We may not be lucky in love with Sonny Bill – but we all LOVE him!
Let’s face it the highlight of the All Blacks game against Tonga was when Sonny Bill’s shirt got ripped off!!
Sonny-Bill-Williams-ripped-shirt
And it seems it was all rigged by some very crafty ladies… clever thinking girls…
It started with a kiss…
My favourites would have to be, in no particular order:
The Notebook
Wow – have you seen this movie? The amount of tears you’ll shed is a good indicator of how touching this story is. And that kiss… don’t you wish you could be embraced like that by Ryan Gosling??!
Spiderman
You know, the upside down kiss in the rain after Spidey rescues his damsel in distress. This is very tricky to do. Especially for Toby Maguire who said it was quite an unpleasant experience – the rain kept going up his nose and with Kirsten Dunst’s lips locked on his – he could hardly breathe!!
Eat Pray Love
Xavier Bardem… need I say more? That scene where he lovingly looks at her as she’s reading, then puts on some quirky romantic Brazilian song and tenderly embraces her…
A Room with a View
Remember this Merchant Ivory period drama – Lucy Honeychurch and the new boy in town have a love/hate relationship? Lots of misunderstandings take place, but finally they get it together and the end scene is of them on their honeymoon sitting in their room with a view over Florence, kissing.
Only You
This is such a quirky romcom – Marisa Tomei plays a girl who when she was 12 saw a fortune teller at the fair who gave her the name of the man she was going to marry… Damon Bradley…
Fast forward 20 years and Marisa is about to get married, then somehow goes on a wild goose chase for Damon Bradley… in Italy… meets up with Robert Downey Jnr who pretends to be Damon Bradley, and they fall in love… with quite a few hiccups on the way!
The kiss happens after a romantic walk along the streets of Rome, they’re back at Marisa’s hotel and then in the middle of rolling around on the bed she finds out – so the kiss turns into a hilarious struggle where she’s trying to resist Robert Downey Jnr!
Before Sunrise
A couple meet on a train traveling across Europe. They decide their chemistry is enough to get off and have one adventurous night together. You have to see it for yourself. And make sure you watch the sequel Before Sunset which shows you what happens 10 years later!
What are your favourites??
Wow, the bride blinged out… of course it wasn’t a ‘crystal’ headpiece which I foolishly mentioned before…it was all DIAMONDS!!!! Apparently $10 million worth!!!
I imagined this was some sort of Armenian inspired touch in honour of her heritage… but who knows! What I do know is that she will have started a huge trend. Every bride is going to want one… their budget just may not stretch to diamonds!
Ok! I never thought I’d admit it, but I adore the Kardashians! I was home sick one day last week and flicking through tv channels found E! One of the girls at work was raving about how she was addicted to Keeping up with the Kardashians and all the other tv show spin-offs and I was a bit mortified, but curious to see for myself. Most reality tv show is pretty tacky lets face it (think Jersey Shore and even worse if that’s possible Geordie Shore!), everyone’s just making a quick buck – and really what sort of person opens their private lives to the public?
But I have to say I am hooked – I wasn’t drawn into the glamour lifestyle the gorgeous girls live, but the fact they seem quite nice, down to earth and share some very comedic moments did keep me watching. And I am amazed, and not sure how much is scripted or not, but. there are even some good moral and social messages in there as well. Most of all – I like their idea of family and partnership/marriage. And romance. Unlike The Bachelor/Bachelorette none of it’s staged. At least it looks that way – until they file for divorce in the next episode!!
The latest love story is Kim’s. She’s had a whirlwind romance and last month was given a 2 million dollar engagement ring from her pro sportsman boyfriend Kris Humphries!
Check out her gorgeous bridal shower here!
Then there was the wicked Bachelorette Party in Las Vegas!
And tomorrow is the BIG day!! I’m sure it will be one to remember…I’ll keep you posted!
Thomas Wray Kidd from North Carolina is being reunited with a piece of jewelry and a part of his past he thought was gone forever.
Kidd, now 67 and retired, has not seen his Jackson High School Class of 1962 ring since he gave it to his girlfriend half a century ago, and she accidentally dropped it into her toilet mid-flush.
The girlfriend, Dianne Shearin, was aghast. Her father had a plumber pull the toilet and snake the pipes. “The plumber finally told them, ‘Hey, that ring is gone,”‘ Kidd recalled in an interview.
It was not gone for good though. When a storm pipe collapsed recently and a repair crew responded, a foreman found the long lost ring. It was just a few blocks from where it had gone into the sewer in 1960.
The ring was taken to a local jewelry store, where three hours were spent cleaning it back to a bright gold.
The ring bore the initials TWK and a hunt began to find the owner. There weren’t many possibilities. Only 25 students graduated from Jackson High in 1962, a few years before the school closed.
Mr Kidd got a call from a former classmate who told him about the ring. Then the jeweler called, offering to mail it or deliver it personally when he visited family in he area.
“Mr Kidd said, ‘Just wait and bring it to me,’ which I’m glad he did because I want to see the look on his face when he’s reunited with his ring after 51 years,”
Mr Kidd is impressed with the honesty in getting the ring back to its owner. He is also happy he will once more be able to give it to the woman he calls his “soul mate and best friend.”
Despite the toilet mishap, Kidd married Dianne Shearin in 1964. They’re still married today.
Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall
Edinburgh, 30 July 2011
We’ve been talking about royal weddings alot lately – this is the third one now this summer!
But, I think, the marriage of Zara and Mike is the most special. They seem endearingly down-to-earth, I suppose because of their sporting achievements. But I think this review shows their celebration was one where all royals could forget their p’s and q’s and enjoy themselves just like anyone else!
Prince Albert & Princess Charlene
Monaco, 1 July 2011
Wills & Kate weren’t the only royal couple to tie the knot this year. 3,500 guests witnessed Prince Albert And Princess Charlene saying“I Do”. Guests included Italian designer Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US soprano Renee Fleming, British Bond actor Roger Moore, fashion models Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova, former French first lady Bernadette Chirac, Romanian Gymnast Nadia Comaneci.
Princess Charlene dressed in a stunning Armani off-the-shoulder gown made in white silk adorned with over 40,000 Swarovski crystals and a long veil, while Prince Albert wore the white dress uniform of Monaco’s Carabinieri Royal Guard. Their wedding took place in the courtyard of the Prince’s palace, the audience outside could see the ceremony from two giant screens outside. The princess looked so beautiful and serene walking the aisle by her father. Prince Albert and Princess Charlene exchanged 18-carat white gold platinum rings by Cartier.
The newlyweds and their 450 guests enjoyed a delicious meal especially made by chef Alain Ducasse. After the celebration there was a fireworks spectacular, but the celebrations will go on on Sunday with a brunch that will mark the end of the royal wedding festivities.
Paralysed bride-to-be gets married 14 months later.
Weddings spell a mountain of obstacles for many couples, but paralysis usually isn’t one of them.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/9870571/paralysed-bride-to-be-gets-married-14-months-later/
Film stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz have tied the knot, Craig’s publicist has confirmed.
Robin Baum of Slate PR, which represents the James Bond actor, said the pair had got married, but did not offer any details.
The British couple will play husband and wife in the movie Dream House.
According to reports, they tied the knot in a secret ceremony last Wednesday in New York, with only Craig’s teenage daughter, Ella, Weisz’s five-year-old son, Henry, and two family friends as guests.
Craig, 43, rose to international stardom in 2006 when he became the sixth actor to play Bond in the movie franchise.
He will take on the role of the suave secret agent for the third time in the 23rd movie, to be released in October next year.
His other film credits include Elizabeth, Layer Cake and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which comes out in the UK later this year.
Weisz, 41, won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the 2005 film The Constant Gardener. Her other films include The Mummy and About a Boy.
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Victoria Adams and David Beckham
married July 4, 1999
This celebrity couple were married at the 560-acre Luttrellstown Castle, just outside of Dublin, Ireland. Twenty-nine close friends and family witnessed the event, which was held in a private room of the castle decorated with rose petals and silver birch trees.
Victoria arrived at the castle in a burgundy vintage Bentley, with her sister and maid of honor, Louise, and David’s two nieces who were flower girls. The bride walked down a 60-foot walkway covered in flowers, as a harp and violin duo played Mozart, Bach and Handel. She made her grand entrance wearing a champagne colored strapless Vera Wang gown with a 20-foot train. In her hair, she wore an 18-carat gold crown encrusted with diamonds by jeweler Slim Barrett. The groom wore an ivory and cream suit. Brooklyn, the couple’s baby son, wore a white suit by Antonio Berardi and slept peacefully through the ceremony.
The wedding was officiated by the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton, and at the conclusion of the tearful vows, a single white dove was released. In celebration, a purple heraldic flag was raised above the castle with the letters ‘V.B.D.’ — for Victoria, Brooklyn and David.
A reception was held for 230 guests, all of whom were asked to wear black and white, including Spice Girls Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown, and Sir Bobby Charlton. The affair itself employed 400 staff members and was coordinated by Bentley’s Entertainment and Sternberg Clarke. The reception room was filled with cushions the size of double beds, purple carpets and two golden thrones for the newlyweds. A crib for baby Brooklyn was set up at their side. For the reception, the couple changed into party outfits by Antonio Berardi. David wore a purple suit, and his son wore a purple cowboy hat.
Dinner was catered by chef Jason Reynolds and included red pepper soup, turkey breast, grilled Mediterranean vegetables, and Beckham’s favorite — sticky toffee pudding with a terrine of summer berries. For dessert, a wedding cake was served with a nude sculpture of the couple on top. The couple shared their first dance to “It Had To Be You,” performed by The Starlight Orchestra. At the end of the evening, hundreds of red balloons were released into the air, and a fireworks display lit up the sky.
The couple spent their wedding night in the castle’s Royal Suite before honeymooning in a villa in the South of France.
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