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Katy Perry and Russell Brand, When’s The Wedding?

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

It seems that famed “I Kissed a Girl,” singer Katy Perry can’t stay out of the celebrity engagement gossip.  First, in 2008 Perry denied rumors of engagement to on again-off again boyfriend and Gym Class Heroes front man Travis McCoy, after it was reported he proposed to her during a trip to France.  Then, back in early September of 2009, Perry was spotted flashing a diamond engagement ring in L.A. forcing her to deny, for the second time, rumors that she was in fact engaged to McCoy. Shortly thereafter, the couple split and Perry began dating British comedian and star of Saving Sarah Marshall, Russell Brand that month.  Then, coming just four months after she denied her engagement to McCoy, Perry got engaged to her new boyfriend after a New Years Eve proposal in India.

 

Brand, 35, and Perry, 25, met during the MTV Music Awards this past year and since the well known playboy has reportedly only had eyes for her.  Couple insiders report that while the two new lovebirds were having an intimate Indian dinner in London, Katy professed to Russell that she loved the eastern culture.  As a Christmas gift, he whisked her away on a trip to Bollywood, where he proposed marriage just before midnight on New Years Eve. The New York Daily News reports that the engagement ring is “a large, square-cut diamond set in a platinum band,” but this is all the news we have regarding the status of the rock.

 

After the proposal, the couple donned traditional Indian outfits and had their engagement and relationship blessed by an Indian love guru.  According to The Sun, the ceremony took place at the base of a mountain in Jaipur, in a tent.  Shortly after the traditional love ceremony, Russell further surprised his new fiancé with a trip to Thailand to celebrate their engagement.

 

The rumors of their engagement actually began when Brand was spotted shopping at a West London Cartier store, allegedly looking at engagement rings.  This is where he is said to have purchased the square-cut diamond and platinum setting.

 

Katy and Russell have only been dating for a few monthsmonths, so the news of their engagement has not been taken very seriously among the celebrity media.  Perhaps this is another story of a hot and heavy Hollywood romance that will fizzle out before it gets started, so maybe we shouldn’t be surprised if we never hear the wedding bells ring for the famous couple.  It is reported that she and McCoy, Perry’s previous alleged fiancé, had trouble in their relationship due to her hectic tour schedule.  With Brand’s history of drugs and sex addiction, her fame, and the lack of privacy that accompanies celebrity relationships, the couple will have to fight hard to make it to the alter.

 

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Katy and Russell in front of Taj Mahal which she shared on Twitter. “He built this for me,” she wrote in the Tweet.

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Penelope Cruz Still Flashing an Engagement Ring

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

The engagement rumors regarding 35-year-old Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and 40-year-old Spanish actor Javier Borden have heated up again in recent days after the private couple was photographed getting frisky on a beach in Brazil this week.  The rumors began back in October, when Cruz was flashing a stunning engagement ring at the screening of the film Broken.  The pair denied the rumors, but a friend of Cruz leaked information to the press saying that “Penelope’s parents are conservative Catholics and are really pushing for her to get married. Javier would like to take things slowly, but Penelope wants to make her parents happy.”  The friend also told reporters that a holiday wedding may be possible for the pair, and because Cruz is from Spain, she would like a Spanish designer to create her wedding gown.  During this time Cruz was spotted visiting a famous Spanish dress designer at the House of Balenciaga.

 

The first several months Cruz and Borden were very low key and revealed nothing to the media in regards to their relationship.  This leak angered the couple, who had hoped to keep their relationship and wedding plans out of the press, and came just after Cruz downplayed marriage to a reporter for Britain’s Psychologies magazine saying that, “I don’t know if I believe in marriage.  I believe in family, love and children.” This is obviously very different information than that that was leaked by her friend.

 

While as far as the press knows, there was no holiday wedding, Cruz is still sporting the ring, as evidenced in the photos taken in Brazil.  The alleged engagement ring is an enormous sapphire center stone surrounded by smaller diamonds, and leads one to believe that if it wasn’t an engagement ring, why would she wear it everyday, or at the beach?

 

Cruz and Borden originally met before the two Spanish actors had hit it big in mainstream Hollywood.  Back in 1992 they filmed the movie, Jamon, Jamon, together, but Cruz broke off their steamy relationship after the filming had ended.  A few years later, they met again on the set of Live Flesh, in 1997, with no rumors of a relationship, and it wasn’t until their latest film together that the two really got hot and heavy.  They have been back together since 2007 and meeting again with their supporting roles in Woody Allen’s movie Vicky Christina Barcelona.  Cruz played Borden’s ex wife in the film and was so convincing that she won an Oscar for her role.

 

The two have been inseparable since, despite rumors that Cruz had been angry with Borden over his workload, and broken things off.  Cruz and Borden have still been quiet regarding their relationship.  So quiet, in fact, that the couple could already be married and we may not even know about it!

 

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Michael Buble Engaged to Young Latin American Celebrity

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Crooner Michael Buble is the next celebrity to join the ranks of Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry, and AJ McLean, and plan to be married during engagement season 2009/2010.  The Canadian born singer, songwriter, actor, and Grammy winner, reportedly proposed to his Argentinean girlfriend Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, a Latin American Soap Opera actress, singer, and model.  Buble’s rep Liz Rosenberg told People magazine that, “Michael proposed to his girlfriend, Luisana, in November, in front of her family in Argentina. They’re ecstatic. They’re adorable, in love and laugh all day long.”

 

Michael, 34, and Luisana, 22, met at his concert in Buenos Ares in November 0f 2008, one year before he popped the question.  Apparently Luisana caught his eye during the performance, and the singer serenaded her during the show, falling in love at first sight.  Since, the two have been dating exclusively, and their meeting come shortly after Buble parted ways with his British actress girlfriend Emily Blunt, whom he allegedly cheated on.  While he had never proposed to Blunt, this is not the Grammy winner’s first engagement.  He was previously engaged to long time girlfriend and singer, dancer, and stage actress Debbie Timuss.  Timuss and Buble also worked together.  They both starred in the stage performances, “Red Rock Diner,” and, “Forever Swing.”  Timuss also sang backup on Buble’s album, “It’s Time,” and the break-up of their engagement in 2005 inspired him to write the hit song, “Lost.”

 

This is also not Luisana’s first engagement, or her second.  In fact, in just twenty-two years of life the young Argentinean celebrity has now reached her third engagement.  Her first time around she had planned to wed fellow Latin American actor and Alma Piratastar, Mariano Martinez.  Next, she was engaged to tennis player Juan Monaco, and now she wears a ring given to her by Michael Buble.  Let’s hope this engagement is the keeper…

 

Luisana’s career has been as active as her love life.  She has starred in several big Latin American hit shows including the Argentinean version of Married with Children, playing Christina Applegate’s counterpart, called Casados Con Hijos.  She produced three hit albums and completed three tours with the musical group Erreway, recently leaving the group to become a trio and attempt a solo career with the label Universal Music Group.  She has been a host for several Latin American MTV projects, including the 2007 Latin Music Awards, and has served as a spokesmodel for many companies in South America including Glamour magazine, McDonalds, and Coca-Cola.  Her latest project was starring in her fiancé’s latest music video titled, “Haven’t met you Yet,” it seems Buble really enjoys mixing business with pleasure.

 

This will big a big year for Buble, not only is he now engaged, but his fourth and most recent album is set to win big at the Grammy Awards Ceremony that will take place later this month in Los Angeles.

 

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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.

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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

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