According to EOnline, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are DUNZO. Rumor has it that the engaged pair are on the outs and looking to make a peaceful and publicity-free exit; both of their reps denied it, of course, but I have a feeling we’re going to get confirmation sometime this week.
Tags: engaged, Fergie, MusicI had in the past shared with you emails, which I felt needed to be shared, that I receive from readers/friends. Nishant from Mumbai has been such a friend and reader who always shared with me his struggle of being closeted gay. Following is the reproduction, with his permission of course, of his recent email in which he told me about the latest twist in his life. It tells us why marrying a girl is not the easy option, as many might think, to get out of our closet mess.... it can only lead to an even grater mess. 
Well, First of all I was always there on your blog and never missed a single post. Glad to know that you are alright. I hope all your friends and family members are doing fine.
Now, about me disappearing for so long, there’s a story behind that.
Last few months, or rather, more then seven months ago, I was going through a very challenging or I should say the most painfully depressing moment of my life, my granny was seriously unwell. Our family doctors said that she could not survive more then 48hrs. She is a heart patient. I have a very small family. Me, Mom my Granny and my puppy Labrador Bitch. My Dad had passed away about 3yr back due to kidney failure. It was a very big loss for us, so since we all are attached to each other very much. Getting back to seven months back, my Granny was suffering from heart failure and she was on her lungs only. So doctors said that she could only survive only till her lungs are functioning. But miraculously doctors found out it was not her heart that was not functioning properly, it was her lungs. Lucky within those last 48hrs our family doctor decided to take an x-ray and found out that her left lung was filled with water. Then they removed the water from her lungs and within 3/4hrs my granny was fit as she was before. Now the tension part was that doctors said they have to send the water removed from the lungs to the pathological-lab for testing purpose. Doctors said it could be malaria, flue, or might also is cancer. Everyone was happy that she was fine but when reports arrived we found that she is suffering from last stage cancer. All the happiness was evaporated cause last stage cancer is non curable. Doctors said she could only survive for 2/3 months. We decided not to tell her about cancer. The last stage is very painful.
One day I was just chatting with my granny and she asked me whether she could ever see my bride. And I guess you understood the situation. I was in intense pressure, at one side there was my granny who has always loved me so much and its time for me to do something for her and at the other end "I am gay". I didn't think for a single moment and said mom that I am ready for marriage and she can start looking for a right girl for me. I decided that I'll stop all the web surfing that included the gay bloging or anything that would make me think or remind me I am gay. I didn't wanted to be selfish person who is married to a women and seeking men in the dark. I am sorry for not posting comments, or, at least for not showing my concern in your bad times in the past few months.
So now as my mom was looking for a right girl for me. I always thought I am marrying for my mom and granny so I wanted a girl who is more of a housewife. And in the second week I got engaged with a sweet girl. She was a very simple Gujarati girl who puts a bindi on her forehead. She was very soft spoken and cute. I thought I could get along with her. Being a gay we are always blessed with tenderness in our nature. So I was always very caring and calm when ever I was with her. I wanted her to feel very comfortable; she was from a very low profile family located at the outskirts of Mumbai. And my family is very well known in our community; my Grandfather and my dad were always known for their kindness and had a good name. I am always into high life. Whether I am at restaurants or hanging out with friends or at shopping expensive things. So I never wanted her to feel that I am showing off and have an ego for my wealth. I hate it. I am a very down to earth man. But I always notice bit rudeness in my fiancés behavior. She never saw any care or concerns towards me. I thought it might be because she is new to the family so that's why she must be feeling awkward to show care.
But as time went by, her rudeness was starting to annoy me. I, mom and my fiancé had gone to my native place in kutch for some religious function. The whole journey she never left any chance to bully me to irritate me. Even my mom noticed the same but she kept quite because there were few more relatives with us. Now I was like-- what the fuck man. First of all I am trying so hard to like her and trying so much to make her feel good. There is always an extra effort from me and she was behaving like a bitch. Seriously, she was behaving very badly not just with me but she also insulted my best friend (the one I used to love so much but he is pure straight. But now he is just my best of the Best friend). So that was it. Even my mom didn't like it. My mom also cares about my best friend as he is like her younger brother. We decided to call the relationship with the girl off (there are more reasons for the breakup. I will tell them later). But now my fiancé didn't want to breakup. Now all of a sudden she was totally changed and she was like I am so sorry and all...
I understood, she wanted to marry my wealth and she thought I am a sissy and she can control me easily. She underestimated me. And then you know the "samaj" and bullshit. In our Kutchi Gujarati Samaj we have to place a meeting where we could discuss and announce that the engagement is off. So since then I am stuck with all these tensions.
I feel like a joker you know. Saala zindagi main (In my life) for the first time I was in a meaningful relationship, which was meaningless, and you saw the end. I think I am more then happy for that, you must be wondering what happened to my granny? Well she is a fighter. I can’t say she is fine but she is doing OK. She has lost all her memory and can hardly recognize anyone. It’s her bonus life that she is spending with us. My mom said she is always going to support me in any of my decisions. Let’s hope if I could open up to my mom some day...
Your posts always inspire me to write to you. I could have never shared this space of my life if you would have not started your blog.
P.S. Nishant, I thank you for sharing a part of your life with us.
For some reason that’s beyond all comprehension, beautiful Beth Ostrosky will be taking the walk down the aisle this weekend to wed her fiance’ of just over a year, Howard Stern.
Howard Stern is a radio show host and shock jock and shock is what he does best - besides looking like a washed up has-been.
Beth and Howard became engaged Valentine’s Day of 2007.
The couple plan on following suit of many other celebrities who opt for multiple ceremonies. The first ceremony will be in the Hampton’s in front of family and friends and will undoubtedly a lavish event. In October the couple will throw a more “intimate” affair.
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa’s husband, is actually an ordained minister and he is the one that will marry Beth Ostrosky and Howard Stern. When asked if Regis would also be in attendance, Beth said, “It’s not that kind of thing. It’s spiritual.”
For those who may be wondering, Stern is 54 and Beth Ostrosky is 36, that’s a whopping 18 years difference. Albeit it looks to be about 100 years age difference.
Either way, you’ve just gotta wish them well.
The photo above was taken at The 15th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit held at the The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY.
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Tags: engaged, hollywood, husband, married
Recently engaged to her actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson looked her ususal lovely self as she arrived at the 2008 Teen Choice accolades at teGibson Amphitheater on Sunday evening (August 3).
The 23-year-old “Lost in Translation” hottie maintained her own unique fashion sense in a scoopneck short-sleeved knee-length pale pink dress with a chunky necklace and a pair of peep-toe heels, also sporting her brand new engagement ring.
No tag for this post. Tags: boyfriend, engaged, fashion, Lost, Love, pinkUma Thurman is engaged to her uber wealthy Swiss boyfriend, Arpad “Arki” Busson.
On Saturday, the couple themselves made the announcement, on page 75 of London’s The Times.
Under the heading “Mr A. Busson and Miss U. Thurman,” it reads, “The engagement is announced between Arpad, son of Mr Pascal Busson, of Paris, and Mrs Florence Harcourt-Smith, of South of France, and Uma, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert A. F. Thurman of New York.”
Well, you just can’t get anymore confirming then that now can you?
Congrats to the happy couple!
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Uma Thurman is engaged to Swiss financier Arpad Busson.
Her rep confirmed that Arpad popped the question to Uma and gave her a big insanely huge rock to seal the deal.
The ring is eight carats for the center stone surrounded by 20 smaller stones.
This will be the third marriage for Uma, who married Gary Oldman and Ethan Hawke previously. She has two children with Ethan. Arpad is no stranger to high profile bonds, either, he was dating supermodel Elle Macpherson, who he has two children with.
The couple met at a private dinner in Milan last year.
Tags: dating, engaged, marriage, married, seal, supermodel
Katie Nicholl of The Daily Mail is reporting that Zara Phillips will definitely marry her boyfriend Mike Tindall next May (2009). The couple is said to be already secretly engaged. They have postponed the announcement to give way to the wedding of Zara’s brother Peter to Autumn Kelly and also because Zara is concentrating on her coming participation in the Beijing Olympics. We could expect an announcement after the Olympics, according to the report.
Read the article here.
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Tags: British royal weddings, British royals, kings, Mike Tindall, princes, princesses, queens, royal blog, royal families, Royal News, royal weddings, royals, royalty, royalty blog, Zara Phillips
Tags: boyfriend, engagedJennifer Lopez has had quite a few steamy love affairs in her day. But which was the hottest? Your opinion could win you a copy of How to Make Love With Your Clothes On: 101 Ways to Romance Your Husband.
Take a look at the guys below and leave a comment by Thursday, June 5th on who you think is the hottest. I’ll choose a winner at random from the comments on Friday, June 6th.
Ready to voice your opinion? Here are your choices:
Ojani Noa
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J-Lo Claim to Fame: First Marriage (Feb. 22, 1997 - Jan. 1998)
Jennifer met Ojani when he was a waiter in a Miami restaurant. He proposed to her during the wrap party after the filming of Selena in front of a whole bunch of people. What else could she do but accept? The marriage didn’t even last a year, and it appears that Jen tried to remain friends with him and even made him the manager of her restaurant, Madre’s. He didn’t last quite six months at that job and was fired. Then he tried to write a tell-all book about Jen, including details of their sex life and marriage. (Quite the prince, no?) J-Lo took him to court and won, and the tell-all went bye-bye.
Sean Combs (P. Diddy)
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J-Lo Claim to Fame: Rapper, Lover and Professional Influence
Sean Combs noticed J-Lo around Hollywood and thought she’d made a great queen in his latest music video. She did. Here’s the long version of the video, but if you click to the end you can see J-Lo and P. Diddy dancing. Very hot.
They soon hit it off and dated for over two years. They had tons in common, including ambition, goals and talent. They were really a great pair, except that Diddy has said he doesn’t want to get married and we all know by now that Jen always wanted a husband and family.
Besides that, things got ugly when Jen and Diddy were in a nightclub in December 1999. There was a gunfight that broke out Diddy’s group and another in the club. Jennifer was charged with gun posession after the fight, and even though the charges were dropped it put a huge strain on the relationship. Jen has also aluded to the fact that Diddy cheated on her. They broke up in early 2000.
Cris Judd
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J-Lo Claim to Fame: Backup Dancer and Second Husband
Jen was hurting after her breakup with Diddy. And Cris Judd was a nice guy and talented dancer who she met on the set of “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.” This was a rebound relationship if ever there was one. They married in a quickie ceremony in September 2001, but was over less than a year later. Jen started dating Ben Affleck and filed for divorce which became official in January, 2003.
Ben Affleck
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J-Lo Claim to Fame: Part of the Disasterous Bennifer
The big pink ring, the big name, the big hoopla. Everything about the relationship between Ben and Jen was big. Too big. He’s since said that he regretted doing the Jenny From the Block video but not doing Gigli. Like most things that start out fast it burned out fast, too. They were engaged, set a date, but then Ben started going to strip clubs and… no more Bennifer.
Marc Anthony
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Ever hear the phrase, “Right person, right time?” This is the case with Jen and Marc. They dated for a brief time in the 90s. Years later, she broke off her engagement to Ben and he was separated for the second time from Dayanara Torres. They started dating and have been happily together ever since. And now, they have a family!
Tags: Ben Affleck, blog contest, celebrity break ups, celebrity couples, contest, Cris Judd, diddy, ex's, former boyfriends, free stuff, Giveaways, husband, jennifer lopez, jenny from the block, love don't cost a thing, Marc Anthony, ojani noa, win
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A couple of posts ago, I let you know that Hayden Panettiere is involved in an upcoming contest that will allow one lucky winner and a few of his/her friends to join Hayden and a few of her friends on a whale-watching expedition through California’s beautiful Channel Islands.
All proceeds gathered from this auction will be put towards the Whaleman Foundation’s, “Save The Whales Again!” campaign, which Hayden is actively involved in.
The auction is put on by Zude.com, and is set to begin today on ebay.
Click here to view the auction activity, or to place a bid.
Also, click Read More (below) to view the press release on this event, which provides specific details on the event, the causes behind the event, and what winning this auction can do for you, for Hayden, and for endangered sea life all around the world.
PRESS RELEASE - provided by Zude.
Hayden Panettiere Auctions VIP
Personal Whale Watching Experience
Zude-Sponsored Fundraiser to Benefit
Save The Whales Again! Campaign
Roslyn, N.Y., May 20, 2008 - Hayden Panettiere of NBC’s Heroes and social computing platform Zude.com are offering Hayden’s fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join her and other celebrities at a Save the Whales Again! fundraiser and a private whale watching tour in the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California.
Beginning today at 7pm EST, fans are invited to bid at a charity auction hosted on eBay® Giving Works at www.ebay.com/hayden benefiting the Save the Whales Again! Campaign. The auction runs for 10 days, and bidding will close at 7pm EST on Friday, May 30th, 2008. The auction and prize distribution is being managed by Kompolt Online Auction Agency (www.kompolt.com).
The winning bidder and five friends will be treated to a VIP experience as Panettiere’s guests at the Save the Whales Again! celebrity fundraiser to be held at Beso, Eva Longoria’s Hollywood restaurant, on August 10th, 2008. At the cocktail party, attendees will rub elbows with Hollywood elite, be entertained by special musical guests and have a chance to bid on unique items.
“Dolphins and Whales are the barometers of the health of our oceans.” Said Panettiere. “They are the most contaminated animals on the planet, and like canaries in a coal mine, they are telling us that something is seriously wrong! So go the oceans, so goes life on earth. Please join us in our fight to save these beautiful creatures, and preserve the quality of life in this world for our children, and generations to come”
Within days of attending the Beso party, Panettiere will set sail with the winner of the Zude-sponsored auction and five friends on a private whale-watching expedition through California’s Channel Islands. World-renowned marine conservationist and founder of the Whaleman Foundation Jeff Pantukhoff will personally lead the expedition onboard Condor Cruise’s 75-foot catamaran the Condor Express.
“One of the best ways for people to truly understand these magnificent creatures,” said Pantukhoff, “is to interact with them in their own environment. The Whaleman foundation is dedicated to oceanic research, preserving and protecting dolphins, whales and their ocean habitat.”
Social Networking to Save the Whales
Panettiere is partnering with the social computing platform Zude.com to connect with her fans and encourage them to help Save The Whales Again! Visitors to her official website, www.zude.com/hayden can click on the Save the Whales Again! campaign badge on her homepage, watch a special welcome video and sign up through her Fanbase. Every new fanbase member will be entered into a drawing for personally autographed memorabilia from Hayden.
“I’m really excited to introduce my fans to Zude,” said Panettiere, “It’s one of the most amazing places on the Internet - I’m not a real techie so Zude is a great place for me to publish what I want - from anywhere on the Internet - and share it with my fans, friends and family!”
Fanbase members can also do their part to help Hayden Save The Whales Again! by copying the embed code from the ‘grab button’ on Panettiere’s store and pasting that code on their own page to share with their friends. The widget lets Panettiere’s fans help her raise funds by selling her dresses, clothes, and shoes in conjunction with her non-profit store.
Full details of the auction and fanbase contest, including rules, regulations, and legal restrictions can be found at www.ebay.com/hayden.
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About The Whaleman Foundation
The Whaleman Foundation is a public IRS 501 (c) (3) non-profit research, education, conservation, and wildlife film production organization dedicated to preserving and protecting our ocean world. Whaleman’s primary mission is to educate key decision makers, while raising public awareness, on the issues that affect cetaceans (dolphins, whales & porpoises) and their critical habitats through our films and media outreach. www.whaleman.org
About Zude
Zude, the creation of Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. (5g), is a new social computing platform offering users an unprecedented level of freedom and design customization. Using an endless supply of free web pages, groundbreaking drag-and-drop technology and a complete set of social networking features, users can create a media-rich website experience to share with the world.
About Kompolt
Since 2002, Kompolt (www.kompolt.com) has designed and executed over 400 high-profile Cause Marketing campaigns. These campaigns, launched globally to large and diverse communities on eBay and social networks like MySpace and Facebook, have built brand awareness and goodwill for over 200 of the world’s best known corporations while raising over $13 Million for charitable causes and non-profits worldwide. By launching campaigns with a broad reach that serve both constituencies, the Kompolt team has attracted millions of viewers and visitors and engaged tens of thousands of consumers in cause-driven transactions.
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Tags: engaged, eva longoria, Hayden Panettiere, hollywood, Music, rapHere’s a video of Fergie telling all about her newest line of handbags and the inspirations behind them. She even finishes by talking about what she and Josh Duhamel have been doing about making wedding plans since getting engaged. Check it out:
Fergie, Fergie Ferg, Stacy Ferguson, black-eyed peas, black eyed peas, black-eyed-peas, hip hop, fergalicious, the duchess, glamorous, Clumsy, Finally
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