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The Madden-Richie wedding is this weekend and Nicole downsized the guest list because she prefers to have a smaller, more intimate wedding. According to RADAROnline.com, this has ticked off some of her celebrity friends. Wah! Sorry celebs, for once it’s not about YOU. It’s about the bride and groom!

Anyhow, Nicole Richie’s wedding will have a retro/romantic flair to it, which, of course, is Nicole’s style. The reception will be held at Nicole’s father, Lionel Richie’s home with a dance floor having been constructed over the pool for the wedding party.

I cannot wait to see Nicole’s wedding dress, you just KNOW it is going to be amazing. She is going to make a beautiful bride. Joel Madden is a lucky man!

After the birth of their first child, Harlow Winter, Joel Madden knew he would marry Nicole Richie. In September 2007 he told Ryan Seacrest: “Obviously, marriage is in our future. I don’t know when or where or how, but right now our priority is our family and is the baby. That’s all we’ve been thinking about. We are in love and are really happy.”

Nicole Richie is planning to marry Joel Madden at her father’s house. The socialite, who has a two-year-old daughter Harlow and 14-month-old son Sparrow with her fiance, will reportedly tie the knot in the garden of her singer dad Lionel Richie’s Beverly Hills home early next month.

A source said: “Christmas has always been about family and faith for Nicole and Joel, so there is no better time of the year for them to wed.”

According to the insider, the couple will be joined at her dad’s home by 75 of their closest friends and family, including DJ Samantha Ronson and singer Christina Aguilera, who is rumored to be performing after the ceremony, for the service.

Harlow will be flower girl for her parents at the wedding, while Nicole’s best friend Masha Gordon will be maid of honor and Joel’s twin brother Benji will be best man.

The couple have been dating for four years and got engaged in February this year. They will then spend the festive season with their families before jetting off for their first holiday as newlyweds.

The source added to RadarOnline.com: “Nicole and Joel will spend Christmas with their family after the wedding, before heading off on honeymoon.”

Lionel, who formally adopted Nicole when she was nine years old, has previously spoken of his delight with the impact Joel has had on his daughter’s life.

He said recently: “I think Joel had a lot to do with it, he’s an anchoring soul for her. He came in the door once and said, ‘Mr. Richie, I just want to let you know I’ve got control of this.’ I was like, ‘No you don’t! Are you kidding me?’

“But I think that was the start; she found somebody that would challenge her stuff. They are a great team and I love him very much.”

The singer-and-actress got engaged to NFL player Eric Johnson last week after a six-month romance and she is now determined to walk down the aisle over the festive period because she doesn’t want it to be overshadowed by the nuptials between her ex-husband Nick Lachey and his new fiancee Vanessa Minnillo.

A source said: “She wants to beat Nick to the altar. She knows that it is going to be tough to pull everything together on such short notice, so it might have to be a New Years wedding.

“In any case, she wants the focus to be on her wedding. She doesn’t want her wedding to be the aftermath of his.”

Sources also claim the ‘Come On Over’ singer will spend a fortune on her big day as she doesn’t want to be upstaged by Nick and Vanessa, who announced their engagement two weeks before Jessica and Eric.

The insider added to HollywoodLife.ccm: “It will be big and elaborate. She’ll spare no expensive for fear that Nick and Vanessa will outdo her. She’s already starting planning everything and has every family member working on her big day.”

While Jessica is planning a Christmas wedding, it has been reported the blonde beauty is refusing to make her fiance sign a prenuptial agreement to protect her $100 million fortune, which has angered her father-and-manager Joe Simpson.

A source said: “At the moment, Joe is sitting back and being a great father supporting his daughter and his future son-in-law.

“However, you can bet after all the excitement has died down, Joe is going to do everything in his power to make sure Jessica doesn’t walk down the aisle until Eric signs away any right he might have to Jessica’s enormous fortune.”

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Comedian Russell Brand and pop star Katy Perry were married Saturday last week in northwestern India, the couple confirmed in a statement.

A Christian minister and longtime friend of Perry’s family performed a “private and spiritual ceremony,” which was attended by family members and close friends, said the statement released by the couple’s representatives.

“The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of Northern India,” said the statement, which did not provide any further details on the ceremony.

The wedding was held at the Aman-e-Khas luxury resort in a tiger reserve in Ranthambhore National Park, a hotel official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Security has been stringent with private security guards stationed at the resort and other nearby hotels where guests and the couple are staying for the six-day wedding celebration.

Photographers and media reporters were not allowed into the Aman-e-Khas wildlife retreat. The couple have given the exclusive coverage rights to a London magazine, and no other photographers or journalists will be allowed into the resort.

The wedding venue was lit with lamps, colorful lights illuminated the trees and flower garlands festooned the luxury tents at the resort, the hotel official said.

Both Brand and Perry wore traditional Indian clothes to the wedding, the hotel official said. Perry donned a sari, as did a number of other female guests at the ceremony. On Friday, at a prenuptial celebration, Perry, like a typical Indian bride, had henna designs applied on her palms and hands.

Meanwhile, a four-member committee had been set up to check noise pollution from the wedding celebration and ensure that animals in the wildlife reserve in India’s Rajasthan state are not disturbed, said Ravi Kumar, a district official.

Ranthambhore National Park is home to a host of wildlife species including tigers, leopards, wild boars, hyenas and sloth bears.

The British comedian’s wedding procession, accompanied by traditional Indian musicians, made its way from Sher Bagh, another nearby luxury resort, to the Aman-e-Khas retreat.

Brand proposed to the American pop singer, whose parents are Christian pastors, in the historic Indian city of Jaipur over New Year’s Eve, and the couple decided to get married in India.

The 26-year-old Perry’s single “California Gurls,” from her second album “Teenage Dream,” was one of the top hits of the year.

Brand, 35, is known for his drug-addled past and hedonistic tendencies, but says he has lived a sober life for the last few years. He recently starred in the hit film comedy “Get Him to the Greek,” and is next set to star as Trinculo in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and as the title character in a remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore-Liza Minnelli film “Arthur.”

It’s been one of the most talked about celebrity weddings as of late, and Katy Perry and Russell Brand are set to tie the knot in a six-day extravaganza this weekend.

According to the Press Association, the “California Gurls” singer and her “Get Him To the Greek” beau are planning a Hindi wedding ceremony at a luxurious resort outside Jaipur, India beginning this Saturday and continuing for a week.

“This would be a colorful Rajasthan wedding, and both Brand and Perry would be attired in Indian wedding attires,” says Tours manager, Mohan Singh.

Singh said his company and several others are planning the wedding-related festivities, including renting 13 vehicles to take some of Katy and Russell’s estimated 80 guests on tours of a sanctuary in the days following the wedding.

Media executive Oscar Joyner married Alem Gola in a day-long multicultural celebration presided over by Bishop T.D. Jakes with special performances by award winning artists Yolanda Adams, Eric Benet, Tamia, Mike Phillips and Doug E. Fresh.

Joyner, President of Reach Media Inc. and Executive Producer of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, and his wife, a TV and film actress, hosted more than 350 guests at the historic Plymouth Congregational Church and a series of receptions and concerts at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.

The newlyweds met three years ago in Washington, D.C. during the National Urban League annual conference and have traveled the world together. Last year, Mr. Joyner proposed to his bride in front of the fountains of the historic Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. As he videotaped her describing the scene, he dropped to one knee and asked her to marry him.

The weekend’s activities, designed and produced by The Design Group of Miami, were rich in culture and showcased elaborate floral displays, including more than 60,000 roses, and a Who’s Who of celebrities, business executives and civic leaders. The bride, Alem Gola of Columbus, Ohio, wore a custom designed gown by Monique Lhuillier. Joyner, son of media personality and philanthropist Tom Joyner, donned a Tom Ford tuxedo.

In addition to Tom Joyner, the special guests at the weekend’s festivities included fitness guru Donna Richardson Joyner, the legendary R&B great Eddie Levert, National Urban League President Marc Morial, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, Florida Senatorial Candidate Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL), NBA basketball great Alonzo Mourning and his wife, Tracy, comedian Kym Whitley and Budweiser senior executive Johnny Furr. Sybil Wilkes and comedian J. Anthony Brown of the Tom Joyner Morning Show also participated in the festivities, along with comedic writers and former Tom Joyner Morning Show personalities Myra J. and Ms. Dupre. Other performers included saxophonist and Hidden Beach Records recording artist Mike Phillips, Coco Brown, DJ Dee Wiz and the popular Ethiopian singers Behaliu Agonafir and Yehune Belay.

The bridesmaids wore traditional Ethiopian fine cotton handmade dresses. The groomsmen wore black tuxedos with red vests, which complemented the red and gold embellishments of the bridesmaids’ dresses.

In a unique multi-ethnic and multi-denominational ceremony, Plymouth Congregation’s Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Niblock introduced internationally renowned Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potters’ House in Dallas, TX who presided over the ceremony. Ethiopian Pastor Abba Zekarias Gebrehiwot, speaking in his native language of Amharic, led the “Quieba Kudis”, known as the ‘Holy Oil Blessing” and the “Kabba” – a ceremony that involved the placing of red and gold-trimmed robes and crowns on the bride and groom. The bride walked down a 150-foot white carpet runner adorned with white rose petals in a sanctuary where the air permeated with the smell of roses and irises. As she entered the sanctuary, church organist Dr. Robert Heath and saxophonist Mike Phillips played a soulful, but regal organ and saxophone rendition of Mendelssohn’s “The Wedding March”.

As part of the ceremony, Grammy Award and Dove-winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams performed a skin-tingling rendition of “The Prayer. As the newlyweds jumped the broom, an African tradition symbolizing sweeping away the old and bringing in the new, the bride’s brother and cousin celebrated their marriage by playing the kebero, double-headed conical drums played to traditional Ethiopian music.

Following the ceremony, the guests were treated to an Ethiopian High Tea Brunch at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. At an evening reception, guests dined al fresco on the second floor terrace of the hotel overlooking the lush golf course. Punctuating the tables were four-foot tall wrought iron centerpieces adorned with gold-rimmed hurricane candles and accentuated by red, fuchsia, and yellow rose encrusted spheres. The newlyweds were seated in a 12-foot tall custom-designed gazebo completely covered with Jewel studded roses. R&B singers Eric Benet and Tamia surprised the bride and guests, performing amidst an excited crowd waving sparklers in the night air.

Wedding planner Dionne Anderson and Creative Director Jean Augustin and their team of event designers and culinary specialists produced one of South Florida’s most luxurious destination weddings this season. The newlyweds also received congratulatory messages from President Barack Obama and Congressman Meek.

The pop diva who loves to don outlandish costumes, Lady Gaga, is planning to tie the knot with her boyfriend Luc Carl in a traditional ceremony this winter.

Famous for her biggest hit Poker Face and for her attention-grabbing outfits, such as her ‘meat dress’ at last month’s MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga has a more traditional plan for her wedding. The singer has told her friends and family that she wants a lavish fairytale Christmas wedding in the British countryside. No doubt the ceremony will still be extravagant though, and the party even more so!

A source close to the pop star revealed: “Lady Gaga has told everyone she plans to get married. She has said she wants a fairytale wedding in a castle.”

The couple were together back in 2005 prior to Lady Gaga making it big in the pop world. The pair recently rekindled their love and now the wedding bells are ringing.

Gaga is due to kick off the European leg of her Monster Ball tour in Helsinki on 13th October and is intending to finish her work commitments by Christmas.

“We finish the European leg in London just before Christmas and the timing is perfect for the wedding,” the source explained.

It has also been revealed that the couple wish their wedding band rings to be like Elvis Presley’s horseshoe ring.

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We all love a good celebrity wedding. Especially if they sell their story to the magazines and we get to see exactly what dress they were wearing, how they wore their hair and what the reception looked like. Of course most celeb weddings are more lavish and grandiose than most of us could ever recreate, but they are a useful source of inspiration. You may be able to recreate bits and pieces of your favourite celebrity couple’s wedding such as the colour theme or the way the bride styled her hair.

Getting as many ideas as possible without being over-whelmed is the key to planning the perfect wedding. You can take inspiration from wedding fashion magazines and by looking at how others do it, this includes celebrities. As a society we have a huge fascination with celebrities, what they wear, what they do and especially how they get married. A wedding is a perfect excuse for a celebrity to spend vast amounts of money on a lavish celebration.

The hair styles of famous brides have always been a matter of interest to the public in general and, of course, to brides in particular as they plan their own wedding. In fact, they are one of the best sources of dream wedding beauty inspiration. There are plenty of magazines that specifically cover celebrity weddings so you are sure to be able to find some amazing inspiration.

Wedding style completely depends on what the bride wants to look like and her own personal style. One of the biggest mistakes a lot of brides make is to change their own style nearly beyond recognition when it comes to the wedding day. You still want to look like yourself on your big day, just a better version of you. Katharine McPhee was married in 2009 and wore her hair down in a very natural style on her wedding day. She commented that some brides tend to go overboard and drastically change their look for their wedding and she just wanted to look like herself.

The way you choose to wear your hair on your big day will largely depend on the location of your wedding. For example, if you opt for a countryside wedding then you may want to channel a bohemian look and accessorise with delicate flowers, or if you choose a grand church you may want to stick to a more formal style.

When Mariah Carey married Nick Cannon back in 2008 they chose to have the ceremony on a beach in the Bahamas. She mirrored the tropical location by wearing her hair in a similar way to her signature every day style, down and wavy with beautiful curls.

Eva Longoria Parker chose to wear her hair in a simple but sweet long, loose hair style with big waves for her wedding day. She is known for her fancy and sometime dramatic hair styles on the red carpet but for her wedding she opted for a more feminine and pretty style. Ultimately, every bride will have an idea of how they want to look on their wedding day and it is essential that they stick to this idea.

Catherine Zeta Jones opted for a big dramatic updo at her wedding. Her thick long hair was wrapped up and rested in a big bun on top of her head. She then accessorised with a unique and intricate bridal headband. This matched her full-length gown perfectly as it too was dramatic yet elegant.

Avril Lavigne showed the rest of us how to do modern verging on sexy bride with her pretty bright blonde waves back in 2006.

A bride’s hair style on her big day depends on various factors including location and dress but the most important thing is that she feels happy and comfortable with how she looks. Her appearance should fit in with her personality and own personal style and shouldn’t be a huge departure from her usual appearance. If you feel happy with how you look on your wedding day then it will show in your pictures and it will be a day to remember for the rest of your lives together!

Inanch London won the award for Bridal Look of the Year at the recent Great Lengths Hair Extensions Awards held at the glitzy Mayfair Hotel in Central London on 12th September 2010.

Actor Chad Lowe has recently married yet again, this time to film producer Kim Painter. The two were officially married this past Saturday at a small ceremony in California. It was a true family affair with the best man and ring bearer very closely related to the couple.

The 42-year-old Lowe is currently the star of the hit series “Pretty Little Liars”. According to PEOPLE, he married his girlfriend Kim Painter at an intimate ceremony next to the ocean at Terranea Resort located in Los Angeles. Rob Lowe was in attendance to serve as best man, while Chad and Kim’s 15-month daughter, born out of wedlock, was the ring bearer.

The couple first started dating back in 2007, and their daughter Mabel was born in May of 2009. Chad Lowe was previously married to award-winning actress Hilary Swank, and many are already comparing Kim Painter to Chad’s former significant other. She does have a similar look, however Swank has more Hollywood hardware in the form of statues. That’s not to say Kim Painter isn’t quite the catch for Chad Lowe. Congratulations to both on their recent wedding!

Could pop star Britney Spears and her little sister Jamie Lynn Spears tie the knot in a double wedding? Well, that’s what OK! magazine is claiming on this week’s cover.

According to inside sources, while the sisters were at a Lady Gaga concert earlier this month in L.A., Britney proposed the idea that they both marry their boyfriends, Jason Trawick (who has been dating Britney for just over a year now) and Casey Aldridge (Jamie Lynn’s baby daddy). Britney was only half-joking about a “a huge, over-the-top Hollywood affair,” reports OK!, but when the couples returned home to Britney’s Calabasas home the girls just couldn’t stop talking about the possibilities.

We admit, a double wedding between Britney and her sister would definitely make headlines, but is it for real? We’ll find out in the weeks to come, but in the meantime, tell us, what do you think a double wedding for Britney and Jamie Lynn would look like? Weigh in below!