I received an e-mail this morning from a Sara Evans fan who wanted to let me know that the award-winning country singer was married this weekend.
Last week in my "Going Gonzo" blog I wondered whether the former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant would be married by the time she arrived for her July 24 concert at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
Looks like the answer is "yes."
According to People magazine, Evans, 37, and former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, 35, were married Saturday during an outdoor ceremony at a farm in Franklin, Tenn. Sheryl Crow was among the 145 guests arriving for the wedding.
According to People, Evans wore an ivory silk taffeta Vera Wang gown with a halter neck.
As you recall, Evans and former husband Craig Schelske endured a very public and bitter divorce last year after 14 years of marriage. The timing of the split caused her to drop out of "Dancing with the Stars." Her divorce was finalized in September 2007. Evans and Barker were engaged in March.
I received an e-mail last week from a fan who was surprised Evans would remarry so soon.
"Tell me it isn't true," the fan said of my speculation that she would be re-married soon. "The ink on her divorce papers isn't dry yet, (but) yet she is getting married in the manner that she is? Very disappointing ... she definitely lost me as a fan."
Tickets for Evans' show at Meijer Gardens still are available. They are $60 for members and $62 for non-members. Last year, she performed at B-93's Birthday Bash -- a free, two-day event -- in front of 60,000 fans. Capacity at the Gardens is 1,750. via
Laura is one of the first customers for the new Honda hydrogen fuel cell car - the FCX Clarity. Only a few dozen will be produced this year and probably 200 within three years. Those to be taken up within California will be on lease only at a cost of $600 per month.
First customers, besides Laura Harris, include Jamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest, producer Ron Yerxa and businessmen Jim Salomon and Jon Spallino.
Following a test drive in Japan of the FCX Clarity Laura Harris said, "It's so smooth. It's like a future machine, but it's not."
Holding the car back will be the fact that there aren't sufficient hydrogen stations at the present time.
It's just the kind of thing that would have made the "Queen of Mean" growl.
A Manhattan surrogate court judge has decided to slash the trust fund that the late Leona Helmsley established for her little dog named Trouble.
Judge Renee Roth, in an April 30 decision made public Monday, reduced the trust fund for the nine-year-old Maltese to $2 million from $12 million. The remaining $10 million now goes to Helmsley's charitable foundation.
The dog lives in Florida with the general manager of the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel.
Helmsley was dubbed the "Queen of Mean" during her 1989 trial for tax evasion. A former housekeeper testified that she heard Helmsley once say: "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."
Helmsley denied having said it, but the words followed her until her death last August at age 87. via
Take a look at this sultry shot, which shows the busty Baywatch babe stripped-off and lying down on her front. Her only concession to modesty appears to be a pair of gold heels. via
The two unidentified brunettes were seen sailing around the waters in the star's boat with Clooney near his hilltop home in Lake Como, Italy. via
Haim claims he dated Posh Spice in 1995, a year before she found fame with 90's legends The Spice Girls, and he insists Beckham had a terrible kissing technique: "When she kisses she does this little grrhh thing. What did it feel like? Like a girl gnawing on your lip!" via
"I used to be all about work and now I'm burnt out. I really don't like working. I was the oldest child, always worried about my parents. I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass and shoveled the snow and cleaned the dishes. My brothers were like hillbillies. They had no sense of responsibility. They played baseball. via
"The barrio of In the Heights is about as zesty as an enchilada from Taco Bell. It is a hopelessly old fashioned show that, for all its hyperactive staging, makes the groundbreaking observation that "there's no place like home." via
Sharman Macdonald said her daughter "has always been thin. She's her daddy's daughter, with his long body. It's a playground situation that we're looking at with the Press, it's a form of bullying, but what can we do?" via
Colleagues gathered to remember the director, producer and actor at a private memorial service on Saturday but there are no details of the service because the family wants it kept private. via
Clothing, furniture and previously unseen documents relating to the iconic blond are all going under the hammer in L.A., while over 100 lots of vintage photographs, personal effects and never-before-seen film footage will be offered in Las Vegas. via
“A-list celebrities know they can’t be too careful. Tom’s vehicles look perfectly normal, but in reality they are more like armored trucks. He really, really loves his cars and he can afford the best.” via
Oprah, the media mogul who has five times been ranked by Forbes as the world’s most powerful celebrity, told the graduates that she wanted to give them all cars but instead decided to give two inspirational books. via
