Excited news that Hollywood superstars and tabloid obsessions Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had married this weekend in New Orleans have been consistently denied by sources close to the couple.

Then again, can we really expect Angelina and Brad to share such an intimate event with the rest of the world? They are very protective of their family, of their four children and of their privacy.

They have even said they are considering withdrawing from the movie world within the following years so they can focus even more on family life and on the charities they are so passionate about.

So why would they announce to the world that they are now Mr. and Mrs. and set even more paparazzi, fans and curious passers-by on their tail?

Star magazine was hap-happy to announce the wedding of Hollywood’s golden couple in a New Orleans church Saturday. It was supposedly a secret wedding ceremony in the French Quarter Wedding Chapel.

One source told Star: “There were two weddings, one planned and one unplanned. Brad and Angelina’s was the planned ceremony. The weather wasn’t good, so we were indoors.”

Star magazine retracted the report the following day, with a lethargic addition to the article’s text: “After further investigation, the sources are not standing by their story. Brad and Angelina’s reps have not commented.”

While the couple’s reps have not talked to Star, a source close to the couple has talked to People magazine, saying there was “no wedding.”

While Brad and Angelina were in New Orleans two weeks ago, as the actor broke ground on his Make It Right project to help rebuild the city’s Lower Ninth Ward, they were apparently not there this weekend.

People reports the two have recently been in the Austin, Texas, area where Brad is filming “Tree of Life” with Sean Penn.

OK! Magazine contacted Reverend Anthony Talavera, proprietor of the French Quarter Wedding Chapel, who said the two “were not married in our chapel, period” and added, “I’ve never even met them.”

Whether or not they are married, the dedicated parents are happily awaiting for a new member to the family. Angelina is pregnant with their second biological child. The actress debuted her baby bump, after weeks of speculation, in mid-February, when she and Brad attended the Film Independent’s Spirit Awards.