Wedding Rings Do Not Always Equal Box Office Success

Wedding Rings Do Not Always Equal Box Office Success

Recently having had a conversation about the chemistry of real-life celebrity couples who choose to take on joint showbiz ventures, post exchanging wedding rings, and the success of the outcome, I decided to take a look at some of the most famous collaborating couples and their box-office hits or misses. Whether the outcome is actually due…

This engagement ring is no joke

This engagement ring is no joke

Professional prankster, Johnny Knoxville has had a whirlwind couple of weeks lately, not only proposing to his longtime girlfriend, Naomi Nelson, but exchanging wedding rings a scant two weeks later, on September 24, 2010. Although Knoxville is best known for “Jackass,” an MTV franchise that features a group of friends who pull horrible, but horribly funny…

Two Couples Who Don’t Believe in Long Engagements

Two Couples Who Don’t Believe in Long Engagements

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson – September 27, 2008  The detail hungry media was just gearing up their wedding speculations when this couple got married only four months after Ryan Reynolds presented Scarlett Johansson with a 3 carat, Round cut diamond and yellow gold engagement ring.  Reynolds and Johansson have always been adamant about protecting…

Under Siege: Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

Under Siege: Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

Despite recent rumors of infidelity, actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore couldn’t seem happier to be together after five years of marriage. The couple originally met back in 2003 at a quiet dinner party in New York City, introduced by a mutual friend whom Moore insists was not Media Mogul P. Diddy, as has long…

An Office Romance

An Office Romance

The Office, the wildly successful American TV comedy based on the British show by the same name, premieres on NBC tonight. And the much beloved on-screen couple Jim and Pam have finally exchanged wedding rings in real life too, just not with each other. John Krasinski brings his boyish charm to his half of everyone’s…

John F. Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette: A perfect Moment in Time

John F. Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette: A perfect Moment in Time

Long before George Clooney became the great white whale of eligible bachelors, always chasing never catching, there was John F. Kennedy Jr. The favorite son from perhaps the most famous family in western politics, he was an American royalty. Since his time at his father’s feet in the white house, Kennedy Jr. had captivated the attention…

Wedding Traditions Worth Keeping

Wedding Traditions Worth Keeping

Normally, I’m not one for superstition, especially when associated with weddings. I don’t believe a woman must wear white, nor do I believe that a couple should refrain from seeing each other on the big day. But being of an inquisitive nature, I started to wonder where some of the more popular traditions came from,…

Wedding Tip #9: Elopement; A No Fuss, No Muss Wedding.

Wedding Tip #9: Elopement; A No Fuss, No Muss Wedding.

So the engagement ring has been offered and enthusiastically accepted. Now the planning begins, and one commonly known fact that you will become quite familiar with, is that weddings are expensive. With traditional weddings costing, on average, $20,000, for some the price is worth paying, for others it is not. So in honor of those…

A Verragio Engagement Ring Story…Amanda Rochon and Yannick Lizé

A Verragio Engagement Ring Story…Amanda Rochon and Yannick Lizé

Starting at the End: It Doesn’t Matter Which Way You Go, as Long as You Get There. When Amanda Rochon began thinking about engagement rings with her fiancé Yannick Lizé, he gave her carte blanche. “He told me to pick my dream ring, and I knew that I wanted something artistic and extraordinary.” The couple,…