'Tis the season for weddings and wedding court stories: Besides the terminal leukemia-faking bride from upstate, there's the story of Steven Silverstein, who says that his ex-fiancee broke their engagement TWICE and also left him with tens of thousands in bills. Of course, Silverstein is suing.
Man Sues Ex-Fiancee For Breaking Engagement Twice, Sticking Him With Wedding Deposits
Bridezilla Who Faked Leukemia For Free Wedding Sentenced To Time Served
Remember Jessica Vega, the upstate woman who admitted to faking having terminal leukemia so she could get a free wedding, honeymoon and even cash? Well, today was her sentencing day and a judge decided that time served, plus five years probation, would be enough.
NYC's Wedding Of The Year: Speaker Quinn Gets Hitched To Her Partner
Yesterday, the city's second most powerful public official got married—and it was a historic wedding. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn married her partner, lawyer Kim Catullo, in what the NY Times calls, "one of the most prominent same-sex weddings of a public official to date."
Feeding Tube Diet Bride: It's Not Crazy, Besides "I Lost The Weight"
After last week's article about brides who will go to extreme—yet non-surgical— lengths to look perfect in their wedding gowns (hello, feeding tube diet!), the NY Times offers a look at some of the response from readers. For instance, an oblivious man wonders why brides can't just buy a bigger dress. Jeez, did he not read the article about how weddings can make women totally insane?!
Bridezillas Now Diet By Feeding Tube In Hottest Bridal Trend
Yes, some bridezillas will fake terminal leukemia to have the perfect wedding. But flirting with felonies seems like child's play when some other brides are making sure they drop the pounds by getting feeding tubes inserted through their noses. And don't worry—these brides are totally cool with walking around with their tubes giving them their 800 calories/day!
Worst Bridezilla Ever: Woman Indicted For Faking Leukemia To Get Free Wedding
In April 2010, upstate residents and business owners were moved by the story of Jessica Vega, a young woman who was getting ready for her wedding day while facing terminal leukemia. Together, the community donated a wedding gown, flowers, rings, a honeymoon and even cash for Vega and her groom Michael O'Connell. The couple, with their baby daughter at their side, married on May 2...and then in September 2010, O'Connell revealed that Vega never had cancer. Now Vega has been indicted on grand larceny and fraud charges.
Video: Watch Kim Kardashian Realize She Needs To Divorce Kris Humphries
In the "reality" television show Kourtney & Kim Take New York, the two Kardashian sisters deal with overcoming some of life's most difficult challenges while maintaining the grace of a spoiled teenager slamming the door in her parents face. Like, what do you do when your sham marriage is falling apart right before America's eyes? In last night's finale of the show, you can see just how Kim handled this obstacle in her life—as she "falls apart" and "cries" to her sister, acknowledging that she "feels" bad for having wasted everyone's time and money with her highly publicized wedding vows to Kris Humphries.
Video: Occupy Wall Street Returns To Zuccotti With March, Gay Wedding, More Drumming
Five days after NYPD officers cleared out Zuccotti Park and disposed of the makeshift tent city that had sprung up, a few hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters returned there yesterday for a busy day filled with a gay wedding, more drumming, and a march to Wall Street. You can see video of that march below (taken by Joey Boots), which included some subdued confrontations with police.
Hurricane Irene Is Ruining Wedding Plans, True Love
Hurricane Irene isn't even here yet, and it has already ruined so many things, from Freshman move-in day to the Dave Matthews Band Caravan festival. And now you can add true love to that list: bride-to-be Rona Geller reluctantly called off her Long Island nuptials which were supposed to happen on Sunday. "It was the hardest decision I ever made," Geller told the Post.
Video: Kardashian Wedding Upstaged By Face-Making Preteen
Reality sex tape entrepreneur Kim Kardashian married her basketball playing fiance Kris Humphries in an extravagant wedding in California yesterday. Kardashian (hmph, Mrs. Humphries) was dressed in an ivory custom-designed Vera Wang gown, and there were a horde of stars in attendance, including Lindsay Lohan, Gretan Van Sustren, Ryan Seacrest, Kathie Lee Gifford and Carmelo Anthony. But the star of the day wasn't even inside the fortified confines of Chateau Kardashian—it was a precious preteen who ran through a gamut of classic faces as he videobombed a very important CNN report on the wedding. Watch it below:
Kim Kardashian Having California Wedding Today, Plus NYC Reception Later
Daughter of O.J. Simpson lawyer-turned-Internet sex tape participant-turned reality TV star-turned-savvy entrepreneur Kim Kardashian is marrying basketball player Kris Humphries in an extravagant, over-the-top wedding in California today. And it would mean so much to the bride-to-be if you signed her "Virtual Wedding Guestbook" because "You guys mean the world to me, and I want to thank you for all your love and support. I love you!!!"
NJ Nets Will Be At Kim Kardashian's Outrageously Expensive Wedding This Weekend
Guys, did you know that Kim Kardashian is getting hitched? To Kris Humphries, the middling New Jersey Nets forward who bought a ginormous 20.5-carat ring for his lady's ginormous...assets. It's all happening this weekend in California, and it's looking like Humphries' teammates will be in attendance, following some uncertainty due to the league's lockout.
Angry Hot Dog Vendor Wants To Be Your Bridal Florist
Today The Post published a short article on Financial District hotdog vendor-turned-bridal florist Kohnoor Begum. "Business is very slow," Begum explained of her decision to expand her cart offerings outside the city Marriage Bureau. "We need to make more money." Intrigued by Begum's unique business plan, we took a trip down to visit her. We were not welcomed.
Now That Everyone Can Get Married, New Yorkers Plan Pop Up Chapel
Now that Governor Cuomo has signed the historic legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, it's time to get to the wedding planning! One group of New Yorkers (disclaimer: our own Jen Carlson is involved) are organizing a Pop Up Chapel in Central Park on July 30th, the first weekend after the bill becomes a law. From the website:
Royal Wedding: Prince William And Kate Middleton Wed
Prince William and Kate Middleton have exchanged vows at Westminster Abbey, with much of the world watching. Thousands have gathered in London to line the streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the British royal family and, yes, the bride's dress. Middleton's gown, which features lace sleeves and a a two-meter train, was designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen. The couple announcement their engagement last November; the NY Times calls the wedding "an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy."
Kelsey Grammer Weds Fourth Wife At Longacre Theatre
Fresh off his divorce from ex-wife Camille Grammer, 56-year-old actor Kelsey Grammer wed 29-year-old flight attendant Kayte Walsh on the stage of the Longacre Theatre last night, where Grammer just finished up his run in "La Cage Aux Folles." The couple then arrived at the Plaza Hotel for their reception. Camille Grammer also wished the two well: "We spent many great years together and we've been through a lot. But at the end of the day, he's made his decision and I'll be fine."
Are Empire State Building V-Day Anniversary Passes Forever?
For the past 17 years, a handful of lucky couples get married atop the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day—and those couples all get lifetime anniversary passes to the building. But you better put the "lifetime" in quotation marks, as one couple discovered on Monday.
Couples Wed Atop the Empire State Building
Today 14 couples got hitched at the Empire State Building, as is tradition on Valentine's Day (going 17 years strong now). The individual ceremonies began with sunrise at 7 a.m. and are still going on. They're taking place on the 61st floor every 30 minutes, after which time the couple heads up to the Observatory for a photoshoot. The 14 couples won their spots in a contest, and have come from all over the nation, with two from NYC (one from Staten Island and one from Brooklyn).
Kelsey Grammer At City Hall For (Daughter's) Wedding
Kelsey Grammer, beloved to the masses as everyone's favorite stuffy barfly shrink Frasier Crane, has been embroiled in a dramatic, bicoastal divorce that cost him $50 million, but he is now free to marry his 29-year-old fiancee Kayte Walsh. TMZ spotted him today at our own City Hall (the marriage bureau?), but it turns out his 27-year-old daughter Spencer got married.
Newlyweds Lose Precious Memories In Cab
A Pennsylvania couple, David and Kimberly Reim, did that whole "oops, we left our irreplaceable items in a cab!" thing at the end of their wedding day. The newlyweds left behind their camera (and with it the memory card holding their wedding photos) when they were dropped off at the Cassa Hotel and Residences at West 45th Street and 6th Ave avenue on December 3rd around 11 p.m. Now they tell the Daily News they're "looking for a holiday miracle. All we want is just the memory card. I don't care about the camera. They can have the camera."
Jilted Husband On "Self-Serving, Narcissistic" Times Vows Couple
The saga of the controversial NY Times Weddings "Vows" column continues to rage on—this time, the ex-husband of the bride (you know, the guy who was dumped because his wife fell in love with a married father from their kid's pre-K) is talking! Bob Ennis is upset at ex-wife Carol Anne Riddell, her new husband John Partilla AND the NY Times, telling Forbes' Jeff Bercovici, "No, I wasn’t contacted or interviewed or given any opportunity to opine on any of it, including having my seven-year-old daughter’s picture in the paper. The primary story here is not that interesting. People lie and cheat and steal all the time. That’s a fact of life. But rarely does a national news organization give them an unverified megaphone to whitewash it."
Newlywed On "Homewrecking" Times Wedding Feature
So, you know that now-controversial NY Times Weddings "Vows column" about the couple who met each other at their kids' pre-kindergarten class while they were married to other people? The Times even opened up commenting for a while, but then had to stop accepting them (example: "If the couple had a sense of decency and wished to truly respect the feelings of their ex-spouses, they would have denied themselves the pleasure of having their 15 minutes of fame in the New York Times. Their choice to satisfy their own vanity is very telling."). Well, now the bride, former WNBC 4 reporter Carol Anne Riddell, is explaining why she and new hubby advertising executive John Partilla told their story.
Times Wedding Couple Dumped Spouses For Each Other
The NY Times wedding section is a place where people go to envy, analyze, or mock couples who manage to get announcements of their happy unions immortalized. It's not usually a place where you reel in disgust—until today's Vows column which describes two successful middle-aged people who "met in 2006 in a pre-kindergarten classroom. They both had children attending the same Upper West Side school. They also both had spouses." Dunh dunh DUNH.
10/10/10 Means Marriage Luck For Some Couples
Happy 10/10/10! There are a number of superstitions surrounding today's date. In mathematics, 101010 equals 42 in binary, which is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In Chinese culture, 10 is a lucky number. For what it's worth, it's the atomic number of Neon. And all of these reasons combined are sending a massive number of people to the altar.
Angry Mob Going After "Cancer" Bride
The 23-year-old Westchester County newlywed who allegedly faked cancer to get her dream wedding for free is sticking to her story. Jessica Vega tells the Daily News that a doctor at a Bronx clinic told her in February that she has terminal leukemia, and that she hasn't needed chemo to fight her cancer, just "water, the right foods and exercise." She insists she has cancer, but couldn't show the News any immediate proof from her doctor. ("Maybe tomorrow," she told the tabloid.)
Gawkers Will Not Get the Hell Out of Rhinebeck
Even though the Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding was two days ago, the Wall Street Journal (paywall) reports that paparazzi and out-of-towners are continuing to wander the streets of the Hudson Valley town, hoping the former first family is still there. They are most likely not. The Sunday brunch after the wedding was held a mile away in the town of Grasmere. However, attendees must have been tired—the reception reportedly lasted until 5 a.m.!
That Other Rhinebeck Wedding Went Well Too
Brooklyn teacher Emn Haddad-Friedman was worried that Chelsea Clinton's big day would ruin her wedding, which was set to take place in Rhinebeck yesterday. But it looks like she and her now-husband had nothing to worry about. Though they weren't interested in providing the press with any sound bites, the Daily News says guests had no problem getting to the 4 p.m. ceremony, despite all the road blocks. Though the bride's uncle say the Clinton's choice in venue shows his niece's good taste, another guest said the Clintons should have gone elsewhere. "The area has personal significance to us. The Clintons could have done theirs in Martha's Vineyard." Near all the riff-raff in Oak Bluffs? Never.
Photos: Chelsea Clinton And Marc Mezvinsky's Wedding
[UPDATE BELOW] In a lavish, much-anticipated interfaith ceremony in Rhinebeck, NY, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, married Marc Mezvinsky, the son of former Congressman Edward Mezvinsky and former Congresswoman Marjorie Mezvinsky. The bride's parents issued this statement:
Chelsea Clinton Getting Married Any Minute Now
Hey, did you know Chelsea Clinton is getting married in Rhinebeck, NY today? When we last left off, Bill Clinton had arrived in the Hudson Valley town and kibitzed with the townsfolk. One local described her meeting as "better than meeting George Clooney!" The Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding planner also sent bottles of wine to Rhinebeck's miffed residents, apologizing for keeping them out of the loop and warning them about "periodic road closures." But now, the day has finally arrived, porta-potties and all.
OMG: BILL CLINTON IS IN RHINEBECK
Former president Bill Clinton arrived in the Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck, NY in advance of his daughter's wedding tomorrow. Clinton was looking trim (Chelsea did ask him to lose 15 pounds!) and happily chatted with residents, tourists and media, saying, "Today is the most beautiful day ever." Aww. One Hyde Park resident said, "I shook his hand and said congratulations. It means a lot to the people of Rhinebeck that he took the time to talk to me on his big day."

