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Beyonce and Jay-Z caused a big stir in Havana as they marked their fifth wedding anniversary Thursday. R&B’s power couple was mobbed by dozens of well-wishers Wednesday night at the renowned restaurant La Guarida, and police had to step in to keep the crowds at bay. The privately run restaurant is famous as the filming location for the hit movie Strawberry and Chocolate and is a mainstay on Havana’s tourist circuit. The presence of the couple’s bodyguards outside set the gritty, bustling neighborhood of Center Havana abuzz, and a crowd gathered downstairs shouting Beyonce’s name until she went to a balcony and waved. Police arrived and made sure she was able to safely exit. On Thursday the couple toured colonial Old Havana wearing dark glasses and surrounded by bodyguards and excited fans. Beyonce posed for pictures with schoolchildren while Jay-Z puffed on a Cuban cigar, and then they popped into another restaurant that boasts a rooftop terrace with a sweeping view of the harbor. Beyonce and Jay-Z declined to speak to reporters, and it was not clear why they traveled to Cuba. State-run website CubaSi called it a tourist trip. Washington’s 51-year embargo makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to visit Cuba for mere tourism, although tens of thousands of Americans travel there each year on academic, religious, journalistic or cultural exchange licenses. In the past, artists who were challenged by the government have said they visited for cultural purposes. The artists’ publicists did not immediately respond to e-mailed requests for comment, and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for licensing approved travel to Cuba, said it does not comment on individual cases.

Arrested Development, the Mitchell Hurwitz sitcom starring Jason Bateman, will be reborn May 26 on Netflix. The subscription service announced the premiere date Thursday, saying all 15 episodes of the series will be posted at the same time. The show originally was canceled by Fox in 2006 after three seasons. Arrested Development is the most eagerly anticipated original series from Netflix after the political thriller House of Cards, which debuted in February.