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The Reverend D Talks Officiating Offbeat Weddings

23 Wednesday Oct 2013

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DonnaMarie SanSevero is a New York paramedic by day, but by night? She’s The Reverend D.

As The Reverend D, SanSevero specializes in officiating truly unique, offbeat weddings — think gothic, Halloween nuptials or ceremonies that feature the “Imperial March” from “Star Wars” as the processional song. And if this requires her to dress up like Elvira or quote raunchy lines from “Showgirls” during the service? No problem!

HuffPost Weddings talked with The Reverend D about the craziest weddings she’s performed and why it’s so important to offer couples a quirky, personal ceremony.

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NYC’s Prohibition Bakery Turns Cocktails Into Cupcakes

23 Wednesday Oct 2013

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Prohibition Bakery might be the only cupcake shop where you’re required to show I.D. before enjoying a sweet treat.

That’s because all the cupcakes are flavored like your favorite cocktails, and yes — there’s real alcohol in the frosting and filling. With flavors like Old Fashioned, White Russian and Margarita, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled into your local bar instead of this cute New York City bakeshop. And the bakery caters weddings, so if traditional white wedding cake isn’t your thing, you can serve your guests your favorite drink as a cupcake instead.

HuffPost Weddings spoke with Leslie Feinberg and Brooke Siem, the masterminds behind Prohibition Bakery, about how they developed their boozy flavors and if it’s possible to actually get drunk off these cupcakes.

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Christina Hendricks Dishes On Married Life

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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Christina Hendricks plays the unlucky-in-love Joan on “Mad Men,” but in real life she’s been in love with her husband since the day they met.

Hendricks told British news outlet The Sun Wednesday that she was drawn to her now-husband, actor Geoffrey Arend, immediately after they were introduced by her “Mad Men” co-star, Vincent Kartheiser, in 2007.

“There was something very striking about him when I first saw him, and I knew I was very intrigued and attracted to him,” Hendricks said. “I was able to get his number on a pretext and then over the next few weeks and months we began seeing each other and at one point we just knew it was right between us.”

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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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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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‘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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Jordan Matter ‘Dancers Among Us’ Photos Inspire A Marriage Proposal

07 Friday Jun 2013

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One photography fan took a leap of faith when he proposed to his girlfriend last week, and he has a photo to prove it.

New Yorkers Peter and Betsy are huge fans of photographer Jordan Matter, whose photo series “Dancers Among Us” captures professional dancers striking poses in public places. Peter told HuffPost Weddings that he knew Betsy loved Matter’s work, so he decided to pop the question by having Matter take a “Dancers Among Us”-style photo of him holding a sign that said “Will you marry me?”

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