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    A year ago, Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner said ‘I do’ in an impromptu Las Vegas ceremony after the Billboard Music Awards.

    The pair married at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas in May 2019, in a ceremony officiated by an Elvis impersonator. During a video for GQ Magazine’s “Actually Me” series, Jonas reveals that the reason for this wedding was not that romantic.

    Jonas explains that the pair needed to legally marry in the States, as they planned to tie the knot in a big wedding in the South of France later in 2019.

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    “So we thought it would be really fun to get all of our friends, invite them out (to Vegas), and do an impromptu wedding,” he explained. “And we actually had some people that I didn’t even know that well there.”

    “Some people (in attendance) I am now closer with! Khalid was there! That was cool. And Diplo decided to livestream the whole thing.”

    Following the spontaneous wedding, Jonas did land in a bit of trouble with his parents.

    “My parents called me the next morning and they were like ‘Did you just get married?’ And I realised that I told everybody, but forgot to tell my parents. So, kids, make sure you tell your parents when you’re getting legally married!”

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    Zoom weddings and celebrations have been bringing people from all over the globe together. The trend has even managed to reunite the cast of popular TV show, The Office.

    Actor John Krasinski, who played Jim on The Office, has a YouTube channel called Some Good News. The purpose of his channel to to spread positive stories from across the globe in order to show that even during the toughest of times there are still good things happening and people are showing how we all come together.

    On this weeks episode of Some Good News, Krasinski showed off a newly engaged couple – Susan and John, from Maryland. John had proposed to Susan the same way Jim proposed to Pam in the TV show (outside a petrol station).

    Of course, this warranted Krasinski to get the cast together for a celebration of this special engagement. Additionally, the couple had hoped that Krasinski would attend their wedding, since he inspired their proposal. This was Krasinski’s way of attending the wedding.

    Taking it a step further, he enlisted the help of Jenna Fischer (who played Pam on the show) to be the maid of honour.

    Members of the cast including Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nunez and Ellie Kemper also came together to dance to Forever by Chris Brown. For fans of The Office, you’ll know that they did this at Jim and Pams wedding in the show!

    See the entire celebration below:

    Congrats to this lucky couple!

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    Des Codona has always wanted to marry his partner and mother of his kids, Christine Meaney. The timing was just never right. When Codona was diagnosed with terminal cancer in April and given weeks to live, however, he knew that now was the time.

    Due to lockdown restrictions in the UK, however, Codona and Meaney did not think their dream was attainable. No weddings are allowed at the moment to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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    Codona’s daughter Suzi contacted the Middlesbrough Council in the hopes that they could be granted special permission to marry in their home. The council first weighed a risk assessment, and decided to use their emergency powers to allow the wedding despite regulations.

    “In this instance, having spoken to the family and carried out a risk assessment, we felt it was something we could do for them,” said Registrar Dawn Galloway.

    “They are a lovely family and a lovely couple and we are really pleased that we were able to grant this wish and make it happen for them.”

    The pair wed on April 30 in their home. Of course, safety precautions were put in place. Registrar Dawn Galloway and her deputy Sarah Teece wore personal protective equipment (PPE) as they married the couple.

    Registrar Dawn Galloway and her deputy Sarah Teece in their PPE. Credit: Facebook / Middlesbrough Council

    The day was a meaningful one for the couple.

    “Des is absolutely buzzing, it has really given him a lift. It has really picked him up and that has made me feel a lot better. It’s given him a real boost,” said newlywed Meaney.

    “He had been talking to our children Suzi, Michael and Katie… and Suzi got in touch with Dawn and it spiralled pretty quickly – that was on Tuesday and on Thursday we were married. It was very surreal.”

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    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriquez, who previously said they were planning out various versions of their wedding, have decided to indefinitely postpone their big day.

    The pair, who got engaged last year in March, are one of many couples who have had their wedding plans fail as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They had apparently planned “the wedding of their dreams”, but of course, to ensure that people stay safe and follow social distancing rules, they have no choice but to relook their plans.

    An insider told E! News that the wedding will not go on as planned. “They have been struggling for weeks over this decision, but with no return to normalcy in the near future, the couple felt postponing the wedding was the safest and smartest choice,” they said.

    According to this insider, all guests have been notified that the wedding will no longer be taking place in late summer, as they expected.

    The source also said that JLo and ARod had planned to say their “I-do’s” in Italy, and are hoping that they can eventually follow through with their dream wedding. They are already thinking of new dates, however, they do not see the nuptials taking place any time in the near future.

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    During lockdown, couples have to make do with what they have to keep the love alive. One man, Mark Oakes from Gauteng, wanted to ask his beloved Maxine to marry him but of course, no jewellery stores were open.

    So, he decided to get creative and make a ring himself! “One can’t let a pandemic stand in the way of what your heart wants,” he said on local radio show Breakfast with Martin Bester.

    He planned a beautiful picnic in the garden, got out some wine (another rare commodity these days) and popped the big question. “We had a proposal picnic with an arts and crafts ring. Our friendly chefs at Woolies provided us with a great meal,” he said.

    The ring, complete with a little golden bell in place of a stone, won Maxine over and she said yes.

    Take a look at how the romantic day went down:

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    Love looked a whole lot different back in the 1950s. Before Tinder and Instagram DMs, writing letters was the original form of romantic correspondence. This couple accidentally became penpals, and started a great love story in the process.

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    The year was 1957. A seaman on the HMS Ganges in Ipswich posted an advertisement in a newspaper looking for a penpal, which a then 15-year-old Shirley Kerrigan responded to. This advertisement turned out to be quite popular. The seaman received many messages, so he passed a few of them on to his fellow shipmate.

    This is how Shirley’s letter ended up in the hands of 19-year-old Jack Godley. Crazily enough, Shirley lived only 5 minutes away from Jack’s family in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

    That first initial letter turned into many. A year later, the pair finally met when Jack returned home on leave. They quickly fell in love and married on April 30, 1960.

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    Fast forward to 2020 and the couple are now celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Shirley, 78, and Jack, 82, have five children together, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. All this from a simple letter.

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    Shirley believes their love was meant to be.

    She said: “I’m glad it ended up with him. I do think it was fate. The other sailor got a sack full and he said ‘here you go Ginge’ – that’s what they called Jack in the navy. He said, ‘there’s one from Sheffield you can have that one'”.

    Their secret to a long-lasting marriage? Celebrating differences.

    “Well we’re opposites aren’t we, me and Shirley. Opposites attract. That’s why we have lasted,” said Jack. “Well, that and doing what I am told.”

    While they can’t go out and celebrate their milestone anniversary due to the lockdown, the pair plan to have a special day when the pandemic is over and it’s safe to go outside again.

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    Olympic diver Tom Daley and his husband Dustin Lance Black celebrated their third wedding anniversary yesterday, May 6. The 25-year old double world champion said that he could not believe they had been married for that long.

    Taking to Instagram, Daley posted a picture of him and his husband on their wedding day. In the caption he doted over his husband and said “I love our little family.”

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    Black had the same idea, also celebrating their love with an Instagram post. “Happy Anniversary! Three years later, three years stronger. ?,” he said in his caption.

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    The pair started their relationship in 2013, when Daley announced that he was dating Black in a YouTube video. Two years later, Daley popped the question! After another two years, they had a lavish wedding attended by 120 guests.

    The couple have also had a baby boy via surrogate. It appears the loved-up pair are only going from strength to strength!

    Image: Instagram / Dustin Lance Black

    Amy Adams and her husband Darren Le Gallo celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 2.  The six-time Oscar nominee took to Instagram to gush about her love.

    Sharing a sweet family picture, Adams wrote: “So happy to be celebrating our 5 year anniversary @darrenlegallo you are my soft place. Love you. Love our family.”

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    She also added the hashtag, #happytobestuckwith you. This means that the happy couple are spending their anniversary self-isolating, like many others – including Prince William and Kate Middleton – have done.

    Of course, Le Gallo shared his sentiments of love and affection too. He posted a black and white image of Adams in her wedding dress. “It’s been 5yrs today that I’ve been blessed to be married to my best friend,” he said.

    “It’s crazy how fast time goes by-almost 18yrs since we started dating. I respect, and adore the incredible human being that you are♥️,” he added.

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    Newlyweds Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell are honeymooning at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, their home is a bit different to the usual one, as they are staying at the Australia Zoo.

    The pair have been isolating in Australia Zoo with Irwin’s family to take care of the animals throughout the pandemic. After COVID-19 forced their plans to change, they said their I dos at the zoo in a last minute ceremony in March and are now honeymooning there too.

    Taking to Instagram, Irwin shared a snap from their honeymoon. She captioned the image, “Our honeymoon may not have turned out as we’d planned but we’re grateful to be spending time with our beautiful animals @AustraliaZoo. Things are incredibly busy here while we’re temporarily not open. We’re all working together to make sure our animal family is happy. ??”

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    Fans of the famous family will soon be able to tune into the couple’s wedding special, which will air on May 23 at 6.30pm on Foxtel’s Animal Planet.

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    Princess Eugenie of York shared a sweet, never-before-seen image from her 2018 wedding to Jack Brooksbank in honour of his 34th birthday.

    Taking to Instagram, the princess simply captioned the image “Happy Birthday my love ?… xx”

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    The first image shows the pair excitedly grinning soon after tying the knot during their October 2018 wedding. The second captures a personal moment of Brooksbank strolling through a garden on a sunny day.

    Princess Eugenie’s mother Sarah Ferguson also joined in on the festivities. She took to Instagram to wish Brooskbank a happy birthday.

    “Happy Birthday my ‘James Bond’ son-in-law .. you are such a huge heart of goodness” she captioned the image.

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    Feature image: Instagram / Princess Eugenie