Wedding News

Britney Spears was recently spotted trying on a wedding dress in LA.

Spears was surrounded by the usual number of photographers and amidst all the confusion, Spears allegedly managed to walk out with a black jumper without paying for it.

So, is Britney getting married?

Full news story: The Sun

In Greece, getting married on a leap year is considered bad luck. It is estimated one in five couples in Greece will avoid having their wedding on a leap year.

Traditionaly, a Leap Year has been a time when women can propose marriage to a man. This tradition, said to go back to 5th century Ireland where Brigid of Kildare complained to St Patrick that women had to wait so long for a man to propose. St Patrick suggested women be allowed to propose on the 29th of Febuary - one day in every leap year.

In todays modern time, women can propose at any time without society looking down on them. However, back when the rules of courtship were more formal, women could only propose marriage once evey four years - on February 29.

According to english law, February 29 was ignored and had no legal status. It was reasoned that a leap year existed to fix a calendar problem, that it could also be used to address an unjust custom that only let men propose marriage to women.

Supposedly (but disputed), in a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then aged five), men who refused a proposal of marriage must pay a fine. The fine ranged from a kiss to a £1 to a silk dress.

Some regard this as folk lore with no historical relevance.

Sky Showbiz reports that wedding bells may be about to chime for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Brad has been overheard saying: “I still want to kiss the bride, wear the ring, wear my suit and wake up in the morning and say ‘Good morning wife’.”

Anyone else heard any rumours?

Last week there were reports that Hayek’s baby daddy Francois-Henri Pinault was busy spreading his love (and sperm) to supermodel Linda Evangelista. Evangelista gave birth to her son Augustin in October of 2006 and Hayek gave birth to their baby girl Valentina Paloma Pinault in March of 2007.

Hayek wants everyone to know that she still plans on marrying billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault,  Hayek’s rep confirmed that the wedding in still on but wouldn’t further comment.

Francois-Henri Pinault, aged 46,  ranks 34 on Forbes ‘The World’s Billionaires 2007′ list with an estimated fortune of US$14.5 billion. He is already a father of two.