Team official: Nets to attend Kardashian wedding

Kim Kardashian (Getty)

The New Jersey Nets can accept their invitation to Kim Kardashian’s wedding.

A team official says the Nets have been granted permission to attend the reality star’s marriage to forward Kris Humphries on Saturday in California.

General manager Billy King and other members of the Nets’ basketball operations department are expected to attend the ceremony of their free agent forward, the official told The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the guest list was to remain private.

With players and their teams not supposed to be in contact during the lockout, they must check with the league about events where they would be together. Weddings are among the special cases the NBA has allowed, such as when Heat All-Star Chris Bosh got married earlier this summer.

Eva Longoria’s rep denies marriage plan reports

Eva Longoria (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Eva Longoria’s representative has dismissed reports the actress is preparing to wed new boyfriend Eduardo Cruz.

The Desperate Housewives star began dating Penelope Cruz’s brother following her split from basketball star husband Tony Parker in November.

A report in America’s OK! magazine suggested the smitten couple was planning to marry, claiming, “Friends feel the pair is ready to wed, and this time Eva will have her fairy-tale ending.”

But Longoria’s rep has been quick to shoot down the wedding rumours, telling GossipCop.com the report is “not true”.

Hasselhoff’s girlfriend snubs two marriage proposals

David Hasselhoff has asked fans to name the perfect place for him to propose to girlfriend Hayley Roberts after she turned him down twice over the weekend.

The former Baywatch star began dating the Welsh beauty earlier this year after they met on the set of U.K. TV show Britain’s Got Talent, where Hasselhoff sits as a judge.

The actor recently whisked Roberts away for a romantic break in Cape Town, South Africa, where he decided to pop the question to his new love – only to be turned down.

Hasselhoff then posted a photo of himself on bended knee in front of the blonde on his Twitter.com page, with the caption, “I tried to pop the question but she was having none of it… Where should I pop the question next?”

The 59-year-old later offered Roberts his hand in marriage in a backstage dressing room, but he was rejected once more.

He writes, “I popped the question in the dressing room. She’s still having none of it!”

Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips marry in Ireland

Bijou Phillips, left, and her husband Danny Masterson. (AP)

Actor Danny Masterson and his longterm girlfriend, actress Bijou Phillips, have wed in Ireland.

The stars, who appeared together in movies including Made for Each Other and The Bridge to Nowhere, married at a private castle in the Tipperary countryside on Tuesday, in honor of Masterson’s Irish heritage.

Phillips wore a Zac Posen bridal gown as she walked down the aisle in front of close family and friends, including actors Ben Foster, Mike Pena and Ethan Suplee, their representative confirms to People.com.

Masterson’s actor brother Chris served as best man.

The pair, been dating for six years, became engaged in 2009.

Tara Reid admits she “never really married”

Actress Tara Reid has cast doubt on the legality of her recent whirlwind wedding to Zack Kehayov by admitting they “never really married”.

The American Pie star was reported to have exchanged vows with Kehayov on 13 August during a vacation on the Greek island of Santorini after just two months of dating.

But in a new video interview published by YanikaDate.com, the actress suggests the wedding was not legal.

When asked by the cameraman whether the couple would win or lose The Newlywed Game, an TV game show which pits newly married couples against each other, Reid replies, “We would lose.”

And when the videographer asks her why, she replies, “Because we were never really married… no it wasn’t legal.”

Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are engaged … again

Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari has confirmed she’s engaged to football star Jay Cutler – again.

The couple first announced its plans to wed back in April but called off the engagement two months later. They reconciled at the end of the summer and now, just days after dismissing speculation she was planning a wedding again, Cavallari has taken to Twitter.com to announce the happy news.

She writes, “This time it’s official… Jay and I are engaged again.”

And she tells Life & Style magazine, “I can’t decide if I want a small intimate affair or a huge one. But, it will be classic and traditional.”

Cavallari and the injured Chicago Bears quarterback originally made arrangements to marry next summer.

Aretha Franklin to get married this summer

Aretha Franklin, 69, announced plans to wed longtime friend William Wilkerson this summer.

The Respect hitmaker released a statement to the Associated Press on Monday announcing the news, revealing the couple is planning to exchange vows in Miami Beach, Florida and celebrate its nuptials with friends and family during a reception on a private yacht.

This will be the Queen of Soul’s third marriage — she was married to Ted White for eight years before the two divorced in 1969, and she ended her six-year marriage to actor Glynn Turman in 1984.

Joking about her sudden motivation to wed again, she stated: “No, I’m not pregnant.”

Halle Berry engaged

A jewellery designer recruited by Oliver Martinez to make an engagement ring for Halle Berry has confirmed the couple is set to wed.

The X-Men star first sparked rumors she’s to marry the French actor after she was spotted flashing the diamond-and-emerald ring while out in Malibu, California on New Year’s Day.

Now a spokesperson for jewellery designer Gurhan Orhan tells People.com the band was indeed an engagement ring. Martinez is said to have popped the question over the Christmas holidays and was thrilled when the Oscar winner said yes.

It will be Berry’s third trip down the aisle – she was married to baseball player David Justice for three years until they split in 1996, and then to Eric Benet from 2001 to 2003.

She has a three-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.

Neil Patrick Harris looks forward to marriage

Neil Patrick Harris is looking forward to marrying his longterm lover David Burtka because he wants to be able to call his partner “husband”.

The actor has been secretly engaged for the last few years, but last summer, he insisted he had no plans to exchange vows with TV reporter Burtka after same-sex marriages became legal in New York. But Harris has now sparked speculation he’s done a U-turn and does intend to make their relationship official.

He tells Out magazine, “I’m not the biggest fan of the word ‘partner’: It either means that we run a business together or we’re cowboys. ‘Boyfriend’ seems fleeting, like maybe we met two weeks ago. I’ve been saying ‘better half’ for as long as I’ve been able to.

“I think it’s a little self-deprecating and clearly defines that we’re in a relationship, but it would be nice to say ‘my husband’.”

The couple is parents to twins, who were born in 2010 via a surrogate mother.

Designer Christian Louboutin to auction off on-of-a-kid stiletto-inspired cocktail bar

Designer Christian Louboutin has created a shoe-inspired cocktail bar which will be auctioned off at the Grey Goose Winter Ball to benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation.

The French footwear king’s quirky bar takes the shape of his classic stiletto turned on its side.

And to complement his design, Louboutin has also created a new Grey Goose vodka cocktail, which will be served to guests at the ball on October 29.

The sour tipple combines Grey Goose Le Citron, tart French raspberries, cherries and goji berry liqueur, and is finished with pepper and a touch of ginger.

The Winter Ball will take place at Battersea Park, London.

Louboutin is the latest celebrity to partner with Winter Ball organisers – past stars involved have included Jean Paul Gaultier, Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen and Eva Herzigova.

Twilight wedding dresses to be sold in Carolina Herrera stores

Copies of the wedding dress Kristen Stewart wears in the new Twilight movie are to be put up for sale by its designer Carolina Herrera.

The actress, who plays Bella Swan in the vampire franchise, wears the bridal gown in the latest installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, when her character marries Edward Cullen, played by her rumored real-life boyfriend Robert Pattinson.

Now Carolina Herrera, who created the long-sleeved frock with lace embellishment, has announced she will be selling copies of the wedding dress in her CHNY boutiques.

The designer Carolina Herrera says she was “flattered” to be asked to create the gown for the film, adding, “I wanted to create a magical moment that they had at the wedding.”

America’s Next top Model winner launches plus-size dating website

The only plus-size model ever to win America’s Next Top Model, 10th season winner Whitney Thompson, has launched a new website aimed at “real women”, called The Big and the Beautiful.

From YanikaDate.com:

“After winning America’s Next Top Model and the response I received from being plus size, I immediately noticed a void for an honest dating site where real women can celebrate their curves,” Whitney says. “The women enjoy meeting men who appreciate them, while the men enjoy being with young, fun women who really know how to satisfy them and are eager to please.”

Tyra Banks comes clean about her ‘fake TV personality’

TV star Tyra Banks has confessed to fans she’s nothing like her America’s Next Top Model “character”, confessing she invented an alter-ego to score better ratings.

The beauty launched the reality TV competition show in 2003 and has since developed a reputation as a confident and sassy pioneer in the modelling industry, but Tyra Banks insists it’s all an act for the cameras – because she’s shy and insecure in real life.

Speaking during CNN’s U.S. TV special Dinner with the Kings, which aired on Sunday, she said, “When I did my show, created my show or whatever, I also created a persona on Top Model. And it’s a character. So when I’m sitting there and I have all this make-up on, and I’m like, ‘Your picture’s not fierce…’ talking all that and reprimanding the girls, that is a character.

“I don’t do that, like, in real life; I’m passive aggressive. I’m anti-confrontational; I’m even in coaching to learn how to be confrontational.

“So it’s a character, but people think it’s real. I’m so not sexy. I know how to turn it on for a picture but I’m not sexy in real life.”