AMERICA'S ODDEST BACHELOR NOW WED, WIFE REPORTS

Michael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley, Elvis' daughter, are in fact married, according to Lisa-Marie. In an unlikely twist that confirmed a frantic month of tabloid blare, Jackson's MJJ Productions issued a statement saying that Jackson, 35, and Presley, 26, were married 11 weeks ago in a private ceremony "outside the United States." The site of the blessed event, according to the tabs: the Dominican Republic. Said Presley: "My married name is Mrs. Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson. . . . I am very much in love with Michael, I dedicate my life to being his wife. I understand and support him, we both look forward to raising a family and living a happy, healthy life together." Fat chance. Rumors have already gripped Hollywood about a "cover marriage" to fuzz Jackson's alleged pedophilia, and the status of Presley's own recent marriage to musician Danny Keough, the father of her two young children, remains unclear. Presley filed for divorce this spring.