Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Carolyn Hax: Booze gives groom the blues (The Kansas City Star) - DEAR CAROLYN: I have never been a drinker. My mother and two groomsmen have drinking problems, and fiancée’s family has about half a dozen people who get falling-down drunk at most weddings. The all-time loveliest, happiest, coolest wedding I ever went to had zero alcohol on the premises. I casually mentioned this to the bride and her family.

Our films, their films (HT via Yahoo! India News) - FOR YEARS, the sun guns and pepper lights have been rolling out of Mulchand Dhedia's Charkop warehouse in Mumbai's northern suburbs to film sets across the world, including Bollywood. Dhedia, who had started out as a 12-year-old helping with lights at weddings, is also witness to what goes on behind his powerful lamps.

Wedding photographer sued by state (Chicago Tribune) - 3 couples never saw pictures from big day The state attorney general's office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Chicago photography business that allegedly took thousands of dollars from clients but never turned over pictures and videos from their weddings.

Weddings feel the pinch (Edinburgh Evening News) - MORE than a quarter of people have scaled back their wedding plans as a result of the current financial climate, a new survery on confetti.co.uk shows.

More choice for church weddings (BBC News) - It is now easier for couples to marry in an Anglican church even if they do not attend it regularly or live in its parish.

Site navigation (Reading Evening Post) - Loved-up couples planning to tie the knot now have greater choice over church weddings, thanks to new rules that came into force yesterday.

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Getting Married! (US Weekly) - Singer Melissa Etheridge is ready to wed longtime partner Tammy Lynn Michaels! "Yes, we have four children and we're trying to find the right time," she told Extra. See photos of Us' best celebrity weddings. Etheridge, 47, and Michaels, 33, first exchanged vows in Malibu in 2003. Now that gay marriage is legalized in California, the couple will make it official. "We are so grateful for...

New rules for easy church weddings (Evening Standard) - The Church of England has pledged to play a greater role in the marriage market as new legislation making it easier to tie the knot in a chosen parish comes into force.

How to announce an engagement or wedding (Journal Inquirer) - Send a request for an announcement form, along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope, to Weddings and Engagements Desk, Journal Inquirer, 306 Progress Drive, Box 510, Manchester, CT 06045-0510. The charge is $49 for standard wedding and engagement announcements, with or without photographs.

Review: Hathaway sizzles in dreary `Rachel' (AP via Yahoo! News) - Ever been to one of those weddings that just will not end?