George and Amal Clooney welcome twins Ella and Alexander

By Jake Coyle | Abbey Westbury
June 06 2017 02:37 PM

CP2095843569 — FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, actor George Clooney, left, and Amal Clooney arrive at the 42nd Cesar Film Awards ceremony at Salle Pleyel in Paris. George and Amal Clooney have welcomed twins Ella and Alexander Clooney. The pair was born Tuesday morning, June 6, 2017, according to George Clooney‚Äôs publicist Stan Rosenfield. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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.

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.