Wedding bells may soon be ringing for actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her musician boyfriend Chris Martin.

The couple applied for a marriage license in Santa Barbara County, "Entertainment Tonight" reported Friday. Two days earlier, Paltrow announced she was expecting their first child next summer.

A call to Paltrow's publicist, Stephen Huvane, was not immediately returned.

Mary Rose Bryson, a supervisor in the county recorder division, told The Associated Press the couple hadn't requested a public marriage license. She said some licenses are granted confidentially and must be used in Santa Barbara County within 90 days.

The actress has been dating Martin, frontman for the British band Coldplay, for the past year. Both have been reticent about publicly discussing their relationship.

In a recent interview with the British Broadcasting Corp., Paltrow said she hopes to marry but wouldn't reveal whether that aspiration extended to Martin.

Paltrow stars as poet Sylvia Plath in the upcoming film "Sylvia."

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