Only one year after filing for divorce from ex-husband Corey Simms, Leah Messer has tied the knot again.  At only 19-years-old, Messer married fiance Jeremy Calvert last week.  This time though, Messer is convinced the marriage will last.  “We have a really good connection…It’s different from Corey and my relationship, because we were kinda like forcing it… With Jeremy, you know when you’re supposed to be with somebody and you’re not,” Messer said, according to UsMagazine.com.

Is age a factor when it comes to marriage?

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LeAnn Rimes played an April Fools joke on all of those claiming she was pregnant with Eddie Cibrian.  On April 1st at the 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards, Cibrian, 38, jokingly rubbed Rimes’, 29, belly with a smirk on his face for all the cameras to see, according to UsMagazine.com.  Cibrian is already the father of two boys, and Rimes has made it clear she isn’t expecting any time soon.  Turning to Twitter, Rimes has answered back to these false rumors in January, “I have never even tried.  Please stop discussing my ovaries.”

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Shannen Doherty is chronicling her wedding planning process in a new reality show called Shannen Says, which premieres Tuesday, April 10, at 10 p.m. ET on WE tv.  According to People, the actress is truly enjoying life as a newlywed.  “Things couldn’t be better.  Married life is amazing, and I can only say that because of my partner, because of Kurt,” said Doherty.  The actress has been married twice before, but both marriages were short-lived.  “Marriage to me is such a gigantic commitment that it’s not something I’d ever go into lightly anymore,” she added.  “I’ve learned my lesson.”

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By Francesca B.

The world of celebrity is fraught with ups and downs.  Scandals of drug abuse, cheating husbands and lying wives make for gripping and sensational stories when they come to public attention.  We have come to expect a bit of drama from Hollywood romances, but even so, there have been some celebrity divorces that we really didn’t see coming.  Here are a few:

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By Melanie Mar

We are living in a fast paced world.  We eat fast, drive fast and as statistics show, we divorce fast.  It is so quick and easy to exit when the going gets tough, what can you do to ensure you are giving your all to making your relationship work?

My advice for if you are thinking, talking or planning to get married is to try pre-marital counseling.  Most people believe counseling is only required when they actually have relationship issues which need resolving.  I say: On your best day, remember, this too shall pass.

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Actress Kate Hudson has been engaged to the Muse lead vocalist and guitarist, Matt Bellamy for about a year, and he will remain her fiance for now.  Hudson’s mom Goldie Hawn was recently misquoted saying, “When my daughter Kate married an English rock star it didn’t worry me,” but she took to Twitter to set the record straight.  “Darling once again twisted the truth.  They aren’t married.” said the tweet according to People.  The happy couple gave birth to their son Bingham last July, but are waiting to tie the knot until a later date.

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Alisan Porter, a former child star best known for her role in John Hughes’ film “Curly Sue,” exchanged vows Saturday with her longtime friend, Brian Autenrieth, People confirmed.  The couple tied the knot at Diablo Dormido, a historic California Ranch in the Santa Monica mountains, in front of 100 guests.  The bride and groom, who are also expecting their first child together, a boy, in July, danced their first song to Frank Sinatra’s “The Second Time Around,” which happens to correlate well with the newlyweds, who first dated when Porter was 18, but went their separate ways before crossing paths again.  “We’ve been friends for 13 years and it’s the most incredible feeling to know you’re marrying your best friend,” Porter said.

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By Katanya Royster

What’s the first thing you think of when someone says Sin City?  Okay, after legalized prostitution. That’s right: quickie Vegas weddings in chapels illuminated with neon lights. The fact is, Las Vegas issues approximately 100,000 marriage licenses each year and boasts almost as many wedding chapels as it does casinos. For famous couples, those quickie celebrity weddings are typically followed by quickie divorces and embarrassing publicity. Vegas’ abundance of 24-hour bars makes us wonder if some of our favorite celebs were under the influence of something other than love when they tied the knot, Vegas-style. Here are a few examples:

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Unlike the rocky and ultimately doomed relationship of sister Kim and her ex, Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are going strong.  Kardashian always supports her guy, and that was especially seen when Odom was traded to a basketball team in Texas, so they had to move together.  According to People, Kardashian says that it’s important to have “a give-and-take (relationship), keeping one another a priority and having genuine respect for each other is crucial.”  She also mentions the importance of “compatibility, honesty, communication and dedication” as well as keeping the relationship “a priority” to make a “happy marriage.”  “When you’re married to the right person, it just works,” she said.  “It feels so good, having the support emotionally and physically from someone that you trust unconditionally is priceless.”

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Olivier Martinez is finally speaking out.  Martinez, a Miami-based restaurant owner, and Halle Berry were reportedly engaged over the holidays, reports UsMagazine.com.  Martinez is only now confirming the engagement.  Martinez, who started dating Berry in 2010, told reporters at his restaurant opening, “Yes, of course we’re engaged!”

What are some reasons to keep your engagement under wraps at first?

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By Lauren Martina, ASID and Katherine Shell Benson

When it comes to upcoming trends, we can guarantee that the hottest engaged celebrity couples will be showcasing the latest and greatest.  In fact, we had so much fun pairing the most talked about celebrity brides-to-be with the wedding styles that everyone is talking about!   Here’s our forecast for what we think we will see in 2012!

Anne Hathaway: When we think of Anne Hathaway, we think of vintage elegance.  Between her classic fashion style and the grace she exudes each time she walks out of her door, we believe that a Vintage Elegance wedding is what fits her best.  Although her wedding will be in NYC, this very popular style can be scaled up and used in any setting from penthouse rooftops to grand hotel ballrooms.

Jessica Simpson: Very Southern and hand done outdoor weddings are huge right now and are not going away any time soon.  One of the things we love about Jessica Simpson is that she is authentic, and this is the type of wedding we can see her having this time around … very intimate, Southern and hands on.

Britney Spears: Although this is not her first rodeo, we believe she has found the one this time!  With two adorable boys, and the reputation of sometimes going against the grain (which isn’t so bad sometimes when an electric razor isn’t involved), we can’t imagine Ms. Spears in a traditional white dress.  This is why we are pairing her in a colored Vera Wang dress, which is one of 2012’s hottest trends.

Jessica Biel: Luxe Weddings are all the rage right now, and if you go to any Canadian wedding source (Canada is always a step ahead when it comes to wedding trends), you will see what we mean.  Who better to have one than Jessica Biel?  We envision her wedding very luxe with champagne and gold trims, acanthus leaves and lots of  layered texture.  We can see her and Justin Timberlake with this fabulous Luxe cake from The Cake Opera Co.  Love this!

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Advice from an old friend is always welcome.  In light of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s engagement, Joey Fatone offered Timberlake marriage advice in an interview with Parade Magazine, reports People.  “[Timberlake shouldn’t] listen to all the BS,” said Fatone, Timberlake’s former *NSYNC bandmate.  “Especially in his situation, he and his fiancée … they’re both in the limelight as well.  It’s tough for those celebrity couples.  It’s really hard.  It’s the communication that really needs to drive that relationship.”

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By Lori Bizzoco

This summer, former Bachelor Pad reality stars Holly Durst and Blake Julian will have an intimate wedding in South Carolina and set off to the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Lucia for a romantic, one-week honeymoon.

“Blake is everything I’ve been looking for,” Holly gushed.  “I liked him from the moment that I met him and I couldn’t deny that.  We have the best chemistry together.”

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After a long courtship of nearly five years, it’s no wonder that newly engaged couple Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake would want to exchange vows later this year, according to UsMagazine.com.  Timberlake proposed only this past December, and according to an insider, “The big day’s this summer at a private estate.”  This couple is known for it’s privacy, so it’ll be interesting trying to figure out the details of their wedding.

How do you plan your dream wedding in a short amount of time?

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Courtney Robertson’s fake wedding vows on The Bachelor may have been sweet music to Ben Flajnik’s ears but it seemed to be a bit too familiar to Sex and the City aficionados.  Complete with a stand-in officiant, Robertson set up a mock wedding in a local park of her hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona during her hometown date.  While wheedling Flajnik into writing original vows, the model repeated the same vows as the Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker.  “I’m looking for love.  Real, passionate, can’t-live-without-each-other-love.  When I look at you from across the room, I know that the key to your happiness is the key to mine.  Ben, I want to love you and treat you right.  Every day and every night,” Robertson told him.  “I hope you know I’m 100% ready for marriage and so happy I found you.  I want you to know that I’m in love with you.”

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Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart has beaten the odds once again– this time by planning a wedding in record time.  Smart, 24, and Matthew Gilmour, 22, were married Saturday afternoon in Hawaii, reports People.  The couple have been dating for over a year and were engaged just last month.  Smart originally planned on having a summer wedding, but changed the date only two weeks ago.  “It’s everything you can imagine with planning a wedding,” said Smart.  “Only, it’s compressed into a few days.”

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After the world saw their marriage come together and fall apart, Kris Humphries said he’s come to terms with his split from Kim Kardashian and is in a better place.  The New Jersey Nets forward is focusing on his game on the court rather than the one off, averaging 13.2 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game this season.  “I’m not dating anyone right now.  What do they say, my girlfriend is Spalding,” he said in an interview with Access Hollywood.  “I always tell people basketball is like my therapy.  Some people talk to psychologists, I just need to go play basketball; that’s it.”  The Humphries-Kardashian marriage, which aired as a special on E!, lasted 72 days, ended with Kardashian filing for divorce on Oct. 31.  Since then, Humphries said his family and religion have been essential to him moving forward.  “I’m in a great place,” he said.

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Former American Idol star Danny Gokey is once again a married man.  The singer exchanged vows with his fiancee, Leyicet Peralta, in a small ceremony among 100 of their family and closest friends, Gokey’s manager confirmed to People.  The intimate ceremony celebrated the theme of “romance and love” and took place in Florida on Sunday.  “We are so thankful to have found each other and now be able to spend the rest of our lives together,” the newlyweds said in a statement.  “We pray our gratitude grows more every day because there is so much for us to do now.”  This is the second marriage for Gokey, who lost his first wife Sophia in 2008 after undergoing a routine surgery for congenital heart disease.  The newlyweds paid tribute to Sophia by asking their guests that all gifts be in the form of donation to Sophia’s Heart, the children’s charity founded by Gokey to honor his late wife.

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By Melanie Mar

When a seemingly “rock solid” celebrity couple separates — as with Heidi Klum and Seal’s divorce announcement after seven years of marriage — the first public reaction is always surprise.  Thanks to the sheer volume of attention paid to celebrities’ lives via television, tabloids and other media, it is easy to believe you actually know these stars.  You feel a connection to them that makes their relationship issues cause you to feel like a personal friend’s relationship has broken up.  You begin to analyze the celebrity relationship in the same manner, questioning what happened and what went wrong.  Of course, the tabloids add fuel to your frenzy when they get down and dirty with many and varied rumors: He cheated.  She cheated.  He has anger issues.  She has an alcohol problem.  You begin to feel dismayed, thinking, “Again?  Another one bites the dust?”

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Country star Kellie Pickler gave up her beloved cat, Pickles, for her husband, Kyle Jacobs, who is horribly allergic to her feline friend.  Pickler adopted Pickles from a Tennessee animal shelter in 2006 after wrapping American Idol, and they’d been best friends every since.  After dating Jacobs for four years, she had to make the devastating decision to find Pickles a new home in North Carolina.  According to People, Pickler now lives vicariously through friends with felines and acts as an animal advocate.  In spite of her difficult loss, she did gain unconditional love with her husband.  “Every time I look at my hand, I go, ‘Good God.’  What’s behind this ring is such unconditional love, trust and respect.  I see my husband every time I look at my ring.  I’m a blessed woman — I have a good man,” said the singer.

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Nearly three months after filing for divorce from her husband of 72 days, Kim Kardashian appeared alongside Kelly Ripa on Monday morning to co-host LIVE! With Kelly.  She used the opportunity to speak out against the rumors that are stating her marriage to NBA player, Kris Humphries, was a business deal.  “Being a hopeless romantic, I wanted to believe in something so badly,” Kardashian said.  “If you really think about it, if [the marriage] was a business decision, and I really made all that money that everyone was claiming that we made off this wedding, and if the wedding was fake and just for TV … I’m a smart business woman.  I would have stayed married longer,” she explained to Ripa.  “I really didn’t think following my heart would create this much backlash.”

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By Steven Zangrillo

With the national divorce rate spiking like a batch of Twisted Tea, it’s no wonder that we’ve seen a renewed interest in pre-nuptial agreements.  More than ever, these agreements have become an integral part of the arrangements a couple will make before tying the knot.  Between high profile splits like the Kardashian catastrophe to the everyday scenarios of your neighbors down the block, the specter of divorce knows no singular demographic.  As your relationship nears towards the ever-ominous edge that teeters between “dating” and “marriage,” you’ll probably be in need of a little perspective.

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Could Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner be calling it quits after 2 years of dating?  According to Hollyscoop, Lavigne is ready to settle down, and Jenner just isn’t.  We wonder if Jenner might be nervous because he knows Lavigne’s previous marriage to rocker, Deryck Whibley, didn’t work out or because his step sister, Kim Kardashian’s, union to ex hubby Kris Humphries ended in such a short time.  Also, maybe that bar fight back in November put a strain on the relationship.  We’ll have to see.

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We don’t need to see an engagement ring to know that Jessica Biel is excited about getting hitched to Justin Timberlake.  After rumors of an engagement were confirmed, the pair have been lying low … that is, until Biel stunned at the Gloden Globes without her fiancé.  There to present an award, Biel wore a white lace Elie Saab that resembled a wedding dress.  Could the actress be giving us an idea of her bridal style?  According to UsMagazine.com, the bride-to-be was glowing and very happy.

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