Wedding RoundUp

January 2009 Famous Engagements

Whether you win or lose when the envelope containing the name for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series is opened at the 15th Annual SAG Awards, Mad Men star Elizabeth Moss has already garnered the most coveted prize of all: the promise of eternal love. According to USA Weekend, in mid-January the actress accepted a proposal of marriage from Saturday Night Live comic Fred Armisen. The couple didn’t reveal any details about their future wedding.

While his hit singles “Suavemente” and “Tu Sonrisa” never fail to touch the hearts of his fans, during a recent concert appearance in Puerto Rico Grammy Award winner Elvis Crespo received applause not only for his music, but also for his marriage proposal to the woman who makes his heart sing, his representative, Maribel Vega. According to People en Español, they are preparing for their wedding, which is supposed to take place in March this year. The couple will exchange vows in Puerto Rico amid arrangements of fragrant roses and orchids flown in from Thailand. Although the design to be worn by the lady of the hour is still a secret, the prospective groom has revealed that her bridesmaids will walk down the aisle in green garments which mirror the beauty of his bride’s eyes.

As Hello magazine revealed, when Lee Mead auditioned for the reality TV contest Any Dream Will Do! in 2007, he in fact embarked on a journey that eventually lead him not only to win the role of a lifetime in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, but also to the love of a lifetime. After 18 months of a long romance, the singing star asked for the hand of TV presenter Denise Van Outen, one of the judges of Any Dream Will Do! Enjoying their first weeks of betrothed bliss, the pair packed their bags at their shared Kent residence and boarded a flight for St. Lucia.

While her band Stop Making Friends is preparing to celebrate the February 2009 release of NCIS: The Official Soundtrack (which features their song “Fear”), actress Pauley Perrette, who portrays forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the hit CBS series, is also making plans to marry her best friend, cameraman Michael Bosman. Life & Style reports that the ceremony will celebrate a love which began in 2005. if they get married indeed, this will be Perrette’s second walk down the aisle. The actress was previously married for three years to musician Coyote Shivers.

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell got engaged to yacht tycoon Fabrizio Politi not last month, but during the Christmas season, when the groom gave her a diamond engagement ring valued at £220,000 ($310,000) as the Mirror reports. It seems that the singer divulged information about her impending “I do” to fellow music icon George Michale during a lunch at Notting Hill’s E&O restaurant on January 24, 2009, two days prior to her representative’s public announcement of the pair’s betrothal.