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Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and her Australian singer, songwriter husband Keith Urban celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Thursday, June 25. To celebrate their milestone, they each posted sweet tributes to their marriage on Instagram.

Urban posted a playful photo of the two jumping hand-in-hand on a beach. “Happy Anniversary Baby!!!!! 14 years…. and i feel like your boyfriend in ALL the right ways!!!!” he said.

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Kidman kept it simple with a black and white image of the two in an embrace, captioned, “Us ❤️ #HappyAnniversary“.

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The pair first met at the 2005 G’Day USA gala. At the time, Kidman didn’t think that her now-husband liked her. In 2013, she told Ellen DeGeneres that she once told her husband “You didn’t love me at first sight, you didn’t notice me”, to which he replied, “Yes, I did but I just didn’t let on”.

It was a long four months after their first meeting when Urban finally called her. Thereafter, the pair began a low-key relationship, according to People. After spending time together in Nashville and then New York while Urban was on tour, the pair quickly fell in love.

Kidman told the Wall Street Journal that her husband stole her heart when we took her on a ride on his Harley Davidson through Woodstock, New York, after which they had a romantic picnic in the woods.

“I was a goner – I mean, c’mon,” she said. According to Southern Living, Kidman knew he was the one after just one month of dating.

In 2006, they tied the knot in a candlelit ceremony at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel on St. Patrick’s Estate at Manly in Sydney, Australia. They honeymooned in French Polynesia, where they also spent time getting to know each other more deeply.

“I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it’s a more natural process,” Kidman told Elle.

In an interview with CBS News, Urban said that marrying Kidman felt like the beginning of his life. “Meeting her and getting married wasn’t life-changing, it was life-beginning. It was literally, like, ‘OK, life starts,” he said.

The pair have two daughters together, Sunday and Faith, and Kidman also has two kids, Conner and Isabella, with her ex-husband Tom Cruise.

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Being married to one of the world’s most famous chefs definitely comes with its perks. Jamie Oliver proved just that, when he prepared a sweet picnic for his wife Juliette Norton (better known as Jools) on their 20th wedding anniversary on June 24.

First, Oliver shared a touching video on his Instagram page, showing pictures from their wedding album.

He captioned the video, “Today is my 20th wedding anniversary!! I had a great day today with my best mate @joolsoliver celebrating 20 years of marriage!! Where has that time gone it’s crazy! What a ride! Anyway here’s some precious memories from that private day what a joy it was ….. here’s to another 20 jools love you. X x. X x”

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Jools did the same, posting a touching tribute to their marriage in the form of a video on her Instagram page.

“20 years married Today !!❤️❤️20 exciting, happy, fun wonderful years married to my best friend ❤️ we were due to renew our wedding vows this summer but that can wait! 20 years married but together 27 years my first true love ❤️ Yes I drive you Bonkers and you probably deserve a medal etc..but being with you feels like home (and you know much I love to be at home)!!” she said.

“I treasure the daily texts you send, you are romantic and constantly positive funny and a dedicated brilliant dad ❤️ we have created 5 wonderful children and lost our 5 little stars in the sky. Thank you for loving me the way you do ❤️ we did it, on to the next chapter x Was devastated to have lost out real wedding video in one of our house moves so this is cobbled together from home videos. Truly the happiest day with the most wonderful memories. Still 20 years later my dance moves need updating ? better sort that out for our next wedding ?? xxx,” she added.

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Later in the day, Oliver surprised his wife with a specially prepared picnic.

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He carefully planned the menu, as is to be expected from a top chef, and wrote it up with a “JJ” letterhead. It featured a hand-drawn picnic basket full of food between their initials.

The menu sounded delicious, and included items such as Italian summer fruit, chocolate mousse and crème fraiche, and a blackcurrant leaf cordial.

According to Hello Magazine, the special anniversary surprise came just after the pair were forced to cancel their vow renewal.

This clearly didn’t get them down, as they seem to have made the best of it. They even received flowers for their special day.

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Grease star Olivia Newton-John has reached a milestone with husband John Easterling. The couple recently celebrated their 12-year wedding anniversary, and seem as loved up as ever.

Newton-John took to Instagram to gush over her husband. She shared a picture from their 2008 wedding and sweetly captioned it, “Seems like yesterday I married the man of my dreams in Peru on the winter solstice 12 wonderful years ago! Happy Anniversary my darling @therealamazonjohn and thank you Gregg for capturing these special moments?”

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The Grammy award-winning singer and actress met the American businessman and environmentalist at an environmental show in the 90s, although there was no romantic connection. They kept running into one another over the years and grew close when Easterling stayed at Newton-John’s guesthouse for an extended period after he got in a car accident.

When Easterling, who had never seen Grease, heard Newton-John singing at a concert they went to, he was amazed and thought she was a healer.

“All I could think was that I wanted to introduce her to other healers who work in the Amazon,” Easterling said in an interview. “So, after the show, I asked if she wanted to come to Peru and she said yes. I thought, ‘Oh no, I’m taking her to Peru, I’d better watch Grease!’”

The pair fell in love on their Peru trip. In 2008, they married atop a mountain in Peru in an Incan spiritual wedding ceremony.

Easterling is founder of the Amazon Herb Company, and even formulated a special blend of cannabis, called ‘Olivia’s Choice’ in honour of his wife. Both are cannabis advocates, and Newton-John says the herb greatly eases the pain and stress of her stage 4 breast cancer.

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Academy award-winning actress Viola Davis and her husband, actor and producer Julius Tennon celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary on June 23. She gushed about him in a touching celebratory Instagram post.

Accompanied by photos from their wedding and vow renewal ceremonies, Davis wrote a touching tribute to her husband.

“17 years of marriage to the most beautiful man in the WORLD!!!! You have made my life sweeter and my heart bigger. I prayed for you and God said,”Yes! I have just the right person for you!!!!” Happy Anniversary my love… The best is yet to be❤❤❤,” she said.

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As is to be expected, congratulations poured in from a multitude of fellow celebrities, including How To Get Away With Murder co-star Matt McGorry, Gabrielle Union, Octavia Spencer, Kerry Washington, Halle Berry, and more.

According to Essence, Davis said that she met her husband just three weeks after making a special prayer. She said that at the time, she was “the loneliest woman in the world” and was told that she needed to “pray for a husband”.

Speaking to Page Six, she said “I said I wanted a big black man from the South who looked like a football player, who already had children, who maybe had been married before . . . 3 1/2 weeks later I met my husband.”

Tennon said on an episode of OWN’s Black Love that they had met when he overheard Davis talking to a friend about how she didn’t like living in Los Angeles. They ended up chatting and he gave her his card. Davis then took several weeks to call him up, since she felt she wasn’t ready. “I didn’t call [him] because I had bad credit; I was struggling with driving in LA,” she said.

A month after they met, they finally went on their first date.  Only 20 minutes after their first date he called her to tell her what a great time he had, and another 20 minutes later he called again to say, “I just want to tell you I got home, and you are a beautiful woman. I’m about to go to sleep, and I just wanted to tell you to have a good night.”

Thereafter, the pair fell in love and tied the knot in 2003. In 2011, they adopted their daughter, Genesis.

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An entire wedding procession was halted right before the wedding when a groom and his father were informed that they had tested positive for COVID-19 as they made their way to the ceremony. The ceremony was promptly called off in order to allow for the necessary quarantining to take place.

The wedding procession left the Kamrauli village in Amethi, India, on Friday, June 19. They were headed for Haidergarh, where the wedding was set to take place.

Just before this, on June 15, the groom and his family travelled from Delhi to Amethi. As a result, the had their samples sent in for testing. As we all know by now, testing for coronavirus can take up to a week. Therefore, they had not received any results before they left for the wedding.

As the family made their way to the wedding, they received their results. Sadly, the groom and his father were confirmed to be positive for the virus. This stopped not only the procession but the entire wedding in its tracks.

According to The Tribune India, the police were made aware of the situation, and they cut off the “baraat” (or the groom’s wedding procession).

Those who tested positive were taken to a hospital immediately, and others including around ten family members are now in quarantine.

After the groom and his father recover completely, the wedding will go ahead.

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While many may expect that a footballer may not be the most romantic type of guy out there, Roberto Firmino has smashed the stereotype. The Liverpool FC striker celebrated his third wedding anniversary with his wife Larissa on June 21, and shared a touching Instagram post to commemorate it.

Alongside images from their wedding day, Firmino wrote (translated from Portuguese): “Three years of the happiest day of my life. The day that our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with songs of joy. Even in other nations it was said, “The Lord has done great things for this people.” Yes, great things the Lord has done for us, so we are happy. ” 

“Not even in my best dreams could I imagine that God would give me such a precious and perfect FAMILY! Thank you my God is much more than I deserved. ?? With you I built my best memories and with you I want to continue for the rest of my days. Thank you for making me this man so happy, so complete! To have you is to want to be better, to want to do your best, to see things in a better way, to have the strength to fight, to believe, to win. I am IN LOVE with you❤️,” he added.

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Larissa shared similar images to celebrate their anniversary, writing: “Ahhh if you could see through my eyes the way I see you, if you could measure or put in a tangible way the love I feel for you, you would not believe it! Happy 3 years of a lifetime together.”

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According to the Liverpool Echo, the happy couple spent their anniversary at home, over a special dinner prepared by catering company Salt and Pepper.

Roberto Firmino, better known as Bobby by his fans, married Larissa in June 2017, in his home town in Brazil. Judging by the photos, their wedding was spectacular.

The pair have two daughters, Valentina and Bella.

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In lockdown and dreaming about your future wedding day? Netflix has you covered with more wedding inspiration. The popular streaming service’s latest offering ‘Say I Do’, promises to be a tearjerker.

The show is by the creators of ‘Queer Eye’ and follows a team of experts, including interior designer Jeremiah Brent, fashion designer Thai Nguyen and chef Gabriele Bertaccini, who work together to help make eight unique couple’s dream weddings come to life. The experts assit the groom in planning a surprise proposal as well as the big day, all in the space of less than a week.

Each couple featured on the show have wanted to marry for a long time but were never able to make it happen, for various reasons. Their love story is explored in depth to showcase what love means to them and what’s most important to them on their big day.

Take a look at the trailer below:

This show follows the success of Netflix hit ‘Love is Blind’, and could be another win for the streaming channel’s venture into original reality TV.

Season 1 premieres on July 1, 2020.

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Raven-Symoné, actress and former co-host of The View, gave her fans the sweetest surprise. She announced that she had secretly married her girlfriend, Miranda Maday in an Instagram post on June 18.

Alongside an image of the pair in their backyard, Pearman (Symoné’s full name is Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman) wrote, “I got married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to midnight snack, from stage to home. I love you Mrs. Pearman-Maday!”

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According to the Los Angeles Times, Pearman had teased her announcement just moments before her Instagram post, with another post showing a glass of bubbly and it read, “So something happened this week, that has changed my life FOR THE BETTER!”. It seems, however, the post has since been removed.

Pearman also showed off their new wedding rings, in another post.

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Maday, who is a social media manager for a company called Off The Menu, shared her own celebratory post, saying “My wife for life”.

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It seems that their ceremony was a low-key backyard wedding. They had a few guests as can be seen in Pearman’s second Instagram post, and a pretty, petite cake. The pair wore casual outfits, and Maday rocked a veil too.

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The loved-up couple had not been very public about their relationship prior to their wedding announcement. Pearman has generally been private about her relationships. The actress beloved for her roles in That’s So Raven and The Cosby Show first opened up about her sexuality in a tweet regarding gay marriage.

Not letting the pandemic get them down, they seem as happy as can be in their newly-wed bliss. Congrats to the happy couple!

 

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A bride reportedly demanded a refund from her wedding photographer after they publically supported the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, but her actions ended up backfiring.

Shakira Rochelle of Shakira Rochelle Photography is just one of many business owners who voiced their support for the movement, which has gained renewed traction in the wake of George Floyd’s death. On June 6, she took to Instagram and posted this image, captioning it “Shakira Rochelle Photography stands in solidarity with the black community. The black lives matter movement has my endless support.”

 

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This image reportedly did not sit well with one of her clients. A bride-to-be messaged Rochelle asking for a refund back and to be relieved of their contract. In her message, the client explained that they cannot support someone who does not support their beliefs.

“We have done a lot of talking and we cannot bring ourselves to support anyone who is so outspoken on matters that simply do not concern them as well as someone that does not believe that ALL lives matter.”

“We would be truly embarrassed to have you at our event and feel that you aren’t stable enough to complete the job we need from you.”
In response, Rochelle said that their contract is non-refundable, and that it would instead be donated to the BLM movement.
“Unfortunately the contract you signed states that your deposit is non-refundable. I will email you a cancellation agreement shortly that will require your signature to forfeit your date. I wish you a lifetime of growth and I would like to thank you for your donation to Black Lives Matter.”
Rochelle’s friend shared screenshots of the exchange to Twitter, where it quickly went viral. To date, the post has over 1-million likes, 192.4k retweets and 3.7k responses.

Rochelle has since been flooded with positive support. However, she recently posted to warn that there is a photoshopped screenshot claiming that this was a business tactic to make a profit on the BLM movement.

“This is the most incredibly absurd thing I have ever heard. The original post started out private until a friend asked if she could share it. I never had the intentions or the desire to go viral for this or anything else,” Rochelle explained on her Facebook post. “Prior to this I am already booked until winter. I am not in need for clients or business as I already don’t have enough availability as it is.”

“I considered deleting the original post but it is viral on multiple platforms from other people and deleting it would go against everything I stand for. I have always stood up for human rights and will continue to do so. I have marched with my loved ones as well as alone. My intentions are pure.”

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A fairytale wedding. Many of us have dreamed of ours before! You’ve pictured the stunning setting, with your dream dress and the magical way it makes you feel. Now, Allure Bridals is making one of these possible. They have debuted their Disney-inspired wedding dress collection, and it’s everything you’d want and more.

In February they announced that they would be teaming up with Disney to create this unique bridal collection. The Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Collection and Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Platinum collections are comprised of 16 gowns, all of which have been inspired by Disney princesses like Cinderella, Ariel, Pocahontas and more.

Nine of the dresses from the Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Collection will be available to brides from about 81 stores across the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. They will go for  $1,200 – $2,600 each.

The remaining 7 from the Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Platinum collection will go for $3,500 – $9,500 and will be exclusive to Kleinfeld Bridal in New York and Toronto, according to ABC News. The dresses in this collection are specifically based on Belle, Jasmine, Tiana, Ariel, Snow White, Aurora, and Cinderella.

On June 17, Allure Bridal showcased some of the dresses on Good Morning America.

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Watch the unveiling here:

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“Growing up, you imagined a princess gown and dreamed of the day your special someone would step into your story. Now that day has arrived, and you’re getting ready to begin your own real-life happily ever after. Start the next chapter of your life in a dress beyond your imagination – one with magic in every thread,” say Allure Bridals.

See more of the collection here.

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