Weddings Of The Year

The actress and her beau had a shotgun wedding in the Beverly Hills courthouse under an arch of green silk foliage and white flowers. They were casually dressed, with Alba wearing a long blue dress and her hair back in a ponytail. They applied for a marriage license and waited about 40 minutes for the paperwork to be processed before a staff member from the courthouse married them. Months later they welcomed baby Honor Marie.

The Cuban journalist married a man who was more than a decade her junior, yet the two sealed their everlasting love when they said “I Do” earlier this year. But things got ugly when she called 911 and alleged that he had assaulted her after they got into an argument. Looks like the honeymoon didn’t last very long.

On November 28, 2008, the Grammy-nominated producer behind chart-topping hits by Ricky Martin and Jaci Velazquez pledged his devotion to actress Karla Monroig, his fiancee since a 2007 proposal at a Miami restaurant. The couple opted for an intimate “I do,” in Las Vegas with a few friends and family members bearing witness to the culmination of their three-year romance.

The Destilando amor actress got married to the father of her unborn baby girl, Enrique Rivero Lake, in a small ceremony in Mexico City. Actress Angélica Rivera, who showed up with Mexican governor Enrique Peña Nieto, served as a witness to the ceremony.

The TV host and actress were married were married on August 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, in an intimate ceremony at their home that consisted of close friends and family. The longtime-couple exchanged hand-written vows and had a lighthearted dinner reception afterward that lasted into the wee hours of the night.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon secretly wed on April 30th at her home in the Bahama’s. It was her second trip down the aisle, but the record-breaking singer made hubby Nick Cannon wait until they tied the knot to have sex.

Six months after marrying Jay-Z, Beyonce revealed details about their top-secret wedding. Their wedding was small and intimate because Beyoncé is not a “traditional woman,” she says, and didn’t want the drama. “It’s been my day so many days already.”

The Spanish singer-songwriter and Dorio Guerreira got married under wraps in Acapulco in April 2008. Shaila says that she felt her mother’s presence at the wedding and was so grateful for everyone that was able to fly out and attend.

Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace)got married at a historic San Juan fort in front of 250 guests that included Eva Longoria Parker. Sanchez wore a princess-style dress by Venezuelan designer Angel Sanchez, while Winter, who stars in the soap Days of Our Lives wore a Calvin Klein suit.

Although their six-month romance had ended back in 1998, fate found a way to reunite former Heroes cast member Shalim Ortiz and the current host of The Fine Living Network’s American Shopper, Lesley Ann Machado. The couple’s romance, which blossomed once again in late 2005, came to fruition on July 19, 2008 as the pair pledged their love in the courtyard of The Cottage Bed and Breakfast in Monticello, Florida, TVnotas reports. The evening’s highlight was when the groom’s mother, Escandalo TV host Charytin Goyco, sang “Es un Historia de la Amor.”

The Objetivo Fama said “I do” to her love, Christian Carlsen in the groom’s Manhattan furniture store, King’s Road Home, for the nuptials. An intimate group of family and friends watched the bride grace the room in a strapless, layered silk creation by designer Melissa Sweet.

The Puerto Rican newlyweds tied the knot April 19 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. And as was expected, the lovebirds spared no expense to have the fairytale wedding they’d been dreaming about. The bride’s son, 18-year-old Tomás Ramírez, gave the bride away. Landrón and Guerrido kissed (prematurely!) and hugged when they met each other at the altar.

At the end of the 2007 drama El Bufalo de la Noche (The Night Buffalo), these actors’ names appeared on screen as the credits rolled, and after a year, their names also appeared together on a marriage license. The Y tu mamá también actor exchanged vows in a civil ceremony with the actress, (the niece of Mexican singer Thalía), on February 5, 2008 in a Mexico City courthouse. The pair also welcomed their first child this year.

As a co-host of Primer Impacto, Barbara Bermudo is used to reporting the day’s news stories. On November 29, 2008, however, the TV anchor became the news as she said “I do” to her love of the past eight years, Mario Andrés Moreno in a ceremony held at the Paradisus Palma Real hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Alanis Morissette’s ex boyfriend and the blond bombshell tied the knot in Canada just four months after announcing their engagement. The intimate ceremony was held just outside of Vancouver in the groom’s native home.

The actor put all of his marital woes with Denise Richards behind him on May 30, 2008, when he married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor. Let’s hope this time it lasts.

The two rockers were married on May 17 in an intimate ceremony, their spokesperson tells PEOPLE exclusively. Simpson, 23, wore an ivory lace wedding gown by Monique Lhuillier and jewels by William Noble as she and Wentz, 28, exchanged vows in front of 150 guests at her parents’ Los Angeles area home. Dad Joe Simpson performed the non-denominational ceremony, while sister Jessica served as maid of honor. Wentz’s English bulldog, Hemingway, was the ring-bearer.