Wedded bliss for everyone, except Jen Aug 26, 2008
Three weeks in and the honeymoon's over for Peaches Geldof and rocker Max Drummey, shrieks NW, turning to friends, sources, pals and Geldof's sister Pixie to support the view that the shock Las Vegas wedding is another sign that the young stoned fruit already following in the footsteps of her drug-troubled mother. But if ever there was hope that those who love never truly lose, one must again turn back to Who. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Jamie Lynn Spears' fiance cheats Aug 15, 2008
The pairs relationship has also been confirmed by Jason Alexander, who was famously married to Jamie Lynns older sister Britney for 55 hours after a Las Vegas wedding in 2004. Jason said: Kelli and Casey have been a couple on and off for a few years. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Eight is enough of a reason for these people to celebrate Aug 8, 2008
After their engagement, fianc David Blom, 39, of La Crosse, suggested a Las Vegas wedding. Kirchner stumbled upon an Aug. 8, 2008, wedding special when searching for chapels. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
World wide weddings: Couples webcast nuptials Jul 1, 2008
Wedding webcasts have been offered by a few companies for several years, and Las Vegas wedding chapels also market webcast ceremonies. But webcasting a wedding remains unusual; no couple has used the service in Virginia's Wise County, the first to acquire the technology in 2000, said Clerk of Court Jack Kennedy. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Exercise your free will and prudence as wedding season madness begins Jun 1, 2008
Another egregious money story started in a Las Vegas wedding chapel. The bride and groom decided to go it alone and didn't invite any guests. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Monopoly trumps party for Paris May 10, 2008
I wouldn't do a Las Vegas wedding. I don't know where or when but I do want it to be romantic. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Love, Money Collide in Vegas 'Wedding Pit' Feb 21, 2008
ABC News: Love, Money Collide in Vegas 'Wedding Pit. Labor of Love in Las Vegas 'Wedding Pit. (ABC News)
Who's Politically Correct? Jan 23, 2008
Moment on how the Greek half of Cyprus has become "the Mediterranean's answer to the Las Vegas wedding scene."Elizabeth Gumportposted Jan. 8, 2008. featured advertiser links. (Slate)
Pucko's Perspectives Jan 4, 2008
A MOUNTAINEERS' LAS VEGAS WEDDING ... Sometimes those Las Vegas weddings work out just fine. (R News)
Piper weds actor Laurence Fox Jan 3, 2008
The pair tied the knot in 2001 in a quickie Las Vegas wedding following a whirlwind romance. The couple finalized their divorce last May. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Is Britney Spears about to elope again? Dec 20, 2007
But elopement is never out of the question for Spears, who married childhood sweetheart Jason Alexander in a Las Vegas wedding that was annulled 55 hours later. Federline is reported to be furious about his ex-wife's plans. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Britney Spears elopes again? Dec 19, 2007
Britney Spears elopes again. - People - Entertainment - theage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Trash the Dress -- Former brides turn treasured dresses into artistic new photos Nov 4, 2007
"I don't think my daughter would really be interested in this dress, so it seemed like a fun thing to do." The concept of Trashing The Dress photo sessions was conceived by John Michael Cooper, a Las Vegas wedding photographer bored with traditional wedding photos. He wanted to create a unique and unusual counterpoint to standard wedding imagery. (Conroe Courier, TX)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Oct 22, 2007
VEGASCHAPELS (Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun) --LAS VEGAS: City Hall accusations fly as competitors and even former customers say the Garden of Love chapel stained the rose-petaled and faux-Elvis world of the Las Vegas wedding industry. 400. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
UPDATED: No Decision in Las Vegas Wedding Chapel Fight Oct 18, 2007
17) Evening -- After hours of testimony from several people Wednesday, the city council still has not decided whether to return the business license to a Las Vegas wedding chapel. The Garden of Love recently had its license revoked because the city said it was aggressively trying to recruit customers. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Britney's battle Sep 22, 2007
A furious row with her mother led to her notorious 55-hour Las Vegas wedding in 2004 to childhood friend, Jason Alexander. Nine months later she married Federline, becoming a mother of two in just two years. (Mirror.co.uk)
Mel B's mum: 'My girl's big mistake" Aug 16, 2007
"Belafonte's ex-wife Nancy told how he left her an emotional wreck. She married the producer - who also uses the surname Stansbury - in 1997 in a quickie Las Vegas wedding. It collapsed in under 12 weeks and she returned broken-hearted to her home town of Honolulu, Hawaii.Sobbing, she spoke exclusively to the Sunday Mirror yesterday, saying: "I have regretted that marriage ever since. I just want to forget Stephen. (Sunday Mirror)
Mel B Marries Boyfriend in Secret Vegas Ceremony Aug 10, 2007
Spice Girl Melanie Brown has married her boyfriend Stephen Belafonte, in a secret Las Vegas wedding ceremony. Her rep confirms a marriage license filed in Clark County, Nevada, is genuine and that Brown married her movie producer beau more than two months ago, on June 6. (FOX23.com, OK)
Scary Spice ties the knot Aug 9, 2007
Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown tied the knot in a secret Las Vegas wedding two months ago, marriage records in Nevada show. The 32-year-old British pop star, known as 'Scary Spice', married boyfriend and music producer Stephen Belafonte, in a ceremony on June 6, according to the Clark Country public records office. (Sydney Morning Herald)
LinuxWorld: Partnership Love Is In The Air Aug 8, 2007
Moscone Center, home of the LinuxWorld conference, felt like a Las Vegas wedding chapel this week as vendors rushed into each others' arms, throwing proclamations of joyful unions around like confetti. Red Hat struck a bundling deal with Dell, while Novell hooked up with everyone in sight, striking SUSE alliances with IBM, Dell and Lenovo. (CRN)
Bride on aisle 7: The perfect, lucky wedding Jul 14, 2007
Movie star Eva Longoira and San Antonio Spurs basketball player Tony Parker married in Paris, thousands tied the knot in Las Vegas wedding chapels and many vows were repeated in Shelby County. Kim Victoria and Alan Plummer married where they met and fell in love: at the Shelbyville Wal-Mart on Taylorsville Road. (Shelbyille Sentinel-News, KY)
Seventh Heaven For Wedding Couples Jul 8, 2007
Niagara Falls is bracing for hundreds of nuptials, and appointments at Las Vegas wedding chapels are as scarce as hen's teeth. The Ritz-Carlton in Lake Las Vegas created a special Lucky 7 package: a two-day "Seven Ways of Wonderment" package, at $7,707, offers guests a room on the seventh floor, a seven-course dinner, a $777 shopping spree and a 7 a.m. golf tee-time. (CBS News)
Lucky date spurs weddings Jul 8, 2007
LAS VEGAS (AP) - With numerology on their side, hundreds of couples are heading to Las Vegas wedding chapels this day -- 7-7-2007 -- hoping that they'll be lucky in love. Chapels have been banking on their customers' superstitions. (WREG.com, TN)
Seven brides and seven grooms pick Saturday's lucky date - 7/7/07 - to wed at Sycamore's Chapel in the Pines Jul 8, 2007
Miller had always wanted the date 7/7/07 to be her wedding day, but after plans for a Las Vegas wedding fell through, she decided to continue with her wedding dreams anyway a decision that came just two days before the nuptuals. just wanted the date triple sevens and we have been dating seven years, Miller said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Thousands Flock to Las Vegas to Wed on Lucky 7-7-7 Jul 7, 2007
Daniel Cassels is a minister at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. "This day is huge," he said. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
More of this story Jul 7, 2007
She said she has heard of numerous couples who are making the trip to Las Vegas wedding chapels today to cash in on some 7-7-7 luck. Believing that couples married on 7/7/07 will have a more fortunate marriage depends on how superstitious you are. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
RUDY JUDI'S BOMBSHELL... Mar 24, 2007
They tied the knot when she was just shy of 20 years old in a Las Vegas wedding chapel. Ross could not be reached for comment last night. (The Drudge Report)
Letters for Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Dec 6, 2006
Where is the holy matrimony in a drunken, impromptu Las Vegas wedding ending in divorce 27 hours later (Britney Spears, 2003). And where is the clarity and sanctity of marriage in a television reality show that lets America, Pick My Dad s New Wife. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Pitt Vetoes Waxwork Wedding Nov 15, 2006
Brad Pitt has forced bosses at Madame Tussauds waxwork museum to pull the plug on a publicity stunt involving himself, girlfriend Angelina Jolie and a Las Vegas wedding. Tussauds' marketing brains in Sin City had arranged for Pitt's wax double to marry Jolie's new figure in a cheesy ceremony at the museum housed in The Venetian Resort on Wednesday. (Teen Hollywood)
No Vegas wedding for Angie Nov 15, 2006
According to IMDB.com, the marketing directors of Madame Tussauds planned to unveil Angelinas new wax figure by staging a wax Las Vegas wedding between Brad and Angelina at the museum house in The Venetian Resort. However, the publicity stunt was pulled when Brad Pitt called the organisers and expressed his disappointment. (iAfrica.com)
NORM: Ring Elvis gave to Priscilla up for bid Nov 15, 2006
The wedding band Elvis Presley slipped on Priscilla's finger at their 1967 Las Vegas wedding is on the auction block. Elvis had the band decorated with eight baguette-cut diamonds within a border of sixteen fill-cut diamonds. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Britney files for divorce Nov 8, 2006
Brit's Fed-ex for Kev - People - Entertainment - smh. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Brit's Fed-ex for Kev Nov 8, 2006
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. November 8, 2006 - 8:30AM. (Sydney Morning Herald)
NORM: Playboy elevator has its downside Oct 8, 2006
Sir Michael Caine, on the red carpet at Andre Agassi's Grand Slam for Children event with his wife, Shakira, recalling their Las Vegas wedding "at the chapel opposite Circus Circus" 34 years ago. "They give you these orchids in these little vases for twenty bucks and at the end, you sell them back for five bucks.". (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
No more late-night weddings in Vegas Sep 3, 2006
County officials say they notified Las Vegas wedding industry of the upcoming changes, but heard no opposition. But chapel owners have since publicly bemoaned the change. (Montana Standard, MT)
Postnup pacts increase in S. Fla. Jun 25, 2006
Michael and Juanita Jordan reportedly signed a postnup when their Las Vegas wedding came before they finalized their premarital agreement. For Dennis and Patti Max, the postnup became a blueprint for their divorce settlement. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jared Hess Talks Nacho Libre Jun 17, 2006
Thursday, June 15th, 2006 - The romantic comedy about a woman who wants a Las Vegas wedding. Thursday, June 15th, 2006 - Two dramas starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Marsa Tomei with directors Mike Nichols and Sidney Lumet. (MovieWeb)
HBO's 'Entourage' hits Las Vegas May 23, 2006
"But you make time." Newlywed Kevin Dillon recalled his recent Las Vegas wedding to Jane Stuart and said even the broken arm he suffered on the set a few weeks ago has not dulled the sheen. "Things are going great right now, just ecstatic," Dillon told "Extra." "It was great having Kevin Connolly walk Jane down the aisle, kind of giving her away. I had (cast mate) Jerry Ferrara holding the rings, like the best man." Jeremy Piven said his upcoming film with Ben Affleck, "Smoking Aces," was "the... (Washington Times, DC)
Wedding of the Week Apr 19, 2006
"It fit our personalities being in a natural setting...comfortable, fun, simple, and elegant," says Betsy who exchanged vows with Stephen under the oaks beside the ocean at The Beachview Club. THE BRIDE: Betsy Hill, 27, youth mentoring program manager THE GROOM: Stephen Burch, 31, produce broker THE DATE: September 6 THE SCENE: An outdoor ceremony and reception at The Beachview Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia. (KLAS-TV)
