “mad” if she heard the latest rumors.

Reports Knowles is expecting surfaced online last month, just days after her secret New York wedding to hip-hop superstar Jay-Z.

The newlyweds have so far refused to confirm they have become husband and wife, let alone address the pregnancy rumors, but Rowland - who was a guest at their nuptials - insists Knowles is not about to enter motherhood.

However, Rowland has also continued to dodge questions about the widely reported wedding, saying: “Everybody keeps talking about this wedding that supposedly happened. That’s a question that you’d have to ask her!”

Of the baby rumors, the Work singer laughs, “You know what’s funny about this, all three of us (Destiny’s Child members) have been pregnant at one time. We were on stage and supposedly we looked pregnant!

“I think that it happens, people say that all the time and there are so many rumours about a wedding, so many rumours about so much stuff that it (Beyonce being pregnant) is probably next in line.

“I mean, even before (there were) the wedding rumors (there) were baby rumors; before the wedding rumors there were wedding rumors, you know what I mean? So, no, there’s no truth to that. She would be mad, she’d be like, ‘I’m what?’”

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