Some News Tidbits

Filed in archive News Of Note on August 31, 2007

News Bit #1:

Victoria Beckman, aka Posh Spice, is confirmed to be guest starring in a guest roll during the upcoming season of ABC's Ugly Betty. Beckman will play herself as a celebrity bridesmaid in the show's wedding episode. The wedding between Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams) and Bradford Meade (Alan Dale) will take place in a episode later this fall but the episode date has yet to be confirmed. Source

News Bit #2:

Usher and his new bride, Tameka, are planning to hold another wedding ceremony this weekend. The couple were set to marry on July 28th and called off the wedding just 2 hours before. They later cited medical issues as the reason for the cancellation. The bride was 5 months pregnant at the time.

The couple then proceed to tie the knot officially in a private ceremony held in their lawyer's office on August 3rd. At that point, Usher told the press: "It was beautiful and private. We didn't have a first dance - but we had a lovely, intimate dinner filled with candlelight and flowers. We're going to have a larger wedding ceremony sometime later in the year, or after the baby is born."

Reportedly, the event has now been set to take place this weekend in Atlanta with celebrity guests including Beyonce Knowles, ashanti, Janet Jackson and P. Diddy. Source