Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon Renew Vows At Disneyland

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on April 30 with a vow renewal ceremony fit for Disney royalty.

The couple shut down Disneyland for the private ceremony, Entertainment Tonight reported Wednesday.

Carey and daughter Monroe got ready for the ceremony at the Dream Suite, an exclusive hotel room located above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Wearing princess-inspired gowns, Carey (dressed as Cinderella) and Monroe rode in a Cinderella-style horse-drawn carriage to Main Street, where Cannon and son Moroccan were waiting (both were dressed in Prince Charming costumes).

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Avril Lavigne Wears Black Gown To Ceremony In French Castle

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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Avril Lavigne hinted previously that her wedding would have a “theme” and feature“crazy attire and colors,” and we now know she wasn’t kidding!

The singer married her boyfriend of one year, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, at Chateau de la Napoule, a medieval castle close to Cannes, France on Monday.

Lavigne wore a black Monique Lhuillier gown and carried a bouquet of black flowers during the candlelit ceremony, attended by 110 guests. Kroeger wore an all-black suit. The wedding capped off a three-day celebration in France, which Lavigne told Hello! she wanted to be like a “crazy vacation” for her guests.

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Sean Parker Rails Against Media In 9,500-Word Defense Of His Wedding

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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Sean Parker isn’t finished defending his recent forest wedding.

In a 9,500-word essay published on TechCrunch Thursday, the Napster co-founder recounted the entire story of his wedding and railed against media reports and Internet commenters that described his Big Sur, Calif. wedding to Alexandra Lenasearlier this month as “tasteless” and “eco-trashing.”

Parker said his wedding, which was held on campground land owned by the Ventana Inn & Spa, was “magical,” “lush” and “surreal,” and said that “Lord of the Rings” costume designer Ngila Dickson designed fantasy-inspired costumes for all 364 guests to wear.

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The Vibrations In Ruhl’s “Next Room” Reach The Secret Rose

22 Thursday Aug 2013

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It’s a sunny Saturday morning in the San Fernando Valley, and actors Joanna Strapp and Michael Oosterom are discussing the finer points of Victorian-era sex.

“In the Victorian era, they were raised to never talk about sex until your wedding night, and then you better be making babies like crazy,” Oosterom explains. He and Strapp aren’t historians, but they’ve clearly done a lot of research on the subject. “It’s not just the brides — the grooms were like, ‘I don’t know what to do, no one told me what to do, all I know is that we’re supposed to do this’.”

Which makes it all the more surprising that these same 19th-century Victorians were the ones who invented a device now known as the vibrator. Back then, it was used to treat hysteria, a catch-all term used to describe a variety of female ailments; today, it’s the subject of playwright Sarah Ruhl’s2009 comedy In the Next Room (or the vibrator play).

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Eve Gets A Second Chance In Rubin’s “eve2”

09 Friday Aug 2013

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If you’re familiar with the biblical story of Adam and Eve, you know that Eve’s got a lot of blame resting on her shoulders. She did eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledge, after all, supposedly causing the fall of mankind and the beginning of pain and suffering.

But what if Eve realized that she got the raw end of the deal? What if she decided she wasn’t going to be blamed for man’s fall from grace and changed the end of her story — so eating from the Tree of Knowledge actually turned out to be a pretty good thing?

These are the questions posed by eve2, a feminist re-imagining of Genesis in which Adam and Eve are modern-day workers at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital morgue. After a blackout stops time and space, they realize that they have become the titular biblical figures, giving Eve a chance to transform her dreary ending. The surreal, dream-like play opens Saturday at L.A.’s Bootleg Theater.

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Get Your Swim On: Fave Bathing Suit Shops

05 Monday Aug 2013

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The temperature’s rising and your sweaters are getting shoved to the back of your closet, which can only mean one thing: summer’s here! Of course, we all know summer doesn’t REALLY begin until you slip on your swimsuit.

Head over to these fab swimwear shops to find the suit that’ll have you feeling sexy all summer long!

Pamela G
7922 W 3rd St., Beverly Grove
A custom-made swimsuit designed exactly for your body? Yes, please! Schedule a private appointment with Pamela G to get your measurements taken and choose your swimsuit’s fabric and style. You’re guaranteed to have a one-of-a-kind suit!

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Fourteen Style Designs Wedding Suits For Lesbian, Queer and Trans Community

31 Wednesday Jul 2013

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Here’s something you don’t hear every day in the wedding world: not every bride wants to wear a dress.

For many in the lesbian, queer and transgender communities, the perfect wedding outfit is a clean, classically-tailored suit. But as HuffPost blogger and LGBT wedding planner Bernadette Coveney-Smith knows, it’s virtually impossible to find a chic, wedding-appropriate suit made for the female body in stores. So six months ago, Coveney-Smith launched Fourteen Style, an online boutique that specializes in pants, jackets, vests and shirts designed for customers of varying gender identities.

HuffPost Weddings spoke with Coveney-Smith about how difficult it can be to find the perfect wedding suit in stores, and how Fourteen Style’s suits differ from average formalwear.

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Bride Sets Dress On Fire In Controversial Photo

18 Thursday Jul 2013

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Instead of preserving their wedding gowns and stowing them in the back of their closets, many adventurous brides are choosing to destroy their dresses (using water,paint or even cake) for increasingly popular “Trash the Dress” photo shoots. But one recent Trash the Dress shoot has some wondering if the trend has gone too far.

After Natasha Samuel and Daniel Yakcobi married on a beach in Israel in May, Samuel and photographer Eric Simantov staged a Trash the Dress shoot in which Samuel put on her gown, doused the back in flammable liquid and set it on fire, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. Simantov quickly took the photo before Samuel ran into the ocean to put out the flames.

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Music Mania: Festivals Worth A Trip

13 Thursday Jun 2013

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It’s almost summer (as in, it starts tomorrow), and you know what that means — time to stay out late, dance your heart out to great music, and have fun with your friends! And what better place than amazing music festivals! Even if you don’t live nearby, these gatherings are definitely worth the pilgrimage.

Bonnaroo
June 13–16
Great Stage Park, Manchester, Tennessee
Not only does Bonnaroo boast four days of concerts by some of the biggest names in music (Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, and Kendrick Lamar, anyone?) but there are also tons of other activities to keep you entertained. Enjoy the Apples to Apples Game Lounge, the Broo’ers beer festival and sets by comedians like Ed Helms. Bonnaroo is also perfect for outdoorsy girls — camping on-site is encouraged!

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‘Newlyweds: The First Year’ Stars, Tina Sugandh And Tarz Ludwigsen, Open Up About Marriage

07 Friday Jun 2013

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On Bravo’s new reality show “Newlyweds: The First Year,” premiering Monday May 6, you’ll be able to watch four newlywed couples navigate their first year of marriage. One of those couples is Tina Sugandh, an Indian pop star, and Tarz Ludwigsen, president and co-founder of web start-upPandoodle. The couple, who married in December 2011, recently opened up to HuffPost Weddings about their relationship and how being on a reality show has affected their marriage. Below, 10 things we learned about the couple.

1. Their first conversation was about steak

Tina: “It was a long conversation. I grew up vegetarian and I had just started eating steak so I was enamored of all sorts of different steaks at all places.”

2. They moved in together after their first date

Tina: “We were just best friends from day one, which was really crazy. It was so easy to move in on the first date because it was like we were the same person.”

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