It’s the weekend of celebrity weddings and engagements, with actor Mark Wahlberg joining the long list of newly-committed (in the romantic sense!) celebs by wedding his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, on Saturday.

The happy couple, who already have three children – Ella Rae, Michael, and Brendan Joseph – tied the knot at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills in front of an intimate collection of close friends and family.

The bride wore a white, strapless Marchesa dress with silver embroidery, while Wahlberg donned a classic, dark suit for the occassion.

“[Rhea] looked like a princess and beyond stunning. Mark looked ecstatic,” an onlooker said shortly after the ceremony.

Wahlberg first announced his plans to marry Durham earlier in the year, telling People.com at the time that he and his model beau were “talking about August,” but hadn’t yet decided on a location.

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Heroes star Ali Larter has wed her actor beau, Hayes MacArthur, in a private ceremony on the MacArthur estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Larter walked down the aisle with her dad after Irish music was played, in a nod to MacArthur’s heritage. The ceremony was held outside among the gardens of MacArthur’s parents’ estate, with the guests arriving on trolleys.

Larter’s close friend, actress Amy Smart, was among the celebrity guests in attendance.

The pair became engaged in December 2007 after five years together, and are expected to start a family together soon.

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Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have married in a short ceremony on the grounds of Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu.

The onetime co-stars, who met on the set of their 2006 dance film, Step Up, said their “I dos” in front of more than 200 guests at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday. Entourage star Emmanuelle Chriqui was Dewan’s maid of honour, with Tatum’s sister Paige and singer Haylie Duff also in the bridal party.

Dewan’s father, Darryl, told Usmagazine.com: “They love each other so much.

“We couldn’t be happier with Channing. He is an amazing guy.”

Tatum and Dewan announced their engagement last September.

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Former Playmate and Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson has wed her NFL player beau Hank Baskett in a classically chic ceremony at her onetime residence, the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

Wilkinson, who is pregnant with her first child, walked down the aisle at around 6:45 p.m. dressed in white and literally “dripping” in more than $100,000 worth of platinum jewellery by Michael Barin. Groom Baskett also wore white, along with his groomsmen, while Wilkinson’s attendants wore lavender

Hidden amongst the hundreds of celebrity guests were Wilkinson’s fellow Playmate Bridget Marquardt, a bridesmaid, and the 24-year-old’s former boyfriend and employer, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

Wilkinson and her groom were wed “out in the open on a lawn,” says a source, and there were “white rose petals and flower wreaths decorating the aisle.”

“[The bride] was beaming,” the eyewitness added.

Wilkinson’s first child is due on Christmas Day.

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Heidi Montag and her “Pratt” of a beau, Spencer, have eloped!

The star of MTV’s The Hills and her longtime partner were wed in a “secret” ceremony in Cabos San Lucas, Mexico, on Thursday (Nov. 20), with Montag breaking down in tears after the pair exchanged their vows.

“The minute we said our vows, I couldn’t stop crying,” Montag told Us Weekly, who of course got exclusive rights to publish the newlywed’s photographs in their latest edition.

But Heidi’s tears of joy were short-lived, as she recalls a phone conversation she had with her mother right before the ceremony.

“I called her right before the ceremony, sort of hinted that something had happened, but her reaction was to ask me if we were breaking up! I told her it might be something else, and she said, ‘Well, if you ever plan on getting married just know that your stepdad is really upset that you want your father to walk you down the aisle,’” Montag explained.

“She was starting so much drama, it kind of pushed me toward wanting to get married without that,” she added. “I don’t know when I’ll tell her.”

Well, I guess since she sold the rights to a magazine, the cat’s kinda out of the bag, so to speak. What a Pratt Heidi is (literally!)

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When Australian racing legend Peter Brock died in a rally crash in September 2006, he was just two months shy of his wedding to girlfriend Julie Bamford.

Needless to say, Ms. Bamford was upset, and was as such probably not thinking very clearly when she wed her dead lover in a bizarre “ceremony” while the nine-time Bathurst winner’s body lay in a morgue.

“This sounds rather silly or weird but we were two months off getting married so I did my own little marriage ceremony, which was weird now I think back about it,” Ms. Bamford said.

“But I just flowed through, just did it between him and I… that was difficult.”

Ms. Bamford’s shocking revelations will be aired in an ABC Television documentary, titled Family Fortunes, on July 15.

For those of you who don’t know who Peter Brock is, here’s a couple of YouTube videos of some of his Bathurst wins in the V8 Supercars series’ over the years.

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