Brittany Murphy was so shocked by tabloid reports about her new husband's shady past she hired a security team to check him out. The actress stunned Hollywood when she secretly wed producer Simon Monjack last month and she has spent the past few weeks defending the Brit amid reports he's a conman who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars and faces deportation.

Brittany Murphy has confirmed reports she is a married woman after tying the knot with British screenwriter Simon Monjack in Los Angeles last month. The 29-year-old actress's nuptials come nine months after she ended her engagement to best-boy grip Joe Macaluso, who she met on the set of Little Black Book.

Brittany Murphy has split from her fiancé Joe Macaluso. The pair met on the set of movie 2004 movie Little Black Book, which Murphy starred in and Macaluso was best boy responsible for lighting and electricity.

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Brittany Murphy didn't kiss her fiancé until they had been on 17 dates. The stunning actress says she and Joe Macaluso - who got engaged over Christmas - kept their relationship strictly platonic for weeks. The brunette also revealed she asked him out while they were working together on the 2004 movie, 'Little Black Book'.

Brittany Murphy has reportedly got engaged to boyfriend Joseph Macaluso. The actress has allegedly been sporting a dazzling 3-4 carat Tiffany diamond ring after becoming betrothed over Christmas. The smitten couple - who met when Macaluso was a production assistant on the star's movie Little Black Book in 2004 - have yet to set a date for their nuptials.