Topic: Weddings

Congratulations, We Have Achieved E-Wedding

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Yes, the Internet has finally solved the problem of how to have a "small and intimate" wedding that's also live-streamed to everyone you might have met since kindergarten.

By Jen Doll

Jun 3, 2013

It's Not a Wedding Without a Dog or Two

Would you forget to invite Grandma on your big day? No. So there's no chance you're leaving Buster or Mrs. Molly Pemberton out. 

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By Philip Bump and Rebecca Greenfield

May 30, 2013

The Inevitable Google Glass Wedding Proposal Arrived in Record Time

Google Glass hasn't even had its official release yet, and — lookie here — some clever lovebird already sniped the brilliant idea to use the new technology to propose to his girlfriend, making this the quickest nouveau tech marriage proposal we've seen in the recent history of new technology. There will be chart.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 26, 2012

How Kate Winslet's New Husband Got the Name Ned Rocknroll

When news emerged on Wednesday night that Kate Winslet had married her longtime boyfriend Ned Rocknroll, everybody had just one question: Where on Earth did he get that name?

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By Jen Doll

Sep 4, 2012

How Not to Ask Someone to Marry You

People, people, people. We realize some of you are very eager to wed one another, and that you want to do it in the right way. You know, by asking in the most visible and obvious fashion that shows the world how much you really do care. While this is a lovely gesture, you should stop. 

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By Adam Martin and Connor Simpson

Jul 25, 2012

Barney Frank Sounds Like a Great Wedding Planner

If you didn't get invited to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank's wedding earlier this month, you missed a fun-sounding party, which the congressman and his husband Jim Ready planned themselves, Frank said in a NewsBeast video Wednesday.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jun 25, 2012

When Aaron Sorkin Ripped Off Aaron Sorkin

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jun 14, 2012

The World's Toughest 100-Character Tweet; Corgi Rae Jepsen

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Jen Doll

May 25, 2012

Stop Judging Mark Zuckerberg for His Relatively Normal Wedding

In the many phases of how to feel about Mark Zuckerberg's marriage, we have reached "wedding shaming." Is it possible for a billionaire to have a nice, relatively normal wedding without being mocked for it?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

The Terrifying Wedding Diets That Are All the Rage

There are stats to back up the fact that a majority of engaged women want to drop as much as 20 pounds before they walk down the aisle. But there's a newer, more disturbing ante-up at work. Pre-wedding diets have become extreme.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 13, 2012

Sorry, Mortals: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Are Getting Married

This is as official as it's probably going to get with these two: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or Brangelina if you must, will be gettin' hitched, though their publicist says there's no hard date, just "a promise for the future."

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

How Not to Afford Your Dream Wedding

"Dream wedding": Two special words, for two very special people.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 2, 2012

Is America Heading Toward a Post-Marriage Society?

With fewer adults deciding to marry than ever in American history, it's not hard to wonder what a post-marriage society would look like—and are we on our way there already? 

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By Jen Doll

Feb 29, 2012

Sadie Hawkins Day, Mangagement Rings, and Sexism

Happy Leap Day. Today is a day that comes around only once every four years, and traditionally, because it was so shocking to imagine a woman ever proposing to a man, today would have been the day for that sort of funny business.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 24, 2012

Women Are Still Being Judged for Not Taking Their Husbands' Last Names

Right now in the most of the developed world, it could be argued, women are considered about as "equal" to men as they have ever been. Yet there are deep, abiding problems that we're still working through.

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 20, 2012

Twee Literary Weddings; An H.P. Lovecraft Rug to Tie the Room Together

Literary weddings need to move beyond cupcakes and centerpieces, when HBO wants to make The Corrections in your childhood home, and a horrifying Cthulhu Mythos-themed rug is available now for purchase in Denamrk

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By Adam Martin

Dec 9, 2011

Occupy Boston Protesters Got Married Instead of Evicted

There was supposed to be a police crackdown at Occupy Boston overnight, but instead the protest site turned into a very literal love fest when a couple got married there as protesters stood down cops.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 1, 2011

The Odds of Getting into The New York Times Wedding Section

Everyone likes pointing out that certain people, like Congressional staffers and Yale graduates, seem over-represented in the elite pages of The New York Times wedding announcements, but finally we have the statistics to prove the hunches.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 18, 2011

What the Tweet?

Silver, Detroit, and Suits of Armor

Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 5, 2011

Yes, a Hobo Themed Wedding Is Offensive

A couple shared their poor-people themed affair with the world and the Internet got offended

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 29, 2011

Watch People Flaunt The Royal Wedding Cell Phone Ban

Despite Twitter ban and 'signal-blocking technology,' Blackberry use is in full force

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