Starting today, same-sex couples can apply for marriage licenses in Vermont.
Back in April, the state legislature made history by not only being the first state to pass a marraige equality without a court order, but they also conquered the governor's veto of the bill by garnering enough votes to overturn it.
Reports are coming in that many couples are not rushing to the altar, but are waiting until their civil union anniversaries to come around to make the relationship an official marriage.
ON A SIDE NOTE: Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream is sweetly celebrating by renaming their Chubby Hubby flavor Hubby Hubby for the month of September. LOL!!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Celebrities
Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced Monday to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to LA. He was convicted in November of 14 counts (four counts he was found not guilty on). The sentencing finally closed a long post-verdict saga that included allegations of juror tampering by his sister and Alexander trying to get a retrial because he represented himself and he said that there was a conspiracy against him.
Renee Zellweger was involved in a minor car accident yesterday. A green Ford Explorer reportedly struck her silver Mercedes while making a U-turn in Beverly Hills. Luckily no one was harmed.
According to the NY Post, preparations for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and investment banker Marc Mezvinsky are underway for this weekend. Chappaquiddick Island is said to be the location of the rumored nuptials.
Exes Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo were spotted making out at the LA bar The Dime Sunday night. The two broke up their 3-year relationship earlier this summer but it looks like they are back together now.
Chanel, the Guinness World Record Holder for oldest living dog, passed away on Friday. The wirehaired dachshund was 21 years old!
Renee Zellweger was involved in a minor car accident yesterday. A green Ford Explorer reportedly struck her silver Mercedes while making a U-turn in Beverly Hills. Luckily no one was harmed.
According to the NY Post, preparations for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and investment banker Marc Mezvinsky are underway for this weekend. Chappaquiddick Island is said to be the location of the rumored nuptials.
Exes Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo were spotted making out at the LA bar The Dime Sunday night. The two broke up their 3-year relationship earlier this summer but it looks like they are back together now.
Chanel, the Guinness World Record Holder for oldest living dog, passed away on Friday. The wirehaired dachshund was 21 years old!
TV/Movies/Music
For September 1st and 2nd you can download the video to Madonna’s new single Celebration for free on iTunes! After the 2nd, it will be available for purchase.
The Walt Disney Company has purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock! Disney now owns the catalogue of 5,000 Marvel characters, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Disney hopes that by owning the comic book characters they will get back the young male demographic that they lost.
Even though Chris Brown’s interview with Larry King won’t be aired until Wednesday, some clips are surfacing on the web. When asked by Larry how Brown feels about the incident of assaulting Rihanna, he claims he doesn't remember doing it! Instead, Brown says, “I just look at it like wow, like I'm in shock, because first of all, that's not who I am as a person and that's not who I promise I was gonna be. Like when I look at the police reports, or when I hear about the police reports, I don't know what to think. I just don't know what to think. It's just like wow.” But when Larry clearly asks if Brown remembers beating her up, he says, "No. It's like, it's crazy to me, I'm like wow."
The Academy Awards are changing the voting rules for the Best Picture Category. Normally a member is asked to choose 1 nominee on the final ballot. This year, they wil be asked to put the 10 nominees in order of preference. If the number 1 spot being worth 10, number 2 being worth 9 and so on and so forth. “There are certain mathematical dangers with more nominees,” says the Academy’s executive director, Bruce Davis. “You could really get a fragmentation to the point where a picture with 18 or 20 percent of the vote could win, and the board didn’t want that to happen.”
After three years of negotiations, Activision has finally got the rights to have Smells Like Teen Spirit and Lithium on Guitar Hero 5. The company said it took so long because they had to talk to Courtney Love, former band member Dave Grohl, and Universal Publishing.
Nu Image/Millennium Film have given the green light to start filming Rambo 5. The storyline for the 5th film revolves around John Rambo as he battles human traffickers and drug lords to save a young girl abducted near the US-Mexico border.
The New York Times is reporting that EBay has reached a deal to sell its online telephone unit Skype to a group of private investors. The paper said that the value of the deal had not been disclosed but that an official announcement would be made later today.
The Walt Disney Company has purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock! Disney now owns the catalogue of 5,000 Marvel characters, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Disney hopes that by owning the comic book characters they will get back the young male demographic that they lost.
Even though Chris Brown’s interview with Larry King won’t be aired until Wednesday, some clips are surfacing on the web. When asked by Larry how Brown feels about the incident of assaulting Rihanna, he claims he doesn't remember doing it! Instead, Brown says, “I just look at it like wow, like I'm in shock, because first of all, that's not who I am as a person and that's not who I promise I was gonna be. Like when I look at the police reports, or when I hear about the police reports, I don't know what to think. I just don't know what to think. It's just like wow.” But when Larry clearly asks if Brown remembers beating her up, he says, "No. It's like, it's crazy to me, I'm like wow."
The Academy Awards are changing the voting rules for the Best Picture Category. Normally a member is asked to choose 1 nominee on the final ballot. This year, they wil be asked to put the 10 nominees in order of preference. If the number 1 spot being worth 10, number 2 being worth 9 and so on and so forth. “There are certain mathematical dangers with more nominees,” says the Academy’s executive director, Bruce Davis. “You could really get a fragmentation to the point where a picture with 18 or 20 percent of the vote could win, and the board didn’t want that to happen.”
After three years of negotiations, Activision has finally got the rights to have Smells Like Teen Spirit and Lithium on Guitar Hero 5. The company said it took so long because they had to talk to Courtney Love, former band member Dave Grohl, and Universal Publishing.
Nu Image/Millennium Film have given the green light to start filming Rambo 5. The storyline for the 5th film revolves around John Rambo as he battles human traffickers and drug lords to save a young girl abducted near the US-Mexico border.
The New York Times is reporting that EBay has reached a deal to sell its online telephone unit Skype to a group of private investors. The paper said that the value of the deal had not been disclosed but that an official announcement would be made later today.
Duggars Expecting Their 19th Kid!
An article by Alicia Dennis for People.com
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household – baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.
"We are so thrilled," says Michelle, 42. "We just couldn't believe it is happening." Jim Bob, 44, agrees: "This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby and our 19th child."
Oldest son Joshua, 21 and his wife Anna, 21, are expecting daughter Mackynzie Renée next month, so she will be older than her new aunt or uncle.
The families often get to see one another and are looking forward to the babies' births.
"I love all of this, it is so fun," says Michelle. "Anna and I will have babies five months apart. My mother and my sister were pregnant at the same time and it was really wonderful. The kids were really close and still are. I have a nephew who grew up with me, we're just three months apart."
The Duggars live debt-free in a house they built themselves with their kids, all whose names begin with J: after Josh there are twins Jana and John-David, 19; Jill, 18; Jessa, 16; Jinger, 15; Joseph, 14; Josiah, 13; Joy-Anna, 11; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 10; Jason, 9; James, 8; Justin, 6; Jackson, 5; Johanna, 3; Jennifer, 2, and Jordyn-Grace, 8 months. Their lives are featured on TLC's 18 Kids and Counting, airing Tuesday nights.
Despite being pregnant 18 times before, Michelle says this pregnancy came as a shock, although her daughters wondered why she was eating more pickles than usual.
"I was wanting pickles and the older girls were saying, 'Mom, you only crave these at the very beginning of being pregnant, You kept it from us before, now tell us. Are you?'" Michelle says. "And I kept telling them I wasn't. I just wanted some pickles."
But when she couldn't lose weight on her diet, she became suspicious.
"I was in Weight Watchers with Jim Bob and I wasn't losing any weight," she says. "I couldn't figure it out. I was doing what I should. And the baby, who was nursing, was fussy. I kept thinking, 'This isn't right. She isn't teething, she doesn't have an ear infection. I'm not cheating on my diet, I should be losing weight.' Then, I put two and two together and wondered if I could possibly be pregnant."
She took out one of two tests she had in the house and it was immediately positive.
"I told Jim Bob and he couldn't keep it in, he was so excited," she says. "The kids were outside playing on a water slide and he gathered them together and had to share the news. There was all this screaming and yelling."
The Duggars recently renewed their wedding vows – they've been married 25 years and one month – and say that the ceremony was a wonderful way for their own children to understand the commitment of marriage.
"We got married when Michelle was 17 and I was 19," Jim Bob says. "We were married in the hallway of a church because at the time they had no sanctuary. There were plastic chairs and crepe paper. So, when we renewed our vows, we did it in that same hallway and we splurged to make bows out of a plastic white table cloth this time, but we still had plastic chairs. I think it is important to have the kids see that commitment themselves."
Michelle says that since she was 36 years old, her doctor has given her and Jim Bob pamphlets about prenatal testing since there is an increase of risk of health problems in babies with older mothers. But, she says they don't worry about those risks and don't take the tests.
"We know what could happen," she says. "We read through the information. If the Lord chooses to give us challenges along the way, we know His grace will be there, so we don't opt to do the testing."
As far as her own health, her doctor told People when her last child was born that Michelle's health was excellent: "Some women are made to have babies, and Michelle is to the nth degree," ob-gyn Amy Sarver told People in December. "She is in terrific health without any strain on her uterus."
Michelle says she's just glad for every day that she gets to enjoy being with her kids, even as she endures a 19th round of morning sickness.
"I'm feeling nauseous right now," she says. "And, I'm tired. I am happy for the feelings of morning sickness and I'm happy for every day I get to play with my kids. We don't know what tomorrow holds and so I try to enjoy every moment."
Another J-Name
Already, names are being discussed in the Duggar household: Jessa, 16, has printed up a list of J-names for boys and girls that have yet to be used by a Duggar, Michelle says.
"We'll hopefully find out whether it's a girl or a boy at 20 weeks," says Jim Bob. (Michelle is almost at the 12-week mark now.) "That will narrow the list down some."
And Jim Bob says he'd welcome a little assistance: "We'd love to hear from the readers at People.com to come up with a special name for this child."
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household – baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.
"We are so thrilled," says Michelle, 42. "We just couldn't believe it is happening." Jim Bob, 44, agrees: "This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby and our 19th child."
Oldest son Joshua, 21 and his wife Anna, 21, are expecting daughter Mackynzie Renée next month, so she will be older than her new aunt or uncle.
The families often get to see one another and are looking forward to the babies' births.
"I love all of this, it is so fun," says Michelle. "Anna and I will have babies five months apart. My mother and my sister were pregnant at the same time and it was really wonderful. The kids were really close and still are. I have a nephew who grew up with me, we're just three months apart."
The Duggars live debt-free in a house they built themselves with their kids, all whose names begin with J: after Josh there are twins Jana and John-David, 19; Jill, 18; Jessa, 16; Jinger, 15; Joseph, 14; Josiah, 13; Joy-Anna, 11; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 10; Jason, 9; James, 8; Justin, 6; Jackson, 5; Johanna, 3; Jennifer, 2, and Jordyn-Grace, 8 months. Their lives are featured on TLC's 18 Kids and Counting, airing Tuesday nights.
Despite being pregnant 18 times before, Michelle says this pregnancy came as a shock, although her daughters wondered why she was eating more pickles than usual.
"I was wanting pickles and the older girls were saying, 'Mom, you only crave these at the very beginning of being pregnant, You kept it from us before, now tell us. Are you?'" Michelle says. "And I kept telling them I wasn't. I just wanted some pickles."
But when she couldn't lose weight on her diet, she became suspicious.
"I was in Weight Watchers with Jim Bob and I wasn't losing any weight," she says. "I couldn't figure it out. I was doing what I should. And the baby, who was nursing, was fussy. I kept thinking, 'This isn't right. She isn't teething, she doesn't have an ear infection. I'm not cheating on my diet, I should be losing weight.' Then, I put two and two together and wondered if I could possibly be pregnant."
She took out one of two tests she had in the house and it was immediately positive.
"I told Jim Bob and he couldn't keep it in, he was so excited," she says. "The kids were outside playing on a water slide and he gathered them together and had to share the news. There was all this screaming and yelling."
The Duggars recently renewed their wedding vows – they've been married 25 years and one month – and say that the ceremony was a wonderful way for their own children to understand the commitment of marriage.
"We got married when Michelle was 17 and I was 19," Jim Bob says. "We were married in the hallway of a church because at the time they had no sanctuary. There were plastic chairs and crepe paper. So, when we renewed our vows, we did it in that same hallway and we splurged to make bows out of a plastic white table cloth this time, but we still had plastic chairs. I think it is important to have the kids see that commitment themselves."
Michelle says that since she was 36 years old, her doctor has given her and Jim Bob pamphlets about prenatal testing since there is an increase of risk of health problems in babies with older mothers. But, she says they don't worry about those risks and don't take the tests.
"We know what could happen," she says. "We read through the information. If the Lord chooses to give us challenges along the way, we know His grace will be there, so we don't opt to do the testing."
As far as her own health, her doctor told People when her last child was born that Michelle's health was excellent: "Some women are made to have babies, and Michelle is to the nth degree," ob-gyn Amy Sarver told People in December. "She is in terrific health without any strain on her uterus."
Michelle says she's just glad for every day that she gets to enjoy being with her kids, even as she endures a 19th round of morning sickness.
"I'm feeling nauseous right now," she says. "And, I'm tired. I am happy for the feelings of morning sickness and I'm happy for every day I get to play with my kids. We don't know what tomorrow holds and so I try to enjoy every moment."
Another J-Name
Already, names are being discussed in the Duggar household: Jessa, 16, has printed up a list of J-names for boys and girls that have yet to be used by a Duggar, Michelle says.
"We'll hopefully find out whether it's a girl or a boy at 20 weeks," says Jim Bob. (Michelle is almost at the 12-week mark now.) "That will narrow the list down some."
And Jim Bob says he'd welcome a little assistance: "We'd love to hear from the readers at People.com to come up with a special name for this child."
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