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Put a Ring On It

For Your Beau:
The Mangagement Ring 

Are diamond rings for dudes a sign of progress or a marketing ploy?

Nov 15, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Times, they are a changin', and with change comes marketing opportunities. With more women proposing and an uptick in gay marriages, ''mangagement rings'' are being used more—and marketed harder—than ever, reports Details . British jeweler H. Samuel introduced the Tioro, a titanium ring with a subtle diamond, and a... More »

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engagement • engagement ring • jewelry • diamond ring

 Man Pops Question 
 During Gay Marriage 
 Hearing 

See, Kanye, this is an interruption the crowd actually liked

Nov 6, 09 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A stuffy DC city council hearing might not be most people’s idea of a romantic place to get engaged, but maybe the chance to be a YouTube celebrity made it all worth it for Andy Hertzberg and Andy Rollman. That, or they were hoping to drum up sympathy for... More »

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gay marriage • Washington DC • publicity stunt • engagement • city council • marriage proposal • Andy Hertzberg • Andy Rollman

 Khloe Kardashian 
 Will Wed NBA Star  

Lakers' Lamar Odom, reality-TV star wrap up whirlwind courtship

Sep 21, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famous-for-being-famous reality-TV star Khloe Kardashian and Lakers star Lamar Odom are planning their wedding after dating for just a month. "They are hoping to pull together a wedding within the next two weeks so they can get married and have time for a honeymoon," a source tells US ... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • wedding • engagement • Lamar Odom • Pro basketball • celebrity engagements • Khloe Kardashian • Kourtney Kardashian

(Newser) - Sorry, girls, only two chances left to snag a singing Jonas Brother. The eldest, Kevin, popped the question to his girlfriend on her New Jersey doorstep this morning, and "she said yes, yes, yes like 500 times super fast in a row," he tells People. Kevin, 21, met... More »

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engagement • Jonas Brothers • boy bands • celebrity engagements • Kevin Jonas

 Royal Wedding Rumors Heat Up 

Royal retreat has everyone speculating

Jun 22, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The engagement rumors about Prince William and Kate Middleton just keep on coming, fueled most recently by the retreat they plan to attend, the News of the World reports. Middleton will join the queen for her traditional hunting trip to Scotland for the first time. More »

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Prince William • Kate Middleton • wedding • engagement • British royals • Royal Family

Little Left for Fiancée of
Fallen Soldier

Unmarried loved ones have no standing, get nothing from Army

May 25, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - To the US Army bureaucracy, love means little without a marriage certificate—so the fiancée of a man killed in Iraq was left with nothing other than what his family was willing to part with. Now, the Washington Post reports, Kyle Harper, 27, is trying to forge a path... More »

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Iraq • military • marriage • US military • bureaucracy • US Army • soldier • engagement • engagement ring • Iraq war • fiancee • Michael Hullender • Kyle Harper

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's former fiancé says the couple shared a room at Sarah Palin’s home, and  the governor was wise to what was going on, Us reports. “I'm pretty sure she probably knew,” Levi Johnston tells Tyra Banks in an interview. “Moms are pretty smart.”... More »

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Tyra Banks • safe sex • engagement • teen pregnancy • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

Swedish Princess Will Marry Personal Trainer 

Swedish couple met at a gym

Feb 25, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - In what sounds like a real-life Disney movie, the crown princess of Sweden lifted her country out of a glum mood—at least for one day—by announcing her engagement to her personal trainer, the Times of London reports. Crown Princess Victoria's fiancé has undergone a royal makeover: no more... More »

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royalty • Sweden • engagement • personal trainer • Scandinavia • Crown Princess Victoria • Daniel Westling • Carl Gustav XVI

 Peterson Fiancee, 
 After Bolting, 
 Moves Back In 

Father vows to break up daughter, murder suspect

Feb 11, 09 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s latest galpal—who claimed last week their engagement was nothing more than a publicity stunt—has moved back in with the suspected wife killer, the Joliet Herald News reports. The move comes less than two weeks after 24-year-old Christina Raines moved out of Peterson’s house with... More »

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murder • publicity stunt • Illinois • engagement • suspect • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • cohabitation • Christina Raines • fiancee

 Danes Gets Engaged to Dancy 

Evening co-stars confirm engagement

Feb 7, 09 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy plan to tie the knot, a rep for the pair confirms to E! Online. Danes, 29, met her British beau, 33, while filming the ensemble drama Evening, and they've been dating for more than a year. The happy couple was last seen out at the... More »

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celebrity • engagement • celebrity engagements • Claire Danes

(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s purported ex-fiancée said today that their marital plan was "more like a stunt,” the Huffington Post reports. Christina Raines confirmed that they dated, but said the engagement was cooked up by Peterson's lawyer, who “had wanted him to be in the media and... More »

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publicity stunt • Illinois • engagement • hoax • Drew Peterson • Christina Raines • fiancee • sham

Drew Peterson:
I Wouldn't Trust Me, Either

Murder suspect says he understands fears of fiancée's family

Jan 30, 09 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson, divorced from wives No. 1 and 2 and suspected of killing wives No. 3 and 4, understands why the family of would-be wife No. 5 is none too pleased with their engagement, ABC reports. “I would have concerns if I were the friends and family of this... More »

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murder • engagement • suspect • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • Christina Raines

Mad Men's
Moss to Wed SNL's Armisen

Couple engaged less than a week after news of courtship breaks

Jan 23, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Elisabeth Moss is apparently luckier in love than her Mad Men character Peggy. Less than a week after news broke that Moss was dating Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen, the couple is engaged, E! reports. “It happened just a few days ago,” says Moss. “It’s... More »

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Saturday Night Live • engagement • Fred Armisen • celebrity engagements • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss

 Rihanna Sporting a Diamond 

But Chris Brown's rep says they're not engaged

Jan 5, 09 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna got the rumor mill going when she was spotted wearing a large diamond ring over the holidays, the Daily News reports. But boyfriend Chris Brown's rep says the two aren't engaged. The couple have dated since 2007, but Rihanna is tight-lipped on their relationship: “People always want to... More »

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celebrity • engagement • singer • relationship • rumor • Rihanna • celebrity engagements • Chris Brown • R&B

Kin of 'Fiancée': Dream On, Drew

23-year-old 'never said she was going to marry him'—oh, and she has a live-in boyfriend

Dec 21, 08 5:57 PM CST
(Newser) - No stranger to controversy in his romantic dealings, Drew Peterson is now facing off with the family of the 23-year-old woman he says will become the fifth Mrs Peterson, the Chicago Tribune reports. Waitress Christina Raines has some kind of relationship with Peterson, but that’s where the agreement ends;... More »

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marriage • engagement • Drew Peterson • missing person • unsolved crimes

Drew Peterson Engaged Again

Would-be wife No. 5
is also 23; but murder suspect is still married to missing No. 4, Stacy

Dec 17, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson, whose wife Stacy has been missing since last year, wants to move on to bride No. 5, his lawyer tells the Chicago Sun-Times. “He proposed and she accepted,” Joel Brodsky says, though “I guess he’s got to get divorced.” Peterson doesn’t see... More »

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engagement • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • unsolved crimes

 Hef's Kendra to Wed NFL Star   

Hefner will give away ex-girlfriend to Hank Baskett at Playboy Mansion in June

Nov 7, 08 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner is losing another girlfriend, and she’ll go directly into another man’s arms, AP reports. Kendra Wilkinson is set to marry Philadelphia Eagles receiver Hank Baskett, but Hef isn’t sore: He will give her away at the estate they both called home. Wilkinson, 23, dated Hefner... More »

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engagement • Playboy • Hugh Hefner • The Girls Next Door • Kendra Wilkinson • Hank Baskett • Holly Madison • Bridget Marquardt

Palin Babydaddy Sports 'Bristol' Engagement Tattoo

17-year-old pregnant daughter of Republican VP pick has actual ring

Sep 4, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston, boyfriend and father-to-be of Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol is apparently serious about doing the right thing with the potential first kid: He's sporting a 'Bristol' tattoo in the place of an engagement ring, TMZ comments. “In lieu of a tramp stamp,” the celeb site adds... More »

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John McCain • tattoos • engagement • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Republican National Convention • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

Mom of Prince's Girlfriend
Set to Meet Queen

Engagement speculation hits overdrive on word of Carole Middleton's royal invite

Jun 18, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mother of Prince William's girlfriend is set to meet Queen Elizabeth tomorrow, the Telegraph reports, with Carole Middleton scoring an invitation to the royal box at the Ascot races. The news intensified speculation that Kate Middleton and Prince Charles' elder son could soon be engaged, seven years after meeting... More »

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Prince William • Kate Middleton • Queen Elizabeth II • engagement • Britain • British royals • Royal Family

 The Engagement of Mimi? 

New beau plops down $2.5M on engagement ring

Apr 30, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mariah Carey might be keeping silent about the $2.5 million 17-carat engagement rock on her finger, but her new beau isn't. Actor Nick Cannon was overheard yesterday saying the pair are going to marry, reports the New York Post, during a follow-up visit to the New York jeweler where... More »

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marriage • celebrity • engagement • engagement ring • Mariah Carey • Nick Cannon

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