Saturday, September 27, 2014
newsmakers
Clooney, fiancee arrive in Venice for wedding
VENICE, Italy
George Clooney vowed he would never marry again, giving hope to millions of women that they one day might get their chance at romance with Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor.
And for more than two decades, Clooney’s love life has been tabloid fodder as he carried on romances with a series of models and actresses, a cocktail waitress, an Italian starlet and a former professional wrestler — before meeting his match in human-rights lawyer Alma Alamuddin.
Less than five months after their engagement was announced, the couple is marrying this weekend in a celebrity-studded wedding extravaganza in Venice, one of the world’s most- romantic settings.
It has not been reported if Michelle Pfeiffer has called him on his $100,000 bet that he would, indeed, never marry again after his four-year marriage to Talia Balsam, which ended in 1993. And it is unknown how many hearts have been broken by Clooney’s renunciation of his sworn bachelorhood, but there are plenty.
‘Jersey Shore’ TV star Snooki delivers baby
NEW YORK
Reality-TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is a mom again.
Her publicist, Stacey Wechsler, said the former “Jersey Shore” star’s baby girl was born Friday.
Giovanna Marie LaValle weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and Polizzi and daughter are doing “amazing,” Wechsler said.
Polizzi posted on her official Twitter account that the baby has “a full head of black hair” and is “perfect.”
Randy Jackson’s wife seeks divorce
LOS ANGELES
The wife of former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson has filed for divorce after nearly 19 years of marriage.
Erika Jackson filed for divorce Friday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences.
The pair was married in December 1995, and she listed their separation date as Sept. 11. They have two children together, and Erika Jackson is seeking physical custody and spousal support. Their youngest child is age 17.
Erika Jackson is asking to restore her name to Erika Riker.
Associated Press