Bride Universe

Wednesday, March 3 2010, 11:58 GMT

By Lara Martin, US Correspondent FROM Digital Spy

Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney

The couple, who met

 on the 13th instalment of the ABC romance reality show and became engaged last October, married at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, over the weekend.

Speaking to OK following the nuptials, Malaney said: “It was the most incredible day.”

The reality star reportedly walked down the aisle to ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ and wore a custom-made dress from Monique Lhuillier worth $45,000.

Photographs from the ceremony will appear in this week’s issue of OK, while The Bachelor: Jason and Molly’s Wedding will be broadcast on March 8 on ABC.

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie

Hilary Duff, 22, and her hockey-player beau are going to tie the knot, UsMagazine.com is reporting.

Ottawa Senators right wing Mike Comrie, 29, popped the question during a vacation in Maui this week, according to E! News.

He sure know how to give good gifts: Shortly after they began dating in 2007, says Us, Comrie surprised Duff with a Mercedes-Benz G-class SUV as an early 20th birthday gift.

“He’s a great guy,” Hilary told Us last year. “We just laugh our heads off, which I need in my life.”

Scott Almeida

Wedding Payment Plan      Founder: Scott Almeida

A wedding is one of the most important days of your life. It can also be one of the most expensive, running $28,000 on average, according to some estimates. For those who don’t have that much, there’s a new company out of Norwell, Mass., that could help: Wedding Payment Plan will finance your wedding.

Scott Almeida, 35, says he got the idea from watching a family friend succeed at financing orthodontia and Lasik eye and cosmetic surgery. “My first thought wasn’t weddings; it was funerals,” he laughs. “But weddings are a lot more fun.” He wrote up a business plan as a nighttime MBA student at Babson College and began raising money from family and friends. He also tapped $100,000 from an account that he and nine former classmates had set up to back whoever came up with the best startup idea.

In 2007, he left his day job as a venture capitalist to work full-time on Wedding Payment Plan. The average loan runs about $10,000 with a fixed 9.9% interest rate paid back over five years. The company hasn’t yet financed 500 weddings, but in the last year applications have jumped 333%. Almeida is raising $500,000 to go national and says the lending venture could turn profitable as early as mid-2009.

Carrie Prejean and Kyle Boller

FROM E! Online

The St. Louis Rams aren’t playing in today’s Super Bowl, but that didn’t stop their quarterback from scoring big-time.

Scandal-laden beauty queen Carrie Prejean has gotten engaged to NFL stud Kyle Boller, E! News has learned exclusively. A source says that the two decided to make their whirlwind romance official Saturday in Prejean’s hometown of San Diego—where the Rams QB also has a house and spends time during the off-season. 

The ex-Miss California, 22, began dating the 28-year-old U.C. Berkeley alum last July in the midst of her controversial rise to fame, which included anti-same-sex marriage lobbying, alleged sex tapes and a much-talked-about showdown with Larry King.

Prejean may have been stripped of her previous title, but here’s hoping she has better luck with the next—wife!

FROM Monsters and Critics

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen are seemingly set to marry this month.

The couple have reportedly sent out party invites asking guests to keep February 26 free, however, the notices do not contain any further information.

It is believed Sacha, 38, and 34-year-old Isla – who have been together for eight years and have a two-year-old daughter, Olive, together – have booked several possible venues in the UK in a bid to keep the actual location of the ceremony secret.

A source told The Mail on Sunday newspaper: “Sacha and Isla are throwing a party. They have asked everyone to come in fancy dress. They haven’t told anyone it’s a wedding but that’s what we all suspect.”

However, a spokesperson for the ‘Bruno’ actor claims the pair have no plans to marry anytime in the near future.

The possible wedding date coincides with the Jewish festival of Purim an important annual religious festival for followers of Judaism like Sacha.

Purim commemorates the deliverance of Jewish people living in Babylonia in 6th century BCE from a Persian Empire plot to murder them.

It is celebrated according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, which this year falls on February 28, although the festival begins at sunset on February 27.

Australian actress Isla has converted to Judaism in order to marry Sacha and admitted last year she was happy with her decision.

The ‘Wedding Crashers’ star – who has been given the Hebrew name Ayala or ‘Doe’ – said: “I love religions and find them fascinating and I find Judaism very beautiful. It has enriched my life enormously.”

 FROM Peoplestylewatch.com

Kristen Bell may have been totally stylish on the Grammy Awards red carpet last night in her Etro dress and Jimmy Choo heels, but it was her jewelry that grabbed all the attention — her new engagement ring, in fact!

Bell’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE that she got engaged to longtime boyfriend Dax Shepard over the holidays, and she took her Neil Lane-designed ring out for a spin last night.

The gorgeous ring is a fancy-colored emerald cut diamond that is over 3 carats, set in platinum with small white diamond accents. And we can only imagine what a gorgeous wedding gown this red carpet favorite will pick out! –reporting by Elizabeth Leonard

Katy Perry and Russell Brand

FROM Peoplestylewatch.com

By Tim Nudd and Alexis Chiu

Russell Brand has absolutely no secrets to divulge about his upcoming wedding to Katy Perry. Well, maybe he can share a minor detail about the dress code.

“We are going to do the wedding naked! All the families will be naked!” Brand joked to PEOPLE at Sunday’s 2010 Grammy Awards.

He’s kidding. “We’re still deciding what to do,” he says. “There’s no juicy details yet.”

But actually, a naked ceremony is one of the less quirky visions Brand has had for the wedding day.

“All my dream weddings don’t make sense,” he says. That’s probably because his dreams – the literal, nighttime kind – can be a bit hallucinatory.

“The vicar will start melting,” he says. “The people in the front row will turn into people from my school. And then everyone will only say the word ‘potato.’ ”

“I’m getting married to a beautiful woman,” he says. “I’m enjoying my work.”

What could be better? “Nothing,” he says.”

Carrie Underwood

FROM TotalBeauty.com

Sounds like a great idea to us! However, Carrie Underwood added that her hockey-playing beau, Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators, will be helping her work out the rest of the wedding details.

Underwood told the news source that Fisher was at first apathetic towards planning the big day, but lately he has become more invested in the decisions.

“He’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t care. Just whatever you want!’ “Underwood said. “But then I go and ask him, ‘What do you think about this?’ and he’ll go ‘Oh, no,’ and he’ll weigh in.”

We’re glad that Fisher is stepping up to the plate, because the blonde bombshell seems to be one busy lady! It was recently announced that the singer will be performing in the Michael Jackson Tribute at this year’s Grammy Awards.

From the Vancover Sun

Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre and Michael Bublé

VANCOUVER — Vancouver superstar Michael Buble has recently announced his engagement to Argentinian actress girlfriend Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre.

The happy couple has revealed to People magazine that they have been engaged since November.

November was a killer month for the Canuck crooner — not only did he pop the question, but his album was riding high on the Billboard charts.

“Michael proposed to his girlfriend, Luisana, in November, in front of her family in Argentina,” Buble’s rep told People. “They’re ecstatic. They’re adorable, in love and laugh all day long.”

The always romantic crooner stayed true to his Canadian roots and teamed up with Vancouver jeweller Minichiello to create a custom made engagement ring. A friend of Buble’s tells People, “He designed the setting himself. He’s very proud to be engaged to her.”

The happy couple met in Buenos Aires in November 2008. “They met at a party the record company threw for him after his show in Buenos Aires,” says the friend. “The head of the label wanted to introduce Michael to Argentina’s most famous actress. When he met her, he said it was love at first sight.”

No wedding date has been set for Bublé and Lopilato.

Bublé was previously engaged to actress-singer Debbie Timuss in 2005. He also dated actress Emily Blunt for more than two years, but the couple split in 2008.

By TAYLOR K. VECSEY and BRAD HAMILTON
New York Post

Women of New York, start weeping.

Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly

After months of speculation that the Yankees’ hunk and his sexy steady Minka Kelly are headed to the altar, The Post has learned that the super couple may have settled on a wedding date — Nov. 5.

And while it may bring little solace to Jeter’s legion of female admirers, fretful Yankees fans will be glad to note the date is at least two days after the World Series ends.

After getting a tip about the upcoming nuptials, The Post confirmed the date by spotting a curious entry in the official calendar at the ritzy reception palace Oheka Castle in Huntington, LI, for the first Friday in November that read simply “JETER wedding.”

Page Six broke the story of their secret engagement in August. And in November, The Post also ran photos of Jeter and Kelly frolicking in the water off St. Barts — and looking very much in love.

The sumptuous Long Island site is certainly suitable for the superstar shortstop. The opulent Oheka features a French-style chateau hotel and spa, with an exquisite main ballroom and formal gardens with eight reflecting pools and three fountains.

The castle — the second-largest private residence in the United States — has hosted lavish parties for royalty, Hollywood stars and heads of state for nearly a century. Teen idol Kevin Jonas was married there last month.

Oheka, known for fiercely protecting the privacy of its guests, would not comment.

But a Post reporter, posing as a bride-to-be seeking to book a wedding that weekend, was shown a scheduling calendar printout as sales manager Rick Bellando explained that the castle hosts just one wedding per day — and the entire weekend in question was already booked.

A quick peek at the calendar revealed Jeter’s name in big bold letters.

When our spy asked if couples were ever open to switching dates for money, Bellando said most were so wealthy, money was not an issue.

“I guess if it were Derek Jeter getting married, he really wouldn’t care about my money,” our reporter suggested, pointing to the entry.

Bellando chuckled, but quickly tried to dismiss speculation.

“Oh, that’s not Derek Jeter. We wouldn’t use his real name if it were. When the Jonas brother got married here last month, we used a different name.”

brad.hamilton@nypost.com