LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Phillips Takes Russian Brides to Warner Bros. (Coming Soon) - Todd Phillips' production company has set up the untitled Russian brides project, which was put into turnaround by Miramax, at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Weddings event a success (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier) - CEDAR FALLS --- More than 300 brides, their mothers and friends attended the Weddings '06: A Bridal Event to Remember," but only one lucky bride left with the grand prize.

Win the Wedding of Your Dreams (Evening Times) - (ARA) - Here's a scary number for brides-to-be: the average wedding costs $27,490, according to The Wedding Report. And that's just for the basics: invitations, flowers, food, the all-important dress and the ceremony.

It's all about eggs (Radio Singapore International) - In Potluck this week with Melanie Yip, it's all about eggs Eggs Eggs. Did you know that French brides break an egg before stepping into their new homes for good luck and healthy babies?

Child brides can nullify marriages under new law (New Kerala) - New Delhi, Sep 21: Girls under the age of 18 who are married off without their consent can declare the marriage void under a new law approved by the Indian cabinet Thursday.

Film throws wedding parties full of laughs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - The editors of Confetti magazine -- all brides, all the time -- have a surefire promotional brainstorm. They're offering a brand new (to-be-constructed) house for the lucky couple who wins their "Most Original Wedding of the Year" contest.

S. Koreans Search Far and Wide for a Wife (Los Angeles Times) - Facing a shortage of prospective rural brides, many men are forced to look abroad.

Boot Boogy (The Reader) - Anyone with a vague image of the 1954 film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, pictures dancing lumberjacks, toting axes and raising barns. And that image gives a hint as to why, more than a half-century later, it’s being presented for the first time by a community theater.

Marriages 'made in Heaven' that turn hellish (Middle East Times) - BAGHDAD -- When Salawa Hussein got engaged to an Iraqi expatriate living in Canada, it seemed the perfect match.

Local briefs (The Daily News Transcript) - The Blushing Brides, the World’s Most Dangerous Tribute to the Rolling Stones, will perform live Friday, Sept. 29, at Moseley’s on the Charles, 50 Bridge St., junction of routes 1 and 109, Dedham. Doors open at 7 p.m.