LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Brides on a shelf (The Telegram Online) - Calgary artist Bev Tosh has spent the past 5 1/2 years painting portraits of young war brides of the Second World War.

WEDDING REGISTRIES: Riled brides (Detroit Free Press) - Marshall Field's conversion to Macy's has gotten bumpy for some brides-to-be. A number of brides who have registered at the department store for their gifts have found the items discontinued. And some who registered again with new product selections found those items discontinued, too.

Getting That Gown Out of Town (Washington Post) - Wedding days are here again. That means it's time to tackle a question brides-to-be ask about with surprising frequency on our weekly online chat: How do you pack and transport a gown for an out-of-town affair?

Here Comes the.... Bill! (WIVB Buffalo) - Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

Financial Literacy ABCs (WIVB Buffalo) - Special from CSMonitor.com Here Comes the.... Bill! Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

On DVD: Out Tuesday (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - "The Big Valley" (Season 1), "Duma,"Here Come the Brides" (Season 1), "Hill Street Blues" (Season 2), "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (Vol. 9), "Napoleon Dynamite" (special edition), "The Producers,"That Girl" (Season 1), "When a Stranger Calls."

TV shows coming to DVD on Tuesday (Akron Beacon Journal) - The Big Valley: Season One; Grounded for Life: Season 2; Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season; Hill Street Blues: Season Two; Home Movies: Season Four; The Shaw Collection (TV adaptations of George Bernard Shaw's plays); That Girl: Season One; Thomas & Friends: Sing-Along & Stories and Thomas Gets Bumped & Other Adventures.

Microchip brings lost tortoise home (icWales) - A tortoise who went AWOL nine months ago was back home today thanks to an owner who had the foresight to shell out on a microchip. Horace disappeared from the St Brides Super Ely area of Cardiff, South Wales, in August of last year.

Marty Kaplan: Balls & Eyeballs (HuffingtonPost) - Whatever biz you're in - entertainment, news, or politics - the name of the game is capturing the nation's attention. USA Today grabbed the country by the eyeballs with its NSA data-mining exclusive. Now Tony Snow is making his macho play to grab them back, by asking the networks for free primetime so Bush can talk about immigration. The networks, meanwhile, are in the midst of the stunt month

Visionary Director Mary Zimmerman Will Re-Imagine a Favorite for Goodman Theatre in 2007 (Playbill) - Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls announced May 12 the addition of Mirror of the Invisible World—a critical and popular success originally produced in the intimate Goodman Studio in 1997 and now re-imagined for the Albert stage—as a part of his 20th anniversary season in 2006-07.