Monday, January 31, 2011

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Britney Spears, Tori Spelling Are Bridesmaids

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Britney Spears took a break from being an, er, occasional pop star, to fulfill her duties as a bridesmaid to her gal pal and assistant Bret Miller, reports Us magazine. Brett married beau Frank Lionetti on Saturday in Miami, Florida. Britney was accompanied by her boyfriend, Jason Trawick, and we have to admit, the bridesmaid dress wasn't all that attractive on her. She and Jason began the weekend by staying at the Newport Beachside Hotel, with other friends and family members from the wedding -- but that didn't last long.


By Friday, Brit Brit felt cramped in her hotel and claimed the pool wasn't "private enough," so she checked out and made her way over to the way posh Fontainebleau, staying in the Frank Sinatra Suite instead. The upgrade included a kitchen, whirlpool, piano, four bedrooms, and a large balcony overlooking the ocean. The cost? Just about $15,000 a night. (With that on a hotel room, we're wondering what she shelled out for a wedding gift...) Britney and Jason were also spotted shopping throughout the weekend and enjoying the nightlife at club LIV. The wedding itself was held on Saturday at Miami's Spanish Monastery.


But Britney wasn't the only one who donned a blue bridesmaid dress last weekend. Tori Spelling also wore a strapless navy frock as a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding on Saturday in Beverley Hills, reports Us magazine. Although Britney may have not pulled off the blue bridesmaid look very well, the same can’t be said for Tori Spelling who was also serving as a bridesmaid on Saturday in Beverly Hills. And while Britney apparently tried to be low-key, even standing off to the side during the ceremony, the same can't be said for Tori. ""Honored to be in Amy's bridal party. Amy [Colvin] is so truly beautiful -- proud to be by her side!" the reality TV star tweeted on Saturday. Her friend, Amy Colvin, married Michael Kaz, an assistant editor on The Hurt Locker.


by Ashley DeSimone


Image via Us magazine.


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"Bridalplasty" Names a Winner - Who Gets $18,000+ of Plastic Surgery

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Bridalplasty -- the show that's been the center of controversy from the moment casting was announced -- has finished it's first season. And the winner -- who received a dream wedding and enough full body procedures to make anyone cringe -- has been revealed, reports the UK's Daily Mail.


Allyson Donovan, from Illinois, had asked for an incredible seven surgeries -- and she got her wish. The final challenge for the last two competitors -- Allyson and the runner-up Janessa- was to write a letter describing why they think they would make the perfect bride. The twist? Their judges ended up being former contestants, which ended up working out in sweetheart Allyson's favor.


As the winner, Allyson picked $1,500 worth of flowers by Ken Lee, a $3,500 wedding cake by Patrick Hanson, $3,000 wedding rings by Jason of Beverly Hills and a (relatively modest) $2,159 wedding dress. After losing a little weight, she was allowed to complete her surgeries, which came to about $18,500 in total.


On the wedding day, Allyson was reunited with her fiance, John, who saw her transofmration for the first time as she stood with him at the altar. With a brow-lift, liposuction of the chin, jowls, a breast reduction, tummy tuck, laser skin resurfacing, and liposuction of her inner and outer thighs, arms -- and an overall loss of 35 pounds -- Allyson looked like a new person. And despite the criticism, Allyson says the day could only be described as "a dream come true."


by Ashley DeSimone


Image via the Daily Mail.


Friday, January 28, 2011

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Royal Wedding: The Movie

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You read that right: even before the wedding has happened, a plan for the royal wedding movie is already in the works, reports People.com.


The Lifetime Network has announced that a made-for-TV movie called "Will & Kate" is currently int he works and will likely air the week before the actual wedding on April 29. The lead role of Prince William goes to newcomer Nico Evers Swindell, while Star Trek's Ben Cross will play Prince Charles. But here's the catch -- the role for Kate Middleton is reportedly still up for grabs!


There are definitely some A-list choices we can think of -- Anne Hathaway, Katie Holmes, maybe even Emma Watson or Natalie Portman could pull off the role -- and her accent. (In reality, since William is a newcomer, Kate probably will be too.)


Who do you think should play the role in the Lifetime flick?


Images via Sharenator, TheHollywood Gossip, SciFiCool, NewHairstyles.tk, and DailyMail.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Cynthia Bailey's Wedding Photos

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Direct from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, comes a real (and lavish!) wedding. Reality star Cynthia Bailey has tied the knot with her beau of 3 1/2 years, Peter Thomas, reports Extra TV.


The bride, 43, wore a custom silver gown created by Rubin Singer and carrying a cascading bouquet of white orchids. The two were married in front of 200 of their friends and family at the Fernback Museum of Natural History. Fellow housewives NeNe Leakes, Kim Zolciak and Sheree Whitfield were all in attendance, but it doesn't look like there was much drama to be had. "It was an incredibly emotional day," Cynthia says. "It was exactly the day I wanted, and we couldn't be happier!" The wedding will air as part of the season finale on Bravo on Jan. 30.


Images via Life & Style.


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Kate Hudson, Lady Gaga Engaged?

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That's what the rumors are: Kate Hudson is engaged (and pregnant) by her boyfriend, rock star Matt Bellamy, according to the U.K.'s Sun, and Lady Gaga may be engaged to her off-again-on-again boyfriend, bartender Luc Carl, according to the U.K.'s Daily Star.


Kate Hudson reportedly hosted a family party in a London hotel on Monday after the two had celebrated in Los Angeles. Matt Bellamy, 32, who is the frontman for the rock group Muse, is also reportedly expecting a child with Kate, 31. Kate and Matt started dating shortly after Matt split from Italian psychologist, Gaia Polloni, in December 2009. The soon-to-be-in-laws reportedly met over Christmas and Matt's parents even stayed with Kate's family, including her stepdad Kurt Russell, in Santa Monica, CA. No word yet on when the wedding will be.


And Lady Gaga is reportedly engaged to 29-year-old NYC bartender Luc Carl. She began dating Luc after meeting him at St. Jerome's, a bar where he was pouring drinks after he failed to make it in a heavy metal band, Omaha. That was before Gaga made it big. Since then, the two have been hot and cold, but over Christmas, apparently, things became more serious. Says one insider, "[Lady Gaga] could have paid for Luc and his family to stay in a five-star hotel at Christmas but thought it was way more romantic to stay with him in the bedroom he had as a little boy. He's the only man she’s truly loved."


Be that as it may, not everyone seems to be excited about their engagement. One inside friend said that while Luc may have been the "only one who has ever stood up to her," he also "didn't respect a single thing she was trying to do musically." The insider went on, "More than that, he would publicly put ehr down and even cheated on her at least once with a girl who was a regular at St Jerome's."


Friends believe they could wait to announce their engagement until right before the release of her new album, "Born This Way," on Feb. 13. Another source also said that the two are in no rush to set a wedding date. And added that Gaga doesn't "even have a proper ring because he couldn't afford one."


Images via PopOnThePop.com and Hello Magazine.


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Royals Receive Faxed Save-the-Dates,
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In case you weren't aware, there's a royal wedding happening on April 29. And now there are save-the-dates to prove it. Senior royals and officials from around the world who are invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials have received save-the-dates from Buckingham Palace via fax, reports People.com.


While most couples send their save-the-dates either in the mail, or even via email, I suppose when there's already been an international press conference to announce your wedding date, that a fax will probably suffice.


A spokesperson for King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece confirmed, "I cannot give you any further details other than that but they have received a sort of save the date fax." Their son, Prince Pavlos and his wife, Princess Marie-Chantal, will likely be attendance, along with their son, Konstantinos-Alexios, who is a god-child to William.


Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia will also likely be in attendance, since they're already announced via their website that they are "delighted to attend."


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And in other news, fashionistas hoping to steal a bit of Kate Middleton's wardrobe will soon have the chance. The gorgeous cream Reiss dress that Kate wore for her engagement portrait (above) is being re-issued by the company and will go on sale in the U.S. and online on Feb. 7, reports Stylelist.com. The dress will be the same style as Kate's, but will be made of silk crepe, a lighter material, to be part of their Spring-Summer collection. The dress will retail for $310 (which is actually a little less than the approx. $329 Kate paid for her version).


Similarly, the sold-out black velvet coat that Kate wore to a wedding recently is also going to be reissued. The high street label, Libelula, who makes the velvet-silk coat, reports that they have been inundated with requests and have seen their website traffic skyrocket "1000 percent," reports Vanity Fair. There's already a wait-list for the £310 coat, but they expect to have it back in stores in March.


Image via Look.co.uk and by Mario Testino.


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Princess Diana's Chef Predicts Wedding Menu

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Former royal chef, Darren McGrady, has prepared strawberries and cream for Fergie on her wedding day and Prince William's favorite meals for years, so he's got a pretty good idea of what might be on the royal wedding menu, reports People.com.


So what's his prediction? Similar to what experts have said about other parts of the wedding, Darren expects the menu will be a mix of old an new, tradition with a twist. Immediately following the 11 a.m. ceremony the newlyweds will join the Queen for a celebratory breakfast at Buckingham Palace. During this time, Darren says, they'll have champagne, canapes and heavy h'ors d'oeuvres, like smoked salmon and pate. Darren said he expected the menu would be somewhat simpler than Charles and Diana's wedding meal, "They will want to make it more modern," he tells People.com.


Later on in the evening, Prince Charles is scheduled to host a reception with dining and dancing for the couple. This is when the more substantial meal will take place, says Darren. "They like to showcase British food, so there might be Gaelic steaks with braised rice. But I wouldn't be surprised if cottage pie is somewhere on the menu," says Darren. Cottage pie, Darren notes, which is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes and melted cheese, was "William's all-time favorite."


Image via People.com.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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Jennifer Love Hewitt Has 3 Engagement Rings on Hold at Tiffany's

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She may not be engaged just yet, but Jennifer Love Hewitt has already given plenty of thought to her engagement ring.


The star, who has never been married bu broke off her engagement to Ross McCall in early 2008, says she has 3 engagement rings already picked out at Tiffany's, just in case the moment comes up, reports Us magazine. Jennifer explained it all to Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show on Tuesday. "Women are very confusing. We never know what we want and we're not very good at nailing that down for them. I feel like I don't want to be upset if he picks a bad ring," Jennifer said. (Side note: We're gonna go out on a limb here and say it's a little odd to have three engagement rings on hold before you've even had the marriage talk with your beau -- but what's even more upsetting is Jennifer's generalization that women "never know what [they] want.")


Anyway -- Jennifer explains it matter-of-factly, "If marriage comes up, I'm like, 'You know what's so weird. There is this store [Tiffany's] and there are three rings in it... And if you chose one of these three, I'm going to be really excited. And if you go off on your own, we can have an awful, awkward moment. So why would you want to do that?'" Why indeed.


Ellen suggested that it perhaps, could be a nice surprise if her boyfriend came up with a special design and surprised her with a ring, reports USA Today, to which Jennifer quipped, "Yeah, I never thought of it that way. Maybe that should be my growth for the New Year. To let the rings go."


What do you think? Would you put 3 rings on hold just in case?


Image via Us magazine.


Monday, January 24, 2011

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Spice Girl Emma Bunton Engaged

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For years Spice Girl Emma Bunton, has been singing about finding the perfect man, and it looks like Baby Spice has finally got her wish. The singer and TV/radio star announced her engagement to Jade Jones Friday via Twitter, reports the UK's Daily Mail. Jade, 31, who was once a member of the boyband Damage and now works as a chef, proposed on the pop star's 35th birthday.


The couple has been together for over a decade and have a three-year-old son together, Beau. Emma also announced in November that she was expecting their second child.


Not one to be shy, the Spice Girl spread the word on the U.K. version of "Dancing on Ice," where Emma serves as a judge. Host Phillip Schofield announced live on TV, "Breaking news! Emma has just announced her engagement!"


Bunton responded, showing off a large diamond ring, "I know! I'm a very very happy lady. It's amazing! Thank you so much."


by Ashley DeSimone


Images via Daily Mail and Twitter.


Friday, January 21, 2011

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P Diddy to Play Royal Wedding?

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Move over Snoop Dogg and Paul McCartney. Rapper P Diddy also wants the royal couple to know that he's "just a phone call away" for the wedding reception, reports the AP.


The rap star, who is currently in the UK promoting his new album, Last Train to Paris, said he would also like to have lunch with the Queen (wouldn't we all P Diddy...). The rapper told the UK's Sun, "I'm cool with adding to Prince William's festivities. Whatever I can do to contribute. I'm just a phone call away."


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