E! Online News - J.Lo & Marc Anthony: They Do!: J.Lo & Marc Anthony: They Do!

by Marcus Errico
Jun 5, 2004, 9:35 PM PT

Bennifer, shmennifer. Better get used to Mennifer, or J.Ant.

Setting all kinds of land-speed records, Jennifer Lopez married Marc Anthony Saturday evening in a hush-hush backyard ceremony at her Los Angeles mansion, according to Us Weekly.
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The nuptials went down just five months after the made-for-the-tabs romance of J.Lo and Ben Affleck imploded following a scuttled wedding, and just five days after a judge in the Dominican Republic signed off on Anthony's divorce.

Publicists for the two entertainers were not immediately available for comment, though previously their reps fiercely denied the two were even romantically involved ('just friends' was the standard-issue refrain)--even after Lopez started sporting a huge rock on her finger that looked suspiciously like an engagement ring.

Unlike the actress-singer's aborted wedding to Affleck--which drew a legion of press to Santa Barbara in anticipation--Saturday's ceremony was kept under serious wraps, Us Weekly says. Only a few dozen guests were in attendance, described by the glossy as the couple's 'closest friends and family'...and Ricky Martin....

dooce says Oh, the sanctity of heterosexual marriage!