Actor Neil Patrick Harris (L) and partner David Burtka, arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California March 2, 2014.DANNY MOLOSHOK/Reuters
WEDDING BELLS
It's official: Neil Patrick Harris is now a married man.
As reported by E! News, the Tony-winning actor and ex-How I Met Your Mother star walked down the aisle with longtime partner David Burtka on Saturday in Italy.
E! reports that Harris, 41, and Burtka, 39, both wore custom-made Tom Ford tuxedos for the ceremony, which was officiated by HIMYM producer and director Pamela Fryman.
According to details dished by Kelly Ripa on this morning's edition of Live with Kelly and Michael, the wedding itself took place at a rustic castle in Perugia.
Harris and Burtka began dating more than 10 years ago and are parents to twins Gideon and Harper, who were born to a surrogate mother in 2010.
The nuptials were confirmed Monday in an announcement from Harris's spokesperson stating, "We happily confirm that Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka were married in Italian in an intimate ceremony surrounded by their close friends and family."
Via Twitter, Harris himself (@ActuallyNPH) confirmed the wedding had taken place with his tweet, "Guess what? @DavidBurtka and I got married over the weekend. In Italy. Yup, we put the 'n' and 'd' in husband."
Harris and Burtka announced their engagement in June, 2011, shortly after the passage of the Marriage Equality Act in New York state. Harris said that the couple had actually gotten engaged five years before, but chose to keep the decision a secret.
In an interview with E! News in June, 2013, Harris reaffirmed that he and Burtka would tie the knot, eventually.
"Certainly, we have children and marriage is an appropriate thing to do as a part of their well-being, so I'm sure it will be inevitable – and awesome," said Harris.
That awesomeness appears to have come true for Harris with his weekend wedding, which apparently included a performance by Elton John at the reception.
Of course, Sir Elton's participation shouldn't be too surprising: The pop icon and his Canadian-born life-partner David Furnish (and their son Zachary) have already vacationed with Harris and Burtka and their twins in the South of France.
WAYNE'S WILL
Now it can be told: Mike Myers fought desperately to include the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody in his 1992 film Wayne's World. During a recent interview on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, the Toronto-born actor revealed that the studio behind the movie originally wanted to use a song by Guns N' Roses for the iconic scene in which Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his headbanger pals sing along to a rock 'n' roll track in the car. "But I always loved Bohemian Rhapsody," said Myers. "I thought it was a masterpiece. So I fought really, really hard for it. And at one point I said, 'Well, I'm out. I don't want to make this movie if it's not Bohemian Rhapsody.' "
Source: Us Weekly
SAD NEWS
Chicago Fire star Molly Glynn was killed by a falling tree on Saturday. According to reports, Glynn, 46, was riding a bicycle with husband Joe Foust in a suburban Chicago neighbourhood when they were caught in a rainstorm. An uprooted tree fell on Glynn, who was taken to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Besides her recurring role as an ER doctor on Chicago Fire, Glynn also guested on the series Early Edition and in the 2002 feature In America.
Source: Just Jared
BOTTOMS UP
Don't bother looking for Homer Simpson's favourite beer in Australia. Retailers in the land down under have been forced to stop selling Duff beer after the brand was determined to be in breach of Australia's Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code. According to the ABAC panel: "The association of The Simpsons with the product name and packaging is so strongly entrenched in Australian popular culture that the name and packaging will draw the attention of under-18-year-olds." Although Aussie liquor outlets are legally required to pull the product off shelves, they are being allowed to sell off the stock they currently hold.
Source: Herald Sun
BIG SMOOCH
Better start saving now if your life's dream involves kissing Elizabeth Hurley. A British banker named Julian Bharti paid an astounding £50,000 British (about $82,000) for the right to lock lips with the actress over the weekend. The kiss, which took place at the Berkshire estate of pop star Elton John, went up for sale at a recent charity auction to raise money for the singer's AIDS Foundation.
Source: New York Post
YOU BETCHA
Frances McDormand admits she has a "little grudge" with the TV version of Fargo. The 57-year-old actress, who collected an Oscar for her portrayal of dogged police officer Marge Gunderson in the 1996 film Fargo, recently told the Daily Beast she's not pleased with the acclaimed FX series that cast newcomer Allison Tolman as a similarly resourceful cop. "I have a little grudge," said McDormand. "Nobody asked me. They asked Joel and Ethan [Coen, the original film's creators and executive producers on the TV series] – rightfully so – but Joel and Ethan don't own the property in any way, since it's owned by the studio that created the film. There can't be another Marge. She's something else."
Source: Daily Beast