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BRITNEY AND KEVIN SAY "I DO"
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Newlyweds, Kevin and Britney
(Updated 9/19/2004 7:57AM PST)
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline pulled a sly one on everyone by saying "I Do" at what was supposed to be an engagement party and not even Brit's own mother, Lynne, was in on the stunning surprise.
Star brings you the details no one else has!
It all happened Saturday night, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the relatively modest Studio City, Ca. home owned by the tailor, who had custom-made the tuxedoes for the groom and all the men in the wedding. The tailor happens to be the ex-husband of Britney and Kevin's wedding planner -- it was all very close-knit.
Only 20 immediate family members - including Britney's shocked mom and sister Jamie Lynn. Britney wore a strapless white dress by designer Monique LHuillier, with long veil and tiara, and she carried a bouquet of pink and white roses. Kevin suited up in black tux. Five bridesmaids and a maid of honor all wore burgundy and carried red roses.
Guests dined on chicken fingers, crab cakes, ribs, Waldorf salad, and the newlyweds danced to Journey's 'Lights '. Britney gave Kevin a platinum ring with diamonds, and she got a platinum band.
The actual ceremony lasted but five minutes. "He was crying, she was crying," a source tells Star. "It was beautiful."
Wedding invitations had already gone out for the Spears-Federline October 16 wedding near Santa Barbara. That event is now being revamped as a party for all the newlyweds' friends.
Fiance tells family: We tie knot tonight!!.
Britney weds...(again)
By Rav Singh & Polly Graham
BRITNEY SPEARS' fiancι KEVIN FEDERLINE told his family yesterday: "We're getting married...tonight."
Our exclusive pictures of the pair on their hen and stag nights would seem to back up the boast.
And though we went to press before any ceremony, we can confirm that friends and relatives are on stand-by for a wedding.
They were tipped off by a furious Britney after she learned that details had leaked out of their planned nuptials at the plush Bacara resort in Santa Barbara on November 20.
One source told us: "Britney is hoping to catch the Press off guard and do a Jennifer Lopez by marrying in secret.
"The Emmy TV awards are being held in Los Angeles this weekend and she is hoping that, with Press attention focusing on that, she can secretly tie the knot at home then throw a party as planned at Bacara."
Britney, who married childhood sweetheart Jason Alexander for 55 hours in January, dyed her blonde hair brown for her raucous three-day hen party with girlfriends at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica.
Meanwhile, Kevin was enjoying a more downmarket stag night with his friends and family at his favourite restaurant Houston's, also in Santa Monica.
Britney's mum Lynne tried to scupper her party.
A source close to the singer said: "Lynne told Britney she'd be having her hen night back home in Kentwood, Louisiana.
"But Britney won and went ahead with the do with her pals."
Britney and Kevin have already had a dummy run for the wedding in the video for her new single My Prerogative.
In the promo she and Kevinone of her dancersexchange vows at the altar. He slips a huge diamond ring on her finger before they kiss.
The question is... were they doing the same thing for real last night?
September 19, 2004 - Britney Spears ties the knot in secret ceremony
By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY
Oh, that sly Britney.
Britney Spears married Kevin Federline Saturday evening in a surprise ceremony.
By Lionel Cirraneau, AP
In her second surprise wedding this year, Britney Spears, 22, married Kevin Federline, 26, Saturday evening, a spokeswoman for the singer's record label confirmed Sunday.
This time, the pop princess donned a tiara instead of a trucker hat for a small, secret ceremony in a private home in Studio City, Calif.
On Jan. 3, Spears got hitched to childhood chum Jason Alexander at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. That marriage, characterized by Spears' camp as "a joke (taken) too far," was annulled 55 hours later.
Among about 20 stunned family members at Saturday's nuptials: Spears' own mother, Lynne. According to Access Hollywood, which spent Saturday afternoon with Spears' mother and little sis Jamie Lynn, the family was preparing for an engagement party. Jamie Lynn died her hair back to her natural brown hue and neither were expecting the bride- and groom-to-be to exchange vows.
The five-minute wedding was held at 7:30 p.m. at the home of the tailor that created the bridal party's tuxedos, according to Star magazine's Web site. Star reports Spears wore a strapless white dress by designer Monique L'Huillier, with long veil and tiara, and she carried a bouquet of pink and white roses. Five bridesmaids and the maid of honor wore burgundy dresses and carried red roses. The groom and his groomsmen wore black tuxes. Entertainment Tonight reports they were on hand outside the home when the party broke up in the wee morning hours.
Invitations for an Oct. 16 wedding near Santa Barbara had already been mailed, according to Star, but that event is now being billed as a post-wedding party for the newlyweds' friends and family.
Spears gave no hints of wedding jitters in the days before Saturday's ceremony. She was in New York most of the week to launch her perfume, Curious, and catch a performance of the Broadway show, Wicked! The bride-to-be flew to Boston Friday to check out the Onyx Hotel, according to a Friday post on britneyspears.com by the singer's mother.
The only family event Lynne was anticipating in her Friday posting was a wrap party for Jamie Lynn's Nickelodeon show, Zoey 101.
No word on whether the couple are heading on a surprise honeymoon, too. Spears and Federline, a backup dancer on one of her earlier concert tours, met at a Hollywood club in April and fell fast for each other. In June, they announced their engagement with intentions of marrying this fall. Most reports pointed to a November wedding.
What do you think the future hold's for Britney's career?! Do you think she'll wed, take her $100 million abdlive a "normal" life with her white trash husband? Return to her 'singing' career and tour? Or maybe wed, divorce, get 1/2 her money taken by her newly found prince and come crawling back trying to regain her position in the pop world...?
----- I think Britney will be fine career-wise. For as much as I dislike her, I will admit that she's an amazing entertainer. And entertainers always stick around. Look at Madonna and Cher. As long as she has gay male fans, she'll have a career. Gay males form the cornerstone of Madonna and Cher's careers, and they'll do the same with Britney. I don't think she could ever live a "normal" life, because she's been in front of a camera for most of her life. She hasn't experienced reality since she was what? 10?, so there's no way that she knows how to live a normal life. She'll be around for a while yet, she's just on a downward spiral right now.
----- I think for the most part Britney's career as she knows it is over. She has made too many bad decisions and is just starting to pay the price for them. I think she will marry Kevin, it won't last very long and she will end up getting a divorce because I doubt she'll be able to get another annulment. After the breakup/divorce, I think she will probably go on and release another album but by then her fans who were young when she started will be too old to care and her fans who are young now will have moved on to other music. To stay a star in the music industry you have to constantly being doing something to top yourself, Britney has neither the talent nor the charisma that this requires.
----- I think she's going to try and squeeze everything she can out of her current amount of fame, then when it dies, she's gonna keep trying to be famous. She'll keep doing stupid publicity stunts (like the marriages and kisses with Madonna) and every once and awhile we'll hear a little sentence about how Britney got married or divorced again or ended up in the hospital from ODing on crack or something. Ultimately, I think, within a year-OK I'll be nice to her-2 years, she'll be a nobody again. Also, I was reading an article that said digital TVs and all that are becoming more and more popular and the quality is so good that you can see a person's every pore on their face. Britney's horrible skin is definitely gonna work against her and no one will like looking at her or calling her pretty anymore-which was what her whole career was based on in the first place.
----- I don't really want to predict what will happen to this silly wench. I just want to be surprised, I mean is she that empty and careless inside that she should decide to be with some loser, that is probably, most likely, using her for money, fame and sex. He has it so good and she's just so lost and just wants someone to hold her and f*ck her! (she misses Justin, so she gets a wannabe lol) I hope she doesn't get a pre-nup and gets married....She'll probably soon leave him b4 he gets to cheap on brit with his ex girl. Her career will be shit. She better just stick to tabloid news cuz her music career won't help much, she has no respect for herself.
----- I think that five days before the wedding they will get into a fight and britney will get drunk. As a result of getting drunk she will get banged up by some guy who will later be named in the tabloids. White Trash will leave her. She will complain for days. Then find some other person who is stupid enough to marry her. And she will always try to continue to reign like she did five years ago. Yet she will fail miserably.
Britney At Bachelorette Party 09-17-04
Real classy...by the way, the last picture is not Britney, it's one her
friends. The middle outfit is nice, but the first one is very unattractive.
Britney and Kevin Before the Wedding
WHAT THE HELL? Okay, commenting on the last picture, the guys all wore
"Pimps" on their robes, with a couple men wearing "Pimp Daddy."
And the women/girls wore "The Maids" on their pink sweatsuits?!
Does that bother anyone else? Pimp = power over women sexually. Maid = take
care of others. Basically, the men own the women?!?! And in the first picture,
Britney wears a "Mrs. Federline" on her sweatsuit. No comment to
that, too many women (celebrities) do that... it ain't cute.
Britney and Kevin Wedding People Magazine
Nice pictures. I don't have much to say. The middle picture (Lynn, Jamie
Lynn, Bryan, Jamie, and Britney) is a nice shot. Jamie Lynn is the only one
looking at the camera... the last picture, I don't like what she changed into.
She went from a long, flowly dress (next pictures), to a cheap dress like
something she'd wear to MTV Awards, lol.
Britney and Kevin Wedding OK Magazine
Okay, I must admit these pictures are beautiful! I love black and white
photos. Her dark hair really stands out here. Her first marriage - a blonde,
her second - a brunette... her third - a red head? The dress is nice but she
looks uncomfortable (sucking it in? probably wearing a corset).
Britney and Kevin Wedding OK Magazine
Her dad looks really uncomfortable, lol. I like the look of the dress.
And Kevin is FINALLY in something other than a white tank top and jeans!
Britney and Kevin Wedding OK Magazine
Bryan, her brother, is in the first picture laughing in the background.
I personally would not want to see or even think about my siblings sex life...
The second picture, either they airbrushed the hell out of it, or she lost
a lot of weight for her wedding.. her body looks like an eight-year-old's
now.
Britney and Kevin Wedding OK Magazine
More shots. The last one, she looks evil. lol They took a lot of pictures
like this, not too impressed. I still can't stand either of them, at least
white trash is sticking together.
Britneys Wedding Guests Goody Bag
What the hell? Those two items are what the guests got? Um, okay, obviously
it was on a VERY short notice if that's what the came up with...
Britney and Kevin clubbing after marriage
Amazing what she went from: a gorgeous, expensive wedding dress, to a
cheap messy hair look.. She looks happy though... I'm tired of seeing her
tongue, is that all she knows how to do?
Britney And Kevins Honeymoon Hotel
On the outside, it looks nice but inside looks so boring.. Like where
grandparents may stay on a trip to the country.
Christina Aguilera
The 23-year-old star burst out laughing when she was told details of her pop rival's marriage ceremony.
Christina described the wedding as "hilarious."
She added: "I'd never have thought that girl would have done it this way. I know she really loves Kevin, but this is like really low rent this time. It's surprising. The whole affair seems somewhat pathetic."
--- I adore Christina! lol She always speaks her mind, and I tend to agree with her ;)
"I want to be a young mom." {People Magazine quote}
----- Um, what?! I understand if a woman wants to be a mom, but saying a "young mom" makes her sound ignorant. Wait, does that mean her career is over? I hope so! God help any child Britney raises!
"There are so many blondes out there right now, I wanted to be a little
different." {why she returned to her natural brown hair for her wedding}
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I'm sorry, but does she think she's the first one to go brunette? The girl
is living in her own world...
final grade: 4.5
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5- I actually think it was clever for her. Ironic, you know? At least she can have a laugh at herself after all the laughing others have had at her.
6. i like the top and shorts but the head scarf is awful, sorry brit!
Is she gaining weight? I read something that said she is letting herself go. Now, in no way am I saying she is fat, cuz she is far from "fat" Its because of her in PART that girls are starving themselves. As for the outfit I would wear it, its ok. The thing of "I'm a virgin" lol, oh Brit, you stupid dumbass kidder. I'm trying to figure out what she has on her head? A bandana kind of thing? A pink turbin thing happening? Or just a cool headwrap? Ok, so lets give it a 7, she looks ok, and I would wear it. (but then again its Britney so it should just be a zero)
I give her a 7. The shorts are cute, and the top would be okay if it actually fit her correctly. The whatever you wanna call it on top of her head is too long in the back and too low in the front. Again, I HATE those sunglasses. They're way too wrong on her face. She's actually dressed pretty normal, and if I didn't know that it was her, I would assume she was just another college student.
ok a 10 for the tank top! (i love it, but once again proving how whorish she is) damn wench wearing my fave colors! lol, but her overall look, I give her a......5. I don't know, she just never seems to make anything look right!!
1----- hahaha a shirt that says she's a virgin-that's soo hilarious!!
4 Good joke britney. Throw out the shirt. wtf is she wearing on her head? Sunglasses...could go with another outfit. The tank makes her boobs look even bigger. the skirt thing she's wearing needs to be longer. she makes me sick. But at least the colors go together...for the most part.
7, the shirt and shorts are great, but the shirt/rag, whatever it is, around her head is so stupid and ruins the whole outfit
6 - I give her a 6, the colors are nice, but she's a dumbass for wearing that shirt. She tries to act like she has a sense of humor now about lying to the world. I hate that whore. LOL
1! She was never a virgin! She's a slut whore! I hate that outfit!
2 Her shirt basically saying "I have sex" ... which only brings people's attention to that and again, only seeing her as a sex object... the dumb girl doesn't seem to realize that...
the shorts look like they are made for a infant, i understand in wearing that shirt she meant to be humorous but the shirt is not funny.. it's just trashy.
3--wtf is she wearing on her head? a doo rag?? the shorts are kinda cute and if the shirt didn't have writing on it, it would be cute too, but the doo rag ruins the outfit
10 - Holy crap she's covered! Good for her, I'm surprised. I don't care that she's lying on her shirt- I mean, I have a shirt that says "future lottery winner" and I don't think I'm gonna win the lottery anytime soon. I would actually wear that if I had good legs and a smaller butt (those kinda shorts don't work for girls with big butts). It's simple and covers her...and pink and black go well together. Geez..I'm still in shock
2 - only b/c I like the pink shorts. But why on earth would someone proclaim the viriginity (or flat out lie about it LoL) on their shirt? UGLY.
7 - Okay, I'm loving the shirt even though I would never wear it. It's funny.
And I think the shorts are really cute. And pink. But good Lord, what is on
her head?
Pre-Nup Agreement
Britney originally offered Kevin $36,000 a year for half the time they
were together (if they divorce) and he didn't like that number, so he got
her up to $300,000!!! Right, like he really loves her.. If I was in love,
I wouldn't even think about asking for more! How greedy does that make him
sound that her price wasn't good enough for him and he thought he deserved
more for marrying her?!