Famous Weddings
- Aug 9 Former "New Kids on the Block" singer Joey McIntyre (30) weds real estate agent Barrett Williams (25) in New York City's Plaza Hotel
Geraldo Rivera
Aug 10 American "Fox News" correspondent Geraldo Rivera (60) weds fifth wife, American former "Rivera Live" producer Erica Levy (28) at Manhattan's Central Synagogue
- Aug 10 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (41) becomes the first person to marry in space, marrying Ekaterina Dmitriev (on earth)
Leni Riefenstahl
Aug 22 Film director Leni Riefenstahl (101) weds cinematographer Horst Kettner (59)
Julianne Moore
Aug 23 "The Hours" actress Julianne Moore (42) weds "The Myth of Fingerprints" director Bart Freundlich (33) in New York
Amy Poehler
Aug 29 Comedian Amy Poehler (31) marries fellow comedian Will Arnett (33)
- Aug 30 Daughter of Paul McCartney and fashion designer Stella McCartney (31) weds British publisher Alasdhair Willis on the 300-acre Gothic Estate in Scotland's Isle of Bute
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