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.’ ”
But in all seriousness, Brand, 34 – who recently threw an engagement party in Beverly Hills with his fiancée, 25 – says life is firing on all cylinders.
“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.”
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 (UPI) — U.S. singer Keyshia Cole says she is engaged to Cleveland Cavaliers player Daniel Gibson and is pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Keyshia Cole and Daniel Gibson
Cole, 28, confirmed in a statement she and Gibson are planning their wedding and expecting a new addition to their family, all while Cole is attempting to distance herself from her own family, People.com reported Friday.
“Now that I am becoming a mom, my passion for having a loving and peaceful home for my child is my No. 1 priority. It’s very important to both Daniel and I … the stress that my family is giving me with their constant false reports is not healthy and it’s not what I need at this time in my life,” Cole wrote in her statement.
Cole, who is also the star of the Black Entertainment Television reality series “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,” is expected to give birth in the spring.
A Cole representative said the singer and Gibson, 23, had not set a date for their wedding.
Jared Fogle
Jared Fogle — the man who famously lost 245 lbs. by eating Subway — is engaged. He popped the question to his girlfriend of a year, Katie McLaughlin, a teacher, in November.
“She’s been so wonderful and caring. She’s just been the most supportive woman,” Fogle tells PEOPLE in a new interview. “I couldn’t ask for more.”
The couple plans to exchange vows this summer.
Fogel also admits he gained more than 40 lbs. last year, but is getting back in shape for the wedding.”I’m going to look darn good in those wedding pictures!” he says.
“I look at it as a little bit of a hiccup,” Fogle says of his recent weight gain, which resulted from “not exercising as much as I should have and not paying attention to what I was eating.”
This will be the second marriage for Fogle.
Fergie & Josh Duhamel wedding
From ChinaDaily.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Almost a year after their wedding, Fergie and Josh Duhamel have renewed their vows, according to Us Weekly.
The couple reportedly embarked to Santa Barbara, Calif., for the private ceremony, held with only the two stars and a minister on Wednesday evening.
“It was a total surprise for Fergie,” a source told the mag.
A source close to the couple described the scene, held at the Bacara Resort & Spa, as “really romantic, great views of the Pacific, sunset ceremony.”
Following the 15-minute ceremony, the two shared a private dinner at the resort’s Miro restaurant, exiting before the dinner crowd arrived to head back to LA.
The two wed in Malibu one year ago, on January 10, 2009.
Last year, just months after their marriage, the pair battled tabloid rumors of Josh’s infidelity, which they both denied.
Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson
From People.com
Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood are engaged, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
The shock-rocker reportedly proposed to the True Blood actress while he was performing on stage in Paris on Monday, according to reports. Rumors have been swirling for days about the famously on-again, off-again couple’s engagement.
Reps for both Manson and Wood have remained mum on the subject.
Manson, 41, began dating Wood, 22, in 2006 but the couple broke up in 2008. They briefly reconciled, then split again before getting back together.
Last year, Manson revealed that he was so devastated over his breakup with Wood that he obsessed about the actress and called her incessantly. After they worked things out, Manson was quoted by the Herald Sun as saying that Wood has helped him be a better person.
“Me being me at my best is what I need to be,” he said at the time. “That really paid off because I’m back with Evan.”
Wood, for her part, described Mason to Elle magazine in 2007 as a “lovely, really human and just amazing. It may surprise you just how healthy and loving our relationship is.”
Manson was previously married to burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese.
