Thursday, October 30, 2014

'Reign' Season 2 Spoilers Preview Greer's Ruined Wedding SNEAK PEEK: Bash and Leith Discover Lord Castleroy's Dirty Secret

It looks like there may be an unhappy wedding on "Reign" season 2. Thanks to the latest spoiler in the form of a sneak peek. In the clip we find out that Greer's (Celina Sinden) wedding day will be one to remember as someone may decide to speak now instead of forever holding their peace.
According to E! News, Greer is finally is set to finally have her ceremony to Lord Castleroy (Michael Therriault) in the hit CW series this Thursday night. Queen Mary's (Adelaide Kane) lady-in-waiting will say "I Do" in front of her former love, Leith (Jonathan Keltz).
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However, there is a chance that the former baker who turned into a noble thanks to King Francis (Toby Regbo) may object during the wedding.
In the first look we see Lord Castleroy stand at the alter as Greer makes her way down the aisle to join him, we also get a glimpse at Leith's hesitant face which is holding something back.
In episode 5, "Blood for Blood" he and Bash (Torrance Coombs) will discover a surprising secret about Castleroy that could destroy with Greer during their investigation of the Protestants and Catholics' latest bloody brawl.
However, in the case that Greer does get to go through with her marriage to Castleroy we still may see a love connection happen between the torn blonde and Leith. "Reign" showrunner Laurie McCarthy teased that we will be seeing an open marriage this season.
"Reign" season 2 airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on The CW.
For those of you who cannot wait for Thursday night, thanks to Wikipedia we have a full summary of episode 6.
The description reads, "Tensions are rising between Catholics and Protestants, and in one confrontation Louis' Protestant nephew is killed. It's revealed that Caroline is in the pay of Narcisse, and she faked being possessed in order to get Francis to confess to his father's murder.
"Narcisse uses this knowledge to blackmail Francis into letting the Catholic murderers of Louis' nephew go free. Mary demands to know why Francis is acting strange, and Francis lies that it's because he believes she will never give him an heir.

"Greer learns that Castleroy is close to converting to Protestantism, but she accepts this and the pair are wed. Lola is surprised when she's approached by Narcisse, who wishes to pursue her as a potential partner."

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

This Little Mermaid Wedding Is Only Adorable If You Missed The Point Of The Little Mermaid

For the past 24 hours everyone on the Internet’s been going gaga over a faux Little Mermaid wedding idea from some company called My Cloud Parade. This would make sense if the Internet was run by five-year-olds. But, as we know from spending time in Reddit’s darkest corners, it’s not. The Internet’s run by adults. Adults who are old enough to know that The Little Mermaid is not a cute wedding idea. It’s not even a cute movie.
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In case you’ve never been lectured on the pitfalls of Disney by a college freshman who just got high for the first time after a sociology class, let me fill you in. It’s about a very young woman who’s so desperate to meet a stranger that she gives away her voice. Not her metaphorical voice, but her literal voice. Even worse, we learn that giving away her voice worked! The Prince not only meets her, but also falls in love with her. Because the only thing better than coming across a naked young woman on the beach is coming across one who doesn’t talk during the game. Am I right or am I right or should I get back in the kitchen? Knowing all this, I can’t figure out why would any two-legged speaking adult woman want a Little Mermaid wedding. Especially since there’s never a point in The Little Mermaid where you see a sign for the open bar. Nevertheless, you have places like Hollywood Life acting like this is such an adorable idea.
“In one photo, the two are seen cutting a wedding cake complete with frosting formed into peach-colored clams and a sea green mermaid tail wound around it. And in another frame, we see macaroons fashioned into little clams — so adorable. Leo sports a little aqua blue bowtie, while Traci goes all out with her wedding gown! The dip-dyed dress features a seaweed-style trail that really pulls the whole mermaid theme together.”
Seriously, take a second now. Do you really want a seaweed-style trail being used in any way to describe your wedding. No, no you don’t because you’re getting married, not being turned into sushi.

Now I know what you’re thinking, “why are you getting all worked up about a faux wedding that’s a clever commercial for a wedding company no one’s ever talked about before this week?” Um, because I work on the Internet, that’s why! If I’m not getting worked up over something trending on Facebook, then I’m doing my job wrong. Also I always hated The Little Mermaid. As someone who was asked by my choir teacher (in front of everybody) in 8th grade to lip sync the songs, I never understood why Ariel didn’t appreciate how lucky she was to have such a beautiful voice.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Glee's Matthew Morrison Talks Wedding Details: Hula Dancing and a Hurricane

Glee star Matthew Morrisoncelebrated his one-week wedding anniversary on Saturday – and wasn't quite done with celebrations.
Throwing his fifth annual Halloween and birthday party at Hyde Sunset Kitchen + Cocktails in West Hollywood with the help of Freixenet, Morrison and his new wife, model Renee Puente, channeled John Travolta and Uma Thurman's characters from Pulp Fiction. "It ended up being better than I ever could've imagined," Morrison (who turns 36 on Oct. 30) gushed about his Hawaiian nuptials to PEOPLE.
Glee's Matthew Morrison Reveals Wedding Details
Morrison called his Maui ceremony on Oct. 18 "just perfect," but that doesn't mean there weren't a few hiccups leading up to his big day. "I think the biggest surprise was there was a hurricane in Hawaii when we were there, so that led to a lot of, I guess, stress that we didn't really anticipate!"
But Morrison found the silver lining. On the eve of his wedding, "The hurricane brought the most amazing sky that night. It was a green sunset, which is kind of an anomaly. So that was special."
Luckily, on his wedding day the weather cooperated. "Saturday, it rained the entire day up until the moment my mom and I started walking down the aisle, when it let up. And then it was clear for the whole ceremony, the whole reception, until the moment the band at the end of the night said 'All right, thank you, have a good night.' And then it started pouring again," he said.
Despite the weather worries, Morrison and Puente, 31, made sure their ceremony was special and personal. "We both wrote our own vows. That was the moment I teared up, was when she was saying her vows to me. Both our vows were very us and filled with heartfelt sentiments but also some comedy," Morrison said.
He had one last heartfelt surprise up his sleeve for his new bride during their reception. "I sang a song as a surprise to her. It was 'Top Of The World' by The Carpenters, which was her mom's favorite song. Her mom passed last year and we actually had the wedding on her mother's birthday."
The reception wasn't all serious. "The coolest thing we did was a partners hula together. It's tradition for a Hawaiian bride to dance hula for her husband so she did that. I never saw her do it before and it was amazing. And we kinda learned this hula together that we did after that. It was awesome."

Morrison is currently wrapping up the final season of Glee, but don't expect him to shift straight to Daddy duty. "I think we're on a two-year plan," he said. "We want to enjoy this moment and enjoy being husband and wife by ourselves because once that happens, it's kind of not about you any more."

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Venue holds contest for free same-sex wedding

Same-sex marriage only became legal in Arizona Friday, but the Wrigley Mansion is already offering up a free ceremony to one lucky same-sex couple. The prize is valued at $60,000.
"It's not a cause. It's a right that everyone should have had to begin with and we're for everyone having that right," said Ben Sinon, general manager of the Wrigley Mansion.
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Sinon said the idea has nothing to do with the recent legalization. In fact, he said it started two years ago when a same-sex couple asked him at a wedding show if the mansion supports marriage equality.
The mansion has never opposed same-sex unions, but year it decided to take a stance and offer a free wedding to a same-sex couple.
"There's a $60,000 package and all they have to do is enjoy," said Sinon.
The flowers, food, and dresses or tuxes for the wedding are all donated by various vendors, free of charge to the couple chosen.
The mansion said since it announced the contest on Friday, its phones have been ringing off the hook with hundreds wanting to know how they can apply.
In the end the mansion is expecting 250 couples to compete.
"There's a lot of buzz behind it and every day it's continuing to gain more and more speed," said Sinon.
The couples will all meet for a live audition at the Wrigley Mansion on Oct. 27, where the mansion staff will pick the top five finalists. From there, staff said they'll leave the top prize up to a Facebook vote.

There is one catch to the contest. Once the winner is chosen on Nov. 5, the couple will only have one week to get all guests to Phoenix for the ceremony.

Monday, October 20, 2014

For-Profit Wedding Chapel Sues After Idaho Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Back in May, when a federal judge first overturned Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage, the Hitching Post Chapel in Coeur d’Alene expressed concern about the possibility of having to marry same-sex couples. The wedding chapel located just across the street from the Kootenai County Courthouse recognized that it would be subject to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance, which requires that public accommodations (like businesses) offer service equally regardless of sexual orientation. Now that marriage equality is the law in Idaho, the Hitching Post owners Donald and Evelyn Knapp have filed a federal lawsuit for the right to discriminate.
At the time, Coeur d’Alene City Attorney Warren Wilson explained, “If you turn away a gay couple, refuse to provide services for them, then in theory you violated our code and you’re looking at a potential misdemeanor citation.”Wilson clarified that religious entities are exempt under the city ordinance, but apparently told Mr. Knapp at the time that the Hitching Post was not exempt because it is a business, not a religious corporation like a church. As same-sex couples began marrying last week, the Hitching Post did apparently turn away a same-sex couple.
Though they have not yet been found in violation of the ordinance, the Knapps have filed a complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order against the policy. They are represented by the anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and allege that they are now under “a constant, coercive, and substantial threat to violate their religious beliefs due to the risk that they will incur the penalties of jail time and criminal fines” for refusing to offer wedding services to same-sex couples.
Donald and Evelyn Knapp, owners of the Hitching Post Chapel. 
 
The complaint suggests that because the city will only prosecute businesses who oppose same-sex marriages, it constitutes “rank viewpoint discrimination.” They seek to have the law declared unconstitutional, at least as applied to them, for violating their rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equal protection under the law, and due process of law. As ordained ministers with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, they worry that they risk discipline from the Church if they perform a wedding not sanctioned by their beliefs. The Knapps also ask for “nominal and compensatory damages” for the violation of their constitutional rights and for lost income.
Indeed, the Hitching Post is a for-profit business, but with help from ADF, the Knapps have been gearing up for this challenge for some time by redefining their business in more religious terms. In fact, Hitching Post completely reincorporated with an entirely new business certificate just last month, which was authorized by Michael S. Oswald, an ADF attorney. Along with the new business was a new Operating Agreement, dated October 6, 2014, which enshrines all of the religious values offered in the complaint as part of the business. They similarly added a new Employee Policy and Customer Agreement stipulating that the Hitching Post will only perform unions “between one biological male and one biological female.”
Jeremy Hooper notes that back in May when it was first in the news, the Hitching Post Chapel’s website said that the Knapps offered a “traditional or civil ceremony” for weddings and that they also would “perform wedding ceremonies of other faiths.” Though the website still said as much as recently as October 9, 2014, the old language has been scrubbed and the Hitching Post now only offers “a traditional Christian wedding ceremony.”
As for different-sex couples of other faiths, the new Employee Policy vaguely explains that “Hitching Post owners and employees will perform ceremonies for those of different faiths and religious beliefs (so long as those marriage ceremonies are consistent with the beliefs set forth herein) because marriage is a common grace and creational gift bestowed by God upon all humans for the benefit of human society.” This seems to suggest that it would not be a violation of their religious beliefs to perform non-Christian marriages so long as they don’t perform same-sex marriages — even Christian ones.
The city’s ordinance does provide an exemption for “religious corporations,” but the Hitching Post is not run by a church. ADF’s complaint does not claim that it is such a corporation, but argues that because the exemption is “broad” and exists for churches and church-run corporations, “the City has no legitimate basis for refusing to extend a religious exemption to the Knapps who are Christian ministers engaged in a religious function.” Nevertheless, the Knapps are still running a for-profit business that is providing a service (weddings) to one group of people and not to others that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation in conflict with the ordinance. Conservatives are already conflating the two in this case to suggest that LGBT rights are forcing ministers to compromise their beliefs.
The Knapps’ case is ADF’s second volley in the “religious freedom” vs. LGBT equality fight in as many weeks. The suit filed by the Houston, Texas pastorschallenging subpoenas about their role in the petition effort to overturn a nondiscrimination ordinance there is also an ADF case. Given the numerous cases of bakers, florists, and photographers refusing services for same-sex couples’ weddings that have already been playing out and the new surge of legal marriage equality across the country, more of these conflicts are likely to arise. Several of Las Vegas’ elope emporiums, including The Elvis Wedding Chapel, are also refusing to marry same-sex couples.

Friday, October 17, 2014

'Marriage changed our relationship': Brad Pitt reveals how his wedding to Angelina Jolie made him feel more secure

Brad Pitt says his recent wedding was 'amazing'.
The Fury star, who married his long-term partner Angelina Jolie in a low-key ceremony in France in late August, admits their relationship feels even more secure since they tied the knot.
Asked about their intimate nuptials, the 50-year-old star told Good Morning America, on Friday: 'It was an amazing day and I think there's an added security that comes with it.'
Despite being very happy in his personal life, the heartthrob admits he was left feeling exhausted and traumatised for some time after filming his new World War II drama.
He told E! News: 'I've always heard these stories of actors having a hard time shaking a role. It was true this time.
'We were really embedded with this one. I think the biggest challenge was when the film starts...they're three-and-a-half years into the war.'
Gushing: Brad Pitt says his recent wedding to Angelina Jolie was 'amazing' while appearing on GMA on Friday
He added: 'They've been through Africa, they've been through France, they've been through Belgium, now they're deep into Germany, and to feel that exhaustion, the years of just psychic trauma...I think we got that [feeling, too].'
Meanwhile, Pitt and Jolie tied the knot in August on the urging of their children, Maddox, 13, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, eight, and six-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
And their father said the brood is thrilled that the union is now official.
He recently told People, 'They like it. They like it.'
All six children were very much a part of the nuptials that took place at Chateau Miraval in the South of France on August 23.
Jolie wore a floor length white dress with a veil that had the drawings of her little ones on it.
'The children wrote vows and asked us to make promises to each other,' said the Malificent actress. 'It was very sweet what they came up with.'
Since the wedding, which was officiated by a California judge, the two superstars have been filming the drama By The Sea in Malta.
Jolie wrote the script and is directing the film about the challenge a longtime married couple face as they go on vacation throughout Europe in the 1970s.

Brad has also been busy promoting his WWII film Fury, which enjoyed a $1.2M opening at the box office.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Nurse infected with Ebola was in Ohio visiting family

The nurse infected with the Ebola virus came to the Akron area to visit family, according to the director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health.
The Associated Press has identifed the nurse as 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson who treated a Dallas patient who later died from Ebola. The nurse was in Ohio from last Wednesday until Monday, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Medical records provided to The Associated Press by Thomas Eric Duncan’s family show Amber Joy Vinson was actively engaged in caring for Duncan in the days before his death in Dallas on Oct. 8. The records show she inserted catheters, drew blood, and dealt with Duncan’s body fluids.
The nurse took Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, one day before she reported having symptoms. The CDC is urging all 132 passengers from the flight to call a toll-free hotline 1-800-CDC-INFO.
Emilia Sykes of Akron, a high school and college classmate of Vinson who is expected to win election to the Ohio House in November, said Vinson was always interested in the medical field.
“She fulfilled that desire and, from what I know, she’s been a stellar nurse,” Sykes said. “It takes a special person to want to put themselves in that uncertainty and line of danger and she did so courageously. She is very much in my thoughts.”
Sykes also has been using her Twitter account to urge people to get facts on Ebola from the CDC.
“I have a masters degree in public health. One of the hardest things to overcome is lack of information to the public, especially when it’s emotional and scary,” she said. “I’m trying to get people to the correct information.”
Sykes said she is, thus far, satisfied with the steps being taken at the local, state and federal levels.

“This is new to us, and unfortunately things have not been perfect,” she said. “I’m glad they’re being as proactive as they can be. They are doing the best they can to keep it contained and tracking those with direct contact so we can get this under control.”

Monday, October 13, 2014

For a happy marriage, have a cheap wedding

If you're serving burgers and Bud Light at your backyard wedding, don't worry. You and your spouse may have the last laugh.
A new study found that couples who spend less on their wedding tend to have longer-lasting marriages than those who splurge. The study, by two economics professors at Emory University, found a similar correlation between less-expensive engagement rings and lower divorce rates.
The study's authors didn't examine why, although they floated a few theories.
"It could be that the type of couples who have a ... (cheap wedding) are the type that are a perfect match for each other," said Professor Hugo M. Mialon, who co-authored the study with Andrew M. Francis.
"Or it could be that having an inexpensive wedding relieves young couples of financial burdens that may strain their marriage," he said.
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The research was based on a detailed survey completed by 3,151 adults in the United States who are, or have been, married. The authors believe theirs is the first academic study to examine the correlation between wedding expenses and the length of marriages.
Specifically, the study found that women
whose wedding cost more than $20,000 divorced at a rate roughly 1.6 times higher than women whose wedding cost between $5,000 and $10,000. And couples who spent $1,000 or less on their big day had a lower than average rate of divorce.
The study won't be cheered by the booming wedding industry, which encourages couples to spend freely on everything from invitations and flowers to videographers and Champagne. Couples in the United States spent an average of $29,858 for their big day in 2013 -- a record high -- according to a survey of 13,000 brides and grooms by wedding website TheKnot.com.
"The wedding industry has long associated lavish weddings with longer-lasting marriages. Industry advertising has fueled norms that create the impression that spending large amounts on the wedding is a signal of commitment or is necessary for a marriage to be successful," Francis told CNN in an e-mail.
"Overall, our findings provide little evidence to support the validity of the wedding industry's general message that connects expensive weddings with positive marital outcomes," he said.
Planning a wedding? In addition to slashing costs, you might want to invite those extra co-workers and far-flung cousins, too. The Emory study also found that the greater the number of people who attend a wedding, the lower the rate of divorce.
"This could be evidence of a community effect, i.e., having more support from friends and family

may help the couple to get through the challenges of marriage," Francis said. "Or this could be that the type of couples who have a lot of friends and family are also the type that tend not to divorce as much."

Thursday, October 9, 2014

‘He’s got guns in here’: Wedding day shooting victim called 911, but she gave the wrong address

In the final moments of her life, Kelly Ecker Samson pleaded for help on multiple 911 calls, but police were delayed because they couldn’t find the home.
“He is beating the s*** out of me,” Ecker Samon said, breathless on the phone with a dispatcher. “He’s got guns in here.”
In another call, two minutes minutes later, she uttered her last words: “Oh, God.”
Then, gunshots.
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The shooter was anesthesiologist George “Scott” Samson, the man whose name Ecker Samson had just taken hours before.
Guests had left their home in Terre Haute, Ind., hours after the wedding ceremony on Saturday afternoon. But some reported that just as soon as the couple had said their vows, tensions were obvious.
“Some guests are telling us the bride and groom didn’t speak to each other at the reception,” said Vigo County Sheriff Chief Deputy Clark Cottom,according to WTVR. Back in their home, the newlyweds argued. At 1:25 a.m., 911 dispatchers received the first call: “Help me. 4205 North Creal. Please.”
Dispatchers asked for the address again and for more details. Police say deputies were immediately sent to the address Ecker Samson provided, but they couldn’t find the home because the street address was off by one digit, and the property was unmarked.
Instead of 4205, it was really 4025, a small difference with life-and-death consequences.
A minute after her first call, Ecker Samson called 911 three more times, begging for help, according to the Indianapolis Star. On her final call, she repeated the same wrong address. It was already too late; the dispatcher could hear screams and gunshots in the background before the line went silent, according to the Star.
Police arrived 15 minutes after the first 911 call and found Ecker Samson dead in her 10-year-old son’s bedroom, with gunshot wounds to the chest and head.
An elderly adult male and female were also found in the home along with Ecker Samson’s son; they were all unharmed.
According to the Star, Kelly’s phone did not have the “smart 911″ technology enabled on her phone, and dispatchers couldn’t track her location.

Police later found her husband, Scott Samson, dead in the basement from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said they removed several dozen weapons from the home and are still taking inventory of Samson’s arsenal. His body lay near the gun safe where he kept them.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

'You'll never get your hands on my money': Final words of newlywed doctor who shot wife dead and then himself in bitter pre-nup dispute on their WEDDING DAY minutes after guests left

An Indiana anesthesiologist shot dead his wife minutes after the last guest left their wedding party early on Sunday morning after an alleged alcohol fueled argument over a pre-nuptial agreement turned tragic.
Dr. George 'Scott' Samson, 54, is said to have told his new wife, Kelly Ecker, 50, that she would 'never get her hands on his money' during the wedding reception at the Ohio Building in Terre Haute on Saturday evening.
According to witnesses, the argument became increasingly bitter when the wedding after-party moved to Samson and Ecker's mansion, with guests deciding to leave at 1.17am on Sunday morning as the fighting escalated.
Three minutes after the final guest departed, Ecker, who is a nurse at the same hospital as Samson, made the first of three terrified 911 calls claiming her husband was going to kill her.
The first two frantic calls to the dispatcher ended abruptly, but moments later Ecker phoned back, her trembling voice pleading for help, before a volley of gunshots rang out and the phone line cut.
Less than half-an-hour later, officers who who responded to the couple's Terre Haute home discovered the body of Ecker, fatally shot in the head and neck and in the basement the body of Samson, who had taken his own life with a 45-caliber semi automatic pistol.
According to Advance Indiana, the reception had been changed from the newlywed's home to the Ohio Building at the last minute and the marquee tent set up in their garden still hauntingly sits outside their home.
Tragedy: George 'Scott' Samson and Kelly Ecker married on Saturday evening and returned to Samson's Terre Haute home for their wedding party
Police said that Samson shot his wife multiple times with a 40-caliber handgun and records show that the Terre Haute doctor held a Federal Firearms License, which effectively enabled him to trade and sell weapons from his property - in a manner similar to a gun store owner.
Indeed, according to Advance Indiana, police recovered a literal arsenal of weapons from the home, including assault rifles, hand guns and several hundred rounds of ammunition.
'They had just gotten married and something went terribly wrong,' said Vigo County Coroner, Dr. Susan Amos.
'He shot her and then shot himself. We are still in a second autopsy to confirm that.'
Witnesses told the IndyStar that the couple had argued at the end of their reception and the final guest left anesthesiologist Samson's home at 1.17am.
Ecker, a nurse at Union Hospital, phoned 911 at 1.20am after witnesses said their argument about money spiraled out of control.
'The investigation has revealed that there was an verbal argument between the couple toward the end of the reception, which carried over to the after party at the couples' home,' said Vigo County Chief Deputy Sheriff Clark Cottom in an email to the IndyStar.
'Shortly after the last guest left at around 1:17 a.m., Kelly Ecker Samson called 911 reporting that her husband had threatened to kill her.
'There were a total of three very brief 911 calls, which in the first two the caller disconnected.'
Cottom said that Ekcer was found in the bedroom her 10-year-old son from a previous relationship slept in, while Samson shot himself once in the head with a registered gun.
'Deputies did find the female victim inside the child's bedroom deceased,' said Cottom to WISHTV.
Cottom said that Ekcer's son and an elderly couple believed to be Samson's parents were inside the home at the time of the shooting, but were not harmed and escorted out by police when they arrived.
'We received information from the elderly male that the female's husband Scott Samson had retreated to the basement,' said Cottom to WISHTV.
Samson, 54, is a doctor at Union Hospital in Taure Haute and one witness told WISHTV that guests left the wedding party because of the argument that the newlyweds were having.
'They were having some domestic problems at the house. Within a short amount of time guests decided it would be best if they left. Shortly after the last guest left that's when things went terribly wrong,' said Cottom.
When police arrived, they discovered the basement locked and so had to call out the Terre Haute Police Department Special Response Team.
'The remote camera was able to determine he was in the basement, unresponsive,' said Cottom.
Friends such as Brooke Llewellyn took to Facebook to express their grief at the loss of their friend.
'Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine on this day that our time as friends would be cut so short,' wrote Brooke.

'You will forever be remembered by many as the most outgoing and energetic woman'

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Newfound images of JFK wedding up for auction

A Boston auction house is selling 13 negatives from the wedding of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy that were discovered in a photographer’s darkroom after his death, and have likely never been shown before.
“They’re magnificent, unpublished,” said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction, which is selling the negatives in an auction that ends Oct. 15 . “He was a young senator, already a known figure, and his beautiful bride.”
The negatives are still in their original folder, labeled “Pres. Kennedy 1953.” Four show the newlyweds, two show the entire wedding party, and the rest show the cake, reception, and wedding attendees, according to the auction website. Some of the pictures capture candid moments in between posed shots, with the Kennedys talking or laughing or simply looking intently at something outside the frame.
Each negative is accompanied by a print — the first ever made from the negatives.
The negatives were discovered in the photographer’s darkroom after his death, and will be sold with prints.
The negatives were discovered in the photographer’s darkroom after his death, and will be sold with prints.
The pictures were taken by freelance photographer Arthur C. Borges of Fall River, who served as a “back-up” photographer for the Sept. 12, 1953 wedding in Newport, R.I. LIFE Magazine documented the wedding in its pages, and the negatives now on sale were likely outtakes that never made it to the family, Livingston said.
“He shot everything, but from the other side,” said Livingston.
Borges, a World War II Army veteran who worked at the Firestone Rubber Co. and did freelance work in his spare time, died in 1993, according to his obituary. Displayed on the auction website is his old business card, which promises “wedding candids” and shows his face obscured by an old-fashioned camera.
The auction began Sept. 26, and as of noon on Oct. 4, bidding for the set stood at $363. But Livingston said he expected the bidding to rise into the thousands of dollars. The auction house has sold many Kennedy artifacts, he said, including Jacqueline Kennedy’s shoes that went for as much as $35,000.
Last month, RR Auction sold a collection of letters John F. Kennedy sent to the family of a lost PT-109 crewmate for $200,000, and a collection of letters from Robert Kennedy for $31,250, according to the Associated Press.
RR Auction is also selling a 1963 holiday card that was signed by John and Jacqueline Kennedy just days before he was assassinated in Dallas.
“What we have is really rare, and kind of tragic,” said Livingston. “Right before Mrs. Kennedy and President Kennedy went to Dallas, they signed their Christmas cards, basically wishing people a happy new year in 1964. And, tragically, of course, we know he’s killed before the holiday. And so these were kind of left behind.”

Also for sale is a Kennedy presidential document from 1962 that appoints a black woman to the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; a twice-signed 1952 JFK letter on an “appointment to the Coast Guard Academy; and a vintage Marilyn Monroe autograph with a personal inscription to a fan, according to a release from the auction house.