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So many brides base their wedding dress choices based on childhood fantasies of what they thought their wedding would be like when they grew-up.  Now all those grown-up pricesses can have parts of their dreams come.  A new line of wedding dresses based on the Disney princesses  are being released by Alfred Angelo.    

The Disney Fairy Tale Weddings by Alfred Angelo collection will be available in sizes 0 to 30W, at all Alfred Angelo Signature stores and select Alfred Angelo wholesale Partner Bridal Boutiques in 2011. All gowns will be priced $599 to $1,199.

Wedding Dresses:

• The treasures of the sea inspired Ariel’s gown. The mermaid silhouette features re-embroidered lace, pearl beading, and sequin sparkles.
• Aurora/Sleeping Beauty’s gown is romantic with a dreamy, willowy skirt for this slumbering princess.
• Belle’s wedding dress, with a draped waistline is inspired by the iconic ballroom dance scene from the film and focuses on making a grand entrance.
• Cinderella’s gown radiates with sparkle as its inspiration is the fairy tale’s enchanted glass slipper.
• Jasmine’s wedding dress conveys freedom and individuality and as a result her shimmering soft satin gown is exotic with a bejeweled neckline and low cut back.
• Snow White’s dress is inspired by nature, beauty and grace like the Disney Princess character herself.
• The regal, one-shoulder taffeta gown for our newest princess, Tiana, reflects her independent spirit with an asymmetric bodice and ruched skirt.

The Biggest Loser helps contestants to make changes to their lifestyle so that they have a better chance at a happy and healthy life.  Some contestants have the added bonus of not just having the pound fall off, but also falling in love.  Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson became engaged on the reunion show The Biggest Loser, Season 9.  They are certainly not the only reality show couple to find love, and not the only Biggest Loser couple to be hit by Cupid’s arrows.  Matt Hoover and Suzy Preston were contestants on the 2^nd season of The Biggest Loser.  They were married on September 19, 2006 in a private wedding ceremony on the island of Jamaican and now have two sons.   So we wish the lots of happiness and love.

Video of Matt Hoover and Suzy Preston Talking About There Jamaican Wedding

In an effort to make an unforgettable engagement that would romantic for his girlfriend, Matt Cawley brought his fiancé to propose. He had diamond engagement ring hidden in a sand dollar. When his fiancé saw the sand dollar with the ring with attached she accidently knocked the sand dollar and ring into the rocks on the jetty where they were standing.
It would be a huge ouch to lose the $9 thousand ring, but thankfully the ring was insured.

Source:Capecodonline.com

At one point picking out the diamond engagement ring was all up to the guy.  But now things have changed from the days of yore.   There are so many different choices when it comes to diamond rings that the decision cannot just be made on the whim.  There are of course those that choose to go in a totally different direction and chose a different stone.   But for those that have their eye set on purchasing a diamond, there are many different characteristics of the diamond ring to select.

But when it comes to diamond rings, there are certain things to consider like the color of the diamond.  Not only are future brides having white diamonds on their fingers.  There are many that have fallen in love with their yellow, pink, or black diamond rings. 

There is also the decision on what cut to have for the diamond ring. You may want a cushion, emerald, heart, marquise, oval, radiant, pear, princess, round, or trilliant cut.  Of all these cuts the round diamonds are more prevalent than the rest.

Going beyond the diamond you also need to choose the metal of the ring.  Silver, white gold, yellow gold.

So with that all in mind, who would you want to chose your diamond engagement ring?

On St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone was celebrating with green beer , and eating corned beef sandwiches, Star Jones was undergoing heart surgery. Her publicists says that the recent surgery is linked to surgery she had 30 years ago for thoracic cancer. She is said to be recovering well with friends and family.

According to the Advocate Christ Medical Center web site,

Thoracic cancer refers to several types of cancers that can develop in the different types of cells within the lungs, as well as less common cancers of the esophagus (which carries food from the mouth to the stomach), the trachea (windpipe), or the chest wall. Sometimes these cancers spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Jones, will be 48 and March 24^th and here to a speedy recovery and a very joyful birthday.

Source: People.com

Hillary Duff is engaged to be married to her boyfriend, Mike Comrie.  Duff portrayed “Lizze Maguire” on the Disney program of the same name.  Comrie is a forward for the Edmonton Oilers. 

Duff, now 22, has been dating 28 Comrie for 2 years.  

Hopefully they are one of the rare Hollywood couples that are able to have a long lasting marriage.   There are some Hollywood marriages that have lasted for years, it is just that we do not hear about them as much as we do the ones that are handled like teenagers going steady

Source:Associated Press

While going through her divorce, Kate Gosselin co-hosted “The View” in August 2009.  Now she is set to return and co-host the show on March 11, 2009.  Although many would like to say otherwise, there are a lot of people that are drawn to Kate Gosselin.   If people were not watching the programs she appeared on then she would not be asked to make so many appearances.    The world, though they hate to admit it, is drawn to Kate Gosselin.  

Source:The View

This week it was announced that the legendary author, J.D. Salinger, has passed away at the age of 91.  Many thought the name sounded familiar and it should to those who remember reading the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” for their high school or college English class. 

It has been years since I read the book or was required to read the book.  Because, to be honest, I think I just skimmed the pages to get through and really did not read it with any depth.  Now that I am older and am I not required to do any reading, reading has become more fun.  I have actually read some of those old college novels that I skimmed through and just read enough of to get by.    The second time around, these novels do not seem that bad.  A large part of me wishes that I would have appreciated those books years ago, but isn’t that they way life seems to work.   Being older does, hopefully, make you wiser and more appreciative of things.

The Catcher in the Rye is not one of the books that I still have, but I will be picking up a copy to see everything that I missed.

Everyone knows by now that Conan O’Brien’s reign as the Tonight Show host will be over soon and Jay Leno will be taking over the position he once held.  NBC gave O’Brien and his staff a $45 million payout.   O’Brien’s last airdate on the Tonight show will be this Friday and Leno will return to the Tonight Show March 1^st. 

Although it seems that O’Brien was seriously slighted, there are other parties that are very interested in him hosting a show.  FOX already seems interested in having Conan O’Brien come over to their network.    

The whole situated does seem to stink for Conan.  At one time he was promised the position as host of the Tonight Show and now his job is being taken back.   Hopefully he find a great job another network and show NBC that they made a huge mistake in letting him leave. 

Source:tvguide.com

Celebrities are coming together to raise money for the Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake that is suffered on January 12, 2010.    Many channels ,including the major television networks will be airing the telethon live.   

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” today announced its lineup of superstar musical performances. The global telethon will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in a newly added London location. All musical performances will be available for purchase for $.99 per song through the Apple® iTunes® Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.

In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, “Hope for Haiti Now” will feature more than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music supporting the cause with testimonials and by answering phones during the telethon.

“Hope for Haiti Now” will be the most widely distributed telethon in history, both internationally and across media platforms. The two-hour telethon will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and CMT on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air on newly added networks including PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic. The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. “Hope for Haiti Now” will be the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China. Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.