JAMIE SALE AND DAVID PELLETIERBanff, Alberta, December 30 … Olympic pairs figure skating champions Jamie Sale, 28, from Red Deer, Alberta, and David Pelletier, 31, of Sayabec, Quebec, were married in front of 100 guests including skating stars Brian Orser, Jennifer Robinson and Kurt Browning, during a private ceremony at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Sale wore a ivory silk halter wedding gown by award-winning costume designer Jef Billings. She added a faux-fur jacket when they went outside for their wedding pictures. Their reception hall was decorated with twinkling silver snowflakes from the chandeliers. The chairs were wrapped in white satin.
ROBERT DOWNEY AND SUSAN LEVINLong Island, New York, August 27 … Actor Robert Downey Jr., 40, married producer Susan Levin, 31, pictured left, at a private home in Long Island' town of Amagansett. The star-studded guests at the wedding include Keanu Reeves and singers Sting and Billy Joel, who both performed. The two met in 2002 on the set of the film Gothika which Levin co-produced. They were engaged in 2003. The marriage is Downey's second. He and actress Deborah Falconer have an 11-year-old son, Indio.
SANDRA BULLOCK AND JESSE JAMESSanta Barbara, California, July 16 … Actress Sandra Bullock, 41, married Jesse James, 35, the tattooed star of The Discovery Channel's Monster Garage in a romantic sunset ceremony at a ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., in front of several hundred guests, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Regina King, and William Shatner. The pair arrived in a red monster truck with James driving. She wore a white lace dress by Angel Sanchez and walked down the aisle to a tape of Belliniï’s Casta Diva performed by her late mother Helga Bullock. It is the first wedding for Bullock, the third for James.
JENNIFER GARNER AND BEN AFFLECKTurks and Caicos, June 28 … Jennifer Garner, 33, and Ben Affleck, 32, were secretly married on a sandy beach at the exclusive five-Star Parrot Cay, in the Caribbean islands. Her Canadian Alias co-star Victor Garber attended. It's Affleck's first marriage and Garner's second. She divorced actor Scott Foley (Felicity's Noel Crane) after three years of marriage. They co-starred in the 2002 action movie Daredevil.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND SOPHIE GREGOIRE Montreal, Quebec, May 29 … Justin Trudeau, the eldest son of 's former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire, were married at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont church. Sacha Trudeau, Justin's brother, served as best man. During the ceremony's benediction they played Amazing Grace for Justin’s father, Pierre Trudeau, who died in 2000, and brother Michel, who lost his life in an avalanche in British Columbia in 1998. Also included was a gospel choir singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Sophie wore a wore an ecru dress with lace motifs and a long veil trimmed in the same lace that floated behind her by Nancy Wajsmann, from the Montreal shop Les Noces Couture. She carried a bouquet of white roses. Justin wore a gold-colored tuxedo that matched the trim on Sophie's dress. The couple drove away in Pierre Trudeau's 1960 Mercedes Benz 300 SL restored roadster. The car was adorned with a single Carrera red rose -- a Pierre trademark. After the reception at the St. James Hotel in Old Monteal. Justin planned their month-long honeymoon on the Indian Ocean hideaway island.
JACK WHITE AND KAREN ELSON BRAZIL, June 1 ... White Stripes rocker Jack White reportedly married British supermodel Karen Elson in Brazil at "the confluence of three rivers, the Rio Negro, the Solimones and the Amazon, in the Amazon basin in the city of Manaus, Brazil." The couple were married by a shaman priest on a canoe and later blessed by a priest in a Catholic cathedral in Manaus. The maid of honor was Jack's ex-wife and White Stripes partner Meg White. Although White is known to enjoy hoaxing the media, his publicist confirmed the marriage. His former girlfriend is Renee Zellweger.
2004
KEVIN COSTNER AND CHRISTINE BAUMGARTNER
ASPEN, Colorado, September 25, 2004 ... Dances With Wolves star Kevin Costner, 49, and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner, 30, were married at Costner's 165-acre ranch estate in a ceremony set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains in Aspen, Colorado . Baumgartner wore a gown designed by Monique Lhuillier and a beaded veil; Costner wore Ralph Lauren. He rode in on a horse-drawn carriage while she travelled in a pick-up truck. The pair tied the knot by a stream. After the ceremony the actor took his bride, in her gown, for a romantic canoe ride as they do all the time. The Western-themed nuptials hosted 300 friends and family under a tent nearby. The multi-day celebration began on Friday, with a rehearsal dinner held at the ranch. In attendance were Oprah Winfrey, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, and Jack Nicholson. Celebrity guests also included Tim Allen, Don Johnson and Costner's Dances With Wolves co-star Mary McDonnell. Unconventional activities included cattle-roping, fishing contests and a tractor pull. They announced their plans to wed in June 2003 and had met about 10 years earlier on a golf course where they had a rather extensive conversation and then they didn't see each other for six years until they met at a restaurant opening and reconnected ... they've been together ever since. Costner proposed to Baumgartner last summer in a really romantic and Costner-esque way. He decorated their bedroom with rose petals from roses he had picked from their garden, and got down on his knee and presented her with an understated but beautiful ring from the 19th century. The Hollywood actor and his bride honeymooned in , where the star, who played an ageing golf professional in the 1996 film Tin Cup, and his new spouse, travelled to the Dunhill Links Championship at the historic St Andrews course. Other famous faces in the tournament included Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant and Michael Douglas.It was the groom's second trip down the aisle, the bride's first. Costner's marriage to Cindy Silva, his wife of 16 years, ended in 1994. The exes share Costner's three children.
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