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☆ Bride had her wedding dress held 'hostage' in a billing dispute between Bed Bath & Beyond and preservation company
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Last week, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) announced it was planning to liquidate its inventory and go out of business. After reading good reviews about Houston-based Memories Gown Preservation, she decided to order the $120 kit through Bed Bath & Beyond. “I knew I wouldn’t look good in a white wedding dress,” she said. The MemoriesGP website still advertises Bed Bath & Beyond as an authorized dealer and as a registry option. “We take concerns raised by our customers very seriously,” Bed Bath & Beyond said.

“It was just so original,” she told Reuters, and her co-lead, “Umbrella Academy” actor Ritu Arya, could not agree more. When Lena drops out of art school and quickly gets engaged, Ria and her friends plan a bride-heist of epic proportions. Director Nida Manzoor's first feature film scored a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Critics have praised the quirky martial arts film for its inspiring and unconventional representation of compelling women and girls. “Strong women come from strong women,” Kansara said.

☆ Can I Edit Pink Hair Out of My Daughter’s Wedding Photos?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Kwame Anthony Appiah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One of the guests invited a friend who had beautiful bright pink hair. In the video and most of the photos taken of the ceremony, with the white-snow backdrop, the friend with the bright pink hair distracts your gaze so much that it takes away from the focus of the wedding: the bride and groom. Would it be ethical to replace the hair digitally with a more neutral-colored hair? Certain white-balance settings, for instance, might aim for certain color temperatures. The fact that the pink hair in your photographic records of the event stands out to you in the way that it does arises from the interaction of these two interpretations.

☆ ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Oscar Levant, the troubled midcentury musician and wag, often said he’d erased “the fine line between genius and insanity.”He says it again, or a version of it, in “Good Night, Oscar,” the unconvincing biographical fantasia that opened Monday at the Belasco Theater. But on the evidence of the character as written, and especially as impersonated by Sean Hayes in a gloomy if accurate performance, Levant doesn’t erase the line so much as fudge it. Certainly the play, by Doug Wright, fails to make much of a case for the genius part of the joke. Instead, it offers a spray of Levant’s most famous quips, like the one about Elizabeth Taylor: “Always a bride, never a bridesmaid.” And instead of dramatizing how marvelous Levant was, it just says so repeatedly. Mostly it’s just a cry; Levant doesn’t seem brilliant but ill.

☆ 10 fascinating theme parks that have closed forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In April, we’re taking a thrilling ride into the world of theme parks. “We think of amusement parks as vibrant, colorful, noisy, cheerful places,” says Jim Futrell of the National Amusement Park Historical Association. Pripyat Amusement Park (Ukraine)The Pripyat Amusement Park was built right before the Chernobyl disaster. Yongma Land (South Korea)Once in a blue moon, abandoned theme parks find new life by adopting totally new functions. Faced with increased competition from Orlando’s modern theme parks, Cypress Gardens closed in 2009 and was eventually absorbed into LEGOLAND Florida.

☆ David’s needs bachelorettes, not just brides
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - With marriage rates on the decline, David’s Bridal has once again tied itself in a knot. Last time this happened in 2018, David’s courted a group of lenders led by Oaktree to save it. loadingFunding for nuptial-related companies has been on the decline since, as has business at David’s. Modern brides are opting for cheaper casual and secondhand dresses over fancy getups, but they appear more reticent to compromise on pre-wedding soirees. It suggests perhaps that David's fresh start should embrace an old saying, with a twist: always the bachelorette, never the bride.

☆ Finding Love in a Fake World
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Julia May Jonas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A lightly varied collection of conventionally attractive heterosexual humans compete to marry a single conventionally attractive human of the opposite sex. Argy’s heroine did not submit an application for the reality TV show “The One,” the novel’s stand-in for the “Bachelor” franchise. Instead, she was plucked off the streets by Miranda, a producer who has devoted her adulthood to working her way up the ranks. Each producer is responsible for a group of girls on “The One,” and the more prominently their girls feature, the more the producer is rewarded. The win will provide Miranda with job security, remuneration and confirmation of her own excellence.

☆ Mothers Power New Drive to Make Social-Media Firms Accountable for Harms
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Ryan Tracy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kristin Bride, wearing gray, Tracy Kemp, in white jacket, and other mothers during a meeting with senators in November last year. WASHINGTON—Silicon Valley has for years brushed back attempts to make internet platforms more accountable for harm to young people. Online safety advocates are hoping to turn the tide with a new force: Moms. Mothers who say social media devastated their sons and daughters are stepping up efforts to pass legislative remedies, including by making personal appeals to lawmakers and working with congressional aides to fine-tune legislation.

[1/5] A bride and a groom wait during the Easter Sunday mass wedding ceremony, organised by the International Pentecostal Holiness Church Jerusalem City (IPHC), with more than 800 couples taking part, in Kgabalatsane in the North-West province, South Africa, April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoJOHANNESBURG, April 9 (Reuters) - More than 800 couples walked down the aisle on Easter Sunday in one of the biggest mass wedding ceremonies in South Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Pentecost Holiness Church blesses polygamous unions, which are common in some African communities, and the church says are authorised by the Bible. Its mass nuptials take place three times a year – at Easter, in December, and also during the celebrations in September of the church's founding in 1962. Current wives wore colourful attire to the ceremony at the International Pentecost Holiness Church's Jerusalem congregation, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Johannesburg.

☆ Everyone needs a work spouse — even if some millennials don't think so
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A portion of millennials "disapprove" of having a work spouse, according to a new survey. My truth, as a Gen Xer, is: Work is often lonely and annoying, and everyone needs a work spouse. Everyone needs a work spouse. "Work spouse" is really just another name for "work best friend." The beauty of 'butt-kicking candor'Millennials might take exception to work spouses because they believe in a firm separation of work and home.

☆ Rupert Murdoch is getting married for the fifth time at 92 years old. Here's a complete timeline of his past marriages.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Anna Murdoch MannRupert Murdoch with his wife, Anna and their baby daughter, Elizabeth, at London Airport in 1968 Evening Standard/Getty ImagesShortly after his divorce from his first wife, Murdoch met his soon-to-be second bride, Anna Murdoch Mann, whose maiden name was Torv. They first met when Murdoch Mann was 18 years old when she had the opportunity to interview Murdoch while she worked for the Sydney newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, which he owned. The media mogul and Scottish-Australian novelist were married for 32 years and had three children together, Elisabeth Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and James Murdoch. Murdoch and Torv divorced in 1999. "I thought we had a wonderful, happy marriage," she said in an interview with Australian Women's Weekly in 2001.

[1/5] Palestinians relatives of Sabreen Abu Jazar, who died when a boat carrying migrants sank offshore Greece, mourn in her family home in Gaza Strip March 3, 2023. After leaving Gaza in February, via Egypt, Sabreen flew to Turkey where she met her husband, who had migrated to Belgium years ago. "I celebrated her as a bride, now she's returned to me in a coffin," said her mother-in-law Buthayna Abu Jazar. In an effort to promote security along its Gaza border, Israel offers some 20,000 permits to allow Gazans to work in Israel. In Gaza, Hamas says a permanent solution for unemployment is beyond its ability alone.

☆ Rupert Murdoch is engaged to Ann Lesley Smith
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time. The 92-year-old tycoon revealed he’s engaged to marry Ann Lesley Smith in an article published Monday in the New York Post, one of his own publications. Smith was previously married to Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive, who died in 2008. Murdoch was previously married to former flight attendant Patricia Booker, journalist Anna Murdoch and entrepreneur Wendi Deng. CNN has reached out to representatives of Murdoch and Smith for further comment.

☆ I make 6 figures a year peeling people's skin for a living. I feel more fulfilled as an aesthetician than I did working in real estate.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Ryan S. Gladwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After building her brand and creating an at-home peel kit, Barber-Raymond had a six-figure 2020. A chemical peel exfoliates the top layer of skin to shed all the dead cells, revealing smoother skin underneath. The moment I got my license, I became a full-time aesthetician focused on chemical peels for the face and body. Skin peels can be life-changing for people, and it's so fulfilling to seeMy favorite area to peel is the back. I just didn't feel fulfilled, and it didn't light me up the way chemical peels do.

☆ China's so desperate to boost its birth rates, it's even cracking down on customary betrothal gifts for brides to help people get married more easily
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China's cracking down on the custom of the "bride price" to facilitate marriages and boost birth rates. These betrothal gifts include cash, jewelry, cars, and even real estate. A delegate from the state-backed All-China Women's Federation proposed that authorities look into measures to curb expensive betrothal gifts, the women's rights organization said in a Wednesday statement. Still, nearly three-quarters of marriages involve the custom of betrothal gifts, according to a 2020 survey of 1,846 China residents by Tencent News. This is because betrothal gifts — which are typically given after negotiations between the two families — can include cash, jewelry, cars, and even real estate, according to the Tencent News survey.

☆ Turkey earthquake survivors search rubble for their gold savings
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Timour Azhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Reyhan Vural, 48, and her 59-year-old husband Metin survived the devastating Feb. 6 quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria. "Our everything is in the rubble," Vural said, gesturing at the mound of debris that was her home on a quiet street lined with citrus trees. "We were going to buy a house and the gold for it was in there," she said. They believe in gold," said a contractor clearing rubble and who declined to give his name. Authorities are swiftly clearing the rubble and starting to focus on rebuilding for the millions who lost their homes.

☆ DeSantis agreed to get married at Disney World as long as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse weren't invited
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

DeSantis was hesitant to get married at Disney World, he revealed in his new book. Ron DeSantis may have had a fairy tale wedding with Casey DeSantis at the Walt Disney World Resort back in 2009 — but he's no Disney adult, according to his new book. He thought he and Casey DeSantis, née Black, would get married at a local church, he wrote. He had originally planned on wearing a tux, he said, but Casey DeSantis asked him to wear his Navy service dress white uniform instead. He realized that he needed to go to a tailor to get his outfit ready so that they could properly mount his medals on the suit.

☆ A college side hustle made her a self-made millionaire before she turned 30—here's how she got started
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As Katelyn Alsop recalls, she stumbled into the hobby that would help her become a millionaire before she turned 30 by accident. That blog turned out to be a tremendous asset for Alsop's budding business. "I started sharing personal stories about my life on the blog, and people really gravitated to that," she says. In 2010, when Alsop graduated college, her photography side hustle became her full-time business. Motivated by the success of her blog, Alsop started selling online technical courses for photographers on her website in 2015.

Elected last June, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has struggled to fulfil campaign promises to bring down inflation, which hit 8.7% in January, driven by an 11.2% jump in food prices, the biggest since 2009. Imported onions, bought mostly from India and China, require sanitary and phytosanitary permits for quarantine and biosecurity purposes. Steep price rises for eggs and sugar have also whacked up the cost of putting food on the table. Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics'UNSOLVED' SUPPLY PROBLEMSOfficials say the high inflation was transitory and should ease once supply issues are addressed. Philippines' onion demand and supply($1 = 54.52 Philippine pesos)Additional reporting by Karen Lema and Eloisa Lopez; Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Lawmakers show rare bipartisan unity in pursuing protections for kids online
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee found rare alignment at a recent hearing about how Congress can help protect kids from online harms. They're speaking out in support of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would require sites likely to be accessed by kids 16 or younger to maintain certain privacy and safety protections by default. "We must and we will double down on the Kids Online Safety Act," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said at the hearing. Though lawmakers have shared similar goals in other discussions around regulating tech, when it comes to protecting kids online, they're more united in the types of action they want to see take place. However, a bill that recently passed the state's House of Representatives removed that provision, instead allowing for consumers to sue social media companies that knowingly cause harm.

☆ Senators blast Big Tech companies over kids’ safety amid renewed push for legislation
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Senators from both parties blasted Big Tech on Tuesday and called for the passage of federal legislation to regulate tech platforms in the midst of a mental health crisis among young Americans. But Durbin hinted at a possible future hearing involving Big Tech representatives, saying “don’t worry, they’ll have their chance” as the committee invites them to weigh in on legislative proposals. The hearing comes amid renewed attention on the impact social networks are having on their youngest users. In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden called for Congress to pass legislation to protect kids’ privacy and safety online. On Tuesday, senators promoted several new and existing pieces of legislation in the works to address different potential online harms.

☆ I'm a wedding planner in Ukraine. I've adapted ceremonies to curfews and blackouts, and one bride asked for money toward a vehicle for her father's army unit instead of gifts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Oksana Bratseiko has spent seven years working in the wedding industry in Kyiv, Ukraine. My team organized very few weddings in 2022 because most couples didn't bother with a big event: they opted for modest, last-minute weddings at Kyiv's City Hall. Wedding planning in wartime Ukraine is special — but challengingThe Forever Bride wedding team in August 2022. We started planning our first wartime wedding in May 2022Vadym and Anna at their wedding in August 2022. Planning weddings during wartime is like a light in the dark.

☆ Media frenzy from Alex Murdaugh double homicide trial is disrupting weddings at event hall across the street from the courthouse, bride says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Alex Murdaugh murder trial is underway at a South Carolina courthouse across the street from a wedding venue. One bride told The Daily Beast she's stressed about her wedding being so close to the trial. "I did know about the courthouse being across the street but we have never had a trial like this before," DeLong told The Daily Beast. It was more convenient due to the weather and location in town," she told The Daily Beast. "I had been super excited and now I am pretty stressed out," DeLong said, according to The Daily Beast.

☆ Chanel hits playful note at haute couture show in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] A model presents a creation by designer Virginie Viard as part of her Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023 collection show for fashion house Chanel in Paris, France, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Chanel creative director Virginie Viard took a spirited direction for the French fashion house's spring haute couture show, sending models out of hulking, stylized animals crafted from cardboard and wood. They emerged, one at a time, circling the towering statues like ringmasters, in bouncy, cheerleader miniskirts, floral jumpsuits and shimmery tweed jackets. During her bow, Viard drew artist Xavier Veilhan, who designed the set, out from the risers while the audience cheered. The Paris haute couture shows, which include some of the most prestigious names in fashion like Georgio Armani Prive, Jean Paul Gaultier and LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA) Christian Dior, run through Thursday.

☆ Buzz Aldrin shoots the moon with 93rd birthday wedding
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin participates in the Veterans Day parade in New York U.S., November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who became the second human being to walk on the moon more than half a century ago, got married on his 93rd birthday, saying he and his bride were "as excited as eloping teenagers." Faur, who has a doctoral degree in chemical engineering, has served as executive vice present of Buzz Aldrin Ventures for the past four years, according to her LinkedIn page. "We were joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles & are as excited as eloping teenagers," Aldrin said on Twitter. The intense fame generated by the Apollo 11 mission 54 years ago overwhelmed Aldrin after he returned to Earth.

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