Archive for the ‘Celebrity Engagements’ Category

 

Are Robbie Williams and Ayda Field Finally Engaged?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The celebrity news is abuzz today with rumors of an engagement between British signer Robbie Williams and American actress Ayda Field, after she was spotted with a huge diamond engagement ring on her finger.

 

While Ayda was sitting in the stands of the celebrity football tournament in Los Angeles and cheering on her alleged fiancé, she was caught flashing the heavy rock.  Perhaps she was good luck, England beat Scotland four to one in the tournament.

 

Strangely, rapper Jay-Z told reporters that he would love to help Robbie plan the wedding.  I supposed that he got a little experience when he and singer Beyonce were married and wants another shot at it.

 

He said, “I would be happy to help Robbie organize his wedding – I am sure he will make it an extravagant party. I had my 40th last month in the Dominican Republic. That would be a great place for Robbie’s wedding. It’s the most stunning place on earth. It has everything – beautiful beaches, scenery, golf courses – and is easy to fly guests to.  If Robbie wants my help, he should come over for dinner and Bey (Beyonce) and I can help him out. As a wedding present, I would get up after the speeches and do a little set.”  How could Robbie and Ayda turn that down?

 

Back in November, Robbie proposed to Ayda on an Australian radio show, but insisted that it was just a joke and planned before the broadcast.  His mother Jan now reports that the couple made the engagement official on 12/29/09 in Robbie’s Hollywood home, and the reason the first proposal was dismissed and redone was because Robbie had no diamond engagement ring at the time.  It is also reported that he had planned to pop the question on New Year’s Eve, but the former Take That singer got so excited that he couldn’t wait any longer.

 

Robbie 35, and Ayda 30, have been dating for three years and say that they are looking forward to starting a family together.  While Robbie is currently promoting his latest album, Reality Killed the Video Star, he said he is willing to settle down a bit soon.  He told Closer magazine in an interview: “That’s definitely on the agenda – little monkeys running around. It’s about time, I’ve had a good innings.”  There should be no problem putting on the career brakes for a family, it is reported that Robbie holds a huge 80 Million Pound fortune.  In today’s dollar to pound exchange rate that is roughly 140 million dollars!  He was also quoted saying about his wife to be:

“She digs me and I dig her, she knows who I am and I know who she is. I trust her 100 percent, and there isn’t even a glimmer of worry of her only liking me for all this singing malarkey.  I’m a pretty cool guy, you know, without all of that anyway.  We don’t fall out, we have nothing to fall out about. We don’t have arguments, we just get on and we make each other laugh. We’re a good team.”

 

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Kevin Jonas Gets Married

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Two years ago, as a surprise birthday gift for my soon to be ten year old son, I patiently waited on the phone line in an attempt to be one of the lucky parents to score Hanna Montana tickets and become “Mom of the Year,” in my boy’s eyes.  While the concert had already sold out, I had heard an announcement on the radio that Hannah Montana and her people were releasing an extra fifty seats, so I jumped at the chance.  My efforts were a success and I scored three tickets in the last row; one for myself and two for my Starr eyed boy and his lucky friend.  At that time I barely knew who Miley Cyrus or Hanna Montana were, and little did I realize what an impact the young celebrity had made on thousands of young children.

 

Hannah Montana’s opening act was the boy band called the Jonas Brothers.  As they entered the stage my ears were pierced by the screams of tens of thousands of eight-year old girls, and as I watched these boys run and jump around the stage; I realized that while their talent may not lie in their vocals, they were incredibly good at making pre-teen girls swoon.  It immediately dawned on me what a gold mine their label had discovered.

 

Two years later, my son has matured and is much more interested in John Mayer and AC/DC.  As I turn on the celebrity news, I realize that not only has he grown, but so have his earlier pre-teen idols.  Hannah Montana now almost exclusively goes by her true name, Miley Cyrus, and has crossed the adolescent to adult musical boundary attracting fans of all ages.  The Jonas brothers have grown too; in fact, one of the young celebrities just got married!

 

The oldest crooner of the Jonas Brothers is Kevin Jonas, at age twenty-two.  Apparently not eager to spread his wings and play the field, this past weekend Kevin married his longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa.  As a celebrity Kevin Jonas followed suite and threw a lavish winter themed wedding at the Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York, and even the weather cooperated by offering a beautiful snowstorm.  In order to avoid playing the “favorite game,” Kevin’s younger brothers and fellow band mates, Nick and Joe Jonas, both served as his best man.  Other celebrities to attend the Jonas-Deleasa wedding included Disney actresses Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.

 

Kevin met Danielle, a twenty-two year old former hair stylist, in the Bahamas about two years ago, and she claimed to have no idea who he was. This past summer Jonas proposed to Deleasa at her home in New Jersey.  Her engagement ring is a three-carat solitaire cushion-cut diamond surrounded by 210 round, brilliant-cut pave diamonds, which Jonas helped design along with Jacobs and Co.  All members of the Jonas Brothers band wear purity rings to announce their commitment to celibacy before marriage, now after this past weekend, Kevin Jonas’s purity ring has been replaced by a much more grown-up wedding ring.

 

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Carrie Underwood is Engaged!

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Carrie Underwood flashed a new diamond engagement ring!  Canadian hockey player and alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, Mike Fisher, proposed to his girlfriend, country singer and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood this past Sunday evening; the couple have been dating for the better part of a year.  Maybe we could have seen the engagement ring coming when she printed this message to her hockey player fiancé on the notes of her latest album, “Play On.”

 

“Thank you #12, you are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and have had such an amazing hand in the building of this album and in the growth of me as a person. I love you so much! You make my life better in every way! I thank God for you every day… xoxo, Carrie.”

 

Twenty-nine year old Fisher is Underwood’s first long term boyfriend, and she is his second attempt at a committed relationship.  They met backstage after her concert in Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.  There are not many details about the proposal, but it is reported that it took place Sunday in Fisher’s home among their family and some friends. The twenty-six year old Underwood was photographed Monday night sitting in Ottawa owner Eugene Melnyk’s luxury box watching her fiancés team play the Boston Bruins.  She was all smiles and wearing her enormous new rock.  There is no word yet on details of the engagement ring, but based on the photos first taken by the Ottawa Citizen, this Canadian hockey player knows his ice!

 

This season has been good for Underwood; the huge diamond engagement ring from Fisher comes just after the announcement of her two Grammy Award nominations.  Underwood scored one nomination for best female country vocal performance for her song “Just a Dream,” and another nomination for best country collaboration with vocals where she teamed up with legendary country singer Randy Travis in the song, “I Told You So.”  The winners will be announced on the Grammy Awards show set to air on CBS, January 31, 2010.  The nominations are very exciting news for Underwood, few other American Idol contestants have faired so well in their careers.  The only other Idols to receive the prestigious honor include: Chris Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Ace Young, and Mandisa.

 

Fisher and Underwood have not yet set a wedding date, but have reported to news outlets that they are both very excited about the event.

 

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Carrie Underwood sports her engagement ring for the first time in public at the Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins hockey game this past Monday.

Is Tila Tequila Engaged, or isn’t she?

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Is reality star and queen of MySpace Tila Tequila engaged…or isn’t she?  The controversial Texas girl has been all over the web lately for flashing a huge diamond engagement ring and announcing via Twitter that she was going to be the surrogate mother for her brother and sister-in-law’s baby.  It seems since she dominated the MySpace world, Miss Tequila can’t stay far from the spotlight.

 

Born in Singapore, Tila Tequila was raised in Houston, Texas by her parents.  When she was 18 she was spotted by a Playboy scout in the local mall and since has seen her career explode all over the entertainment map.  She used her success in nude modeling to catapult into music (sort of), web commerce, and reality television.  Her MTV reality show titled, “Shot at Love with Tila Tequila,” was a bisexual dating show that lasted two seasons.  Men and Women both competed for her affection, but didn’t realize they were battling against the opposite sex until the end of the season.

 

In Tequila’s recent engagement announcement, she showed off her huge 17-carat diamond engagement ring from her supposed fiancé Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson and Johnson empire and also known as the Band-Aid Queen.  Tila flashed the bling and tactfully commented, “17-carat diamond ring from my baby…my baby takes care of me. Beat that J.Lo! Beat that Khloe and Lamar!”

 

In reaction to Tila’s announcement, Johnson’s former girlfriend, Courtenay Semel, stated that Tequila’s engagement ring was as fake as her supposed engagement.  Semel, also a reality show star (who isn’t these days?) the daughter of the Yahoo CEO, and now girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan said the ring was a re-gift.  Johnson had once given it to Semel while they were dating, and it is actually not even a real diamond.  There has been no comment from Johnson regarding the ring, or the engagement.

 

Tila is no stranger to the tabloids.  Her former boyfriend, San Diego Chargers football player Shawne Merriman, is now suing Tequila for false charges that she made, and then dropped due to lack of evidence.  Apparently she had accused Merriman of attacking her in his home, choking, and restraining her.  His assault charges were dropped this past September, and a recent naked rant from Tila on the website Ustream is credited to her troubles with Shawne.

 

Now the drama queen wants to carry her brother’s baby as a Christmas gift to him and his wife.  Playboy spreads, bi-sexual reality television shows, naked rants, fake diamond re-gifted engagement rings from lesbian heiresses, why wouldn’t Tila Tequila make a great incubator for an unborn child?  No word on whether or not she is actually pregnant…maybe this attempt and child bearing will end up holding as much water as her Merriman accusations.

 

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Dancing with the Stars Melissa Rycroft weds Tye Strickland

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

We all love happy endings, and after Dancing with the Stars reality television star Melissa Rycroft was dumped on The Bachelorette by Jason Mesnick, we got one.  After being unlucky in romance, this past weekend, Rycroft married her long time love Tye Strickland in a sunset ceremony on the beach.  Rycroft and Strickland met in their hometown and dated on and off for two years, parting ways prior to the airing the of The Bachelorette.  Just four months after her humiliating rejection and break up with then fiancé Mesnick on the air, tides turned and Strickland popped the question to Rycroft at White’s Chapel in Southlake, Texas.  Opening a ring box with an internal light for added effect, Strickland presented her with a stunning $60k platinum engagement ring; how could she say no!  The band is crowned with a center 2-carat pear shaped diamond, surrounded six baguettes, and 94 round diamonds.

 

After getting engaged, Rycroft and Strickland joined their parents for a celebration and dinner at the nearby Brio Tuscan Grille, then joined twenty of their friends at the Dallas restaurant Cretia’s, walking into a round of applause.

 

In preparation for their big day and to say farewell to singlehood in style, the couple flew to Las Vegas for a joint bachelor/bachelorette party.  Rycroft and Strickland stayed at the luxurious Palazzo hotel and early in the evening the couple attended the Jersey Boys Show.  Then, in traditional bachelor/bachelorette party style, the girls headed for an evening of fun at Palazzo’s Lavo, while the men partied the night away at Tao.

 

Approximately six months after Rycroft accepted Strickland’s proposal, and the amazing platinum and diamond engagement ring, the two made their relationship official.  The wedding ceremony was held on December 12th in Isla Mujeres on the coast of Cancun Mexico.  Every detail was attended to; Rycroft wore a beautiful mermaid style, white flowing, Alfred Angelo wedding gown and carried a bouquet of peach and white roses.  With tears in her eyes, she was escorted by her father to the alter on the beach at the end of the dock to the traditional wedding song, “Here Comes the Bride.”

 

In keeping with the casual beach theme, Rycroft’s bridesmaids wore peach colored bridesmaid dresses, while Strickland’s groomsmen wore causal khaki pants and sea foam green button down shirts; all members of the wedding party walked barefoot.  Also in tears, Strickland waited for Rycroft at the alter wearing a causal khaki suit with a peach rose, white button down shirt, and no tie.

 

Rycroft and Strickland timed their beach wedding ceremony perfectly.  The anticipated event took place in the late afternoon, ending with Rycroft and Strickland’s vows being repeated with the setting of the sun.

 

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Celebrities Love Secret Engagements

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Celebrity engagement rumor:  Tony Romo, football player and ex boyfriend to Jessica Simpson gives his new girlfriend, Candace Crawford, an engagement ring!  Wait…doesn’t this mean that they are, in fact, engaged?  Some say that Romo’s gift to Crawford was just a ring, and not an engagement ring, but if you wear a diamond ring on the third finger of your left hand doesn’t it stand to reason that you are planning to get married?  Why is it that celebrities work so hard to keep their engagements from reaching the press?  Isn’t the act of becoming engaged itself a declaration of your intentions to marry? I would think that if a couple didn’t want the world to know they were going to be wed, they would wait to become engaged until they are ready for the announcement.  What is the point of marriage if not to broadcast the fact that you have chosen this person to spend the rest of your life with?

 

The web and tabloid stands are full of celebrity engagement gossip. Pop singer Katy Perry’s boyfriend Russell Brand is rumored to be engagement ring shopping at London’s Cartier, but are they going to tie the knot after her evening cozying up to British comedian Robert Pattinson and a group of friends?

 

Jennifer Lopez wore her amazing eight-carat square cut diamond ring on her middle finger and denied engagement to Marc Anthony.  Their wedding was kept under wraps, and it wasn’t until months later that Lopez and Anthony admitted the union.  I can understand wanting privacy during the ceremony, but again, why keep their marriage a secret after the fact?  Eventually don’t you want the world to know?

 

For two months actress Rachel Bilson kept her engagement to fellow actor Hayden Christensen a secret.  It wasn’t until a man on an airplane noticed the engagement ring on her finger that she revealed that they were planning to wed.  Again, why the secrecy?  Are stars afraid if the news of their engagements leaks out to the public it will jinx their chances of success?  I think if they want to keep their engagements private then they shouldn’t wear a diamond engagement ring in public.

 

Secret engagements are not always the standard for stars, however. Some celebrities are not so timid when it comes to love.  When Chelsea Clinton and her now fiancé Marc Mezvinsky became engaged this past November, they weren’t afraid of announcing the big news at all.  In fact, they sent out a mass email to their friends and family!  I don’t know how classy that is, but at least they let the people close to them share in their excitement.

 

For singer Jennifer Hudson, one proposal was not enough.  Four months after her pro wrestler fiancé David Otunga popped the question on her 27thbirthday, she surprised him.  Apparently Hudson wanted Otunga to realize how much she was looking forward to their wedding, she secretly had a fabulous man’s five-carat diamond engagement ring custom designed by Neil Lane, and proposed to him!

 

 

The stunning Neil Lane Engagement Ring Jennifer Hudson used to Propose to her Fiance

The stunning Neil Lane Engagement Ring Jennifer Hudson used to Propose to her Fiance