Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
To most people, winning an Oscar would be a dream come true. For Nicole Kidman, it’s nothing compared to winning Keith Urban’s heart. “I remember thinking, Oh, my God, if you ever gave me a man like that, I promise I would be completely devoted for the rest of my life. Something that wild,” Kidman, 43, tells guest interviewer Jennifer Aniston in February’s Harper’s Bazaar. Kidman’s prayers were answered when she and Urban got married in 2006. According to People, the pair now reside on a beautiful farm outside Nashville with their daughter, Sunday Rose. “I like to ask people if they would rather have a great love that lasts a lifetime or an amazing career where you go down in history,” Kidman says. “Some people do answer that they want an extraordinary career.” But Kidman and Aniston agree that great love is a “no-brainer.”
Valeri Bertinelli is hitched! The actress married her boyfriend of seven years, Tom Vitale, on New Year’s Day at their home in Malibu, People reports. “We’re so happy!” said Bertinelli. There were approximately 100 guests at the wedding, including Bertinelli’s son Wolfie from her previous marriage to Eddie Van Halen, who also attended.
Jim Toth and Reese Witherspoon. Photo: Pablo/Stoianov/FameFlynet Pictures
Reese Witherspoon will soon be walking down the aisle once again, this time with Hollywood agent Jim Toth. The actress, 34, and Toth, 40, began dating in January 2010. This will be Witherspoon’s second time down the aisle; her first marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe ended in 2008. Witherspoon and Phillippe have two children together, Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7. An insider revealed that Witherspoon’s children have bonded with Toth and “…are happy with [Toth].” The source assured UsMagazine.com, “[Reese] is definitely happy, in love and definitely wants to settle down.”
What are things to consider about a second marriage?
Tasha Smith and Keith Douglas. Photo: Koi Sojer / PR Photos
Every little girl has dreams of a big fancy wedding when she grows up, right? Not necessarily! For Tasha Smith and Keith Douglas, exchanging vows in the living room of their Los Angeles home was a dream come true. “We decided to hold a very simple, intimate ceremony with just us and our pastor,” the 39-year-old actress tells Essence. According to People, the newlyweds announced their engagement six months ago. Now back from her Las Vegas honeymoon, Smith says, “It was a beautiful, blessed moment that we will remember forever.”
Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes. Photo: ME/LAQ/Flynetpictures.com
After all the controversy surrounding their relationship, LeAnn Rimes and boyfriend Eddie Cibrian are engaged! According to People, a source close to the couple says, “Yes, they were engaged over the holidays and are very happy.” On Monday, Rimes thanked all of her fans for their support by tweeting, “Thank you for all your well wishes!! We are extremely excited and look forward to a beautiful future. It’s been an incredible last few days, I was shocked!!! We are blessed, our families are so happy and our lives are filled with love.” The pair was surrounded by family and friends in town directly following.
What are reasons to involve your family in your engagement?
Danielle and Kevin Jonas. Photo: Diane Cohen/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
This past Sunday marked the first wedding anniversary of pop star Kevin Jonas, and his wife Danielle. The couple celebrated their anniversary by visiting Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Florida. Jonas had some kind words to say for the occasion. “Happy anniversary to my amazing wife of a year and for the rest of my life I love you,” he wrote on Twitter. After a magical day at the theme park, the Jonases stayed in the Cinderella Castle Suite.
What are some unique first anniversary celebration ideas?
Bret Michaels, Kristi Gibson and Kids. Photo: FAMEFLYNET
Bret Michaels has finally found his rock of love. According to People, after dating on and off for 16 years, Michaels proposed to girlfriend, Kristi Gibson on the finale of his VH1 reality show, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It — and she said yes! With two daughters, Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5, and Michael’s brain hemorrhage in April, the happy couple have faced years by each other’s sides. While proposing, Bret Michaels declared, “I love you, and you’ve been unbelievably a big part of my life…I know we love and respect each other, and I hope that we can find that inner love that we have forever.”
What are creative ways to propose for everyone to see?
Prince William and Kate Middleton. Photo: Landmark / PR Photos
Becoming a princess doesn’t happen overnight. After announcing a royal engagement, Prince William assured the public that “he wanted to learn from lessons done in the past to give [Kate Middleton] the best chance to settle in and to see what happens on the other side.” Middleton believes, “William’s a great teacher, so he’ll be up to help me.” It was evident Middleton was practicing her royal etiquette, accompanying Prince William to a cancer charity event in Norfolk, England, according to People. A royal source confirms, “Between now and the wedding there will be occasions when Catherine does shadow Prince William, to learn the ropes and see how things go.”
How do you prepare your partner to handle your career?
Tony Romo and Candice Crawford. Photo: Mark Wilkins/FameFlynet Pictures
Tony Romo is engaged to Chace Crawford’s sister, Chandice Crawford, People reports. Crawford, a pagent queen and a KDAF-TV anchor in Dallas was out celebrating her 24th birthday when Romo popped the question. The two began dating in 2009, shortly after Romo broke things off with Jessica Simpson. The engagement between Tomo and Crawford comes in third behind a slew of newly engaged celeb couples, including Jessica Simpson’s other ex, Nicky Lachey to Vanessa Minnillo and then Simpson’s own engagement to Eric Johnson. This chain of ex’s getting engaged leaves Cupid asking:
How do you overcome the news of your ex’s engagement?
“When the going gets tough, you don’t get going — you hang on.” That’s former 90210 star Shannen Doherty’s take on marriage anyway. According to People, Doherty refuses to give on marriage despite two failed marriages and one unsuccessful engagement. However, the actress says she is no longer naïve when it comes to the hard work behind a marriage. She explains, saying, “You have to go in with your eyes wide open and realize that it’s probably going to take a lot of work and maybe some couples’ therapy perhaps.”
How do you keep your faith in relationships after a break-up?
Retired Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis exchanged wedding vows with Thibault Hutin, a French show jumper, in Paris last week, according to People. Hingis acknowledges that the nuptials may have taken some by surprise, but everything was planned out in advance. The ceremony was held at City Hall in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine with a small reception that followed in the Presidential Suite of Paris’s Four Season’s George V. There will be a traditional Swiss wedding feast held in the spring. The newlyweds met last April, shortly after Hingis had broken off her engagement to Swiss attorney Andreas Bieri.
Why should you keep the details of your wedding a secret?
Joel Madden and Nicole Richie. Photo: Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
In traditional Hollywood style, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden finally tied the knot at the home of Richie’s singing sensation father, Lionel Richie, surrounded by 130 family members and friends. But according to People, one big detail stuck out as being unique: a trained elephant was in attendance.
How do you incorporate animals into a wedding ceremony?
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Photo: Bob Charlotte / PR Photos
Nicole Kidman is more than just Keith Urban’s wife; she’s his lifesaver as well, according to Us Weekly. Urban appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and opened up to DeGeneres about his drug and alcohol addiction. He confessed that his wife deserves the credit for saving his life, as she was instrumental in getting him into rehab four months after their wedding. However, the country crooner admits that Kidman wasn’t fully aware of the extent of his substance abuse problems when they got married. What are things you should know about your partner before marriage?
It’s official: Katy Perry will soon be known as Katy Brand, according to People. The 26-year-old singer told Ellen DeGeneres that since her wedding on October 23rd, she has been in the process of taking her husband Russell Brand’s last name. She said that people already call her Mrs. Brand to “try to get my attention… Like if I’m at an event or something like that, and they want special attention, they go, ‘Mrs. Brand!’ And I go shwoosh [looks back].”
How do you decide whether to take your partner’s last name?
Is it too soon to renew your vows after only 10 months? The Bachelor couple Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney didn’t seem to think so. The pair said “I do” for the second time in Las Vegas, as part of the Rock ‘n Roll Las Vegas Marathon. Mesnick and Malaney were one of 60 couples running in the marathon, according to The Hollywood Gossip. The duo stopped at the 3-mile mark pit stop near the Venetian’s “Run Thru Wedding.”
Chelsea Handler and Angelina Jolie. Photos: Andrew Evans / PR Photos; David Gabber / PR Photos
Chelsea Handler has a mouthful of expletives ready for actress, Angelina Jolie when it comes to defending new best friend, Jennifer Aniston. Us Weekly reported that while performing in Newark, NJ, Chelsea Handler did not hold back – even going so far as to include Angelina Jolie’s children. “She can rescue as many babies from as many countries as she wants to,” Handler said. Does this mean the Chelsea Lately comedienne won’t be seeing Jolie’s newest movie, The Tourist?
Joel Madden and Nicole Richie. Photo: Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
After four years, two kids, and a 10-month engagement, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden may finally be ready to set a wedding date. Although the couple have been very secretive about the details of their wedding, Us Weekly reports that Richie had a bachelorette party in September with Christina Aguilera and a few of her other girlfriends. Richie isn’t the only one being secretive about the details. At the Oscar pre-show, Madden said, “We’re kind of doing it at our own pace. We have no idea right now.”
What’s the benefit of keeping your wedding date a secret?
The Amazing Race is full of surprises, like underdogs winning it all, leaders falling into last place and challenges that test the mind and body. Love entered the picture as well when contestant Chad Waltrip proposed to teammate and girlfriend Stephanie Smith during the show’s 17th season, despite their tumultuous time on the show. “Early on we struggled, had a tough time and I second-guessed myself,” admitted Chad Waltrip. “I was so amped up and we fought a lot.” Since the couple’s elimination and intermission from the spotlight, they completed their nuptials, and are expecting their first child.
How do you cut back on fighting in a relationship?
Prince William and Kate Middleton. Photo: FameFlynetUK/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
The date is set! According to People, Prince William and his new fiance, Kate Middleton, have decided on a spring wedding. The royal union is set to take place on April 29 of this coming year at Westminister Abbey. Both Prince William and Middleton wanted as short of an engagement as possible, and they got their wish. The wedding, which will make Middleton the first non-royal to marry into the royal family in a very long time, will mark a new public holiday for the UK!
Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson. Photo courtesy of NBC.com.
It’s official! Former Biggest Loser contestant Stephanie Anderson plans on saying “I do” to fellow contestant Sam Poueu, according to Us Weekly. Poueu popped the question at NBC’s Biggest Loser ranch in California. “I wanted to go back to the ranch, because that’s where it all started,” said Poueu. The two, who collectively lost 241 pounds on the show, are now ready to build a life together, and they want their Biggest Loser family to be there when it happens. “They know what we’ve been through,” says Stephanie Anderson. Though the groom’s brother will be his best man, his cousin and partner on the series, Koli Palu, will be a groomsman. Between the announcement and the wedding decisions, the couple has been too caught up in all the excitement to set a date!
What are ways to decide who will be at your wedding?
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams. Photo: Bob Charlotte / PR Photos; Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos
It looks like there’s at least one celebrity couple we can count on. After two years of marriage to musician Ryan Adams, Mandy Moore is still very much in love. The actress and singer recently told People, “I feel very supported and loved and at peace … I got my own little happy ending.” And for Moore, happiness is found in the little things. After mentioning how “nerdily obsessed” she and her hubby are with their two cats and dog, the actress added, “We’re big homebodies … We never want to leave [the house].”How do you have fun staying in for the night?
Pink and Carey Hart. Photo: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures
In a black Janey Lopaty Vintage Couture dress, Pink graced the red carpet at the American Music Awards over the weekend, right after announcing her pregnancy on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Standing with husband, Carey Hart who lovingly patted her growing bump, it’s evident that the couple is overjoyed with the news, according to Us Weekly. Pink told reporters, “I’m feeling great! Hungry!” But before you contemplate the possibility of a surprise pregnancy, Pink clarified saying, “I worked for it. It was not an ‘Oops.”
Russell Brand and Katy Perry. Photo: DS/DINO/JERC/Flynetpictures.com
Sex, drugs and rock n’ roll aren’t usually a parent’s “Teenage Dream,” but they added up to the perfect husband for singer Katy Perry, according to her father Keith Hudson. The Santa Barbara preacher told RadarOnline, “You couldn’t see two f**king happier people,” about his daughter and her new hubby, actor and comedian Russell Brand. “I could not have wished for a better son-in-law in Russell. He makes my girl so happy,” said Hudson. “She’s so happy and he makes her light up. They’re going to be just fine…”
How can your partner make a good impression on your parents?
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson. Photo: DMac/Flynetpictures.com
After dating for only six months, Jessica Simpson and former NFL player Eric Johnson announced their exciting decision to walk down the aisle together. The couple’s newest announcement? According to PopEater, they’re doing it without a prenup! This isn’t the first time Jessica Simpson will put on a wedding dress without signing the agreement. In her past divorce from Nick Lachey, who just days ago announced his engagement to Vanessa Minnillo, Jessica Simpson lost $10 million dollars for saying “I do” without a prenup. The singer’s father, though very happy for the two of them, does not want to see his daughter make the same mistake twice and plans on trying to change her mind when the excitement dies down. But for now, the couple is running on love!
