Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Engaged

Liam Hemsworth of The 'Hunger Games' proposed to his girlfriend of three years Miley Cyrus on May 31 with a 3.5-carat diamond ring from jeweler Neil Lane and the pair couldn't be happier. 

Miley, 19, told People magazine: ''I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam.''

The 'LOL' actress also tweeted today: ''life is beautiful.''

The couple met while working together on 'The Last Song' in 2009 and Liam, 22, has previously admitted while he wanted to be professional on the film, they couldn't help but fall in love after working so closely together.

He said: ''What happened happened, and we've been together since.

''She makes me really happy. When you start, you want to be professional, but when you're filming those scenes with someone and pretending to love them, you're not human if you don't feel something.''

In turn, Miley has said that Liam is the perfect guy because he listens to her.

The singer-and-actress - who split from Liam in 2010 before rekindling their relationship last year - knows he is the right man for her because he's always there to lend a sympathetic ear instead of telling her what to do.

She said: ''I think it's someone that is always there to listen and I think that's when people make mistakes because they always want to have the answers and I don't like people trying to fix me, I just like them being able to listen.''


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How Many of You Have Paid for Your Meal at a Wedding?

My GF and I are expected to pay $80-$100 each for our meals at an upcoming wedding, the bride says it's an "unspoken tradition"

I've been to a few weddings and never heard of such nonsense. I asked my uncle and he said that that was ridiculous but the bride’s family insists that it’s a tradition and that's how it’s supposed to go. I've never paid to go to a wedding reception and I'm definitely not about to start.

Just more or less trying to prove a point to my girlfriend that the "unspoken tradition" is total bullshit. Thanks guys! We're just gonna get a gift and leave it at that. If we have to pay for a meal, I'm sure there's a McDonald's nearby.

ProbablyNotWorking wrote:

Hell no. You feed me, I give you a bread maker. That's the tradition.

Jgmerek wrote:

I am actually a caterer. I have catered weddings for almost 20 years, literally hundreds if not thousands of weddings. I have never heard of this being done even once.

Id_rather_boating wrote:

I used to film weddings for a living. I have been to several hundred events. If they can’t afford dinner for everyone they have a late evening wedding with finger foods at the reception. Then they have a cash bar as well. Don’t pay for your dinner at 80-100 per plate. If they did want to charge for dinner and didn’t want to make a profit they would do something more affordable like ask you to bring a casserole, desert or salad. People are more than happy to pitch in to make the day special but not if you ask like that. Come on! Slap some sense into them.

Goo_Back wrote:

We had an appetizer finger food kind of thing at our wedding. Everyone loved it. We had Poutine, Onion Rings, Mini Slider Burgers and Mini Grilled Cheese. Went over outstanding. We also had a Sundae Bar.

Positronus wrote:

I am Russian and if you don't bring cash to a wedding they break your legs... and then take your cash.

Neebat wrote:

Cash in lieu of gifts is a completely, 100% reasonable request. Cash for the wedding, PLUS gifts, is fucking extortion, and should be cited when you RSVP that you won't be attending, for cause.

Purecheetodust wrote:

That’s called we planned a wedding but ran out of money. They are passing the bill along to their guests. I wouldn’t even show up for the wedding if one of my friends pulled that shit.

Betona wrote:

Seriously, why do people think they need to spend so much? The most romantic, sweetest wedding I've ever attended had a couple platters of finger sandwiches and some punch and that was it. The couple just didn't have any money, nor did their parents and yet it was a wonderful evening event where maybe 40 bucks worth of candlelight made it magical.

Halle Berry’s $100,000 Engagement Ring

Halle Berry and beau Olivier Martinez got engaged and we haven’t heard too much about their wedding plans just yet but we have all the details about her $100,000 ring!

Jewelry experts at Anter Diamonds & Fine Jewelry a source said Halle’s rock could be worth upwards of six figures!

“If it’s the cleanest emerald, it could be worth up to $100,000 — maybe more,” our expert told us about the four carat bling. “It looks like an emerald on 18kt gold setting. The band could be white gold or platinum.”

The custom-designed etching on the ring is likely filigree — a popular request that makes an engagement ring truly one-of-a-kind.

“The symbols could be something special to them, which gives it a little bit of an antique, art-deco look,” the jeweler says.

As for Olivier’s unique choice of an emerald over a diamond, colored stones aren’t as rare as you might think.

“Princess Diana’s is a sapphire, and celebrities always want to do something different,” our source says, adding that emerald is not unheard of for engagement rings, even among non-celebs!

Halle’s birthstone is peridot, also a green stone, so there may be some significance there — and there’s a good chance her sparkler came from Colombia.

“That’s where emeralds come from,” says our source. ”Or at least good ones do.”

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I Told My GF that The Most I'd Ever Spend on a Wedding is $3,000

...and if I ever married I'd buy a ring at a pawn shop...that went over like a lead balloon.

Well first the ring. She said first, which was hilarious, "that rings don't lose their value." I told her it loses 80% once it leaves the store because there is no secondary market for wedding rings. She told me that was wrong. Then I told her that I'd buy used at a pawn shop. She said "I don't want someone's broken promise." I then said "SEE!"

She then, saw the error of her ways, which was nice.... but still insisted that she would require a new one.

So which one is it? Is it a broken promise or is it possible to spin that as a 'chance to make that promise come true'?

Also, she thought $3,000 was absurdly low. I thought it was high. While she agreed that you shouldn't go into debt to marry, I'd rather spend10k on starting a business or my house or buying a rental property or something else other than a wedding.

Basically, if I'm going to spend that kind of money, I'd like a return on my investment. Sure there are wedding gifts, but they are there regardless of how much you spend. It was kind of funny to hear how she already has her venue picked out.

I mean, all you have to buy is booze, get a DJ, rent a few tables and serve some good food. Oh and talk to a lawyer about a prenup. Easy enough right? I was relieved that she agreed that no one should go into debt to finance a wedding.

I am just amazed that she didn't realize how much more house you could buy with 10 or 15k or that you could use that to help start a business or to even take a month off work and spend it on vacation.

Don't worry; I'm not thinking about marriage. We don't even live together and I wouldn't marry someone without at least a 2 year trial run of cohabitation. It just came up somehow last night.

So I guess my question is: How much should a wedding cost? What are your thoughts on used rings? Why on earth do certain people place so much value on a single day and think nothing of fucking up the start of their life together? I mean, if you instead put 10k in your IRAs/Money Market accounts and eloped, you would have a significant sum of money compared to taking the time to save up another 10k and then invest that. I'd rather retire early than spend cash on a wedding.

Am I way off base?

Indigoshift Wrote:

My wife and I were poor college students when we got married. We spent maybe $200 on our wedding.

We bought a matching pair of silver rings for a total of about $25. Reserved a spot with an arbor at the city park for the ceremony. Paid about $50 for the pastor and the license. Our friends and family brought tasty things to barbeque on the grills at the park, and our reception was under one of those covered areas with picnic tables, where everyone got to eat tasty homemade food. The children that came to the wedding were able to change out of their wedding clothes after the ceremony so they could run around and play on the swing sets and jungle gyms.

My wife's dress was sewn by her mother, who's an excellent seamstress. She also made the cake, which was delicious.

After our vows, we kissed and everyone who was at the park that day (families, frisbee players, kite-flyers, kids on swing sets--all of them total strangers) applauded and cheered for us.

I bought her a more formal ring a year later, but I still have my old $12 silver ring. She wants to get me something more expensive, but I like it. Every time I look at it, I smile.

We're celebrating our 12th anniversary next month, and we're happier now than we were the day we got married.

If anyone ends up engaged to someone who regards the dollar amount of the wedding as its most important aspect, call the engagement off and look elsewhere for a partner. It's as simple as that.

Runamok wrote:

If anyone ends up engaged to someone who regards the dollar amount of the wedding as its most important aspect, call the engagement off and look elsewhere for a partner. It's as simple as that.

I dated a girl that told me the minimum a wedding should cost was 20k. This from someone who was unemployed at the time and I made perhaps 40k annually gross. Though she really was a good, decent girl, she was very bad with money and I knew would want to stop working asap and depend solely on my income which would never be enough for her material needs. It was a great decision to end that relationship.

Now the girl I have been dating for the past 3.5 years laughed at the idea that a wedding ring should cost two months gross (or even net salary) and doesn't really want to get married in the first place. Perversely because she is so non-materialistic I love to surprise her with little thoughtful things. With the other one, expectations were so high I continuously felt like a failure.

The moral of the story...watch out ladies...there are women out there who are in it just for love and not status.

Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman’s Wedding

Drew Barrymore is a married woman once again. She exchanged vows with art dealer Will Kopelman in front of family and friends in an estate in Montecito, California on Saturday, June 2, 2012.

The bride who is expecting her first child was wearing Chanel, which is inevitable because her new husband’s father, Arie Kopelman, is the former CEO for the brand. The groom wore a Chanel suit as well.

The $5.7 million estate is described as a single family Colonial-style home. Barrymore and Kopelman held the wedding ceremony in the garden beneath a tent. The couple was married in a Jewish ceremony officiated by the family Rabbi in front of 200 guests. It was “a classic, simple, very pretty, garden-inspired wedding,” a source said.

The wedding was organized by wedding planners Yifat Oren and Stefanie Cove who handled Reese Witherspoon’s March nuptials to Jim Toth. Gazebo Flowers took charge of the floral arrangements which, according to a source, included “hydrangeas, small irises, cream and pink roses and lavender lilies.”

A-list celebrities spotted at the wedding are Witherspoon and her husband, Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Nancy Juvonen, as well as Busy Phillips and her husband.

Barrymore was previously married to bar owner Jeremy Thomas and actor Tom Greene, but both lasted less than a year.

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Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman Loving Kiss After Wedding

Some pictures taken after Drew Berrymore exchanged wedding vows with her fiance Will Kopelman have hit the web. The “Going the Distance” actress was caught on camera passionately kissing her husband on the lips.

The newly weds sat in the backseat of a vintage Mercedes with roses and "Just Married" streamers tied to the back as they drove away. The bride wore a Chanel dress pleated in muslin and organza designed by Karl Lagerfeld, while the groom wore a Tom Ford Tuxedo. Will's father Arie Kopelman is the former CEO of Chanel.

The wedding took place at an estate in Monecito, California on Saturday June 2, 2012. One guest said "It was a classic, simple, very pretty, garden-inspired wedding" with 200 guests which included family and close friends only. The list included Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Kimmel, Mariska Hargitay. Busy Phillips and her husband.

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Drew Barrymore Goes to Final Wedding Dress Fitting With Cameron Diaz

A pregnant Barrymore goes to the Chanel store in Beverly Hills and is joined by good pal Diaz and fiance Will Kopelman.

Aceshowbiz Wrote:

Drew Berrymore is closer to finish preparation for her upcoming wedding with fiance Will Kopelman. On Wednesday, May 30, the “Going the Distance” star who’s currently expecting a baby was spotted attending her final wedding dress fitting with fellow actress and good friend Cameron Diaz at the Chanel store in Beverly Hills.

Barrymore showed off her baby bump in a black top, while Diaz matched her friend’s casual look by wearing a plain white tee and a pair of turquoise pants. The two ladies were joined by Kopelman who picked up a few things of his own which included a tuxedo. He was also seen carrying a bag from Parisian jewelry and watch designer Van Cleef & Arpels.

Barrymorre and Kopelman reportedly will exchange wedding vows this coming Saturday, June 2 in Montecito, Calif. “She wants it to be very personal and intimate,” a source said. “She wants to do it right and be surrounded by family and friends.” The ceremony will be conducted by a longtime rabbi of the Kopelman’s family.

Rumor has it, Diaz will be one of Barrymore’s bridesmaids. Due to her close relationship with the bride-to-be, Kopelman sought her guidance before he popped the question to the “Whip it” actress. “Drew has been leaning on Cameron a lot,” a source told Us Weekly. “Cameron has been very involved.”

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