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14 Famous Wedding Singers

 14 Famous 
 Wedding 
 Singers 
guess who sang for tiger?
Jun 9, 2010 11:27 AM CDT

14 Famous Wedding Singers

None of them are in your budget...

(Newser) - Why in the world would Elton John want to be at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding —and vice versa? It may remain a mystery for the ages, but as you ponder it, the Daily Beast offers up 13 more celebrity wedding singers:
  • Paula Abdul and more: The erstwhile American Idol
...

Moms: 2 Hikers Held in Iran Engaged

Shane Bauer proposed with a ring made from his shirt

(Newser) - Wedding bells will ring for two of the three American hikers held in Iran, report the couple's moms—just as soon as Iran sets them free. Shane Bauer fashioned a ring from pieces of his shirt and proposed to Sarah Shourd in the Iranian prison where they've been held since...

I, Robot, Now Pronounce You Husband and Wife

Creepy. Creepy. Creepy.

(Newser) - Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair. The nuptials at this ceremony were led by "I-Fairy," a 4-foot-tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails. Today's wedding was...

Chelsea to Bill: Slim Down for Wedding

Ex-prez told he needs to drop 15 pounds to walk her down the aisle

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's going to have to steer clear of cheeseburgers if he wants to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding this summer. Chelsea "doesn't think I'm in shape," he told ABC . "You know she told me the other day, she said, ‘Dad the...

Marriage, Hutaree Style
 Marriage, Hutaree Style 
Mar 31, 2010 9:12 AM CDT

Marriage, Hutaree Style

Militia membership looks like a lifestyle choice for Tina Stone

(Newser) - It looks like Hutaree membership was more than a sideline for the Stone family. These pictures, which Talking Points Memo dug up on Facebook, appear to show the fatigues-and assault-rifles-themed wedding of Tina Kelley and David Stone, the leader of the Hutaree. Both Tina and David are currently in custody...

Wedding Guest Wounded in Russian Roulette

Stunt goes horribly wrong at party

(Newser) - A light-hearted game of Russian roulette at a wedding party landed a pal of the groom in the hospital when he shot himself in the head with a gun believed to be unloaded. A home video of the Russian party shows a guest pulling a gun from his waistband, holding...

Bride Jailed After Flashing, Beating Bouncer

To be fair, Welsh woman also hit him in the head with a shoe

(Newser) - A Welsh lesbian wedding party turned saucy, then bloody, and finally litigious when the bride, caught up in a fight with a bar bouncer, bared her breasts, and then struck him in the head with her stiletto heel. No one disputes those facts, but the genesis of the argument is...

Our Family Wedding Not a Marriage Worth Saving

Not even America Ferrera can save this film

(Newser) - Our Family Wedding, a Rick Famuyiwa film about the wedding of a Mexican-American girl (America Ferrera) to her African American boyfriend (Lance Gross) is little more than a culture-clash cliché that Claudia Puig finds about as "funny as census data." Most critics agree:
  • It's a "perfectly good
...

Geeks Channel Mario With Wedding Invite

Beat the villain, get the details

(Newser) - A pair of self-proclaimed “geeks” have channeled the old-school, 8-bit likes of Super Mario and Donkey Kong to create an unusual wedding invitation—and invitees only get the details if they beat the gorilla-ish villain. “We knew that we didn’t want standard paper invites,” the bride-to-be/game...

Bride and Groom Jailed for Trying to Run Over Ex

Newlywed couple spends first night in separate cells

(Newser) - A pair of Cape Cod newlyweds spent their first night as husband and wife in separate jail cells, after allegedly attempting to run over the groom’s ex-girlfriend and her son. Police say they found the couple and their would-be victims in a restaurant parking lot. The couple was drunk,...

Here's What a Wedding Really Costs

That $2,000 dress may actually cost you $20,000

(Newser) - The cost of a typical wedding fell to $17,500 last year, down 8% from 2008 thanks to the recession. But that's not even the half of it, writes Brett Arends. If couples did the math, they'd "probably get married in flip-flops," he says. "Your $18,000...

Make Annulments Tougher: Pope
 Make Annulments 
 Tougher: Pope 
Jan 29, 2010 11:51 AM CST

Make Annulments Tougher: Pope

Benedict thinks pessimism about lasting marriage is driving trend

(Newser) - Pope Benedict wants Catholic Church tribunals to make marriage annulments more difficult to get. “We run the risk of falling into an anthropological pessimism which, in the light of today's cultural situation, considers it almost impossible to marry,” he said today. Marriage is stronger than people think, he...

Vince Vaughn Secretly Marries
 Vince Vaughn Secretly Marries 
WEDDING CRASHER
Jan 5, 2010 6:50 AM CST

Vince Vaughn Secretly Marries

Jennifer Aniston's ex had small ceremony with Kyla Weber Saturday

(Newser) - Vince Vaughn kicked off the new year by having a small, private wedding—which, Radar makes sure to point out, ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston did not attend. Vaughn, 39, married Canadian real estate agent Kyla Weber, 31, in a historic mansion outside his home city of Chicago. The pair was engaged...

Kevin Jonas Gets Married
 Kevin Jonas Gets Married 
SO LONG, CHASTITY RING
Dec 20, 2009 7:20 AM CST

Kevin Jonas Gets Married

As blizzard descends, Jonas bro weds on Long Island

(Newser) - Most people fear rain on their wedding day, but it was a blizzard that threatened Kevin Jonas' nuptials last night at a Long Island estate in what People describes as a "fairytale setting." But the show went on, and the 22-year-old Jonas Brother wed Danielle Deleasa under heated...

Groom Updates Status at Altar
 Groom Updates Status at Altar 
TWEET DREAMS
Dec 2, 2009 12:55 PM CST

Groom Updates Status at Altar

Facebook and Twitter needed to know

(Newser) - Yes, this video actually captures a man pausing during his wedding ceremony to update his Facebook status/send out a tweet about his nearly-completed nuptials. The groom, Dana Hanna, says the minister was in on it but his bride was not. But not to worry—he’d come prepared with her...

Chinese Weddings Fuel Real Estate Boom

Newlyweds help boost property prices by 80%

(Newser) - The biggest wedding boom in history is helping power China's economic growth and may push its housing market into dangerously overinflated territory. Children of China's baby boomers are coming of age in the tens of millions, and as coddled only-children who did not inherit their parents' thrift, are throwing lavish...

How to Tell If Your Wedding Band Hates You

Led Zeppelin and Van Halen are not good signs

(Newser) - The Dexter Lake Club Band is a fixture at a certain type of New York-area wedding. Guests leave exclaiming over how good the music was—if the happy couple and their entourage have behaved in a way that suits the musicians. If they haven't, and what the band members the...

At Trump Wedding, a Missed Connection
 At Trump Wedding, 
 a Missed Connection 
CRAIGSLIST TO THE RESCUE
Oct 30, 2009 9:28 AM CDT

At Trump Wedding, a Missed Connection

Guest at Trump-Kushner nuptials seeks 'stunning' bartender

(Newser) - The best tidbit to come out of Ivanka Trump's wedding to Jared Kushner: A male-for-male post in the Craigslist missed connections section, which Brian Moylan at Gawker uncovered. The post, addressed to the bartender, ends with, "You're stunning. If you remember me, what color was my tie?"—and...

Younger, Smarter Wife = Bliss
 Younger, Smarter Wife = Bliss 
Oct 27, 2009 4:24 AM CDT

Younger, Smarter Wife = Bliss

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared...

Thousands Marry in Mass Moonie Wedding
 Thousands Marry in 
 Mass Moonie Wedding 
slideshow
Oct 14, 2009 8:19 AM CDT

Thousands Marry in Mass Moonie Wedding

40,000 gather for blessing of Sun Myung Moon in Korea

(Newser) - He is nearly 90 years old, but Sun Myung Moon—cult leader, Washington Times founder, self-proclaimed Messiah—can still draw a crowd. The leader of the Unification Church led a mass wedding for some 40,000 people outside of Seoul today, on the campus of, yes, Sun Moon University. It...

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