George and Amal Clooney welcome twins Ella and Alexander

NEW YORK — George and Amal Clooney’s twins have arrived — one of the most anticipated births since Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt were born in 2008.

Beyonce and Jay Z, you’re next.

The Clooneys welcomed a son and a daughter on Tuesday morning, announcing in a joint statement that daughter Ella, son Alexander and mother Amal were all “happy, healthy and doing fine.”

“George is sedated and should recover in a few days,” the statement said.

Clooney, 56, and international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 39, married in Italy in 2014. These are the first children for both.

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Other celebrity parents of twins include Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony and Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell.

Beyonce and Jay Z are also expecting twins imminently. She announced the pregnancy in February.

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AP entertainment writer Sandy Cohen in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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