Avril Lavigne marries Canadian musician

Avril Lavigne marriesCanadian musician
MONTECITO, Calif. -- Punk-pop princess Avril Lavigne has married a fellow Canadian singer-songwriter, according to published reports. Lavigne married Deryck Whibley, the guitarist and front man for the band Sum 41, on Saturday at a private estate near Santa Barbara, People magazine reported on its Web site.The young rockers had a mostly traditional ceremony, the magazine said.
The usually shabby Lavigne wore a Vera Wang gown, carried white roses and was walked down the aisle by her father as Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" played. Lavigne, 21, and Whibley, 26, exchanged vows under an awning covered in white flowers.
Making biopic was tough,'Idol' winner Barrino says
PASADENA, Calif. -- "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino had to be persuaded to play herself in a television movie about her hardscrabble life. "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale," to air Aug. 19 on Lifetime, is inspired by the R & amp;B singer's autobiography about dropping out of high school and becoming an unwed mother at 17. "I didn't think it was going to be tough going back playing myself, but it was because I had to relive those moments," Barrino told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting Friday. "At the end, I began to cry and I said, 'I went through all those things, but I know why I share my life.' I'm thankful that I was able to do it." Barrino was the third-season winner of "Idol" and released her debut album "Free Yourself" in 2004.
Notable death
LOS ANGELES -- Bill Miller, who was Frank Sinatra's pianist for nearly 50 years until the singer's last performance in 1995, has died. He was 91. Miller died Tuesday at a Montreal hospital of complications from a heart attack, his daughter, Meredith, told the Los Angeles Times for a story Saturday on its Web site. "Bill Miller was the greatest accompanist that any popular singer ever had," Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., told the Times. "There was no one who had his touch, no one who had his taste."
Today's birthdays
TV personality Art Linkletter is 94. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 89. Jazz singer Jimmy Scott is 81. Actor Donald Sutherland is 71. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 71. Rock singer Spencer Davis is 64. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler (Black Sabbath) is 57. Actor David Hasselhoff is 54. Singer Phoebe Snow is 54. TV producer Mark Burnett is 46. Singer Regina Belle is 43. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 40. Hip-hop singer Guru (Gang Starr) is 40. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Stokley (Mint Condition) is 39.