NEWS LITE : SOPHIE JOINS PARADE FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH.A week before she marries Prince Edward Noun 1. Prince Edward - third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) Edward Antony Richard Louis, Edward , Sophie Rhys-Jones on Saturday joined the royal family for the first time at the annual Trooping the Color parade that marks Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, or Elizabeth, may refer to: Living people
Bohemia In a tailored navy suit and broad beige hat with navy trim, Rhys-Jones rode in the Horseguards Parade in an open horse-drawn carriage with the prince and his grandmother, the Queen Mother. It was an early taste of royal duties for Rhys-Jones, who runs her own public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most firm. The couple are set to marry next Saturday at the historic St. George's Noun 1. St. George's - the capital and largest city of Grenada capital of Grenada Grenada - an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth Chapel in Windsor, west of London. In the Trooping the Color ceremony, which dates from the early 18th century, a regiment is chosen to present its color, or flag, to the monarch. This year it was the First Battalion First Battalion is a First-Person Shooter being published by Canadian publisher DreamCatcher Games and developed by ZootFly. It combines features from the First-Person Shooter, RPG, and RTS genres. Coldstream Guards Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards, is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division. . Friends on hand as Cox, Arquette wed ``Friends'' actress Courteney Cox wed actor David Arquette in a star-studded ceremony Saturday night. The marriage took place at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, followed by a party at a 1930s speak-easy-style club where the newlyweds and 250 guests drank Dom Perignon and dined on steak and lobster. Cox wore a white Valentino dress. Several hundred frenzied fans stood outside the church waiting to catch a glimpse Verb 1. catch a glimpse - see something for a brief time catch sight, get a look see - perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he of the couple and their guests. Among those sighted were ``Friends'' actress Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend, actor Brad Pitt; actor Richard Benjamin and his wife, Paula Prentiss; and Paul ``Pee-Wee Herman'' Reubens. The couple met on the set of the 1996 horror comedy ``Scream'' and appeared together last year in the movie's sequel. Arquette, 27, proposed to Cox, 34, on a Florida beach. Cox has co-starred on the TV show ``Friends'' since 1994. Arquette, the brother of actresses Patricia and Rosanna Arquette, recently appeared in the Drew Barrymore film ``Never Been Kissed Never Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco, Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall. .'' `WIND' ITEMS AUCTIONED: Jackson's $1.5 million gets Oscar Michael Jackson got an Oscar for best motion picture Saturday. The film was ``Gone With the Wind,'' and he had to pay $1.5 million for it. The entertainer phoned in his bid to Sotheby's to purchase the statuette awarded to David O. Selznick for the 1939 movie, Sotheby's officials said. Before the auction, the Oscar had been estimated at a value of up to only about $300,000. Also sold on Sotheby's auction block Saturday was the film's final shooting script, containing the then-controversial line spoken by Clark Gable - ``Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'' - Rhett Butler's famous last words Famous Last Words may refer to:
adj. 1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. 2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior. [Latin petul wife Scarlett O'Hara. The dog-eared script, with last-minute changes scribbled on pink and cream pages, was sold to an unidentified New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of collector for $46,000, against a presale estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. And then there was the orchid percale dress that took Vivien Leigh through much of the Civil War movie. She went from clean and neat before fleeing the burning Atlanta to dirty and tattered as she struggled to support her family at their once-grand estate, Tara. The dress, one of 27 identical dresses made for the wear and tear of filming the movie, went for $90,500 to a Brazilian woman who wouldn't give her name to reporters. The costume had a presale estimate of $10,000 to $15,000. Contest winner celebrates first anniversary with prize husband A year after David Weinlick held a contest for friends and family members to pick a wife for him, he and his bride are happily celebrating their first anniversary. Weinlick and his wife Elizabeth, both 29, say they are surprised at how smoothly they adjusted to married life - especially considering they first met about a week before the wedding. ``I thought it would be a lot more difficult,'' Weinlick said. The anniversary is Sunday. Weinlick gained renown when he let 55 of his friends and family members choose his bride through a democratic voting process. Elizabeth, a student at the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. , was chosen out of 28 candidates. The two met when Weinlick was courting brides at a mall by passing out fliers. Elizabeth Weinlick said she thought trust and respect were the key to marriage, not necessarily romance and love. ``If I did get married, I pictured it more as a lifetime companionship,'' she said. But marriage turned out to be more than just two people getting along. The pair say they fell in love. Weinlick says it happened for him two days after the wedding, while the newlyweds were in New York for a TV interview. One night, they were pillow-fighting in a hotel room. Bakker eyes returning to TV career It's a kind of homecoming for Jim Bakker. After spending a year and a half ministering to the poor in inner-city Los Angeles, the preacher and his wife of nine months, Lori, moved into a log cabin near Charlotte, N.C., and he is considering another televangelism televangelism Evangelism through religious programs on television. Such programs are usually hosted by a fundamentalist Protestant minister, who conducts services and often asks for donations. Billy Graham became known worldwide through his TV specials from the 1950s on. career. ``My problem is finding out how to support it,'' he said. ``I don't want to ever have to raise $1 million every two days like I did,'' the 59-year-old Bakker said. Bakker's rise and fall revolved around PTL PTL Praise The Lord PTL Preterm Labor PTL Parent Teacher League PTL Pedro the Lion (band) PTL Pass The Loot PTL Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (Arizona State University) ministries, which he moved from Charlotte to Fort Mill, S.C., in 1978. With his then-wife, Tammy Faye, by his side, he developed it into a Christian theme park, with a daily TV show, shopping mall and hotel. In 1987, Bakker admitted to a sexual encounter with church secretary Jessica Hahn, and his empire crumbled. Two years later, he was convicted of defrauding followers of $158 million and served five years in federal prison. He and Tammy Faye divorced after 30 years of marriage and two children. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire services. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) David Weinlick and Elizabeth Runze were married last year, a week after this photo was taken at the Mall of America Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, or the Megamall) is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. It is just southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, and is across the interstate from the in Minnesota. Scott Cohen/Associated Press (2) Ann Rossi of Glenside, Pa., examines the orchid percale dress worn by Vivien Leigh in ``Gone With the Wind'' at Sotheby's in New York. Robert Mecea/Associated Press (3) Prince Edward, the Queen Mother and Sophie Rhys-Jones travel down the Mall in London during the Trooping the Color parade. Dave Thomson/Associated Press |
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