Eli Manning weds his college sweetheart

Eli Manning weds his college sweetheart

NEW YORK — A Super Bowl championship isn’t the only big event this year for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

Manning married college sweetheart Abby McGrew during a sunset ceremony Saturday at the One Only Palmilla resort on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

Both The New York Daily News and The New York Post covered the event, with the Daily News providing details from inside the intimate ceremony.

Manning, 27, and McGrew, 24, smiled and giggled during the 16-minute ceremony. They stood on a platform in the sand as waves crashed on the rocks behind them.

Manning and McGrew met as students at the University of Mississippi. Manning popped the question to her during a date in Hoboken last March, and they chose the resort for their wedding after vacationing there several times, The Daily News reported.

McGrew carried a bouquet of wMoments before the ceremony, Eli Manning’s brother Peyton, the Indianapolis Colt’s star quarterback, wrapped his arm around his brother and whispered words of encouragement to him.

Manning has been with the Giants since 2004, and was this year’s Super Bowl MVP, leading the Giants to their 17-14 upset win over the New England Patriots. Manning threw 19 of 34 for 255 yards and two touchdowns, including a 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds to play.

Izzard eyes politics

NEW YORK — British comedian Eddie Izzard, whose acting career is taking off, is eyeing yet another possible career — politician.

Izzard, who plays Wayne Morrow in FX’s “The Riches” and who just finished shooting “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, told Newsweek he sees himself getting into European politics at some point.

“We’ve got to make it work in Europe,” the cross-dressing comedian, 46, told the magazine for its issue hitting newsstands today. “People are very worried about sovereignty and the loss of sovereignty. I think the stakes are if we don’t make the European Union work, then the world is screwed. End of story.”

Reggaeton star marries

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Reggaeton star Don Omar and TV weather forecaster Jackie Guerrido have reportedly tied the knot in their native Puerto Rico.

The U.S. territory’s main daily, El Nuevo Dia, reports that the couple married in a lavish ceremony Saturday in the beachfront district of Isla Verde.

El Nuevo Dia says Omar and Guerrido hosted 300 guests at a reception at an upscale the hotel decorated with thousands of hydrangeas. The report was published Sunday.

Omar, one of reggaeton’s biggest stars, is known for such hits as “Dale Don Dale” and “Pobre Diabla.” Guerrido is the weather forecaster on Univision’s morning news program, “Despierta America.”

Today’s birthdays

Actor Charles Grodin is 73. Singer Iggy Pop is 61. Singer Paul Davis is 60. Actress Patti LuPone is 59. Actor Tony Danza is 57. Actress Andie MacDowell is 50. Singer Robert Smith of The Cure is 49. Guitarist Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 49. Actor-director John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) is 45. Rapper Michael Franti of Spearhead is 42. Comedian Nicole Sullivan (“King of Queens”) is 38. Actor James McAvoy (“The Last King of Scotland,” “The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 29.