QUIRKY CELEBRITY WEDDINGS

QUIRKY CELEBRITY WEDDINGS

See the unique ways stars celebrate their love

By Janna Zittrer

THAT’S THE STORY OF LOVE

What do you do when you’re rich, famous and in love? Throw a magnificent, money-is-no-object wedding, of course! From secret ceremonies to over-the-top themes, here’s how some of your favourite celebs chose to say “I do”.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s “Pimps and Maids” Party

The pop princess and her beater-clad boyfriend married in the fall of 2004. After a quick costume change, the bridal party celebrated in personalized Juicy Couture sweat suits with the words “Maid” and “Pimp Daddy” embroidered on the back…classy.

Fergie and Josh Duhamel’s Big Draw

It wasn’t until after the singer and formerFLAREcover girl said "I do" to her hunky hubby in Malibu, California, that the couple mailed out invitations to their family and friends, which happened to include a caricature of the couple fishing inside.

Photo: Getty Images

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s $2-million Price Tag

Oh, to be crazy (in love): TomKat’s 2006 wedding at a chateau in Italy featured 150 guests, 300 bottles of wine, three distinctly decorated castle halls, an Andrea Bocelli serenade, a fireworks display and a five-tier white-chocolate wedding cake topped with marzipan roses.

Photo: Startraks photo

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Low-Key Ceremony

Our hottie-Canuck-loving hearts broke when we heard the news, but it was hard not to be charmed by the couple’s discreet wedding at the Clayoquat Wilderness Resort on Vancouver Island last fall.

David and Victoria Beckham’s Royal Treatment

The July 1999 wedding was fit for a king and queen, with a castle venue, gilded thrones, 18-piece orchestra, fireworks and more than 400 staff to wait on the 230 guests who wore black and white as per their majesties’ request. The Princess Bride also sported a diamond-encrusted crown and $100,000 Vera Wang gown – who says you can’t buy love?

Photo: Wild 1 / PR Photos

Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady’s Shotgun Wedding

The picture-perfect couple received an unexpected gun salute during their take-two wedding in Costa Rica this past spring when their armed bodyguards opened fire on nearby paparazzi, smashing the windows of the photogs’ SUV and narrowly missing one’s head.

Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault’s Italian Masquerade

The Mexican actress and her billionaire husband renewed their vows this past April at the Venetian opera house before masked dignitaries and A-listers including Anna Wintour, Stella McCartney and Charlize Theron. The bride wore bespoke Balenciaga, natch, as her hubby helms the label’s giant parent group, PPR.

Photo: George Pimentel

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker’s Around-the-World Tour

The weeklong wedding between theDesperate Housewivesstar and her sexy b-baller began in Saint-Tropez with a his-and-hers bachelor bash, followed by Disneyland for some pre-wedding partying and Paris for a double-ceremony celebration.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s Matching Designer Attire

The brides wore Zac Posen—Ellen in a sleek white suit and Portia in a backless blush-and-cream ball gown—when they exchanged vows in the backyard of their Los Angeles home last summer.

Photos: George Pimentel

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s Surprise Ceremony

Good thingTwitterwasn’t around when the two actors planned their last-minute wedding in 2005. The tweet-happy couple managed to keep their Kabbalah ceremony a secret, shocking everyone but the 100 or so family members and friends in attendance.

Photo: Solarpix / PR Photos

Bonus: Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein's Very Fashionable Affair

With a fashion empire under her belt one might expect the nuptials of Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman to have run like clockwork; but that wasn't the case at all. Chapman married movie mogul Harvey Weinstein at his waterfront Connecticut estate in December of 2007 - and, with the bride's dress coming under even bigger scrutiny than usual, there was almost a catastrophe: when the specially designed gown was sent to India for hand-beading, it came back brown (!)

Four days before the nuptials, the bride (who was also suffering from the flu) was washing and bleaching it - and praying. The star-studded crowd – which included J.Lo, Cameron Diaz, Renee Zellweger, Eva Mendes, Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour and supermodels Karolina Kurkova, Natalia Vodianova and Helena Christensen – were, however, none the wiser and it was considered one of the most glamorous weddings of the year.